Agee On Film: Reviews & Comments. + Agee On Film: Volume Two: Five Film Scripts. [2 (two) Volume Set]
by Agee, James
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/Fair + VG+/VG. (vol 1 covers soiled, jacket limp/soiled, heavily chipped. vol 2 covers clean, jacket clean, top edge moderate
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(NY.) McDowell Obolensky (c1958) (c1960) HARDCOVERS. VG/Fair + VG+/VG. (vol 1 covers soiled, jacket limp/soiled, heavily chipped. vol 2 covers clean, jacket clean, top edge moderately worn. texts of both books clean/unmarked/bright albeit aged) 8vo's Occasional photo plates + line drawings by Tomi Ungerer in Vol. 1. ** ADDITIONAL POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR DOMESTIC PRIORITY OR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ** Foreword to Vol 2 by John Huston. Color reversed else uniform red/gray cloth covers. Vol 1: Agee's film reviews from The Nation, Time, & Partisan Review. Vol 2: scripts of: Noa Noa, African Queen, Night of the Hunter, Bride Comes Yellow Sky, Blue Hotel.
Synopsis
James Agee (1909-1955) started his writing career as a reporter for Fortune, which led to his writing Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. In addition to film reviews, he wrote several scripts, including The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel A Death in the Family.
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- Booktopia (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4091011
- Title
- Agee On Film: Reviews & Comments. + Agee On Film: Volume Two: Five Film Scripts. [2 (two) Volume Set]
- Author
- Agee, James
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVERS
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/Fair + VG+/VG. (vol 1 covers soiled, jacket limp/soiled, heavily chipped. vol 2 covers clean, jacket clean, top edge moderate
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McDowell Obolensky
- Place of Publication
- (NY.)
- Date Published
- (c1958) (c1960)
- Pages
- 2 vols: (x. + 432pp) + (xiv. + 487pp)
- Keywords
- 20th Century American Cinema Film Movies Screenwriters, James Agee Reviews Criticism Screenplays Film Scripts, 20th Century Hollywood Film History
- Size
- 8vo's
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