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Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1949. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. [a good solid book, very slight wear to extremities, one-time owner's signature on ffep; jacket is in very nice shape, blemished only by a smudge-line about three inches long at the lower left of the front panel]. (B&W photographs) Taylor's entertaining, myth-making biography of The Great Man, the first to appear after Fields's death on Christmas Day of 1946, and for many years the standard work on the comedian -- and, unfortunately, the source of a some misinformation as well. James Curtis, author of the best biography of Fields to date (published in 2003), explains how Taylor had some significant advantages -- notably the blessing of Gene Fowler, Fields's longtime friend, access to material given to Fowler by Fields himself, and contacts arranged by Fowler with various other Fields associates -- but in the end produced a book that "did much to reinforce…
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W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes
by Taylor, Robert Lewis
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W.C. Fields Speaks
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Los Angeles: Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc.. Very Good+. 1981. First Edition. Softcover. [nice clean copy, light external wear, a couple of tiny insect-nibbled spots along edges of first inside page]. Trade PB (sepia-toned photographs) A collection of dialogue snippets and various bons mots uttered and/or written by Fields, each accompanied by a sepia-toned photograph. Categorized by topic: "On Women"; "On Children and Dogs"; "On Drinking"; etc. .
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W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes
by Taylor, Robert Lewis
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Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. [a good solid book, some foxing to all edges of the text block but no significant wear; jacket has some visible wear to the upper extremities, a couple of tiny tears along the bottom edge, and a half-inch ragged closed tear at the top rear hinge; there is also some internal discoloration to the jacket, with some visible bleed-through on the flaps (but not the exterior panels)]. (B&W photographs) Taylor's entertaining, myth-making biography of The Great Man, the first to appear after Fields's death on Christmas Day of 1946, and for many years the standard work on the comedian -- and, unfortunately, the source of a some misinformation as well. James Curtis, author of the best biography of Fields to date (published in 2003), explains how Taylor had some significant advantages -- notably the blessing of Gene Fowler, Fields's longtime friend, access to material given to…
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W.C. Fields By Himself: His Intended Autobiography
by Fields, W.C. (commentary by Ronald J. Fields)
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Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1973). 3rd printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [light shelfwear to bottom of book, very slight crack/exposure of board at lower front corner; jacket is quite nice with just minor edgewear, a little diagonal creasing in the front flap]. (B&W photographs, cartoons, etc.) A very entertaining compilation of letters, notes, scripts, newspaper articles, photographs, etc., almost all sourced from within the Fields family archives by his youngest grandson. Although the book's claim to be "his intended autobiography" is a bit of an over-reach, there's no question that nearly fifty years after its publication, this remains one of the essential works on Fields. (Fun fact: most of the primary material that Ronald Fields drew upon for this book was subsequently donated by the Fields family to the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where it comprises the W.C. Fields…
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W.S. Van Dyke's Journal: White Shadows in the South Seas (1927-1928), and Other Van Dyke on Van Dyke
by Behlmer, Rudy, ed.
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Lanham MD/London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.. Fine in Fine dj. (c.1996). First Edition. Hardcover. [as-new, with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. (B&W photographs) A fascinating little volume, the centerpiece of which -- the so-called "journal" -- is actually an edited version of a four lengthy letters, sent over the course of several months from the Tahiti location of WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS by its eventual director, W.S. "Woody" Van Dyke II, to his then girlfriend (and sometime script supervisor) Josephine Chippo, back in Los Angeles. The letters -- about equally divided between on-location reportage and pining-for-you expressions of his devotion -- were discovered in the early 1990s inside an old trunk at the home of a recently-deceased couple in the San Fernando Valley, and subsequently acquired by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library, where they are held today as the Josephine Chippo papers. I…
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WWII War Eagles: Global Air War in Original Color
by Ethell, Jeffrey L. (edited by Warren M. Bodie)
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Hiawassee GA: Widewing Publications. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1995). First Edition. Hardcover. 0962935921 . [a little wear at spine ends, one-time owner's stamp on ffep and handwritten name on title page; jacket shows moderate surface wear, one tiny tear at top rear hinge, slight color-shift along left edge of front panel]. (color photographs, color renderings) Made possible by the author's tireless pursuit and acquisition of Kodachrome slides shot during World War II, this is an illustrated survey of wartime aircraft (mostly American) like no other: a depiction in full color of a subject and an era that most people alive today know only from black-and-white photographs and newsreel footage. According to the jacket blurb, the superior technical qualities of the Kodachrome film in use at the time render these images "so strikingly clear and free of distortion some find it hard to believe the original slides have not been computer enhanced or colorized," but…
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The Wabash Valley -- a sleeping paradise
by Wallace, Henry J.
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Crossville IL: Henry J. Wallace. Very Good. 1967. Second Edition. Softcover. [short diagonal crease at upper right corner of front cover, slight bumping to lower right corner, some sun-browning along spine, minor soiling to rear cover, faint stain on fore-edge]. (B&W photographs, maps) A history of the achievements of the Wabash Valley Association (formed in 1957) in the area of water management in the Wabash River Valley region of Indiana and southeastern Illinois. Affixed to the front endpaper is a brochure with a beautiful fold-out color panoramic illustration, to give the reader "an idea of what a watershed is and how it should behave." .
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Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
by Reynolds, G.W.M.; edited by E.F. Bleiler
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New York: Dover Publications, Inc.. Near Fine. 1975. First Edition Thus. Softcover. [tiny damaged spot near bottom of front cover, tiny bumps to corners of front cover]. Trade PB (B&W illustrations) The first modern reprinting of "one of the almost legendary works in the history of supernatural fiction, [offering] a full Gothic feast of murders, supernatural happenings, hidden plots and secret passages, Rosicrucians, Turkish invasions and intrigues, conventual imprisonments, banditti, desert isles and diabolic appearances," as well as being "the first important fictional treatment of the werewolf theme in English literature." The introduction, by noted scholar E.F. Bleiler, "provides the first modern survey of [the author], and disentangles for the first time his incredibly large and complex bibliography." The publication data describes this as an "unabridged reproduction of Reynolds-Dicks edition c. 1865." .
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Wajda Films [two-volume set, in slipcase]
by {Wajda, Andrzej} Kosinska, Barbara, ed.
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Warsaw (Poland): Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe. Fine. (c.1996). 1st Edition (English version). Hardcover. (two volumes without dustjackets (as issued), in cardboard slipcase) [books are in perfect condition; the slipcase very close to it, with just slight bumping to one corner (the set was in the original shrinkwrap when received by us, which was removed only to permit proper cataloguing)]. (B&W and color photographs, sketches) Beautifully-produced two-volume survey of the ouevre of the great Polish filmmaker (who passed away earlier this year), lavishly illustrated with (mostly full-page) color and black-and-white photographs, as well as numerous reproductions of Wajda's own drawings. (Most of the photos are the work of Renata Pajchel.) The text (entirely in English in this edition) is wide-ranging, including production histories, Wajda's own reminiscences and musing, review excerpts (many translated from Polish), full credit information, etc.--it's really the most…
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Wake Me When It's Over
by Singer, Howard
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1959). First Edition. Hardcover. [light soiling and minor shelfwear to bottom edge, boards very slightly bowed, faint bookseller's rubber stamp on front pastedown (Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, Long Beach, California); jacket a bit edgeworn, slight paper loss at spine extremities, some soiling to rear panel]. Comic novel about "a poor shnook to whom everything happens -- a World War II veteran who, by horrible error, is recalled during the Korean War and finds himself stranded on a lonely island radar post, halfway between Korea and the Japanese mainland, with the four hundred men of an Air Force radar unit whose morale is at rock bottom." Adapted into the 1960 movie of the same name, starring Ernie Kovacs, Dick Shawn, and Don Knotts, produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. .
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Wake Up
by Dufresne, Damien
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Paris: Assouline. Near Fine. [2004]. Unstated edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards; no dust jacket, probably as issued) [nice copy, some rubbing to covers and slight bumping to base of spine]. (color and B&W photographs) Fancy-schmancy promotional book showcasing the work of photographer/makeup creator Damien Dufresne. As described on his website, this is "a beauty book conceived like an artistic proposition: Damien Dufresne creates the make-up, draws, and reinvents. He plays with color, associates them, superimposes them, and creates a resplendent showcase for them." The text is in French, English, and Chinese, and the book includes a DVD, in a pocket on the rear endpaper; it's imprinted "France," so I can't guarantee it will play correctly on American DVD players, should you still have one of those. [NOTE: The actual book does not have those strange vertical lines on the cover; these appear on the scanned image only.] ***Additional shipping charges…
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Walk Away from 'Em
by Chess, Elliot
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New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1941). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice bright clean book, just a trace of wear to extremities; jacket shows a little wear and minor paper loss at spine corners, a few other tiny closed tears, 2.5" split at bottom of front foldover (very unobtrusive)]. If there's such a genre as He-Man Fiction, this would be a prime exemplar. It's the story of "Nicky Wayne, army test pilot, trans-Atlantic flyer, owner of a private landing field and of airplanes which he rents out, with or without himself as pilot." And what kind of a man's man would he be without a few dames on the string to make his life "complicated and exciting"? He's got three, in fact: "Jo, his wealthy and beautiful divorced wife; Fran, who loves him, and, fearing she will lose him, is dissipating her beauty and vitality; [and] Toddy Fate, very young, very alluring, very dangerous." (With a name like Toddy Fate, she'd…
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Walk Like a Man
by Honig, Donald
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New York: William Sloane Associates. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. [good sound copy, minimal shelfwear, agency rubber stamp (Ann Elmo Agency, Inc.) on front endpaper; jacket has one tiny chip at top of rear panel, very slight paper loss at base of spine, spine just a bit sunned]. Civil War novel, about a young man who was accused of being a Confederate spy, and the 16-year-old boy who "never lost faith in him, stoutly proclaiming [his] courage and his loyalty to the Union cause." .
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Walking Away from the Third Reich: A Teenager in Hitler's Army [*SIGNED*]
by Sellier, Claus
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Central Point OR: Hellgate Press. Near Fine. (c.1999). First Edition. Softcover. [minor external wear, very slight bump to lower rear corner]. (Hellgate Memories World War II) Series Trade PB (B&W photographs, maps) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the dedication page. "An unusual remembrance of the battles of World War II from the eyes of a cocky, young German soldier who was looking for the same adventure he found as a member of Hitler's Youth. he found the realities of war to be quite different." (The author joined the German army in 1942 and served in its 79th Mountain Artillery Regiment, fighting mostly in Eastern Europe.) ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** Signed by Author .
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Wall of Glass
by Satterthwait, Walter
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New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1987). 2nd printing. Hardcover. 0312015305 . [nice tight clean copy (NO remainder mark), appears unread; no significant wear to either book; jacket has tiny abrasion at top front hinge, otherwise flawless]. The author's first novel, set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, introduced the character of P.I. Jonathan Croft, who featured in five subsequent books. .
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Walt Disney's African Lion
by Algar, James (text); Alfred and Elma Milotte (photographs)
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New York: Simon and Schuster, in collaboration with Marc Barraud - Geneva. Near Fine. [1956]. First Edition. Hardcover. 23456 . (laminated pictorial boards; no dust jacket, but now protected by a custom-fitted mylar wrapper) [a very nice copy, the covers a little bit rubbed and with one tiny surface nick to the front cover and a short scrape to the rear cover, in both instances exposing a little bit of white beneath the otherwise black surface; there is also a neatly-inked gift inscription (dated April 1957) on the ffep]. (color photographs) Beautifully-produced companion volume to the 1955 Disney "True-Life Adventure Film" THE AFRICAN LION. Per the statement on the copyright page, the book was "designed by Armand A. Bigle and produced by Marc Barraud from the original French language edition 'Walt Disney Lions d'Afrique' [published in 1955]," and was printed in Switzerland. The text, in this edition at least, was credited to James Algar, who began at the…
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Walt Disney Magic Moments
by Arseni, Ercole, Leone Bosi and Massimo Marconi, eds.
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Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editions. Good. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [minor shelfwear, very light soiling to covers, tiny stain near top of front cover, one page in middle of book has come loose]. (B&W/color frame enlargements, photos) Following a very brief history of Disney's career, the book presents frame blow-up versions of ten Disney cartoons: PLANE CRAZY (1928); THE GALLOPIN' GAUCHO (1929); FLOWERS AND TREES (1932); ORPHANS' BENEFIT (1934); PLUTO'S JUDGMENT DAY (1935); MICKEY'S RIVAL (1936); DON DONALD (1936); DONALD'S NEPHEWS (1938); BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR (1938); FERDINAND THE BULL (1938) .
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Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom
by Broggie, Michael
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Pasadena CA: Pentrex Media Group. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1997). 2nd printing. Hardcover. [the book is flawless but for a very tiny blemish of unknown origin on the half-title page; the jacket shows just the faintest traces of surface handling wear]. (color and B&W photographs, facsimiles) The lavishly-illustrated story of Walt Disney's lifelong love of trains and railroading, a "fascination with highly detailed miniatures and mechanical animation that inspired his revolutionary concept in family entertainment based on Disney characters and stories" (i.e., Disneyland). And speaking of lifelong obsessions: the author was introduced to the world of Walt Disney (and specifically his backyard railroad) through his father, Roger Broggie, one of the first of Walt's "Imagineers," who helped to design the Magic Kingdom. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy book; if this concerns you, pease contact us…
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Walt Disney's Nine Old Men & The Art of Animation
by Canemaker, John
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New York: Disney Editions. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.2001). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [no significant wear to book, but there is a Christmas gift inscription on the ffep; the jacket is very nice, with just a touch of surface handling wear, downgraded from Near Fine only because of the price-clipping]. (B&W and color photographs and artwork) A history of Disney animation, as seen through the careers of the studio's legendary Nine Old Men -- "nine unique personalities [who] explored, expanded, and influenced character animation and moviemaking over the course of fifty years, consistently raising the bar by which the art form continues to be judged. [This book] explores their individual relationships with Walt [Disney] and with each other, their artistic breakthroughs and failures, the rivalries, and studio politics." The Nine -- now all gone, alas -- were: Les Clark, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery,…
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Walt Disney: The Art of Animation; The story of the Disney Studio contribution to a new art
by Thomas, Bob, with the Walt Disney staff, with research by Don Graham
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New York: Golden Press, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1958). Reprint. Hardcover. [some wear to the book at the extremities (particularly the spine ends), otherwise a clean and attractive copy; the jacket is a bit edgeworn, with a few short closed edge-tears and some associated horizontal creasing at the bottom edge of the front panel]. (B&W and color artwork, photographs) Despite its self-promotional tone, this is an important work of animation history that benefitted from the full cooperation of the Disney Studio. "Before writing this book, [the author] roamed the Disney Studio, listening to the men who made the historic advances and innovations by which a cartoon moves from the storyboard to the screen. His researches touched upon the full history of animation, and his story includes an intimate view of the production of 'Sleeping Beauty,' in many ways the quintessence of the art of animation." SLEEPING BEAUTY was released in January 1959; the first…
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