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	Paper Cut in China; Facial Makeup of Peking Opera Peking, China. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Size: 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 20 pages. Book in excellent condition - light shelf and edge wear only--tiny bump to bottom edge front cover; light rubs, no interior marks. Paper cut is a picture cut out of paper. This book has 8 paper cuts, each one representing the face makeup of a character performed by the Peking Opera. The paper cuts are individual cut outs, slipped behind a sheet of plastic opposite a scene from the particular opera. An explication of the makeup's significance is in English and Chinese. Photo is of a two-page spread from the book. Quantity Available: 1. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 004628 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	LAWSON, JOHN HOWARD Film in the Battle of Ideas Masses & Mainstream, New York, New York, 1953. First Edition, Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 126 pages. Inscribed on the title page, "To ____ Kaiser, cordially, John Howard Lawson." Lawson was a playwright, screenwriter, and critic. He was one of the Hollywood artists imprisoned for defending the Bill of Rights again the witch-hunting Un-American Committee. Book in very nice condition - light shelf and edge wear, Front cover half torn from text block; small chip/tear front cover at top of spine, light spine creases. Half title page is missing, original store stamp inside front cover; previous owner's bookplate stamp--from the library of Garth S. Jowett. No interior marks. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 13 oz to2 lbs.. USD 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 \| £UK 8 \| JP¥ 1118] Book number: 004748 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	LOWNDES, ROSEMARY AND CLAUDE KAILER Make Your Own World of the Theatre All You Need is a Pair of Scissors and Glue Angus & Robertson Publishers, London, England, 1982. First Edition, Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Size: 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. From the pages of this book, using scissors and glue, you can make a three-dimensional theater, complete with orchestra, stage crew and backstage details. In addition you can create full productions of the opera La Boheme and the ballet The Sleeping Beauty with 370 costumes and eight sets to slide on and off stage. Book in excellent condition--front upper cover corner lightly bumped. Thumbnail-size delamination open edge on back cover, otherwise light shelf wear. The book in intact, pages clean. Quantity Available: 1. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 001029 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	MILLER, TOBY The Avengers British Film Inst, United Kingdom, 1998. Reprint, Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Size: 64mo - up to 3" Tall. 192 pages, index, credits, bibilography, photographs. The 60's television show The Avengers had everything: pop art, fashion, tradition, modernity, high Englishness, feminism, espionage, the Cold War, empire, sadism, fetishism, the fun of commodity. The series was censured by the US Congress for violence and banned in the UK, at one point, for electoral interference. Book in excellent condition--faintest shelfwear. Upper corner back cover looks like a short corner crease, but it is not; the lamination has been rolled up--probably done at the binders. Quantity Available: 1. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 002234 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	RODDICK, NICK A New Deal in Entertainment: Warner Brothers in the 1930s British Film Institute, London, 1983. First Edition, Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 332 index, bibliography, filmography. Sections include: The Studio System, Visions of the Thirties, Visions of History. And a conclusion named The Burbanking of America. Book in excellent condition - long mark on back cover, faint reading crease on front cover along spine, otherwise lightest shelf and edge wear only. No interior marks. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 13 oz to2 lbs.. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 004751 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	SCHLESINGER, SARAH; JANICE BARRINGER The Pointe Book: Shoes, Training & Technique Princeton Book Co Pub, Hightstown, New Jersey, U.S.A. 1998. Revised Edition, Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 186 pages, index, bibliography. Book in excellent condition--lightest shelf wear only, no interior marks. Pointe shoe fitting, preparing, and maintenance; pointe-related injuries and their remedies; the basics of teaching pointe, comparing proven methods. Quantity Available: 1. USD 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 817] Book number: 004429 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..

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	Paper Cut in China; Facial Makeup of Peking Opera Peking, China. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Size: 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 20 pages. Book in excellent condition - light shelf and edge wear only--tiny bump to bottom edge front cover; light rubs, no interior marks. Paper cut is a picture cut out of paper. This book has 8 paper cuts, each one representing the face makeup of a character performed by the Peking Opera. The paper cuts are individual cut outs, slipped behind a sheet of plastic opposite a scene from the particular opera. An explication of the makeup's significance is in English and Chinese. Photo is of a two-page spread from the book. Quantity Available: 1. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 004628 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	LAWSON, JOHN HOWARD Film in the Battle of Ideas Masses & Mainstream, New York, New York, 1953. First Edition, Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 126 pages. Inscribed on the title page, "To ____ Kaiser, cordially, John Howard Lawson." Lawson was a playwright, screenwriter, and critic. He was one of the Hollywood artists imprisoned for defending the Bill of Rights again the witch-hunting Un-American Committee. Book in very nice condition - light shelf and edge wear, Front cover half torn from text block; small chip/tear front cover at top of spine, light spine creases. Half title page is missing, original store stamp inside front cover; previous owner's bookplate stamp--from the library of Garth S. Jowett. No interior marks. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 13 oz to2 lbs.. USD 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 \| £UK 8 \| JP¥ 1118] Book number: 004748 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	LOWNDES, ROSEMARY AND CLAUDE KAILER Make Your Own World of the Theatre All You Need is a Pair of Scissors and Glue Angus & Robertson Publishers, London, England, 1982. First Edition, Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Size: 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. From the pages of this book, using scissors and glue, you can make a three-dimensional theater, complete with orchestra, stage crew and backstage details. In addition you can create full productions of the opera La Boheme and the ballet The Sleeping Beauty with 370 costumes and eight sets to slide on and off stage. Book in excellent condition--front upper cover corner lightly bumped. Thumbnail-size delamination open edge on back cover, otherwise light shelf wear. The book in intact, pages clean. Quantity Available: 1. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 001029 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	MILLER, TOBY The Avengers British Film Inst, United Kingdom, 1998. Reprint, Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Size: 64mo - up to 3" Tall. 192 pages, index, credits, bibilography, photographs. The 60's television show The Avengers had everything: pop art, fashion, tradition, modernity, high Englishness, feminism, espionage, the Cold War, empire, sadism, fetishism, the fun of commodity. The series was censured by the US Congress for violence and banned in the UK, at one point, for electoral interference. Book in excellent condition--faintest shelfwear. Upper corner back cover looks like a short corner crease, but it is not; the lamination has been rolled up--probably done at the binders. Quantity Available: 1. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 002234 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	RODDICK, NICK A New Deal in Entertainment: Warner Brothers in the 1930s British Film Institute, London, 1983. First Edition, Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 332 index, bibliography, filmography. Sections include: The Studio System, Visions of the Thirties, Visions of History. And a conclusion named The Burbanking of America. Book in excellent condition - long mark on back cover, faint reading crease on front cover along spine, otherwise lightest shelf and edge wear only. No interior marks. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 13 oz to2 lbs.. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 004751 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..
	SCHLESINGER, SARAH; JANICE BARRINGER The Pointe Book: Shoes, Training & Technique Princeton Book Co Pub, Hightstown, New Jersey, U.S.A. 1998. Revised Edition, Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 186 pages, index, bibliography. Book in excellent condition--lightest shelf wear only, no interior marks. Pointe shoe fitting, preparing, and maintenance; pointe-related injuries and their remedies; the basics of teaching pointe, comparing proven methods. Quantity Available: 1. USD 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 817] Book number: 004429 Click here to order or inquire at Fort Bend Book Co..