Mild rubbing & slight fading to cloth at both upper & lower extremities. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages white, colors vivid.

A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1992, this hardcover4to has a half black cloth-wrapped spine, lettered in gilt, with matte black paper over boards. In 240 pages, all glossy white, brilliantly illustrated throughout with full-color & black-and-white images from movie stills, posters, promotional materials, & more. With an Introduction by Stephen King, & tributes from other esteemed writers in the genre, including Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, & Forrest J.

Borst, amassed over 6 decades, featuring vintage memorabilia from the best horror, fantasy, & sci-fi films. Take an insider's look into the collection of Robert V. The book features more than 500 of the finest vintage film posters (and related memorabilia). As accompaniment, seven legendary authors of the fantastic offer their wit and wisdom. Bost has amassed nearly six decades worth of vintage film memorabilia, and in this book he reveals his extraordinary collection. Caligari (1919) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925) to such classics as Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931) from the cult 'B' films of the Fifties through great Sixties blockbusters such as Psycho (1960), Planet of the Apes (1968), and Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the art created to promote these beloved films-some of which are cinematic classics, others second-rate curiosities-shines on long after the last flickering image has died on-screen. From seminal works such as The Cabinet of Dr. For most of the twentieth century, the film genre that has come to be known as 'horror, fantasy, and science fiction' has produced not only the biggest thrills and chills but some of the greatest poster art ever. Ghouls, goblins, mummies, vampires, werewolves, zombies mind-bending flights of fancy, apocalyptic visions of the future, electrifying jolts of supernatural fright, twisted glimpses of warped imagination. The dustjacket is in Very Good+ dustjacket.

Graven Images by Ronald V. Borst