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Enter Joseph Papp: In Search of a New American Theater
by LITTLE, Stuart W
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1974. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Modest wear thus near fine in wrappers.
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A$38.85
Hollywood Wife
by Anonymous [pseudonym of Anabel Lane]
New York: G. Howard Watt, 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Bookplate of actor Jean Hersholt, a tiny tear at the crown, near fine in near fine dustwrapper (with art by Crary) with tiny nicks. An exotic tale of Hollywood orgies, it is not clear whether this is fact or fiction, but most likely some combination of both. Inscribed by the author: "To Jean Hersholt, a 'Hollywoodite' whom I am proud to know. Anabel Lane 'Miss Anonymous.'" Laid in is a two-page Autograph Letter Signed from...
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A$1,476.40
Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics
by ALEXANDER, Jane
New York: PublicAffairs, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Light bumping to the spinal extremities else fine in fine dustwrapper.
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A$46.62
Colonnade 1972
by (STERN, Howard)
Rockville Centre, NY: South Side Senior High School, 1972. Hardcover. Fine. First and only edition. Quarto. 167pp. + ads. Decorated cloth. A trifle soiled, very near fine copy. Radio personality Howard Stern's Senior Class Year Book. Stern appears in jacket and tie in his Senior picture on page 45. There are many candid and club pictures, but we have foregone the pleasure of the hunt for Stern, and left it to the eventual purchaser to experience the possible wonderment of discovery.
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A$1,010.17
Producers on Producing
by LANGLEY, Stephen, editor
New York: Drama Book Specialists (Publishers), 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. Inscribed by the editor.
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A$116.56
Seven Stages
by TREASE, Geoffrey
New York: Vanguard Press, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with a sticker shadow on the bottom of the spine (not an ex-library), water tideline at the top rear corner and down the rear flap fold.
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A$46.62
Bette Davis
by WALKER, Alexander
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper with a touch of soiling to the head of the spine.
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A$31.08
Chimney Rock
by SMITH, Charlie
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper with corners lightly bumped.
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A$31.08
Sexual Perversity in Chicago and The Duck Variations
by MAMET, David
New York: Cherry Lane Theatre, 1976. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Program for the stage play at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York.
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A$38.85
Signed Card
by GAYNOR, Janet
Unbound. Fine. 5" x 3" index card Signed ("Janet Gaynor"). A large bold signature, about fine. Gaynor won the first Best Actress Academy Award.
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A$77.70
The Three Faces of the Film: The Art, The Dream, The Cult
by TYLER, Parker
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good in black cloth with bumps to the corners, light edgewear, and lacking the dustwrapper.
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A$46.62
The Jack Wrangler Story or What's a Nice Boy Like You Doing
by WRANGLER, Jack and Carl Johnes
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 250pp. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with some soiling and general wear.
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A$178.72
Life After Television: The Coming Transformation of Media and American Life
by GILDER, George
(Knoxville, Tennessee): Whittle Direct Books, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Part of The Larger Agenda Series.
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A$38.85
Medium Cool
by MORDDEN, Ethan
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof with publisher's material stapled to the front wrapper. Near fine in wrappers.
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A$31.08
Sights and Spectacles: 1937-1956
by McCARTHY, Mary
New York: Farrar, straus and Giroux, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Light soiling to the boards else fine in a very good moderately soiled dustwrapper with a few small nicks to the ends of the spine and a slightly creased tear to the top of the front panel.
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A$31.08
A Studied Madness
by BROUN, Heywood Hale
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 298pp. Near fine in a very good lightly soiled and foxed dustwrapper with a touch of wear on spine ends. "A sportswriter turned actor takes a look at his two worlds and some other planets."
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A$46.62
THE YEAR'S WORK IN THE FILM 1949
London: LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO, 1950. Softcover. Good. First edition. Good in wrappers with some pencil marks on the outer covers, spine darkened. Critics and other authorities on various aspects of the subject have contributed essays on feature, documentary and specialized films, the activities of the British Film Institute, recent film literature, on gramophone recordings of British film music, and on the work of the director Carol Reed.
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A$31.08
Hooray For Captain Spaulding: Verbal and Visual Gems From "Animal Crackers
by ANOBILE. Richard J
New York: Darian House, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with owner's initials embossed on half-title page in a near fine dustwrapper with a couple of small tears along the edge and light soiling on the panels.
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A$31.08
THE NEW YORK TIMES DIRECTORY OF THE THEATRE
New York: ARNO PRESS, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Later printing. Good with small pieces of paper stuck to the covers, a tear in the top of the spine, in fair dustwrapper that is scuffed, with small tears and chips along the edges.
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A$31.08
One Hell of an Actor
by KANIN, Garson
New York: Harper & Row, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Very fine in like dustwrapper. A novel about an actor who spans the days of theater into early film. film.
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A$38.85
Famous Plays of 1933-1934
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 712pp. Some light fraying on the cloth along the rear spine fold, about very good without dustwrapper. Small label of an American bookstore on rear pastedown, and the ownership signature of Australian actor: "Cyril Ritchard, New York" on the front fly. Ritchard appeared on both stage and screen, but is best-known today for his appearance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin version of *Peter Pan.*.
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A$233.12
The Movie Book The 1930's
New York: Crescent Books, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Includes 5,000 illustrations.
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A$54.39
75 Years of the Oscars: The Offical History of the Academy Awards
by OSBORNE, Robert
New York: Abbeville Press, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Very slightly bowed else about fine in a near fine dustwrapper with rubbing and slight edgewear.
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A$116.56
Autographed Album Leaf by Richard Todd
by TODD, Richard
Unbound. Very Good. Index card. 3.5" x 5". Cut signature and newspaper photo of Richard Todd taped onto an index card. Tape and tape discoloration, about very good. Todd was Ian Fleming's first choice to play James Bond. A scheduling conflict caused the role to go to some Scottish guy. Good work, Richard.
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A$69.93
Those Fabulous Movie Years: The 30s
by TRENT, Paul
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishing, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. A small faded spot at the bottom of the spine else fine in a very good dustwrapper with a small faded area at the bottom of the spine and one inch onto the front and rear panels, light wear at the top of the spine.
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A$46.62