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ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND BOOKS TO US FILM DIRECTOR TAY GARNETT FROM TRUFFAUT, KAZAN, et al.

ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND BOOKS TO US FILM DIRECTOR TAY GARNETT FROM TRUFFAUT, KAZAN, et al. by (Garnett, Tay). (Luis Bunuel, Francois Truffaut, Willaim Wyler, Frank Capra, Jean Renoir, Elia Kazan, et al0

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Title
ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND BOOKS TO US FILM DIRECTOR TAY GARNETT FROM TRUFFAUT, KAZAN, et al.
Author
(Garnett, Tay). (Luis Bunuel, Francois Truffaut, Willaim Wyler, Frank Capra, Jean Renoir, Elia Kazan, et al0
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
various: various 0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tay Garnett (1894-1977) was one of the great American film directors of Hollywood's Golden Age. His six-decade career spanned silents for Mack Sennett, Hal Roach and Pathé, to major studio blockbusters like China Seas (1935), Mrs. Parkington (1944), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), and the MGM film noir masterpiece, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). At the end of his career, he set out compiling views on directing from the greatest in the American film industry and international cinema. This collection of correspondence and books was assembled by him in the course of research. His book, "Directing: Learn from the Masters" (Scarecrow Press, 1996), published posthumously, ultimately presented the views of 43 of the world's greatest directors. In the mid 1970s, Garnett sent a questionnaire of 21 key questions about the specifics of film directing and their careers to directors around the world. The correspondence, dated between 1974 and 1977, consists of the following: 1 page TLS from ELIA KAZAN; 5 page TLS from ELIA KAZAN responding to the questionnaire in detail; TLS from director Leopoldo Torre Nilson; 1 page TLS from LOUIS MALLE; 1 page TLS from ALAIN RESNAIS; 1 page TLS from BRYAN FORBES; 2 page TLS with handwritten annotations from DINO RISI; 1 page ANS from ALLAN DWAN; four, 1-page TLSs from FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT, who authored the preface to Garnett's book; two, 1 page TLSs from RENE CLAIR; 2 page TLS from FRED ZINNEMAN; 1 page ANS from Mary Walsh, wife of RAOUL WALSH; five, 1 page ALSs and one, 2 page ALS from ALBERTO LATTUADA (who advises the best address for Fellini ".in the middle of work on 'Casanova'."). Also included are carbon copies of Garnett's letter requesting participation in the project to Clair, Truffaut, Lattauda, Stanley Kubrik, Luchino Visconti, Franco Zefferelli, Claude Lelouche and business letters to prospective publishers. The books consist of 17 titles by or about 14 directors, each inscribed by the director to the Garnett. LUIS BUNUEL inscribed "Luis Bunuel" by Raymond Durgnat (University of California Press, 1968, trade paperback). FRANK CAPRA inscribed his autobiography "Frank Capra - The Name Above the Title" (Macmillan, 1971) ". with fond memories of . those cockeyed Mac Sennett days.". RENE CLAIR inscribed, in French, his own book "Cinema Yesterday and Today" (Dover, 1977, trade paperback). GEORGE CUKOR inscribed Gavin Lambert's biography of him "On Cukor" (W. H. Allan, 1973). ALAN DWAN inscribed "Allan Dwan - The Last Pioneer" by Peter Bogdanovitch (Praeger Film Library, softcover, 1968). HOWARD HAWKS inscribed "Focus on Howard Hawks" edited by Joseph McBride (Prentice Hall, 1972, trade paperback). ELIA KAZAN inscribed "Kazan on Kazan" by Michel Clement (Viking Press, 1974). ALBERTO LATTUADA inscribed three books: F.M. de Sanctis' "Alberto Lattuada - Premier Plan" (Revue Mensuelle De Cinema, circa1965, paperback), Edoarda Bruno's "Lattuuda o la Proosta Ambigue" ( Luglio, 1968, paperback), and Angelo Zanallato's "L'uomo (Cattiva Sorte): Il Cinema di Lattuada" (Livania, 1973, trade paperback). MERVYN LEROY inscribed his autobiography "Mervyn LeRoy; Take One" (Hawthorne Books, 1974) - "for Tay, whose 'take one' was always his best, and so was his last." JEAN RENOIR inscribed his autobiography "My Life and My Films" (Collins, 1974). FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT inscribed two books, his own novelization of his film "Small Change" (Grove Press, 1977, paperback) and Don Allen's book on him "Truffaut" (Viking Press, 1974). KING VIDOR inscribed his own book "King Vidor on Film Making" (David McKay, 1972). RAOUL WALSH inscribed his own book "Each Man in His Time" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974) - ". my good old pal in the golden days of Hollywood.". WILLIAM WYLER inscribed his autobiography. Taped-in is a ANS from Wyler. Most books are hardcover first editions unless otherwise noted, in used but presentable dustrjackets.
Bullitt (Original concept artwork for the 1968 film)

Bullitt (Original concept artwork for the 1968 film) by Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn (starring); Norbert Jobst (designer); Peter Yates (director); Robert L. Pike (novel); Alan R. Trustman, Harry Kleiner (screenwriters)

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Bullitt (Original concept artwork for the 1968 film)
Author
Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn (starring); Norbert Jobst (designer); Peter Yates (director); Robert L. Pike (novel); Alan R. Trustman, Harry Kleiner (screenwriters)
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Royal Books (United States)
Description
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1968. Vintage concept artwork for the 1968 film. A striking two-color op-art design by uncredited artist Norbert Jobst, who had previously worked in title design for the 1967 film "Games." The dimensions of the artwork suggests it was designed for a pressbook or film program. Mounted and laminated, and stamped with a "PermaPlaque, Hollywood" logo on the verso. Based on Robert Pike's 1963 novel "Mute Witness." Easily one of Steve McQueen's most minimal performances, and one of the best examples of location shooting ever made. A key crime film, complex and unsentimental, that set the bar for those that would follow. Shot on location in San Francisco. Artwork, 18.5 x 12 inches mounted and laminated onto a 21 x 14.5 inch wooden plaque. Lightly rubbed else Near Fine, with a tiny chip on the bottom edge. National Film Registry. Grant US. Penzler 101.
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LES CHARACTERISTIQUES DE L'ART COPTE by de Gruneisen, W

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LES CHARACTERISTIQUES DE L'ART COPTE
Author
de Gruneisen, W
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Commonwealth Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Istituto di Edizioni Artistiche Fratelli Alinari, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Quarter vellum over paper-covered boards. 195 pp. followed by 65 b/w plates. Additional b/w figures in the text. Text in French. Light soiling to backstrip and boards, with rubbing to corners. Lower fore-corners rubbed through and bumped. Toning to endpapers and light toning to page edges. Very good, no jacket, with faults as noted.
THE ILLUMINATED DESERT [Signed]

THE ILLUMINATED DESERT [Signed] by Williams, Terry Tempest [Story]; Hedden, Chloe [Illustrations]; Montague, Chris [Calligraphy]

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THE ILLUMINATED DESERT [Signed]
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Williams, Terry Tempest [Story]; Hedden, Chloe [Illustrations]; Montague, Chris [Calligraphy]
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780937407113
Description
Moab, Utah: Canyonlands Natural History Association, 2008. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is brown and black with light pink and white lettering. Boards have mild bumping to head fore corners. Signed flat on title page by Terry Tempest Williams [Author], Chloe Hedden [Illustrator], and Chris Montague [Calligrapher]. Shelved in Case 14. 1400230. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Moments with Shelley, Taken thro' the Clairaudience of Shirley Carson Jenney, Psychic by [Bacall, Lauren]; [Shelley, Perchy Bysshe and Mary]; Jenney, Shirley Carson

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Moments with Shelley, Taken thro' the Clairaudience of Shirley Carson Jenney, Psychic
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[Bacall, Lauren]; [Shelley, Perchy Bysshe and Mary]; Jenney, Shirley Carson
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Culver City, California: The Highland Press, [1941]. Hardcover. Very Good+. Cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on upper board; 12mo; pp. 55, [1]. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP, "To Lauren Bacall -- with compliments and every best wish, from Shirley Carson Jenney." Shirley Carson Jenney (d. 1953), American psychic and clairaudient medium, produced several volumes which she claimed to have been communicated to her by the spirit of Percy Bysshe Shelley, including this volume and one previous, "The Great War-Cloud" (1938). Some light bumping at spine tips and along edges of boards. Lauren Bacall (born in the Bronx as Betty Joan Perske, 1924-2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. Howard Hawks (director, producer, screenwriter) changed her first name to Lauren, and Perske adopted "Bacall," a variant of her mother's maiden name (of Romanian Jewish descent), as her screen surname. The young Lauren Bacall, worked as an usher at the St. James Theatre, and as a fashion model. She made her acting debut on Broadway in 1942, at age 17, as a walk-on in "Johnny 2x4." By then, she lived with her mother on Bank Street, Greenwich Village, and in 1942 she was crowned Miss Greenwich Village. Though Diana Vreeland is often credited with "discovering" Bacall, putting her on the cover of "Vogue" in 1943, much of the iconography surrounding Bacall she cultivated herself with the help of Nancy Hawks, Howard Hawks's wife, who advised Bacall on clothing, elegance, manners, and taste. Even Bacall's trademark voice required arduous training -- at Hawks's suggestion, Bacall worked with a voice coach to make her voice lower and deeper. Her screen debut as the leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film "To Have and Have Not" (1944) made her an instant star. She married Bogart in 1945, and continued in the film noir genre alongside him in "The Big Sleep" (1946), "Dark Passage" (1947), and "Key Largo" (1948). She starred in the romantic comedies "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953) with Marilyn Monroe, and "Designing Woman" (1957) with Gregory Peck. She co-starred with John Wayne in his final film, "The Shootist" (1976). Bacall worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for "Applause" (1970) and "Woman of the Year" (1981).
Americains D'Amerique (The Making of Americans)

Americains D'Amerique (The Making of Americans) by Stein, Gertrude

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Americains D'Amerique (The Making of Americans)
Author
Stein, Gertrude
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Paris: Librairie Stock, 1933. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Translated into French by J. Seilliere and Bernard Fay. Preface by Fay. Very Good. Wraps bumped and with very short tears at the edges and corners. Square, front hinge a bit weak, firmly bound otherwise and with many unopened pages. The first French edition of Stein's work The Making of Americans.
SPEEDSECRETS 4: ENGINEERING THE DRIVER

SPEEDSECRETS 4: ENGINEERING THE DRIVER by BENTLEY, Ross

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SPEEDSECRETS 4: ENGINEERING THE DRIVER
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BENTLEY, Ross
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 2005. First Edition. 8vo., pictorial wraps; 160 pages. Illustrated.. Fine (like new) condition.