Search Results: Film & Television from Twin City Antiquarian Books

South Brunswick & New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Black boards, foil titles on spine, 593 pp, b & w photos in text. Remainder mark made with red marker on bottom edge.. DJ covered with adhesive plastic & has a stray red mark matching the remainder mark on front panel.. NOTE: This is volume one only. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. 2nd ed. . Near Fine/VG. 26 X 18½ cm.

New Delhi: Directorate of Film Festivals, 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White with blue titles on spine, 152 pp, stills on most pages, select bibliography. Lightly soiled & rubbed. Issued as a catalogue of a full retrospective exhibit of Ray's films, this book contains brief summaries plus Ray's comments on 25 films, the latest of which is Pikoo's Day (1981), an interview, some of Ray's drawings, and a filmography. Shipping weight 1 lb.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. VG/No dj. 22½ X 14 cm.

New York: Castle Books, 1970 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow boards, black titles on spine, 256 pp, many b & w stills from films in text, bibliography. Slight shelf wear. DJ has a 4 cm tear near top of front joint; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . VG+/VG-. 26 X 17½ cm.

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, & Auckland: Doubleday, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, gold foil titles on spine, [ix], 336, [1] pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, discography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 4th ptg. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Hill and Wang (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full grey cloth, foil titles on spine, xiii, 674 pp, hundreds of b & w photos in text, bibliography, index. Edges spotted, otherwise very good. DJ worn at tail of spine & corners; in Brodart archival cover. Beginning with the invention of photography, Rhode makes a "chronological, systematic attempt to relate movies to the societies from which they emerge and see them in a social and economic context." Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . G-/VG. 24 X 16 cm.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, black cloth spine with gilt & reverse-gilt titles, viii, 207 pp. Small creases to corners of a couple of leave & DJ, else both are fine; DJ in Brodart archival cover. This is a collection of previously published essays on the movies. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York, London, etc.: Simon & Schuster, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter grey cloth, red paper-covered boards, foil titles on spine, red endpapers, 782, [1] pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Price-clipped DJ is in Brodart archival cover. Smith bases her biography of Paley, who built the CBS radio and television networks, upon published sources, correspondence, and many interviews she conducted with Paley's associates. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 24½ X 16½ cm.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, red endpapers, [xi], 669 pp, 20 ff b & w photo plates, index. Bump to bottom fore-edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards with bronze facsimile signature, white linen spine with bronze titles, b & w photo endpapers, [vii], 134 pp, b & w photos throughout, index. DJ has a tiny nick to top edge of rear flap; in Brodart archival cover. Book-of-the-Month Club bookmark laid in. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. BOMC. . Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 18½ cm.

New York, London, etc.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Decorative boards, cloth spine with olive titles, red endpapers, xii, 419 pp, 24 ff sepia-toned b & w photo plates, synopses of Miss Davies' films, bibliography, index. Owner's name ffep. DJ price-clipped in Brodart archival cover. "...an exhaustively researched biography, filled with Marion Davies' own recollections of her life, interviews with almost all of those who knew her, private correspondence, andecdotes, and previously undiscovered documents. It is a vivid and compelling portrait...." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Random House, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, black spine with green foil titles, [ix], 366, [3] pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Fry (Jeeves in "Jeeves & Wooster," Peter in "Peter's Friends") writes about his first twenty years. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full white linen, bronze titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed pink, xv, 394, [3] pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, index. DJ has tear to bottom of rear joint, a bit of edge wear, spine slighly faded; in Brodart archival cover. Biography of actor Bert Lahr by his son. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG/VG. 24½ X 16½ cm.

New York: Random House, 2000 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown boards, black spine with gold foil titles, xiv, 670, [1] pp, 51 photos, notes, index. Top edge of front board faded, one leaf of Foreword is cockled. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Inscribed "by Don King on behalf of author Tom King" on front free endpaper. Geffen acted as business manager for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the 1960s, Jackson Browne, the Eagles, and Bob Dylan in the 70s, produced films such as Risky Business, bankrolled the Broadway musical Cats, and cofounded the DreamWorks studio. Tom King had Geffen's cooperation in researching this biography, but also relied on interviews with many of Geffen's associates as well as published material. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter red cloth, black paper-covered boards, black titles on spine, blue endpapers, xii, 97 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, additional photos printed with text. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Vidal mixes a personal memoir with memories of historical films and political observations. Originally written as the 1991 William E. Massey, Sr., Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, red, yellow, & blue titles on black cloth spine, xv, 335, [1] pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates, index. Corners slightly rubbed, else fine. Price-clipped DJ is torn, chipped, & rubbed but without loss of text or pictures. A breezy memoir. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Early printing. . Near Fine/G+. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Perfect-bound in mostly white covers with black, blue, & brown decoration and titles, xi, 245 pp, index. 6th ptg. Looks unread, but spine brittle, slight foxing to top edge. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 6th ptg. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No dj. 22½ X 14½ cm.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall (Simon & Schuster), 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial boards, xxxiii, 459 pp, 1 color plate, many b & w photos & other figures, chapter bibliographies, index. Previous owner's name and address rubber-stamped on front endpapers, title page, & a contents page, else fine. Discusses television and radio industry history, organization, financing (commercial vs. government support), technology, audience, and regulation. Intended as an introductory college-level text on broadcasting. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 24 X 18½ cm.

New York: The Viking Press, 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, black cloth spine with foil titles.xxii, 313 pp. Two small coffee stains on top edge, owner's name on recto of ffep. DJ lightly rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, in this examination of television programming in the 1970s "Sally Bedell probes [Fred Silverman's] legend and follows his meteoric career. What emerges is a biting portrait of the moods and imperatives of the networks and their executives in the high-stakes battles for profits and prestige that shape what we see on our living room screens. Here too are the inside stories behind some of the decade's favorite hit shows as well as some of its stunning flops." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue boards, blue cloth spine with foil titles, blue endpapers, x, 443, [1] pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Top edge of boards slightly sunned, ffep dog-eared, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. History of public television in the United States by the former president of National Educational Television. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, black cloth spine with foil titles, pict. endpapers, x, 386, [2] pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. One-inch cut on DJ spine with matching scratch on spine of book (but does not penetrate cloth), else as new; DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 6th ptg. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.