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SHAGADELICALLY SPEAKING: The Words and World of Austin Powers.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
New York: Warner, (1999). First edition - The "definitive guide not only to the second Austin Powers' movie, but to the whole Austin Powers craze. Find out what Austin thinks of life in the '90s versus the '60s; his thoughts on world leaders, from Moses to Margaret Thatcher; the history of the shag-pad, and more." Arranged alphabetically. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 151 pp. plus a 2 pp note from Dr Evil. ISBN: 0-446675792.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of back cover).
Book ID: 84367More details Price: $18.50 -
THE ATOMIC CAFE: The Book of the Film.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
New York: Peacock Press / Bantam (1982). First edition - Small oblong format, illustrated throughout with images used in the film from Hiroshima to bomb tests to duck and cover drills. 122 pp. ISBN: 0-553014625.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 79473More details Price: $15.00 -
ALANIS OBOMSAWIN: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2006). First edition - The first book devoted to any Native American filmmaker. "In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television." Illustrated with black and white photographs.Includes filmography, list of Native American documentaries, notes, bibliography, index. xxvi, 260 pp. ISBN: 0-803280459.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 63130More details Price: $27.50 -
U-TURN: THE SHOOTING SCRIPT.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Newmarket Press, 1997. First edition - Screenplay for the film based on Ridley's first novel, 'Stray Dogs.' Published as a trade paperback original. Includes a reproduction of the shooting script, a foreword by Ridley and an introduction by the director, Oliver Stone. Illustrated with stills from the movie. 145 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (corners slightly curled).
Book ID: 59151More details Price: $20.00 -
SHOOTING WATER.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Newmarket Press, (2007.). SIGNED - Saltzman, the daughter of Toronto filmmaker and the acclaimed Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, tells the story of how she reunited with her mother during the shooting of the controversial film "Water;" about the fate of Hindu widows in India in 1938. SIGNED on the title page. Maps, photographs. Afterword by Deepa Mehta. Reading group guide. Index. 287 pp. ISBN: 9781557047854.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 53700More details Price: $18.00 -
SHOOTING WATER.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Newmarket Press, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - Saltzman, the daughter of Toronto filmmaker and the acclaimed Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, tells the story of how she reunited with her mother during the shooting of the controversial film "Water;" about the fate of Hindu widows in India in 1938. INSCRIBED and dated in October 2007 on the title page. Maps, photographs. Afterword by Deepa Mehta. Reading group guide. Index. 287 pp. ISBN: 9781557047854.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 53701More details Price: $20.00 -
THE FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR: The Story of Movie and Television Censorship.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, 1964. dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the pressure groups pushing for censorship in the mid-20th century, the movie blacklist and how many blacklisted members still got work in the Hollywood underground, the films on which the censors went to work, and how did Hitchcock seem to evade them. Illustrated with 40 pages of photographs, many depicting scenes from films not allowed to be shown on the screen. Appendix with the Motion Picture Production code. Index. 305 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket with some overall edgewear, chip to upper edge of front cover.
Book ID: 86163More details Price: $25.00 -
TALKING PICTURES: With the People Who Made Them.
Edition: First printing.
New York: New Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes almost forty interviews with those involved in films - from producers and directors to script girls, stunt woman, screenwriters and film editors and even agents - from Hollywood's golden age. They describe the machinations of such moguls like Louis B. Mayer and Darryl Zanuck, the role of nepotism, the informal working environment in those days, and the wide range of people, from craftsmen to con men, employed. Illustrated with photographs. Includes filmographies at the end of each interview. Foreword by Robert Altman. Bibliography, glossary. xxviii, 372 pp. ISBN: 1-565841751.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (crease on flap of dj)
Book ID: 78864More details Price: $17.50 -
CITY BOYS: Cagney, Bogart, Garfield.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1992) dj. Hardcover - The "type" created by James Cagney with "The Public Enemy" in 1931, and later developed by Humphrey Bogart and John Garfield, was that of the urban tough guy - sometimes a gangster, newspaper reporter, or private eye. This book blends the stories of both the professional and political lives of Cagney, Bogart, and Garfield and examines the cultural forces that produced these "city boys." Photographs, notes, sources, index. xiii, 311 pp. ISBN: 0-691047952.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81859More details Price: $20.00 -
BRAT PACK AMERICA: A Love Letter to '80s Teen Movies.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Los Angeles: Rare Bird Books, A Vireo Book, (2016). SIGNED first edition - Contains interviews with actors, writers, and directors of the era, an the author's own experiences attending Goonies Day in Astoria, OR, taking a Lost Boys tour of Santa Cruz, CA, and more. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Map inside covers, selected bibliography. 341 pp. ISBN: 978-1942600671.
Condition: Very near fine in a illustrated black wrappers.
Book ID: 84770More details Price: $25.00 -
"WHERE GOD PUT THE WEST": Movie Making in the Desert: A Moab-Monument Valley Movie History.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Moab, UT: Four Corners Publications, (1994). First edition - Large format trade paperback, illustrated on every page with photographs and vintage movie stills. Map inside front cover, lists of films, tables, bibliography. viii, 184 pp. ISBN: 0-9441230203.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 88440More details Price: $21.50 -
OLIVER STONE'S U.S.A: Film, History, and Controversy.
Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 81412More details Price: $25.00 -
TEMPEST STORM: The Lady is a Vamp.
Edition: First printing.
Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Boldly INSCRIBED by Tempest Storm on front endpaper 'To Randy, Love and Passion' and dated in 19898. Autobiiography of the last star of burlesque. Includes 10 pages of black and white photos. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-934601-259.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket. Rather uncommon, and especially so in this condition and inscribed.
Book ID: 87729More details Price: $150.00 -
HOLLYWOOD DRAG.
Edition: First printing.
Charlottesville, VA: Thomasson-Grant, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In the most outrageous volume of his eight-part 'Hollywood' series, editor J. C. Suares has assembled a brilliant and daring collection of vintage and contemporary photograps by Tinseltown's most celebrated photographers." Two books published back to back and reversed (one half shows male cinema stars in drag, the other half female). 80 pp. ISBN: 1-565660560.
Condition: Fine in glossy gold boards in a very near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88311More details Price: $18.00 -
TELEVISION: A Biography.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Thames and Hudson, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "a critical history, or 'biography' of the six-decade television era" organized thematically. A large and heavy book, befitting the enormous amount of material in it, illustrated with photographs in both black and white and full color. SIGNED on the half title page. Notes on sources, index. 412 pp. ISBN: 978-0500519165.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 68458More details Price: $50.00 -
BBC YEARBOOK 1951.
Edition: First edition.
London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1951. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes nineteen articles, eighteen "sound and vision personalities of the year" and an enlarged reference section. Illustrated throughout with photographs, but also featuring 16 pages of photos of outstanding television programs. Index 192 pp.
Condition: Very good in pale blue-green cloth in a fair only dust jacket with rubbing, edgewear and tear on rear cover.
Book ID: 85055More details Price: $28.50 -
MEMOIRS OF THE DEVIL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the French film director, focusing on his three wives - Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve and Jane Fonda. Translated from the French by Peter Beglan. Illustrated with photographs. 187 pp. ISBN: 0-151119066.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86931More details Price: $20.00 -
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO & EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES.
Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
London & Boston: Faber & Faber, 1993. In addition to the screenplays for the two movies listed in the title, this includes an interview with Van Sant by Graham Fuller, a filmography of the movies he directed, and stills from both films. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-571-169201.
Condition: Fine in stiff glossy covers.
Book ID: 26950More details Price: $10.00 -
NATALIE WOOD: A Life.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. dj. Hardcover - Biography of this actress, who died of drowning at only 43, by this novelist, screenwriter - and friend of Wood for over 20 years. Photographs. Notes, index. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-375-410740.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 30932More details Price: $12.50