![American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (May 1978) [cover: John Ford and Monument Valley]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/504/056/772056504.0.l.jpg)
American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (May 1978) [cover: John Ford and Monument Valley]
by Alpert, Hollis, ed.
Washington DC: The American Film Institute. Very Good+. 1978. (Vol. III, No. 7). Periodical. NOISBN . [nice copy with just minor handling wear, narrow faded strip along bottom edge of front cover, itsy-bitsy piece missing at bottom right corner of front cover, light soiling to rear cover]. (B&W/color photographs) The cover story, "John Ford and Monument Valley," by Todd McCarthy, discusses how Ford first discovered this iconic location, and the importance it came to assume... Read More
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![American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (December-January 1978 [cover: Nicola Pagett in "Anna Karenina"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/080/021/1506021080.0.l.jpg)
American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (December-January 1978 [cover: Nicola Pagett in "Anna Karenina"]
by Alpert, Hollis, ed.
Washington DC: The American Film Institute. Very Good+. (c.1977). (Vol. III, No. 3). Magazine. [nice clean copy, modest wear along spine, very tiny bump/bend to lower right corner of front cover]. (B&W/color photographs) Feature articles include: "The Legacy of 'Masterpiece Theatre'" (the cover story); a speculative article about the potential for home viewing of newly-released movies; an article about director Don Siegel; "The RKO Years: Orson Welles and Howard Hughes" by Ron Haver (the conclusion... Read More
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![American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (November 1975) [cover: Erich von Stroheim]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/005/132/16132005.0.m.jpg)
American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (November 1975) [cover: Erich von Stroheim]
by Alpert, Hollis, ed.
Washington DC: The American Film Institute. Very Good+. 1975. (Vol. I, No. 2). Periodical. NOISBN . [nice clean copy with moderate edgewear, minor bumping at corners; no marks of any kind, no subscription label]. (B&W/color photographs) Feature stories: "Who Was Harry Langdon?" (Walter Kerr); "Coppola, Inc." (Joseph McBride); "The Canadian Dilemma" (Bruce Cook; re identity problem of Canadian cinema); "The Rise and Fall of the Rock Film" (Thomas Wiener; part one, continued in next issue);... Read More
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Robert Siodmak: A Biography, with Critical Analyses of His Films Noirs and a Filmography of All His Works
by Alpi, Deborah Lazaroff
Jefferson NC/London: McFarland & Company, Inc,. Fine. (c.1998). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean as-new book, with no significant wear beyond the teensiest bumping at the lower corners]. (B&W photographs) What, you want more of a description than that fulsome subtitle provides? (I do, however, believe that the correct plural of "film noir" is not "films noirs," but rather "films noir." Methinks the publishers doth pluralize too much.)... Read More
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Silent Film Sound
by Altman, Rick
New York: Columbia University Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.2004). First Edition. Hardcover. [very nice clean copy, with no discernible wear to book; jacket lightly scuffed on rear panel]. (Film and Culture) Series (B&W photographs, facsimiles) This book "reconsiders all aspects of sound practices during the entire silent film period. Based on extensive original research and accompanied by gorgeous illustrations, the book challenges the assumptions of earlier histories of this period in film... Read More
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Fabiola: An Investigation
by Alÿs, Francis
New York: Dia Art Foundation; distributed by Yale University Press. Near Fine. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. (quarter black cloth and paper-covered pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [a brand-new book, flawless except for a very slight bump to the upper right corner of the front cover; had been in original publisher's shrinkwrap until unwrapped for cataloguing purposes]. (B&W and color art reproductions) Book examining "the Fabiola project and its implications in a wider... Read More
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Meet Frank Capra: A Catalog of His Work
by American Film Institute Catalog staff (Patricia King Hanson, ed.)
Palo Alto CA: Stanford Theatre Foundation. Near Fine. (c.1990). First Edition. Stapled wraps. [a nice clean copy, with only faint edgewear to covers]. Sort of a mini-AFI Catalog, with comprehensive entries, for Capra's films only, including his early short comedies; "published in this economical format in order to allow free distribution to all persons attending the Frank Capra Festival at the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto; not intended for sale. " It's also... Read More
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Sexual Blood [*SIGNED*]
by Amerika, Mark
Boulder CO/Normal IL: Fiction Collective Two / Black Ice Books. Near Fine. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 1573660000 . [nice tight copy, just a touch of soiling to the page edges]. Trade PB SIGNED by the author on the title page, with "Santa Monica" written in his hand at the bottom of the same page. "A wild, cybersexual trip through the dark side of America's media-manipulated consciousness. [The author] tracks the bohemian life of his... Read More
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Death of a Fellow Traveller
by Ames, Delano
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Good dj. (c.1950). First Edition. Hardcover. [light bumping to lower corners, minor wear at spine ends, a good sound copy; jacket is edgeworn, and has been internally reinforced with brown paper tape along all edges and folds] Mystery novel set along the Cornwall coast, featuring "that delightfully zany pair of amateur sleuths, Jane and Dagobert Brown," who were (of course) vacationing in the area. ... Read More
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Jenny Heysten's Career
by Ammers-Küller, Jo van (translated from the Dutch by H. van Wyhe)
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1930). First American Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, short tape stain at bottom of front pastedown; jacket edgeworn, with some shallow chipping along top and bottom edges, small surface-peel scar on front panel (probably from old price-sticker removal), a somewhat larger surface-peel scar on rear panel, general soiling and scuffing, old tape reinforcement across base of spine "One of the dangers of a stage... Read More
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Thieves Like Us
by Anderson, Edward
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Near Fine. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, but encased in a nice-looking facsimile reproduction of the original first edition jacket; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [nice clean tight copy with just the barest best of wear to the extremities, a couple of tiny black smudges on the spine; embossed "Library of" stamp of original owner, MGM writer/producer Carey Wilson, on both endpapers]. Depression-Era crime/hardboiled classic,... Read More
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Box Office
by Anderson, John
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith. Very Good in Fair dj. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [moderate wear to book extremties, some fading to cloth around perimeters of both covers and at spine; jacket is a bit tattered, missing about two inches from top of spine, some degree of paper loss at most corners, small ragged closed tear at bottom of front panel, etc.]. Treatise on the economic conditions facing the American theatre... Read More
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The Japanese Film: Art and Industry
by Anderson, Joseph L., and Donald Richie
Rutland VT/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. Very Good in Near Fine dj. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped; in original slipcase) [good sound copy with no significant shelfwear, although the lower right-hand corner of the text block has suffered some staining which affects about half the book (but is mostly confined to the page edges); the jacket is bright and clean, with just some minor wear at the extremities, no doubt as a result of its being... Read More
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Valley Forge; a play in three acts
by Anderson, Maxwell
Washington DC: Anderson House. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. [front hinge a little weak, slight fading to cloth at edges of covers and spine, attractive full-page vintage bookplate on half-title page; jacket spine is browned, jacket has some shallow chipping along top and bottom edges, minor paper loss at corners]. (endpaper maps) Historical drama about the difficulties endured by General George Washington's army during the Winter of 1777-78, "the... Read More
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Anne of the Thousand Days
by Anderson, Maxwell
New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc. (An Anderson House Book). Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1948). First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear to book, "Return to Story Department, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc." stamped on both endpapers and (rather sloppily) on page 15; the jacket is faded a bit unevenly along the spine and the upper part of the front panel, and has a few tiny nicks and closed edge-tears here and there]. "The story of... Read More
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In For a Penny
by Anderson, Oliver
London: Arthur Barker Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. [minimal wear to book; jacket slightly chipped at top of spine, small closed tear at upper corner of rear panel, otherwise clean and attractive]. Comic novel about a Lincolnshire native who "since infancy has dedicated himself exclusively to studying English village life, which, he maintains, is completely misrepresented in our current country literature. The rural scene, he avers, is not... Read More
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In For a Penny
by Anderson, Oliver
New York: William Morrow & Company. Good in Good dj. 1950. 1st (U.S.) edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [worn copy, corners bumped (top rear corner heavily), light soiling to page edges, bookstore stamp on front pastedown; jacket similarly well-used, small tears at all corners, a little paper loss at spine ends]. Per the jacket blurb, the author of this "bawdy, irreverent, novel" had been "arranging a vast store of material for a series of novels [this ... Read More
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Concepts in Film Theory
by Andrew, Dudley
Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight clean copy, minimal shelfwear, previous owner's signature on ffep; jacket faded along spine, one tiny nick and some associated short creasing at top of front panel, short diagonal crease at top corner of front flap]. This book "concentrates on the major areas of debate rather than on individual figures" in the sometimes arcane regions of film theory.... Read More
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Legend of a Lady: The Story of Rita Martin
by Andrews, Robert Hardy
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1949). First Edition. Hardcover. [modest wear to extremities, very light foxing to edges of text block; jacket moderately edgeworn]. Novel about an ambitious businesswoman, the "pretty, fragile Rita Martin, who beneath her charming exterior is hell-bent for personal success and who tramples with small, well-shod feet on all who stand in her way." The story is set against the background of "a high-powered advertising... Read More
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Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian; from the diaries of John H. Watson, MD
by Andrews, Val
Romford (UK): Ian Henry Publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. N.D.. First Edition. Hardcover. [no discernible wear to book, just some light age-toning to the text block, and the previous owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of the front endpaper; the jacket has only some very slight wrinkling at the top edge of the rear panel]. Holmes and Watson are called in to solve the theft of the Crown... Read More
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Though Time Be Fleet
by Andrus, Louise
Boston/New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [nice tight copy, minor wear at extremities, light dust-soiling to top edge; jacket shows some wear at edges/corners, a few small tears, minor chipping at top of spine]. "Whatever else it might have been, Marcia Ellsworth's life certainly was not dull. Being born and brought up in a small Middle Western town was not exactly an idea... Read More
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Paradise Valley
by Angelo, Valenti
New York: The Viking Press. Very Good in Good dj. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear and minor soiling to bottom edges of covers, otherwise a very decent clean book; jacket complete but edgeworn all around, with soiling/spotting to rear panel, a few tiny scrapes to spine]. (lithographs) Having drawn from his own childhood for his first two books, "Nino" (1938) and "Golden Gate" (1939), Italian-American printmaker/author/illustrator Angelo here tells the story of a... Read More
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Journey to the Dawn
by Angoff, Charles
New York: The Beechhurst Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1951). First Edition. Hardcover. [a nice clean copy, minimal shelfwear; the jacket shows a touch of wear at several corners and the spine extremities]. This was the opening entry in what was originally intended to be a trilogy but ultimately became eleven published volumes, plus a twelfth that was left unfinished at the time of the author's death; it tells the extended saga of a... Read More
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![Ann-Margret: My Story [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/237/670/1714670237.0.l.jpg)
Ann-Margret: My Story [*SIGNED*]
by Ann-Margret, with Todd Gold
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1994). First Edition. Hardcover. [tiny nick in top edge of rear cover, no other significant wear to book; the jacket shows just faint surface wear]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To / Lynn -- / Happy / 50th / Birthday! / God bless, / Ann-Margret." "For the first time, Ann-Margret opens the door to her private... Read More
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The Making of Rich Man, Poor Man
by Anobile, Richard
New York: Berkley Publishing Corp. (Berkley Medallion). Near Fine. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. [nice tight clean copy, minor edgewear to covers, soft diagonal crease near top of rear cover]. Mass Market PB (B&W photographs) The story of the conception and creation of RICH MAN, POOR MAN, a 12-episode miniseries (only the second time this programming format had been employed on American TV), based on the Irwin Shaw novel of the same name. The stars... Read More
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