Don't Tell Dad: A Memoir
Hyperion, April 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author on half title. A good hardcover first edition in jacket (has reading wear; spine cocked). More
Television & Film
Films 1945-1950.
Longmans, Green and Co., January 1952. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (oblong). A good copy with text block detached from wraps; light rubbing and scuffing to wraps. B/W Photographs. More
The Mighty Barnum: a Screen Play
Covici-Friede, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chip and rubbing to top of spine; lacks front endpaper; DJ price-clipped with chips. More
Swiss Films / Schweizer Filme / Films Suisses : 1986
[Swiss Film Center Foundation], 1986. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 146 pages. Text in English, German and French. Annual volume; includes long and short features, documentaries, animation, etc.; plus list of names, titles, and directory (addresses). Additional flyer of the Swiss Film Center Foundation present (with horizontal fold at middle). Slight..... More
Magazin Kina
Panorama Editorial, 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight creases, rubbing and browning to wrappers (chiefly at spine edges and lower edges); slight bumping to lower right corners; slight internal browning to edges. 255, [1] pages. Text in Czech. Includes articles and essays on..... More
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between)
Ballantine Books, November 2016. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Veryy Good; Very Good dust jacket with light general wear. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Tight binding. Clean, crisp pages. More
D. W. Griffith : American Film Master
Museum of Modern Art, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 88 pages. Notable for the interview of Griffith's cameraman Billy Bitzer (by Beaumont Newhall). Foreword by Richard Griffith; annotated filmography by Eileen Bowser; includes bibliographical references. Slight soiling and rubbing to covers (cloth); previous owner's..... More
Cinemages: Special Issue No. 1: Published on the Occasion of the Screening of 'The Birth of a Nation' (D. W. Griffith, 1915)
The Group for Film Study, 1955. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Slight stains, rubbing and browning to wrappers (chiefly at spine and foredges); previous owner's pencil address and telephone number at head of page [iii]; internal browning to edges. [4], 39, [1] pages (including..... More
The Lavender Screen: The Gay and Lesbian Films : Their Stars, Makers, Characters and Critics
Citadel Pr, February 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed. Slight stains, rubbing and browning to wrappers; slight crease to upper right corner of upper wrapper; slight internal browning to edges. 254, [1] pages. Concentration on films from the 1970's through the early 1990's;..... More
Filmgoers Review ; a Pictorial Survey of the Year's Films 1946-47
Albyn Press, January 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A good copy with sunning, creasing and tearing to spine; rubbing, scuffing and fading to covers; bumping and wear to edges and corners. B/W Photographs. More
Filmgoers Review: A Pictorial Survey of the Year's Films 1945-46
Albyn Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A good copy with sunning, creasing and tearing to spine; rubbing, scuffing and fading to covers; bumping and wear to edges and corners. B/W Photographs. More
Werner Herzog (Arte Edition)
JOVIS, March 2003. Hardcover. A Very Good copy. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, and bumped corners. Interior is tight, clean, and bright. Folio. More
Love, Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen
Limelight Editions, January 1990. Trade Paperback. Very Good used copy. Corners of front cover and first few pages curl out; interior is clean and unmarked. More
The Lives of Jenny Dolan: 'A Matter of Convenience?'
NP, 1975. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [1], 60pp. (rectos only). 8.5 x 11' typed sheets with blue cardstock covers. Moderate handling wear. Draft of a script for the 1975 television production; at head of title leaf: 'First Draft: 10/9/75'. With name of the..... More
Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog)
University of Wisconsin Press, May 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" xxii, 227 pages. '... a soulful, many-sided exploration of what it has meant to be young, gay, and alive within the mind-altering movie palace of American culture since Stonewall' (jacket front flyleaf). Includes bibliographical references..... More
Alec Guinness on screen
Polygon, January 1982. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (square). A tight, clean copy. More
Dennis Hopper : (Movie Top Tens Series)
Creation Books, May 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine condition. Clean, used copy. 152 pp. More
Homeland Revealed
Chronicle Books, October 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. Clean interior. 159 pp. More
Juarez (Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay Series)
University of Wisconsin Press, March 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing and browning, few small nicks to jacket; slight internal browning to edges. 259, [4] pages. Contains the complete screenplay of the 1939 Warner Bros. film, directed by William Dieterle, starring Brian Aherne..... More
15th Annual Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards
Broadcast Designers' Association, January 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light wear to spine and wraps, light creasing to corners.Color Illustrations. More
We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie
W. W. Norton & Company, February 2017. Hardcover. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, and bumped corners. Book has edgewear, bumped corners, and mild toning to pages. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. More
Elia Kazan: A Life
Anchor, March 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback. In Very Good condition with light wear to wraps and minor tanning to text block. Interior is clean with crisp text and B&W photographs. 848pp. More
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
International Creative Management, 1975. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [150]pp. (rectos only). 8.5 x 11' typed sheets with blue cardstock covers. Moderate handling wear. Xeroxed copy of the typescript for the 2-act domestic comedy, set in a New York City loft apartment on New Year's Eve;..... More
Introduction to Film Structure
UPA, June 1982. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good condition. Interior is clean with a tight spine. 227 pp. More
Akira Kurosawa: Drawings
Kurosawa Production Inc. / Tsutaya Stores, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Scarce survey of Kurosawa's incredible 'storyboard' paintings for his renowned films. Text in English and Japanese. A good copy, outwardly near fine, but interrnally showing minor dampstaining to text at lower margins). More