Constantin Stanislavski

An Actor Prepares

New York, Theatre Arts Books: Robert M. MacGregor, 1952. 11th printing. Hardcover. 295p. A grey cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Edges worn and fraying, spine tanned, and spotty stains on front and back. The hinges were cracked, but have been repaired. Pencil markings in text and owner's gift inscription inside front cover. READING COPY ONLY. A seminal work on method acting, with introduction by English actor John Gielgud. Fair .

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Book number: 184862

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Brad Steiger and Sherry Hansen-Steiger

Hollywood and the Supernatural

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 269p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Stories of ghosts, eerie coincidences, reincarnation, and psychic powers among Hollywood stars. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. As New .

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Book number: 190851

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Gloria Steinem

Marilyn: Norma Jeane

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1986. 5th printing. Hardcover. 182p. A large hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Owner's stamps on endpapers and title page. Faint foxing on top edge. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact, just a bit foxed along the top. The feminist activist Gloria Steinem analyzes the popular appeal of Marilyn Monroe. Illustrated with photographs by George Barris. Measures approx. 11.25" x 9.5. Very Good .

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Book number: 195773

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Sydney Ladensohn Stern

The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics

Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 468p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. As New .

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Book number: 181641

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Richard B. Stolley, ed.; Tony Chiu

People Celebrates People: The Best of 20 Unforgettable Years

New York, People Books, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 240p. A large hardcover book in very good condition with a near-fine dustjacket. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is like-new apart from a price-clipped flap. Captioned black and white photographs chronicling 20 years of celebrity moments from PEOPLE magazine. Measures approx. 11.5" x 9.4.

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Book number: 162544

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Raymond Strait and Terry Robinson

Lanza: His Tragic Life

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1980. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 181p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Contains the signature and embossed stamp of Chicago-based professional musician Donald Knight; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly worn and sunfaded, but essentially intact. A biography of Mario Lanza, illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 185503

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Eugene Sudak

X

NY, Lancer, 1963. 1st Edition. Paperback. Paperback original. Clean, tight, unmarked softcover book in very good condition. Movie tie-in issued with the horror film starring Ray Milland as The Man with the X-Ray Eyes. The film was directed by Roger Corman. The book is based on the filmscript and the covers have stills from the movie. .

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Book number: 1227624

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Anthony Summers

Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe

New York, Macmillan, 1985. Hardcover. 430p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Owner's stamps inside, but otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped and has three slits in the spine, plus a tiny closed tear at the top of the back panel. Otherwise essentially intact. Illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 195872

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John Russell Taylor

Ingrid Bergman

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1983. First American Edition. Hardcover. 127p. A hardcover book and dustjacket in very good condition. There is a crinkle in the laminate of the jacket, and a few small indent marks as if the book had been used as a writing surface. The jacket is price-clipped. Text clean and binding tight. Photographs from the Kobal Collection. A pictorial biography of the classic Hollywood film star, most famous for her role in Casablanca. Very Good .

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Book number: 204313

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Bob Thomas

I Got Rhythm! the Ethel Merman Story

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 239p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Discreetly ex-library, with a small sticker and card pocket residue on the rear endpaper, but no other markings. Contains the signature of Chicago-based professional musician Donald Knight. Text clean and binding tight. The jacket is price-clipped and has some paste stains on the flaps. It is encased in an old mylar cover. Illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 184977

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David Thomson

The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 595p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Remainder mark on top edge and spine faintly creased; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has only the mildest wear at the bottom of the spine. Very Good .

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Book number: 181457

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David Thomson

Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 792p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Very Good .

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Book number: 185504

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Mel Torme

The Other Side of the Rainbow with Judy Garland on the Dawn Patrol

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1970. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 241p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Contains the signature of Chicago-based professional musician Donald Knight; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is mildly tanned, but fully intact. Torme's memoir of working on THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 185909

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Edward Baron Turk

Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette Macdonald

Berkeley, University of California Press, 1998. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 467p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is mildly shelf-worn, but otherwise intact. Illustrated with a lengthy section of black and white photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 185981

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Lana Turner

Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth

New York, E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 311p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Spine lightly crinkled and binding a bit cockeyed (but still tight). Contains the signature of Chicago-based professional musician Donald Knight; otherwise clean. The jacket is lightly worn and sunfaded, but essentially intact. Illustrated with three sections of black and white photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 185519

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