Search Results: Cinema, Films, Movies from Books of the World

New York: Bantam, September 1960. Mass Market Paperback. H2104. 11th printing. Good. Tanned. Text unmarked. Not from a library. 280 pages. A roman à clef loosely based upon the life of socialite and flapper Starr Faithfull, whose unsolved death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation. Made into a movie which won Elizabeth Taylor won her first Academy Award for Best Actress. The novel explores the life of a young woman having an affair with an older, married businessman. Set in New York circa 1931, it fills in her family background and sexual history, and it locates her within a circle of friends, their relationships, and economic struggles, providing a closely observed tour of the sordid and sensational lives of people on the fringe of café society and the underworld.

New York: Award Books, June 1973. Mass Market Paperback. No ISBN. AN1139. 95¢. First Edition, Seventh printing, December 1974. Fine. Lightly tanned. Slight edgewear. Light rubbing. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 158 pages. Film tie-in, based on the 1973 movie, the fifth and final installment in the original Planet of the Apes movie series.

Universal City, California: Universal Pictures, 2018. Five-volume Paperback Set in Thick Pictorial Board Slipcase. New in original shrinkwrap. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration. 11.5 x 9.4 x 2 inches. Six pounds. Heavy item: Large extra charges for expedited or international shipping.
Contents: Book One : The Mission : Picture, Director, Adapted ScreenplayBook Two : The Players : ActingBook Three : The Vision : Cinematography, Film Editing, Visual EffectsBook Four : The Sound and Score : Sound Editing and Mixing, Original ScoreBook Five : The Craft : Production and Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling

San Rafael, California: Insight Editions, November 2022. Netflix Edition / full number line. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration. Pictorial hardcover in a thick linen covered slipcase with pictorial pastedown. As New book in a Near Fine slip case. Book is pristine inside and out. Slipcase shows very light shelf/handling wear. 224 pages. Lavishly illustrated. 12.25 x 10.0 x 1.5 inches. 5.2 pounds. Heavy item : large extra charges for expedited and international shipping.
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvented Carlo Collodi's classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion film follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world. Illustrated with stunning visuals, this deluxe volume follows the remarkable creative journey that brought Pinocchio to the screen, from del Toro's… Read More

New York: The Sun Dial Press, 1939. Hardcover. Authorized edition. Based on Paramount's moving picture; produced in technicolor by Fleischer Studios Inc. Black cloth spine with color illustrated paper boards. B&W illustrated front endpapers. Color frontispiece and illustrated title page form a double colored plate. Richly illustrated throughout in color and B&W. Rear endpapers have word and music to the movie theme song "Faithful Forever." Poor condition / reading copy. Cover detached. Prior owner's bookplate to copyright page and piece of tape with another owner's name to top corner of front cover. No other marks. Edgewear. Corners worn to cardboard. Not from a library. 27 pages.

New York: Ballantine / Fawcett Crest, February 1987. Mass Market Paperback. 21st printing, December 1989. Very Good. Interior unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight with light spine crease. Cover clean and bright with front hinge crease. Edgewear. 395 pages.Winner of the 1985 Governor General's (Canada) Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. Adapted into a 1990 film, a 2000 opera, a television series, and other media. It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant, because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and child. But all of that is gone now...everything has changed.

New York: Penguin Books, April 2000. Trade Paperback. Movie Tie-In Edition, first printing / full number line. Very Good+. Prior owner's name inside cover. Text unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light edgewear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xx + 315 pages. At the age of twenty-five, Kuki Gallman, divorced and badly injured in a devastating car accident, left Italy to convalesce in Africa with the man who would become her second husband. Enchanted by the land, they established a vast ranch on the Laikipia plateau in Kenya. But Africa's splendor came with a price. Filled with pain and joy, beauty and drama, Gallman's haunting memoir captures perfectly the magic of Kenya. Made into the motion picture starring Kim Basinger.

New York: Welcome Rain, January 2000. Trade Paperback. First U.S. Edition / full number line. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. xiii + 332 pages

New Line Home Entertainment, 2002-2004. Three DVD Boxed Sets. As New discs with As New inserts in As New boxes. From a private collection. Not from a library. Not a rental. Twelve DVDs. 11 hours and 21 minutes runtime. PG-13. No DVD Region Code listed. Three sets of four DVDs each are complete with inserts inside three faux-leather boxes with inserts and discs. [Platinum Series] [Special Extended Edition] [Widescreen].
These three Special Extended DVD Editions bring almost two hours of extra action to the many hours seen in the theatrical versions. In addition, there's a bevy of extra materials on the two extra DVDs found in each of the three Platinum Series Releases. Each box has four DVDs.
The Special Extended editions of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings present the greatest trilogy in film history in the most ambitious sets in DVD history. In bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's work to the screen, Jackson benefited from extraordinary special effects, evocative New Zealand locales, and an exceptionally… Read More

Los Angles: Netflix, December 2020. Hardcover. White boards with a black night sky belly band. New in original shrink wrap. Photo-journal coffee-table book that accompanies George Clooney's Netflix film "The Midnight Sky" based on the adaptation of the brilliant 2016 science fiction novel Good Morning Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton. Features essays by Lilly Brooks-Dalton, movie co-star David Oyelowo, and astronaut Charlie Duke. Lavishly illustrated in color with production photos and film stills. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited shipping.

New York: Harper, April 2017. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. As New book in a Fine jacket. Book is pristine inside and out. Jacket has just the slighest reading wear to lower front edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 272 pages.

New York: Assouline, 2021. Hardcover. Gray linen over boards with B&W photo pastedowns to front and rear covers. Near Fine book, no jacket as published. INew York: Assouline, 2021. Hardcover. Gray linen over boards with B&W photo pastedowns to front and rear covers. Near Fine book, no jacket as published. Interior pristine. A few scuffs to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 215 pages. Lavishly illustrated coffee-table book that accompanies the Netflix film "Passing" directed by Rebecca Hall based on the adaptation of the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen. Features Rebecca Hall's directorial notes and behind the scene images from the film. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration.nterior pristine. A few scuffs to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 215 pages. Lavishly illustrated coffee-table book that accompanies the Netflix film "Passing" directed by Rebecca Hall based on the adaptation of the 1929 novel by Nella… Read More

New York: Assouline, 2023. Hardcover. Pictorial linen over boards. New in original shrinkwrap. 240 pages. 9.8 x 10.9 x 1.3 inches. 3.75 pounds. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shipping.
A lavishly illustrated exquisite coffeetable book from Assouline that accompanies George C. Wolfe's film "Rustin" produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground. Bayard Rustin is the unsung hero behind the 1963 March on Washington. A fearless activist, Rustin challenged authority without apology and made history, only to be forgotten. This book offers an in-depth look at the making of the movie, including the screenplay, film stills, set photography and quotes from the cast and filmmakers. Every aspect of production and post-production is explored, from writing the screenplay to casting and finessing the score. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration.

New York: Simon & Schuster / Scribner, November 2001. Mass Market Paperback. First Printing of the Movie Tie-In Paperback Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Interior unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and lightly creased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 364 pages. A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family. When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just deserts, he retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters and family members all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As Quoyle confronts his private demons -- and the unpredictable forces of nature and society -- he begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery.

Los Angles: Netflix, September 2020. Hardcover. Pictorial boards; no jacket as published. New in original shrink wrap. Photo-journal coffee-table book that accompanies Aaron Sorkin's Netflix film The Trial of the Chicago 7. Features profiles of the principal players and the original screenplay. Lavishly illustrated in color with production photos, film stills, and interview photos. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. 143 pages of color images + 160 page script.