The Soul of the Moving Picture
by Bloem, Walter S. (translated from the German by Allen W. Porterfield)
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company. Very Good. (c.1924). First American Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [light wear to extremities and a bit along hinges, gilt spine lettering a bit dulled but still fully readable, one-time owner's name at top of ffep, light staining to rear free endpaper]. (B&W photographs) An early attempt to formulate an... Read More
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Pack Mule
by Bloom, Ursula
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1932. 3rd printing. Hardcover. NOISBN . [minor wear to spine ends, otherwise a tight clean book, apparently unread, vintage price sticker (from The White House, San Francisco) on rear pastedown; jacket shows a little wear along bottom edge and at top corners]. "The... Read More
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Lycanthropia
by Bloxham, Fredrick
San Francisco: Robert D. Reed Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.2000). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice copy with no discernible shelfwear, just a tiny bit of soiling on the front endpaper; the jacket shows a little bit of surface rubbing, minor wrinkling at top of front panel]. Fantasy/crime thriller set in Los Angeles (or, as... Read More
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Daniel Blum's Screen World 1954 (Volume V)
by Blum, Daniel
New York: Greenberg: Publisher. Good+. (c.1954). (Volume 5) First Printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [solid copy, bumping to several corners, a bit of staining to covers; internally unblemished]. (B&W photographs) Provides cast/production credits for all films released in the U.S. during 1953. The "Promising Personalities" of the year, with the single exception of Audrey Hepburn,... Read More
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Daniel Blum's Screen World 1951 (Volume II)
by Blum, Daniel
New York: Greenberg: Publisher. Fair. (c.1951). (Volume 4) First Printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [considerable wear to edges and extremities, light soiling and a vertical scrape on the front cover, binding a little loosey-goosey but all pages still attached; a good reference copy, but no more]. (B&W photographs) Provides cast/production credits for all films released... Read More
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Daniel Blum's Screen World 1949 [Volume 1]
by Blum, Daniel
New York: Greenberg: Publisher. Poor. (c.1950). First Edition. Softcover. [heavily worn with extensive creasing to covers; the spine covering is almost completely gone, but it's holding together -- just barely -- because it was stitched, not perfect-bound; rubber stamp of Kier's Book House on front endpaper and title page]. (B&W photographs) The first issue of... Read More
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Pictorial History of Television
by Blum, Daniel
Philadelphia/New York: Chilton Company -- Book Division. Near Fine. (c.1959). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [very light bumping to a couple of corners, but very clean internally and externally]. (B&W photographs) An early history (emphais on "pictorial") of television -- basically just a photo-illustrated survey of the major programs and personalities of the ... Read More
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Daniel Blum's Screen World 1955 (Volume VI)
by Blum, Daniel
New York: Greenberg: Publisher. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1955). (Volume VI). Hardcover. [nice clean book with only minor shelfwear, one-time owner's signature on front endpaper (see Notes); the jacket shows some wear at edges and extremities, minor paper loss at top of spine, a bit of soiling to the rear panel (B&W photographs) Provides... Read More
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Daniel Blum's Screen World 1962 (Volume 13)
by Blum, Daniel
New York: Chilton Company. Very Good+ in Poor dj. (c.1962). (Volume 13). Hardcover. [light bumping to lower corners, otherwise just minor shelfwear; the jacket is heavily edgeworn, with numerous small tears and tiny chips, paper loss at both ends of spine, creasing, light soiling, etc. (serviceable in new mylar, but that's about the best I can say)].... Read More
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Daniel Blum's Screen World 1964 (Volume 15)
by Blum, Daniel
New York: Chilton Books. Very Good+ in Good+ dj. (c.1964). (Volume 15). Hardcover. [good sound clean copy, minor wear to lower extremities; the jacket is edgeworn and lightly soiled, with various tiny chips and tears, with a wide shallow chip at the top of the rear panel, and about a half-inch of paper loss at the top... Read More
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A New Pictorial History of the Talkies
by Blum, Daniel; updated by John Kobal
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1970 (c.1968). Reprint. Hardcover. [book is modestly worn at extremities, but still a good sound copy, with the former owner's initials plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); the jacket is attractive and quite... Read More
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Daniel Blum's Screen World 1963 (Volume 14)
by Blum, Daniel
New York: Chilton Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1963). (Volume 14). Hardcover. [good sound copy, very light staining at bottom edge of front cover, mild shelfwear to lower extremities; jacket is modestly edgeworn, with a couple of short closed tears at the top of the front panel and and an inch of paper loss at... Read More
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Daniel Blum's Screen World 1953 (Volume IV)
by Blum, Daniel
New York: Greenberg: Publisher. Very Good-. (c.1953). (Volume 4) First Printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [shelfwear and light bumping/fraying to all corners, small light stain at right edge of front cover, internally clean and unmarked]. (B&W photographs) Provides cast/production credits for all films released in the U.S. during 1952. The "Promising Personalities" of the... Read More
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Theatre World: Season 1949-50
by Blum, Daniel, ed.
New York: Greenberg: Publisher. Fair. (c.1950). (Volume VI). Softcover. [heavily external wear (especially along the spine, which has sustained some damage but is still holding together), including a long diagonal crease in the front cover; internally clean, and complete]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) A review of the theatre season from June 1, 1949 through June ... Read More
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Theatre World: Season 1946-47
by Blum, Daniel, ed.
New York: Theatre World. Very Good+. (c.1947). (Volume III). Softcover. [modest edgewear to covers, soft vertical crease in rear cover]. (B&W photographs) A review of the theatre season from June 1, 1946 through June 1, 1947 -- not just Broadway, but also covering many important regional theatres, national touring companies, off-Broadway, various Shakespeare festivals, certain plays... Read More
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Pictorial History of Television
by Blum, Daniel
Philadelphia/New York: Chilton Company, Book Division. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1959). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with mild shelfwear to bottom edge; jacket shows some edgewear, slight paper loss at top of spine, tiny chip and associated short creasing at bottom of rear panel, some miscellaneous creasing near top and bottom edges in a... Read More
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American Film Acting: The Stanislavski Heritage
by Blum, Richard A.
Ann Arbor/London: UMI Research Press. Near Fine. (c.1984). First Edition. Softcover. [a couple of tiny scuff marks on front cover, otherwise virtually as new] (Studies in Cinema, No. 28) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) "In this book -- the first to examine the impact of [Constantin] Stanislavski's system on American film acting -- [the author] follows... Read More
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First Dance; or, A Lesson in Romance: a comedy for women in three acts
by Bodeen, DeWitt
New York/Los Angeles/Toronto/London: Samuel French. Very Good. (c.1939). Unstated edition. Softcover. (printed wraps) [small tear in binding at top of spine, light handling wear and age-toning; a few pencil annotations in Act One]. (stage diagram) A comedy with an all-female cast, about a wise grandmother counseling her granddaughter, who is nervous about attending her first dance, with... Read More
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Replenishing Jessica
by Bodenheim, Maxwell
New York: Boni and Liveright. Good. (c.1925). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderately worn copy, some darkening to spine cloth, light bumping at corners, 1925 gift inscription (non-authorial) on ffep]. Early novel by Bodenheim, then a leading figure of the Greenwich Village literary scene. Despite some pre-publication expurgation by publisher Horace Liveright (who initially... Read More
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When in Disgrace [*SIGNED*/numbered edition]
by Boetticher, Budd
Santa Barbara CA: Neville. Fine. 1989. Limited (Numbered) Edition. Hardcover. (in pictorial slipcase, also Fine; no dust jacket with this issue) [pristine condition, absolutely brand-new with no wear of any sort to either book or slipcase]. (B&W photographs) This is the "deluxe first printing," limited to 250 copies (this being #171), bound in yellow silk ... Read More
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The Cinema of Orson Welles
by Bogdanovich, Peter
New York: Museum of Modern Art. Poor. (c.1961). First Edition. Softcover. [a reading/reference copy only, worn and soiled and heavily tape-repaired along the spine (externally and internally)]. (B&W photographs) A16-page monograph, published in conjunction with MoMA's retrospective of Welles's films -- essentially just an annotated filmography, covering all the director's features from CITIZEN KANE through... Read More
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The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock
by Bogdanovich, Peter
New York: Museum of Modern Art. Good. 1963. First Edition. Softcover. [some light staining. light soiling and age-toning to the front cover, faint dampstain at upper corner of rear cover slightly affecting the last few pages]. (B&W photographs) Published in conjunction with the first major American retrospective of Hitchcock's films, this rather scarce 48-page monograph was... Read More
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The Cinema of Howard Hawks
by Bogdanovich, Peter
New York: The Film Library of the Museum of Modern Art. Near Fine. (c.1962). First Edition. Stapled wraps. [nice copy, minor external soiling only, old price sticker adhered to inside front cover]. (B&W photographs) Published in conjunction with the first major American retrospective of Hawks's films, this very scarce 38-page monograph -- primarily a filmography with excerpted... Read More
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Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer
by Bogdanovich, Peter
New York: Praeger Publishers. Very Good+. 1971. 1st U.S. edition (softcover issue). Softcover. [solid clean copy, light external rubbing/scuffing]. (Praeger Film Library) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) "In half-a-century making films, Allan Dwan worked with D.W. Griffith, directed Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson and Shirley Temple, discovered Ida Lupino, and made action pictures like SUEZ and SANDS... Read More
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The Living and the Dead
by Boileau, Pierre, and Thomas Narcejac (translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury)
New York: Ives Washburn, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. [spine slightly turned, a little wear to top and bottom edges of covers, age-toning and minor soiling to edges of text block; jacket slightly chipped (with old small internal tape repairs) at spine ends (no impact on text), faint (almost invisible)... Read More
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