Mcfarlane Brian With (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. NF/VG++. Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition. 1971. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Nice solid copy. With Photographs (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 204 pp. Content clean, bright and sound with minor shelf wear to covers. Illustrted with B/W Photos (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 237 pp. Illus. with photos (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this softcover book with NO previous names or inscriptions present.This copy was acquired from the impressive private library of Film Director Roy Ward Baker who also wrote the preface for this book.He started in the film industry as a gofar boy,but worked his way up to the level of as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938).He served in the Army during World War II, transferring to the Army Kinematograph Unit in 1943. One of his superiors at the time was novelist Eric Ambler who insisted on Baker being given his first big break directing The October Man, from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947.Ambler also adapted Walter Lord's A Night to Remember for Baker's 1958 screen version.His next two films, The Weaker Sex and Paper Orchid (1949) were popular but overshadowed by the success of Morning Departure (1950), also featuring John Mills.Baker worked for three years at Fox where he directed Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock 1952. He returned to the UK in 1953 and continued to work on films.He worked for television during the 1960s. He directed episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders and Minder,4to 285pp First Edition 1st Impression.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this softcover book with NO previous names or inscriptions present.This copy was acquired from the impressive private library of Film Director Roy Ward Baker who also wrote the preface for this book.He started in the film industry as a gofar boy,but worked his way up to the level of as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938).He served in the Army during World War II, transferring to the Army Kinematograph Unit in 1943. One of his superiors at the time was novelist Eric Ambler who insisted on Baker being given his first big break directing The October Man, from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947.Ambler also adapted Walter Lord's A Night to Remember for Baker's 1958 screen version.His next two films, The Weaker Sex and Paper Orchid (1949) were popular but overshadowed by the success of Morning Departure (1950), also featuring John Mills.Baker worked for three years at Fox where he directed Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock 1952. He returned to the UK in 1953 and continued to work on films.He worked for television during the 1960s. He directed episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders and Minder,4to 285pp First Edition 1st Impression.…

Soft Cover. Condition: VG. First Edition Paperback. 119pp. with b/w illustrations. Xmas gift note on the half-title page (first page), light soil to outer edges, creasing from page handling, light tanning to paper and small curl/creasing at corners. Wraps have edge/rub wear, graze marks, small tears and creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 21.2 x 27.4 x .9cm, wt500g Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Soft Cover. Condition: VG. First Edition Paperback. 119pp. with b/w illustrations. Tape stain marks on the first couple of pages, light soil to outer edges, creasing from page handling, light tanning to paper and small curl/creasing at corners. Wraps have edge/rub wear, graze marks, small tears and creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 21.2 x 27.4 x .9cm, wt500g Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Soft Cover. 88pp. with colour illustrations, signed with a brief inscription by McFarlane on the half-title page (first page), number line "1 2 3 4 5 DP 0 9 8 7 6 5". Soil to outer edges, creasing from page handling, curl/creasing at corners and tanning to paper. Wraps have edge/rub wear, indentation marks/impressions, creasing, a tear at the bottom of the spine and small graze marks. Actual book for sale pictured. 21.7 x 27.9 x .8cm, wt600g Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. …