Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraPosters (12 items)
- ORIGINAL POSTER SEAFORTH ARENA (Seaforth, ONTARIO) WRESTLING ERIC THE RED vs VIC ROSSATTANI 1972 (No place) no printiner no date (ca. 1970s)175.00Condition for this poster is good with some edge wear, some wear to corners, a few pinholes in the corners, a small 1/2" hole to the right of "The Beast" name (repaired with tape), some light creasing to the poster, back of poster has some tape repairs and a few black marker notations (not evident from the front). The "SEAFORTH ARENA" red banner at top is an affixed label with some wear along the left side and creasing to the right side. Still a very nice copy.Card stock poster size is 14" x 22".Original wrestling poster for a match at the Seaforth Arena in Seaforth, Ontario, Canada. The match took place sometime in the 1970s on a July 11th (probably 1972) featuring Eric the Red vs Vic Rossattani as the main match. Also with "the Fabulous Midgets" and "Lady Wrestlers" as well as The Beast, Chief Little Bear, and more.01263View Full Details
- ORIGINAL POSTER LONDON ARENA (London, ONTARIO) WRESTLING VIC ROSSATTANI vs ERIC THE RED 1972 (No place) no printer no date (1972)200.00Condition for this poster is very good with some wear to corners, some edge wear, some light scuffing to the corners and a bit along the right edge. The back of the poster has in black marker an old price (marker is not evident on the front, no bleeding).Card stock poster size is 14" x 22".Original wrestling poster for matches at the London Arena in London, Ontario, Canada. The matches took place probably in 1972 (Wed. July 3) and featured as the main event in a "Lumberjack Match" - with 10 wrestlers around the ring to keep the two wrestlers in - Vic Rossattani vs Eric the Red. Also, tag team bout with Black Jack Mulligan and Pretty Boy Heenan vs the Kelly Twins, tag team midgets and 2 more bouts.01265View Full Details
MAMA QUILLA II MAPLE LEAF BALLROOMM65.00
Benefit Dance Friday May 8, 1981 (POSTER) (Canada) : salmon & fritsch design (1981)ondition for this poster is very good+ with some edge wear, small crease indent bottom left corner.Poster size is 11" x 17".Original poster for Mama Quilla II from 1981 for a performance at Toronto's Maple Leaf Ballroom. Mama Quilla II later transformed into the successful Canadian pop band Parachute Club headed by vocalist Lorraine Segato.01189View Full Details- PENNY ARCADE75.00
A superpub underground at the National Motor Inn
89 Avenue Road, Toronto (POSTER) (Toronto) no publisher no date (late 1970s)Condition for this poster is very good+ with slight edge wear and slight wear to corners, a very small nick right side, a bit of light creasing, a very nice poster.Poster size is 24" x 36".Original poster Penny Arcade "superpub" located at the National Motor Inn in Toronto.01210View Full Details
From the Varsity Newspaper (official newspaper of the University of Toronto students) of 1976-77, "we find the National Motor Inn's PENNY ARCADE (89 Avenue Road), a fine pub with good cheap draught (7 oz plus for 35c) and a change for you pinball addicts in an interesting selection of — you've got it — penny arcade type games. An often rollicking crowd makes this pub a lively and entertaining spot."
Scarce
Poster will be shipped rolled. - (Original Card Stock Poster - 1954) WILD BILL HICKOK NATIONAL RODEO AND CIRCUS. KITCHENER AUDITORIUM… No place no printer no date (1954)250.00Condition is very good with darkening along the edges, slight curl to the left and right sides, pin holes in each of the corners, crease across the middle. There is a date stamp on the back dated “Apr 22 1954”.Card stock sign, size is 14” x 22”, printed on single side.Original card stock poster promoting the Wild Bill Hickock National Championship Rodeo and Big Thrill Circus, featuring “Trigger” the Wonder Horse, and Big Sid, the big bull (if you can ride him for 10 seconds you get $10,000. The poster is for an event scheduled at the Kitchener Auditorium.01777View Full Details
- Original Card Poster300.00
SCARBORO FIRE FIGHTERS 10th ANNUAL BALL
WED. OCT. 19th.
TRUMP DAVIDSON - PALACE PIER (No place) no printer no date (“1960” penciledCondition is very good+ with slight wear to the corners, some darkening soiling to the white of the poster, some soiling along the edges. Some marks to the back of the card (small), some has written “262” on the back (small). A wonderful example.Poster card stock size is 22” x 14”.A scarce poster from the Scarboro (sic) Fire Fighter’s for their 10th annual ball held at Toronto’s Palace Pier. Trump Davidson led the a dance band at the Palace Pier from 1944 to 1962.01396View Full Details
The Palace Pier was located west of the mouth of the Humber River and south of Lake Shore Boulevard West. “The vision of a grand lakefront amusement pier was conceived in the 1920s as a rival for the neighbourhood. The pier was designed by Cyril and Madil with various structures in a flamboyant Moroccan style of architecture and was to project 1800 feet into Lake Ontario and terminating with a steamboat landing. Financial difficulties in the early 1930s delayed construction. Only the first phase of the of the redesigned amusement pier, 300 feet long, was opened on June 10, 1941 and it became popular as a major dance hall of the big band era during World War two and the post war years. The pier was destroyed by fire in 1963 and the site was later developed into condominiums and a public park.” (torontohistory.net)
A scarce poster from a forgotten Toronto dance hall. - (Original Card Stock Poster 1957?) COUNTRY SPECTACULAR IN PERSON… STONEWALL JACKSON, LEFTY FRIZZELL, GEORGE MORGAN, THE HAMES SISTERS, TOMMY HUNTER, GORDIE TAPP… LONDON ARENA. No place no printer no date (1957?)275.00Condition is very good, with some edge wear, small staple holes in each of the corners, a bit of creasing to the corners, light creases across the middle, slight darkening along the edges. Still a nice condition poster.Card stock sign, size is 14” x 22”, printed on single side.Original card stock poster for the COUNTRY SPECTACULAR held at the London (Ontario) Arena around 1957. The concert not only featured Canadian legends Gordie Tapp and Tommy Hunter (before they were legends, hence the lower billing) but also three American country and western stars from the period, Stonewall Jackson, Lefty Frizzell, and George Morgan.01776View Full Details
- (GREG BACKWELL PRINT). JOHN LABATT AND HIS 1947 STREAMLINER POSTER. SIGNED BY JOE SCOTT (Restorer of the Truck). No place no publisher no date (circa late 1980100.00Signed by Joe Scott, who along with his brother restored the truck. Condition is near fine with a bit of edge wear, slight wear to corners. Thick paper stock, size is 22” x 18 ½”, printed on one side.The Streamliner was restored in 1983 by Joe Scott and his brother Bob, this illustration by Greg Backwell is quite well rendered with details, colours, and a hidden portrait of John Labatt. With a brief history of the restoration and the truck specifications printed on the bottom.01819View Full Details
Not the limited edition print signed by the artist and Joe Scott, but an unnumbered copy signed by Joe Scott only. - (GREG BACKWELL PRINT). JOHN LABATT AND HIS 1919 KEG TRUCK PRINT. SIGNED BY JOE SCOTT (Restorer of the Truck). No place no publisher75.00Signed by Joe Scott, who along with his brother restored the truck.Condition is near fine with a bit of edge wear, slight wear to corners.Thick paper stock, size is 22” x 18 ½”, printed on one side.Restored in 1978, before the above 1947 Streamliner, by Joe Scott and his brother Bob, this illustration by Greg Backwell is quite well rendered with details, colours, and hidden somewhere a portrait of John Labatt.01820View Full Details
Not the limited edition print signed by the artist and Joe Scott, but an unnumbered copy signed by Joe Scott only.
Print will be shipped rolled. - CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW … 1976. A FEATURE OF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA. (Original Poster) No place no publisher 1976100.00Condition for this poster is better than very good but not quite near fine, with a bit of wear and small tears and a very small chip to the poster’s top left corner. Size is 24” x 36”, poster printed on one side.Original poster for the 1976 Canadian International Air Show held during the Canadian National Exhibition.01821View Full Details
Poster will be shipped rolled. - CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW. A FEATURE OF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION TORONTO (1981 Original Poster). No place no publisher 198165.00Condition for this poster is near fine with slight edge wear.Poster size is 15 ½” x 22 ½”, printed on one side.Original poster for the 1981 CNE Air Show.01822View Full Details
Poster will be shipped rolled. - SPEED DEPENDS ON KNOWLEDGE OF TYPEWRITER... FOR HOME PRACTICE... RENT A REMINGTON...REMINGTON RAND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. (Original Poster - Late 1920s to Early 1930s) (USA) Remington Rand School Department no date (ca. 1920-30s)175.00Poster size is 14” x 20", thin card stock, printed on one side with thin metal rods affixed across the top and bottom poster (as issued). Condition is good only with creasing, soiling, poster detached from the top metal rod along the left side for about 5”, some short tears along the side, soiling and a few tape repairs to the back. Although not in the best condition, this is a nice example of a scarce early promotional poster.Poster size is 14” x 20", thin card stock.The poster features Hortense Stollnitz, born in 1897 she took up typing in 1914 to prepare for a journalism course at Columbia. By 1917 she was acclaimed as one of the fastest and accurate typists in America. In a 1917 contest she typed 159 words per minute for over one hour on a Remington 10 model typewriter. Shortly after she began working for Remington traveling the U.S. giving demonstrations, a lot of times in schools, probably where this poster originated.01833View Full Details
Very scarce.
