Whitebait William Ed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dj. 2nd Annual. [nice copy, light wear only to book, slight bumping to lower corners; the jacket shows just a bit of wear at edges and extremities, with one itty-bitty chip and a horizontal crease at the top of the rear panel]. (B&W/color photographs) An annual publication (that only lasted for one more edition after ths one) that attempted to present "coverage of new films on a world scale: from U.S.A. where Arthur Knight takes in the general scene, through Poland, Germany, France, England and Australia and rounding off with a special article by David Robinson on Japanese film." There are 18 articles and essays in all, the highlights being: "Problems of a Bengal Film Maker," by Satyajit Ray; "The Novelist and the Cinema--A Personal Experience," by Graham Greene; "Devil of a New World," by Jean Renoir; "What Film Shall We Make Next?" by Carl Foreman; "Experiment at Brussels," by Karel Reisz; and "Ribbon of Dreams," by Orson Welles. (This was the American (Doubleday) edition of a book that was essentially a British publication (John Calder being the UK publisher), but was actually printed in England.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good in good dust jacket. Book has light rub of spine and conrers of cover, light yellowing of pages, dust jacket has 2" tear at front top panel, 2" tear top back panel, 1/4" tear across bottom spine, rub of edges of panels, fading of panels.

hardcover. Numerous Illus., some in color. 4to. N.Y., (1958).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine, tight, clean copy. No markings, no bookplate, no remainder marking. In very good dust jacket with NO chips. Has short edge tears and some creasing and curling to edges. Not price-clipped, but price has a pen line through it and a new pen price written next to it. Exceptionally clean copy of the book. Illustrated with mostly b&w plates, though some in colour. Chapter on horror by Peter John Dyer. Fellini on directing. Foreword by Carl Foreman. Many varied articles on films and a selected filmography of films released in 58/59.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good minus. Front free endpapers, text edges and inside panels slightly discolored, photos in clean text, cloth covers and spine faded slightly.

8vo (24x18.5cm), hardback, 181pp. Good condition in poor dustwrapper (spine missing 5cm from the middle, chipped at head of spine and significant chipping to upper edges, small losses to upper rear edge, 9cm tear to upper front has been repaired in the past with tape which has left marks- now in protective cover). Bumped, age-toned, general light wear. With b&w photographs and some in colour. Pictures available on request.