New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1916.). Hardcover - Lucky Lindsay, former ranch-hand and now involved with a moving-picture company wants to make authentic films of the disappearing West.. Foreword by Bower states: 'For the accuraacy of certain parts of this story which deal most intimately with the business of making motion pictures, I am indebted to Buck Connor, whose name is a sufficient guarantee that all techinical points are correct.'.Frontispiece by Monte Crews. 325 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.

New York: St Martin's, (1995.). First edition - Author's highly praised novel about the film industry - it begins with a small boy, on a fishing trip, who discovers a limousine lying at the bottom of a river. Inside are the bodies of two Hollywood stars, a young director and a famous rock musician. Meanwhile, production on a movie about Napoleon, 'Shadows on a Wall', is millions of dollars over budget, and the producer has gone missing. Among the reviews are these comments: "Probably the best novel about movie-making ever written." (Sunday Express). "Without a doubt, the best movie story I have ever read. A brilliant mixture of irony, comedy, pathos." (Publishing News.) 541 pp.

New York & London: Oxford University Press, 1977. Set against the backdrop of the black struggle in society, this is a comprehensive history of African-American accomplishment in film--both before and behind the camera--from the earliest movies through World War II. Illustrated with many black and white photographs, extensive notes, subject and title indexes. 447 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5021304.

Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press, (1965.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by Nolan on the title page. Biography of the controversial and award-winning director, covering the entire span of his career. Illustrated with photographs. Two appendixes: The Projects of John Huston: Films and Plays 1931-1965, and A Huston Bibliography. 247 pp, Review copy with publisher's slip laid in.

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: The Viking Press, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The debut novel from this independent filmmaker features Jane Tagaki-Little, a struggling filmmaker in New York, who is given her big break - a chance to travel through the United States to produce a Japanese television program sponsored by American meat exporters. SIGNED on the title page. Dustjacket praise from Arthur Golden ("Romance, agri-business,self-discovery, cross-cultural misunderstanding - it takes a talent like Ruth Ozeki's to blend all these together") and John Sayles. Winner of the American Book Award and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for fiction. Bibliography, notes, 366 pp. ISBN: 0-670-879045.

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.

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.

New York: Ballantine, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her third novel, a story of mystery and witchcraft, set in pre World War I French Flanders. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, complete with a small drawing "For --- and thanks for a fun evening at the House of Mirrors, Best." On page 406, she added a missing word and an "anti-curse bookmark" (along with a more typical erratum slip. 420 pp. ISBN: 0-345-433025.

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.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book Walker spent 10 years in the writing, this is perhaps her most personal book yet. The story of the making of the film "Color Purple" and of the changes in her life. SIGNED by Walker. Index. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-684-814196.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the making of a documentary film to educate people about the harmful practice of female genital mutilation. Color frontispiece. Photographs. Bibliography, map endpapers. 373 pp. Slightly oversized. ISBN: 0-15-1000611.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the making of a documentary film to educate people about the harmful practice of female genital mutilation. Color frontispiece. Photographs. Bibliography, map endpapers. 373 pp. Slightly oversized. ISBN: 0-15-1000611.

New York: Hyperion, 1998. Hardcover first edition - Notes from Oprah Winfrey about her experiences and feelings during the making of the movie 'Beloved' based on Toni Morrison's novel. She describes how jarring it is when news from the 'real' world filters in - the death of Princess Diane, rumors that Oprah was quitting her show. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Ken Regan, including many double-page spreads. Foreword by director Jonathan Demme. 165 pp plus 16 unnumbered end pages. Large format. ISBN: 0-7868-64583.