Performing Arts from Warwick Books

Paris: L'avant-scene du Cinema, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Small softcover booklet devoted to the work of French filmmaker Jean Vigo, whose poetic realism in film in the 1930s influenced the French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Among his most notable work are Zero de Conduite and L'Atalante. Stills from the movies… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Second printing. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with light overall wear. The author was a critic, publicist, columnist, and reporter for many years. 8vo. 465 pp. including index. In protective Mylar.… Read more about this item

Beijing: Zhaohua Publishing House, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover in dramatic pictorial wraps with dust jacket. First edition. Book is crisp, clean, and unread. Title page has faint spotting. Small nick on rear flap. Book presents about 55 fantastic full-page color paintings., with short synopsis of the opera. Text is in English. Small square 4to. 64… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Fine condition, in a fine dust jacket. From the estate of Leonard Pronko, noted scholar of dance, theater, and kabuki, with his ownership name inked onto front free endpage. Ruby Cohn was an American theater scholar and an authority on playwright Samuel Beckett.… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Kinema Jump Sha, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover in black illustrated boards. No dust jacket. First edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Text is in Japanese and English. Black-and-white photos accompany the screenplays. Inked dedication on front free endpage, with name impossible to decipher. Oblong 8vo. 136 pp.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition, with addendum slip bound in. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Price-clipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with a number of small closed tears and chips. Name of former… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Impulse Publications, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Original wraps. Clean and crisp condition, with some wear to wraps. Articles on dance in television and the movies including notes on Fritz Lang, Alwin Nikolais, Maya Deren, Jean Renoir. 4to. 57 pp.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover in glossy pictorial wraps. Book is crisp, clean, and unmarked. Illustrated with photos throughout. Trade paperback size. 246 pp. including index.

Los Angeles: Amazon Studios, 2022. For Your Consideration". Paperback. New. Softcover with illustrations of Lucy (Nicole Kidman) and Desi (Javier Bardem) on front and back and on endpages too. Fine, unread condition of Aaron Sorkin's screenplay for the movie. Comprised of dialogue and screen directions. 8vo. 159 pp.

London: British Film Institute, 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Oversized softcover in illustrated wraps. Some faint spotting on top text block, else fine condition. Folio. 574 pp. Heavy for international shipping. Please inquire about extra cost.

Paris: Huginn & Muninn, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. In French only. A thorough examination of weapons as used in various movies. Amply illustrated with photos. Small 4to. 215… Read more about this item