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Berlin: Volker Schlondorff, 1993. 303 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Small notation on rear endpage; light wear and edgewear to jacket, quarter inch tear to jacket at bottom front fold. Text is in German. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Disney Press, 2007. Join the gang from East High in this High School Musical 2 edition of the Disney Adventures magazine. Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Vanessa Hudgens and more in this color photo packed issue. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Magazine. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Scholastic, 1979. Nano nano. 36 pages with color photos and color illustrations. Blast down memory lane as color photos illustrate how to "Do the Spin." Disco-dance themed articles. Feature article on Mork and Mindy: Robin Williams and Pam Dauber. Pages 19-22 are missing; was color poster of Mork and Mindy. There may also have been a record that is no longer present. Color covers have rubbing wear and bumped top corner. Pencilled price on fep. Edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 8vo size trade paperback; 201 pages with black and white decorations and a few black and white movie stills. From back: "(This book) provides a clear and compelling overview of this revitalized and explosively popular film genre... Providing in-depth historical and critical overviews, (this book) explores the boundaries of fantasy throughout history and the expansion of this important genre in contemporary film. Covering early classics like The Wizard of Oz and Harvey, recent entries like Spider-Man and Shrek and blockbuster series such as The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter." Edgewear and light wear to covers; we noted underlining on at least 15 pages, marginalia on several pages and one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket.… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1921. 8vo size dark green cloth bound hardcover; 362 toned pages with some black and white photographs and drawings. There is a three-page list of illustrations. Professionally rebound for library use in 1985 in heavy green cloth with white titles on the spine. Author James L. Ford was the literary critic of the New York Herald newspaper. Contents include literary sketches of: Lester Wallack Phineas T. Barnum Lillian Russell Pauline Markham Lisa Weber Kate Bateman Weber and Fields Frank R. Stockton Katherine Grey Harry Kernell Fay Templeton Ex-Library with typical treatments; original fep has been clipped to remove bar code and has some notations pages 2-3, 7-12 have tiny spots in the margin, pages 75 has what may be a publishers light ink smear, the first page and page 77 have fingermarks and pages 223-226 are stained; there is a stray pencil mark in the margin of page 47 and page 255. Tacky area on front cover where barcode was removed. The new binding is of high… Read More

New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2003. 8vo size trade paperback; 399 bright, white pages. From back of book: "This distinctive volume offers a thorough examination of the ways in which meaning comes to be shaped. (This book employs) an interdisciplinary approach to the study of conceptualizing and examining media...a detailed theoretical discussion and critical reviews of the literature, as well as illustrative case studies and reports of recent research." Book is divided into three section: Theoretical and Measurement Approaches Cases - Observations from the Field The New Media Landscape Edgewear, light wear and rubbing to covers, bump on back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 306 pages From book: "He was telling me about making snuff pornography. He told me that he had been sickened at first. Some guys, mob types, had come to him in his studio and asked him if he wanted to make some money. He always wanted to make some money, so he said yes... By the third or fourth film... it was just another job." Jacket has slight edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Ballatine Books 262 pages with some wear to cover and bumped front corner. We noted small spots on pages 175/176 and 184. Some previously folded page corners. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Contents include: The Backstage Saga, A Tribute to Charita Bauer, On the Set, The Story on Radio, To Be Continued..., Who Was Who on Guiding Light, Who's Who on Guilding Light, Cast and Production Credits. From back: "...A Tribute to the Longest-Running Drama in Broadcast History...a historical overview, behind the scenese anecdotes, rare photos The Story on Radio 1937-1952 The Story on TV 1952-1987...photos are profiles of the current cast and the most beloved performers of the past...". Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Popular Library, 1974. 12mo size trade paperback; 173 blue bordered pages. Cover features a photograph of actor Art Carney from the Harry & Tonto movie in which he starred. From back: "Meet Harry Combes, 72-year-old widower, and his best friend, Tonto. Forced out of their New York home, the two set out on a surprise-a-mile journey across America. Their hilarious - and tender - experiences in the wicked world make for a joyous and touching take of love and true grit." Edgewear, moderate wear and some light soil to covers; creased bottom back corner. . Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1948. Stated First Edition. Forward by Nunnally Johnson. Afterword by Jack Alexander. Gray cloth boards with red and grey spine with black titles. Bumped top corners and head and heel of spine and two bumped page corners. 255 pages. Tiny spot on front cover Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Shuster, 2004. AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR and tv show host JAY LENO! Includes CD version of book read by Jay Leno. It bears Jay Leno's signature and "big dog" drawing on the front end page. It also has a book plate on the inside front cover "with compliments from...entrepreneur of the year..." There is a little curl to the top and bottom of the dust jacket. Wonderfully illustrated in color, fans of Jay Leno will recognize the childhood version of him and see that he inherited his famous chin from his father. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Whitehead, S.B.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Syracuse University Press, 1999. This Lucy lot includes the audio CD issued with the first book, a new Lucy decal and an additional mini book: 1. Laughs, Luck ... and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time by Jess Oppenheimer with Gregg Oppenheimer 8vo size trade paperback; 291 pages with some black and white photographs. Appendix includes some script excerpts from My Favorite Husband and I Love Lucy. Also includes "Lucy's Lost Scenes" Audio CD in clear plastic pocket affixed to inside of back cover. BONUS: Lucy Desi Window Decal from the Lucy & Desi Museum in New York From back: "Behind the scenes stories and photographs Never before published I Love Lucy scripts and dialogue Bonus 72 minutes Lucy's Lost Scenes audio compact disc!" Front cover has slight curl and lightly bumped tips. 2. The I Love Lucy Guide to Life: Wisdom from Lucy and the Gang by Elizabeth Edwards with Lucy Arnaz 48mo size mini hardcover with dust jacket;… Read More

New York: Star Library Publications, Inc., 1932. Rare surviving fan biography of 1930s film star Constance Bennett. Bennett began her movie career in silent films and made the transition of talkies. She was the sister of actresses Joan Bennett and Barbara Bennett and was also the aunt of the late talk show host Morton Downey Jr. The oft married Constance made a success of both dramatic and comedic roles. Small magazine style with stapled binding. Glossy pages profusely illustrated with sepia photographs. Tracks Bennett's life from her well-to-do upbringing in New York City in the early 1900s through her stardom in 1930s films. Last two pages are a list of Bennett's films with spaces for the reader to annotate. There are some pencilled annotations here. There a blemish on front cover photograph, edgewear and some rubbing wear to covers; a small discolored area spineside on back cover. There is also a slight tanned area on rear endpage (blank) and some handling wear or impressions on… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers 8vo size black clothbound hardcover; 237 tanned, deckle edged pages with illustrated frontispiece and other illustrations on glossy stock. (Illustrations appear more sepia than black and white.) A lovely illustration for the publisher, The House of Harper, appears after the last page. Contents include: Florence 1909-1911 Steyning 1911 London - Holland Street 1911-1912 Steyning 1912 London - 19A Edith Grove 1912-1913 A Florentine Week 1913 Edith Grove 1913-1914 Music at Midnight is the memoir of author, artist and activist Muriel Draper's (1886 – 1952) life in Europe. Married to singer Paul Draper, they entertained writers, artists, dancers and singers including Henry James, Igor Stravinsky, Nijinsky, Chaliapin, Rubinstein, Pierre Monteux, Pablo Casals, Eugene Goossens, Gertrude Stein and John Singer Sargent. When World War I broke out the Drapers returned to the United States. Bumped and worn corners and head and heel of spine; chipped top of spine.… Read More

New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes… Read More

1954. Published by "your De Soto-Plymouth Dealer" Volume 10 Number 12. Sized 4to stapled magazine binding. Black and white illustrations throughout, color cover and article on Orchids also illustrated with cover photographs. De Soto was a brand of the automobile maker Chrysler, produced from 1928 to 1961. This type of publication would have been sent to De Soto owners from the dealerships where their vehicles were purchased. This magazine was sent through the mail by a Plymouth, Massachusetts dealership. Cover photograph of dancers and movie stars Gower and Marge Champion. The couple are featured in the lead article. Gower and Marge Champion were professional dancers and choreographers who were the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of their day (or the Vernon and Irene Castle, depending on whose biography you read.) This article appeared at the height of their fame as a dance team appearing in movies such as Show Boat and Everything I Have Is Yours. Gower Champion (1919-1980) became… Read More

New York: Grove Press, 1993. 195 bright, white pages in great condition with little wear to dust jacket. From jacket: "Have you ever wondered what a Hollywood movie producer actually does?...Art Linson takes us behind closed doors on a rare backstage tour through Hollywood...whose roster includes David Mamet, Robert De Niro, Jeff Katzenberg, Brian De Palma, Sean Penn, Ned Tanen, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and Sean Connery...Linsen sheds klieg lights on the mystery behind the moviemaking process." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scarborough House, 1985. Co-written by Sonja Henie's brother, Leif. Several reviews commented that this book is another "Mommy Dearest" as Miss Henie is revealed to be not the nicest sister... or person... 339 pages plus a section of glossy black and white photographs. Notes on inside front cover; penciled price on fep; three previously folded page corners and underlining and marginalia on at least three pages; edgewear; curled corners and the lamination film on the bottom of spine is lifting. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1992. 365 pages. Wear to corners and creasing to lower corner of front cover. Bumped corners towards back of book. Illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2005. First paperback edition. 463 bright, white pages with some black and white illustrations. Cover illustration is black and white photograph of Greer Garson. Wear to tips of corners only. Heavy volume, extra shipping applies if not sent via US Media Mail. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.