wally ferris (5 Ergebnisse)

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R150234211: 1971. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 250 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.0872-Le roman policier.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R150108771: 1971. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 250 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine.

Seven vintage color studio still photographs from the 1972 film, including five mounted as issued by the distributor on a presentation card. Based on the 1970 novel by Wally Ferris, about two New York City cops who become involved in a bloody struggle between the Italian mob, the Harlem mob, and a pair of small-time crooks who have stolen thousands of dollars from both groups. Due to its setting in Harlem, this underrated crime drama is often lumped with other Blaxploitation pictures of the era, when in truth it belongs to the great pantheon of gritty, violent police procedurals of the early 1970s?something of a New York City companion to Don Siegel's "Dirty Harry," released the year before. Set in Harlem, shot on location in New York City. Cards 10 x 8 inches. Presentation card 14 x 11 inches. Color studio still photographs and presentation cards Very Good plus. Grant US. Parish and Hill 3. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard, Blaxploitation Cinema, p. 68, 83-84.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); blue cloth-covered spine over blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in red on spine, and publisher's logo stamped in red on front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 262pp. Slight spine lean, with modest shelf-wear, and soil to spine, upper edge of textblock, and front endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Robert Korn, unclipped (priced $5.95), with modest shelf-wear, 1.5" tear to upper rear spine fold, 1" tear to upper rear panel, and creases to extremities; Good. Set in Harlem, its film adaptation (1972) directed by Barry Shear starred Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Quinn, and Paul Benjamin. [88641].

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, first printing. [vi], 262 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth-affect paper over blue spine cloth lettered in orange, orange topstain and endpapers. Near Fine with light rubbing and fading to extremities, several tiny stains to topstain, miniscule corner chips to prelims. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine panel, light edgewear, and diagonal crease and price sticker to front flap. The sole novel published by New York television cameraman Wally Ferris. His thriller about a race war between Black and Italian mobsters was the basis for the bloody 1972 movie Across 110th Street, which featured a memorable title track by Bobby Womack. That song was later reused by Quentin Tarantino for his 1997 movie Jackie Brown.