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Actor and director biographies make up the bulk of this section. Film history, criticism, screenplays and animation take the rest, and silent-era memoirs and Hollywood picture books are common.



 

Cinema To-Day, The


Spencer, D. A. and H. D. Waley

Hardcover. London/NY, Oxford Univ. Press, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The state of movies & film from a technical viewpoint in the late 30's. Color frontis, black & white plates

Record # 52010


Price: $15.00 

 

Fellini - The Biography


Baxter, John

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's, 1st US, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 374 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photos throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 52652


Price: $15.00 

 

Cary Grant - A Touch of Elegance


Harris, Warren G.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illus.

Record # 52667


Price: $15.00 

 

Showman - The Life of David O. Selznick


Thomson, David

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1992, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine,

Record # 52671


Price: $25.00 

 

As Time Goes By - The Life of Ingrid Bergman


Leamer, Laurence

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illus.

Record # 52709


Price: $15.00 

 

Split Image - The Life of Anthony Perkins


Winecoff, Charles

Paperback. NY, Dutton, ARC Wraps, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 52713


Price: $15.00 

 

Industry, The - :Life in the Hollywood Fast Lane


David, Saul

Hardcover. NY, Times Books, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, dj price clipped

Record # 52776


Price: $15.00 

 

Threads of Time - Recollections


Brook, Peter

Hardcover. Wash. DC, Counterpoint, 3rd, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos

Record # 52781


Price: $9.00 

 

Opposite Attraction - The Lives of Erich Maria Remarque and Paulette Goddard


Gilbert, Julie

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos

Record # 53121


Price: $25.00 

 

Movies from A.A.P.


n.a.

Hardcover. NY, Associated Artists Productions, 1st , 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A movie distributors sales book, directed at TV industry featuring Warner Bros. films and animated shorts from the mid-50's. Black & white, color illus.

Record # 53201


Price: $8.00 

 

Songs My Mother Taught Me


Brando, Marlon and Robert Lindsey

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1994, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Black & white photos

Record # 53921


Price: $15.00 

 

Speak Low (When You Speak Love) - The letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Kenya


Symonette, Lys and Kim H. Kowalke

Hardcover. Univ. of Calif., 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos

Record # 53923


Price: $30.00 

 

Agee on Film (2 Vols.) - Reviews and Comments - 5 Film Scripts


Agee, James, Illust. by: Tomi Ungerer

Hardcover. NY, McDowell Obolensky, 1st, 1958/1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Vol I: with black & white photos, drawings by Tomi Ungerer. Vol II: Contains his script of The African Queen. Light soil, edgewear to dust jackets.

Record # 54408


Price: $70.00 

 

Love or Nothing - The Life and Times of Ellen Terry


Prideaux, Tom

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj worn at edges, top of spine

Record # 54546


Price: $20.00 

 

My Life in Pictures


Chaplin, Charles

Hardcover. NY, Grosset &: Dunlap, 1st US, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Intro. by Francis Wyndham. Designed by David King. Dj worn, light tape repair. 300 + pages

Record # 55277


Price: $50.00 

 

Keaton - The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down


Dardis, Tom

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. Dj spine faded

Record # 55329


Price: $20.00 

 

Hitch - The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock


Taylor, John Russell

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos. 320 pages

Record # 56568


Price: $15.00 

 

Factual Film, The - A Survey


Dartington Hall Trustees

Hardcover. London, Oxford Univ. Press, 1st , 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj with spotting, chipping

Record # 56866


Price: $18.00 

 

Clint Eastwood - A Biography


Schickel, Richard

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 557 pages

Record # 57194


Price: $20.00 

 

Threads of Time - Recollections


Brook, Peter

Hardcover. Wash. DC, Counterpoint, 2nd, 1998, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Black & white photos.

Record # 57620


Price: $23.00 

 

McQueen


Nolan , William F.

Hardcover. NY, Congdon & Weed, 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 230 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photos. Dj with light edgewear and shelf wear, price clipped. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 57840


Price: $15.00 

 

What Is a Film?


Manvell, Roger

Hardcover. London, Macdonald, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. 184 pages. Light bump to rear board

Record # 58375


Price: $18.00 

 

Hollywood: Legend and Reality


Webb (Ed.), Michael

Hardcover. NY, N.Y. Graphic Society, 1st , 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 228 pages, illust. in color, black & ;white.

Record # 58377


Price: $21.00 

 

On Camera - My 10,000 Hours on Television


Downs, Hugh

Hardcover. New York, Putnams, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY DOWNS on front fly leaf. Black & white photos. 253 pages.

Record # 60907


Price: $19.00 

 

Peter Finch - A Biography


Faulkner, Trader

Hardcover. NY, Taplinger, 1st US, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 312 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photos. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 61524


Price: $20.00 

 

Mrs. Jordan's Profession - The Actress and the Prince


Tomalin, Claire

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 414 pages.

Record # 61574


Price: $25.00 

 

Tracy and Hepburn - An Intimate Memoir


Kanin, Garson

NY, Viking, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 307 pages. Previous owner's inscription under front dust jacket flap otherwise VG/VG.

Record # 62315


Price: $15.00 

 

Ingmar Bergman - Film and Stage


Long, Robert Emmet

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, An illustrated survey of his work. Color, black & white photos. 206 pages.

Record # 63284


Price: $35.00 

 

International Encyclopedia of Film, The


Manvell, Dr. Roger

Hardcover. NY, Bonanza Books, Rep., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1,000 black & white illust. 32 color pages. 574 pages. Index of over 6,500 films.

Record # 63666


Price: $26.00 

 

Tara Treasury, The - A Pictorial History of Gone With the Wind


Gardner, Gerald and Harriet Modell

Hardcover. Westport, CT, Arlington House, Book Club, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Collection of black & white photos of all things GWTW. 192 pages.

Record # 63668


Price: $38.00 

 

Magic Movie Moments


Adelman, Bob and Michael Rand McNally

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st , 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Intro. by Terry Gilliam. Approx. 150 film stills from various movies that capture riveting moments. Color, black & white illust. 176 pages.

Record # 63885


Price: $35.00 

 

Immanence and Transcendence - The Theater of Jean Rotrou (1609-1650)


Nelson, Robert J.

Hardcover. Columbus, OH, Ohio State Univ., 1st , 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY NELSON on front fly leaf .245 pages. Dust jacket with light soil, edgewear

Record # 64282


Price: $38.00 

 

Me and Bogie and Other Friends and Acquaintances From a Life In Hollywood and Beyond


Deutsch, Armand

hardcover. NY, Putnam, 1st , 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 254 pages. Old price sticker on rear of dust jacket.

Record # 64920


Price: $12.00 

 

World According to Mike Leigh, The


Coveney, Michael

Paperback. London, Harper Collins, Rep. wraps, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. 256 pages. Paperback edition.

Record # 65111


Price: $15.00 

 

Women In American Theatre


Chinoy, Helen Krich and Linda Walsh Jenkins

New York, Crown, 1st , 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY CHINOY on half-title page. Black & white photos. 370 pages.

Record # 65568


Price: $25.00 

 

Trustable & Preshus Friends


Douglass (Ed.), Jane

NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A pictorial biography of Elsie Leslie, America's 1st child star. Black & white photos. illust. 96 pages.

Record # 66635


Price: $23.00 

 

Dietrich - Style and Substance


O'Connor, Patrick

NY, Dutton, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Many black & white photos. A pictorial biography. 166 pages. Remainder line on bottom edge.

Record # 66638


Price: $38.00 

 

Marlene - An Intimate Photographic Memoir


Liberman, Alexander

NY, Random House, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Compact disc included.

Record # 67098


Price: $23.00 

 

Hollywood Musicals


Sennett, Ted

NY, Abrams, 1st , 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 420 illustrations, 110 plates in color. 384 pages. Heavy book, shipping extra.

Record # 67767


Price: $30.00 

 

No Intermissions - The Life of Agnes de Mille


Easton, Carol

Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, b&w photos, 548 pgs, remainder line botom edge, dust jacket with light wear, sticker residue.

Record # 75029


Price: $15.00 

 

Die Geschichte Meines Lebens


Chaplin, Charles

Hardcover. Stuttgart, Deutscher Bucherbund, 1st German, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Chaplin's biography in German. Black & white photos, 511 pgs.

Record # 105644


Price: $30.00 

 

Martin Scorsese - A Journey


Kelly, Mary Pat

Hardcover. NY, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Forewords by Stephen Spielberg and Michael Powell. Black & white photos, 318 pgs.

Record # 108693


Price: $25.00 

 

Tina Modotti - A Life


Cacucci, Pino

Hardcover. NY, St. Martins, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Very good, clean condition. includes black & white photos of Modotti as well as black & white reproductions of her own photos. Trans. from Italian by Patricia J. Duncan. hardbound, 225 pgs.

Record # 108702


Price: $25.00 

 

Margo - The Life and Theatre of Margo Jones


Sheehy, Helen

Hardcover. Dallas, Southern Methodist, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY SHEEHY on title page. Jones was a pioneer of the resident-theatre movement. B&W photos, 316 pages.

Record # 175334


Price: $25.00 

 

John M. Synge and the Irish Theatre


Bourgeois, Maurice

London, Constable & Co. LTD, 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 337 pages including index. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. In good condition but no dust jacket.

Record # 176260


Price: $25.00 

 

Mayer and Thalberg - The Make-Believe Saints


Marx, Samuel

New York , Random House, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 273 pages including index. Dust jacket has light wear, tears, otherwise very good.

Record # 176296


Price: $18.00 

 

Dame Edith Evans - Ned's Girl


Forbes, Bryan

Boston, Little Brown , 1st US, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 296 pages including index. With some black and white photographs. Internally in good condition. Dust jacket has edgewear, creases, and small tears.

Record # 176358


Price: $15.00 

 

Souvenir Programs of Twelve Classic Movies 1927-1941


Kreuger, Miles

Paperback. NY, Dover, 1st wraps, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 539 b&w photos 65 other illust. featuring movies like The Jazz Singer, Citizen Kane, Gone with The wind, Grand Hotel, 8 others

Record # 177753


Price: $20.00 

 

Nobody's Perfect - Billy Wilder - A Personal Biography


Chandler, Charlotte

Hardcover. New York , Simon & Schuster , 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&w photos, 352 pages. Remainder line to edge.

Record # 190189


Price: $25.00 

 

Now


Bacall, Lauren

NY, Knopf , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 214 pages.

Record # 200222


Price: $15.00 

 

Eugene "Pineapple" Jackson - His Own Story


Jackson II, Eugene W. with Gwendolyn Sides St. Julian

Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 200520


Price: $9.00 

 

Stanley Kramer Film Maker


Spoto, Donald

Hard Back . NY, Putnam, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket with edgewear. Black & white photos.

Record # 200883


Price: $18.00 

 

The International Film Poster - The Role of the Poster in Cinema Art, Advertising and History


Edwards, Gregory J.

Paperback. New Hampshire, Salem House, 1st wraps, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations ,224 pages. Paperback.

Record # 201262


Price: $20.00 

 

Film Flam


Paul, Elliot

hardcover. London, Frederick Muller, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Black & white illustrations.

Record # 201820


Price: $15.00 

 

Jacob Adler - A Life on Stage - A Memoir


Rosenfeld, Lulla

New York, Knopf, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 403 pages. Black & white photographs.

Record # 203811


Price: $25.00 

 

Women Behind the Camera - Conversations with Camerawomen


Krasilovsky, Alexis

Paperback. Westport, CT, Praeger, 1st wraps, 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Trade Paperback. Black & white photography.

Record # 205080


Price: $15.00 

 

In Search of Ghandi


Attenborough, Richard

Piscataway, NJ, Columbia Pictures Premiere Edition, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 228 pages. Color and black & white photography, both archival and from the film.

Record # 205383


Price: $25.00 

 

Working Cinema - Learning from the Masters


Madsen, Roy Paul

Belmont, CA, Wadsworth, 2nd, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 392 pages. Color and black & white photography. Front cover with corner creases. An instruction manual on the craft of movie-making.

Record # 205992


Price: $20.00 

 

Christopher Marlowe - The Man in His Time


Bakeless, John

New York, Morrow, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: None, 404 pages. B&W illustrations.

Record # 301809


Price: $18.00 

 

Actors' Lives - On and Off the American Stage


Hill, Holly

Paperback. New York, Theatre Communications Group, 1st wraps, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 373 pages. Interviews with 21 contemporary actors.

Record # 302415


Price: $12.00 

 

Monster Show, The - A Cultural History of Horror


Skal, David J., Illust. by: Illustrated.

New York, Norton, Book Club, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 432 pages. B&W illustrations. Dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 302649


Price: $20.00 

 

Trilogy - An Experiment in Multimedia


Capote, Truman, Eleanor & Frank Perry, Illust. by: B&W Photographs

New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: Very Good, Stories, scripts and film notes on Miriam, Among the Paths to Eden and A Christmas Memory. B&W photos. Dust jacket price clipped, otherwise very good.

Record # 302825


Price: $30.00 

 

Film Journal


Arnold, Eve

New York, Bloomsbury, 1st , 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Many B&W photos of movie stars -behind -the- scenes, taken from the 1950's through the 1980's.

Record # 303462


Price: $26.00 

 

Animation from Script to Screen


Culhane, Shamus

London , Columbus Books, 1st U.K., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , 336 pages, 130 color, B&W illustrations.

Record # 303672


Price: $13.00 

 

Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films Of Walt Disney


Merritt, Russell and J.B. Kaufman

Hardcover. Baltimore MD , John Hopkins University, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages, mostly b&w, some color illustrations. Includes a filmography, bibliography and index. First published in Italy in 1992.

Record # 402559


Price: $50.00 

 

Techniques of Television Production


Bretz, Rudy

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 474 pages, many b&w illustrations, photographs. Great reference for the early days of TV broadcasting. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, spine slanted, otherwise very good. In a worn, chipped dust jacket.

Record # 403157


Price: $18.00 

 

Photoplay Scenarios: How to Write and Sell Them


Ball, Eustace Hale

Hardcover. New York , Hearst's International Library, reprint, 1917, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 186 pages, light beige cloth covers with black lettering. An early guide to writing for silent films. Date on copyright page is 1915, but title page is 1917. Light cover wear, soil.

Record # 406054


Price: $50.00 

 

Tootsie: Screenplay


Gelbart, Larry

Softcover. New York, Mirage Enterprises, N/A, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paper wrappers, screenplay xeroxed on 3-hole punched paper and bound with metal brads. No draft mentioned but dated March 8 1982, 145 pages. The copied title page has the signature of Jessica Lange (NOT THE ORIGINAL). The orange paper cover has "Tootsie" written in pen. Possible name covered by "white-out" on top corner of title page. Otherwise, clean, very good.

Record # 412054


Price: $63.00 

 

Full Metal Jacket: Screenplay


Kubrick, Stanley, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford

Softcover. New York, Warner Brothers, N/A, n/a, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paper wrappers, screenplay xeroxed on 3-hole punched paper and bound with metal brads. No draft mentioned, no date, 146 pages. Probably a pirated copy. Clean, very good.

Record # 412055


Price: $79.00 

 

Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies


Carnes, Mark C. (Editor)

Hardcover. 1st, September 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to dust jacket, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 450521


Price: $15.00 

 

Ball of Fire: The Tumultous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball [IMPORT]


Kanfer, Stefan

Hardcover. 1st UK, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 361 pages, b&w photos. Lovely copy. Like new.

Record # 450527


Price: $15.00 

 

Scorsese Picture, The: The Art and Life of Martin Scorsese


Ehrenstein, David

Hardcover. New York, Carol Publishing Corporation, 1st, November 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Light edge wear to top of dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452549


Price: $20.00 

 

World of Animation, The


daSilva, Raul

Softcover. Silver Pixel Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 152 pages. Light wear to pictorial wrappers, faint musty smell, a few small spots on front fly leaf. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 453841


Price: $35.00 

 

We're No Angels


Mamet, David

Softcover. New York, Grove Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 131 pages, minor corner and edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 455925


Price: $20.00 

 

Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business


Mamet, David

Hardcover. New York, Pantheon, 1st, 2007, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 250 pages, spotless and tight copy.

Record # 455932


Price: $12.00 

 

Phantom Empire, The


O'Brien, Geoffrey

Hardcover. New York, W W Norton & Co Inc, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 281 pages, minor dust jacket edge wear and foxing on edges, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 455986


Price: $12.00 

 

Italian Film Posters [ILLUSTRATED]


Kehr, Dave

Hardcover. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 152 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Spotless and tight copy.

Record # 456256


Price: $30.00 

 

The View From Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers


Hays, Matthew

Hardcover. Arsenal Pulp Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 383 pages, black & white photographs throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456997


Price: $18.00 

 

Hollywood v. Hard Core: How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry


Lewis, Jon

Hardcover. New York, NYU Press, 1st, December 1, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 377 pages, b&w photos. Minor dents to corner, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457255


Price: $20.00 

 

Phantom of the Opera, The


Riley, Philip J.

Softcover. rep, October 13, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 317 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457583


Price: $38.00 

 

Preposterous Violence: Fables of Aggression in Modern Culture


Twitchell, James B.

Hardcover. New York, reprint, October 12, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 338 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket,faint foxing to edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457661


Price: $13.00 

 

I'm a Born Liar: A Fellini Lexicon


Pettigrew, Damian

Hardcover. US, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2003-12-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 175 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462261


Price: $25.00 

 

Johnny Carson


Bushkin, Henry

Hardcover. US, Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2013-10-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 294 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 462665


Price: $19.00 

 

Letters


Renoir, Jean

Hardcover. US, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1995-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 605 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462765


Price: $15.00 

 

MGM: When the Lion Roars


Hay, Peter

Hardcover. US, Turner Publishing, Inc., 1st, 1997-08-08, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to price clipped dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463602


Price: $31.00 

 

Adventures Of Roberto Rossellini, The : His Life And Films


Gallagher, Tag

Softcover. US, Da Capo Press, 1st, 1998-10-22, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 802 pages, b&w illustrations. Faint foxing to edges, previous owner's notes on rear end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463656


Price: $13.00 

 

Correspondence, 1945-1984


Truffaut, Francois

Softcover. US, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st US, 1990-05-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 590 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, and end papers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463742


Price: $13.00 

 

Art of Gone With the Wind, The : The Making of a Legend


Cameron, Judy

Hardcover. US, Prentice Hall Trade, 1st, 1989-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 254 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to price clipped dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 463986


Price: $19.00 

 

Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies


Spoto, Donald

Hardcover. US, Crown Archetype, 1st, 2008-10-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 324 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 464429


Price: $19.00 

 

Hide in Plain Sight: The Hollywood Blacklistees in Film and Television, 1950-2002


Buhle, Paul

Hardcover. US, Palgrave Macmillan, 1st, 2003-08-23, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 328 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464642


Price: $13.00 

 

American film genres


Kaminsky, Stuart M.

Softcover. Chicago, Nelson-Hall, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 238 pages. Softcover. B&w photographs throughout. Foxing to back cover, top edge and fore edge. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469514


Price: $38.00 

 

Im Off Filmartikel


Grafe, Frieda

Softcover. Munchen, Hanser, reprint, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 301 pages. Softcover. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469517


Price: $38.00 

 

Stavisky


Semprun, Jorge

Softcover. New York, The Viking Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 163 pages. Softcover with minor edgewear. Clean, unmarked copy. Minor shelf wear to back wrapper. Black & white images throughout.

Record # 470846


Price: $25.00 

 

Sex on the Screen: Eroticism in Film


Lenne, Gerard

Softcover. New York, St. Martin's, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 245 pages. Translated from French by D. Jacobs. B&W photographs throughout.

Record # 511182


Price: $15.00 

 

King Who Was a King, The


Wells, H.G.

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1st US, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages. Brown cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. Wells first attempt to write a full-length film but it was never produced. Top and bottom of spine and corners slighty bumped.

Record # 512511


Price: $13.00 

 

Oz Before the Rainbow - L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz on Stage and Screen to 1939


Swartz, Mark Evan

Hardcover. Baltimore, John Hopkins University Press , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 291 pages. Hardcover. Color, b&w illustrations. Includes extensive bibliography. Blind stamp on front cover. Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 602265


Price: $20.00 

 

Art of Gone With the Wind, The


Cameron, Judy and Paul J. Christman

New York, Prentice Hall Editions, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 254 pages, hardcover. Illustrated in b&w. Corners bumped, otherwise very good in very good dust jacket.

Record # 602880


Price: $31.00 

 

Complete Films of Einstein, The, together with an unpublished essay by Einstein


Hetherington, John, translator

Softcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1st English, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 155 pages, softcover. Illustrated in b&w. Spine tanned, laminate peeling.

Record # 603076


Price: $14.00 

 

Hail, Columbia


Larkin, Rochelle

Hardcover. New Rochelle, Arlington House, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 445 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 604091


Price: $19.00 

 

Novel and the Cinema, The


Wagner, Geoffrey

Hardcover. Rutherford, Fairleigh Dickinson University , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 394 pages. Spine cocked. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608014


Price: $60.00 

 

16mm Manual


Offenhauser, Jr., W.H.

Hardcover. New York, Interscience Publishers, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 580 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608056


Price: $30.00 

 

World of Peter Greenaway, The


Steinmetz, Leon/Peter Greenaway

Hardcover. Boston, Journey Editions, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages. INSCRIBED BY LEON STEINMETZ ON TITLE PAGE. Illustrated in full color with film stills, drawings, set designs, sketches and more. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 608321


Price: $50.00 

 

Gaboralia


Turtu, Anthony/Donald F. Reuter

Softcover. New York, Three Rivers Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 125 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, Tight copy.

Record # 608438


Price: $12.00 

 

Shut Up and Smile - Supermodels: The Dark Side


Halperin, Ian

Softcover. Los Angeles, Ogo Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Covers show light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609384


Price: $25.00 

 

Chimes at Midnight - Orson Welles, director


Lyons (Editor), Bridget Gellert

Hardcover. New Brunswick, Rutgers, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages. Illustrated with black & white stills. 1 of 500 copies in Hardcover. No dust jacket. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 609721


Price: $150.00 

 

Shirley Temple Edition of Susannah of the Mounties, The


Denison, Muriel

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 277 pages. Hardcover. Features the complete story with black & white photographic illustrations. Age toning to pages. Dust jacket price clipped - otherwise Very Good. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611769


Price: $25.00 

 

Serials of Columbia, The


Barbour, Alan G.

Softcover. Kew Gardens, Screen Facts Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Center page loose from stapled binding. Light wear. Clean, unmarked.

Record # 612537


Price: $25.00 

 

Karloff - The Life of Boris Karloff


Underwood, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Drake Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages. Hardcover. 12 pages of black & white photographs. Light foxing to preliminary pages.

Record # 612556


Price: $23.00 

 

Dutch Treat Year Book '69


Farrell (Editor), Frank/Dutch Treat Club

Hardcover. New York, Dutch Treat Club, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Black & white illustrated with black & white drawings and photographs. Dinner ticket laid-in. Darkening to spine. Unmarked. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612682


Price: $63.00 

 

Garbo and the Night Watchmen


Cooke (Editor), Alistair

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st Thus, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 285 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with darkening, chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612795


Price: $13.00 

 

Domino - Ein Film


Brasch, Thomas

Hardcover. Frankfurt, Suhrkamp, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. German text. Illustrated with black & white film stills. Spine slightly cocked. Small spots of abrasion on back cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 612937


Price: $38.00 

 

Modern Film Scripts - Weekend and Wind from the East - Two Films by Jean-Luc Godard


Godard, Jean-Luc

Softcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Darkening to spine, light wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613003


Price: $25.00 

 

Motion Pictures - The Development of an Art from Silent Films to the Age of Television


Fulton, A. R.

Hardcover. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, Third Printing, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 320 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photographs. Some marking in blue ink on 4 pages. Dust jacket with light wear along edges.

Record # 613572


Price: $13.00 

 

Dolce Vita Confidential - Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950's Rome


Levy, Shawn

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, First Edition, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 447 pages. Hardcover. Grey boards with yellow titles to black cloth spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket, price clipped, in very good condition. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 751292


Price: $15.00 

 

Magic of Theater, The - Behind the Scenes With Today's Leading Actors


Black, David

Hardcover. New York, MacMillan Publishing Company, First Edition, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 398 pages. Hardcover. Blue boards with metallic titles to navy cloth spine. with gilt titles to red cloth spine. Black & white illustrations. Features interviews with acclaimed actors including, William Hurt, Liv Ullmann, Christopher Reeve, Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken among other contemporary artists. Dust jacket with light wear to edges. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751326


Price: $15.00 

 

John Ford


Spittles, Brian

Softcover. Essex, UK, Pearson Education Ltd., First US, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 129 pages. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean inside and out. Light minor wear to edges.

Record # 751587


Price: $19.00 

 

Philosophy of Film, The: Introductory Text and Readings


Wartenberg (Editors), Thomas E./Angela Curran

Softcover. Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing, First Edition, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Softcover with only faint, marginal wear to edges. Features essays by Noel Carroll, Malcolm Turvey, Gilles Deleuze, Hugo Munsterberg, Rudolph Arnheim among many others. Black & white illustrations throughout. Faint (erasable) pencil to last two chapters by previous owner. Otherwise, clean and unmarked copy.

Record # 751600


Price: $23.00 

 

Carl Theodor Dreyer: Four Screen Plays


Dreyer, Carl Theodor/Oliver Stallybrass (Translator) & Ole Storm (Introduction)

Hardcover. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, First Thus, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations throughout. Brick boards with gilt titles to spine. Original dust jacket with toning, small tears to edges and small price sticker to flap. Previous owner's signature to front endpaper. Otherwise clean and unmarked.

Record # 751602


Price: $31.00 

 

Montage


Aumont, Jacques

Softcover. Montr

Price: $125.00 

 

Cowboy Movie Posters


N/A

Softcover. West Plains, MO, Bruce Hershenson, nd, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color reproductions of old cowboy movie posters. Light shelfwear.

Record # 801720


Price: $10.00 

 

Critical Realism: History, Photography and the Work of Siegfried Kracauer


Barnouw, Dagmar

Softcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press , 1st , 1994, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 350 pages. B/W photographs. Covers and pages like-new condition.

Record # 802702


Price: $10.00 

 

Nonlinear Editing & Visual Literacy


Stafford, Roy

Softcover. London, British Film Institute, Reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs.

Record # 803519


Price: $16.00 

 

Scorsese Connection, The


Stern , Lesley

Softcover. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated with b&w photographs. 257 pages.

Record # 803525


Price: $10.00 

 

Blood of a Poet, The


Cocteau, Jean

Hardcover. New York , Bodley Press, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 53 pages. Translated from French by Lily Pons. Black cloth w/ blue lettering front cover, small hole in back board. Marbled end papers. Binding still pretty tight. Text block in good shape. Yellow dj very chipped, but enclosed in clear brodart cover.

Record # 803812


Price: $26.00 

 

THE TALE OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S SOUTH PACIFIC: Special Edition


Skouras, Thana (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York , Lehmann, 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages, b&w and color illustrations throughout, illustrated end paper. Color pictorial boards. Tears on spine. Edge wear to boards.

Record # 809145


Price: $15.00 

 

Ancient World in the Cinema, The


Solomon, Jon

Hardcover. New Haven, Ct, Yale University Press, Revised and Axpanded Ed., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 364 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 854698


Price: $15.00 

 

Alexander Korda


Tabori, Paul

Hardcover. New York , Living Books, Inc, 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 323 pages, b&w photos. Some wear, rubbing and soil to yellow dust jacket. Faint foxing to top edge. Nice readingcopy.

Record # 856043


Price: $25.00 

 

Douglas Fairbanks - The Making of a Screen Character


Cooke, Alistair

Hardcover. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 36 pages. B&w photography throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Slight soiling to rear cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857392


Price: $19.00 

 

Road to Glory, The


Sayre, Joel and William Faulkner

Hardcover. Carbondale, IL, Southern Illinois University Press, reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Reprint of famous film screenplay, with an afterward by George Garret. Slight chipping to dust jacket top spine edge. Rear wraps lightly rubbed. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951123


Price: $25.00 

 

Conversations with Brando


Grobel, Lawrence

Paperback. NY, First Cooper Press, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 214 pages, paperback. With a new afterward from the author. Corners lightly bumped, mild rubbing to wraps. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951276


Price: $16.00 

 

Dietrich Icon


Gem

Softcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 420 pages, paperback. An anthology that presents serious historical and theoretical work on Dietrich's star image and career. Mild rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Slight bumping to corners. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 952097


Price: $19.00 

 

Still Moving: Between Cinema and Photography


Beckman (Editors), Karen and Jean Ma

Softcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages, paperback. An exploration of the nature of photography and cinema both before and after the advent of digital media. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 952125


Price: $25.00 

 

Africa on Film: Beyond Black and White


Cameron , Kenneth M.

Hardcover. New York, The Continuum Publishing Company, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Film criticism on how English language films dealing with Africa have a mixed legacy of reinforcing racism. Light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Minor smudging to text block edges. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 952274


Price: $15.00 

 

How Do I Look? Queer Film and Video


Object-Choices, Bad (Editor)

Softcover. Seattle, WA, Bay Press, 2nd printing, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages. Softcover. Some pen markings throughout. An otherwise clean copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 2230359


Price: $19.00 

 

Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics, and Politics


Stewart, Michelle (Editor)

Softcover. London, Duke University Press Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Very clean inside. Minor wear to edges. Otherwise unmarked.

Record # 2230423


Price: $15.00 

 

Cinema in Democratizing Germany: Reconstructing National Identity After Hitler


Fehrenbach, Heide

Softcover. Chapel Hill NC, The University of North Carolina Press, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages, paperback. Analyzes the important role cinema played in the reconstruction of post war Germany. Mild rubbing to wraps. Slight bumping to corners. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 4450058


Price: $19.00 

 

Rules of The Game


Renoir, Jean

Softcover. New York, Simon and Shuster, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 168 pages, paperback. Classic film script. Moderate rubbing and age toning to wraps. Black-and-white photography throughout. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 4450075


Price: $19.00 

 

My Night at Maud's (Rutgers Films in Print)


Rohmer, Eric/English Showalter (Editor)

Softcover. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, First Edition, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover with light wear to edges & light sunfade to spine. 186 pages. Light pencil to some pages. Tight binding, black & white illustrations. Else clean.

Record # 6670177


Price: $15.00