Ronald Lean (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 56 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 107 pp. ex-library, small label on front cover, small label inside front cover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. An exceptionally scarce first edition of Scottish regional and topical verse by Robert Lean, with poems about political satire, early wartime experience, and the Suffragette movement. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition.A very scarce copy of this work, with just one copy held institutionally at the National Library of Scotland.A charming collection Scottish regional and topical verse, with themes of rural romance, political satire, Glasgow worthies, local pride and early wartime experience, including a contemporary poem on the Suffragette movement.With titles including "Address to the St. mungo Association, Edinburgh," "Ad Mariam Lean," "On the Death of President McKinley," "Loch Lomond," "A War Alphabet," "To our Indian Troops," and "Loss of H.M.S. 'Clan Macnaughton,'" among others. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Rubbing to warps resulting in very minor loss to paper. Slight discolouration to extremities. Slight fading to wraps. The odd minor handling mark and spot. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves. Very Good. book.

Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer J. Arthur Rank on the set of the 1946 British film. Based on the 1861 novel. A happy-go-lucky orphan discovers that an unknown benefactor is offering to finance his education and introduction into high society. Lean's first Dickens adaptation, followed by "Oliver Twist" (1948), and the film which many consider to be the finest in his oeuvre. Nominated for five Academy Awards and winning two. Set and shot on location in London and Kent, UK. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus overall, with some faint soil to the recto.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1945 film, showing actors Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford, and Constance Cummings. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Noel Coward's 1941 play, which follows the accidental ghostly summoning of a novelist's long-dead first wife by an eccentric medium. Set in Kent. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer Ronald Neame in conversation with actor Anthony Wager between takes on the set of the 1946 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel. A critical and commercial success, considered by many to be one of Lean's best feature films and one of the finest adaptations of a Dickens novel to date. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 31. Ebert II. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1945 British film, showing actress Celia Johnson leaning against a door. Based on Noel Coward's 1936 play "Still Life," about a suburban housewife who enters into a passionate extramarital affair with a married stranger she meets at a railway station. Winner of the Palme d'Or, and nominated for three Academy Awards. Set and shot on location in Lancashire, Cumbria, and London. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 76. Rosenbaum 1000.

Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1949 film, showing director David Lean talking with producer Ronald Neame on the set. Printed mimeo snipe and J. Arthur Rank stamp on the verso. Based on H.G. Wells' 1913 novel, about a doomed love triangle between a young woman, her older husband, and the man she truly loves. Lean and Neame co-founded Cineguild with producer Anthony Havelock-Allan in 1944. Set in Switzerland and London, and shot on location in Haute-Savoie, France, and in London. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Very Good plus, evenly toned.

Vintage black-and-white reference photograph of director David Lean, cinematographer Oswald Morris, and lighting cameraman Guy Green on the set of the 1948 film. With a mimeograph snipe detailing who is in the shot. From the estate of Guy and Celia Green, with a letter of provenance attesting to same. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 32.

Two vintage black-and-white reference photographs, featuring director David Lean, actors Alec Guinness and John Mills, cinematographer Guy Green, camerman Bob Huke, and others on the set of the 1946 film. Both photos with mimeograph snipes detailing who is in the shot. From the estate of Guy and Celia Green. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 32.