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$40.00
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Crime Scenes: Movie Poster Art of the Film Noir, the Classic Period 1941-1959


BASSOFF, LAWRENCE & WISE, ROBERT (Fore)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, 159pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover corners/edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Lawrence Bassoff Collection 1997

KEYWORDS: movies history film movie posters art collections collectables collectibles hobbies film noir classic crime thrillers

$100.00
ak2/22a/13

Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman: King of the B Movie


NASHAWATY, CHRIS & LANDIS, JOHN (Intro)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, black & red lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xx + 254pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to spine/cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Abrams 2013

KEYWORDS: history film studies B movies Roger Corman low-budget cult classics

$70.00
ak2/22a/15

Mataura: City of the Falls


MUIR, D C W (Ed)

LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, front eps illus/map, 504pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: D C W Muir / Mataura Historical Society 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Mataura Southland

$40.00
ak2/22a/16

War is Good for Babies and Other Young Children: A History of the Infant and Child Welfare Movement in England 1898-1918


DWORK, DEBORAH

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 307pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & covers/edges, minor chafing)

PUBLISHER: Tavistock Publications 1987

KEYWORDS: child welfare history babies children English England war conflict wellbeing maternal

$47.50
ak2/22a/17

Birth Control and Libel: The Trial of Marie Stopes


BOX, MURIEL (Ed)

Super octavo, grey cloth boards, grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, 392pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl foxing/discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: A S Barnes & Company 1968

KEYWORDS: women's health healthcare history Marie Stopes contraceptive birth control contraceptives reproduction rights

$40.00
ak2/22a/18

A Dirty Filthy Book: The Writings of Charles Knowlton and Annie Besant on Reproductive Physiology and Birth Control and an Account of the Bradlaugh-Beasnt Trial


CHANDRASEKHAR, S & KNOWLTON, CHARLES & BESANT, ANNIE

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 218pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1981

KEYWORDS: women's health healthcare history contraceptive birth control contraceptives reproduction rights theosophy theosophical Annie Besant Charles Knowlton Bradlaugh-Besant trial

$48.50
ak2/22a/19

The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure: Vol V 1932-1934


MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE CLUB & WIREN, S A (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 501pp + index to rear, illus/folding maps/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Alpine Journal journals past issues collections 1930s mountain climbing mountaineering exploration adventure club clubs history historical

$40.00
ak2/22a/22

Heroes of the Range: Yesteryear's Saturday Matinee Movie Cowboys


RAINEY, BUCK

Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xii + 354pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, boards sl warped)

PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1987

KEYWORDS: film history movies matinees westerns cowboys

$40.00
ak2/22a/23

The Shoot-Em-Ups Ride Again: A Supplement to Shoot-Em-Ups


RAINEY, BUCK

Quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 309pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, boards sl warped)

PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1990

KEYWORDS: film history movies matinees westerns cowboys shoot-em-ups

$47.50
ak2/22a/27

3-D Movies: A History and Filmography of Stereoscopic Cinema


HAYES, R M

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi + 414pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company 1989

KEYWORDS: film history films movies 3d 3-d cinema filmography

$44.50
ak2/22a/30

Peckinpah: The Western Films: A Reconsideration


SEYDOR, PAUL & WEDDLE, DAVID (Fore)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 410pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 1997

KEYWORDS: film history studies criticism Sam Peckinpah westerns cowboy movies

$40.00
ak2/22a/31

Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian


VANCE, JEFFREY & LLOYD, SUZANNE & BROWNLOW, KEVIN (Intro) & BOWMAN, MANOAH (Photo Ed)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, grey lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Harry N Abrams 2002

KEYWORDS: movie stars comedians comedy history film stars Harold Harry Lloyd biography biographies memoir

$40.00
ak2/22a/32

Touched by Fire: A Photographic Portrait of the Civil War (2 Vol Set)


DAVIS, WILLAIM C (Ed) & FRASSANITO, WILLIAM A (Photo Ed)

2 VOL SET, square imperial octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown/blue cloth spines, vol 1- 313pp, vol 2- 331pp, unpaginated prelims, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spines, minro wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1985

KEYWORDS: US America American history civil war photos pictorial

$40.00
ak2/22a/33

The Cowboy's Trail Guide to Westerns


MATUSZAK, DAVID F

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, deep red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, vi + 500pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Pacific Sunset Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: movies westerns cowboy film films cowboys history Hollywood entertainment signed

$40.00
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Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies


RAINEY, BUCK & STANWYCK, BARBARA (Fore) & STARRETT, CHARLES (Fore)

Heavy quarto, brown buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board, xix + 632pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems)

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company 1992

KEYWORDS: movies film history films westerns cowboys women actresses portraits biographies filmographies

$40.00
ak2/22b/2

The Bitter End: Hanging Out at America's Nightclub


COLBY, PAUL & FITZPATRICK, MARTIN & KRISTOFFERSON, KRIS (Fore)

Super octavo, orange heavy boards, gilt lettering to black spine, frontispiece, xviii + 230pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cooper Square Press 2002

KEYWORDS: entertainment famous nighclubs Bitter End America American culture history

$47.50
ak2/22b/7

Vietnam: A Chronicle of the War


MACLEAR, MICHAEL & BUELL, HAL (Photo Ed)

Heavy quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 736pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Tess Press 2003

KEYWORDS: 20th twentieth century war conflict Vietnam southeast Asia US America American troops photos photography pictorial modern history

$40.00
ak2/22b/10

Winners of the West: The Sagebrush Heroes of the Silent Screen


LAHUE, KALTON C

Super octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 353pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising & adhesive staining to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl adhesive staining to edges of eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasingchipping & adhesive staining to egdes, light fading to spine, light tanning & chafing/soiling, corners of front flap clipped)

PUBLISHER: A S Barnes and Co 1970

KEYWORDS: old movies cinema cinematic history westerns silent wild west film films

$45.00
ak2/22b/12

Triumph Motor Cycles from 1950 to 1988: Roadsters of 250cc and Over


WILSON, STEVE

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, x + 187pp illus/photos, VG+ (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges, pagination sl odd at prelims- some pages may be missing)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1999

KEYWORDS: Triumph motorcycles motorbikes motor bikes cycles vintage classic 250cc history design engineering

$97.50
ak2/22b/13

Captain if Captured


HOLLINGWORTH, CLARE & TENORIO, NERI

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 323pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine, sl staining to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor adhesive staining to front gutters) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Corporate Communications Ltd 2003

KEYWORDS: journalists journalism war correspondents Clare Hollingworth history autobiography autobiographies memoir

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