movie books a-b

Books are listed below alphabetically by book title. Titles beginning with "A" or "The" are listed according to the second word in the title. Titles beginning with a number are listed at the end of page u-z,numbers.

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Title	Author/Ed	Publisher	Year		remarks	price
The Actor’s Life	Charlton Heston	Penguin	1980	P	Autobiography: bk-VG (crease on back cover lower left corner)	£3
Adventures In The Screen Trade	William Goldman	Futura	1985	P	bk-VG (small crease front lower right corner)	£3.50
Alfred Hitchcock	Gene D Phillips	Colombus Books	1986	P	bk-Fi	£4
Allan Dwan The Last Pioneer	Peter Bogdanovich	Studio Vista	1971	P	Movie Paperbacks: bk VG (age spotting top and right edges)	£9
Almost Famous	Cameron Crowe	Faber & Faber	2000	P	Screenplay – Sight and Sound: bk as new	£5
Alphaville	Jean-Luc Godard	Lorrimer	2000	P	Screenplay – Sight and Sound: bk as new	£6
American Beauty	Alan Ball	Filmfour Books	2000	P	Screenplay – Sight and Sound: bk as new	£4.50
The American Film Industry	Tino Balio (Ed)	University of Wisconsin Press	1976	P	bk-VG (previous owners name inside front)	£9
American Film Melodrama	Robert Lang	Princeton University Press	1989	P	D. W. Griffith, King Vidor, Vincente Minnelli: bk-G (previous owners name inside front)	£5
The Animated Film	Roger Manvell	Sylvan Press	1954	H	With pictures from “Animal Farm” by Halas & Batchelor: bk-VG gift (inscription and age mark inside front, slight fading back cover): dj-G (extensive age markings, small tears top and bottom of spine)	£12
Animation In The Cinema	Ralph Stephenson	Zwemmer / Barnes	1967	P	International Film Guide series, ex library: bk-Fa (cover strengthened with card & cellotape, first page torn part missing, binding coming loose)	£1
Around The World In 80 Days Almanac	Art Cohn (ed)	Random House	1956	H	Michael Todd, Jules Verne and the making of the film: bk-G (missing top inch of spine, tear at bottom of spine)	£18
The Art of the Film	Ernest Lindgren	Readers Union	1950	H	An Introduction to Film Appreciation: bk-VG (cover fading spine & back	£3.50
The Art of Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope	Carol Titelman (ed)	Titan	1994	P	Includes complete script by George Lucas annotated by hundreds of visuals, poster art, spin-off cartoons and fan art, : bk-VG (slight wear of cover at corners, vague mark top edge)	£12
As I Am	Patricia Neal	Arrow	1989	P	Autobiography: bk-VG (wear top of spine)	£2
The Autobiography of Cecil B DeMille	Cecil B DeMille	W H Allen	1960	H	Donald Hayne (Ed): bk-VG (age markings and fading, handwritten name on title page): dj-Fa (tears and small missing pieces top and bottom)	£8
The Awakening	Nell Martin	Reader’s Library Publishing	1928	H	Illustrated with scenes from the Vilma Banky film: bk-Fa (damaged spine, 1 photo page loose, previous owner's name inside front)
A-Z of Movie Making	Wolf Rilla	Studio Vista	1970	H	bk-VG (stamp inside front): dj-P/Fa (small tear front and back, long tear back)	£5
Ben-Hur - The Story of the Making of Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ		Random House	1959	H	bk-VG (the panoramic photo of the chariot race and the prints of Ben Stahl paintings of memorable moments from the story have been removed (as intended) but are replaced loose - nothing is missing)	£8
Bette Davis	Jerry Vermilye	Star Books	1974	P	Illustrated History of the Movies: bk-VG (some age marks side edge)	£5
Bette Davis Mother Goddam	Whitney Stine with Bette Davis	Star	1988	P	Biography: bk-Fi	£4
BFI Distribution Library Catalogue 1978	Julian Petley	BFI	1978	P	A critical work with substantial critical introductions to the various sections: bk-VG	£9
BFI Film & television Yearbook 84	Mundy Ellis (Ed)	BFI	1984	P	bk-Fi	£10
BFI Film & television Yearbook 85	Mundy Ellis (Ed)	BFI	1985	P	bk-VG/Fi	£7
BFI Film & television Yearbook 86	Mundy Ellis (Ed)	BFI	1986	P	bk-Fi	£9
BFI Film & television Yearbook 87	Patience Coster (Ed)	BFI	1987	P	bk-VG/Fi	£7
BFI Film & television Yearbook 88/89	Patience Coster (Ed)	BFI	1989	P	bk-VG/Fi	£7
BFI Film & television Yearbook 90	David Leafe (Ed)	BFI	1990	P	bk-Fi	£9
BFI Film & television Yearbook 91	David Leafe (Ed)	BFI	1991	P	bk-VG/Fi (crease on back cover lower left corner	£7
BFI Film & television Yearbook 92	David Leafe (Ed)	BFI	1992	P	bk-Fi	£9
BFI Film & television Yearbook 93	David Leafe (Ed)	BFI	1993	P	bk-Fi	£9
BFI Interim Distribution Catalogue 1974		BFI	1974	P	The Art and History of Film and Television: bk-VG (age marking on edges)
Billy Wilder	Axel Madsen	Secker & Warburg	1968	P	Cinema One – 8: bk-G (crease and wear on back cover)	£8
The Birth of the Movies	D. J. Wenden	Macdonald	1975	H	bk-VG (2 marks on front cover): dj-G (tear at top of spine, wear at bottom of spine)	£6
Blood Simple	Joel and Ethan Coen	Faber & Faber	1996	P	Screenplay – Sight and Sound: bk-as new	£3
Bogie	Joe Hyams	Signet	1967	P	The definitive biography of Humphrey Bogart: bk-VG	£5
The Book of Alien	Paul Scanlon & Michael Gross	Star	1979	P	bk-VG	£8
Brando The Biography	Peter Manso	Hyperion	1994	P	bk-VG (small crease front lower right corner)	£6
Brando Portrait of the Rebel as an Artist	Bob Thomas	Star	1975	P	Biography of Marlon Brando: bk-VG	£2
Bring on the Empty Horses	David Niven	Coronet	1976	P	bk-VG	£1
British Cinema History	James Curran and Vincent Porter (Eds)	Weidenfeld and Nicholson	1983	P	bk-Fi	£13
British Films	Terrence Pettigrew	The Post Office	1985	P	bk-Fi: published by The Post Office and issued on 8 October 1985 to commemorate British Film Year. This also contains in the original clear plastic sleeve on the cover, the 5 stamps issued also on that date with the book. The stamps show Peter Sellers, David Niven, Charles Chaplin, Vivien Leigh, Alfred Hitchcock.	£20
Bronson	W A Harbinson	Star Books	1976	P	A Biographical Portrait: bk-VG	£2.50
Bugs Bunny Fifty Years and Only One Grey Hare	Joe Adamson	Pyramid Books	1990	H	bk-as new: dj-Fi	£15
Bus Stop		Charles Buchan's Publications	1956	P	bk-G (wear on spine-top, middle, bottom: Creased corners on front cover) story based on film plus 38 pages of scenes from film plus article on making of film and articles on Marilyn Monroe (with many pictures) and Don Murray.	£6
Buster Keaton	David Robinson	Secker & Warburg	1969	P	Cinema One – 10: bk-VG (crease mark back cover top left corner)	£11
By Myself	Lauren Bacall	Coronet	1980	P	Autobiography: bk-VG	£2

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	If no reference is made to dj then either it is missing or the book never had one.