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Mendez-Leite, Fernando . HISTORIA DEL CINE ESPANOL (two volume set, complete)
Madrid 1965 1st Rialp. Hardcover. Two volumes. Title #4 in Series Libros de Cine Dirigida por el Cine Club Monterols de Barcelona. In Spanish. octavo., 581pp., 879pp., monochrome photo illustrations, yellow cloth. Fine in Good Plus DJs. 2 volumes: (a10670)
$55.00Mason, Paul (editor). W.C. FIELDS I NEVER MET A KID I LIKED
NY 1970 Random. 12mo., about 30pp., quotes and photo illustrations of W. C. Fields. Fine in Fine DJ. (a12745)
$22.00 (television) . MOVIES FOR TV 21 YEARS OF RATINGS
NY 1968. Over 5600 films listed alphabetically and rated. 8vo., 48pp., wraps. Good plus, just slight wear. (a16544)
$30.00 (movie poster) . ORIGINAL POSTER FOR MOVIE THEATRE FEBRUARY 1940. THE FOUR WIVES
Smithtown (Long Island, New York), 1940. Movies showing: Four Wives (Lane Sisters and Claude Rains); The Housekeeper's Daughter (Joan Bennett and Adolphe Menjou,) Swanee River (Don Ameche, Al Jolson.) In three colors--pink, yellow and black.Text only (no illustrations). 21x14 inches, original stiff cardboard boards . VG. (a18579)
$25.00 Jenkins, C. Francis . RADIO MOVIES
Meeting of May 18, 19, 20, 21, 1925. Schenectady, New York. In one complete issue of Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers no. 21. at pp. 7-12. Jenkins hailed as the Father of Television. Early proposal for television system called Radio Movies. Whole issue includes other articles on topics such as the use of light and the use of color in movies. 8vo., wraps. Good plus, tips of a few pages turned down; light soiling on wrap; light chipping on backstrip. no ownership marks. (a19824)
$150.00 Herschensohn, Wes . RESURRECTION IN CANNES THE MAKING OF THE PICASSO SUMMER
NY 1979. Sm4to., 360pp., illus., index. VG in slightly worn DJ. (a20701)
$30.00 Bell-Metereau, Rebecca . HOLLYWOOD ANDROGYNY
NY 1985 Columbia Univ. 8vo., 260pp., illus., index. Good in Good DJ, some presssure markings on DJ and front board. (a21033)
$25.00 Cucci, Frank . THE ANDROS TARGETS: THE KILLING OF A PORNO QUEEN
1976. Mimeo Script, Final Draft December 18, 1976. 4to., 66pp., wraps with brass pins. VG. (a21132)
$90.00Monaco, James and Susan Schenker. BOOKS ABOUT FILM A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST
NY 1976 -3rd ed, completely revised. 48pp., wraps. Good. (a21396)
$20.00(Renoir, Jean). MIARKA DU FILM DE JEAN RENOIR 'ELENA ET LES HOMMES'
Paris 1956. Sheet music, from the film by Renoir. Starring Juliette Greco, music by Joseph Kosma. Sm.4to., 4pp., pictorial wraps. Bold full dark blue color front cover with photo illus of Juliette Greco. Near Fine. (a23304)
$40.00Hitchcock, Alfred. HITCHCOCK'S WASTELAND VISION: AN EXAMINATION OF FRENZY; IT'S THE MANNER OF TELLING INTERVIEW WITH ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Dayton 1976. Two articles in Film Heritage, Vol. 11, No., 3, Spring 1976. 8vo., pp. 1-10, 11-22, photos. Whole issue, comprising 36pp., wraps. Near Fine. (a23305)
$29.00 (cinema) . MAR DEL PLATA FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL CINEMATOGRAFICO 1954
Buenos Aires 1954. 4to., about 20pp., fully photo illus., wraps. Fairly Good, bit soiled and worn. (a23606)
$35.00 (cinema) . INTERNATIONAL LABOUR FILM CATALOGUE A WORLD SURVEY OF FILMS FOR LABOUR AUDIENCES
Brussels 1956. Square octavo, 177pp., index, wraps. Good, cover soiled, light water stain at top edge not affecting text. (a23866)
$49.00 Hitchcock, John T. and Patricia J. . SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PROSPECTIVE ETHNOGRAPHIC CINEMATOGRAPHER
Menasha 1960. In the American Anthropologist, Volume 62, Number 4, August 1960, at pp. 656-6741. 8vo., wraps. VG, a bit soiled, worn, a few pencil notes in margins. (a24576c)
$29.00 (motion pictures) . THE THEATRE AND MOTION PICTURES
Chicago 1933. A selection of articles from the new 14th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. 4to., 94pp., many fine color illustrations, double column text. Owner signed. Good plus, corner of half title wrinkled with short tear. (a25546)
$35.00 Fuchs, Arthur W. . EVOLUTION OF ROENTGEN FILM
Springfield 1956. In The American Journal of Roentgenology, Volume 75, Number 1, January 1956 at pp. 30-48, illus. 4to., wraps. Whole issue contains 22 articles. VG. (a26598a)
$40.00 Myerson, Michael (editor) . MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT
NY 1973 1st (stated). 8vo., 194pp., photo illus. Near Fine, a few tiny chips at bottom edge of cloth on front cover (probably as issued) in Fine DJ. (a28496)
$30.00(film music). 30 YEARS OF MOTION PICTURE MUSIC THE BIG HOLLYWOOD HITS FROM 1928-1958
NY no date (c. 1958) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. 4to., 122pp., index, wraps. Gives film title, artists, record numbers, writers and publishers. Owner signed on front cover. Good plus, some cover wear. (a29131)
$25.00 Sigoloff, Marc . THE FILMS OF THE SEVENTIES A FILMOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN, BRITISH AND CANADIAN FILMS 1970-1979.
Jefferson (North Carolina) 1984. 8vo., 424pp., index, hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a31139)
$24.00 Parks, Rita Jean . MASS MEDIA MYTHOLOGY: THE WESTERN HERO IN FILM AND TELEVISION
Evanston 1974. Doctoral dissertation. 4to., 316 leaves, reproduced on rectros only. Bound in leatherette binder. VG. (a33014)
$45.00 Fawcett, Marion . AN INDEX TO FILM REVIEWS: 1950-1959
NY 1961 1st (stated). Sm.8vo., 105pp. Owner signed on front free blank. VG, no DJ. (a36895)
$30.00Cowie, Peter (editor). FOCUS ON FILM 23 ISSUES
London 1970-1976 Tantivy Press. 23 issues of this film journal. Published bi-monthly and quarterly. Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld, etc. Issues 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 34, 37. Oblong 8vo., about 60pp. per issue, illustrations, wraps. Issues VG, light wear.. Set of 23 issues: (a37917)
$100.00 Higham, Charles . ROBERT SIODMAK IN AMERICA; INDEX TO AMERICAN FILMS BY ROBERT SIODMAK
Melbourne 1958. In Film Journal 9, February 1958, at pp. 3-19, 20-24. Whole issue has several articles. 4to., 40pp., mimeo, stapled wraps. VG, light wear. (a38086)
$40.00 (cinema) . ART OF THE CINEMA
New Haven 1956. Yale French Studies Seventeen. 14 articles, all in English. 8vo., 110pp., wraps. Owner name stamp inside front wrap. VG. (a38199)
$35.00 (cinema) . DOCUMENTARY FILMS OF INDIA
Bombay 1960. Whole issue of MARG (Pathway) a Magazine of the Arts, Volume XIII, No. 3, June 1960. In English. 4to., 74pp., photo plates, wraps. Good, wraps a bit worn, spine chipped and worn. (a38226)
$50.00 Kersten, Heinz . DAS FILMWESSEN IN DER SOWJETISCHEN BESATZUNGZONE
Bonn 1954 1st. In German. Sm.8vo., 139pp., wraps. Owner label inside front wrap. Good, wraps a bit worn, soiled, small chip at heel of spine. (a38331)
$45.00 (film) . FILM UND FERNSEHEN IN FORSHUNG UND LEHRE NUMBER 7
Berlin 1984. One issue of this German film journal. Lg.4to., 133pp., wraps. Inscribed and signed by owner on lower part of title page. VG. (a39371)
$35.00Silverstein, Norman (editor). FILM AS LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE
Philadelphia 1973. Complete issue of Journal of Modern Literature, Vol. 3 No. 2, April 1973. Sm4to., pp. 145-350, photo illus., wraps. Articles by Alan Brody on Hitchcock and Pinter; John Fletcher on Bergman and Strindberg; William Free on Fellini, etc. VG. (a40005)
$29.00 Peterson, Vicki Z.; David Shapiro and Noel Carroll (editors) . MILLENNIUM FILM JOURNAL
NY 1979. Number 3, Winter/Spring 1979 of this avant-garde film journal. 8vo., 130pp., illus., wraps. Good, wraps rubbed. (a40031)
$30.00 Burton, Alan (editor) . THE BRITISH CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT FILM CATALOGUE
Westport 1997 1st Greenwood. 8vo., 234pp., printed boards. Fine, no DJ. (a40514)
$30.00 Lee, Joong Gue . A STUDY ON THE HISTORY OF THE KOREAN MOVIE
Seoul 1973. In Theses Collections, Vol. 18, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Chungang University, at pp. 193-234. In Korean. Whole volume has several articles in Korean or English. Sm.4to., 455pp., wraps. Good, lower corner of a few leaves folded down, (a40525b)
$45.00 Hylten-Cavallius, Gun (editor) . SWEDISH FILMS FILMS SUEDOIS
Stockholm 1977-1981. Swedish Film Institute. Set of 5 issues: 1977 (119pp.); 1978 (120pp.); 1979 (116pp.); 1980 (126pp.) and 1981 (110pp.) In English and in French. Each narrow 8vo., color color photo illus., wraps. Each VG. Set of 5 issues: (a40930)
$70.00 Trionfera, Claudio . LUIGI COMENCINI ITALIAN DIRECTOR
Rome no date c. 1970 ANICA. In English. 8vo., 64pp., photo illus., wraps. Some writing on front. VG. (a41463)
$30.00 (cinema) . BIANCO E NERO RASSEGNA MENSILE DI STUDIE CINEMATOGRAFICI VOL. XXII N. 7-8
Roma 1961 Dell'Ateneo. Two issues bound in one, July-August 1961. In Italian. 8vo., 206pp., monochrome, photo illus., wraps. Articles on cinema. Unopened. Good, light wear. (a41898)
$30.00 Robinson, David (introduction) . HUNGARIAN CINEMA 1972-1979
n.p. n.d. (1979?). In English. 4to., 3pp. of introduction by Robinson, 86pp., monochrome photo illus., wraps. VG. (a42174)
$35.00 Cocteau, Jean . THE BLOOD OF A POET A FILM BY JEAN COCTEAU
NY 1949 1st. A Hugo Edition of the Bodley Pres. Translated from the French by Lily Pons. Oblong 8vo., 53pp., photo illus., black cloth with blue lettering. Good, spine ends and corners worn. In new glassine DJ. (a42866)
$43.00 Allen, Irving Lewis . AN ANNOTATED AND CLASSIFIED LIST OF 15MM FILMS ON URBAN STUDIES: NEW TOWNS, URBAN PROBLEMS, CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Monticello (Illinois) 1975. Council of Planning Libraries, Exchange Bibliography 838. 4to., 31pp., mimeo, bound in later transparent plastic. Ex library, with bookplate, discard stamp and label on front, a few stamps on pages, large chip on rear wrap. Good. (a42934)
$25.00 Schuster, Mel (comp.) . MOTION PICTURE DIRECTORS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAGAZINE AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES, 1900-1972
Metuchen 1973. 8vo., 418pp., boards. VG, no DJ. (a43012)
$40.00(cinema). FILMS INCORPORATED 1973-1974
1974. A survey of all American films for 1973-1974. 4to., 180pp., fully illustrated in bw photos illustrations from the movies listed. wraps. near VG, light cover wear.No tears, no chips. no owner marks. (a43317)
$28.00 VandenBoom, Ben and Jesse Fisher . PROMOTION BROCHURE SOLICITING FINANCIAL BACKING FOR MOVIE "ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS" A WESTERN SUN PRODUCTION
4to., about 25 leaves printed on rectos only, photo illustrations, stiff wraps with metal spiral binding. Signed by both VandenBoom, the Producer and Fisher, the Director. 30 minute Western Film, a NYU senior thesis project. Professional and stylish promo. VG. (a44719)
$45.00Parlato, Salvatore J. Jr.. FILMS - TOO GOOD FOR WORDS A DIRECTORY OF NONNARRATED 16MM FILMS
NY 1972 Bowker. Hardcover octavo., 209pp. Fine. no DJ. (a45050)
$35.00 (movies) . ACADEMY PLAYERS DIRECTORY ISSUE 168 JANUARY 1988 4 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
1988. 4 volume set, complete. Leading women, Ingenues; Leading Men, Younger Leading Men; Characters and Comediennes, Characters and Comedians; Children, Master List. 4 volumes. 4to., about 300pp. per volume, monochrome photo portrait illustrations, wraps. VG plus. Set of 4 volumes: (a45088)
$140.00 Roberts, James M and Byerly Woodward (editors) . ANNUAL INDEX TO MOTION PICTURE CREDITS 1987
1987 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4to., 374pp., hardcover. Good, heel of spine bumped leaving a 5 inch tear along outer hinge, no DJ. (a45535)
$45.00Ching, Eugene. WU FENG AN ANNOTATION OF A CHINESE MOTION PICTURE SCRIPT
Ann Arbor 1967 Committee on Far Eastern Language Instruction. 4to., 135pp., wraps. Good Plus, cover a bit worn and soiled. No owner marks. Text clean. Binding secure. (a46820)
$25.00 Allen, William H. and Stuart M. Cooney . A STUDY OF THE NON-LINEARITY VARIABLE IN FILMIC REPRESENTATION
Los Angeles 1963 University of Southern California. 4to., 157pp., wraps. VG. (a47743)
$45.00 White, Helen . JESSE HILL FORD: AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF HIS PUBLISHED WORKS AND OF HIS PAPERS
Memphis 1974 first edition. Memphis State University Sm.4to., 55pp., illustrations including photo portrait of Ford with his dog as frontispiece. wraps. **Typed letter signed for Helen White (by her Secretary) included. Small date stamp on front. VG, slight cover wear. Scarce. (a48512)
$55.00Hacker, Leonard. CINEMATIC DESIGN
Boston 1931 first edition. Hardcover octavo., 193pp., monochrome illustrations, one color illustrations, plates, printed cloth. Good, stain on front cover panel; binding secure; text clean, no owner marks; hinges not cracked, no DJ. (a48736)
$30.00 Zglinicki, Friedrich v. . DER WEG DES FILMS
Berlin 1956. In German. Sm.4to., 992pp., photo plates, printed cloth hardcover. Club stamp on front endpapers. VG, spine lightly rubbed, no DJ. (a48757)
$49.00 (dance) . THE INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM AND VIDEOTAPE FESTIVAL CATALOGUE
NY 1981 Library of Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. 4to., about 200 leaves (rectos only), wraps. Good, faint crease on front cover., light wear. No ownership marks. (a48975)
$49.00 Fraigneau, Andre . COCTEAU ON THE FILM A CONVERSATION RECORDED BY ANDRE FRAIGNEAU
NY 1954 Roy. Translated from the French by Vera Traill. Sm.8vo., 140pp., photo portrait frontis, cloth. Owner signed. VG, some offsetting on front and rear free blanks, no DJ. (a49637)
$40.00Manchel, Frank. FILM STUDY: A RESOURCE GUIDE
Rutherford 1973. Lg.8vo., 422pp., index, hardcover cloth. VG in Good DJ, light wear on edges, light soiling. (a49831)
$29.00 Jenkins, C. Francis . MOTION PICTURE CAMERA TAKING 3200 PICTURES PER SECOND; RECENT PROGRESS IN THE TRANSMISSION OF MOTION PICTURES BY RADIO
1923. Two articles by Jenkins, including photo illustrations of early radio transmissions of pictures. Also, 13 more on early cinema in Transactions of the Society of Motion PIcture Engineers, Number 17, which covers the meeting of October 1, 2, 3, 4, 1923 in Ottawa, Canada. Other articles include: Film Sprocket Design by J. G. Jones, The Motion Picture Engineer and His Relation to the Industry, by Dr. Alfred Hitchins; Thermal Characteristics of Motion PIcture Film, by Loyd A. Jones. Octavo, 196pp. plus 8pp. of advertisement, indices, wraps. VG. (a50078)
$195.00 Morris, C. B. . THIS LOVING DARKNESS: THE CINEMA AND SPANISH WRITERS 1920-1936
Oxford 1980 . Small octavo, 196pp., hardcover. VG plus in Good plus DJ. (a50587)
$20.00 Minus, Johnny and William Storm Hale . THE MOVIE INDUSTRY BOOK (HOW OTHERS MADE AND LOST MONEY IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY) VOLUME 5
Hollywood 1974 7 Arts Press. 4to., 607pp., index, blue buckram. Owner signed and two small scribbles of marker pen on front end papers. VG. Volume 5 only. (a50768)
$75.00 (cinema) . KINEMATOGRAPH YEAR BOOK 1948
London 1948. A directory of films, theaters, productions companies, personell, equipment, etc. in the United Kingdom and the Colonies. Hardcover. octavo, red cloth/ 688pp. (divided into sections with tabs), ads, decorated cloth. Small ASCAP ink number written inside rear cover. Pathe Stock printed on all fore-edges. VG, a few leaves in one section bumped at right margin or with a light vertical crease, some tab dividers worn. (a50792)
$90.00Wyss, Tobias. UNCLE WALTER AND THE IDEA OF PROGRESS
Switzerland October 1980. Proposal for 90 minute documentary about Walter Wyss and the history of the automobile industry. In English. Producer: Peter Spoerri. 4to. , about 20 leaves (reproduced on rectos only), plastic spiralbound. Near Fine (just faint crease on cover tip). Scarce. (a51189)
$75.00 (cinema) . THE HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 8 1985
1985 The East-West Center. 4to., 120pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a51845)
$45.00 MacGowan, Kenneth . THE SCREEN'S NEW LOOK - WIDER AND DEEPER
1956 University of California. Cinema screen sizes in relation to camera lens proportions. Article at pp. 109-131 in The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television. Several other articles in issue also. Sm.4to., wraps. VG. (a54807a)
$30.00 Mellen, Joan . THE WAVES AT GENJI'S DOOR JAPAN THROUGH ITS CINEMA
NY 1976 1st (stated). Hardcover. Large octavo, 463pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Near Fine in VG plus DJ. (a57804)
$24.00 Durgnat, Raymond . NOUVELLE VAGUE THE FIRST DECADE
London 1963 Motion Publications. A Motion Monograph. Sq.8vo., 90pp. plus monochrome photo illustrations, original printed wraps. VG plus. A scarce and desirable item by a celebrated British film critic. (a58353)
$200.00 McClelland, Doug . FORTIES FILM TALK ORAL HISTORIES OF HOLLYWOOD WITH 120 LOBBY POSTERS. ISBN 0-89950-672-0
Jefferson 1992 1st McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-672-0. 4to., 447pp., hardcover. Owner signed. Near Fine, no DJ. (a59629)
$35.00 (music) . BMI THE MANY WORLDS OF MUSIC OCTOBER 1964-JULY 1965
NY 1964-1965. 10 monthly issues of this music journal published by BMI, Summer 1969-Summer 1970, bound in one cloth hardcover volume. 4to., about 27pp. per issue, illustrations, original covers. Owner signed inside rear cover. VG. 10 issues in one volume. (a61715)
$75.00(music). BMI THE MANY WORLDS OF MUSIC ISSUE 6, 1972 THROUGH ISSUE 1, 1974 (7 ISSUES)
NY 1972-1974. 7 issues of this music journal published by BMI, bound in one cloth hardcover volume. 4to., about 27pp. per issue, illustrations, original covers. Owner signed inside rear cover. VG Plus. 7 issues in one volume. (a61777)
$65.00 (music) . BMI THE MANY WORLDS OF MUSIC OCTOBER 1966 THROUGH JULY 1967 (10 ISSUES)
NY 1966-1967. 10 issues of this music journal published by BMI, bound in one cloth hardcover volume. 4to., about 27pp. per issue, illustrations, original covers. Owner signed inside rear cover. VG plus. 10 issues in one volume. (a61778)
$75.00Weld, John. FLY WAY HOME MEMOIRS OF A HOLLYWOOD STUNT MAN
Santa Barbara 1991 Mission. 8vo., 249pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a6181)
$23.00Shaw, Sam. BRANDO IN THE CAMERA EYE
NY 1979 Exeter. Sm.4to., 160pp., monochrome photo illustrations, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a6369)
$23.00 Kodascope . DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF KODASCOPE LIBRARY MOTION PICTURES - FOURTH EDITION
NY 1930 Kodascope. Fourth Edition. Many photo illustrations of scenes from the movies listed. Each movie is given a lengthy synopsis and list of starring actors/actresses. Includes documentaries (as Babe Ruth and baseball) and cartoons as well as many major full length dramas. Some titles: Raffles with John Barrymore, Beyond the Rainbow with Clara Bow, The Wanderer with Tyrone Power and Wallace Beery. Octavo, 189pp., original printed red pictorial wraps.VG. (a63957)
$45.00 (cinema) . GONE WITH THE WIND
Program for movie screening. 9x6 inches, 3pp., illustrations on front, brown ink on light tan stock. Lists all actors. Good plus, faint fold lines. (a6432)
$25.00 Jaffe, Robert . HALF-MAGIC
Screenplay. Based on the novel by Edward McMaken Eager. 4to., mimeo on rectos only, wraps. Good. (a6462)
$40.00 (film) . BULLETIN OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FILM LIBRARY
NY 1935. The program notes for the film library's circulating programs. Volume 3, No. 2, November, 1935. 8vo., spiralbound wraps. VG. (a6568)
$26.00 (screenplay) . HOT SADDLES OR WEST...BUT WILD
Copyright 1937 "Registered with the Screen Writer's Guild". Working title: "All the Heavies Mounted." 4to., 98 leaves (rectos only), carbon copy of typescript, in paper folder bound with metal brads. No indication of author is given. VG. (a6632)
$125.00 Verona, Stephen and Gayle Gleckler . SEXUAL FREEDOM IN BROOKLYN
1971 Verona Films. Screenplay. 4to., 145 leaves, mimeo on rectos only, pinned wraps. Good. (a6785)
$95.00 deMille, William C. (De Mille) . HOLLYWOOD SAGA
NY 1939 first edition. Dutton. Hardcover. Foreword by John Erskine. Large octavo, 319pp., photo illustrations, pale pink cloth . Owner bookplate. VG, spine faded, no DJ. (a69412)
$120.00Fusco, Coco and Bailey, Cameron et al. EXIT ART PRESENTS THE HYBRID STATE FILMS AT ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES. ISBN 0-913263-39-7.
NY 1991 1st Exit Art. ISBN 0-913263-39-7. The Hybrid State Films is a survey of recent independent films and videos that explore the postcolonial experiences of migration, exile and cultural hybridization. 4to. monochrome illustrations, wraps. VG. (a69596)
$30.00 Clover, Carol J and Michael Rogen (editors) . ENTERTAINING HISTORY: AMERICAN CINEMA AND POPULAR CULTURE
1990. Complete issue of Representations. Includes: Richard Slotkin: on Myth and Genre in Warner Brothers Charge of Light Brigade; Jed Rasula: Nietzsche in the Nursey; David E. James Rock and Roll in Representations of the Invasion of Vietnam, etc. Sm.4to., 144pp., original wraps. Near Fine. (a70902)
$35.00 (motion pictures) . HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ENGINEERS
March 1949. Issue of Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Contents include: New High-Speed Stroboscope for High-Speed Motion Pictures by Kenneth Germeshausen; Motion Picture Equipment by Brian O'Brien and Gordon Milne; New Developments on X-Ray Motion Pictures by C. M. Slack, Time-Lapse Photography in Industry by Henry Lester; High Speed Photography in the Automotive Industry by Richard O. Painter; etc. Octavo, 129pp., illustrations, wraps. Owner signed. VG. (a71221)
$45.00 Durant, Henry . THE PROBLEM OF LEISURE
London 1938 1st Routledge. Chapters on : Cinema, Football, Racing, Gambling, Broadcasting, Open Air Recreation, etc .Hardcover. Octavo, 276pp., green cloth. Good, light water stains on cover and light stains on margins of final pages. No ownership marks. (a72986)
$40.00 Reade, Gertrude . WALTER'S WIFE...MY LIFE OF JOY AND SORROW
Spring Valley 1980 first edition. Author. Wife of Walter Reade, 1884-1952, the media mogul who eventually owned 40 movie theatres in the Northeast. She was the mother of Reade Jr who worked to bring more arty and European movies to the US. Unsparing look at high society as Gertrude reveals her husband's adulteries, family feuds, son's death. Hardcover. Octavo, 119pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. Inscribed and signed by Gertrude. Fine, no DJ. Rare. (a74031)
$275.00Evans, Madge. SECRETS OF A YOUNG MOVIE STAR, FACTS ABOUT DRESS THAT MAKE A GIRL POPULAR, AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MISS MADGE EVANS NOW STARRING IN "ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH"
As the very beautiful Madge Evans, a child actress, was born in 1909, the booklet must have been made around 1923 or 1924. 5-1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, 11pp., photo illustrations with some red trim, fashionable hats for young women, wraps. VG++. Pictures available on request. (a74352)
$29.00 Cinema Competition . PREMIO MERCURIO D'ORO PER UN FILM DOCUMENTARIO
Venezio 1961 Camera Commercio Industria Agricoltura. In Italian with brief summary laid in in English. Small brochure, 51pp., fully photo illustrated, about a documentary film competition in Italy. Regulations for entries and so on. VG plus. (a74371)
$35.00 (film) . IIIe FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE MONTREAL THIRD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF MONTREAL
1962. 4to, 48pp., original wraps. Several related press releases and brochures laid in. VG. (a74373)
$34.00 (cinema) . CINEMA SEMIOTICS AND THE WORK OF CHRISTIAN METZ
1973. Special Double Issue of the Journal of the Society for Education in Film and Television. Octavo, 248pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a74478)
$49.00 (cinema) . THE BRITISH CINEMA
1972. Single issue of the Journal of the Society for Education in Film and Television. Octavo, 128pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a74480)
$40.00 Yacowar, Maurice . HITCHCOCK'S BRITISH FILMS
Hamden 1977 1st Archon. ISBN 0-208-01635-X. Hardcover. Octavo, 314pp., cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a74775)
$99.00(cinema). CORINTH FILMS VOLUME 1 NO. 1 and VOLUME TWO
New York City 1977; 1978. first edition. Two Sm.4to. volumes; wraps. about 80p. per volume. Fully bw photo illustrated with one full-page photo for each movie, original wraps. VG. Two volumes: (a74852)
$75.00Roud, Richard (editor). CINEMA A CRITICAL DICTIONARY THE MAJOR FILM-MAKERS - 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE
1980 first editions Secker and Warburg. Nationwide Book Services. Hardcover. Two volumes. 4to., 1121pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Near Fine, light cover wear in Fine DJs. (a74999)
$34.00(batman). BATMAN 2 - MOVIE SCRIPT, FIRST DRAFT
No author, no date, no publisher. 4t0., 130 leaves (mimeo on rectos only), in 3 hole student folder. VG . (a76246)
$75.00 Dimmitt, Richard Bertrand . TITLE GUIDE TO THE TALKIES (2 VOLUMES)
NY 1965 Scarecrow. Comprehensive lisiting of 16,000 feature-length films from October 1927 to December 1963. 2 volumes. Hardcovers. Octavos, 2133p., cloth. VG plus. Two volumes. (a7649)
$30.00 (cinema) . PERSPECTIVE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN PHOTOGRAPHY, CINEMATOGRAPHY, SOUND & IMAGE RECORDING 3 ISSUES
Londion and New York 1961, 1962 Focal Press. 3 issues of this quarterly journal, Volume 3, Nos. 3, 4 (1961); Volume 4 No. 4 (1962). 4to., some text illustrations, original wraps. VG. 3 issues. (a76811)
$50.00 Eisenstein, S.M. . BIANCO E NERO RASSEGNA MENSILE DI STUDI CINEMATOGRAFICI VOL XI
Roma 1950 Edizioni Dell'Ateneo.Entire issue on Eisenstein and his movies. In Italian. Lg.8vo., 96pp., monochrome photo illus., wraps. Unopened. VG. (a7727)
$50.00 (cinema) . BIANCO E NERO RASSEGNA MENSILE DI STUDIE CINEMATOGRAFICI VOL. X
Roma 1949 Dell'Ateneo. In Italian. 8vo., 94pp., photo illus., wraps. Articles on cinema. Good, leaves browning around edges. (a7728)
$30.00 Ronnie, Art . LOCKLEAR: THE MAN WHO WALKED ON WINGS
NY 1973 1st Barnes. ISBN 0-498-01073-2. Locklear was famous early aviation stunt man. 4to, 233pp., photo illustrations, cloth. **Signed by Ronnie in presentation to Bert Bacharach. Fine, no DJ. (a78293)
$35.00 (poetry) . CANTO A LITERARY QUARTERLY VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1
Los Angeles 1959 Delphic Press. Octavo, 34pp., original illustrated wraps. Two poems by Dalton Trumbo. Bookplate signed by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon. Ink note on rear cover relating to Remick, presumably Lee Remick, starring in Hustling a 1959 film about prostitution written and co-produced by Fay Kanin, Garson's sister-in law. Near Fine. (a78479)
$90.00 Finnish Cinema . PENTTI KEJONEN LASTEN ELOKUVA KIRJA ; OULUN ELOKUVA KESKUS VUOSI KIRJA 2
1979 by Oulun Elokuvakesus. ISSN 0356-8806; ISBN 951-99218-7-7. Two titles. Sm4to., 99pp., 199pp., monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. Near Fine. Two books: (a79261)
$49.00 (Joris Ivens) . JORIS IVENS ET LE CINEMA MILITANT
Paris 1978. Numero hors-serie de la revue Cinema Politique. ISSN 03356280. In French. Octavo, 158pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. Fine. (a79292)
$75.00 Glagolev, N. A. et al (comp.) . SOVETSKIE KHUDOZHESTVENNYE FIL'MY: ANNOTIROVANNYI KATALOG VOL. 3: PRILOZHENIE (SOVIET ART FILMS ANNOTATED CATALOG INDICES)
Moscow 1961 Iskusstvo. Edited by A.V. Macheret, et al. In Russian. Hardcover. 4to.,307pp., original gilt printed boards. VG, no DJ. Volume 3 (of 5) only. (a81138)
$85.00Livet, Roger; Jean Calvel. UNE REGRETTABLE AFFAIRE
c. 1947. A surrealist story. Lg.4to., 11 x 9 inches; 28 x 22.5 cm. with text in French and 19 mounted original photographs by Roger Livet to illustrate une "Film" , "ATPF presente" including mounted original photograph of man walking an iron like a dog on a leash, bound in original printed wraps. All photographs present. All text on rectos only. Some minor glue discoloration from photo mounts. Photographs are all Fine. VG plus, very light wear, slight fraying of spine ends. Rare. (a83548)
$4000.00Puerto Rico Cinema. FOCUS EN FOCO - LATINO FILM AND VIDEO IMAGES - CENTRO VOL. II NO 8
Primavera 1990. One complete issue of Centro published at Hunter College, New York City. Numerous articles all on Puerto Rican cinema, eg, "From Assimilation to Annihilation Puerto Rican Images in U.S. Films" by Richie Perez and "Puerto Rican Cinema in the U.S." by Lillian Jimenez . Sm.4to., 120pp., wraps. VG. (a83929)
$37.00 O'Reilly, Patrick . LE DOCUMENTAIRE ETHNOGRAHIQUE EN OCEANIE, ETUDE, SUIVIE DU'UN REPERTOIRE ANALYTIQUE ET CRITIQUE DE 25 FILMES
1949. Article in French, pp. 117-144, removed from Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes and rebound in later wraps. Uncut. VG, text lightly toned. (a84963)
$29.00 Slide, Anthony (editor) . INTERNATIONAL FILM, RADIO AND TELEVISION JOURNALS
Connecticut 1985 first edition Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-23759-X. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 428p., black cloth with blue rectangle title on front. Near Fine, light rubbing of spine lettering, slight cover wear, no DJ. (a85358)
$49.00 Richmond, Joseph C. . TRANSFER OF MONOCHROME VIDEO INFORMATION FROM MAGNETIC TAPE TO MOTION PICTURE FILM FOR ARCHIVAL STORAGE
1978 U. S. Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards. NBS Publication 480-31. 4to., 9p., wraps. Ex-Depository Library. VG. (a85767)
$29.00 Shoemaker, Greg (editor) . THE JAPANESE FANTASY FILM JOURNAL NO. 15
1983. first edition. Single complete issue of this journal. 4to., 39p., some photo illustrations, original wraps. Includes several articles on Toho 1962 Space epic, Tatsunoko, Towa, Doraemon by Hideyo Tsuburaya, Shoemaker, Augusut Ragone Fred Patten and others. Fine. No ownership marks. (a86896)
$29.00 Breen, Richard L. . PETE KELLEY'S BLUES - SCREENPLAY - SHOOTING FINAL
March 1955 Mark VII Ltd. Warner Bros. Release. 4to., 113 leaves on rectos only, original printed wraps with 3 metal stud binding. Good, cover somewhat worn and soiled, text VG. (a89044)
$125.00 Eisenstein, Sergei . THE BIRTH OF A FILM
Article on pp. 208-221 in one complete issue of Hudson Review for Summer 1951. First edition. Several additional articles of interest by different writers in issue as well. VG light toning on cover ; no wear; no ownership marks; text clean and binding secure. (a89063a)
$29.00 Green, Douglas B . THE SINGING COWBOY: AN AMERICAN DREAM
Article on pp. 4-61 with numerous photo illustrations in single complete issue of The Journal of Country Music, volume VII no. 2, May 1978. first edition. wraps. 126p. in whole issue. VG slight cover wear. no ownership marks. (a89620)
$30.00 Bretz, Rudy . THE TELEVISION CAMERAMAN
Article on pp. 378-385 in single complete issue of Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, April 1951. first edition. Original printed octavo wraps. Illustrated. Other articles in issue as well on other topics. VG. Clean with no ownership marks. (A89769a)
$35.00 Crandall, Frank F et al . A SIMPLIFIED INDEX FOR COLOR OF ILLUMINANTS
Article on pp. 386-397 in single complete issue of Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, April 1951. first edition. Original printed octavo wraps. Illustrated. Other articles in issue as well on other topics. VG. Clean with no ownership marks. (A89769b)
$35.00 Richardson, F H . WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING
Article on pp. 63-114 with 36 text illustrations, mostly photographs, in text on the history of motion pictures. In single complete issue of Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers no. 22. 1925. first edition. Many photo illustrations of early motion picture machinery and equipment as the Edison Model B Projector, the Motiongraph, Edison Spoolbank Mechanism, Amet Magniscope and many more. Issue also includes an article by T K Peeters on his ideas for " A Museum of Motion Picture History". VG no ownership marks. (a89770)
$130.00 . PROGRESS IN THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
Article on pp. 7-22. In single complete issue of Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers no. 19. 1924. first edition. Other articles as "Handling of Motion Picture Film at High Temperatures" by J. Crabtree; "Reducing the Appearance of Graininess of the motion picture screen image" by J H Powrie and more in issue as well. Good plus, light wear; no ownership marks. (a89771)
$65.00Jenkins, C. Francis; Charles Watson, Harry Levey et al.. TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ENGINEERS - NUMBER 13, 1921
single complete issue of Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers no. 13. 1921. first edition. Many interesting articles including: Optical Glass by H Ott; Industrial Mechanigraphs by Harry Levey; analysis of Motion by Charles Watson; "100,000 pictures per Minute" by C. Francis Jenkins; Use of Artificial Illuminants in Motion Picture Studios" and so on. 165p. plus illustrated advertisement section. Text has drawings and photo illustrations incude photos of "Mechanigraph of Peter Cooper's First Locomotive" and the machinery used to make this photograph. VG errata slip tipped in; no ownership marks. (a89772)
$120.00 . JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ENGINEERS - 7 issues April 1946 - June 1951.
New York. first edition. octav wraps. Seven separate issues, not a run. April , July and August 1946; April and December 1949, May and June 1951. Around 100 pages per issue; many bw photo illustrations. All VG, no ownership marks; light wear. Sold separately at 25 each; lot of 7 issues: (a89843)
$49.00 Stote, helen (ed) . JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ENGINEERS - SINGLE COMPLETE ISSUE FOR NEVEMBER 1949: HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
New York . November 1949 first edition. Journal of the society of Motion Picture Engineers, volume 53, no. 5. octavo wraps. pp. 431-608 (complete issue). VG. no ownership marks; text fine, cover light wear. (a89844)
$45.00 Richmond, Mark J (ed) . THE SABBATH - DEVOTED TO THE FANTASY GENRE OF FILMAKING VOLUME 1 #1 (signed)
Santa Clara, California. no date (1976). 4to. wraps. staple binding. Fully illustrated. Cover illustration by Norman Bryn. Dedicated to the great actors and technicians of fantasy films. Articles and film reviews on Dracula, King Kong, Frankenstein, Peter Cushing, Brief history and Tribute to Ingrid Pitt, more. **signed by Richmond on laid-in Editorial Note. (a90946)
$39.00 Burns, George . ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF W C FIELDS AND GEORGE BURNS IN A MOVIE SCENE (signed)
10 X 8 original bw photograph of WC Fields and George Burns with three other actors signed on the image: "To Jacie - Good luck - George Burns." VG plus. (a91009)
$25.00Talmadge, Constance. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF CONSTANCE TALMADGE
9-1/2 X 7 inch original photograph of Constance Talmadge. Dated on verso March 1927 so Talmadge, who lived 1898 to 1973 was 29 in photo. Near Fine. Signed in the image. (a91012)
$27.00 Appel, Mark (Editor) . SPECTRE - NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1967, vol 1 no. 16
Belleville, Illinois. 1967. first edition. 4to wraps. Cover illustration of scene from Dracula by Brian Pugh. staple binding. 12p. Fine. Sci-Fi journal. (a91069)
$35.00 Appel, Mark (editor) . SPECTRE - 1967, vol 1 no. 17
Belleville, Illinois. 1967. first edition. 4to wraps. Cover illustration by G. R. Guy of Lon Chaney as Phantom of the Opera. staple binding. 10p. Near Fine. Sci-Fi journal. (a91070)
$33.00Macklin, Anthony. EASY RIDER: THE INITIATION OF DENNIS HOPPER (article in one issue of Film Heritage , Fall 1969)
Dayton, Ohio. 1969 first edition. University of Dayton. Original pictorial octavo wraps. Macklin article on pp. 1-12 fully illustrated with bw photos illus from the movie. Other articles in issue as well. VG plus. (a91221)
$25.00 (boxing) (8 mm motion picture) . MOTION PICTURE OF LEWIS-CONN FIGHT "MONARCHS OF THE RING" (motion picture)
8 mm. Actual monochrome movie. In 6 inch (diameter) metal can. Appears to be in Fine condition. (a9924)
$45.00 Gallen, Ira Herman . WHEN THE MOVIES WERE VERY YOUNG
NY 1976. Based on the early silent film career of David Wark Griffith. A Television Treatment & Script Outline. 4to., about 130 leaves, mimeo on rectos only, illustrated wraps. VG. (k1180)
$90.00 (cinema) . KWARTALNIK FILMOWY NR. 1 ROK XVI
Warsaw 1993. Film theory magazine. In Polish. 8vo., 204pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Fine. (k1213)
$30.00Pratley, Gerald.. THE CINEMA OF OTTO PREMINGER.
NY 1971 1st Castle. 8vo., 192pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG, no DJ. (mu463)
$23.00 Random, Henry . MEMOIRS OF A MOVIEGOER.
San Francisco 1975 Editorial Service Bureau. Memoirs of a New Yorker, every page of which is about movies. 8vo., 144pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (mu473)
$25.00Sokolov, E. V (editor). HISTORY OF SOVIET CINEMATIC ART-SOUND PERIOD. PART II 1934-44.
Moscow 1946. In Russian. 8vo., 311pp., no illustrations (as issued), stiff wraps. Good, leaves browned. Part II only. Very scarce. (mu547)
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