BADLANDERS: MGM PRESSBOOK Alan Ladd, Katy Jurado, Claire Kelly--- PLUS POSTER--

Description

Pressbooks were sent only to theater owners to promote and advertise the movie and are extremely rare especially without cuts.This collection has been of the utmost importance to me and has been stored in a temperature controlled room for many years in a non-smoking home with 2 Hepa air filters and in the summer a strong dehumidifier.   Please note that these images were all scanned, so you have a perfect example of what you are getting.  I am cutting down on my collection and offering many rare pressbooks. Please understand that pressbooks were made to be cut up by theater managers for promotion and to place advertisements in the newspapers, so uncut pressbooks may be hard to find on many titles, and many have been sold off now over the years since Ebay and other auction sites have been in business since the late 1990's. A pressbook with minimal cuts (most of ours are uncut) still has value.  We do not believe in short descriptions and leaving it up to chance for your satisfaction. We try to list EVERY issue if there are any, instead of just saying "normal wear" or "slight use" or other general terms. We want you to know, since these are collectibles, exactly the condition of the pressbook (which is why we chose to purchase an industrial scanner to be able to scan the largest pressbooks). There is nothing more accurate than a scan.
Please also note that when scanning pressbooks, many of these were in newspaper resolution for the photos and advertisements which consisted of images made up of larger dots to be able to fit a newspaper's format and the scanner sometimes makes them look like the ads (especially faces) have very small lines or squares in them, this is NOT in the pressbook itself but a by-product of the scanning of this type of material and is not present in the listed pressbook, only the image we are showing here.
Finally, you may wonder why many of our scans (pictures of the pressbooks) state in pink letters "SCAN FOR EBAY" over some of the images. I have discovered that there are people copying these images and enlarging them and making prints to sell on auction web sites. So to prevent this illegal activity, we are forced to put some print over some of the better images, they are not on the items themselves.
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Original MGM pressbook for "THE BADLANDERS" starring Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine Katy Jurado, Claire Kelly. Pressbook is UNCUT.. Condition, based on many pressbooks on the market, is super clean!  Includes many ads, pages of original publicity stories, pictures of all of the film's posters, promotions with rare studio photos,  publicity stills (still are PART OF THE PRESSBOOK, not separate) and much more. All pressbooks may have very slight creases, if anything is more than noticeable it will be listed.
INCLUDES RARE COLOR HERALD. Slight dent on cover near center left ( see photo) but this is just from years of stacking.
This auction includes an original studio one sheet poster
(27" x 41) from the film as an extra (see last photo)! This poster is NOT a copy or reproduction but a studio original. While pressbooks are my main business, I am now including other movie collectibles  that I have amassed over the years as an extra, a gift to you for purchasing from my store. The pressbook in all of our auctions is the main item because that is my specialty. I do not grade or describe the condition of the posters as I am not an expert on movie posters, stills or lobby cards, it is up to you to study the photo as to the poster's condition. We guarantee that the photo posted here is a direct photo of the poster included (the poster image can be enlarged). Some posters have some kind of defect  whether it might be pinholes or writing on the back, blemishes, tear, creases, taped areas, an area with a rippled effect (probably from dampness, which can usually be seen on the scans, but not always) so please look very carefully as most of these have been used by theaters. On the other hand as I look through these, some are in great condition as well and a few look like they were never used. So it is up to you to study the photo.
THESE POSTERS ARE INCLUDED WITH THE PRESSBOOK AS AN EXTRA and all posters are included AS IS!
Number of pages :12
12" X 17"  1954
PLEASE NOTE: THE ONLY DAY I HAVE AVAILABLE TO SHIP ITEMS IS MONDAY...PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR ITEM WILL SHIP THE MONDAY AFTER YOU MAKE YOUR PURCHASE!
I am sorry about this but I am disabled and this is the only day I can get help with packaging and going to the post office. There is a chance I may be able to mail earlier but it will be rare.
If you have a special need to get something sooner, please contact me BEFORE bidding and I will do my best for you.