Film Criticism
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The Collected Plays of Neil Simon, Volume 1: The Odd Couple; Plaza Suite; Barefoot in the Park; Come Blow Your Horn; The Star-Spangled Girl; Last of the Red Hot Lovers; Promises, Promises
by Simon, Neil; Hamlisch, Marvin; Sager, Carole Bayer
NY: Plume, 1986. Trade softcover. Published NY: Plume, 1986. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 657pp. Mild creasing to spine, one page wrinkled, light edge soil, else very good, clean, bright. . Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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£16.33
MORGAN BARBARA
by Morgan, Barbara
Konemann, 1999. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published Konemann, 199, second printing. Square 8vo., 96pp., illustrated with b/w photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo.
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£28.57
EL MUNDO DEL PAPEL. Trabajos Manuales Graduados
by Montero, Doctor Nemesio
Valladolid: Sever-Cuesta, 1965. Octava Edicion. Hard cover. Published Valladolid: Sever-Cuesta, 1965. Small folio, 8 7/8" x 12 1/2", 116pp. of design drawings and text in Spanish, plus 16pp. index and instructions for all of the designs in English. Printed paper covered boards, patterned endpapers. Some wear at the tips and backstrip, but overall very good. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio.
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£28.57
Vivien: A Love Affair in Camera
by McBean, Angus
Oxford: Phaidon, 1989. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Oxford: Phaidon, 1989, first printing. 4to., 9 7/8" x 11 1/4" 112pp., lavishly illustrated with b/w plates. Edited by Adrian Woodhouse. White cloth with black titles, black endpapers. "A unique photographic record of Vivien Leigh's life taken by the photographer who noticed her on her first stage appearance in 1936 and asked her to model for him. This meeting led to a series of photographs produced at regular...
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Theatre I
by Ionesco, Eugene
Paris: Gallimard, 1954. Volumes I. Text in French. Published Paris: Gallimard, 1954 (1959 impression). 12mo. wrappers. La Cantatrice Chauve - La Leçon - Jacques Ou La Soumission - Les Chaises - Victimes Du Devoir - Amédée Ou Comment S'en Débarasser. Age toning to pages, small chip at crown, light notation to Les Chaises. Very good minus. . Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.
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£20.41
Doo-Wop: The Forgotten Third of Rock 'N Roll
by Gribin, Anthony J.;Schiff, Matthew M
Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Pubns Inc, 1992. SIGNED first edition. Trade softcover. Published Iola, Wisconsin: Krause, 1992, first printing. 8vo. wrappers. 616pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Inscribed by WCBS FM101 radio host Don K. Reed, with his inscribed 5x7 promo photo laid in, plus laid in June 24, 2000 DooWop concert reunion program, East rutherford, NJ, with 10 signatures of the artists: The Penguins, The Angels, Who's Johnny, Kenny Vance & the Planotones, John Kuse & the Excellents and...
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£89.80
Film Directing : Cinematic Motion - a Workshop for Staging Scenes
by Katz, Steven D
Studio City: Michael Wiese Productions, 1992. First Edition.Softcover 4to. wrappers. Published Studio City: Michael Wiese Productions, 1992. 294 pages, illus. First printing. Near fine. . 1st. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to. Illus.
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£20.41
Epic Sound: Music in Postwar Hollywood Biblical Films
by Stephen C. Meyer
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2015. First edition. Trade softcover. Published Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2015, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, x+272pp., illustrated. In Epic Sound, Stephen C. Meyer shows how music was utilized for various effects, sometimes serving as a vehicle for narrative plot and at times complicating biblical and cinematic interpretation. Fine. . 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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£24.49
Garbo Portraits from Her Private Collection
by Reisfield, Scott
NY: Rizzoli, 2005. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Rizzoli, 2005, first printing. 4to., 8 3/4" x 12 3/4", 255pp., illustrated with hundreds of photographs. Published to resemble a photo album in half bound brown and beige cloth. "Though ambivalent about fame and her public image, Garbo saved all of her favorite portraits, carefully archiving original prints by Clarence Sinclair Bull, Arnold Genthe, Ruth Harriet Louise, Edward Steichen, and Cecil Beaton, among...
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Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema
by Winkler, Martin M
NY: Oxford Univ Pr, 2001. First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Oxford Univ Pr., 2001, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, ix+350pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Marker stripes on bottom edge, else fine. "Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema is a collection of essays presenting a variety of approaches to films set in ancient Greece and Rome and to films that reflect archetypal features of classical literature. The diversity of content and theoretical stances found in this volume will make it...
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The Complete Film Dictionary
by Konigsberg, Ira
NY: New Amer Library, 1987. First edtion. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: New Amer Library, 1987, first printing. Small 4to., viii+420 pp., illustrated with 220 drawings and photos. Naer fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.
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The Great German Films
by Ott, Frederick W
Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Citadel Pr, 1986. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Secaucus: Citadel, 1986, first printing. 4to., 9" x 11 1/4." 304 pp., profusely illustrated with b/w stills. Small splash mark on bottom edge. Very good in very good, bit frayed dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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£24.49
Bela Balazs: The Man and the Artist
by Zsuffa, Jospeh
Berkeley: Univ of California Pr, 1987. First edition. Hard cover. Published Berkeley: Univ of California Pr., 1987, first printing. Ex-library copy with label and barcode. Very good, clean, tight copy. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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£24.49
Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits: The Chapman Collection
by Vieira, Mark A
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1997. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1997. 4to., 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", 223pp., illustrated with 275 duotone photos. "During Hollywood's Golden Era, publicity photos had the same power to make or break stars as the films in which they appeared. The most sought-after photographer of the time was George Hurrell, who perfected the "glamour" portrait. Here, 275 of his classic duotone photos are brilliantly reproduced, using archival...
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£81.64
European Folk Dance: Its National and Musical Characteristics
by Joan Lawson
Great Britain: Pitman Publishing, 1967. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Great Britain: Pitman Publishing, 1972. 4to., 7 1/2" x 10", xii+244pp., illustrated with reproductions, musical notation and 2 fold-out maps. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.
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£28.57
The Theatre: Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft
by Cheney, Sheldon
NY: Tudor Publishing, 1937. Hard cover. Published NY: Tudor Publishing, 1929, sixth printing (1937). 8vo., ix+558pp., illustrated with b/w reproductions. Red cloth with decorative gilt and titles, red pictorial endpapers, top edge tinted red. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive. Trimmed rear dust jacket panel and flap laid in. . Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.
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£24.49
Co-Starring: Famous Women and Alcohol
by Robe, Lucy Barry
U.S.A.: Compcare Pubns, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published Compcare, 1986. Thick 8vo., 537pp., illus. b/w photos. Very good plus in dj.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. Illus.
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£12.25
Theatre II
by Ionesco, Eugene
Paris: Gallimard, 1958. Volumes I. Text in French. Published Paris: Gallimard, 1958 (1969 impression). 12mo. wrappers. L'impromptu de l'Alma. - Tueur sans gages. - Le nouveau locataire. - L'avenir est dans les oeufs. Le maître. - La jeune fille à marier. Some soiling to covers, upper and lower hinges starting, some notations in text, few page corners turned. Good.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.
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£16.33
Leni Riefenstahl. Die Verführung des Talents
by Rother, Rainer
Berlin: Henschel, 2001. Text in German. Underlining in one chapter. Very good in very good dust jacket. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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£12.25
Fellini: Early Screenplays - Variety Lights and The White Sheik
by Fellini, Frederico
NY: Grossman/Orion, 1971. First edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Grossman/Orion, 1971, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 198 pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Slight darkening to white covers, label removal abrasion on front cover, else very good, clean, crisp copy.. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..
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£20.41
Extravaganza King: Robert Barnet and Boston Musical Theater
by Anne Alison Barnet
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004, first printing. 8vo., xvii+223pp., illustrated. A writer, research, and public speaker based in Boston's South End, Barnet tells the story of sugar merchant Robert A. Barnet (1853-1933) and the Cadet Theatricals, a Boston Brahman militia that raised money for an armory to protect the city's elite from immigrant uprisings by putting on annual, amateur, and...
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Peter Stackpole: Life in Hollywood, 1936-1952
by Stackpole, Peter
Livingston, MT: Clark City Press First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, 1992, first printing. 4to., 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", 250pp., illustrated with more than 350 images. Purple cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, gray endpapers. "A collection of portraits by one of the original four Life photographers features candid, offscreen shots of such Hollywood stars as Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Alfred Hitchcock, young Elizabeth Taylor, and Orson...
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Rolling Breaks and Other Movie Business
by Harmetz, Aljean
NY: Knopf, 1983. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 1983, first printing. 8vo., xvii+263pp. Foxing along top edge. Very good in good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Good. 8vo.
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£12.25
Style in Motion: Munkacsi Photographs of the '20s, '30s,and '40s
by Munkacsi, Martin. (Photographs) White, Nancy & Esten, John. (Text)
NY: Clarkson N Potter, 1979. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Clarkson N Potter, 1979, first printing. 4to., 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", 175pp., illustrated with 175 b/w plates - some full page. Brown cloth with silver spine titles. "Martin Munkacsi changed the look and style of fashion photography in the 1930's. The legendary Harper's Bazzar photographer set new standards for fashion photography. Models ran on beaches, perched on rooftops and catapulted into the air....
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The Churchills
by [Churchill, Winston]
WGBH Boston Video, 2003. DVD Movie. Fine copy/fine. DVD movie. 150 minutes. Full frame format. Color. Narrated by Ian Holm. Featuring the voices of Robert Hardy, Ronald Pickup, Harriet Walters.
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£17.96
