Condition: Near Fine

1964 Railroad Photo Calendar

Price: $20.00

Publisher: San Marino CA, Golden West Books : [1963]

Seller ID: 26854

Condition: Near Fine

(card covers) [clean and unused, with minimal wear; would rate Fine but for a small surface-scrape on the rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Small-format datebook/calendar (approx. 6" x 7-1/2"), with great black-and-white vintage photos of trains, streetcars, and other railway-related scenes on facing pages with a single week's calendar entries -- hence, containing 52 photographs. Alas, because 1964 was a leap year, it won't be usable again for its intended purpose until 2048, when February 29 again will fall on a Saturday. (Rats! -- it woulda worked for 2020, but we acquired it too late.)
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American Horror Story: Freak Show

Price: $100.00

Publisher: [Los Angeles], FX : [2008]

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24417

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(in Near Fine slipcase) [book itself is unworn, but slightly blemished on rear endpapers from removal of spot of sticky substance; slipcase shows some external surface-rubbing]. (color photographs and graphics) Large-format (approx. 9"x13") promotional book (in slipcase), issued in advance of the premiere of the fourth season of the FX series "American Horror Story," a self-contained 13-episode mini-series set in Jupiter, Florida, in 1952, and telling the story of the struggle fo survival of one of the last remaining freak shows in America. Several pages are devoted to each of the show's maj...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald at 100: Centenary Tributes by American Writers

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Rockville MD, Quill & Brush : 1996

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24660

ISBN-13: 9781883060084

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

[nearly perfect condition, nice and clean with just a touch of wear to the spine extremities]. The following writers give their one- or two-page opinions on FSF: Alice Adams, Frederick Busch, Hortense Calisher, Thomas Caplan, Alan Cheuse, Nicholas Delbanco, Don DeLillo, Nelson DeMille, Thomas Flanagan, George Garrett, Herbert Gold, Allan Gurganis, A.R. Gurney, Joe Haldeman, Alfred Kazin, Edmund Keeley, John McPhee, James Alan McPherson, Arthur Miller, Hugh Nissenson, Reynolds Price, E. Annie Proulx, Budd Schulberg, Carolyn See, Anne Rivers Siddons, Elizabeth Spencer, Christopher Tilghman, Joh...
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Herman Wouk's War & Remembrance

Price: $25.00

Publisher: (n.p.), Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. : (c.1988)

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23287

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

[the faintest trace of handling wear; essentially as-new]. (color photographs) Nicely-produced promotional booklet (9"x12") with fold-out pages, issued in conjunction with the 1988 ABC-TV miniseries adaptation of Wouk's sprawling World War II novel, itself a follow-up to his earlier book "The Winds of War," which had been a big-deal TV event five years before. Both programs were produced and directed by Dan Curtis, and starred Robert Mitchum as Captain Victor "Pug" Henry; the cast of this one also included Jane Seymour, John Gielgud, Polly Bergen, Victoria Tennant, Sharon Stone, Peter Graves...
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Mexican Film & The Literary Tradition

Price: $35.00

Publisher: [Los Angeles], UCLA Film and Television Archive : 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27050

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Near Fine

[very slight wear at a couple of corners, a few random fingertip creases in rear cover]. (B&W photographs) Program booklet for a film series prsented from October 10 through December 14, 1991, by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and IMCINE. Includes several brief introductory essays, plus several pages devoted to the great Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa (a tribute to whom, presented at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, kicked off the series). Includes film notes on the 36 individual films presented in the series.
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Mickey Mouse Magazine (August 1938)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, K.K. Publications, Inc. : 1938

Edition: (Vol. 3, No. 11)

Seller ID: 24871

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[a lovely copy with only light handling wear; original subscriber's name and address stamped neatly in upper corner of rear cover (amazing to think that at one time this went through the U.S. Mail -- it honestly appears to have barely been touched by human hands); NOTE that this item has been graded according to book-grading standards, NOT comic-book guidelines]. (cartoon drawings) Early Disney magazine, the precursor to the comic book-format "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" (which first appeared under that title in October 1940). This issue contains these stories: "The White Goat" by Sari;...
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Image for Soviet Film Posters in the Silent Era: The Catalog of "Ippei Fukuro Collection" of National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Soviet Film Posters in the Silent Era: The Catalog of "Ippei Fukuro Collection" of National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art : 2009

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25636

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

[very light surface wear to front cover, slight bump to base of spine]. (color reproductions) Color reproductions of more than 140 film posters. The text is entirely in Japanese, which detracts not one little bit from the pleasure of the graphic art on display; most posters are reproduced 3-4 on a page, although a number are full-page.
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The Book of the Harvard and Radcliffe Clubs of Southern California; containing lists of their officers, directors, committees and members; and their by-laws and constitution

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles/Santa Monica, The Harvard Club / The Radcliffe Club : 1975

Seller ID: 23342

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Near Fine

[light handling wear only]. "As a member of the Harvard Club and/or the Radcliffe Club of Southern California you have received this copy of the Directory of its Members. You should consider this Directory confidential for your own personal use. The names of members should not become available for advertising or commercial use." (A dire warning, issued from 42 years in the past. Govern yourself accordingly.)
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The Hollywood Reporter (March 30, 1935, Section 2): 4th Annual Writers Number 1935

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Hollywood, The Wilkerson Daily Corp., Ltd. : 1935

Edition: (Vol. XXVI, No. 23)

Seller ID: 22636

Binding: Periodical

Condition: Near Fine

[minor edgewear to covers, slight fading along bottom edge of front cover]. (advertisements) This special "Writers Number" of the erstwhile Hollywood trade paper features 22 short pieces of various types -- stories, playlets, mini-essays, anecdotes, humorous jibes, etc. -- contributed by both prominent and not-so-prominent screenwriters (or, in some cases, regular writers in town to scoop up some of that easy movie money). Featured writers include Philip Wylie, Nunnally Johnson, Edward Chodorov, Ralph Block, Melvin Levy, George Seaton & Robert Pirosh, Dwight Taylor, and Edwin Knopf. Among t...
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Thomas H. Ince

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Madrid, Filmoteca Española : 1986

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24634

ISBN-13: 9788450547252

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

[a bit of wear along spine, otherwise a nice clean copy]. (B&W photographs) 48-page large-format booklet, issued in conjunction with a retrospective of Ince's films. PLEASE NOTE that the text of this publication is entirely in Spanish. Includes a translation of a 1953 article on Ince by Jean Mitry; a translation of a 1919 Photoplay article by Ince himself, about his early filmmaking career; and a complete filmography (albeit with minimal credits) by Steven Higgins.
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Uncensored [magazine] (April 1961)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Nutrend Publications, Inc. : 1961

Edition: (Vol. 10, No. 6)

Seller ID: 26478

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[sharp-looking copy, minor edgewear and a few tiny edge-nicks to front cover]. (B&W photographs, advertisements) A typical issue of one of the numerous "Confidential"-inspired scandal mags of the era, purporting to supply "all the facts [and] all the names." The latter, in this issue, include: Red Skelton ("he rode a non-stop carousel of babes and bourbon"); Marlon Brando (about his purported romance with Rita Moreno); Marilyn Monroe (an article about "the hidden secrets behind [her] tragic bust-ups!"); and Loretta Young (her "uncensored" story, "a story you won't see any Sunday night!"). T...
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[John Wayne - The Champion of Western Play, Legend of the Live American]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: (Japan), [Haga Bookstore] : [1975]

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27243

ISBN-13: 9784826100335

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

[very slight surface- and edge-wear to covers only]. (Cine Album 33) Series Trade PB (B&W and color photographs) Nice, slick-paper album -- essentially a Japanese version of a "Films of" volume (albeit in smaller format) -- with hundreds of photos of the Duke (mostly film stills, but also including some portraits, off-camera shots, etc.). The text is entirely in Japanese except for the English-language film titles (titles only) as they appear in the chronological rundown of his filmography that comprises the bulk of the book. (The English-language title and other publication information was ...
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International Photographer (April 1948) [cover: Irene Dunne in I REMEMBER MAMA]

By: (Aller, Herbert, ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Hollywood, International Photographers, IATSE Local 659 : 1948

Edition: (Vol. XX, No. 4)

Seller ID: 21903

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[very light wear along spine, otherwise unblemished]. (B&W photographs) Monthly magazine of the Hollywood photographers' union. The primary feature of this issue is a six-page photographic layout regarding George Stevens's film I REMEMBER MAMA, shot by Gaston Longet and including four full-page location shots taken on the streets of San Francisco. There is also a lovely full-page portrait of actress Ann Blyth, photographed by Ray Jones. Other articles in this issue include: "Landscape Photography," by Edwin Broomer; "Ambassador from Hollywood," an article about photographer ...
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The Film Journal (Spring 1971) [first issue]

By: (Atkins, Thomas R., ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Film Journal : 1971

Edition: (Vol. I, No. 1)

Seller ID: 26742

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[nice clean copy with only minimal handling wear, minor bend at top right corner of front cover, very slight insect-nibbling at lower right edge of front cover] (B&W photographs) Inaugural issue of a magazine dedicated to presenting "original documents and critical evaluations that will be useful to scholars, teachers, students or anyone seriously interested in film." Contents of this issue include: a conversation with director Vilgot Sjman and actress Lena Nyman, coupled with a compilation of reactions to their film I AM CURIOUS--YELLOW at the Hollins Cinema Conference, and a biography and ...
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Show: The Magazine of the Arts (September 1963) [cover: Lena Horne]

By: (Barrett, Marvin, ed.)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Hartford Publications, Inc. : 1963

Edition: (Vol. III, No. 9)

Seller ID: 28028

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[nice clean copy, light external wear only, no damage to spine]. (B&W and color photographs, graphics, ads) A mid-run issue publisher Huntington Harford's ambitious attempt at creating a Life-type magazine devoted exclusively to the performing arts, including movies and TV; never a huge success, its initial large-format run lasted from just 1961 until 1965. (For an acerbically hilarious account of its rise and fall, see "Whistling Girl," a 1978 memoir by Helen Lawrenson, who served as the publication's associate editor for much of its run. An equally short-lived resuscitation, from 1970 to 1...
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The Cue Sheet: The Journal of the Society for the Preservation of Film Music (1993/1994) [cover and related content: Bernard Herrmann]

By: (Berman, Marsha, ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Hollywood CA, The Society for the Preservation of Film Music : (c.1994)

Edition: (Vol. 10, Nos. 1-2)

Seller ID: 28002

Binding: Journal

Condition: Near Fine

[nice clean copy, very slight bends at a couple of corners]. (B&W photographs) 48-page journal, with two Herrmann-related pieces: an interview with Joshua Waletzky, director of the documentary film MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES: BERNARD HERRMANN, and composer David Raksin; and a review of Steven C. Smith's biography "A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann." Raksin also contributed a short piece about the original public response to his main title theme for LAURA (1944): he was deluged by more than 1700 letters (he stopped counting) from people who wanted printed copies of his...
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Cinema Journal: The Journal of the Society for Cinema & Media Studies (Winter 2018)

By: (Brooker, Will, ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Austin, University of Texas Press, for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies : 2018

Edition: (Vol. 57, No. 2)

Seller ID: 27236

Binding: Journal

Condition: Near Fine

[nice clean copy, with just the slightest bit of handling wear]. (B&W photographs) Included in this issue: "The Economics and Politics of Auteurism: Spike Lee and Do the Right Thing" (Eleni Palis); "Fire and Failure: Studio Technology, Environmental Control, and the Politics of Progress" (Brian R. Jacobson; about American film studio fires in the 1920s); "Earth as Archive: Reframing Memory and Mourning in The Missing Picture" (Jennifer Cazenave); "Liberating the Screen: Gay and Lesbian Protests of LGBT Cinematic Representation, 1969-1974" (Matt Connolly); "Film, Performance, and the Spaces Bet...
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Film Quarterly (Fall 1982) [cover: Bob Hoskins in THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY]

By: (Callenbach, Ernest, ed.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press : 1982

Edition: (Vol. XXXVI, No. 1)

Seller ID: 25379

Binding: Periodical

Condition: Near Fine

[nice clean copy, minimal handling wear]. (B&W photographs) This issue includes interviews with Hector Babenco (with special attention to his film PIXOTE) and Emile de Antonio (the latter interviewing himself). Articles: "Time and Stasis in LA JETÉE" (about the Chris Marker film); an analysis of three films by Walter Hill (SOUTHERN COMFORT, THE LONG RIDERS, and THE WARRIORS); an analysis of Jonathan Demme's MELVIN AND HOWARD and its connections with the work of Frank Capra. Film reviews: TIME BANDITS (Terry Gilliam), VICTOR/VICTORIA (Blake Edwards), THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (John MacKenzi...
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Film Quarterly (Spring 1983) [cover: ATOMIC CAFE]

By: (Callenbach, Ernest, ed.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press : 1983

Edition: (Vol. XXXVI, No. 3)

Seller ID: 25419

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

[nice clean copy, just a trace of handling wear]. (B&W photographs) In this issue: an interview with Vittorio Taviani; "Confessions of a Feminist Porn Watcher," by Scott MacDonald; "The Voice of Documentary," by Bill Nichols (including discussion of SOLDIER GIRLS, ROSIE THE RIVETER and WEDDING CAMELS); an article about racial discrimination and ethnographic filmmaking in Australia, with focus on the documentary film TWO LAWS; "Human Artifice and the Science Fiction Film," by J.P. Telotte (discussing THE THING, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and BLADE RUNNER). Films rev...
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Film Quarterly (Winter 1982-83) [cover: Willie Nelson in BARBAROSA]

By: (Callenbach, Ernest, ed.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press : 1982

Edition: (Vol. XXXVI, No. 2)

Seller ID: 27677

Binding: Periodical

Condition: Near Fine

[nice clean copy, just a trace of handling wear]. (B&W photographs) In this issue: an interview with Andrzej Wajda, then in Paris filming DANTON; "The Reference Shelf Shuffle," a critical review of film "encyclopedias, histories, and other supposedly authoritative sources of facts [that] are shot through with error and misinformation"; an article entitled "Slow Fade to Afro: The Black Presence in Brazilian Cinema." Films reviewed: BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott), THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP (George Roy Hill), ZOOT SUIT (Luis Valdez), RADIO ON (Chris Petit), and BARBAROSA (Fred Schepisi). Books r...
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Condition: Near Fine