Performing Arts from The Wild Muse

NY: Facts On File, 1987. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Facts on File, 1987, first printing. Small 4to., 230pp., illustrated with over 80 stills from feature-length war films. Critical appraisals of 450 films. Black cloth with gilt titles. Very good plus in very good dust jacket with a split at the front flap fold. . 1st.… Ler mais sobre este item

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1945. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1945, first printing. small 4to.., 292pp., illusustrated with hundreds of b/w photographs. Preface by Robert St. John. Beige cloth with brown and gilt titles, pictorial endpapers. Small chip on top edge of pictorial flyleaf. Very… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Atheneum, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Atheneum, 1988, first printing. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 432pp., richly illustrated with b/w photos, map endpapers. Black cloth with silver titles. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2001, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12", 240pp., illus. 297 b/w and color photographs. "Remarkable publicity photos, film stills, rehearsal shots, candids taken with family and friends, and of course that famous World War II pinup trace Rita Hayworth's entire life. Spanning… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Columbia Univ Pr, 1986. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Columbia Univ Pr., 1986, first printing. 8vo., xi+373pp., illus. b/w stills. Yellow cloth with bronze titles. Light dust spotting on top edge of page block, else fine in near fine dust jacket with a few small nicks.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

NY: Clarkson N Potter, 1979. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Clarkson N Potter, 1979, first printing. 4to., 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", 175pp., illustrated with 175 b/w plates - some full page. Brown cloth with silver spine titles. "Martin Munkacsi changed the look and style of fashion photography in the 1930's. The legendary Harper's Bazzar photographer… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Crown, 1985. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Crown, 1985. First printing. Folio, 9 3/4" x 13", 368pp., over 1,000 illustrations. Blus cloth with white and yellow spine and cover titles, pictorial endpapers. "Provides a year-by-year description of major films by the Hollywood studio, and includes cast, credits, synopsis, and a list of the studio's Academy… Ler mais sobre este item

Middle Village, NY,: Jonathan David Publishers, 1975. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David Publishers, 1975. 4to., 8 1/2" x 11", 160pp., illustrated with b/w photographs - many rare, candid, behind-the-scenes shots never previously published. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a touch of edgewear… Ler mais sobre este item

Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1981, first printing. 4to., 8 7/8" x 11 1/2", 353pp., illustrated throughout with b/w photos and reproductions. Black cloth with gilt titles, orange ednpapers. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Oxford: Phaidon, 1989. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Oxford: Phaidon, 1989, first printing. 4to., 9 7/8" x 11 1/4" 112pp., lavishly illustrated with b/w plates. Edited by Adrian Woodhouse. White cloth with black titles, black endpapers. "A unique photographic record of Vivien Leigh's life taken by the photographer who noticed her on her first stage appearance in… Ler mais sobre este item

London: ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), 1986. First edition. Hard cover issued without dust jacket. Published London: ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), 1986, first printing, January 1986, from an edition of 3,000. 4to., 8 3/4" x 12", unpaginated, illustrated with b/w photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe, pen and ink drawings of Jan Fabre. Laminated pictorial boards and black endpapers. Minor bump… Ler mais sobre este item

Citadel Press: Secaucus, NJ, 1985. Revised and Enlarged Edition. First edition thus. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1985, first printing. 4to., 9 1/2" x 12 1/8", 496pp., illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. Gold leatherette with gilt titles and burgundy paper covered boards with gilt studio design. Mild bump to upper rear corner. Very… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Folio, 10 3/4" x 14", 140pp., lavishly illustrated with photographs, photographic endpapers. "George Hurrell was the glamour photographer of the golden age of Hollywood. From the dawn of his career in 1928 until his death in 1992 at the age of eighty-seven, no Hollywood… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Tudor Publishing, 1937. Hard cover. Published NY: Tudor Publishing, 1929, sixth printing (1937). 8vo., ix+558pp., illustrated with b/w reproductions. Red cloth with decorative gilt and titles, red pictorial endpapers, top edge tinted red. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive. Trimmed rear dust jacket panel and flap laid in. . Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Atria, 2006. First edition. Hard cover issued without dust jacket. "A scrapbook-style souvenir album of Hepburn interviews, photos, and replicated memorabilia includes pieces from the late actress's estate and is complemented by removable elements and anecdotes by friends and family members." Published NY: Atria, 2006, first printing. 4to., 8 1/2" x 11", 192pp., illustrated throughout with color and b/w… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Arlington House, 1982. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Arlington House, 1982, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 13", 320pp., illustrated with over 1,000 photographs and stills from every 1,051 RKO films. "Surveys the history of the motion picture studio, RKO Radio Pictures, from its beginnings in 1928 to its collapse in 1960." Dark blue pictorial… Ler mais sobre este item

Munich: Meulenhoff / Landshoff, 1984. First German edition. Published Munich: Meulenhoff / Landshoff, 1984. 4to., 9 1/4" x 11 5/8", 272pp., illustrated with 123 plates in duotone. text in German. White vellum paper covered boards with black spine and cover titles. "Portraits of the German-born actress trace her movie career, and are accompanied by a discussion of her major… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with over 100 reproductions in full color. Foreword by Ted Sennett. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

NY: Crown, 1983. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Crown, 1983, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 13", 400pp., illustrated with over 1,200 photographs and stills from the films. "Offers stills, plot summaries, and critiques for films made by Universal Studios from its beginnings in 1913 to the present." Dark blue pictorial cloth with white titles. Fine… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989, first printing. 4to., 9 1/2" x 11 3/4", 257pp., illustrated with nearly 200 photo portraits. Black cloth with silver spine titles, full color pictorial endpapers. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.