THE OXFORD COMPANION TO FILM.
Pp. xii+768(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white pictorial double title page and text illustrations; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, London, 1976. First edition. More
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INTERMISSION.
A true tale. Pp. 384; tiny bruise to top edge of lower board; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and slightly scuffed; text block lightly browned, edges of leaves faintly foxed; W. H. Allen, London, 1977. First U.K. edition. *Story of the author's four years in the Australian outback. More
THE FILMS OF WARREN BEATTY.
Pp. 222, illustrated; demy 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper; The Citadel Press, Secaucus, N.J., 1979. First edition. More
TRIBULATIONS AND LAUGHTER.
A memoir. Pp. [viii]+338, 26 illustrations, mostly full page, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; inked initials on upper free endpaper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972. First edition. *Includes memories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Bennett, Noel Coward, a.o. More
BRANDO.
Pp. 128(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, filmography, index; small cr. 4to; top fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly browned and worn; ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, vertical crease in lower free endpaper; Macmillan, London, 1974. The Movie Makers series. First edition. More
SEESAW.
A dual biography of Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks. Pp. [x]+300, 16 plates, index; qr. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards; fore edges uncut, the bottom edges sprinkled red; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; top edges of leaves lightly... More
MORE FABULOUS FACES.
The Evolution and Metamorphosis of Dolores Del Rio, Myrna Loy, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn. Pp. 266(last blank), profusely illustrated (many full page); demy 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle scuffed, top edges and fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and... More
CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
Pp. viii+264, 8 plates, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; Chatto & Windus, London, 2014. First edition. More
THE MYSTERY OF OLGA CHEKHOVA.
Pp. xvi+300, 16 plates, list of Olga Chekhova's films, references, source notes, select bibliography, index; dust wrapper; Viking, London, 2004. First edition. *'There have been many tantalizing rumours about Olga Chekhova, the niece of Anton Chekhov. She left Russia for Germany and became a film star honoured by the Nazis... More
WITH LOVE.
Autobiography. As told to Eileen and Robert Mason Pollock. Pp. xiv+338(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 32 plates, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of tiny chips; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Cassell, London, 1960. First edition. More
ALEC CLUNES.
An illustrated study of his work, with a list of his appearances on stage and screen. Pp. 134, frontispiece portrait plus 30 plates, price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip faded, lightly soiled and worn, tear into front panel from bottom edges; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly... More
RONALD COLMAN.
A Very Private Person. A Biography. Pp. x+294, 16 plates, filmography, bibliography, index; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, yellow papered boards, slightly canted, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; inked inscription on upper free endpaper, edges of leaves faintly soiled; William Morrow &... More
BETTE.
A Biography of Bette Davis. Pp. vi+250, text illustrations (some full page), list of performances, index; small cr. 4to; fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper; brief inked inscription at head of upper free endpaper, bottom fore-corner of several leaves faintly creased, occasional slight soiling; New English Library, London... More
A TITLE GUIDE TO THE TALKIES.
A comprehensive listing of 16,000 feature-length films from October, 1927, until December, 1963. In two volumes. Pp. 2133, index Volume II; boards a trifle marked; ownership inscription on upper free endpapers, a little pencilled marginalia; Scarecrow Press, New York, 1965. More
LESSONS WITH EISENSTEIN.
Translated and edited by Ivor Montagu and Jay Leyda. Pp. xvi+184(last colophon and advertisements), frontispiece, plus 4 plates, text figures, appendix, notes, index; minor flaw to cloth of lower board, the bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; top edges grey; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed; bookseller's sticker at... More
FILMED BOOKS AND PLAYS.
A list of books and plays from which films have been made, 1928-1949. Pp.xiv+218; boards lightly soiled and worn, spine faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, top edges of leaves slightly stained; Grafton & Co., London, 1951. First edition. *Almost all the films listed are either British or... More
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS.
The first celebrity. Pp. 160, illustrated, index; dust wrapper; occasional foxing; Elm Tree Books, London, 1976. First edition. More
A FLASK OF FIELDS.
Verbal and visual gems from the films of W. C. Fields. Pp. 272, numerous illustrations; demy 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn, short creased tear from bottom edge of back panel; inked initials on upper free endpaper; Studio Vista, London, 1973. First U.K. edition. More
PETER FINCH:
A biography. Foreword by Liv Ullmann. Pp. 312, 32 plates, full page facsimile, film and theatre chronology, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Angus & Robertson Publishers, London, 1979. First edition. More
THE FABULOUS FONDAS.
Pp. [x]+244(last blank), plates; dust wrapper; inked initials on upper free endpaper; W. H. Allen, London, 1973. First U.K. edition. More
CITIZEN JANE.
The turbulent life of Jane Fonda. Pp. [x]+390(last blank), 24 plates (within pagination), list of Academy Awards and nominations, film chronology, work for television, theatre chronology, notes, bibliography, index; qr. brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, beige papered boards; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Henry Holt and Company... More
JANE FONDA.
Pp. 368, illustrated title page, plates, list of films; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; leaves browned; Granada, London, 1982. First U.K. edition. More
YOUNG JUDY.
Pp. xxviii+250, frontispiece, text illustrations (several full page), appendix, notes, bibliography; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, signs of sticker removal from front flap, both flaps slightly foxed; Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, London, 1976. First U.K. edition. More