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170 Years of Show Business

by MOSTEL, Kate, and GILFORD, Madeline

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New York: Random House, 1978. Hardcover. With Jack Gilford and Zero Mostel. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 175pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. First edition. Chronicles the lives of two theatre families.
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1964 Nobel Prize Awards

by SCHWIMMER, Walter (producer)

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Chicago: Walter Schwimmer, n.y.. Paperback. Folio. Stiff wrappers with clear mylar overlay, white plastic comb binding. (22pp, heavy stock, rectos only). Illustrations. Very good. Plastic comb binding chipped and partial, though functional; internally clean and near pristine. Probable sole printing of this oversize large print prospectus concerning "The greatest honor our civilization can bestow on the achievements of man... To be presented for the first time on American television" and "Produced as a one hour on-the-spot television documentary... and Telecast in prime time over the Nationwide Network of the American Broadcasting Company...." A most unusual promotional piece for the first documentary of its kind on this event, with background information on Alfred Nobel, illustrations of the 1964 winners, blow-by-blow account of the documentary, etc. Alistair Cooke would serve as master of ceremonies. Purpose of this booklet was to find underwriters to pay for the production… Read More
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ABC of Show Business.; Line drawings by Emmwood

by MANKOWITZ, Wolf

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London: Oldbourne Press, n.y.. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 55pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. First edition. Humorous guide to the actors, directors, producers and theatrical jargon of the London theater world.
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Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (film press kit)

by HARE, Walter Benjamin

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N.p.: Paramount, 1980. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff yellow wrappers bound with 3 metal prong-type clasps. 3 text pages (rectos only), 4 glossy black-and-white photographs (8" X 10"). Near fine. Interesting "Paramount Portfolio 1" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1952 cornpone comedy starring Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Robert Merrill and Adele Jergens and directed by Claude Binyon. First text page consists of a cast list, the second page is a film synopsis and the third page the texts for on-the-air announcements for the affiliates' use.
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Acting: The First Six Lessons

by BOLESLAVSKY, Richard

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New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1975. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards, dust jacket. 134pp. Very good/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear; small dampstain at upper corner of outer page edges. Later (23rd) printing of this classic.
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The Actor's Life: Journals, 1956-1976

by HESTON, Charlton

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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978. Paperback. Edited by Hollis Alpert. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. xiv, 486pp. Very good. Uncommon advance galleys.
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Actress: Postcards from the Road

by ASHLEY, Elizabeth

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New York: M. Evans & Company, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth spine and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 252pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Slight abrasion on rear pastedown; single sentence circled in ink on page 249. A tight and nice first edition of this memoir by the noted actress, bearing a huge inscription and signature from her in black fineline on the half-title page: "For Ron Parker -- / Best wishes -- / Elizabeth Ashley."
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African Tempo

by HIGHT, Gladys

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New York: Exposition Press, 1951. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 132pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Later printing. Candid descriptions of the native people and dances encountered by choreographer Hight on an African tour; inscribed and signed large and bold in blue ballpoint on the front flyleaf "To Elizabeth Sheffield / with sincere best / wishes from the / author / Gladys Hight / Jan 13 - 1956."
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African Tempo

by HIGHT, Gladys

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New York: Exposition Press, 1951. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 132pp. Very good/good plus. Though jacket ispictorial and overall fairly attractive, there's paper loss at lower right of blank rear panel that also includes 1½" of spine and small portion of lower left of front panel. A tight, nice later printing of this travelogue and dance research expedition by the noted Chicago dancer, dance educator and choreographer (1890-1966) -- who boldly inscribes and signs this copy in black ink on front flyleaf: "To Etta Salita, / a very charming / person. / Best wishes / from The author / Gladys Hight / April, 28 -- 1954."
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Agee on Film: Volume One

by AGEE, James

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[New York]: Perigee Books, 1983. Paperback. Illustrations by Toni Ungerer. 8vo. Stiff glazed wrappers. 432pp. Line drawings. Very good. First of this paperback edition, tight and attractive.
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All My Best Friends

by BURNS, George

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. 320pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and clean.
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All People Are Famous (instead of an autobiography)

by CLURMAN, Harold

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 327pp. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Tight, nice first edition.
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All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing! A Pictorial History of the Movie Musical

by SPRINGER, John

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New York: The Citadel Press, 1966. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Very good/good. Jacket rather edgeworn, with edge chips along top; numerous inked checkmarks in margins. Overall a tight, clean, nice first edition.
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American Picture Palaces: The Architecture of Fantasy

by NAYLOR, David

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New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1981. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. Superb, handsome first edition. Rather uncommon.
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America's Players

by GARD, Robert E., and SEMMES, David

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New York: The Seabury Press, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 152pp. Very good/good minus. Minor paper discoloration along spine and back cover of dust jacket; ownership signature on front pastedown. First edition. Good basic history of American theatre "through its fascinating stories of 'players'."
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America's First Hamlet

by OVERMYER, Grace

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[New York]: New York University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 439pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Slight bit of mild edgewear, with very slightly sunned spine -- but overall a tight and nice first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel) "Portrait of a great American, John Howard Payne -- poet, actor, playwright, diplomat, humanitarian..." Mild ex-library, with almost no and mostly-removed markings.
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Another Time, Another Place (film press kit)

by MANN, Stanley

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N.p.: Paramount, 1980. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers bound with 3 metal prong-type clasps. 3 text pages (rectos only), 2 glossy black-and-white photographs (8" X 10"). Near fine. Editorial crop mark inked on blank margin of one photograph. Interesting "Paramount Portfolio 3" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1958 World War Two drama starring Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan and Sean Connery and directed by Lewis Allen. First text page consists of a cast list, the second page is a film synopsis and the third page the texts for on-the-air announcements for the affiliates' use.
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Anything but Love: "Training Film."

by HIRSCH, Janis

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N.p.: N.p., 1991. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers with two brass prong clasps. 46pp (rectos only). Very good. Script ("Revised Table Draft") for this episode of the popular network television sitcom featuring Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis, inscribed enormously across the front cover in blue marker by the late great comic actor (1948-2003): "BEST / TO YE FROM / ME / John Ritter." Ritter guest-starred in five episodes of the popular sitcom playing the character Patrick Serreau. Unusual.
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Appointment with Danger (film press kit)

by BREEN, Richard, and DUFF, Warren

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N.p.: Paramount, 1980. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff green wrappers bound with 3 metal prong-type clasps. 3 text pages (rectos only), 4 glossy black-and-white photographs (8" X 10"). Near fine. Interesting "Paramount Portfolio 2" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1950 murder mystery starring Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Jack Webb and Henry Morgan and directed by Lewis Allen. First text page consists of a cast list, the second page is a film synopsis and the third page the texts for on-the-air announcements for the affiliates' use.
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Arrowhead (film press kit)

by BURNETT, W.R.

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N.p.: Paramount, 1980. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers bound with 3 metal prong-type clasps. 3 text pages (rectos only), 3 glossy black-and-white photographs (8" X 10"). Near fine. Interesting "Paramount Portfolio 2" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1953 Western starring Charlton Heston, Jack Palance and Brian Keith and directed by Charles Marquis Warren. First text page consists of a cast list, the second page is a film synopsis and the third page the texts for on-the-air announcements for the affiliates' use.
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