Agee on Film: Volume Two
by Agee, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/VG-
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mcdowell, Oblensky, 1960. First printing stated on copyright page. Five film scripts including The African Queen, The Night of the Hunter, The Bride comes to Yellow Sky and The Blue Hotel. Foreward by John Huston. Red and gray cloth boards with gilt lettering has two bumped tips and some wear at head of spine. Jacket has $7.50 price intact and shallow chipping along head of spine and edgewear near front fold. Tight, square unmarked copy. Hard to find. In mylar.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
James Agee (1909-1955) started his writing career as a reporter for Fortune, which led to his writing Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. In addition to film reviews, he wrote several scripts, including The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel A Death in the Family.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004976
- Title
- Agee on Film: Volume Two
- Author
- Agee, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Mcdowell, Oblensky
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- The African Queen
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Film;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Chipping
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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