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52 pages. Features: Charming cover illustration of calf kicking up its legs in the spring flowers; One-page Chipso photo ad features the Williams family - Thomas Vance, Calvin Edward, Mrs. Calvin C., Stephen, Charles Judson and Henry Kerr; One-page yeast ad features large photo of Dr. Gudzent of the University of Berlin; Nice one-page Pontiac ad features yellow Economy Straight 8; Order to View (short story); Green Mantle (short story); Restoration Work in France - photo-illustrated article on work done to preserve Versailles and Fontainbleau for posterity; Small Talk (short story); Beating the Star (short story); At the Edge of the Great Unsurveyed (short story); Wedding Bells Around the World - photo-illustrated article on world wedding traditions; The Man Who Taught London to Dance - photo-illustrated article on Santos Casani; A Gabled House; Pond's cold cream one-page ad features photos of Lady Diana Manners; The British Way; Nicely illustrated one-page Maxwell House coffee ad; Laboratory in the Snow - Dr. H.R. Wolf of General Motors tests cars in the winter conditions of Saskatchewan; Lovely one-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Hams; Great one-page Chevrolet truck ad includes diagrams of 10 interesting vehicles; Three pages of photos of movie stars; Radioland - article on radio stars; Movie reviews; Little Rambles in Hollywood; Champion spark plug ad includes photo of Mr. S.G. Baits, Chief Engineer of Hudson-Essex of Canada, Ltd.; Easter cookery ad; One-page illustrated ad for the Northern Electric Model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Fashion article with illustrations; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features elegant lady in long maroon gown; Crisco colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
52 pages. Features: Nice colour Ethyl ad inside front cover shows fashionable motoring couple; Nice one-page photo ad for Swift's premium ham features chef Louis of the Chateau Frontenac Hotel; Where does the tax dollar go? - an inquiry into the cost of government in Canada; Attractive colour one-page Veedol motor oil features family in blue convertible; Beautiful one-page colour-photo Chipso ad features photo of Mrs. L.H. Roche and her children Corinne, Lester, Joseph, Mary and Peggy; The Virgin of the Mountain (fiction); The Lady of the Gardenia; The Thoroughbred Industry and "The Sport of Kings" - great photo-illustrated article; Little Rambles in Hollywood - nice photo-illustrated movie news article; Rendezvous (short story); The Shrieking Death (fiction); Movie Criticisms; Fashion article with illustrations; Vintage one-page illustrated Northern Electric ad for their model 800 Gurney Range with automatic oven; Beauty article; Nice one-page Lux Toilet Soap ad features photo fo Loretta Young, Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles; Cookery article with cool recipes for hot days; Wonderful full-page colour Shredded Wheat ad features inset photo of two girls swimming; World Sayings; Lovely colour Palmolive soap ad inside back cover features illustration of lovely lady; Back cover Kodak Verichrome film ad features photo of man with kids in vintage car; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of sledding scene; Classy two-page 1934 Chevrolet ad with prominent illustration of handsome grille; One-page yeast ad features photos of Dr. Edouard Antoine of Paris; Australia's Central Bank - interesting article on contemporary developments in central banking; One-page color Crisco ad; Mean People (short story); The Beginning (short story); Taking Children to Sea - interestin photo-illustrated article on attractions offered for children aboard ocean liners; The Trimming of Paul Lumiere (short story); The Girl in Green (short story); White Cargo (part 2 of short story); Tomorrow's Transportation - interesting photo-illustrated article; The Impregnable "Mountain" - photo-illustrated article on Stony Mountain Penitentiary and its escapee California Bill; Pond's ad features photo of Mrs. Henry Field of Chicago; Two-page Dodge photo ad features crowd gathered around car and another photo of car flying over cliff; Photos of Hollywood stars; Interesting Lux ad includes photo of Barbara Rainforth; Movie News and photos; Nice two-page photo ad for the New Plymouth Six includes photo of Walter P. Chrysler; Radio Stars - news and photos; Movie Reviews; Beauty article; Cooking article about Tea; One-page ad for Magic Baking Powder features photo of Madame R. Lacroix; Interesting Bovril ad includes photos of their product being loaded onto ship, the "Bear of Oakland", of Antarctic explorer Admiral Byrd; Fashion illustrations; One-page Kodak ad entitled "Snapshots at Night!"; Magnificent colour ad for Heinz ketchup inside back cover entitled "Wonderful Wedding" depicts 'blue-blood' female tomatoes being paired with Asian spicy males!; Colour Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Please note that the first and last pages (1-2 and 91-92) are missing. 88 pages remain. Features: Charming cover illustration of two young boys wearing towels; Russia Today - What Can We Learn From It?; P&G one-page colour ad for Naptha Soap features inset photo of Mrs. H.F. Edens; Two Beauties and a Bandit (short story); Sequel (short story); Why the Prince of Wales is "Air Minded" - photo-illustrated article explains how H.R.H. has solved the problem of his public engagements via aviation; Trail's End (short story); After I Was Killed (short story); The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); "Frock Spotting" in Society Crowds - interesting photo-illustrated article; I'm Crazy Over English; Nice Pond's ad features photo of lovely Miss Anne Gould; One page ad for the 1934 Pontiac Straight - 8; Page of photos of Hollywood stars; One-page Lux soap ad features photo of Loretta Young; Wonderful two-page photo ad for the 1934 New Plymouth Six features family and car in front of stately home; One-page photo ad for the Cine-Kodak Eight movie camera - in 1934!; Movie reviews; Two-page photo-ad for Dodge cars features car flying over cliff and 'Bonnie and Clyde' types standing near car; Radioland - news and photos of radio stars of the day; The Invisible Science - wonderful 16-page illustrated C-I-L feature devoted to chemistry; Illustrated fashion article; Oldsmobile ad inside back cover features a 1934 Six; Ceylong Tea Bureau colour ad on back cover features reproduction of painting 'The Ice Breaker at Levis' by Robert Pilot; and more. Small to medium-sized clippings from pages 28, 47, 63, 65, 68, 76, 79, 85, 88, and 89; Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy despite its numerous defects. Book
Signed and inscribed by Frank Capra upon half-title page. Stated first printing. xii, [2], 513 pages. Index. Very generously illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos. "Others have tried to write about Hollywood. Many have failed. Capra brings to this monumental task the sure sense of the professional and accomplishes the only definitive record I've ever read on the subject." - John Ford. Ian Freer referred to Capra as the "American dream personified" in respect of his rags-to-riches rise from poor Italian immigrant child to Oscar-winning film director. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this wonderful Capra memento. COLE p.242. Book
Gutes Exemplar; Umschlag berieben u. m. kl. Läsuren. - Englisch. - Over 1300 Illustrations. - INHALT / Kapitel: The Birth of the Movies ----- The Nickelodeon Age ----- The Development of Narrative ----- The Formative Years ----- The Star System ----- The Movie Family ----- Comedy ----- Serials ----- Westerns ----- Fights ----- The World Before Your Eyes ----- World War I ----- The Golden Twenties ----- The Greatest Showman on Earth ----- Latin Lovers ----- Ruritania ----- Comedy in the Twenties ----- Westerns ----- Goodness ----- War in Retrospect ----- The Big Clean-up ----- But Flaming Youth Flamed On ----- Screen Art ----- Stars of the Twenties ----- "Hollywood Is a State of Mind" ----- The Talkie Revolution ----- The Grim Thirties ----- The Gangster Film The Confession Film Topical Films Decency ----- The New Deal ----- Sweetness and Light ----- Comedy and Comedians ----- Return to Spectacle Tile Message Pictures ----- Westerns of the Thirties ----- Stars of the Thirties ----- Hollywood in the Thirties ----- Interlude ----- World War II ----- The Postwar Decade ----- "Mature" Films Old Reliables ----- Stars of the Forties and Fifties ----- The Revolutionary Sixties ----- Hollywood Today Independence A New Generation of American Directors International Film-Making Blockbusters ----- New Styles ----- Stars of the Sixties ----- The Way we live now. ISBN 060036044X
Green octavo; viii, 268 p, b&w illus ; 23 cm. Film; Fantasy; Literature; Essays. || Contents: Historicity and authenticity in medieval film /; Martha W. Driver --; Heroism and alienation through language in The lord of the rings /; David Salo --; Authenticating realism in medieval film /; William F. Woods --; Shirley Temple and the Guys and dolls of the round table /; Kevin J. Harty --; Boys to men : medievalism and masculinity in Star wars and E.T., the extra-terrestrial /; Tom Henthorne --; Girls on film : medieval virginity in the cinema /; Anke Bernau --; Chivalric virtues in female form : Crouching tiger, hidden dragon's Wudan warrior princess as medieval hero /; Diana E. Slampyak --; Not your typical knight : the emerging on-screen defender /; Susan Butvin Sainato --; The hagiography of steel : the hero's weapon and its place in pop culture /; Carl James Grindley --; The way of the wizard : reflections of Merlin on film /; Michael A. Torregrossa --; Hard day's knights : First knight, A knight's tale, and Black knight /; Caroline Jewers --; Oh, what a lovely war! Joan of Arc on screen /; Edward Benson --; The hero in the classroom /; John M. Ganim.
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: Wings Over Baltimore - The Bald Eagle Motif in the Great Seal of the United States; Allegro Con Spirito - Regimental Music; Jack Afloat and Susan Ashore - American Sea Expansion led to demand for prints of the romantic seafarer and his modest sweetheart in tearful farewell or joyous reunion; The Hollywood Home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Gordon White and Miss Cora Le Sueur; Four Zachary Taylor Kerchiefs; Diagnosis - Westford - classifying American offhand-blown glass; Charleston Gunsmiths; Age of Heirloom Quilts; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. 56 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers nearly detached. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with slight rubbingto rear and light creasing to upper edge. 144pp. A look at 70 seminal horror films from seven decades of moviemaking. Very well illustrated.
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 224pp. The story of the movie star who, even in his twenties, was better known than any other man or woman had ever been in the world's history. This book goes behind the legend that was Charlie Chaplin with a revealing collection of articles and essays written by those who knew him intimately and worked with him.
Covers show light shelf wear only, corners are sharp, straight (creased) spine, tight, solid binding, page block has sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, light chipping at bottom spine. Unpaginated, many large b/w photographs throughout; documents the making of "The Loved One", adapted from an Evelyn Waugh novel. photographs by William Claxton. In business for 20 years, we provide excellent customer service and ship in packing material appropriate to insuring that your purchase arrives undamaged.
Pages 265-304. Features: Cover photo of fire damage at the English Hollywood, Elstree film studios; Photo of the archduke Otto leaving a Paris hotel; Photo of M. Flandon with prince Starhemberg; Photo of smiling Canadian Olympians offering Nazi salute as they march past Hitler during opening ceremonies of the fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria; Four additional photos of the Garmisch winter Olympics; Photos with the Italians in North and South - battles on both fronts, with photo of Gen. Graziani on horse; Capt. Bligh's own account of the mutiny on the "Bounty" - a chapter from his narrative describing the whole voyage, with illustrations; Dancer Anna Pavlova's "Dying Swan" immortalized in rare sequence of 15 images; Two-page illustration of Parisien opera fashions; A new Mycenaen beehive tomb - discoveries at Berbati, near Mycenae, some of the finest painted vases to be found in Greece, in a tomb dating from about 1400 BC - photo illustrated article; Photo of state funeral of general Kondylis in Athens; Two-page centrefold illustration of Hopi Indians dancing with live and venomous snakes in their mouth and hands; Two pages of photos of naval vessels "Renown", "Greyhound", "Repulse", and "Gotland"; Photos of personalities in the news include Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, Sir C. E. Corkran, Sir Charles Ballance, Herr Gustloff (German Nazi leader in Switzerland), Dr. Wilhelm Solf, I. H. D. Rolleston, Lieut. T. Rose (record-breaking aviator), vice admiral E. R. G. Evans with Cmdr. Rudberg, Walter Runciman, commander A. D. Cochrane, members of the new Egyptian government, including Ali Pasha, and British Nurses for Abyssinia; Four amazing photos illustrate construction of the Olympic Bob-run - bricklaying with ice from a lake; One page photo portrait of the highest waterfall in the world, Gersoppa Falls, in southern India; One page illustrated ad for the Austin Sherborne car; One page illustrated ad for Kenistas cigarettes features dame Sybil Thorndike; Handsome halfpage Rolls-Royce ad; Halfpage illustrated ad for Hooper & Co.; Halfpage photo ad for Morris Motors Limited features their Big Sixes; Photo of the British Continental Airways liner "St. George"leaving Croydon as it initiates air service between London and Sweden; Colour-illustrated back cover ad for Black-and-White Scotch whisky features The Scots Guards. Centrefold holding by one staple. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
219 pages. "Intimate photo portraits of the rooms and swimming pools and decor, the gardens and exteriors - the whole way of life that is 'The Hollywood Style'" - dust jacket. View the homes of: Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, William S. Hart, Tony Curtis, Jennifer Jones, John Barrymore, Will Rogers, Rudy Vallee, Ira Gershwin, Natalie Wood, Gypsy Rose Lee, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Rock Hudson, Eva Marie Saint, James Coburn, and Steve McQueen. Profusely illustrated with nostalgic color and black and white photos. Endpapers illustrated with Hollywood street map. Book unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this glorious journey back to the gaudy Hollywood home styles of the 1960s. Book
No inscriptions or marks to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slight marking to front board/spine and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 223pp. A very well ilustrated in-depth study covering the period from 1927 to 1975.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight sunning to spine and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 282pp. Details of production crew, cast, story, criticism and black & white stills from fifty adventure films from The Mark of Zorro in 1920 to The Man Who Would Be King in 1975.
514 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight traces of handling and storage. 96pp. 'In this lavishly illustrated volume, containing over 130 carefully chosen pictures in black and white and colour, Woody Allen emerges as one of America's most talented and best-loved humorists as well as one of its finest film-makers.'
Br., cm21.5x28, pp 217 (7); ampiamente illustrato in nero nt e ft. In Inglese. Stated first edition.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint marking to top of page edges and very minor bumping to upper corners. No dust jacket. 202pp. Biography of the actress. Thirty of Shirley Maclaine's films are thoroughly reviewed by the author, with black & white stills from each film. There is a separate filmography of all thirty films giving production crew and cast of each.
Cm. 27,5, cart. edit., pag. (12) 242 (2). Straordinaria galleria fotografica di una delle più belle attrici di Hollywood. Seconda edizione. Buon esemplare.
Tela c/sovr., cm22x28.5, pp 256; ampiamente illustrato in nero nt e ft. In Inglese.
Br., cm21.5x28, pp 256; ampiamente illustrato in nero nt e ft. In Inglese. Second paperbound printing.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked yellow boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with sunning to spine and small piece missing from rear lower corner. 256pp. Biography based on the films of James Stewart including production details, cast, director etc for each one from his first movie Murder Man in 1935 to Bandolero! in 1968. Very well illustrated with almost 250 black & white stills from these performances.
Tela c/sovr., cm22x28.5, pp 256; ampiamente illustrato in nero nt e ft. In Inglese.
Tela c/sovr., cm22x28.5, pp 256; ampiamente illustrato in nero nt e ft. In Inglese.
