Search Results: Film History and Cinema from Design Books

San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, 2006. This is a near fine softcover copy with minimal cover wear. SIGNED by the author and photographer, Jon Cassar, in black marker on the first page, and dated 2006. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed and dated. Includes DVD in envelope inside rear cover. Very clean throughout but slight offset on the colofon page from the DVD envelope. Illustrated in color with Jon Cassar's photographs. 10" high X 11" wide, 165 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Culver City, CA: Design Studio Press, 2004. This is a near fine softcover set of the two Alien vs Predator books. Both books SIGNED by the authors Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. Both books not inscribed just signed in silver marker pen. Otherwise completely clean. Both are stated frist editions. AVP Alien vs Predator published in 2004. Alien vs Predator Requiem published in 2007. In 1988 Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis (both former Stan Winston Studio co-workers) founded Amalgamated Dynamics, which soon became one of the most sought after special effects studios in Hollywood. Illustrated throughout in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 128 & 125 pages. Rare signed. Heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

France: Cahiers du Cinema, 1985. This is a very good softcover copy with a small flaw to the cover at the bottom right corner, which is creased. Completely clean inside and out. Signed and inscribed by Claude Raimond Dityvon to a colleague, on the title-page. Text in French by Alain Philippon. Black & white photographs by Dityvon of a number of French film directors on their sets. including Claude Chabrol, Maurice Pialat, Raoul Ruiz, Andre Techine, Manoel de Oliveira, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Fernando Solanas, Jacques Rozier, Jacques Demy, and Jacques Doillon. 11" high X 8" wide, about 100 pages. . Signed by Illustrator. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Roma, Italy: Editori Laterza, 1977. This is an almost very good hardcover copy in a like dust jacket with light wear. The black jacket has one chip, now restored. The dark gray boards are generally clean, the rear board has a faint stain at the top half. Very clean inside. Text in ITALIAN. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs of modern architecture and decorative arts objects: furniture, ceramics, glassware, textiles, metalwork, etc. Also film stills, fashion and advertising photography. A superb visual survey of 1950's modern design in Italy, Europe generally and America. Photographs on almost every page. Bibliography. 10" high X 7" wide, 564 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Auckland, New Zealand: Random House, 2008. This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Signed in ink by Roger Donaldson (but not inscribed), on the half title-page just above the title. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. Illustrated in color and black & white with over 200 of Donaldson's photographs. Roger Donaldson (1945- ) is an Australian-born New Zealand film director, producer and writer whose films include the acclaimed 1981 relationship drama Smash Palace and a run of titles shot in the United States, including Kevin Costner features No Way Out and Thirteen Days, and 1997 disaster movie Dante's Peak. Roger Donaldson started his professional career as a photographer in New Zealand before turning his hand to films. 10" high X 12" wide, 239 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Artist.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Paris: Paris Musees / Flammarion, 1997. This is a very good hardcover copy with almost no wear in blue pictorial boards, no dust jacket as issued. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Standard survey of the decade before World War II, surveying both fine and decorative arts. Covers painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, film, decorative arts and furniture. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in the spring of 1997. Illustrated in color and black & white. Bibliography. Chronology. Essays by more than a dozen scholars including Michel Winock, Eric Michaud, José Vovelle, et al. 11" high X 9" wide, 571 pages. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Collodion Press, 2010. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a limited edition of 250 signed copies. This copy is number 42. Illlustrated in color and black & white with vintage photographs, advertisements like posters, lobby cards, film stills, etc. Chronology. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 197 pages. A fine signed copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Author. Limited Edition 250 Copies . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Dartmouth College,, 2011. This is a fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Dartmouth College in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery, from September 27 to December 4, 2011. Conversation between Beryl Korot and Harry Philbrick. Illustrated mostly in color. Exhibition history. 11" high X 9" wide, 32 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Fine.

London: Anthony D'Offay, 1994. This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. A daybook/calendar for 1994 with video details from Bill Viola's work prepared by Kira Petrov and reproduced in color, one for each month. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art with Flammarion, 1997. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear, very small bump to top corner of back cover. Signed in ink, by the artist, Bill Viola, and inscribed with a small drawing of a desert island, on the title-page. Published on the occasion of a major retrospective of the video artist. Bibliography. Chronology. 12" high X 9" wide, 206 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Artist.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art with Flammarion, 1997. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Published on the occasion of a major traveling retrospective of the video artist, that opened at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in November 1997. Bibliography. Chronology. 12" high X 9" wide, 206 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Israel: Ramat Gan : The Museum of Israeli Art,, 1990. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Ramat Gan : The Museum of Israeli Art, in Israel which opened September 6, 1990. Essays by John Hanhardt, Dina Goren, Amnon Barzel. Interview with Buky Schwartz conducted by Robert Harris. List of exhibited works. Illustrated in color and black & white. Scarce. 11" high X 9" wide, 47 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: Sotheby's, 2005. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's New York on September 27, 2005. Sale code: 8106 "MICKEY". The sale consisted of 79 statues of Mickey Mouse decorated and painted in different ways by artists and celebrities like Ellen Degeneres, etc. All lots illustrated in color, usually with 3 photographs. Prices realized sheets included. 8" high X 11" wide, 188 pages. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1981. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear to the covers. Front cover rubbed, with one vertical crease along the right edge. Completely clean inside and out. Text in FRENCH. Preface by Alain Robbes-Grillet on Edward Lachman's photo-novel Chausse-Trappes. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 12" high X 9" wide, 167pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Citta Di Castello, Italy : Vallechi Editore, 1979. This is an about very good softcover copy in stiff white printed card covers with some wear. Basically the wear is that the bottom page-edge is very faintly stained. Spine not creased. Generally clean throughout except as noted. Text in Italian. This scarce exhibition catalog examines avant garde cinema in France and Italy. Illustrated in black & white. Brief biographical information on the filmmakers. Curated by Salvi and with contributions by Brizio, Ester de Miro, Vittorio Fagone, Alberto Farassino, Enrico Fulchignoni, Andrea Granchi, Dominique Noguez and Gianni Rondolino. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 167 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Spain: Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, 1996. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean. Text in Spanish. Illustrated throughout mostly in color. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, from June 25 to August 18, 1996. Bibliography.12" high X 9" wide, 195 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Henri Veyrier,, 1984. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in FRENCH. Illustrated in black & white. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 233 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Burbank, CA: Edward Lowery , 1994. This is a very good softcover copy with light cover wear. Completely clean inside. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Lowery Gallery on Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank, California on July 9, 1994. There were 123 lots in the sale, 119 were Charlie Chaplin items: photographs, posters, magazines, lobby cards, books, postcards, film stills, location stills, film scripts, etc. Illustrated mostly in black & white, one double-page color plate. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 9" wide, 49 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Henri Veyrier, 1984. This is an about very good softcover copy with light wear to the edges. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Bibliography. Indices of films, names. 11" high X 8" wide, 238 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Berlin, Germany, : Revolver Publishing , 2011. This is a very good softcover copy with just light edge wear. Completely clean. Text in English and German. This catalog was prepared to accompany the show at Wiener Secession, Vienna, from December 2, 2011 to February 5, 2012. Curated by Annette Südbeck. Edited by Annette Südbeck with Tina Lipsky. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Bibliography. Exhibition history. 9" high X 6" wide, 109 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.