Posters And Prints from Royal Books, Inc.

New York and Boston: N.p., 1979. Collection of nine posters of performances by Glenn Branca, 1975-1979. Essentially documenting the rise and seminal period of New York's No Wave scene, a graphically bold set of small to large-size posters advertising performances by Branca and his bands The Static, Theoretical Girls, and Daily Life, as well as theater pieces by Branca… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1993. Vintage "We Want Our QTV! (Queer Television)" flyer, circa 1993. The flyer, which reads as a political manifesto, is a call for equitable time and fair representation of gay and lesbian people and issues in the media in the early 1990s. Divided into five sections; "Political," "Social," "Educational," "How Can We Get Our QTV?,"… Read more about this item

Dorchester, MA: The Strand Theatre, 1988. Vintage flyer for a performance by the Plutonium Players at The Strand Theatre in Dorchester, circa 1988, with proceeds to benefit Boston's "Gay Community News," a weekly newspaper. Originally formed in Berkeley in 1980 by Gail Ann Williams, The Plutonium Players were a feminist guerilla theatre troupe dedicated to satirizing Reagan-era… Read more about this item

Boston: Wilbur Theatre, 1991. Vintage two-color flyer for a benefit performance of Lily Tomlin's one-woman play, held to benefit the AIDS Action Committee at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on September 5, 1991. Recto additionally advertises a party after the performance, with entertainment by Spice is Nice, Patti O'Keefe and Richard Demone, Hal and David, Sharon McKnight,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: National Theatre Westwood, 1973. Vintage flyer for a preview screening of the 1973 film at the National Theatre Westwood in Los Angeles, to benefit the Los Angeles International Film Exposition. An ambitious, newly promoted homicide detective becomes disillusioned with the police force while investigating a case, empathizing with the hippies other officers in his unit harass.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1973. Vintage French mini-poster for the 1973 French film. Based on the groundbreaking 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen. Nora leads a quiet existence with her authoritarian husband Torvald, but is forced to reconsider her marriage when a blackmailer threatens to reveal secrets from her past. Shot on location in Reros, Norway. 8.5 x… Read more about this item

San Francisco: N.p., 1980. Two vintage flyers for "Sluts a Go Go: A Play with Music" at the Hotel Utah in San Francisco, August and September, 1980. The horizontal flyer announces performances in both August and September whereas the vertical flyer announces only September performances. Formed in 1979 by legendary Australian drag queen Doris Fish (Philip Clargo Mills),… Read more about this item

Phoenix, AZ: Calderon Ballroom, 1982. Vintage flyer for a performance by Bad Brains, with supporting acts, Driftwood, Soylent Green, and Junior Achievement, presented by Mersey Productons, at the Calderon Ballroom in Phoenix, Arizona, October 24, 1982. A forerunner of hardcore punk, and adept at reggae, heavy metal, funk, hip hop and soul, Washington DC's acclaimed Bad Brains have… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: Armadillo World Headquarters, 1975. Vintage poster for a performance by Rory Gallagher at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas, on November 28, 1975, illustrated by Micael Priest. One of the most influential and unsung guitarists of the 1970s, Gallagher released his fifth studio album, "Against the Grain," a month before this particular performance. Micael Priest was… Read more about this item

N.p.: Crossbow Productions, 1980. Three original oversize printed set illustrations and one original graphite set illustration from the 1981 film. The three oversize printed set illustrations are two grand set designs for the Roman Empire sequence and one for the French Revolution sequence, with two of the printed set illustrations stamped with a Crossbow Productions title block with the… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1973. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1973 film. Based on the 1956 novel by screenwriter Mark Harris, about a developmentally disabled baseball catcher with a terminal illness, and his friendship with the team's star pitcher. Shot on location in New York, Washington DC, and Florida. 27 x 41 inches. Very… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Alcazar Theatre, 1979. Vintage poster for the 1979 San Francisco production of the 1978 off-off-Broadway play. "The Neon Woman" premiered at Hurrah, a West Side discotheque, on April 16, 1978, and ran for 88 performances, closing on July 15, 1978, and was named Best Play of 1978 by Soho News. It was revived on the West Coast… Read more about this item

London: The Royal Princess' Theatre, 1852. Vintage broadside for a series of performances at the Royal Princess's Theatre, Saturday, December 11, 1852, including Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night, or What You Will," Samuel Birch's 1825 musical drama "The Adopted Child," and John Poole's 1833 play "Deaf as a Post: A Farce, in One Act," two of which are noted as the… Read more about this item

Cologne [Koln]: N.p., 1989. Vintage poster for the performance of the 1989 dance piece by choreographer Louis Falco at the Tanz-Forum der Oper der Stadt Köln on May 9, 1989, with music by Bruce Springsteen (arranged by Hajo Stahl), libretto by Falco and Kitty Troll, and set, costume, and poster design by Jack Brusca, SIGNED and dated in the… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1973. Vintage banner poster from the 1973 film. Based on the 1956 novel by screenwriter Mark Harris, about a developmentally disabled baseball catcher with a terminal illness, and his friendship with the team's star pitcher. Shot on location in New York, Washington DC, and Florida. 81 x 24 inches. Very Good… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1970. Vintage two-color banner poster from the 1970 film, printed in black and a bold fluorescent orange. Jake Remy (Warren Oates) and his gang of outlaws need to cross the river into Mexico following a successful robbery, but barge operator Travis (Lee Van Cleef) refuses to let them cross. Set in… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures, 1951. Vintage banner poster from the 1951 film. Elliott Reid, a magazine writer on a fishing vacation in Wisconsin, stumbles upon a nearly deserted town, where all of the fish have mysteriously died and the villagers are either tight-lipped or outright hostile, eventually uncovering a communist plot to poison the US water supply. … Read more about this item

Kent, OH: Pro-Arts [Pro Arts], 1970. Vintage poster for the Women's Liberation Movement, showing a Day-Glo orange Venus symbol, with a raised fist centered at its nexus, on a bright blue background. Founded in 1967 by brothers Mike and Ted Trikilis in Kent, Ohio, Pro-Arts initially operated as a gallery and art supply store called the Green… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1962. Vintage banner poster from the 1962 film. Based on the 1957 novel, "The Midwife of Pont Cléry," by Flora Sanström. When the men of a Sicilian village obsess over the beautiful American expatriate midwife, Jessica, played by Angie Dickenson, the women of the town revolt, and refuse to have sex with their… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1964. Vintage banner poster from the 1964 film. Based on popular 1962-1966 ABC television sitcom, made during the series second season, and followed by the 1965 sequel, "McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force," also directed by series producer Edward Montagne. Remade in 1997, directed by Bryan Spicer, and starring Tom Arnold and David Alan… Read more about this item