Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film
by Chibnall, Steve
London: BFI Publishing. Near Fine. 2007. 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. [nice clean copy, light external handling wear, one diagonally-creased upper page corner]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, facsimiles, tables) A history of the low-budget second features produced in England during the 1930s, which have traditionally been viewed as "the films that American distributors used to... Read More
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Hollywood Costume Design
by Chierichetti, David
New York: Harmony Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1976). First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, modest wear to the extremities, spine slightly turned; the jacket shows a little wear along the top edge, some crinkling at the top of the spine]. (B&W and color photographs, facsimiles) Described as "the first complete behind-the-scenes look... Read More
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Shadows Waiting; a novel in three parts
by Chilton, Eleanor Carroll
New York: The John Day Company. Near Fine. 1927. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [minor shelfwear only, slight fading to spine cloth, slight browning to paper spine label, mild age-toning to edges of text block]. The first of three published novels by this West Virginia native and Smith College graduate (class of 1922), a somewhat... Read More
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Anniversary Waltz [*SIGNED* by Chodorov]
by Chodorov, Jerome, and Joseph Fields
New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1954). Fireside BCE. Hardcover. [minor shelfworn, slight dust-soiling to top edge; jacket lightly browned at spine and edges, as typical, otherwise no significant wear]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by co-author Jerome Chodorov on the ffep. A comedy about "a nice, typical American couple with teen-age... Read More
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The Secret Adversary
by Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Very Good+. 1930 (c.1922). Later Printing ("New Edition"). Hardcover. (in a REPRODUCTION dust jacket) [very lightly shelfworn, spine slightly turned, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of title page]. Christie's second novel, which introduced the characters of Tommy Beresford and Tuppence (Miss Prudence Cowley)... Read More
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Wild Animal Actors [*SIGNED*]
by Christeson, F.M. and H.M.; introduction by Frank Buck
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co. / Junior Press Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [quite a nice copy, laminated photographic boards (matching the dust jacket illustration) with just a bit of wear at spine ends; jacket is a little edgeworn, with minor paper loss at top of spine]. (B&W photographs) SIGNED... Read More
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My American Pilgrimage
by Christowe, Stoyan
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, light shelfwear only, one-time owner's address label on front endpaper; the jacket is a bit browned at the edges, moderately soiled on the rear panel, tiny hole in the rear panel, a bit of paper loss at the... Read More
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Granny Made Me an Anarchist [*SIGNED*]
by Christie, Stuart
London: Scribner. Near Fine. 2005 (c.2004). First Paperback Edition. Softcover. [minor dog-earing to lower right corner of front cover, no other significant wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page, and most uncommon thus. Memoir by the Scottish-born anarchist writer and publisher (1946-2020), who was arrested in Madrid... Read More
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Chao Chung-hsiang (Zhao Chunxiang)
by Chuang Shen, Roger Goepper, et al.
Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts Ltd.. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1992). First Edition. Hardcover. [book itself is nice and clean with no discernible wear; jacket has a touch of edgewear along the top and bottoms edges, a bit of scuffing to the rear panel, and one tiny nick at the right edge of the front panel]. ... Read More
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Village in August
by Chun, T'ien [Xiao Jun]
New York: Smith & Durrell. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1942). First American Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean copy with minimal wear, vintage bookseller's label on rear pastedown (Larry Edmund's [sic] Book Shop, Hollywood), small ownership signature of film director Vincent Sherman on ffep; jacket is edgeworn (especially along front hinge), with various nicks and tears and... Read More
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Around and About: Rhymes
by Chute, Marchette
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [light shelfwear, slight bumping to lower rear corner; internally clean, and NOT an ex-library book; the jacket is lightly soiled, with a few tiny tears and very slight paper loss at the top of the spine (which is also... Read More
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Mattiacci: Occhio del Cielo [*SIGNED*]
by Ciavolella, Massimo, et al. (texts)
Ravenna (Italy): Danilo Montanari Editore, for the University of California at Los Angeles. Near Fine. 2005. Limited Edition. Softcover. [faint handling wear only]. (B&W and color photographs) SIGNED(?) and INSCRIBED(?) on the title page -- probably by the artist (see below), although quite honestly it's pretty much an illegible scrawl. The limitation page states: "Five hundreds... Read More
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The Moving Picture Ball [Honoring] Ron Howard, 1990 Recipient of the American Cinematheque Award
by (American Cinematheque)
[Los Angeles]: The American Cinematheque. Near Fine. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. [essentially as-new, with faint handling wear only]. (photographs, ads, graphics) Program book for the fifth recipient of the American Cinematheque Award, child actor-turned-big-time-director Ron (nee Ronnie) Howard. One of those almost-contentless "tribute" programs that primarily serve to tout the achievements (real and aspirational) of... Read More
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The Immigrant's Day in Court
by Claghorn, Kate Holladay
New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1923. 1st Edition (A-X). Hardcover. [solid copy with modest shelfwear, some dust-soiling to top edge; the jacket has bits of paper loss at the spine extremities and several corners, and along the front flap-fold]. (Americanization Studies) Series "This volume, the ninth in the Americanization Studies, is... Read More
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Comédies et Commentaires
by Clair, René
[Paris]: Gallimard. Very Good. 1959. First Edition. Softcover. [light shelfwear, one tiny stain near top of front cover, small bit of damage to bottom front of spine]. (B&W photographs, added by previous owner) Five screenplays (in French) by Clair, with his introduction and notes on each: LE SILENCE EST D'OR; LA BEAUTÉ DU DIABLE; LES ... Read More
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You're Young But Once
by Clancy, Louise Breitenbach
New York: A.L. Burt Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1926). Reprint. Hardcover. [good solid copy, slight deterioration to cloth at bottom edges of covers; jacket lightly soiled, with a few tiny edge-nicks]. "Anne Warren, an orphan, heiress to millions, pampered and guarded by scheming relatives, has never known the usual joys of youth. ... Read More
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The Real Alice: Lewis Carroll's Dream Child
by Clarke, Anne
New York: Stein and Day. Very Good in Near Fine dj. 1982 (c.1981). First American Edition. Hardcover. [just lightly shelfworn, although there is what appears to be the aftereffects of some insect-nibbling along the top edges of both boards (tiny bits of exposure of the boards beneath the paper outer covering; not as unsightly as it sounds);... Read More
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Young and Healthy
by Clarke, Donald Henderson
New York: The Vanguard Press. Very Good in Good dj. (c.1931). First Edition. Hardcover. [spine turned, moderate wear to cloth at extremities, slight bump to top front corner, vintage bookseller's label (Paul Edler & Co., San Francisco) on rear pastedown; jacket heavily edgeworn, various tiny chips and tears, wrinkling/creasing with minor paper loss at top of spine,... Read More
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Millie's Daughter [*SIGNED*]
by Clarke, Donald Henderson
New York: The Vanguard Press. Very Good+. (c.1939). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good sound copy, light shelfwear, slight darkening to spine cloth, modest age-toning to edges of text block, bookplate on front pastedown (see Notes)]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Mickey Novak / (who appreciates real / literature)... Read More
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Black Soldier
by Clarke, John
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1968). First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards, with dust jacket) [very light wear to book extremities; jacket has a bit of edgewear and light surface wear, small piece torn away at top of rear flap-fold, tiny closed tear and associated horizontal crease at bottom of... Read More
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Our Italian Fellow Citizens: In Their Old Homes and Their New
by Clark, Francis E.
New York: Arno Press. Very Good. 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [ex-library, most markings neatly removed or obliterated (ffep removed), spine turned, minimal wear but front hinge starting]. (The Italian American Experience) Series (B&W photographs) Facsimile reprint of the original (1919) edition, published by Small, Maynard & Co. .
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Two Saps, and Fourteen other Stories
by Clark, James W.
Los Angeles: DeVorss & Co.. Very Good in Poor dj. (c.1942). 1st Edition? [see notes]. Hardcover. [moderate bumping to all corners, some spotting/soiling to top edge of text block, a little wear at top of spine; jacket is age-tanned and heavily chipped at various edges and corners]. Fifteen "humorous stories" by an author who, it's claimed... Read More
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The Dreamers
by Clark, J. Bigelow
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (price-clipped) [mild bumping to several corners, a bit of soiling to edges of text block, almost-invisible dampstain/very slight rippling to bottom page edges in first part of book; jacket edgeworn and moderately soiled, all edges and folds... Read More
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Dream No More
by Clarke, J. Calvitt
New York: Gramercy Publishing Co.. Very Good. (c.1937). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a good sound copy, some shelfwear to the lower extremities, faint deterioration to cloth along both joints, modest uneven soiling to covers]. Romance novel about a beautiful young Virginia mountain girl who's "discovered" by a young college man who's out in the... Read More
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To "B" or Not To "B" -- A Film Actor's Odyssey
by Clarke, Robert, and Tom Weaver
Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.. Fine. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. [lovely, unblemished as-new book]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) Autobiography of the actor who appeared in numerous second-tier (or lower!) movies from the mid-1940s until the mid-1960s, including such fondly-remembered sci-fi fare as THE ASTOUNDING SHE-MONSTER, THE MAN FROM PLANET X, and BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER (the... Read More
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