Flight: An Epic of the Air
Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. 245 pages. Very good hardcover, no dust jacket. Photoplay edition.
Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. 245 pages. Very good hardcover, no dust jacket. Photoplay edition.
Bulfinch, November 2004. Trade Paperback. Afton Fraser, a classic film aficionado, is constantly asked for her suggestions on which movies to see, which inspired her to create this lively guide. HOLLYWOOD PICKS THE CLASSICS focuses on the movies of the Golden Age - 1930 to 1960 - breaks down the.....
Reaktion Books, September 2006. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. From Victor Frankenstein to Dr. Moreau to Doc Brown in Back to the Future, the scientist has been a puzzling, fascinating, and threatening presence in popular culture. From films we have learned that scientists are either evil maniacal geniuses or.....
I.B. Tauris, 2006. Trade Paperback. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). "Christopher Frayling's Spaghetti Westerns is a particularly entertaining and enjoyably readable book. Frayling is obviously both a film buff and film critic, so he is able to appreciate Spaghetti Westerns as popular entertainments, to celebrate their cinematic stylishness.....
University of Illinois Press, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First trade paperback edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Started in Shanghai in the 1920s, the legendary Shaw Brothers Studio began to dominate the worldwide Chinese film market after moving its production facilities to Hong Kong in 1957.....
Universal City Studios, 1984. Trade Paperback. Press Packet contains: 10 B/W photographs, 8 x 10 inches; 3-pages on Executive Producers Michael and Kathy Fitzgerald; 23-pages Production Notes; 2-pages Moritz Borman; 2-pages Wieland Sculz-Keil; 3-pages Anthony Andrews; 3-pages Jacqueline Bisset; 5-pages Albert Finney; 6-pages John Huston; and 4-pages Cast and Credits.....
Avco-Embassy, 1980. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, about 100 pages, printed on recto only. 9 pages of black-and-white photos taken during the filming. Film was released in 1980, directed by Ronald Neame, and starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson. Garfield (1939-2018) was a novelist and screenwriter. His book 'Hopscotch'.....
Columbia Pictures. Supplied by DNA, 1951. Photograph. 2 B/W photographs from 'The World Premier of 'Father Brown' took place at the Plaza Theater, Piccadilly Circus, tonight (Thursday).' Stamp dated on rear 10/6/54. Very good copies of actresses elegantly dressed.
Knight Pub. Co, 1949. Unknown. Knight was a newspaper reporter and Associate Editor of Studio News. Fifth edition. 55 pages. Contains 'Ventriloquy' by Edward G. Bourke, pp. 13-22, and 'The Phenomenal in Ventriloquy' by Bourke. pp.24-55. Ex-lib copy in red paper over board covers that are worn and separated. Pages.....
University of Texas Humanities Research Center, 1983. First Edition. Trade Paperback. The Library Chronicle of the University of Texas, New Series Number 24. 121 pp. Illustrations in color and B/W. An exhibition catalogue. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Pantheon, October 1998. Hardcover. In this fascinating and delightful book, Gerald Nachman traces the dramatic history of radio, which, in the late 1920s, exploded almost overnight into being America's dominant entertainment medium. Nachman anatomizes the many genres that radio deployed or invented -- from the soap opera to the quiz.....
Ciccus, 2005. Hardcover. 375 pages. Text in Spanish. Illustrations in black-and-white. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Simon & Schuster, March 2017. Trade Paperback. "A roaring getaway car of guilty pleasures" (The New York Times Book Review), Glen Weldon's The Caped Crusade is a fascinating, critically acclaimed chronicle of the rises and falls of one of the world's most iconic superheroes and the fans who love him--now.....
Gilliat-Launder Production. Distributed by British Lion, 1955. Photograph. B/W 8 x 10 inch photograph of Doris Goddard signing autographs at the premiere. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy. Typed captions on rear of photograph.
n.d., ca. 1950. Trade Paperback. 6 page carbon copy typed playscript of 6 scenes with dialogue from Scene V on pp. 3-6. Curt Goetz (1888-1960) was a Swiss-German writer, actor and film director. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant comedy writers of his time. He wrote the.....
1952. Photograph. 11 B/W publicity photographs. 8 x 10 inches. Movie stars Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, Sonny Tufts, and James Donald. 11 near fine B/W photographs: 1. 'Trevor Howard receiving a photograph of 'the Gift Horse' from one of the crew, Richard Attenborough, with Harry Waxman (cameraman) and Bob Compton-Bennett.....
Universal, an MCA Company, 1980. Poster. Poster in color, folded, 9 x 12 inches when folded. Film stars Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire and Mary Steenburgen. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Barbara Graham, 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Three act play, 40, 23, 27 pages. This play was first published in 1987. The action of the play takes place in the storefront flat of Leona, a budding San Francisco painter whose husband, Will, has left her with the responsibility of raising.....
Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1967. Trade Paperback. 18 pages. B/W illustrations. Film starring The Young Americans and Milton C. Anderson. 11 x 17 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy. With single sheet, 11 x 14 inches, advertising the featurette 'Land We Love,' a salute to U.S. by Film.....
The Rank Organization. Osprey Film Distribution Limited, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Promotional package includes: 12 B/W photographs (5 movie stills, numbered in negative; 1 close-up of John Hurt; 1 of Hurt looking over Bates who is lying in bed; 2 with stamp of Tony Crawley, Dryden Court, London, on.....
M-G-M, 1966. Trade Paperback. 8 pages. B/W illustrations. Film starring Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters. Based on 'Be Ready with Bells and Drums' by Elizabeth Kata. 12.25 x 17 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Weta, 2011. Hardcover. 200 pages. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The artists at Weta Digital and Weta Workshop were thrilled to get the opportunity to work with Steven Spielberg to bring Hergé's wonderful characters to the big screen in The Adventures of Tintin. They spent five.....
MGM, 1954. First Edition. Photograph. B/W photograph 8 x 10 inches. Starring Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Marc Platt, Matt Mattox, et al. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy. Numbered 1643-73 in negative right lower corner. Photograph is a scene with all 7 brothers and Jane Powell in.....
1912. Ephemera. Single typed sheet, 8.25 x 11 inches. James K. Hackett (1869-1926) was an American actor and stage manager. In 1911 he appeared in his debut film'The Prisoner of Zelda' for Zukor's Famous Players Company. Typed letter signed by secretary ('dictated but not corrected' typed at bottom of letter).....
Warner Bros. Pictures, [2005]. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 180 pages. The screenplay by Haggis, based on stories by F. X. Toole. The film was a sensation, winning Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Clint Eastwood), Best Actor (Morgan Freeman), and Best Actress (Hilary Swank). Haggis was nominated for Best Adapted.....