The American Cinema

Octavo, red cloth. First Edition, one of 1500 copies printed. "The American Cinema" introduced auteur theory to America when it was published in 1968, and sparked a long and famous debate between Sarris and Pauline Kael. Auteur theory sees a film director (rather than the producer, studio, screenwriters, or actors) as the author of a film, and was one of… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968. First Edition. First Edition. One of 1500 copies printed. INSCRIBED by Andrew Sarris on the front endpaper. Very uncommon to find signed. The book that introduced the key French New Wave concept of auteur theory to America-a line of thinking that places a film director (rather than the producer, studio, screenwriters, or actors)… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968. Softcover. Very Good. First paperback edition. 383pp. Faint stain on topedge, wrappers lightly rubbed with creases on the spine, very good.

New York: Dutton, 1968. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. Stated First Edition. FINE BOOK, WITHOUT WRITING OR NAMES, IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET WITH PARTIAL LIGHT SUNNING TO SLIGHTLY DARKENED SPINE AND ORIGINAL $7.95 PRICE. A nice copy.

Da Capo Press, 1996-08-22. First Da Capo Press. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Da Capo Press, August 1996. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Trade Paperback

Da Capo Pr, 1996. Paperback. New. 392 pages. 8.00x5.75x0.75 inches.

Da Capo Press, 1996-08-22. Paperback. Like New.

E.P. Dutton, December 1968. First Edition. Cloth . Very Good/Very Good. First/first in price clipped dustjacket with darkened margins & spine. Red cloth boards with smudges to boards visible in strong light. Black and sandstone oragne lettering on spine. Stains/soiling top textblock edge. Slgihtly dust stained bottom edge. Tight binding at bottom but somewhat pulled at top, overall… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 383pp. A bit of foxing on the topedge, else near fine in a lightly rubbed, near fine dust jacket with faint toning.

New York: Dutton, 1968. Stated First edition. hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo. Red cloth, with black and yellow spine lettering. 383 pages, with Directorial Chronology and Directorial Index to the American Cinema. Interior flaps clipped from the dust-jacket are attached to both sides of a blank page at rear of book, following the Index. No names or marks.… Read more about this item

Da Capo Press, 1996-08-22. First Da Capo Press. paperback. Used:Good.

New York: E. P. Dutton. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Red boards, clean and sharp. Protected, price unclipped, dust jacket with general age toning, nicks and chips to edges, mild fade to spine. Sarris's brilliant and seminal cataloguing and compassionate analysis of the… Read more about this item

Da Capo Press, 1996-08-22. Paperback. New.

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

NY: Dutton. 1968. First Dutton paperback edition. Very good. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good.

Da Capo Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

New. .

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.