[modest edgewear to covers, diagonal creasing at bottom corner of rear cover, general handling wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) More or less set up in yearbook format: the bulk of the book reproduces about 120 high school yearbook photos of the subsequently-famous, with basic data on each (real name, date and place of birth, school, activities), and there are also sections in the back for "Activities" and "Campus Groups," with each of the group or action photos in these sections guaranteed to contain at least one celebrity. Most of those depicted are from the worlds of sports, music, movies... View More...
[moderate browning to edges of covers and spine, minor creasing along top edge]. (B&W art reproductions) Catalogue of the early work of this Mexican painter, engraver and sculptor (1907-1989). Contains: brief introductions in Spanish (by Salvador Toscano) and English (by Luis Cardoza y Aragon); biographical data and a catalogue of his works (in both Spanish and English); and a section of black-and-white reproductions of 106 paintings and drawings. Limited edition of 1,500, containing a print of an original line engraving of a horse (with the print and the book itself both No. 52); this part... View More...
(no dust jacket, possibly as issued) [light handling wear, very slight bumping to top corners, one-time owner's name (Epstein) in pencil at top of ffep, a couple of pages diagonally creased at bottom corners; spine lettering heavily rubbed, barely readable]. From the front matter: "It is a pleasure to present to our friends, on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Horace Mann School, this publication, in which is set forth the history and the educational philosophy of the Horace Mann School for Boys." By 1937, the school's notable alumni already included Val... View More...
[bumped at lower right corner, small tear in binding at top front hinge, light external soiling]. (B&W photographs) Full-page portrait photographs, accompanied by one-page biographies, for approximately 125 actors and actresses -- primarily Italian-born, although I spotted at least exception: Ingrid Bergman. View More...
(embossed royal blue cloth; no dust jacket) [front hinge cracked but holding, otherwise a good sound copy; moderate wear to cloth at extremities, one-inch tear in cloth at top rear hinge, another tiny tear in cloth at top of spine; internally quite clean, with all plates present and in excellent condition]. (tipped-on color plates) An illustrated directory of prominent British judges and lawyers of the time, with each color plate accompanied by a one- or two-page biography. It starts at the top, with The Right Honourable Lord High Chancellor and The Right Honourable Lord Chief Justice of Engl... View More...
[random ink scribbling at left side of front cover, rear cover has subscriber's address label and an array of vintage postage stamps affixed]. (B&W photographs) Small-format (8-1/2" x 5-1/2") TV collectors' fanzine, with two primary features in this issue: the cover story, a long tribute article about the recently-deceased actor James Franciscus, who starred in several successful TV series during the 1960s and 1970s, incorporating several interviews and quoting from his personal correspondence with the publishers; and a production-history article + episode guide for "Land of the Giants," a fan... View More...
(no dust jacket) [worn but still sound copy, a bit of bumping/fraying at all corners, spine cloth faded (lettering just about gone)]. Epistolary relationship/romance novel. View More...
[minor wear, nice clean copy, some partially-erased writing in blue ink at top of front cover]. (B&W photographs) In this issue: "The Cinema Delimina: Films from the Underground," by Stan Vanderbeek; "Forbidden Fruit: The Nazi Feature Film, 1933-1945," by David Stewart Hull; and "Yugoslav Short Films," by Donald Richie. Especially interesting is the fourth article, "An American Film Institute: A Proposal," by Colin Young, a lengthy piece which represents an early conceptual floating of the idea of a national film institute that would ultimately come to fruition about six years later. (This p... View More...
[modest edgewear all around, some minor creasing in front cover, some red-ink underlining in the Minnelli article]. (B&W photographs) In the first three articles in this issue, grouped under the title "The Growing Edge," the authors tell of their personal encounters with three filmmakers: Satyajit Ray, Luis Bunuel, and Luigi Zampa (the latter piece incorporating an interview). Also in this issue: "Hollywood's Favorite Fable," in which Arthur Mayer discusses and debunks "the myth of the virtuous producer-distributor and the wicked exhibitor"; the first installment of an 2-part examination of t... View More...
[minor paper loss to spine covering at both ends, pages tanned but not brittle, typical edgewear to yapped covers (tiny nicks, bends), small nick at left edge of front cover]. (pen and ink illustrations) Novelettes: "Satan Sees Red," a Satan Hall story (Carroll John Daly); "A Private Affair," a Seor Lobo story (Erle Stanley Gardner). Short stories: "The Other Fellow's Game" (Maurice Beam); "The Expert" (Donald Barr Chidsey). Serial: "The Shadow Man," Part 5 of 6. True stories: "I Looted Broadway," Part 6 (Al Lewis and Howard McLellan); "Illustrated Crimes: Caught by Radio" (Stookie Allen). ... View More...
[modest edgewear and external rubbing, creasing and fading to spine]. (B&W photographs) A triple issue (288 pages), with three themes/topics: Interviews; Rediscoveries; Third World. The interviews, which take up almost half the issue, are with: filmmaker Hollis Frampton (specifically about his film cycle MAGELLAN); actor/director Eric Mitchell; filmmaker/dancer Yvonne Rainer (focusing on her film JOURNEYS FROM BERLIN; critic Annette Michelson (talking about the acting in Rainer's JOURNEYS FROM BERLIN; filmmaker Jackie Raynal; and performance artist/filmmaker Carolee Schneemann. The "Rediscov... View More...
[moderate age-toning to spine and along edges of covers, light external soiling]. The inaugural issue of this long-running literary journal, which continues to this day, self-described as the oldest English-language journal in the United States devoted to French and Francophone literature and culture. In this issue, devoted entirely to the topic of existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre was given the first word, with excerpted scenes from his then-current play Les mains sales. This was followed by sixteen essays on topics ranging from general discussions of existentialism to analyses of individua... View More...
[clean copy, light rubbing to covers, a little wear at spine ends (possibly a touch of insect-nibbling)]. (B&W photographs) In this issue: a discussion of the films of Alan J. Pakula, together with an interview with Pakula about ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN; "Banking on Movies," articles by Stuart Byron and Patrick McGilligan on the topic of film financing; analysis of Jacques Rivette's DUELLE, by Jonathan Rosenbaum; an interview with Eduardo de Gregorio, about SERAIL and the influence of Rivette; an interview with Francois Truffaut, about his film SMALL CHANGE (L'ARGENT DE POCHE); analysi... View More...
[mild overall wear, some creasing in covers]. (B&W photographs) James Mason (interview and filmography); "Hollywood and the Indian" by Robert Larkins; discussion of THUNDERBOLT (Josef von Sternberg); reviews of DOUBLE SUICIDE (Masahiro Shinoda), HEART OF A MOTHER (Mark Donskoy) and GAILY, GAILY [released in the UK as CHICAGO, CHICAGO] (Norman Jewison). [ It was the practice of this excellent publication to provide, along with each film review, filmographies and brief career summaries of the director and often other principals in the film under discussion.] View More...
[several small nicks and chips in the edges of the rear cover, also slightly affecting the upper edges of the last several pages in the magazine; the pages are also somewhat age-toned (although printed on toned stock) and a bit fragile]. Early issue of this long-running critical/political film magazine. Contents include: "Film Study in Colleges," by Bernard R. Kantor; "Pauline Kael -- Film Critic with a Chip on Her Shoulder," by Richard Ayers; "What Do We Mean by Widescreen?" by Tony Shapps; an analysis of BONNIE AND CLYDE, by Paul Glushanok; "Amateurs and Animation," by Marjorie Lenk; a l... View More...
[light soiling/staining to covers, diagonal wrinkle (binding flaw) at upper left corner of front cover]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) Nostalgia-oriented publication devoted to Western films. In this issue: an article about entertainer/actress Texas Guinan; a feature about the "Renfrew of the Royal Mounted" B-pictures produced by Grand National and Monogram in the late 1930s and early 1940s; an article about the Western Writers of America; an article about a dedicated "Lone Ranger" fan, Frank Swain of Pulaski, Virginia; a career article on Tom Mix (with a filmography of his films through 191... View More...
[light wear along spine, minor rubbing to covers, faint vertical crease at top of front cover]. (B&W photographs) Feature articles (with filmographies) on Rita Hayworth, Sidney A. Franklin,and Susannah York; a retrospective review of TRADER HORN (1931); "Memoirs of a Film-Spent Youth" by William K. Everson; reviews (with related filmographies) of CABARET (Bob Fosse), THE RULING CLASS (Peter Medak), IMAGES (Robert Altman) and WHAT'S UP DOC? (Peter Bogdanovich). View More...
[some wear along spine, one small stain on rear cover]. (B&W photographs) The theme of the issue is "Films and History," with articles on CROMWELL ( Ken Hughes), Sergei Bondarchuk (with special reference to WATERLOO) and " Ronald Colman and the Cinema of Empire." Also includes reviews (with the usual accompanying filmographies of principals) of: LE SAMOURAI (Jean- Pierre Melville), EROTISSIMO (Gerard Pires), LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (Cy Howard); plus a retrospective look at MIDNIGHT (Mitchell Leisen; screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder). Also: book reviews and ... View More...
[moderate external wear, some creasing to front cover]. (B&W photographs) Major article on Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.) by DeWitt Bodeen; article, "The American B Film: A Fond Appreciation" by Don Miller; an interview ( including filmography) with humorist/screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart; reviews (with related filmographies) of MONTE WALSH (William A. Fraker) and THE RITE (Ingmar Bergman); a survey of the 50 best musical films available on 16mm. View More...
[some dampstaining along the spine (mostly visible on rear cover), bleed-through to a few interior pages]. (B&W photographs, ads) Monthly magazine of the American Society of Cinematographers, a very technically-oriented publication with plenty of information (articles and advertisements) related to the latest equipment, technical processes and production techniques then in use in the Hollywood motion picture industry. Although the film WHITE CHRISTMAS is featured on the cover (with a nice shot of Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, director Michael Curtiz and cinematographer Loyal Griggs), the tie-in a... View More...
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