Flaherty Robert, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Stan Sowinski (illustrator). Limited Edition. 4to. Pp. ix, [2], 3-175 followed by several color plates by Stan Sowinski. Richly illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs and print matter. Maps. With a note on contributors. Bound in textured cloth with gilt artwork stamped on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. The prospectus is laid in, as well as an order form and an article on the death of the widow of author Max Miller, a contributor here and the author of I Cover the Waterfront. Of an edition limited to 500 copies, the limitation is stricken and noted in manuscript pen: "Presentation copy." Several of the entries are signed by the authors. A bright, fresh copy of the annual, this issue being the "Bicentennial Year" issue featuring articles on early efforts by the British to establish a consulate in California, the history of Fort Piute, the evolution of the University of San Diego, Father Lasuen's 1783 report on the Mission San Diego, historian-journalist Max Miller, the Molokan Russian Colony of Guadalupe, Santa Catarina de Las Yumas, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good copy of this signed first edition. Inscription from Flaherty on title page. Boards have light edge wear and some 'bubbling' around spine (see photo). Light foxing to first few pages, otherwise text is very good; clear and unmarked. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine First Edition in a Near Fine unclipped DJ.inscribed and signed by the author to the half title,' J E Waller with many thanks'. Boards are lightly rubbed but square and sharp although the spine is bubbling which appears to be a common trait with this title. Textblock is bright, tight & clean. DJ has some light wear to the edges and is a little darkened to the spine. This is an exceptionally good signed copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 4to (large). Black cloth lettered in silver, [70] unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout, SIGNED by all three authors, light smudging on pages, light edge and spine wear, near fine in a near fine but somewhat soiled, sunned d/w, unclipped.Protective Mylar Taped to DW, An artistic and anthropological exploration of Eskimo art. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 314. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Signed presentation from the author on the title page, "To Elizabeth Hausen Bay, with all good wishes, Robert Flaherty, 24 Whitecourt Street, London WC2, June 22/38." Covers very slightly mottled with slight shelfwear and slight foxing to illustrated (map) endpapers, otherwise sound, near very good with clean text. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 314. Endpaper maps. Bound in green cloth with blue lettering stamped on cover and spine, light toning to spine. Inscribed by the author's wife, Frances Flaherty, in the year of publication. Uncommon thus. Frances Hubbard was married to Flaherty from 1914 until his death in 1951. She was his editor, collaborator, and the co?architect of the films "Nanook of the North," "Moana," and "Man of Aran." She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story for "Louisiana Story" (1948). Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Small quarto. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards with printed label. Modest stains on the spine, some light tidemarks on the front board and on the edge of the first couple of leaves, else a sound good or better copy lacking the dust jacket, but with all plates and maps present. Inscribed by Robert J. Flaherty to the film director, screenwriter, and producer Paul Bern: "To Paul Bern with the good wishes of the author, Robert Flaherty. New York City. Jan. 4th, 1927." Bern was Irving Thalberg's personal assistant and considered one of the great talents in Hollywood, but his fate was unfortunate, related by Kenneth Anger in his scandalous book *Hollywood Babylon*. Bern died by his own hand just two months after marrying the Hollywood bombshell Jean Harlow. Anger attributed Bern's suicide to his impotence, but others surmised he was murdered by an abandoned common-in-law wife, with the studio covering up the scandal to protect their biggest star. This book documents several of Flaherty's trips to the Hudson Bay area, which were the basis for the ultra-influential 1922 film *Nanook of The North*, generally regarded as the first feature-length documentary. Bern had an extensive library; many of his books fell into the possession of his friend and fellow MGM producer Carey Wilson, from whose estate this came. A terrific association connecting two important early Hollywood figures.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed presentation copy from documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty to screenwriter Julian Johnson, his partner in writing the South Seas Flaherty film, Moana (1926). Inscribed: ÒTo Julian Johnson, with the best wishes in the world. Bob Flaherty, New Yok, April15/25Ó. Julian Johnson (1885-1965), one time husband of New York nightclub hostess, Texas Guinan, had a distinguished career in Hollywood. He co-wrote the screenplay for Wings (1927), the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Johnson worked with D.W. Griffith on The Sorrows of Satan (1926), worked twice with Josef Von Sternberg on The Docks of New York (1928) and The Case of Lena Smith (1929) as well as numerous pictures starring actor Emil Jannings. Eventually, Johnson became the head story editor for 20th Century Fox studios in the 1930s. Quarter cloth to paper-covered boards. Printed paper titles labels on the spine and front board. Binding is tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear rubbed corners; age-soiling; title page toned and slightly foxed. quarto, 10 inches tall; 170 pages. Illustrated with Photographs and Color Plates from Photographs by the Author; and Halftone Drawings by Eskimo artists; Maps. Flaherty's popular account of several trips in the Hudson's Bay area and Baffin Island. This classic work by Flaherty, to accompany his groundbreaking film, Nanook of the North. Orson Welles picked Nanook of the North as one of his top ten favorite best films.

First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jack Beddington via John Grierson -horn blower and then some! With all good wishes, Cafe Royal, London, August 7 - 1938". An excellent association linking one of the pioneers of documentary film with one of its most notable patrons. The author, Robert Flaherty, is best known for his 1922 film, Nanook of the North, and is regarded, along with his close friend, John Grierson, as one of the fathers of documentary film. As publicity director at Shell and BP, Jack Beddington had commissioned John Betjeman's Shell Country Guides and been responsible for the famous poster campaigned that had commissioned work from Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, McKnight Kauffer, Edward Bawden, and Rex Whistler, among others. He also produced films through the Shell Film Unit, established on Grierson's recommendation and quickly recognized for the imaginative style of its projects. During the war he became director of the Ministry of Information's Film Division, focusing on the production of documentary films but also enabling the making of feature films like One of Our Aircraft is Missing, A Canterbury Tale, and A Matter of Life and Death. Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine in black, map front endpapers. With dust jacket. Spine rolled, loss of size from boards, spotting to edges of contents. A good copy in the rubbed and browned jacket with a chip from the head of the spine panel affecting the title and two tape repairs to the verso.