New York: Standard Brands Incorporated, 1940. Hardcover first edition - A picture book - a combination of photo album, brief jottings and some dialogue - which put faces on the characters in "One Man's Family," an American radio soap opera, created by Carlton E. Morse, which ran from 1932-1959 (first on radio, then on television). It was the longest-running uninterrupted dramatic serial in the history of American radio. Slim oblong format, unpaginated.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1965.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A reissue of Barry's landmark work on the importance of Griffith as a film-maker (first published in 1940). This new edition, published in conjunction with a new exhibit at the Museum, has added an annotated list of GriffithÕs films written by Eileen Bowser, which more than doubles the size of the first edition. Illlustrated with many black and white photographs. Slightly oversized square format. 88 pp. Errata slip laid in.

New York: Harper & Row, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes a foreword by Francois Truffaut and a profile by Jean Cocteau. Translated from the French by Jonathan Rosenbaum. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 138 pp. ISBN: 0-060102748.

New York: Putnam, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover - More than just a biography of the Academy Award winning actress Katharine Hepburn, this is also a chronicle of twenty years of friendship and many intimate conversations. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-399-15164-8.

New York: Putnam, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - More than just a biography of the Academy Award winning actress Katharine Hepburn, this is also a chronicle of twenty years of friendship and many intimate conversations. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-399-15164-8.

Atlanta: Turner Publishing, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Anthony Browne has always acknowledged this classic cult movie to be one of the most potent influences on his work, and now he presents his own version with striking full color illustrations. Large format. 92 pp. ISBN: 1-57036107X.

New York: Coward-McCann, (1959.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "For an old girl, I'm in darn good shape right now and I'll tell you how I've kept it that way." Advice, humorous in tone but essentially very sensible, interspersed with snippets from her life, from the stage and film actress best remembered as Glinda, the Good Witch in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz' and who was also Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld. Presentation copy warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page. "To Dear Dorothy, You don't have to read this dear - but it is Cam and my latest effort - give us your blessings. Love, Billie" and dated Oct 9, 1959. Illustrations by Vassilu. 249 pp.

New York: Hyperion, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the comedian and televison star - but also quite a bit more - a portrait of the South, the story of a woman who survived a 'gothic childhood,' teenage years of exploring sex, drugs and alcohol and an abusive first marriage. It begins "I spent the first twenty years of my life waiting for two men I was reasonably certain would never come back - my daddy and Jesus Christ.". Photographs, 295 pp. ISBN: 0-786861363.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1965. First edition - Features a long article on "The Negro in American Films: Some Recent Works" by Albert Johnson; a retrospective on film-maker Robert J. Flaherty (1884-1951) by Helen Van Dongen, who worked with Flaherty on "The Land"; a look at Mexican cinema by Manuel Michel and an interview with Pier Paolo Pasolini. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Reviews and ads. Square format. 62 pp.

New York & Oxford: Basil Blackwell, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A survey of over 200 films from the age of silent films through two World Wars, the McCarthy era, the counterculture, Vietnam and to the present, which reveals the ways in which the genre has changed to reflect the changes in our culture, and which demonstrates that even ostensibly liberal films are essentially conservative. Illustrated with photographs, notes at the end of each chapter. Political Filmography, index. x, 244 pp. ISBN: 0-631-158448.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first major biography of this Montana-born movie star - Hollywood's "quintessential cowboy." Author's note. Illustrated with photographs, includes a list of his films, index. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-860511324.

New York: Doubleday, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of one of the most enigmatic and glamorous actresses of the 20th century: Marlene Dietrich went from cabarets of Berlin in Germany during the 1920's to Hollywood in the 1930's, to being an entertainer in World War II (and receiving the Medal of Freedom) - the title refers to Josef von Sternberg's film that catapulted here to fame. Photographs, bibliography, index, notes, 333 pp. ISBN: 0-385-425538.

New York: A. L. Burt, (1929). Hardcover first edition - Photoplay edition based on the screenplay and feature movie produced by United Artists, starring Gloria Swanson (her first talking film.) Illustrated with a frontispiece of Swanson and stills from the film. 268 pp.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the marriage and career of this great screenwriting team (Phoebe died - at just 57 - before this was written of complications caused by her heavy drinking). A book which focuses on the good side of their relationship and the glamor of Hollywood rather than an honest look at their marriage. The eulogy which Nora Ephron, their oldest daughter, gave at her mother's funeral is included as an epilogue to this book. Illustrated with photographs. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-393075109.

New York: Penguin, (1970.). Biography of this filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature length documentary film, the classic silent film 'Nanook of the North,' in 1922. He sought out adventures which inspired his movies.Illustrated with scenes from the films and photographs of the director at work. Several appendices, index. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0211438.

New York: Harper Collins, (2007). First edition - "Who will come to the aid of beleaguered King Hrothgar, whose warriors have become the prey of the vengeful outcast monster Grendel?" Includes the initial draft and final shooting script of the film from Paramount Pictures and Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis, plus concept art, insights into the screenplay's evolution, an introduction by Avary, an afterword from Gaiman. Large format, illustrated. 264 pp. ISBN: 978-0061350160.

London: H.C. Blossom Book, (1991). First edition - Contains 30 oversized postcards reproduced from the selection of lobby cards from Denis Gifford's collection of movie memorabilia. Oblong format. ISBN: 1-872532705.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover - A massive and well-researched biography of one of the most powerful and influential men in Hollywood, from his days as a poor Polish immigrant through his steady climb to prominence. Photographs, notes, and sources, index. 579 pp. ISBN: 0-394-510593.

Seattle: Artful Dragon Press, (2001.). SIGNED - The life and career of the child actress Karolyn Grimes who is best known for her role as James Stewart's little girl, Zuzu, in "It's A Wonderful Life" (and for her memorable line in that movie "Look, Daddy, teacher says, 'Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.') INSCRIBED by both Grimes (as Karolyn Grimes and as Zuzu) on the title page with "To.... Have a wonderful life!' and also SIGNED by author Brunell on the "About the Author" page. Large oblong format illustrated throughout with many photographs and stills from her movies. Promotional postcard and bookmark laid in. 102 pp. ISBN: 0-970971001.

New York: Grove Press, (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - Discusses the difficulties of making films during a time of war. Includes the scripts for 2 films "banned" then, but subsequently released: John Huston's "Let There Be Light" and Alain Resnais' "Night and Fog". Focuses also on Huston's 1944 "The Battle of San Pietro" which too accurately pictured the war in Italy. Includes contributions from Norman McLaren, Herbert Gold, Herbert Read, Jean Renoir, Dore Schary, a composite interview with Alain Resnais commenting on his film "Hiroshima Mon Amour", and more. Illustrated with stills from the movies. 255 pp.

New York: Random House, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - While Irving starts this memoir with an account of his obstetrican grandfather, and includes an essay on the politics of abortion, this is primarily an account of his involvement with the movies, from thirteen years of working on the screenplay for The Cider House Rules (which of, course, has as its central focus the issues surrounding abortion, and for which he won an Oscar) to the unsucessful attemtpts to get his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, made into a movie. Interesting discussion on the differences between a novel and making a film. 170 pp plus 32 pp of photographs. ISBN: 0-374-503684.

New York: Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. Hardcover - A biography of one of the most towering figures in film and theater history - born in 1909 to Greek parents in Istanbul, Turkey, by the 1950s he was the most important and influential director in the nation, dominating both theater and film. ... His films -- notably 'On the Waterfront' - brought a new realism to the movies. More than just a biography of one more, this detailed and comprehensive books casts a new light on six decades of American history. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. xxxi, 510 pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of this award-winning actor who was born in Merced, California in 1927. Among the films in which she starred was Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). This focuses on the transitional years in Hollywood of 1946-62 which saw the decline of the great studios, the rise of independent studios and the effects of television. Includes a preface by her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis. Illustrated with photographs. Index. xiii, 322 pp. ISBN: 0-385190352.

New York: Harper Collins, (2011). First edition - Memoir by this award winning actor. Illustrated with photographs. xiii, 316 pp.

Rome, Italy: Carlo Bestetti, (1954). Hardcover first edition - Introduction to the American edition by Richard Griffith. This history is divided into three sections: the beginnings, 1904-1930, by Ferdinando Palmieri; transition period, 1930-1942. by Ettore Margadonna; and the post war period, 1942-1954 by Mario Groma. Among the directors discussed are Antonini, Fellini, Comencini, Tellini, and many others. The text for each section is followed by many pages of black and white photographs mostly of stills from the films. There are a total 76 pages of text and 217 pages of photos, usually with multiple photos on each page. Large format.

New York: Harper Collins, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - When their homeless father died alone in a jail cell twin brothers Logan and Noah vowed to make a film in his honor - this is the story of how they succeeded despite all obstacles. INSCRIBED on the title page " Dear . . . Enjoy the ride" and SIGNED by both authors. 281 pp. ISBN: 978-0061763144.

New York: Radical History Review, 1988. First edition - An issue devoted to film and history, featuring articles like "Oh! Althusser!: Historiography and the rise of cinema studies" by Sklar; "Work, Ideology and Chaplin's Tramp" by Musser; "The Japanese tragedy: film censorship and the American occupation" by Kyoko Hirano' Ana Lopez, on the new Latin American cinema, and more. Illustrated. Notes on contributors, ads. 192 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - Spanning more than ninety years, this is an account of "Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon.It begins on a battlefield in France during World War I, when a young American soldier, Lee Duncan, discovered a newborn German shepherd in the ruins of a bombed-out dog kennel." Photographs. Notes on sources. 324 pp. ISBN: 978-1439190135.