REFERENCE BOOKS - MOVIE POSTERS
Here are some great books filled with wonderful photos of movie posters. If you're interested in obtaining a copy, click on the appropriate "vendor" banner (i.e., Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.) |
100
Years of the Cinema A fabulous series of pictorial movie encyclopedias spanning the early days of the movie industry to the present High-quality, all-color reproduction and accurate text make these books excellent for reference, while movie lovers will delight in the opportunity to remember their favorite films. |
Academy
Award Winners' Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Movies Through
Posters Series; |
Attack
of the 'B' Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Moves Through Posters
Series Vol. 14) This collection contains 280 full-color illustrations spread over 84 pages. This book focuses on the lesser films dealing with sex, monsters, and violence which so dominated the drive-ins of the 1950s and 1960s. The movies represented in this book include some of the worst films ever made, but all have great poster art and taglines! This is the original first edition from 2000, and it will never be reprinted. |
Best
Pictures' Movie Posters |
Cartoon
Movie Posters This collection contains 393 full-color illustrations spread over 100 pages of cartoon movie posters with special emphasis on Popeye, Betty Boop, Tex Avery, Tom and Jerry, and Disney features and short subjects. The book gives the year of release, the producer and director, and the star (if it's a series cartoon). It contains a huge percentage of all the cartoon movie posters known from before 1950, and contains ten full-page illustrations! This is the original first edition from 1995, and it will never be reprinted. |
Comedy
Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters Series
Vol. 12) This collection contains 318 full-color illustrations of comedy movie posters spread over 84 pages . It covers every type of comedy from the broad slapstick of Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks and Jim Carrey, to musical comedies, to the great screwball comedies of the 1930s. You'll find images from early silents up to the present day. This is the original first edition from 2000. It will never be reprinted! |
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Cowboy Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters,
Vol 6) This collection contains 335 full-color illustrations of Cowboy movie posters spread over 84 pages. There are ten full-page images, and there is a greater emphasis on the great stars of the 1940s, such as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and Hoppy, although like the previous volume it spans all the years from early silents to the present day. This is the original first edition from 1998, and it will never be reprinted. |
Crime
Movie Posters |
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Drive-in
Movie Posters: Volume Eighteen of the Illustrated History of Movies
through Posters 169 of the absolute worst (and trashiest) films ever made! But we carefully choose the ones with the absolute best poster art and taglines, ones that promised far more than the films delivered! |
Hollywood
and Early Cinema Posters This 116 page full-color catalog contains 263 lots, 41 of which were estimated to sell for $10,000 or more! It contains the greatest collection of horror material ever auctioned, a remarkable collection of Charlie Chaplin posters, and much, much more. You get all the prices everything sold for and there is very little duplication from Bruce's other auctions. This was published at $30 but the price has been reduced to just $20. This is the original first edition from 1997, and it will never be reprinted. |
Horror
Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters, Vol
7) |
Horror,
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Movies
Through Posters, Volume 11) |
Musical
Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters, Volume
9) This collection contains 329 full-color illustrations of great movie posters from musical films spread over 84 pages, all the way to the present.. Often, movie studios would create their most elaborate posters for musicals, and this volume is perhaps the most graphically interesting of this series. This is the original first edition from 1999, and it will never be reprinted! |
Not
Nominated: Movie Poster (The Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters
Series) This collection contains 370 full-color illustrations spread over 80 pages withimages of five films from every year from 1927 through 2000 that were NOT nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. It also includes lists of what was nominated, as well as hundreds of worthy honorable mentions, all indexed and cross-referenced, making this a reference guide to what year the best films were made, and whether or not they were nominated for (or won) the Best Picture Academy Award. This is the original first edition from 2001, and it will never be reprinted. |
Rock,
Pop, and Classic Cinema Posters This is two complete auctions in one volume! First there are 174 full-color Rock 'n' Roll movie posters tracing their entire history, ranging from Bill Haley in Rock Around the Clock (1956) to Nirvana in The Year Punk Broke (1992) Then comes another auction of 276 full-color classic film posters led by an ultra-rare Flying Down to Rio one-sheet that was estimated at $9,000 - $12,000, but sold for a staggering $81,700. All told, this is a massive 168 page volume! |
Serial
Movie Posters, Vol. 10 This collection contains 216 full-color illustrations of great movie posters from the great chapter serials spread over 84 pages. There is special emphasis on the great superhero serials of the 1930s and 1940s, and many posters have a full-page image! This is the original first edition from 1999, and it will never be reprinted! |
Sports
Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters Series) |
To
Be Continued...: 1930'S & 1940's Serial Movie Posters (Illustrated
History of Movies Through Posters, Volume 16) The auction includes the greatest collection of 1930s
and 1940s serial one-sheets ever assembled |
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Vintage
Hollywood Posters I This catalog is from the December 5th, 1998 auction held in Beverly Hills, California. The 84 full-color catalog contains a remarkable assortment of posters, many of which have never been auctioned, including an assortment of original Universal horror posters and lobby cards, and 99 great cowboy posters from the 1930s and 1940s. |
Vintage
Hollywood Posters II This catalog is from the June 26th, 1999 auction held in Beverly Hills, California. The 84 full-color catalog contains a remarkable assortment of posters, many of which have never been auctioned. There is an incredible assortment of 1930s original cartoon posters (including almost every poster made for Snow White), as well as lots and lots of the finest posters known from the 1930s through the 1960s! |
Vintage
Hollywood Posters III This catalog is from the June 24th, 2000 auction held in Beverly Hills, California. The 80 page full-color catalog contains an assortment of posters, many of which have never been auctioned. There is an incredible group of 149 of virtually every 1950s science fiction posters (including Forbidden Planet, Creature From the Black Lagoon and much more!), as well as lots and lots of the finest posters known from the 1930s through the 1960s! |
Vintage
Hollywood Posters IV This catalog isfor the 6/30-7/1 eMoviePoster.com on eBay auction. The 80 page full-color catalog contains an assortment of posters, many of which have never been auctioned or pictured before! There is a collection of original Abbott & Costello one-sheets, three-sheets, title cards and best scene cards, a great group of over 25 1930s Buck Jones posters (including the very best), as well as lots and lots of the finest posters and lobby cards known from the 1910s through the 1960s! |
Vintage
Hollywood Posters V This is the catalog for our December 2002 mega-auction! This auction was held on 12/14 on eBay. Your copy will include a sheet that gives all of the prices realized at the auction. This was Bruce Hershenson's 15th major movie poster auction, but this auction contains a large number of images never seen in any previous book or catalog! |
War
Movie Posters: Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters This collection contains 297 full-color illustrations spread over 84 pages. This volume is 50% devoted to the films made about World War II, and the other 50% is devoted to all other wars, from ancient wars to the Gulf War. Included are films that take place during battles, as well as other aspects of war such as prisoners of war, espionage, the home front, etc. All of the posters pictured on this page received a full page in the book. This is the original first edition from 2000, and it will never be reprinted. |
Who
Goes There?: The book contains over 450 images of 1950s and early 1960s horror and science fiction movie posters and lobby cards! This is a virtual encyclopedia to just about every horror and science fiction film made during this period, including all the best-known titles! 1950s and early 1960s horror and science fiction is the most popular genre of movie poster collecting, and the posters and lobby cards from those films are the most desirable and sought-after of any movie paper. |
James
Bond Movie Posters: The Official 007 Collection |
Film
Posters of the 40's: The Essential Movies of the Decade |
Film
Posters of the 50's: The Essential Movies of the Decade The best, the sexiest, the coolest film posters from the 1950s: from Some Like it Hot to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; from La Strada to Roman Holiday. With more than 250 full-color posters from all over the world and commentary by two leading experts on poster art, Film Posters of the 50s is a must have for all film buffs as well as anyone interested in graphic design and advertising. |
Film
Posters of the 70's: The Essential Movies of the Decade From Jaws and Saturday Night Fever to Star Wars and The Godfather--the look and ethos of the '70s as reflected in the posters from the decade's defining films Following the acclaimed Film Posters of the '60s, internationally renowned poster archivists Tony Nourmand and Graham Marsh of the Reel Poster Gallery now present the best of the '70s film posters from their coveted collection of rare and graphically exciting originals. |
Film
Posters of the 80's: The Essential Movies of the Decade |
Hitchcock
Poster Art |
Elvis
Presley: Silver Screen Icon: Featuring a Collection of Movie Posters The book is illustrated with magnificent, unique international posters. The collecting section gives the novice and experienced collector useful and valuable information.Finally, there is a special pricing section for the American movie posters which shows the increase in prices from 1983 to 2002 for the Elvis posters. |
Art
of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Period of Film Noir Film noir is all about style, even as much as it is about crime. The poster art from the noir era has a bold look and an iconography all its own. During the golden age of noir, studios commissioned these arresting illustrations for even the lowliest B-thriller. The Art of Noir is the first book to present this striking artwork in a lavishly produced, large-format, full-color volume. |
Science-Fiction
and Horror Movie Posters in Full Color Large, full-color posters for 46 films including 'King Kong,' 'Godzilla,' 'The Illustrated Man,' and more. A bug-eyed bonanza of scantily clad women, monsters, and assorted other creatures. |
Trash:
The Graphic Genius of Xploitation Movie Posters Movie Collectibles is a comprehensive guide to the area of collecting movie memorabilia. Concentrating on posters, the book is divided into genres such as Film Noir, Disney & Other Animation, Movie Stars, James Bond, and Star Wars, and following the progression of cinema from the early days of silent film through to modern re-releases of old classics. |
Disney
Poster Book Foreword by Leonard Maltin
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Great
Movie Graphics Starring the latest, greatest designs from around the world. Includes posters, merchandise, video packaging, lobby standees and more. |
Retro
Stud: Muscle Movie Posters from Around the World Posters that teem with muscle-rippling heroes in skimpy loincloths, frail beauties in diaphanous gowns, pointy-bearded tyrants, and evil queens with heavy makeup and beehive hairdos were all classic lures that used to tempt patrons into theaters to see the sword-and-sandal movies of forty years ago. |
Movie
Posters of the Silent Film Era To Color This book is a 'coloring book' in the Stemmer House 'International Design Library' series. The black and white renderings of original film posters, by Rex Schneider, are accurate and quite well executed. In some instances where posters no longer exist, they have been newly designed in the style of the period. |
Horror,
Science Fiction, Fantasy Movie Posters & Lobby Cards (Color Collector's
Guide)
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Japanese
Movie Posters: Yakuza, Monster, Pink and Horror This is an eye-opening, full-color presentation of movie posters representational of the best and the worst of Japan's cinema. From lurid and graphic horror to yakuza movies to posters of Hayao Miyazaki's wondrous words of animation, Japanese Movie Posters offers an unforgettable slice of Japanese popular culture in the twentieth century. |