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New York: W. W. Norton, 1998 1st ed. 214pp. illus. paperback tall 8vo: Fine. A definitive view of the film by a friend of the Coens with great illustrations.

New York: Knopf. 1949 4th ptg. 363pp + xxiii index pp. illus. red cloth sm 4to: near Very Good in a Good dj [short ink note on ffep; endpp are age browned; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A compendium of information on over 60 ballets.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2010 1st ed. 247pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj.

New York: Knopf, 1981 1st ed. 240pp. illus. blue & silver cloth 4to: Very Good in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [slight mustiness from slick magazine-style paper; else VG; dj = p-c; small tear @ top edge of front cover; else nrVG] A big illustrated history of the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre s glory days with Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) in the chair. An appendix provides a chronology of all productions through November 1981.

New York: Doubleday, 2000 2nd ptg. INSCRIBED boldly on half-title p. by author. 144pp. hardback 8vo: Good in a Fine dj [ink underlining throughout text; would be near Fine or better without this flaw] Interesting for author's signature.

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1999 1st Am. ed. 280pp. illus. paperback 8vo: near Fine [some top edge foxing; else a nice crisp copy]

Kansas City: Andrews & McMeel/Cader Books, 1996 1st ed. 138pp. illus. paperback: Fine. An entertaining illustrated compendium of brief rap sheets for celebrities ranging from Brigitte Bardot to Peter Yarrow.

privately issued (AuthorHouse), 2004 1st ed. 393pp. illus. navy cloth tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. Subtitled: "For movie lovers and movie makers of all kind! Contracts, copyright, script writing, marketing, photos and great money saving tips on how to make your Film dream come true! Everything about Hollywood filmmaking you never knew!" Lots of exclamation points; it must be good!!

New York: Grove Press/Evergreen Black Cat Books. 1968 reprint. 254pp. illus. paperback: near Very Good [bit of age browning; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] The complete full text of the scenario of Sjoman’s (1924-2006) then (1967) controversial film, which became a big money maker in the USA. Includes 266 photographic stills from the motion picture. Cover praise by Norman Mailer.

New York: Lebhar-Friedman, 2000. 177pp. illus. paperback sm 4to: Fine. Public breast beating and shriving by everyone from Grace Slick to Chipper Jones. Published too early for Tiger Woods, though.

London: Elm Tree Books. 1984 1st ed. 159pp. illus. hardback 8vo: near Very Good in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [text is completely age browned owing to publisher's acidic paper extensively used in Britain in the 1980s; else nrVG] A posthumously published show biz autobiography by the marvelous English character actor John Charles Elton Le Mesurier [pronounced "Measurer"] De Somerys Halliley (1912-1983). Back cover of dust jacket is a full face publicity photo of Le Mesurier in his Dad's Army role.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984 1st ed. 291pp. cloth sm 4to: ex lib. copy; some stickers and markings from a public lib. deletion; else a very nice clean, complete & tight copy/no dj. Greenwood Press’ Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts, Number 1.

New York: Program Publishing Co.,  [1943]. 14pp. illus. staple-bound paper program 4to: near Very Good [ink note inside front cover: "The Music Box, New York, March 16, 1943"] The program from the smash hit New York show starring Gypsy Rose Lee, et al. Includes what at the time were probably somewhat racy black and white photos of the cast. Theater and film producer Todd (Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen, 1909-58) won a Best Picture Academy Award for his 1956 film "Around the World in 80 Days," and was married to Elizabeth Taylor at the time of his death.

New York: Harmony Books, 1989 1st ed. 255pp. paperback tall 8vo: near Very Good [some front cover creases; else nrVG] More than 1,000 lines of TV dialogue excerpted from over 200 programs of the past going all the way back to Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life" and Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" and up to shows such as "Cheers." The quotations are arranged by subject.

Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 1991 1st ed. thus. 377pp. paperback tall 8vo: near Fine [a few lines underlined in pencil; else a crisp and uncreased copy] Talks with a dozen top screenwriters ranging from Buck Henry to Ring Lardner, Jr., originally published in 1972.

New York: Villard, 1999 1st ed. 213pp. paperback: Very Good [text is age browned; else a nice crisp, uncreased copy]

New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1987 1st ed. 392pp. hardback sm 4to: Good+ in a Fine dj [foxing to edges & endpp; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] Jacket praise from Sir John Gielgud for this amusing anthology.

New York: Villard, 2003 1st ed. 181pp. hardback sm 8vo in pictorial boards: near Fine/no dj.