Film/TV
State of the Art
Dutton, November 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Purple boards in white cloth backstrip. Jacket has trivial edgewear and is wrapped for future protection. More
State of the Art
Plume, November 1985. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Moderate cover wear; inked note on front free endpaper. More
Film Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Filmological Knowledge
Broadway Books, February 2006. Trade Paperback. From the same brain trust that brought you The Rock Snob*s Dictionary, the hilarious, bestselling guide to insiderist rock arcana, comes The Film Snob*s Dictionary, an informative and subversively funny A-to-Z reference guide to all that is held sacred by Film Snobs, those perverse..... More
50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins (Turner Classic Movies)
Running Press Adult, January 2024. Hardcover. An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told tales of Hollywood's biggest night, in a collection of original interviews with Turner Classic Movies host and entertainment media journalist Dave Karger..... More
Stars of the Forties (Movie Poster Book)
Octopus, January 1986. Oversize Softcover. More
Brother & Sister: A Memoir
Knopf, February 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the beloved film star and best-selling author of Then Again--a heartfelt memoir about Diane Keaton's relationship with her younger brother, and a poignant exploration of the divergent paths siblings' lives can take. When they were children in the suburbs..... More
Patterns Of Time: Mizoguchi And The 1930S (Wisconsin Studies in Film)
University of Wisconsin Press, June 1992. First Thus. Paper Back. {9 & 1/2' x 9 & 1/2'} First paperback. Across textblock fore-edge toward spine base there is seemingly chewed slice about one eight inch wide at widest point fading almost to a point. This seems to be the defacement of..... More
Women and the New German Cinema
Verso, June 1992. Trade Paperback. There were virtually no women film directors in germany until the 1970s. today there are proportionally more than in any other film-making country6, and their work has been extremely influential. Directors like Margarethe von Trotta, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Ulrike Ottinger and Helke Sander have made a...... More
Hollywood Color Portraits (Quill)
William Morrow & Company, Inc., December 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. {9' x 11 & 1/2'} In jacket with mild curling to top textblock edge. Black paper covered boards with gold lettering upon spine. One-half inch closed tear / puncture of paper along side spine on far left edge of front..... More
Foyer Pleasure: The Golden Age of Cinema Lobby Card
Delilah Communications / Putnam Publishing, 1983. First Thus. Paper Back. Oblong octavo.{11 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'}. Mild edgewear to cardstock cover. Rubber stamped 'P' top textblock edge spine side. [159 pages]. More
Michael Bay (Contemporary Film Directors)
University of Illinois Press, February 2018. Hardcover. If size counts for anything, Michael Bay towers over his contemporaries. His summer-defining event films involve extraordinary production costs and churn enormous box office returns. His ability to mastermind breathtaking spectacles of action, mayhem, and special effects continually push the movie industry as..... More
Kubrick: An Odyssey
Pegasus Books, February 2024. Hardcover. The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and A Clockwork Orange, presenting the most in-depth portrait yet of the groundbreaking film-maker. The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty..... More
Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley
Backstage Books, June 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Between 1949 and 1964, Kim Stanley created starring roles in 12 broadway productions. Then after 15 years, of stardom, Stanley walked away from the theatre, never to return. 'Female Brando' traces Kim Stanley's childhood, her early training, her stardom - and her tragic..... More
Hollywood Cheesecake: Sixty Years of America's Favorite Pinups
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
Beatrice Lillie: The Funniest Woman in the World
Wynwood, November 1989. Hardcover. In dustjacket with heavy foxing on verso. Red cloth covered spine with gold lettering and grey paper covered boards. Faded at margins top and bottom. Grey end pages. Heavy dust stains/foxing top textblock edge. Heavy foxing to fore-edge. [296 pp.]. More
Clown princes and Court Jesters, Some Great Comics of the Silent Screen
A. S. Barnes and Company, January 1970. First Edition. Cloth. First US edition {6 & 3/4' x 10 & 1/2'} In somewhat tattered dustjacket with tears small & long. Heavy wear to top of spine. Front flap is clipped at bottom for some reason. Black cloth covered boards with metallic..... More
Lamparski's Hidden Hollywood
Simon & Schuster, August 1981. Paper Back. {7' x 10'} Mild shelf wear. [126 pages]. More
Whatever Became of ...? All New Eleventh Series: 100 Profiles of the Most-Asked-About Movie, TV, and Media Personalities. Hundred S of Never-Before-Pu
Three Rivers Press (CA), June 1989. First Thus. Oversize Softcover. The eleventh of Richard Lamparski's famous and highly successful Whatever Became Of . . . ? series features 100 new personality profiles of movie, TV, and media notables, each with and aize C. Quarto. First paperback. [213 pages]. More
Whatever Became of ...? All New Eleventh Series: 100 Profiles of the Most-Asked-About Movie, TV, and Media Personalities. Hundred S of Never-Before-Pu
Three Rivers Press (CA), June 1989. Oversize Softcover. The eleventh of Richard Lamparski's famous and highly successful Whatever Became Of . . . ? series features 100 new personality profiles of movie, TV, and media notables, each with and aize C. More
Whatever Became of ...? Fourth Series
Crown Pub, January 1973. Cloth. {6 & 1/4' x 9 & 1/2'} In dustjacket. Green cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine. [207 pages]. More
Whatever Became of...? Ninth Series
Crown, May 1984. Oversize Softcover. More
Whatever Became of? (Tenth Series)
Crown Publishers, Inc., January 1986. Oversize Softcover. This edition takes a nostalgic look at one hundred of the most asked-about personalities and traces the careers of such stars as Joan Bennett, Alice Faye, Dana Wynter, Ida Lupino, and Margaret Hamilton. More
TV Outside the Box: Trailblazing in the Digital Television Revolution
Routledge, December 2015. Trade Paperback. TV Outside the Box: Trailblazing in the Digital Television Revolution explores the new and exploding universe of on-demand, OTT (Over the Top) networks: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Crackle, CW Seed, Vimeo, AwesomenessTV, and many more. Featuring in-depth conversations with game-changing content creators, industry mavericks, and leading..... More
The Patagonian Hare: A Memoir
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, March 2012. Hardcover. "Even if I lived a hundred lives, I still wouldn't be exhausted." These words capture the intensity of the experiences of Claude Lanzmann, a man whose acts have always been a negation of resignation: a member of the Resistance at sixteen, a friend..... More