Film, TV, & Video / TV / History & Criticism from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019. Cloth, vi, 318 pages, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 2015. Cloth, xvii, 425 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts. Based on over two hundred original interviews and… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Press, 2014. xvi, 448 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foreedge lightly soiled Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "The legendary creator of iconic television programs All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,… Read more about this item

MotoDVD, 2009. Cloth, 262 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 x 27 cm. + 1 DVD. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy. DVD (unused) in sealed envelope. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: New York University Press, 2020. x, 406 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "We all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it 'good' or 'bad.' Rather, criticism uses the close examination of a television program… Read more about this item

New York: Atria Books, 2018. viii, 311 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. Stated First Atria books hardcover edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Introduction; Look back in anchor: Diane English's Murphy Brown and the culture wars; From rage to riches: Roseanne Barr and Roseanne; Walking… Read more about this item

New York: HarperBusiness, 2003. xvi, 381 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "There is no more astute, brutally honest, and entertaining chronicler of assorted media-world implosions than New York magazine's National Magazine Award-winning columnist Michael Wolff. As once-mighty media empires -- and reputations… Read more about this item

New York: New American Library, 1984. 253 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First Printing. "A tell-all, show-all book that reveals the sordid truth behind TV's most famous images. You'll see them as you never dreamed you would -- as you glimpse behind the screen of a TV world that uses fame and money… Read more about this item

New York: RosettaBooks, 2019. xi, 207 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "From watching his colleague get shot in the testicles by a jealous producer to running Hollywood's most successful television studio, Harris Katleman had a front row seat in… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. Cloth, xxii, 650 pages, [24] pages of plates illustrations (some colour), portraits; 25 cm. + 1 CD. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. Includes the CD. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Michael Palin's diaries begin in the late 1960s when, newly married and… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2011. 391 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "Susskind was the first TV producer to become a TV star. Battaglio creates a vivid portrait of a go-go era in America, as much a chronicle of a glamorous time in the entertainment industry as it is a biography of one of… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Archetype, 2012. x, 276 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by Garry Marshall on the title page, no dedication. A fine copy of the first printing. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "A lighthearted account by the producer and director of such productions as 'Laverne & Shirley' and… Read more about this item

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989. 224 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the authors, with a personalized inscription. Edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with a creased back flap, protected in a mylar cover. William Christopher played Father Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Los Angeles: Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, 1994. 48 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Mask of Zorro: Mexican Americans in Popular Media" held June 18, 1994 to September 5, 1994, at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum. A very good copy with light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Archetype, 2018. 289 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python, from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life. Now, Eric Idle reflects… Read more about this item

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2004. xviii, 269 pages; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in 2005. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In this witty and candid perspective on American television, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Howard Rosenberg traces a disturbing pattern: TV's relentless pursuit of the mundane in its seeming quest… Read more about this item

New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers; A Panache Press Book, 2002. ix, 306 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. CONTENTS: Annihilating time and space the railroads; Traveling, not being traveled the bicycle; Love at first sight the automobile; Looking heavenward air travel; The truly… Read more about this item

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. x, 246 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear. Stated First edition: December 2006. "The Great American Makeover is a collection of essays that explore the American makeover mythos that has been recently repackaged in the form of popular makeover television programs such as Extreme Makeover, The Swan, Supernanny, and Queer… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers; it Books, 2011. xi, 314 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "Sure, he's an excitable guy. Sure, he loves to complain. But Regis Philbin loves life . . . and with the wildly unpredictable one… Read more about this item

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1993. 301 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Carroll & Graf Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "Chuck Barris reinvented television. And when he was through, he moved to the south of France. This memoir is about becoming king… Read more about this item