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Riverhead Books, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W era photos & movie stills. CONDITION: As New - what makes this book "as new?" - back board bumped corner. Not awful, but there. So . . UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2012 Riverhead hardcover (gray boards & 1 bumped corner) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. B&W era photos & movie stills throughout. CONTENT: [Don't recall Lyle Talbot in movies? Take a look at one of his photos and you will go "Oh, yeah, him. I liked his work."] Using the life and career of her father, an early Hollywood actor, New Yorker writer Margaret Talbot tells the thrilling story of the rise of popular culture through a transfixing personal lens. The arc of Lyle Talbot's career is in fact the story of American entertainment. Born in 1902, Lyle left his home in small-town Nebraska in 1918 to join a traveling carnival. From there he became a magician's assistant, an actor in a traveling theater troupe, a romantic lead in early talkies, then an… Read More

Simon & Schuster, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. None. CONDITION: What makes this book "like new" - the small red remainder mark bottom edges near spine. UNREAD 2016 Simon & Schuster hardcover (tan boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. CONTENT: Nora Ephron, one of the most famous writers, film makers, and personalities of her time is captured by her long-time and dear friend in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship. Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was a phenomenal personality, journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, and movie director (Sleepless in Seattle; You've Got Mail; When Harry Met Sally; Heartburn; Julie & Julia). She wrote a slew of bestsellers (I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman; I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections; Scribble, Scribble: Notes on the Media; Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women). She was… Read More

Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. New/Very Good +. B&W photos througout - lots of them. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1991 Contemporary Books 3.5 lb. hardcover (black boards) & DJ (in mylar cover), first edition, assumed first printing. Problem: The DJ has tiny edge wear at top edge at fold & spine, with pale tanning to the top edge. Interior clean & tight and loaded with B&W photos. CONTENT: More than 35 years (now, in 2022 - 67 years) after his untimely death, James Dean remains larger than life, a hero to both the legion of fans who grew up with him and the younger generation that has kept his legend alive. This definitive, celebratory volume is the most comprehensive book ever assembled on his life. Extensively researched and fully illustrated, this easy-to-use A-to-Z encyclopedia features more than 1,500 categories, including many never before published facts about the public and the very private James Dean.

Hyperion, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/As New. Illustrations from the film. CONDITION: Very Good +, gently pre-read 1994 Hyperion hardcover (blue boards, embossed title) and dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. The dust jacket scans as a yucky blue, but in reality it is a dark green and the title is in gold foil with Snow White in silver foil. The interior illustrations are from the film and/or storyboards. CONTENT: Commemorating the video release of a classic animated film, a colorfully illustrated celebration of Walt Disney's masterpiece features preliminary paintings, background sketches, vintage posters, and studio art, all accompanied by a text examining the film's historic success. [This has been touted as a "children's book" - it isn't. I'd say minimum junior high to adult level.]