John Karloff (27 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Scuffing and reading wear.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Painted cover (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 176 pages "The stories reflect Karloff's taste for atmospheric dread, psychological tension, and classic gothic horror.">> This is a reading copy. Cover creasing & scuffing; wear to paper spine; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1704-55. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: VG+. 1020-121' A VG or better original 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Book is in unread or gently read condition. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean and unmarked. Ex-library with usual markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Boris Karloff PHOTO cover from MOVIE! (illustrator). PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 166 pages includes 24 pages of movie photos. "A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess." >>Cover creasing; edge wear to coves; corner clipped to pages 55-62, but story is not effected. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. BOOK , CORNERS SLIGHTLY BUMPPED. PAUL NEWMAN, TONY CURTIS.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 166 pages with numerous glossy black & white and color photographs. Text by Roy Milano. Fearword by Forrest J. Ackerman. With contributing essays from Baker, Beals, Chaney, Karloff, Landis, Lugosi, Sommers, Stuart, and Valley. Edited by Jennifer Osborne. From Universal Pictures itself comes a lavishly illustrated book that provides words and images behind it's classic monster films: The Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolf Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. A splendid volume. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box.

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1939 film, showing actress Frances Robinson. Stamp of studio photographer Ray Jones on the verso. Aided by his clubfooted servant, Richard Duke of Gloucester murders everyone ahead of him in the line of succession for the throne, then occupied by King Edward IV. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Set in 15th century England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.

Condition: Very Good. Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. In Victorian London, Edward Styles is accused of being the notorious Haymarket Strangler, the brutal killer of five women. Twenty years after he is tried and executed for these crimes James Rankin (Karloff), a novelist and social reformer, launches an investigation to prove that Styles is innocent. His search for clues leads him first to the sleazy Judas Hole music hall, where the Strangler picked his victims from the resident can-can dancers and loose women, and then to the prison cemetery of Newgate where Styles was buried - in order to exhume his body. When the killings start again, Rankin's theory seems to be vindicated. However his growing obsession with the case signals a most unwelcome revelation as to the true identity of the murderer. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1939 film, showing actors Vincent Price and Richard Hale. Aided by his clubfooted servant, Richard Duke of Gloucester murders everyone ahead of him in the line of succession for the throne, starting with King Edward IV. He is haunted by their spirits, however, and slowly descends into madness. Set in 15th century England. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with a short closed tear at the center of the top edge, and loss at the top right corner.

Videokassette, VHS, hi-fi mono, Sprache: englisch, Laufzeit: ca.90 Min., in der original illustr. Pappschiebehülle, guter Zustand, mangels eines VHS-Videospielers war uns allerdings keine Funktionskontrolle möglich, ob es sich hier um ein NTSC-Videoband handelt, war der Hülle nicht zu entnehmen Wer die DVD hat, braucht auch dieses nette Sammler-Item, da die Erstveröffentlichung auf VHS aus den 80er kaum mehr auffindbar ist. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film, showing an outraged actress Vera Day as someone pours champagne down her dress. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A man researching a long-dead serial killer becomes possessed by the spirit of the murderer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with annotation in manuscript ink on the top margin of the recto, and faint horizontal crease on the upper portion of the photograph.

Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1958 British horror film. A surgeon develops a groundbreaking anesthetic for use in surgery, only to become addicted to the substance-leading him to work with a gang of criminals in order to fund his addiction. Released as a double feature in the US with the 1961 Italian film "Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory." 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. Criterion Collection 368.

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 US release of the 1968 Spanish film. A blind sculptor has been working on a piece using bones, but he doesn't know they are real human bones of the victims of his wife. Shot on location in Madrid, and Andalucía, Spain. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine.

Two vintage borderless publicity photographs from the 1945 film, one showing actor Glenn Strange in costume as Frankenstein's monster, the other showing Strange with Onslow Stevens. Second photograph with annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon, a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein," which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters, all in Dracula's house, including the Prince of Darkness himself (Carradine), the Wolf Man (Chaney Jr.), and Frankenstein (Glenn Strange), along with the requisite mad scientist (Onslow Stevens) and hunchbacked assistant (Jane Adams). From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Approximately 7 x 9 inches, trimmed irregularly. Very Good plus, one with adhesive residue on the verso.

Movie Tie-In Edition. This was author Philip MacdonaldÕs personal copy and is signed by him and the cast of the 1934 RKO film. Signed by the great film director John Ford who has written the word ÒdirectorÓ under his signature, and is signed by Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan, Brandon Hurst, Douglas Walton, Paul Hanson, Sammy Stein, Howard Wilson, and Cliff Reid, the filmÕs producer. Fifteen signatures in all. The Lost Patrol tells the tale of a small British military unit attempting to fight off attacking Arabs and is highly rated among John FordÕs films. The movie tie-in dust jacket depicts an action drawing of Victor McLaglen holding a pistol and sword with the lettering ÒTHE LOST PATROL is the photoplay title of Philip MacdonaldÕs great novel, Patrol. The jacket illustration is from the RKO Radio Picture with Victor McLaglen and an all-star cast.Ó Moisture ring stain to the front cloth cover otherwise very good in a dust jacket with some chipping at top and bottom of spine and a chip in the upper right hand corner of the front panel. With a letter of provenance laid in. Enclosed in a custom cloth slipcase.

Vintage photograph from the 1944 film. Universal Pictures' follow up to "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man," ups the ante on its predecessor with the addition of Dracula (John Carradine), a mad scientist (Boris Karloff) and a hunchback (J. Carroll Naish). Glenn Strange takes up the role of the creature (the fourth actor to play the part) with Lon Chaney Jr. reprising his role as the Wolf Man, making it the first multi-monster movie from Universal. Set in Switzerland. 7.75 x 10 inches. Very Good Plus with faint creasing at a few extremities. Weaver and Brunas, Universal Horrors.

Vintage portrait photograph of Boris Karloff as Swami Talpur from the 1949 film, with a mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, here under the working title "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killers." From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Lou Costello, the bellhop at the Lost Caverns hotel, is suspected of murder and confined to his room, when Boris Karloff as Swami Talpur attempts to hypnotize him into confessing, but Costello proves too stupid to hypnotize. 8 x 10 inches. With light even toning, else Near Fine.

Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Boris Karloff as Dr. Jekyll from the 1953 film, with previous owner's ink annotations on the verso (see image). From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Abbott and Costello are two bumbling American cops on the hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.

Vintage program for the 1934 film. Based on the 1927 novel by Philip MacDonald. A group of British soldiers stranded in the Mesopotamian desert during World War I must defend themselves from attack by unseen desert bandits. Set in western Asia, shot on location in Yuma, Arizona and Algodones Dunes, California. 9.5 x 12 inches. Eight pages. Very Good plus overall, with light wear to the corners.

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1945 film, showing actor John Carradine as Count Dracula. The last entry in Universal's famed "monsters" canon, a direct sequel to 1944's "House of Frankenstein," which appropriately hosted Universal's "big three" monsters, all in Dracula's house, including the Prince of Darkness himself (Carradine), the Wolf Man (Chaney Jr.), and Frankenstein (Glenn Strange), along with the requisite mad scientist (Onslow Stevens) and hunchbacked assistant (Jane Adams). From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Fine.

First Edition. AND THE DARKNESS FALLS, World, 1946, first edition, just about fine in in near vg color pictorial dust-wrapper with some wear and tear. Contributions by Maurice Level, Oliver Onions, E. F. Benson, Guy Du Maupassant, Lafcadio Hearn, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Donan Doyle, John Buchan, Algernon Blackwood, August Derleth, F. Tennyson Jesse, L. P. Hartley, H. R. Wakefield, Dorothy Sayers, Somerset Maugham, John Collier, William Butler Yeats, Edgar Allan Poe, Upton Sinclair, Cornell Woolrich, Walter de la Mare, W. W. Jacobs, Thomas Burke, Stephen Crane, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Joseph Conrad, et. al.

Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Boris Karloff in costume as Imhotep being drawn by illustrator Willy Pogány, taken by photographer Ray Jones, and struck by the photographer from the original negative, circa 1980. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. A contemporary of Edmund Dulac, Harry Rountree, Sarah Stilwell Weber, artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor, painter, portraitist, and muralist, and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles, where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood. Karloff's second film, after his runaway success in "Frankenstein," in which he plays an Egyptian high priest awakened from death by a British field exposition. After disguising himself as a scientist he falls in love with a woman he believes to be the latest incarnation of a priestess from his past. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Weaver and Brunas, Universal Horrors 1931-1946.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1932 pre-Code film, showing actress Myrna Loy in yellowface as the daughter of Fu Manchu. Based on the 1932 novel by Sax Rohmer. The best-known of the early Fu Manchu films, wherein the eponymous doctor determines to find the legendary mask and sword of Genghis Khan. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly faded.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1935 film, showing the newly awakened bride (Elsa Lanchester) consulting with Doctors Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) in the lab. With a distinctive claw stamp on the verso. Henry Frankenstein returns to his lab after the events of the first film, where he is tempted by his old mentor, Septimus Pretorius, into making a mate for his creation. The second entry in Universal's successful "Frankenstein" series, preceded by the titular film in 1931 and followed by "Son of Frankenstein" in 1939 and "The Ghost of Frankenstein" in 1942. 8.75 x 7 inches. Very Good plus, lightly and evenly toned. National Film Registry. Ebert I. Rosenbaum 1000. Weaver and Brunas, Universal Horrors.