Alyce Canfield (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: VG. paperback.

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. G-2, very good , (TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORIES), paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. G-2, almost near fine, appears unread, crossed out name on the ep (TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORIES), paperback,

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. ; approx. 11x14; 3 pages; Please note: Scan may not show complete page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Vintage 1953 1st edition of "It Takes More Than Talent." The book is overall in very good condition with some minor signs of wear and age. It comes in its original dust jacket which is in good- condition with sunning to the front cover & spine, a chip to the top of the spine, some light staining, and some other minor chips and tears. The jacket comes in a removeable protective mylar wrapper. The actual orange cloth cover of the book has some light wear with a little bit of edge wear to the boards. The interior is lightly toned from age but generally nice and clean with just a few pages with a very minor stain or light bit of foxing. Along with that here may be the very occasional page with some kind of minor imperfection. The book measures approximately 8 5/8 inches by 5 7/8 inches and is 300 pages long. The chapters include: Knowing Something About It; What Makes a Good Screen Story?; How to Sell a Story to the Movies; How to Become a Director; Do You Want to Be a Star?; The Production Office and Big Plan; How to Get a Job as a Studio Secretary; Your Career as a Dress Designer; The Praisery Department; What Does a Producer Do?; Are you the Academic Type?; The Hard-to-Crack Fields; How YOU Can Get There; Television; The Summing Up; and an appendix Your Movie Career at a Glance. Please look at all of the photos to further note the condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by Pyramid Royal, 1961. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with binding slightly exposed inside front cover and first few pages loose. Great copy of this vintage book offering beauty tips and tricks.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Text block and boards are clean, straight and tight. Boards straight and tips pointed.Orange cloth boards with red and green text and graphics. Dust Jacket has tearouts on spine ends up to 3 inches and some other chipping at other edges and is not Price Clipped. Looks spectacular in plastic dust jacket protector. Comes packed in wrappable box.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dj. Illustrated by (dj design) H. Lawrence Hoffman (illustrator). First Edition. (price-clipped) [good sound clean copy with only a trace of shelfwear; the jacket is faded and tanned at the spine, with the title (in white lettering) just barely readable thereon, and shows a bit of wear along the hinges and at the spine ends]. Not an autobiography, although the veteran producer-director does draw on his own experiences (and tells "the intimate stories behind the stars") in the course of informing the reader how movies are made, "from the choice of the story to the last bit of costuming, cutting, or exploitation," and advising them on "how to go about getting a job [in Hollywood] -- how to walk through studio gates, be interviewed by the right person, and go to work . tell[ing] you exactly what job openings there are, what the union situation is, what salary you may expect, what hours you work, and what raises and advancements you may hope for." Introduction by Louis B. Mayer.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xiii, 300 pages; orange cloth with red and green spine titles and decorations; top edge green; signed by author to front free endpaper ("For Alvin Mervyn LeRoy"); green and orange striped dust jacket, not price-clipped, now in protective plastic; slight rubbing to board extremities; some age-toning, scattered foxing to interior; sunning, age-toning to spine of jacket, withe darkening to upper extremities, slight rubbing to lower; a very good plus copy in a very good jacket; solid, signed example of this handbook on how to get a job in Hollywood during the 1950s. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed & signed by co-author Alyce Canfield. Octavo. Condition: minor chipping & age-darkening to DJ; front cover very slightly bowed; else very good in good DJ. 300 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fine if you discount marks made by the author; a tiny white stain to rear cover near spine; a few dust spots to fore edges of pages; a little soil and a few scuffs to top edge of pages; else As New. In Good dust jacket with some edge wear at top and bottom and some fading/staining/soil to spine; in a mylar sleeve. Stated First Edition. Signed on first free page: "Mervyn LeRoy My Book April 15th 1980". Contains underlining, seemingly by a felt tip pen also used for the signature, on the DJ and in the book, primarily within the Introduction and DEDICATION, and primarily of LeRoy's name and the names of actors and films. LeRoy died of heart failure complicated by Alzheimer's disease in 1987, and one can speculate that the markings in his 1953 First Edition were made by him during the early stages of Alzheimer's as he reminisced/tried to recall his career. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED First Printing of FIRST EDITION. The book is in nice shape with clean covers, no rubbing, tight binding, other than author inscription and signature no owner marks or writing on pages, no foxing. The dust jacket has minor edge wear, small tears at spine ends. The book has 300 pages. This book is inscribed and signed by Mervyn Leroy to Eric Johnston. Johnston was the first president (and remained president for decades) of the Motion Picture Association of America. Also, Johnston was appointed by Truman as the head of the Economic Stabilization Agency. He was also head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, served on several commissions under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was a special presidential representative under Eisenhower, met with Stalin and Khrushchev. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Signed by Author(s).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Canadian Edition. Features: Hiroshima and Nagasaki haven't recovered from their nuclear bombings yet - article with photos; Monte Crews cover illustration of college graduation scene; Nice ad for the 1946 Chrysler Royal (purple) inside front cover; Nice ad for the 1946 De Soto Custom (red); The Mystery of Monsieur Pliny (short story); Rolling Home - Violet Vincent and her husband lived for a month on the road in their travel trailer - article with photos; Girl of My Childhood (short story); Profile of Harry O. McCurry - he buys $60,000 of art each year for Canada's National Art Gallery; The Gay Life (short story); Movie star Vivian Blaine - Photo-illustrated article; Sheba on Trampled Grass - condensation of this book by Tom Powers; The Throp Family (comic); and more. 50 stapled pages. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage example. ; 4to.