Cato, NY: Cato Show Printing, (1955). Large bifolium, approx. 16-1/2 X 14-1/2 in., printed on all pages. Promotional flyer in tabloid form for the Oscar-nominated adaptation by Richard Brooks from Evan Hunter's sensational novel. The flyer, printed in a black and red, includes stills from the film, which starred Anne..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First edition. 8vo, 218pp; black cloth stamped in gilt on dark blue. A story in dramatic form by the prolific author of pulps and fantastic fiction. Abdullah himself was a character of some intrigue and perhaps fantasy. His own unconfirmed account of his life was..... More
Beverly Hills, California: Morrison, Raven Hill Company, (1983). First edition. 4to, 286pp; glazed pictorial boards. Compendium documenting the career of the great film actor Lon Chaney, known especially for his roles as monsters and fantastic creatures invovlving extensive and elaborate makeup. This copy is from the limited issue, the only..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. First edition. 8vo, 304pp; black cloth with printed spine label. Three plays by the eventual Pulitzer Prize-winner. Déclassée would be made into a film in 1925 starring Corrinne Griffith and directed by Robert Vignola. More
N.P. n.p., n.d. (1959). Six mimeographed leaves, 8-1/2 X 11 in., stapled in one corner. English translation of an interview conducted with the great Swedish director Ingmar Bergman by journalists Georges Menant and Philippe Letellier in 1958 for Paris Match. We are unaware of who did the translation or for..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. 8vo, 313pp; brown cloth. Possibly the only novel by this elusive, English-born writer, based on his experience as a coal miner in western Britain before the World War. After the war, Carlisle emigrated to the U.S. His dust jacket bio reads in part..... More
Paris: Club Ciné-Art, (1946). Invitation postcard, printed on one side of a slate-blue card approx. 4-1/4 X 5-1/2 in.; addressed and stamped on verso. Invitation for the first screening of the 1946 season of this Paris film society, a program inlcuding G.W. Pabst's "Don Quichotee" with lecture by Alexandre Arnoux..... More
New York: Film Culture, Fall 1963. 4to, unpag; stapled in textured carbaord wrppaers with printed wraparound label. Among the more desirable issues in the long run of Film Culture's existence, this issue was devoted to the pre-eminent experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage with his essy "Metaphors on Vision" making up nearly..... More
New York: Film Culture, November 1957. 4to, 22pp; pictorial wrappers, stapled. Early issue of Jonas Mekas's long-running journal, designed by George Maciunas, and featuring contributions in this number by Gilbert Seldes, Andrew Sarris, Lewis Jacobs, Robert Pike, Amos Vogel, Parker Tyler, and others. More
Tokyo: Association for the Diffusion of Japanese films Abroad, Inc., 1959. 8vo, 42pp; printed wrappers. Illustrated catalogue of films, with news and announcements touching on feature films, documentaries, industrial films, and shorts. Feature films described include works by Kunio Watanabe, Manao Horiuchi, Noboru Nakamura, Eizo Sugawa, Noriyuki Itaya, Toshio Sugie..... More
Paris: 1946-1949. Over 100 printed items, most mounted on card pages in a folio-sized four-ring binder, covered in khaki cloth with marbled endpapers; about a dozen items loosely inserted. Private "ciné-clubs" arose almost simultaneously with the earliest cinematic productions in France. In the postwar era, the cine-clubs flourished, providing a...... More
Hollywood: Hollywood Branch, Associated Film Industries, 1939. Broadside, single leaf approx. 8-3/4 X 11-3/4 inches, printed on one side. Small poster announcing this series, with a list of sponsors that includes, among others: George Antheil, Merle Armitage, Paul Strand, Bruno Frank, Ernst Lubitsch, Melvyn Douglas, and John Steinbeck. Among the..... More
London: Film Centre Ltd., (1940). First edition. 12 vols. in one; 4to, wrappers bound into publisher's two-toned cloth. The complete first year of this wartime journal produced by the British Film Centre in association with American Film Center, New York. This copy bears the signature of Thomas Baird, who was..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art Film Library, 1944. Broadside, approx. 7 X 21-1/2 in., printed on one side only. Slim bulletin board poster advertising MoMA's presentation of propaganda films from the Office of War Information, the Office of Strategic Services, the War Department, the U.S. Navy, and the Office..... More
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(Hollywood: RKO Radio Pictures, 1940). First edition. 4to, 27 unpaginated leaves, comb-bound in faux-alligator boards. Illustrated annual "Exhibitor's Book" filled with promotional display ads for forthcoming RKO releases. Most importantly, this book contains the first advertisment for Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane", still under its working title "John Citizen, U.S.A." Also..... More
Venezia: Biennale di Venezia, 1959. 4to, 96pp + 56pp advertising section; original wrappers. Fully illustrated and graphically electric official program of the 1959 Venice Film Festival, which included such notable features as Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot" and Otto Preminger's "Anatomy of a Murder" alongside films by Claude Chabrol..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1930). First American edition. 8vo, 362pp, illustrated; black cloth. A presentable copy of this early history of film, illustrated throughout with photographic stills. The dust jacket features a montage of film strips designed by the author; the endpapers are a dizzying op-art pattern..... More
Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1921. First edition. Small 8vo, 118pp; original printed wrappers. Classic work in early literature of film, most especially noted for its innovative, DaDa influenced graphic design and striking full-page illustrations. A delicate book of irresistible charm. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1973). First edition. 4to, 458pp; original white cloth with mounted color figure of Mickey Mouse and a paint bucket on the front cover. An excellent copy of this massive monograph. Only the first printing appeared with the fragile plastic jacket, which is most often either..... More
New York: Liveright, Inc., 1932. First edition. Small 8vo, 96pp; salmon cloth stamped in black. Lighthearted anecdotes by one of the movie industry's most versatile figures. Garnett's career as a screenwriter started in the earliest days of American cinema with Mack Sennett, Hal Roach, and Laurel & Hardy. He went..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. 8vo, 251pp; cloth. A death-house memoir written by Gray while awaiting execution for his part in the murder of his lover's husband. "The publishers issue this book only after confirming its authenticity beyond the shadow of a doubt. It was composed in the..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1977). First edition. 4to, 280pp; cloth. Fully illustrated account of the growth of the medium and its expanding relevance in American culture. More
(Paris): Salle Pleyel, n.d. (1947). Single card, approx. 4 X 5 in., printed on one side; one perforated edge. Original ticket stub from Guitry's lecture at the prestigious Salle Pleyel, held on October 21, 1947. It was Guitry's first postwar public appearance. The grease-pencil notation on the front supplies the..... More
South Brunswick & New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, (1972). First edition. 4to, [118]pp; red cloth. Generously illustrated autobiographical work by the late master of 3D animation. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 383pp; yellow cloth stamped in red and black. Versatile and prolific, Ben Hecht was a journalist, novelist, short stories writer, playwright, social critic, activist, and finally a virtually ubiquitous screenwriter -- he won two Academy Awards and was nominated for four..... More