Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Verlag: Delacorte Press, New York, 1966
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. Folio. Some light offsetting on front fly, modest foxing on page and cloth edges, very good in an about very good dustwrapper with tears along the extremities, small dampstain on spine head. Actor McDowell's excellent first collection of photographs of celebrities, with commentary by those equally celebrated. For example: Marlon Brando by James Baldwin, Tennessee Williams by Gore Vidal, Lauren Bacall by Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland by Edward Albee, Lillian Hellman by William Styron, Jerome Robbins by Stephen Sondheim, Robert Redford by William Goldman, Lee Remick by Horton Foote, Jennifer Jones by Henry Miller, Oscar Lavant by Dorothy Parker, Sidney Poiter by Harry Belafonte and many more. A fascinating book.
Verlag: N.p., N.p., 1960
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage double weight borderless photograph of actors Laurence Olivier and Roddy McDowell in conversation on the set of the 1961 television film. With the stamp of photographer Sheldon Secunda on the verso, along with a library stamp. 8 x 9 inches. Near Fine.
Verlag: Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1960
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fotografie
Vintage oversize, double weight still photograph from the 1960 film, depicting stars Doris Day and Rex Harrison relaxing on a restaurant set between takes. Based on the play "Matilda Shouted Fire" by Janet Green. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with a manuscript notation on the verso in his hand. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine.
Verlag: Delacorte Press, New York, 1966
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Folio. Some modest offsetting on front fly, else about fine in near fine dust jacket with a small hope on the front flap fold. Actor McDowell's excellent first (of several) collections of photographs of celebrities, with commentary by those equally celebrated. For example: Marlon Brando by James Baldwin, Tennessee Williams by Gore Vidal, Lauren Bacall by Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland by Edward Albee, Lillian Hellman by William Styron, Jerome Robbins by Stephen Sondheim, Robert Redford by William Goldman, Lee Remick by Horton Foote, Jennifer Jones by Henry Miller, Oscar Lavant by Dorothy Parker, Sidney Poiter by Harry Belafonte and many more. A fascinating book.
Verlag: Delacorte Press, New York, 1966
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Uncorrected proof or publisher's mock-up. Folio. Leaves stapled stoutly together and are fine, with publisher's title label affixed to first leaf, and laid into a lightly rubbed near fine dust jacket. Actor McDowell's excellent first (of several) collections of photographs of celebrities, with commentary by those equally celebrated. For example: Marlon Brando by James Baldwin, Tennessee Williams by Gore Vidal, Lauren Bacall by Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland by Edward Albee, Lillian Hellman by William Styron, Jerome Robbins by Stephen Sondheim, Robert Redford by William Goldman, Lee Remick by Horton Foote, Jennifer Jones by Henry Miller, Oscar Lavant by Dorothy Parker, Sidney Poiter by Harry Belafonte and many more. A fascinating book.
Verlag: Hollywood, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, (1946). (1946)., 1946
Anbieter: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, USA
Zustand: Very good. - A 10-1/4 inch high by 8 inch wide glossy black & white vintage photograph depicting the main cast of the film, Jose Iturbi, Roddy McDowall, Jane Powell, Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, and Xavier Cugat with his violin lined up on a staircase. The number "S1360-25" is printed in white along the bottom left of the image. There are minor creases and three holes are punched along the left edge. Very good. This a vintage publicity photo, not a reproduction, sent out to newspapers and periodicals of the period. Text from a printed press release is tipped onto the verso. It reads: "SEXTETTE FROM MEXICO.Walter Pidgeon stars in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's exciting Technicolor extravaganza with Ilona Massey, Jane Powell, Roddy McDowall, Jose Iturbi and Xavier Cugat. The story, which deals with the adventures of the American Ambassador to Mexico and his 'teen-aged daughter, is filled with color, music and romance. It was directed by George Sidney, and produced by Joe Pasternak.".
Verlag: Delacorte Press, New York, 1966
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
First edition. First edition. Photographs of celebrities by McDowell, each photograph accompanied by a commentary contributed by another celebrity. 1 vols. 4to. With an original portrait photograph of Stravinsky by McDowell loosely inserted, inscribed by Stravinsky to friend Miranda Massoco Levy. Miranda "Mirandi" Massoco Levy (1914-2011) was the doyenne of Sante Fe cultural life, instumental in the success of the Sante Fe Opera, and a close friend of Stravinsky. Black and white cloth, the latter printed in black with title. Top edge a littled browned, otherwise fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear. Photograph creased and edgeworn Photographs of celebrities by McDowell, each photograph accompanied by a commentary contributed by another celebrity. 1 vols. 4to.