JAMES DEAN A Biography
Ballantine Books. January 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback. Previous reader's name in ink verso of front panel. Shelf wear. Slight bow to spine. First page loose. [149 pages]. More
Ballantine Books. January 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback. Previous reader's name in ink verso of front panel. Shelf wear. Slight bow to spine. First page loose. [149 pages]. More
Chicago Review Press, September 2001. Trade Paperback. This is the book that restarted the James Dean cult by celebrating him as the cool, defiant visionary of pop culture who made adolescence seem heroic instead of awkward and who defined the style of rock 'n' roll's politics of delinquency. The only..... More
Citadel Press, 1989. First Thus. Paper Back. Quarto. {8 & 1/4' x 10 & 3/4'} 'First paperbound edition.' [286 pages] Originally published under title 'Leg Art'. More
Cambridge University Press, January 2008. Paper Back. The Films of Joseph Losey examines the career of the expatriate director through a close analysis of five of his most important and challenging films. When his leftist politics made him a target of the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1951, the..... More
Arlington House, January 1978. Oversized Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards, small section of spine-top chipped away; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket moderately worn at edges w/ chipping and open tears present; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to ensure futher preservation. More
Arlington House Publishers, January 1976. Hardcover. {6' x 9 & 1/2'} In jacket with mild edgewear, especially across top and at corners. Front flap is not clipped. Burgunday faux leather covered boards -- described elsewhere as 'Burnt red cloth' ---with gold lettering. [365 pages]. More
Arlington House Publishers, January 1981. Hardcover. Quarto in dustjacket with sunned spine with curled/worn edge and soiling. Flap not clipped. Yellow cloth covered boards with bumped corners & black lettering on spine. Top edge of boards darkened. Dust stained textblock top edge. [259 pp.]. More
Arlingtn House, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. {6 & 1/4' x 9 & 1/2'} Purple paper covered boards with gold lettering. [576 pages]. More
University of Texas Press, March 2007. Trade Paperback. After the death of James Dean in 1955, the figure of the teen rebel permeated the globe, and its presence is still felt in the twenty-first century. Rebel iconography-which does not have to resemble James Dean himself, but merely incorporates his disaffected..... More
Bloomsbury Publishing, November 2023. Paper Back. National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER, TIME MAGAZINE, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, VOX, SALON, LIT HUB, AND VANITY FAIR "Entertaining and illuminating."--The New Yorker * "Compulsively readable."--New York Times * "Delicious, humane..... More
Atlantic Monthly Press, March 2024. Hardcover. The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture "They're not going to catch us," Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his..... More
Midnight Marquee Press, May 2010. Oversize Softcover. This issue, Midnight Marquee #77, offers two feature articles. One a "Forum/Against 'Em" analysis of the James Whale Universal classic The Invisible Man, with many arguing it remains the best film that Whale directed and features the best use of humor in classic..... More
University of California Press, June 1995. Paper Back. One of the most original, rebellious, and idiosyncratic directors in the American cinema, Nicholas Ray lived and worked with an intensity equal to that of his films. Best known for his direction of James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), he..... More
Aurum Press, December 2015. First Edition. Cloth. A behind-the-scenes account of life at Ealing Studios â one of the great cinematic success stories of post-war Britain, and a byword for a particular strain of comic filmmaking that continues to inspire imitators over half a century on. This will be the..... More
Knopf Publishing Group, February 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades--a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian's Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe--unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in..... More
Knopf Publishing Group, February 2024. First Separate. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades--a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian's Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe--unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in..... More
Silman-James Press, December 1992. Paper Back. "The Twilight Zone" has captivated, teased and haunted the imaginations of countless millions of viewers from its 1959 debut through its 156 subsequent episodes and many years of steady rebroadcast. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Text free of markings; An..... More