New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Cloth. Good +/Good. 275 p. + 5 p. of publisher's ads. 20 cm. Seven b&w plates from the film. Burgundy cloth hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. Some chips and tears to jacket edges, spots to spine. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. A few spots within. "Novelized by Russell Holman. Illustrated with Scenes From the Photoplay Starring Maurice Chevalier. Produced by Ernst Lubitsch with Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth, by Ernest Vajda and Guy Bolton. Based on "The Prince Consort" by Leon Xanrof and Jules Chancel."
1976. Softcover. Near fine. 148 p. 28 cm. Numerous b&w illustrations. Staplebound. Some wrinkles to rear cover. Includes message from Leonard Nimoy, photographic visit to the New York Star Trek 76 Convention, etc.
Ibadan, Nigeria: Kraft Books, 2011. Paperback. As new. 222 p. 22 cm. Some tables. Paperback. Bibliography, appendix, index.
New York: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/Good. ix, 238 p. 24 cm. 39 b&w photos. Grey cloth hardcover in mylar-covered scarce illustrated dustjacket. Tears and chips to jacket edges. Signed by Menjou on front free endpaper. Small bookseller label on front pastedown and bookplate of former owner (Kent Herrington?) on front free endpaper. The Hollywood actor recounts life from his 1890 birth in Pittsburgh, through days spent working in his father's restaurants, early troubles breaking into the acting world, to detailed stories of breaking into movies and climbing the ladder to leading man. Foreword by Clark Gable.
London: Lubrok Productions Ltd, May 1966. 2nd draft. Good +. 156 one-sided p. 28 cm. Blue duo-tang folder with some soilign and light wear. Slight chip in rear cover and p. 149 onwards. Based on the novel: "The Gold of Lubra Rock" by Michael Barrett.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 185 p. 23 cm. Grey cloth hardcover in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Notes and index.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1961. Softcover. Very good +. 38 p. + photos. 20 cm. Over 50 b&w stills from the film. Pictorial softcover with a little soiling to front. Slight spine lean. Title continues: "Text ad-libbed by Jack Kerouac for the film by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie." Introduction by Jerry Tallmer. Classic and scarce evocation of Beat life in New York, with Kerouac text and stills of Ginsberg and Corso performances. Essential for any Beat Literature collection.
1967. Softcover. Near fine. [24 p.] 28 cm. B&w illustrations on every page. Staplebound white paper covers. A little soiling to outside. Keewatin Dewdney, son of Canadian artist and author Selwyn Dewdney, created the experimental film, The Maltese Cross Movement, in 1967. The film reflects Dewdney's conviction that the projector, not the camera, is the filmmaker's true medium. The form and content of the film are shown to derive directly from the mechanical operation of the projector - specifically the maltese cross movement’s animation of the disk and the cross illustrates the projector’s essential parts and movements. This scrapbook, based on the film, uses collage techniques to link pictures with hieroglyphics.
Staunton, Illinois: Charles Mank, Jr, 1929. Staplebound. Near fine. 63 p. 20 cm. 1 b&w illustration. Staplebound booklet with card covers. Poems and tributes to Rudolph Valentino after his death.
Philadelphia: Wm. H. Kofoed, 1945. Staplebound. Good +. Unpaginated. 19 cm. About 80 b&w photos. Staplebound. Slight wear to covers and some soiling to rear. Signed by former owner Anita Hall, Langton, Ontario in pencil on title page. Various pages filled in with pencil. Each star has a photo, short bio, and room to record the following info in diary: Title of Picture, Date and Where Viewed, Starring, Supporting Cast, Comment. Includes actresses such as Shirley Temple, Jennifer Jones, Rita Hayworth, Greer Garson, Deanna Durbin and actors such as Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, etc.
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1964. Staplebound. Good +. [32 p.]. 30 cm. About 70 b&w illustrations. Staplebound softcover. Small tear at top of front cover and p. 1. Slight roughness to tops of next few pages. The Official United Artists' Pictorial Souvenir Book. Foreword by The Beatles themselves.
New York: Dell Publishing, 1931. Vol. 1, No. 1, December 1931. Staplebound. Good +. 32 p. 30 cm. Over 50 b&w photos and cartoons. Staplebound magazine. Tear in upper spine, staples rusting, some wear to centre of page bottoms, especially rear cover. Features Greta Garbo, Jimmy Durante, Pola Negri, Mary Pickford's astrology, other Hollywood celebrities.
London: Phaidon, 2000. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. 192 p. 26 cm. Numerous b&w photos. Red cloth hardcover in b&w dustjacket. Included are two DVD's - "The Misfits," starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift, as well as "Making the Misfits," produced by Gail Levin (both used). Book includes an interview with Arthur Miller by Serge Toubiana, an essay by Serge Toubiana, and a picture essay by Magnum photographers.
Burbank, CA: TOO MAGIC, INC, 1989. Near fine. First Draft with revisions, June 1989. 138 one-sided pages. 28 cm. In mylar folder. Movie title written in ink on spine. Address on front for producers Ridley Scott and Mimi Polk of Too Magic.
Edinburgh University Press, 2010. Paperback. Good +. viii, [1], 267 p. 24 cm. One table and 30 figures. Paperback with light edge wear and some soiling to lower edge of text block. Bibliography and index.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997. Hardcover. As new. ix, [3], 402 p. 33 b&w photos. Red cloth hardcover. Films discussed include Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, Annie Hall, Manhattan, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, etc. Filmography, bibliography, index.
New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1954. Magazine. Fair. 82 p. 27 cm. Over 120 b&w illustrations. Rear cover missing. Chipped spine, especially ends, and chipped bottom corner. Traces the star's life from her childhood as an orphan to years spent as a model, calendar girl, and box office star. The story concludes on a happy note with Marilyn's 1954 marriage to Joe DiMaggio. Sadly, the marriage was to last only nine months.
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 246 pp. 8vo. B&w stills. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Price-clipped jacket.
Warsaw: Art and Film Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. Good +. 152 pp. 4to. Mainly b&w stills. Stills selection and captions by Alicja Helman. Design by Lech Zahorski. Includes list of the 278 titles, arranged by year. Paper-covered illustrated boards. Edges of boards scuffed.
London: British Instructional Films Ltd, [1926]. Good +. 8 p. including covers. 32 cm. Colour illustration on front and 11 b&w illustrations. Stapled paper covers. Staples rusting slightly. Lower part of inside article has come loose from bottom staple. A little light soiling to rear. Silent film by Captain Walter Summers presented Monday, September 20, 1926 at Marble Arch Pavilion, W.1. Summers' work at BIF included historical battle recreations, including this one about Mons, made in 1926. Article inside reprinted from the Daily Telegraph August 23, 1924.
