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Photoplay Writing
by Palmer, Frederick
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.
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- Revised Edition
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- 1921
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- Hardcover
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Los Angeles: Palmer Photoplay Corporation. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 1921. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth spine with black cloth boards with black cord tie. Glossary. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 165 pages . Item Price
US$30.00
Photoplay Plot Encyclopedia
by Palmer, Frederick; Howard, Eric
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.
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- 1920
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$50.00
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Los Angeles: Palmer Photoplay Corporation. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 1920. Hardcover. Green cloth spine with black cloth boards with black cord tie. Indexed. Subtitle: An Analysis of The Use In Photoplays of The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations and Their Subdivisions, Containing a List of All The Fundamental Dramatic Material To Be Found In Human Experience, Including… Read more about this item Item Price
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Movies for TV
by Battison, John H.
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and tattered.
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- First Printing
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$30.00
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NY: Macmillan. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and tattered.. 1950. First Printing. Hardcover. Black illustrated cloth, xv, 376pp, index. Many black and white photos of vintage television and film equipment. Map endpapers. As a considerable part of television broadcasting involves films, knowledge of the techniques and uses of motion pictures for television is profitable for technician, producer,… Read more about this item Item Price
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How I Broke Into Movies: By Sixty Famous Screen Stars
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front hinge cracked.
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$45.00
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Hollywood, CA: Hal C. Herman. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front hinge cracked.. 1930. Hardcover. Blue cloth decorated in gilt on front boards. Foreword by D. W. Griffith. Photo portraits, facsimile signatures, and short accounts by early film stars, including Gloria Swanson, Al Jolson, Norma Shearer, Wallace Beery, Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, Dolores Del Rio, Greta Garbo,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Synge, John M.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, tape stains on front and rear endpapers.
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- Limited Edition
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- 1927
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- Hardcover
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US$150.00
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London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, tape stains on front . and rear endpapers.. 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth spine with printed green paper-covered boards. Ten color plates by John Keating, each with tissue guard. Limited de luxe edition of 1,000 copies, of which this is number 206. Synge was… Read more about this item Item Price
US$150.00
Opening Wednesday At a Theater or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s
by Taylor, Charles
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 2017
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- Hardcover
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- 9781632868183
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$17.00
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NY: Bloomsbury Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. 1632868180 . Filmography. Collection of critical and entertaining essays about the B movies of the 1970s. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pages . Item Price
US$17.00
Magic Secrets by Kajar
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- Used - Very Good; Covers lightly worn.
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- Third Edition
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- 1971
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- Softcover
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US$20.00
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Deer Park, NY: Brown Book Company. Very Good; Covers lightly worn.. 1971. Third Edition. Softcover. Red illustrated card covers. Black and white illustrations. Unpaginated. Instructions for many magic tricks. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Item Price
US$20.00
Titanic: Anatomy of a Blockbuster
by Sandler, Kevin S. (editor) ; Studlar, Gaylyn (editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1999
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- Softcover
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- 9780813526690
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$11.00
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New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Very Good. 1999. Softcover. 0813526698 . vi, 274pp, index, illustrations, photos, notes. A collection of film criticism essays examining the Titanic film by James Cameron. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
US$11.00
The Great German Films
by Ott, Frederick W.
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- Used - Very Good; Light wear to jacket.
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- First Printing
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780806509617
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$40.00
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Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press. Very Good; Light wear to jacket.. 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. 0806509619 . Cloth-backed boards. Hundreds of movie stills and candid photos. A narrative history of classic German films from its infancy in the late 19th century, through its golden age during the Weimar Republic, through the 1980s. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 304 pages . Item Price
US$40.00
Film Propaganda: Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany
by Taylor, Richard
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- Used - Very Good; Covers lightly worn.
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- Revised Edition
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- 1998
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- Softcover
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- 9781860641671
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London: I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd.. Very Good; Covers lightly worn.. 1998. Revised Edition. Softcover. 1860641679 . xiv, 266pp. Foreword, black and white photos, notes, filmography, bibliography, and index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
US$20.00
Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies
by Carnes, Mark C. (editor)
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780805037593
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US$15.00
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NY: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805037594 . A Society of American Historians book. Index, many movie stills. Sixty historical writers survey nearly 100 classic films and explore how filmmakers were accurate or not in their cinematic portrayals of historical events and figures. ; 4to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Theater and Anti-Theater in the 18th Century
by Giroud, Vincent
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Printing
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- 2001
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- Softcover
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US$12.00
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New Haven, CT: The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Very Good. 2001. First Printing. Softcover. Softcover with jacket. Black and white photos and illustrations. Twenty-five 18th century playwrights are represented in the Beinecke exhibition by gatherings of their major works, related in one way or another to the theme of theater and anti-theater. (from the news release… Read more about this item Item Price
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Britain Can Take It: The British Cinema in the Second World War
by Aldgate, Anthony; Richards, Jeffrey
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- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Edges lightly foxed, boards and jacket lightly worn, library stamps and markings.
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780631135494
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Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell. Good in Good dust jacket; Edges lightly foxed, boards and jacket lightly . worn, library stamps and markings.. 1986. Hardcover. 0631135499 . Index, filmography, many movie stills. Examines Britain's World War II experience through detailed analysis of 11 of the more than 300 feature films released during that era. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Knight and Holy Fools: The Art and Films of Terry Gilliam
by McCabe, Bob
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9780752818276
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London: Orion Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1999. Hardcover. 0752818279 . Filmography, bibliography, many photos and illustrations. From Monty Python to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, this book covers Gilliam's life, visual art, and filmmaking. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 192 pages . Item Price
US$20.00
But Not to Play: A Practical Course of Instruction in the Fundamentals of Conjuring with Cards
by Jonson, Wilfrid
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards dampstained.
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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US$45.00
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London: George Johnson Magical Publications. Good with no dust jacket; Boards dampstained.. 1946. Hardcover. Brown cloth titled in gilt. 116pp + index. 130 illustrations by the author. Discusses sleight of hand, the patter, and numerous magic tricks based on the different types of conjuring tricks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
US$45.00
Graham Greene on Film: Collected Film Criticism 1935-1940
by Greene, Graham; Taylor, John Russell (editor)
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Remainder mark on page bottoms.
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- First American Edition; First Printing
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671214128
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NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Remainder mark on page bottoms.. 1972. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671214128 . Introduction by Graham Greene. Many film stills. Black cloth binding. Appendix, index. The British novelist's early film critiques. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
US$20.00
The Smoking Car: A Farce
by Howells, W. D.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner initials on front free endpaper.
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- First Edition
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- 1900
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- Hardcover
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US$35.00
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Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner initials on front free endpaper.. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Measures 6 x 3.5 inches. Navy cloth with silver scroll design on front boards, titled in gilt. 70pp and one page of publisher ads. A young mother leaves her baby in a smoking car on a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Houdini's Fabulous Magic
by Gibson, Walter B. ; Young, Morris N.
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered, page tops soiled.
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- First Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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US$15.00
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Philadelphia: Chilton. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered, page tops soiled.. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 214pp. Photos and illustrations. Bibliography. Red cloth binding. Walter Gibson knew Harry Houdini and had his cooperation in preparing this book. Both a biography of the master magician and explanation of many of his famed magic tricks and illusions. ; 8vo 8"… Read more about this item Item Price
US$15.00
Zeffirelli: An Autobiography
by Zeffirelli, Franco
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner name on half-title page, jacket lightly worn.
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- First American Edition; First Printing
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9781555840228
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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US$25.00
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NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner name on half-title page, jacket . lightly worn.. 1986. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1555840221 . xii, 358pp, many photos, index. Autobiography by the iconic filmmaker. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
US$25.00
The Mexican Cinema Project (The UCLA Film and Television Archive Studies in History, Criticism and Theory)
by Noriega, Chon A. ; Ricci, Steven
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- Used - Very Good; Covers lightly worn.
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- 1994
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- Softcover
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US$30.00
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Los Angeles: UCLA Film and Television Archive. Very Good; Covers lightly worn.. 1994. Softcover. Essays by various authors about classic and contemporary Mexican cinema, poetics, imagery, and other topics. Many film stills. Index. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 108 pages . Item Price
US$30.00
