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London: A & C Black, 2005. 126pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Minor bumps on illustrated card wrapper, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. This book is a most helpful guide for anyone facing the challenging process of auditions and casting interviews for drama courses, parts in films, TV, commercials, theatre and more . . . Contents include: Prelims. Introduction. 9 chapters. Index. Book weight approx. 170g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . 3rd Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Currency Press, 1996. xi, + 163pp., several intext b/white sketch-art illustrations (Peter Meldrum) throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. An inscription, signed/dated by author on his bio. page, else leaves clean. Montage-style, illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped only. " . . . informative, entertaining, provocative, very brave . . . an intensely personal guidebook to what makes one actor (a very good actor indeed) tick . . . " (Leo McKern). Contents include: Prelims., Foreword (Leo McKern), Preface, 14 insightful, informative chapters, Appendix: List of Actions, Index. Value Point: To accompany title is a programme from 'I Am Not A Dentist', written and performed by Henri Szeps during 1999 (in very good condition). Item weight approx. 352g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition, First Impression.. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Auckland, New Zealand: Alternative Cinema Magazine, 1984. 49pp. Intext, b/white (mostly) halftone plate illustrations throughout. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format magazine. Staples clean and tight. Magazine clean. Monochrome, illustrated paper wrapper scuiffed and lightly bumped only. A former owner's name and date on title/contents page, else textblock mildly bumped on upper foredge corner. Issued quarterly in New Zealand, this Summer 1983/84 edition (Vol 11 No. 4) of 'Alternative Cinema' features New Zealand Women and New Zealand Film, and includes: Editorial, Interviews with Melanie Read, Gaylene Preston, Jane Campion, Merata Mita, Shereen and Irene Maloney, plus various essays. Magazine weight approx. 155g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Softcover (Staplebound). Very Good. 4to - (approx. 27cm x 20.5cm). Magazine.

London: HarperCollins, 2007. x, + 292pp., plus 2 x 8 page, unpaginated, b/white and colour, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed, soft corner crease to lower rear panel. "The no-holds-barred account of Jason's rise, and fall, and rise again . . . in technicolour . . . In this incredibly raw autobiography, Jason reveals his life-threatening drug habit, the breakdown of his relationship with Kylie Minogue and the media storm around his sexuality . . . and how, with the help of his partner Ange and children Jemma and Zac, he fought his personal demons." Contents include: Prelims., 22 chapters, Index. Book weight approx. 460g. . Second Impression.. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Hachette, 2008. 315pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. "Bella knew there must be more to life than a series of casual jobs working for increasingly freakish bosses and drinking tea in her Glebe kitchen each night. An actor by trade, she scraped together enough money for a one-way ticket to the Big Apple, enrolling on impulse in the prestigious Strasberg Institute. What life in New York city would offer her she could never have predicted . . . sometimes ugly, mostly poverty-stricken but always exhilarating, Bella embraced the rollercoaster ride. This is the story of how Bella took on New York - her brilliant love affair that turned sour, the friends she made, her acting and her studies and day to day life in that fabulous town . . . " Book weight approx. 430g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Softcover. Very Good +.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 2006. xiv, + 480pp. Book clean and square. Spine tight, vivid silver title. Leaves unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. " . . . John Gennari provides a definitive history of jazz criticism from the 1920s to the present . . ." Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 8 chapters, Index. More. Book weight approx. 830g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, 1st Impression.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Grandreams Limited, 1989. 61pp., patterned endpapers. Candid colour plates throughout featuring the cast of the hit BBC series. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated (montage-style) gloss boards nominally bumped only. Profiles of the successful creator of 'Bread', Carla Lane, and screen favourites including central character Mrs Boswell (Jean Boht), and other stars Victor McGuire, Graham Bickley, Kenneth Waller, Melanie Hill, Hilary Crowson . . . Book weight approx. 380g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Cassell and Co., 1995. (vi) + 617pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain purple boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Pictorially-illustrated nominally bumped only. "Comprehensive, authoritative, and constantly stimulating, 'Brewer's Cinema' is the 'perfect' reference companion for the film buff and film student . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Preface, Dictionary A - Z. Book weight approx. 1.15 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, England: Routledge, 2003. 420pp., b/white photographic illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, small, soft indentation to lower margin of last few pages. Illustrated card wrapper has small indentation to rear panel, otherwise negligible scuffing. " . . . the most comprehensive consideration of commercial television, drawing on insights provided by contemporary criticism: semiotics, narrative theory, reception theory, genre theory, ideological analysis, psychoanalysis, feminist criticism, and British cultural studies." Contents include: Intro., 9 chapters, Afterword, Television Criticism, Notes on the Contributors, Index. Book weight approx. 600g.. Second Edition, Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Buckingham, U.K.: Open University Press, 2000. viii, + 207pp., b/white photographic illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn. " . . . carves a path through the complex histories and issues of film and cinema studies and vividly explores these in their social and political contexts . . . " Contents include: Intro., 7 chapters, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Book weight approx. 400g.. First English Edition, First Impression. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Citadel Press, 1995. 255pp., b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edge-rubbed only. History and criticism of cult science fiction films. Contents include: Introduction, The Films (74 in total), Photo Credits, Index. Book weight approx. 842g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote.. First Edition, First Impression. Softcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

North Ryde, N.S.W., Australia: Cassell Australia, 1980. 189pp., plus (iii). Monochrome, art-patterned endpapers. Intext, b/white halftone plates and sketch-illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted. Plain burgundy boards lightly bumped on lower foredge corner. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a minor unobtrusive stain on plain verso. 'Curtain Call' as told by Nancye Bridges (b.1922-d.1998) to Frank Crook is the story of the great Australian professionals . . . the vaudeville, variety, musical stars and players who entertained citizens from the 1920s through to the golden years of vaudeville . . . Contents include: Prelims., Prologue. chapters: The 20s/30s/40s/50s/60s. Epilogue. Index. Book weight approx. 705g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Headline, 2000. 246pp., plus 2 x 8 page, mostly colour, and several b/white, photographically illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Black boards undamaged. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn, and indented. " . . . tells the full, remarkable story of her rise to fame, from childhood and her often unhappy boarding school days, through the terrible trauma of her father's death and on to her meeting with Jennifer Saunders, the early days of the 'alternative comedy' circuit, her 18-year marriage to Lenny Henry, and beyond . . . " Includes Index. Book weight approx. 545g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +.

London: Beaver Books, 1986. 96pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease, minor edgewear. "The author, who has worked on 'Doctor Who' for many years, takes you behind the scenes of this most famous of all science fiction series . . . " Book weight approx. 362g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Beaver Books [Arrow], 1986. 96pp., intext colour plates throughout, illustrating beyond doubt that the Doctor Who series monsters, creatures, giant hairy spiders, Tardis, Daleks, and indeed even K-9 are all fake! Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn and scuffed. "In this book Mat Irvine, who has worked on Doctor Who for many years, takes you behind the scenes of this most famous of all science fiction series. You can find out how spectacular battles and exploding planets are filmed-and how a scriptwriter's idea for a 'mobile computer, shaped something like a dog' became K-9. In short, you can enter the extraordinary and fantastic inter-galactic world of 'Doctor Who Special Effects' . . . " Contents include: Intro., 12 chapters, Chronology, Glossary, Index. Book weight approx. 380g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.… Read More

Devon, England: David & Charles, 1985. 152pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain grey boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. Technical sections by Jan Bussell. "From China, India, Greece, Russia and many other countries come the puppets in extraordinary variety -Shadows, Rods, Strings and Gloves. On this varied and fascinating journey into a world within a world, the authors introduce us to a colourful, motley crowd which in the hands of their masters can achieve such life and vitality and has for hundreds - perhaps thousands - of years entertained the human race by interpreting it to itself . . . " Book weight approx. 550g.. First U.K.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Italy: Ente Fiera Milano, 1986. 64pp., intext, b/white halftone plates throughout, most of exhibits depicting early cinematography and television. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper lightly edgeworn and abraded. English edition catalogue for an exhibition held in Milan, Italy, October 20 to November 1, 1986. "Historical course of cinema and television technologies in view of a common future." Book weight approx. 320g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. English.. Softcover. Very Good.

London: Orion Media, 1997. 216pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has soft reading crease to front panel and is mildly scuffed. "Unbelievable true stories of amazing romantic excess in the glitziest city in the world. Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Stephanie Beacham, Gena Lee Nolin and Alexandra Paul, Charlie Sheen and Dennis Franz join wannabees and 'ordinary' people to reveal the bizarre romantic lifestyles of the men and women who live the crazy, surreal life of Hollywood . . . " Book weight approx. 630g.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harrison House, 1991. 224pp., b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Quarter-cloth spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain boards negligibly bumped at foot of rear panel. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket mildly surface-scuffed. "A nostalgic look at Hollywood in the magical 1930s, when Tinseltown was America's dreamland. From the original editions of Photoplay, Motion Picture, Modern Screen, Silver Screen, Screenland, and Screen Book, the who, what, where, when, and why - and with whom - is revealed in illustrated excerpts from the heydey 1930s." Book weight approx. 855g.. Reprint. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Australia: New Holland, 2008. 255pp., plus 2 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "Hollywood's happiest TV personality, Nelson Aspen, shares his insights and secrets in this show-and-tell-all collection of anecdotes from behind the velvet ropes . . . " Book weight approx. 520g.. First Australian Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.