Catto Robert (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 514 pp. Original pale yellow wraps w/ light foxing to covers and edges of text block. Few creases to spine. Illust. w/ figures and two fold-out maps. Contents nice.

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1955 film, one showing actors Mai Zetterling and Nigel Patrick, the other showing Zetterling alone. Based on the 1953 novel by Max Catto. A US sergeant aids a German woman in smuggling a group of orphans out of the country to Brazil in order for the children to start life anew. Set in post-WWII Berlin, shot on location in London and Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, lightly creased to the bottom left corner. Grant US. Lee, The Heist Film. Spicer US.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Reprint. 8vo. 23cm x 15cm. Publisher's original buff card covers, titled in black to spine and front cover, some light marginal shelfwear, but generally the only significant defect is some grubbiness to the light coloured card. A very good, strong copy. 513pp. Internally clean. 2 folding maps and numerous in text diagrams, maps, and charts. An incredibly detailed and forensically focussed survey of every aspect (at least the aspects US intelligence and its civilian analysts had access to) of Vietnamese life, culture,social structure, economy, geography, religion and all points between. Everything from GDP to styles of dance and whether the suburbs of Saigon had adequate garbage collection services is examined, along with a large amount of military and population data. One could be forgiven for thinking that by 1962 the US Army had already decided that large scale military involvement in Vietnam was a foregone conclusion.

Two vintage photographs from the set of the 1957 film, one showing actors Rita Hayworth and Jack Lemmon relaxing between takes, the other showing Hayworth and actor Robert Mitchum waiting while the camera crew sets up on a boat. Mimeo snipe to the verso of the second photograph. Based on the 1954 novel by Max Catto, about two smugglers whose partnership is tested when they agree to transport an undocumented woman to a Caribbean island. Photographs 5 x 7 and 8 x 10 inches. Light curling and faint diagonal creasing to the corners. Very Good plus.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing director Ronald Neame talking to actor Robert Mitchum between takes. Based on the 1961 novel by Max Catto, about a con artist who finds himself the subject of religious fervor in a small African village after he is found injured and unconscious in the reeds on the banks of a river. Shot on location in Kenya, at Lake Naivasha and the Amboseli National Park. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing actress Carroll Baker laughing in a makeshift bath on the set. Based on the 1961 novel by Max Catto, about a con artist who finds himself the subject of religious fervor in a small African village after he is found injured and unconscious in the reeds on the banks of a river. Shot on location in Kenya, at Lake Naivasha and the Amboseli National Park. 9.25 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine.

Two vintage reference photographs from the 1957 film, both showing actress Rita Hayworth dancing, surrounded by extras clad in Trinidadian costume. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, and both with agency stamps on the versos. Based on the 1954 novel by Max Catto, about two smugglers whose partnership is tested when they agree to transport an undocumented woman to a Caribbean island (who turns out to be Rita Hayworth). 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly age toned.