Imitation of Life:; Douglas Sirk, director
New Brunswick: Rutgers Univ Pr, 1991. Paperback. 346 p. 8vo. Paperback. Shelfwear and light scuffing.
FILM & MOVIES
Why Norma Jean Killed Marilyn Monroe.
Chicago: Global Rights LTD, 1992. First edition. Cloth w/ Dustjacket. 8vo. 191 pp. Front dj cover illustrated with color photo of Marilyn Monroe. Very light rubbing to dj edges, corners, and spine ends with light bumping to spine head and top corners. Sticker to back dj covers. Very light soiling.....
Malle on Malle.
London: Faber and Faber, 1993. First edition. Cloth Hard Cover w/ Dustjacket. 8vo. 240 pp. First edition. Light rubbing to edges of jacket. Book lightly bumping to spine ends. Tight and clean. First edition. Signed by Louis Maller. With b&w photos to interior. "In this frank and far-reaching book, Malle.....
Gender and German Cinema, Feminist Interventions, 2 Volumes.
Providence: Berg, 1993. Cloth. 8vo. 332 pp, 361 pp. 2 Volumes. Light edgewear, light soiling. Vol. 1: Gender and Representation in New German Cinema. Vol 2: German Film History/ German History on Film. With photos. Analysis of films from several eras with both female and male directors, cinematic tecnique, narrative.....
Gender and German Cinema, Feminist Interventions, 2 Volumes.
Providence: Berg, 1993. Cloth. 8vo. 332 pp, 361 pp. 2 Volumes. Light edgewear, light soiling. Vol. 1: Gender and Representation in New German Cinema. Vol 2: German Film History/ German History on Film. With photos. Analysis of films from several eras with both female and male directors, cinematic tecnique, narrative.....
Gender and German Cinema, Feminist Interventions, 2 Volumes.
Providence: Berg, 1993. Cloth. 8vo. 332 pp, 361 pp. 2 Volumes. Light edgewear, light soiling. Vol. 1: Gender and Representation in New German Cinema. Vol 2: German Film History/ German History on Film. With photos. Analysis of films from several eras with both female and male directors, cinematic tecnique, narrative.....
Making Better Movies.
Amatuer Cinema League, Inc., 1932. Paperback. 205 pp., 8vo. Paperback. A vintage guide to film production for amatuer film-makers. Moderate sunning, soiling & wear to covers & spine. Binding sturdy. Pencil writing to rrep, otherwise textblock clean & crisp.
Nat Goodwin's Book.
Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1914. Cloth. 366 pp. 8vo (large). Cloth. Shelfwear to book, lightly soiled. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Sunning to spine. Rough cut textblock, t.e.g. P.o.'s name in pencil to ffep.Light soiling and faint foxing to ep's. Small tears to hinges. Soiling to edges of some.....
Silver Screen, May 1943, Vol. 13, No. 7.
New York: Hunter Publications, 1943. Paperback. 90 pp. 4to. Magazine. Shelfwear, light soiling. Small stain to front cover. Bumping to spine ends w/ chips. Creasing to rear cover at top corner. Light damp staining along lower edges/fore corners of pages. Few little tears to page and cover edges.
Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters.
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 320 pp., folio. Hardcover in dj. First edition. A comprehensive, must-have reference for all Disney enthusiasts, complete w/ stills & character bios/plot outlines; from the shorts to the features (up to The Great Mouse Detective). Boards & spine fine. Binding very.....
The Castle Dracula Quarterly, Vol. I, No. I.
Glastonbury, CT: Gordon R. Guy, 1978. Paperback. Unpaginated. 8vo. Stapled booklet. Rear cover soiled, scuffed. Light wear to cover edges. Sp. ends lightly bumped. Front hinge faintly browned.
She: A History of Adventure.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Cloth. 12mo. 302 pp. Spine sunned, foxing to edges, light wear to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to end pages. Signed to piece of paper glued to fpd. Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay, a Lee-Bradford production starring Betty Blythe.
Memoirs:; David Dodd Hand
1991. Paperback. 125 pp., squarish 8vo. Paperback. Autobiographical writings by the animator who served as supervising director for Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs & Bambi. Very light soiling & shelfwear to covers & spine. Binding tight. Faint foxing to textblock edges, otherwise interior clean.
Charlie Chan at the Movies:; History, Filmography, and Criticism
Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Co, 1989. Cloth. 270 pp., 8vo. Blue cloth hardcover. Signed by author. Slight rubbing, flexing & shelfwear to boards. Some edgewear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding holding sturdy. Very light soiling to textblock edges. Textblock clean & crisp. Signed by author.
The Cowboy:; Six-Shooters, Songs, and Sex
Norman: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1976. Paperback. 167 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Shelfwear. Bookplate to inside of front cover. Sunning and closed tear to spine.
Deerstalker!:; Holmes and Watson on Screen
Metuchen, N.J. & London: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1978. Cloth. 313 pp., 8vo. Purple cloth hardcover. Some scuffin, flexing & edgewear to boards. Slight cocking, shaking & edgewear to spine but binding very sturdy. Some very light soiling & dampstaining to textblock edges. Some light dampstaining to pds otherwise textblock clean.....
D. W. Griffith:; The Years at Biograph
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. First paperback edition. Paperback. 250 pp., 8vo. Paperback. First paperback edition. Scuffing & slight edgewear to covers & spine; sunning to spine. Very faint soiling to textblock edges. Pgs clean & crisp.
D.W. Griffith: The Year at Biograph.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 250pp., clean like-new interior, slight yellowing to dj, light soiling to text block, illustrated with black-and-white photographs.
The Films of Alan Ladd.
Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 254 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Some very light scuffing, bowing & shelfwear to boards. Slight cocking & shelfwear to spine. Pgs clean & crisp. Light scuffing & edgewear to dj; sunningto spine.
Who Goes There?:; 1950's Horror & Sci-Fi Movie Posters & Lobby Cards
West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenon, 2001. Paperback. Unpaginatd. 4to. Paperback. Scuffed, edgeworn. Light bumping to spine foot. Illustrated with images of 260 movie posters.
The Hollywood Musical.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983. Hardcover. 463 pp. Folio. Hardcover in dustjacket. Shelfwear to jacket, bumping to upper edges, lower front edge partially folded beneath dj cover, sm price sticker to front flap. Edge wear to book, bumping to spine foot and lightly to head. Light yellowing to page.....
They Went Thataway.
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1976. First edition. 1/4 Cloth. 8vo. 281pp. Lightly rolled; covers slightly bowed. Light shelf wear to dj. A front row kid's search for his boyhood heroes - the old-time Hollywood cowboys. Illustrated.
The Contemporary Cinema.
Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1963. Cloth Hardcover. 12mo. 222 pp. Spiene ends and corners lightly bumped, slight browning to page edges. An analysis of contempory cinema. Including essays on Antonioni, Bunuel, Bergman, Donen, Demy, Fellini, Clair and many more.
The Geopolitical Aesthetic:; Cinema and Space in the World System
Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press & British Film Institute, 1992. Hardcover. 220 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. "Taking contemporary films in the US, Russia, Taiwan, France & the Philippines...offers a reading of some of the most interesting films of the last decade & a general account of filmic representation.....
Hans Richter: New Living, Architecture, Film, Space.
Verona: Lars Muller Publishers, 2001. Hard Cover. 8vo. 127 pp. Light finger soil to covers. B/w photographs of various architecture, films, and people.