New York: Macmillan, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. 281 pp. with index. Illustrated. Complete and informative biography of famed comic actor Peter Sellers, authored during his lifetiome and with his cooperation.
Knopf, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/ first printing. Very good in dust jaclet. price clipped and with edge wear . Hardcover. xx+m 329 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. The fascinating inside story of the making of the 1939 film classic "The Wizard of Oz". Known internally as MGM.....
South Brunswick, NJ: Castle, 1971. Cloth. Cloth, 216 pps. with index; illustrated. Study of the career of the brilliant star of the silent film era, Lon Chaney, Sr. Chaney, the son of deaf parents who used the expressive hand gestures used to communicate with them to his great advantage in.....
NY: Random House, 1958. First. Hard Cover. First edition (stated), in English translation. "Is it a murder story, a psychological thriller---or a nightmare?" Basis for the movie starring Gina Lollabrigida and Sean Connery. Fine in dust jacket with bright panels but faded spine.
New York: Gold Medal/ Fawcett, 1959. First edition. Softcover. First edition of this novelization of Schulman's 1957 play of the same name. Paperback original in coior illustrated softcovers featuring a photo of Frank Sinatra and Carolyn Jones in a scene from the Frank Capra film. 144 pp. Very good. ".....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Hardcover. Hardcover in light blue cloth stamped in orange. The first Grosset & Dunlap reprint ediiton, issued after the stageplay production but before the movie version of 1932. Very good only, some discoloration to the cloth especially about the spine. 309 pp. plus publisher's.....
NY: Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 1950. Hard Cover. Cloth, 96 pps. Illustrated with photographs. Collection of some of Benchley's best as it (and he) appeared in movie shorts he wrote and acted for MGM. This volume contains six of the most popular. Near fine, Christmans 1950 gift inscription on front free.....
New York: Scribners, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Red cloth lettered and decorated in black with two gilt-edges oval photographs of the title characters tipped onto the front cover. Illustrated with 25 of the author's "cinematograph" photos (about which more below). Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. 212 pp. A......
NY: Dutton, 1924. First. Hardcover. First edition in English translation (translated from the German by Allen W. Porterfield). Cloth, xx+168 pps. With 22 black and white photographic plates showing scenes from various films such as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", "The Stone Rider", "Golem", "The Nibelungs", "The Children of Darkness".....
Jefferson, North Carolina, U.S.A. McFarland & Co Inc Pub, 1998. First. Hard Cover. Cloth, 675 pps. with index, appendix of serials and their episodes. Important filmography of Universal Pictures during the silent movie era 1912-1929. The company was founded in June, 1912 through the merger of five smaller film companies.....
Bruce Hershenson, 2001. Paperback. Oversized color illustrated softcovers. Fine, bright copy. 126 full and half page full color reproductions of original posters and lobby cards from movie serials of the 1930s and 1940s. Included are images for Flash Gordon, Superman, arzan, westerns, The masked Narvel, Captain America and many more.....
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1936. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. red cloth stamped in gilt, 99pps. plus 32 pps. of ads; illustrated with photo plates. An important vintage exploration of film making by the respected and widely published British film producer, known for his impressionist technique. Chapters include.....
Scarecrow Pr, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. AS NEW . Issued without dust jacket. (NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING THRPOUGH ALIBRIS, B&N OR AMAZON. These orders will ONLY ship media mail and only domestically). xiv+ 523 pp. with index of film titles, bibliography. Illustrated with film stills and publicity portraits. Biographical chapters and.....
NY: Grosset Dunlap, 1924. Cloth. First photoplay edition. Carries original copyright date of 1906 but this edition 1924. Illustrated with photos form the Paramount movie starring Jacqueline Logan and Richard Bottomley. Also included in this edition is "The Pretty Sister of Jose". Good to very good, spine sunned and some.....
New York, New York, U.S.A. Atheneum, 1990. First. Hardcover. First printing. Massive oversized volume, black cloth, 432 pps. Illustrated throughout with photos. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Comprehensive guide to both the film westerns from 1903 forward but also to the rich and complex cultural background of these.....
New York: Kensinton Books, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, Hardcover. 389 pp. with bibliography, index, Illustrated with photos. Violet-eyed Elizabeth taylor and classically handsome Montgomery Clift were the gorgeous screen couple of their time; over the two decades of their friendship, togehter.....
New York: A.L. Burt, 1929. Hardcover. Hardcover in orange cloth lettered in black. Fine in original color illustrated dust jacket, worn about the edges and shallow chips to the tips. Novelization from from Creelman's scenario for the Radio Picture starring Rudy Vallee. The second Burt edition, illustrated only with frontispiece.....
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2005. Softcover. Fine. S oftcover. 349 pages, with index. Illustrated with photographs.
New York: Flatiron Books`, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine, fresh, apparently unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 294 pp. with bibliography. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions. In the summer of 1980, a group of freewheeling comedy geniuses from Saturday Night Live, the Second.....
University Press of Kentucky, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Hardcover. xi+ 370 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. Fine in fine dust jacket. With unique beauty and refined acting skills, Ann Dvorak (1911-1979) found success in Golden Age Hollywood during a time when many actors were still struggling to.....
Ferenczi, (1955). First edition thus. Softcover. Color illustrated softcovers. N.d. (circa 1955). Front cover is a color portrait of Evelyne Ker while the rear cover displays photos of Audrey Hepburn (who played the role on Broadway in 1951) and Ker. Text in French of the story originally written in 1942.....
New York: Signet, 1954. First edition thus. Softcover. First paperback edition. Signet No. 1096. Color illustrated softcovers. 159 pp. About very good, corner crease front cover and usual embrowning to the pages. A pair of short novels about two charming women in love. "Gigi" was adapted by Anita Loos into.....
NY: H.W. Wilson, 1938. Second. Cloth. Second printing. Cloth, 472 pps. with appendix, index. Fine. Issued without dust jacket.
Prentice-Hall, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket (tiny flaw at foot of spine). Hardcover. First edition. 324 pages, with index. Illustrated with photographs.
New York: Flare/Avon, 1974. Softcover. Oversized in illustrated softcovers. 256 pp. Very good, corner crease lower front corner and some rubbing to the spine edges. The most conplete and accurate reconstrution of the fclassic 1941 noir film "The Maltese Falcon" which starred Humphrey Bogart as private eye Sam Spade, Mary.....
