[very slight dog-earing to corners of front cover, otherwise as new]. (B&W photographs) The catalogue for an exhibition presented by The Max Cade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies, University of Southern California, in cooperation with The University of Southern California Library and The School of Cinema-Television, University of Southern California; co-sponsored by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. Includes biographical data on dozens of film artists. Sections of the exhibition were: (1) Directors: The Pione... View More...
[light shelfwear, a touch of soiling to top of text block; jacket slightly dog-eared at top of spine, horizontal wrinkle along top edge of front panel]. Preface by Peter Brook, who directed the original London production at the Globe Theatre. The original French title was "L'Invitation au Chateau." View More...
[nice copy, essentially as new, with just a touch of fading to the dust jacket along the flap-folds]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) "This book tells the story of South Pasadena from mission trails to freeways, from the first adobe to the new civic center. It also traces the history of the city's public schools, the library, and the churches; and it describes the many cultural heritage landmarks. Each chapter is followed by a chronology of important events. The second edition retains the original [1987] Ward Ritchie design, as well as all the original text and illustrations. It also include... View More...
[nice clean copy, minimal shelfwear to book; jacket shows just a touch of edgewear, tiny chip at top of spine, small scratch mid-spine]. Novel set in the Japanese-occuped Philippines during World War II. "In this powerful, fast-moving novel of the Philippines, from Pearl Harbor to the return of the Americans, [the author] has dealt with a whole society, created a world in a fashion achieved by few American novelists. [The narrative involves] battles, love affairs, torture chambers, orgies, political machinations, [and] marches through the jungle -- each of these reflect[ing] in one way or a... View More...
[a nice tight clean copy, with minor wear to the extremities, top of spine slightly pushed; the jacket is bright and attractive with modest edgewear, some soiling to the rear panel, a shallow chip at the base of the spine, and a couple of tiny chips at the top edge of the front panel -- but also with a deep (1.5") chip at the top of the spine that has taken most of the title with it]. Very scarce novel of big-city crime and corruption, by the author that someone (I think it was me) once called "the best damn hardboiled writer you've probably never heard of." It's the middle work in Appel's "B... View More...
[nice-looking copy, with just a bit of wear to the spine ends, small stain at bottom corner of front endpaper; jacket also worn just a bit at the spine ends, with a tiny chip at the lower rear spine corner, and some other light surface wear]. (B&W photographs) A biography of the silent-film actress Mae Murray, whose life and career are put forth as emblematic of the 1920s, the "era of fabulous nonsense." The author was a longtime Hollywood columnist/journalist, who apparently prepared the book with the full cooperation of Murray herself. (Ms. Ardmore was a popular collaborator on such tomes,... View More...
[minimal wear to book, previous owner's name and date in ink (very small) at top of front endpaper; the jacket is modestly worn at edges and extremities, some surface rubbing/scuffing, slight wrinkling at upper edge of rear panel]. (color frontispiece) "This work provides the first thorough, scholarly study of the unique personality and extraordinary achievement of Charles Henry (1859-1926). Seeking a common ground for all sensory experience, Henry formulated a 'scientific aesthetic' based on the biomathematics of the sense organs. That doctrine is psychophysics, through which Henry saw bey... View More...
[modest wear to book extremties, minor soiling to edges of text block; the jacket shows some wear, and a few small nicks, along the top and bottom edges, with some minor creasing at the bottom edge of the front panel, light soiling to the rear panel, moderate fading to the spine]. (B&W photographic endpapers) Photoplay edition, a tie-in with the 1934 M-G-M film adaptation, entitled OUTCAST LADY, which starred Constance Bennett (who another bookseller offering this title seems to think is Marlene Dietrich) and Herbert Marshall (he of the wooden leg), and was directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Thi... View More...
(no dust jacket) [some minor wear to the extremities, gilt spine lettering slightly rubbed, all in all a bright attractive copy; one-time owner's name at top of front endpaper (see notes)]. (B&W photographic plates) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Mr. Cecil deMille / with my best wishes / from George Arliss / Dec. 1928." The first of two memoirs by this distinguished actor, whose horse-faced visage and stentorian dramatic style graced a number of "prestige" pictures (and a few potboilers) in the twilight years of his career. (He didn't make his first film until... View More...
[a bit of soiling to bottom edges of covers and top edge of text block, small gouge in lower edge of text block; jacket tanned at spine, otherwise clean and attractive]. Novel about "an elegant black prostitute whose beliefs about her profession are as startling as are her looks [who] has managed to establish respectability in a small house in a white community bordering on Watts. ... It is only when the riots in Watts occur that Fiona must look behind the beige scarf so chicly tied beneath her chin and the silky clinging black raincoat that are her shields, to discover who she is and where s... View More...
(no dust jacket, probably as issued) [nice-looking copy with firm binding, gilt spine lettering still bright and easily readable; lightly shelfworn with some age-toning to edges of text block]. (The Ashley Books on The New Social Science for Secondary Schools) Series (B&W photographs, facsimiles INSCRIBED on the front endpaper -- "Charles King / with the compliments / of the author / Pasadena, / October 7, 1934" -- and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Originally published in 1917, a revised edition was issued in 1921 and this "new and revised edition" in 1925. The author (1872-1965) w... View More...
[a touch of wear at the spine ends, very light soiling to black cloth covers, one-time owner's name and date in blue ink on front endpaper, subsequent owner's initials + date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); the jacket is very nice, with just the faintest touch of soiling to the rear panel]. Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887-1960), long renowned as an editor/anthologist (most notably of the "Ghost Book" series), here presents the first (and only) collection of her own short fiction in the weird/macabre vein, seven stories and two n... View More...
(pictorial orange cloth; no dust jacket) [modestly worn book, a touch of fraying at ends of spine, some dust-soiling to top of text block, former owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper]. Lady Asquith's second anthology. Contents: "Shall We Join the Ladies" (J.M. Barrie); "The Killing-Bottle" (L.P. Hartley); "An Unrecorded Instance" (Mrs. Belloc Lowndes); "A Considerable Murder" (Barry Pain); "The Tarn" (Hugh Walpole); "The Islington Mystery" (Arthur Machen); "Circumstantial Evidence" (Edgar Wallace); "The Prince" (W.B. Maxwell); "The Smile of Karen" (Olive... View More...
[minor shelfwear, a bit of spotting on fore-edge and top edge of text block, former owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper, ink and pencil check-marks next to all titles in table of contents; jacket has a couple of tiny tears/nicks at spine extremities, a bit of soiling to rear panel]. Twenty new stories are presented here, in the sixth of seven anthologies that Lady Asquith edited during her lifetime. Contents: "Captain Dalgety Returns" (Laurence Whistler); "Christmas Meeting" (Rosemary Timperley); "Danse Macabre" (L.A.G. Strong); "The Memoirs of a Ghost"... View More...
(price-clipped) [the book is nice and clean, with no significant wear; the jacket spine is stained and rubbed and has been internally tape-and-paper repaired at both ends, and there's a small stained area (about 1"x2" at the bottom of the rear panel, plus small tears with very slight paper loss at top and bottom of rear flapfold -- but it's still presentable withal in a new jacket protector]. (B&W photographs, photo endpapers) Autobiography by the great actor/dancer, who was also unquestionably the most graceful native of Omaha, Nebraska. I saw him crossing the street one day in Beverly Hills... View More...
(price-clipped) [a bit of shelfwear to bottom edges of covers, otherwise a nice clean copy with no significant blemishes; the jacket is very lightly soiled, with a touch of fading along the spine and a single closed tear at the bottom of the front panel]. (B&W photographs) Memoirs of the actress/novelist, covering her film career from silent picture days through her appearance in HUSH, HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE in 1964. Introduction by Sumner Locke Elliott. Copies of the hardcover edition are getting increasingly hard to find (especially in decent condition), with even the paperback edition goin... View More...
[a very nice copy, no discernible wear to book at all; the jacket has only a teensy bit of dog-earing at the spine ends and at the upper left corner of the rear panel]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) Massive, lavishly-illustrated volume issued in conjunction with a retrospective of Fritz Lang's films. With text (in parallel columns throughout) in German, English and French. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this large heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** View More...
(full bound in light blue buckram, top edge gilt, no dust jacket) [a nice clean book, minor shelfwear only, slight fading to spine, top corner of front endpaper cut away, former owner's name plus date & place of purchase written at top corner of second front endpaper; NOTE that some pages are unopened along the fore-edge]. (The Novels of Jane Austen, Volume VI) Series (B&W frontispiece) A single volume from a multi-volume set of Austen's works, this reprints her short novels "Lady Susan" (possibly written as early as 1794 but first published in 1871) and "The Watsons" (a partial/unfinished no... View More...
[a sound copy, good for reading or reference, but both the book and jacket are badly stained at the lower corners of both covers from having gotten wet at some point; in addition, the jacket is wrinkled, edgeworn, etc., and has had various large chips (notably at both ends of the spine and the upper left corner of the front panel) rather amateurishly "patched" internally by a previous owner, using roughly color-matched paper and lots and lots of tape; the former owner's initials are also written in ink along the edge of the rear pastedown (concealed by the rear jacket flap)] A bridge-themed my... View More...
[modeate external wear, clear-tape reinforcements across both ends of spine, some stamping and other markings on the first inside page, the inside front cover, and the title page (including a previous owner's name crossed out, a couple of stamps from a "volunteer book exchange," and an old inked price)]. Mass Market PB A paperback original, a tie-in with the cop show starring Howard Duff and Ben Alexander, which aired for two and a half seasons on ABC, from September 1966 to January 1969. The book opens with an evocative scene of a serial killer-to-be getting all worked up while in a movie th... View More...
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