Film Criticism

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What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

by Andre Bazin

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Detours and Lost Highways

by Foster Hirsch

Film Criticism Books & Ephemera

Peckinpah

Peckinpah

by Seydor, Paul

Hawks On Hawks

Hawks On Hawks

by McBride, Joseph

Hooked

Hooked

by Kael, Pauline

From Reverence To Rape

From Reverence To Rape

by Haskell, Molly

The Collected Plays of Neil Simon, Volume 1: The Odd Couple; Plaza Suite; Barefoot in the Park; Come Blow Your Horn; The Star-Spangled Girl; Last of the Red Hot Lovers; Promises, Promises

The Collected Plays of Neil Simon, Volume 1: The Odd Couple; Plaza Suite; Barefoot in the Park; Come Blow Your Horn; The Star-Spangled Girl; Last of the Red Hot Lovers; Promises, Promises

by Simon, Neil; Hamlisch, Marvin; Sager, Carole Bayer

NY: Plume, 1986. Trade softcover. Published NY: Plume, 1986. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 657pp. Mild creasing to spine, one page wrinkled, light edge soil, else very good, clean, bright. . Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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$20.00
Sondheim

Sondheim

by Martin Gottfried

NY: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1993. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abrams, 1993. 4to., 193pp., 112 illustrations, 51 in full color, pictorial endpapers. Explores the life and work of the composer of such distictive theatrical creations as Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, and West Side Story. Very good in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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$25.00
Cineaste (Volume 1, Issue 4)

Cineaste (Volume 1, Issue 4)

by Gary Crowdus (editor); Barry Prince, Andrew M. Lugg, Noe Goldwasser, Will Hindle, Nicholas J. Zeoli, Robert Steele (contributors)

New York: Cineaste, 1967. Volume One, Issue Four of the long running and influential "Cineaste" magazine. Published quarterly, "Cineaste" publishes reviews, criticism, and interviews, and continues to be published today. Early issues of the magazine are difficult to find. 8.5 x 11 inches. Side-stapled. Very Good plus, with light toning and soil.
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$95.00
Ballet Suedois (the Swedish Ballet)

Ballet Suedois (the Swedish Ballet)

by Hager, Bengt

NY: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1990. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N Abrams Inc., 1990. Folio, 10" x 13", 303pp., 265 illustrations, including 142 plates in full color. Additional Texts by Isaac Albeniz . [Et Al. ] ; Sets and Costumes by Aleksandr Alekseev . [Et Al. ] ; Translated from the French by Ruth Sharman. Bound in silver leatherette with silver spine titles and silver embossed cover design of F. Leger, art endpapers. "Provides a history and ballet-by-ballet... Read more about this item
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$100.00
Leni Riefenstahl. Die Verführung des Talents

Leni Riefenstahl. Die Verführung des Talents

by Rother, Rainer

Berlin: Henschel, 2001. Text in German. Underlining in one chapter. Very good in very good dust jacket. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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$15.00
Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show

Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show

by Rachel Shteir

NY: Oxford University Press, 2004. First edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Oxford University Press, 2004, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, viii+438pp., illustrated. Striptease is an insightful and entertaining portrait of an art form at once reviled and embraced by the American public. Blending careful research and vivid narration, Rachel Shteir captures striptease's combination of sham and seduction while illuminating its surprisingly persistent hold on the American imagination. Fine. . 1st.... Read more about this item
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$25.00
The Films of Samuel Fuller

The Films of Samuel Fuller

by Dombrowski, Lisa

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 8vo. xii, [2], 246, [2] pp. Bound in quarter black cloth over red boards, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Includes filmography, bibliography and index. Fine, clean, crisp copy, in Very Good+ dust jacket with some light rippling from water damage to upper front cover, with some minor overall wear and scuffing.
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$35.00
From Reverence to Rape

From Reverence to Rape

by Molly Haskell

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A revolutionary classic of feminist cinema criticism, Molly Haskell's From Reverence to Rape remains as insightful, searing, and relevant as it was the day it was first published. Ranging across time and genres from the golden age of Ho
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$39.00
The Years of George Montgomery (Signed)

The Years of George Montgomery (Signed)

by Montgomery, George; Millet, Jeffrey

Los Angeles: Sagebrush, 1981. Signed first edition. Hard cover, issued without dust jacket. Published Los Angeles: Sagebrush, 1981, first printing. 4to., 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", 288pp., illustrated throughout with color and b/w photos and reproductions, pictorial endpapers. Cream textured cloth over burgundy leatherette, gilt spine titles. Inscribed by Montgomery in blue ink on title page: "For Ron & Brian, With many thanks, Hope you enjoy these GM years for long often - George Montgomery,... Read more about this item
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$75.00
City Images

City Images

by Caws, Mary Ann, ed

New York: Gordon and Breach, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo. [6], 278 pp. Bound in glossy illustrated boards. Lacking dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Includes index. Very Good+, light shelf wear to binding, internally clean and bright.
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$30.00
Co-Starring: Famous Women and Alcohol

Co-Starring: Famous Women and Alcohol

by Robe, Lucy Barry

U.S.A.: Compcare Pubns, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published Compcare, 1986. Thick 8vo., 537pp., illus. b/w photos. Very good plus in dj.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. Illus.
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$15.00
Hurrell Hollywood: Photographs 1928-199010 3/4" x 14",

Hurrell Hollywood: Photographs 1928-199010 3/4" x 14",

by Hurrell, George

NY: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Folio, 10 3/4" x 14", 140pp., lavishly illustrated with photographs, photographic endpapers. "George Hurrell was the glamour photographer of the golden age of Hollywood. From the dawn of his career in 1928 until his death in 1992 at the age of eighty-seven, no Hollywood actor had realized the pinnacle of stardom until he or she was captured through the Hurrell lens. A collection of the... Read more about this item
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$125.00
Garbo Portraits from Her Private Collection

Garbo Portraits from Her Private Collection

by Reisfield, Scott

NY: Rizzoli, 2005. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Rizzoli, 2005, first printing. 4to., 8 3/4" x 12 3/4", 255pp., illustrated with hundreds of photographs. Published to resemble a photo album in half bound brown and beige cloth. "Though ambivalent about fame and her public image, Garbo saved all of her favorite portraits, carefully archiving original prints by Clarence Sinclair Bull, Arnold Genthe, Ruth Harriet Louise, Edward Steichen, and Cecil Beaton, among... Read more about this item
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$40.00
From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]

From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]

by Haskell, Molly

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo (8 x 5 1/4"). xii, 388pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth, with pink lettering to spine. Front free endpaper inscribed and signed by Molly Haskell in 2000. Inscribed and signed first edition of "From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies," one of the first books to chronicle women's images in film. "Along with Marjorie Rosen's "Popcorn Venus," it typifies the first feminist... Read more about this item
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$175.00
Writing Himself into History

Writing Himself into History

by Bowser, Pearl; Spence, Louise

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [2000]. Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo. xxvi, 288, [2] pp. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Black and white illustrations. Includes bibliography, filmography, and index. Very Good+, previous owner's inscription to half title, internally clean and sharp, minor wear to wrappers.
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$30.00
Enchantment of the Mind: Manmohan Desai’s Films

Enchantment of the Mind: Manmohan Desai’s Films

by Haham, Connie; Bachchan, Amitabh (foreword)

VG+ condition hardcover in like dustjacket with a 1/2" tear at head of spine. Illustrated with 16 pages of b&w photos, 224 pp.
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$14.95
The Parade's Gone By...

The Parade's Gone By...

by Brownlow, Kevin

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good-. 8vo. [12], 580, xiv, [2] pp. Bound in black cloth, blind stamped decoration on front cover, title in white on spine, in silver, illustrated dust jacket, printed in black and pink. Black and white illustrations throughout. Errata slip laid in. Very Good+, internally clean, hinges strong, bumping to corners of binding, light shelf wear to bottom edge, in Very Good dust jacket with 1" tear to upper fore edge of rear cover,... Read more about this item
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$40.00
Wild Pages: The Wildlife Film-Makers' Resource Guide 2014-15

Wild Pages: The Wildlife Film-Makers' Resource Guide 2014-15

by Peters, Jason (editor); Warren, Piers (editor)

Very good condition softcover, clean and unmarked, 356 pp. A complete tool-kit of information for all wildlife film-makers - established and newcomers. Listings of wildlife production companies, footage libraries, distributors, broadcasters, location managers/fixers, film festivals, organizations, publications and more, with contact details, weblinks and descriptions. Including answers to those all-important questions such as whether companies take people on work experience or consider... Read more about this item
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$14.95
Strangers in Hollywood

Strangers in Hollywood

by Wollstein, Hans J

Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. xiv, [2], 368, [2] pp. Bound in full brown cloth, title stamped in silver on cover and spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white photographs. Fine, bright, crisp copy in Fine, bright dust jacket.
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$50.00
Boris Aronson: Stage Design As Visual Metaphor

Boris Aronson: Stage Design As Visual Metaphor

by Aronson, Boris; Frank Rich

NY: Katonah Gallery, 1989. First edition. Softcover exhibition catalog. Published NY: Katonah Gallery, 1989. Oblong 4to. wrappers, 11 1/16" x 8 1/2", (unpaginated) 24pp., illustrated with color and b/w reproductions. "Boris Aronson designed his first Broadway set in 1932 (for ''Walk a Little Faster'') and subsequently designed the sets for more than 100 productions, including ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and ''Cabaret.'' Minor bump crease to top... Read more about this item
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$175.00
Cinema Quebec, Vol. 3

Cinema Quebec, Vol. 3

by Tadros, Jean-Pierre (editor)

VG+ condition quarto hardcover, slightly sunned spine, clean and unmarked.
Hardbound collection of Cinema Quebec magazine. All issues of Volume 3, from September 1973 to August 1974, 472 pp. French language.
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$40.00
The Complete Wedding March of Erich Von Stroheim (SIGNED]

The Complete Wedding March of Erich Von Stroheim (SIGNED]

by Von Stroheim, Erich; Weinberg, Herman G

Boston: Little, Brown, 1974. First Edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published Boston: Little Brown, 1974. 4to., 330pp. A reconstruction of the film. "The Wedding March", "The Honeymoon", in 255 still photos following the original screenplay, plus 13 production stills. Compiled and annotated with a foreword by Herman G. Weinberg. Previous owner name on free endpaper, else fine in very good plus dust jacket with light fray, short closed edge tear. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Very Good Plus.... Read more about this item
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$45.00
The Rise of the American Film (First Edition, copy belonging to Jacques Tourneur)

The Rise of the American Film (First Edition, copy belonging to Jacques Tourneur)

by Lewis Jacobs

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1939. First Edition. First Edition. Copy belonging to director Jacques Tourneur, with his name in manuscript red pencil on the front endpaper. Published the same year as Tourneur's directorial debut, "They All Come Out." Tourneur would go on to direct 70 films over a 40 year career, including the first three horror films for legendary producer Val Lewton, "Cat People" (1942), "I Walked with a Zombie" (1943), and "The Leopard Man" (1943), as well as the classic film noir "Out... Read more about this item
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$975.00
Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts - Third Edition. (Routledge Key Guides)

Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts - Third Edition. (Routledge Key Guides)

by Susan Hayward

NY: Routledge, 2006. Third Edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Routledge, 2006. 8vo. wrappers, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", xv+586pp. Near fine.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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$35.00
The Films of Ingmar Bergman: Illusions of Light and Darkness

The Films of Ingmar Bergman: Illusions of Light and Darkness

by Hubner, Laura

Palgrave MacMillan, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Photographic Boards). Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. At the end of each acknowledgements, introduction by author, notes, bibliography, filmography and index. Photographic laminated boards with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. In this book the author traces the films of the Swedish film maker Ingmar Bergman. " ... his films have conveyed, thematically and stylistically, various elements of... Read more about this item
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$32.99