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Great Scott! The Best of Jay Scott's Movie Reviews. Edited by Karen York.
by SCOTT, Jay.
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(Toronto): M(cClelland) & S(tewart, 1994). First edition.. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo., wrappers, 357pp. Softcover original. Very good.
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The Super Heroes Chronicles: The History of Japanese Fantastic Televisions,Movies and Videos, 1957-1995.
by [Ion, Kabushiki Kaisha].
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B Media Books Special.. Soft cover. Very Good. 22 cm tall, white card covers printed in blue, with pictorial dust jacket, 221 pp, [3]; illustrated. Japanese text. Printed in Japan. Gold wrap around band shows light rubbing and wear, else very good in dust jacket.
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Flickers: An Illustrated Celebration of 100 Years of Cinema
by Adair, Gilbert
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- 0571173098
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(London): Faber & Faber, (1995). First edition. 24.5 cm x 18.8 cm. card covers with reflective "silver screen" panel, pp.[vi], 202; illustrated. "Flip book" design integrated with "animated" figures leapfrogging in lower page margin of book. This copy with Michael Ondaatje's signature on the front free endpaper. Among Ondaatje's many accomplishments, he wrote the screenplay for… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Movie Industry Book (How Others Made and Lost Money in the Movie Industry).
by MINUS, Johnny & William Storm Hale.
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Hollywood: Seven Arts Press, (1974). First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Circa 28 cm x 22 cm, publisher's sturdy blue cloth binding, pp. xi, 607, with indicies and publisher's ads at end. Lower corners lightly bumped, else very good. No dust jacket. Heavy book; may require additional postage depending on shipping destination and delivery standard required. . Item Price
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The Long View.
by WRIGHT, Basil.
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London Secker & Warburg, (1974). First edition. Octavo, black cloth, pp. xiii, 730; no illustrations. Three indicies are provided to navigate this massive text: film titles; names; and general subjects. Signed by Wright on the title page and additionally inscribed and signed by him on the front free endpaper, dated Geneva Park, 1976. Basil Wright… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Long View.
by WRIGHT, Basil.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First American edition. Octavo, ochre cloth, pp. xv [2], 709 xxii; no illustrations. Three indicies are provided to navigate this massive text: film titles; names; and general subjects. Signed by Wright on the title page and additionally inscribed and signed by him on the front free endpaper to a Czech… Read more about this item Item Price
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Landscape with Shipwreck: First person cinema and the films of Philip Hoffman.
by SANDLOS, Karyn & Mike Hoffman, Editors.
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- 2001
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- 1894663004
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(Toronto): Images Festival of Independent Film & Video : Insomniac Press, (2001). , 2001. Briefly inscribed by Philip Hoffman to fellow Canadian filmmaker, Boyce Richardson: "Dear Boyce, Your writing and films have inspired me, your friend, Phil". A film artist of memory and association, Philip Hoffman has long been recognized as Canadas pre-eminent diary filmmaker. Creasing to front cover,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film
by Jimmy McDonough
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- 1400050448
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New York: Crown, (2005). First edition. Hardcover. Fine in in dust jacket. . Item Price
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A Pocketful of Python. Picked by Terry Jones.
by (MONTY PYTHON). Jones, Terry. Preface by Terry Gilliam.
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(London): Methuen, (1999). First edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine. Circa 17cm x 13 cm, red boards, 64 pp.; illustrated in colour. Volume 1 in the Pocketful of Python series. Signed by Terry Jones on the title page. A charming small format book. Near fine in like dust jacket.
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Paris cinema: Une ville vue par le cinema, de 1895 a nos jours (French Edition)
by Douchet, Jean
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- 2906450154
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Paris: Editions du May, (1987). Square quarto, black cloth, pp. [200]; illustrated in black and white. Near fine in dust jacket. Haevy books; may require extra postage, depending on destination. . Item Price
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Vintage Photographic Portrait, signed.
by GISH, Dorothy.
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Approximately 7 x 5", no date. but early, portrait shows Gish as a young actress, probably in the 1920s. Dorothy Elizabeth Gish, (1898-1968), American actress, younger sister of Lillian Gish. Featured in numerous silent films and theatre productions, often showcasing her comedic talents. Creasing to lower corner, some tape residue in top corner, not affecting image. Very good.. Item Price
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Fiction Into Film. A Walk in the Spring Rain.
by MADDUX, Rachel, Sterling Silliphant & Neil D. Isaacs.
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Knoxville: University of Tennesse, (1970). First edition. Bookplate on pastedown, else near fine in dust jacket.. Item Price
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Le Fantastique au Cinema.
by LACLOS, Michel.
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Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1958. First edition. 19 x 19 cm, black cloth, pp. [xxxxv], [197]; illustrated. Text in french. Interesting illustrations. Very good, in an edge-chipped, good only dust jacket.. Item Price
$25.00

Cinema and Social Change in Latin America: Conversations With Filmmakers.
by BURTON, Julianne. Editor.
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- 1986
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- 0292724543
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Austin: Univesity of Texas Press,, 1986. Trade paperback format, pp. xvi, 302; illustrated. Inscribed by the editor, and signed "Julianne". Crease to lower corner of rear cover, else very good.. Item Price
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My Night at Maud's. Eric Rohmer, Director.
by ROHMER, Eric. Showalter, English (Editor).
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New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1993). First edition, paper issue. Trade paperback format, card covers, pp. viii, 186; illustrated. Number 19 in the Rutgers Films in Print series. Contains the screenplay and critical commentary. Fine.. Item Price
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A Man and a Woman.
by LELOUCH, Claude.
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London: Lorrimer, (1971). First English edition. The scarce hardcover issue. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket [crease at rear gutter].. Item Price
$65.00

Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People
by Leigh, Jacob
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- 2002
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London: Wallflower Press, 2002. Octavo, dark blue boards, pp. [v], 211; illustrated. Shallow bump to top edge of rear board, else fine. As issued, without dust jacket.. Item Price
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Film Comedy
by King, Geoff
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- 2002
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- 1903364361
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London: Wallflower Press, 2002. Octavo, dark blue boards, pp. [v], 230; illustrated. Fine.,As issued, without dust jacket.. Hardcover. Item Price
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The Transformation of Cinema 1907-1915
by Bowser, Eileen
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- 1990
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- 0684184141
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. Large octavo, glossy burgundy boards, pp. xii, 227; illustrated. Volume 2 in the publisher's "History of the American Cinema" series. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Heavy book, may necessitate a request for extra postage.. Item Price
$55.00

Thirty Thousand Miles for the Films. The Story of the Filming of " Soldiers Three" and "Rhodes of Africa".
by BARKAS, Natalie.
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London: Blackie & Son, (1937). First edition. Octavo, green cloth, pp. viii, 197; illustrated. Light foxing to text, name/place rubber-stamped on paste-down, cloth covers lightly marked and bubbled, else a very good copy. No dust jacket.. Item Price
$20.00