Search Results: Titles starting with V from ReadInk

Detroit: Wayne State University Press. Fine. (c.2020). 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. [nice as-new copy, with no discernible wear]. (Contemporary Film and Media Series) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs) A collection of the lesser-known critical work of this "foundational figure for the study of film both as a writer and as a teacher who played a key role in establishing film within British higher education [and whose] worldwide reputation within film studies has been enhanced in recent years by the interest among emerging scholars in the practices of detailed film criticism." This volume collects pieces that were in many cases published in small magazines with limited circulation, and "makes it possible to see his writing as a coherent body of work developed over a long career, and to appreciate its great historical and cultural significance." .

Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co., Inc.. Fair. (c.1937). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (no dust jacket) [heavily worn, especially on bottom edge and along spine, with some deterioration of the binding along the bottom inch and a half of the front joint; the binding is solid, however, and the book is internally quite clean]. (B&W photographs) An examination of the Rudolph Valentino cult about a decade after his death, by an author who witnessed its growth first-hand, as custodian of the Cathedral Mausoleum at the Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery (today known as "Hollywood Forever"), a position he assumed the year following Valentino's interment and held until 1940. "The germ of my desire to write this book," he explains in his Preface, "took life and grew from my amazement at the never ceasing parade of people seeking the Valentino crypt, when there are so few, comparatively, looking for the tombs of others who achieved greater and more sustained… Read More

Washington DC: Anderson House. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. [front hinge a little weak, slight fading to cloth at edges of covers and spine, attractive full-page vintage bookplate on half-title page; jacket spine is browned, jacket has some shallow chipping along top and bottom edges, minor paper loss at corners]. (endpaper maps) Historical drama about the difficulties endured by General George Washington's army during the Winter of 1777-78, "the dark days [when] the fortunes of the rebellious colonists were at their lowest ebb and defeat at the hands of Great Britain's trained mercenaries seemed inevitable." After a month or so of out-of-town tryouts and tinkering, the play opened on Broadway in December 1934, but ran for only 58 performances. It was reported at the end of its run that a movie version was in the works at Columbia Pictures, but nothing ever came of it, although a couple of live television versions were broadcast in the… Read More

Los Angeles/Houston: Cult Movies Press. Fine in Fine dj. (c.2001). First Edition. Hardcover. [a beautiful, as-new copy, with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. (B&W photographs) SIGNED and DATED by author Dello Stritto in red ink on the title page. An exhaustive chronicle of Lugosi's six-month tour of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1951 in his final stage appearance as Dracula, a gruelling enterprise undertaken as a desperate measure to revive his flagging career. The book also discusses the few films Lugosi made in England: MYSTERY OF THE MARIE CELESTE (1935), DARK EYES OF LONDON (1939) and MOTHER RILEY MEETS THE VAMPIRE (1951), and provides a lot of information on the history of the "Dracula" stage play. (The irony of the book's title is that although one of the hopes of the British tour is that it would result in a West End production, that never came to pass -- so the book might have more accurately been titled "Vampire Over Manchester"… Read More

New York/London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good. 1895 (c.1887). Second Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [moderately shelfworn book, binding fully intact, small vintage bookseller's stamp on front pastedown (Bertrand Smith Acres of Books, Long Beach, Calif.)]. Tales of old Long Island. The author in his Preface states that he has endeavored to complete the work of his late friend, Mr. John Quod, who in researching his history "examined the whole country from Coney Island to Montauk Point, and in particular, visited the spots therein rendered classic by the deeds of departed worthies." Chief among those worthies was Teunis Van Gelder, "a stalwart soldier who had followed the Dutch governor, Peter Stuyvesant, in his various campaigns," after whom the book is titled, who founded the community of Matinecock. Other individuals who figure in the historical narrative include Nick Wanzer, Derrick Van Dam, Ralph Craft, Rulif Van Pelt, Obed Groot, Harry Blake, and… Read More

London: Hutchinson. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0091745934 . [nice clean book, no significant wear, slight age-toning to edges of text block; jacket also very nice, just a touch of surface rubbing (mostly to rear panel)]. (B&W photographs) SIGNED by the author on the title page. Signed by Author .

San Francisco: Mercury House, Incorporated. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1987). First Edition. Hardcover. [a very nice copy, virtually as-new; one tiny blemish on rear cover; jacket has a touch of wear at the spine ends]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED briefly ("for _____ from") and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. Autobiography of the actor, from his early stage, radio and film collaborations with Orson Welles through his career as a Hollywood leading man opposite the likes of Ingrid Bergman, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn and others. "Sensitive to his own motivations, frank about his marriages, and warmly revealing about himself and his friends, Cotten has written much more than the usual film star autobiography [and] has given us a generous, loving, and humorous portrait of himself and his friends." Signed by Author .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1950. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [slight bumping to all corners, very slight fraying to a couple, otherwise a nice clean copy with only minor shelfwear; the jacket has several old internal tape repairs along the top and bottom edges, shallow chipping and some wrinkling at both ends of spine, a few tiny tears and associated creasing along both top and bottom edges]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Henny / with affectionate / regards / Carlos Fallon." Uncommon memoir by a man who was a popular and well-known lecturer in his day, but who has subsequently faded into near-total obscurity. The author was born in Colombia, to a prominent family with Irish and Castilian roots; his early childhood was spent in Bogotá, but as an adolescent and teenager he lived in New Orleans, where his father was the Colombian consul. Returning to Colombia as an adult, he served for ten… Read More

New York: Mitchell Kennerley. Very Good. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good sound copy, moderate wear to extremities, hinges and binding fully intact, gilt lettering still bright on spine and front cover; top edge gilt]. (caricature sketches) A survey of the vaudeville scene of the day, with discussions and caricature sketches of nearly fifty leading performers. Many legendary names are included -- Harry Lauder, Nora Bayes, Ruth St. Denis, Vernon and Irene Castle, Elsie Janis, Houdini, Annette Kellermann, Al Jolson, Will Rogers, Bert Williams, Lillian Russell, etc. -- and just as many others whose one-time renown has faded to nothingness: Laddie Cliff or Ray Cox, anyone? Ching Ling Foo? (Also a few who you might not automatically think of as vaudeville performers, e.g. Ethel Barrymore and Sarah Bernhardt.) There are 49 plates in all: one in color (Bernhardt, the frontispiece), six in tint, and the remainder are black-and-white line drawings in what I would call a… Read More

Hollywood CA: The Marcel Rodd Co.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. [minimal shelfwear to book, light age-toning to edges of text block; the jacket has some shallow paper loss at the spine ends (slightly effecting the title at the top), some very shallow chipping and a few tiny nicks along the top edge, tiny additional bits of paper loss at several corners, and some modest edgewear; the jacket has also been applied to the book slightly off-center]. An anthology of 68 short articles (all selected from the magazine "Vedanta and the West") examining various aspects of the three basic principles of the Vedanta philosophy: "First, that the real nature of Man is divine; second, that the aim of human life is to realize this divine nature; and, third, that all religions are essentially in agreement." Isherwood himself contributed a lengthy Introduction and four of the shorter pieces; the primary contributors of the others were Aldous Huxley, Gerald… Read More

New York/Hollywood: Samuel French. Near Fine. (c.1950, 1948). Unstated edition. Softcover. [nice clean copy, slight tanning to spine, tiny chip at top of spine]. (B&W photo frontispiece, stage diagram) Comedy centering around issues of academic freedom at a Roman Catholic girls' college, where the Mother-General's defense of a young layman's teaching methods brings her into conflict with her Bishop. The original Broadway production ran for 152 performances between December 1949 and May 1950. According to the copyright page, the work was previously copyrighted under the title "Mother Hildebrand"; under that title it had been the recipient of an award from the Christophers, a Catholic organization, for its spotlighting of Christian principles. .

Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. [solid copy, light shelfwear, mild browning to page edges, previous owner's possession stamp on front pastedown; jacket edgeworn, minor paper loss at top of spine (no text affected)]. SIGNED by the author (signature only) on the ffep. The novelist-and-sometime-screenwriter's only Hollywood novel -- although some think his 1960s biographies of Jean Harlow and Rudolph Valentino have their share of fictional content -- "built around the fascinating, complex character of an evil genius," and informed by the novelist-screenwriter's "intimate knowledge of how producers, directors, writers, and stars really live and work on and off the set." Signed by Author .

Cottage Grove WI: (No Publisher Stated). Near Fine. 1977. (No. 17). Periodical. [nice clean copy with no significant wear]. (B&W photographs) Critical/historical film journal. This issue reprints ten articles from issues 1-8, including: "Some Warners Musicals and the Spirit of the New Deal"; FOR APACHE (John Ford); "The Strange Romance of 'Dirty Harry' Callahan and Ann Mary Deacon"; "Notes on Warner Brothers' Foreign Policy"; "Prisoners of Paranoia" (one of the seminal critical articles about Edgar G. Ulmer); early woman director Alice Guy Blaché; "Joe, Where Are You?" (an analysis of Josef von Sternberg's creation and manipulation of Marlene Dietrich's screen image); "Warren Beatty: The Sweet Smell of Success"; a look at portrayals of Thomas Jefferson in early films. ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. .

Cottage Grove WI: The Arizona Jim Co-Op. Very Good+. 1974. (No. 11). Periodical. [minor soiling to rear cover, light stain at bottom of first few pages]. (B&W photographs) Critical/historical film journal. Contents include articles on: "The Strange Case of the Hollywood Ten"; 3-D films; Fifties gangster films; Don Siegel and BABY FACE NELSON; THE BAND WAGON (Vincente Minnelli); "Nicholas Ray: The Years at RKO" (Part 2); Elia Kazan in the Fifties; three films by Robert Aldrich (KISS ME DEADLY, THE BIG KNIFE, ATTACK!); the film musicals of Betty Comden & Adolph Green; etc. ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and welcome your inquiries. .

Madison: Arizona Jim Co-Op. Very Good+. 1972. (No. 6). Periodical. [slight bump to base of spine, minor bend at top front corner, some abrasions to front cover]. (B&W photographs) Contents: "Czarina of the Silent Screen," an article by Gerald Peary on early filmmaker Alice Guy Blaché (including a reprint of a 1914 article by her, "Woman's Place in Photoplay Production"); "Joe, Where Are You?," an examination of Marlene Dietrich's aesthetic presence in the films of Josef von Sternberg; "Women at Work: Warners in the Thirties," by Elizabeth Dalton; analyses of MARKED WOMAN (1937), MILDRED PIERCE (1945), CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (1971), SUMMER OF '42 ( ) and KLUTE (), all from the perspective of the issue's theme; "A Festival of One's Own: Review of Women Directors"; "Feminist Criticism: what it is now; what it must become," by Michelle Citron; an article (incorporating an interview) on Wisconsin-based… Read More

Cottage Grove WI: Arizona Jim Co-Op. Near Fine. 1973. (No. 10). Periodical. [faint external soiling, minor crease near top of rear cover]. (B&W photographs) A special issue of this critical/historical film journal, devoted to RKO Radio Pictures. Includes: an overview of the studio's history and a chronology; "RKO's Fallen Women, 1930-1933"; an article about the production design of the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals, as overseen by the studio's Art Department head, Van Nest Polglase; an interview with director John Cromwell; an analysis of DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (Dorothy Arzner, 1940); an interview with director Mark Robson, remembering his work at RKO with Orson Welles and Val Lewton; an analysis of OUT OF THE PAST (Jacques Tourneur, 1947), including an interview with screenwriter Daniel Mainwaring, who also (as "Geoffrey Homes") wrote the novel "Build My Gallows High," on which the film was based; Part One of an article on Nicholas… Read More

Madison WI: John Davis. Near Fine. (c.1982). (No. 19). Periodical. [nice clean copy, light handling wear only]. (B&W photographs) Critical/historical film journal, this issue's stated theme being "Rereading Hollywood." Contents: Part Two of an analysis of the convention of the happy ending in Hollywood movies; an examination of the influence of Edith Head's film costume designs on the retail fashion market; an interview with Rouben Mamoulian; "Movie Audiences, Urban Geography, and the History of the American Film"; "The Art Cinema and Robert Altman"; an analysis of Max Steiner's music for MILDRED PIERCE; "Madness, Authority, and Ideology in the Domestic Melodrama of the 1950's"; a history of Metro Pictures Corporation, 1915-1920. ***NOTE that we have many more issues of this title (and other film magazines) in stock, and we welcome your inquiries. .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 0671251104 . [minimal shelfwear, spine very slightly turned, a nice clean book; front panel of jacket shows some light indentation marks (from where someone apparently used it as a writing tablet) and also a couple of horizontal razor cuts (surface only), and there's a short diagonal crease at the bottom of the front flap]. Novel about a "cynical, philandering, hard-drinking and thoroughly likable" attorney, living "on the brink of disaster," who gets a chance for a last hurrah when he takes on a malpractice suit against the largest Catholic hospital in the country. The basis for the 1982 movie of the same name, which provided a plum role for the beautifully-middle-aged Paul Newman, earning him his sixth Best Actor Academy Award nomination; despite considerable buzz at the time for the much-nominated-but-still-non-winner, he lost out to Ben Kingsley (for… Read More

Garden City NY: The Sun Dial Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1941 (c.1940). Reprint. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [minimal shelfwear to book, two former owner's names and dates/places of purchase in ink on front endpapers; jacket lightly edgeworn, a bit rubbed]. (Sun Dial Mysteries) Series A murder-trial novel in which much attention is paid to the backgrounds of six of the twelve jurors, and how their reactions to the evidence presented to them are "governed solely by their own lives previous to the day when they sit holding the power of life and death over a fellow mortal." This was the first and best-known crime novel (of only three) by this author, who was better known as a social historian, journalist and editor. .

Vienna (Austria): ECHO Verlag. Near Fine. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 3901761217 . (laminated covers; no dust jacket, as issued) [minor handling wear, faint soiling to rear cover; vertical wrinkle in rear endpaper]. (color photographs) Text in German. Handsomely produced, extensively illustrated year-by-year retrospective of the first 20 years of Austria's largest outdoor rock music festival. Includes numerous double-page spreads devoted to many of the star performers who have appeared over the years, including: The Beach Boys; Jose Feliciano; Joe Cocker; Kool and the Gang; Bonnie Tyler; Hot Chocolate; Toto; Chris Rea; Simple Minds; Suzi Quatro. ***NOTE: Additional shipping charges for this heavy book may apply for non-U.S. customers, or for Priority Mail shipping within the U.S.; if this causes you concern, please inquire before placing your order.*** .