‎Director‎

‎Virginia Museum. James M. Brown Director‎

‎Francisco Goya: Portraits in Paintings Prints and Drawings‎

‎Richmond VA: Virginia Museum 1972. First edition 1972. Exhibition catalog illustrated in black and white. Soft cover 44 pages. Crease to rear cover and final page light edgewear binding sound pages clean and unmarked. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Virginia Museum Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 037062

‎Virginia Thompson Holran Director Division of Statistics and Research‎

‎Life Insurance Fact Book - 1958‎

‎<p>Institute of Life Insurance 1958.  Actually tight squared copy found no marking in text BUT does have sun-lightening to spine light brown paper acid spots inside covers/light ones on outers few other minor outer dings.</p> Institute of Life Insurance paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 12144-RF

‎Visconti Luchino director writer; Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa novel; Claudia Cardinale starring‎

‎Claudia Cardinale on the set of "The Leopard‎

‎Rome: Titanus 1962. Original double weight borderless photograph of Claudia Cardinale on the set of director Luchino Visconti's 1963 film "Il Gattopardo" taken in 1962 during shooting. With the blue rubber stamp of an Italian press agency Publifoto on the verso. In the photograph Ms. Cardinale studies an Italian version of the script while having her hair done for a scene. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of the Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Nominated for an Academy Award. In a custom museum-quality frame archivally mounted with UV glass. 9.5 x 12 inches. Tiny closed tear at the top edge else easily Near Fine. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. Titanus unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 133101

‎Visconti Luchino director; Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa novel; Suso Cecchi d'Amico editor‎

‎Il Gattopardo First Edition‎

‎Rocca di San Casciano Italy: Cappelli 1963. First Edition. First Edition. Text in Italian. The screenplay and affiliated commentary for the 1963 film illustrated with film stills and production photographs. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Vintage bookseller's labels to the front and rear pastedown with faint toning at the crown and heel. Jacket lightly toned to the spine with light edgewear to the crown and front panel. Cappelli unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 146674

‎Visconti Luchino director screenwriter; Giovanni Testori novel; Suso Cecchi D'Amico Vasco Pratolini Pasquale Festa Campanile‎

‎Rocco and His Brothers Two original photographs from the 1960 film‎

‎Rome: Titanus 1960. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs from the 1960 film. With holograph annotations and an agency stamp on the verso of each. Rosaria Katina Paxinou recently widowed moves to Milan from the countryside with four of her sons to join her eldest. Each take different paths as they struggle to adjust to life in the city. Shot on location in Milan and Rome Italy. 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Ebert III. Eureka Masters of Cinema 133. Titanus unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 144529

‎Visconti Luchino director screenwriter; Nicola Badalucco Enrico Mediolo screenwriters; Dirk Bogarde Ingrid Thulin Helmut‎

‎The Damned Two original photographs from the set of the 1969 film‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Two vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1969 film. One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other. A powerful industrialist family illustrates the German upper classes transition from resentment to acceptance of the Nazi party. Nominated for an Academy Award for best screenplay. Shot on location in Germany Austria and Italy. 9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Warner Brothers unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 145401

‎Visconti Luchino director writer; GB. Poletto photographer; Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa novel; Claudia Cardinale Alain Delon‎

‎The Leopard Collection of three original photographs from the 1963 film‎

‎Rome: Titanus 1963. Collection of three vintage borderless photographs from the 1963 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. Visconti's classic spacious homage to the quiet death of the Sicilian aristocracy of the mid-nineteenth century one of the great films of the Italian cinema. Perhaps the apex of Ms. Cardinale's career and one of a handful of examples of Burt Lancaster's willingness to take on literate complex roles. Nominated for an Academy Award. Shot on location in Rome Lazio and Sicily Italy. 4.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine. BFI 1087. Criterion Collection 235. Ebert II. Godard Histoires de cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 22. Titanus unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 144726

‎Visual Art Director: TOLGA KUTLU.‎

‎4 Mevsim Istanbul Fotograf Yarismasi.‎

‎Istanbul: Istanbul B�y�ksehir Belediyesi / Mimar Sinan G�zel Sanatlar Fak�ltesi / IFSAK 2013. Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Oblong 4to. 24 x 28 cm. In Turkish. Color photographs. 165 1 p. 4 Mevsim Istanbul Fotograf Yarismasi. <br/> <br/> Istanbul B�y�ksehir Belediyesi / Mimar Sinan G�zel Sanatlar Fak�ltesi / IFSAK paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 028198

‎Visual Art Director: ERKAN DOGANAY.‎

‎From figure to figure. Examples of portraits from Osman Hamdi Bey to the present day.= Suretten surete. Osman Hamdi Bey'den g�n�m�ze portre �rnekleri. Exhibition catalogue.‎

‎Istanbul: K���k�ekmece Belediyesi K�lt�r Yayinlari 2010. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. Paperback. Pbo. 4to. 29 x 24 cm. In English and Turkish. Color ills. 195 p. From figure to figure. Examples of portraits from Osman Hamdi Bey to the present day.= Suretten surete. Osman Hamdi Bey'den g�n�m�ze portre �rnekleri. Exhibition catalogue. ". The exhibition describes how the Turkish artists interpret this art in the direction of the introduction of the portrait art to the Ottoman Palace and contemporary art movements in four different categories. The catalogue includes 'Painter's portraits' such as 'Avni Lifij' by Hoca Ali Riza 'Feyhaman Duran' by Nazmi Ziya 'Hikmet Onat' by Ibrahim �alli 'Arttists in the portraits' such as 'Sait Faik Abasiyanik' by Edip Hakki K�seoglu 'Sinan the Architect' by Sabri Berkel 'Women from tales' by Bedri Rahmi Ey�boglu 'Portraits of relatives' such as a portrait of Shehzade Abdulmecid Efendi from his family 'Belkis Yetik' by Sami Yetik 'His son Edip Onat' by Hikmet tOnat and 'Disttant relatives' such as 'Hayri Bey' by Halil Pasha 'Monsignor Orhan Bey' by OSman Hamdi Bey.". <br/> <br/> K���k�ekmece Belediyesi K�lt�r Yayinlari paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 020695 ISBN : 6058814111 9786058814110

‎Vittorio De Sica director screenwriter; Cesare Zavattini novel‎

‎Miracolo a Milano Miracle in Milan Original Italian Program signed by De Sica‎

‎Rome: Albert and Charles Boni 1951. Original Italian program for the 1951 film based on the novel "Toto il buono" by Cesare Zavattini. SIGNED by Vittorio De Sica at the bottom of the title page. One of the director's classics pure visual storytelling made just after "Bicycle Thieves" 1948 and just before "Umberto D." 1952. A gorgeous oversize program with a central illustration on the front wrapper within a debossed frame. The wrapper houses 6 loose deluxe card plates as issued the first two devoted to text and the last four being full-color lithograph illustrations reflecting the film story. One of the most beautiful programs we've ever seen. Plates Near Fine outer wrapper Very Good plus with a few tears at the edges but no loss 12.75 x 17.25 inches. Albert and Charles Boni unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 122115

‎Vittorio De Sica director; Alberto Moravia novel; Cesare Zavattini screenwriter; Sophia Loren Jean Paul Belmondo Eleonora Brow‎

‎Two Women La Ciociara Original double weight photograph from the 1960 film‎

‎N.p.: Compagnia Cinematografica Champion 1960. Vintage double weight reference studio still photograph from the 1960 film. Sophia Loren won an Academy Award fro her role as Cesira. <br/><br/>Vittorio De Sica's harsh war-era film follows the plight of an Italian mother an daughter as they traverse the Italian countryside in search of safety. The film stars Sophia Loren Jean-Paul Belonodo and Eleonora Brown. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Rome Italy. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with pin holes and a holograph ink notation to the verso. Compagnia Cinematografica Champion unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 141245

‎Vittorio De Sica director; Eduardo De Filippo playwright; Renato Castellani Tonino Guerra Leonardo Benvenuti Piero De Bernard‎

‎Marriage Italian Style Original photograph from the set of the 1964 film‎

‎New South Wales: Embassy Pictures 1964. Vintage borderless photograph of Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni and Vittorio De Sica on the set of the 1964 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1964 play by Eduardo De Filippo titled "Filumena Marturano." Set during and immediately after World War II in Naples Italy. Filumena Sophia Loren is a prostitute who eventually moves in with Domenico Marcello Mastroianni a wealthy businessman and one of her long time johns. She is expected to care for his aging mother but after he plans to marry a younger woman Filumena feigns her own illness to persuade him to marry her and father her children one of which she had by him but he does not know which one. Nominated for two Academy Awards. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Embassy Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 144494

‎Vittorio De Sica director; Shirley MacLaine Peter Sellers starring‎

‎Woman Times Seven Collection of 5 original photographs from the 1967 film‎

‎Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1967. Collection of 3 vintage black-and-white reference photographs from the 1967 film. Each photo has a ditto-style mimeo snipe printed on the verso. <br/><br/>An anthology of seven mini-stories ranging from comedy to drama all directed by De Sica all starring actress Shirley MacLaine in various guises and all dealing with adultery and its ramifications. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 135367

‎Vittorio De Sica director; Truman Capote screenwriter; Jennifer Jones Montgomery Clift starring‎

‎Indiscretion of an American Wife Indiscrecion de una Esposa Original Spanish pressbook for the 1953 film‎

‎Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1953. Original Spanish pressbook for the 1953 film<br/><br/>12 pages saddle-stapled 11 x 14 inches. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 202. Columbia Pictures unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 135958

‎Vittorio Schiraldi director novel screenwriter; Arthur Kennedy John Saxon Agostina Belli Pino Colizzi starring‎

‎Baciamo le mani The Family Original screenplay for the 1973 film‎

‎Rome: Ultra Film S. p. A. 1974. Carbon typescript Draft script for the 1973 Italian film" Baciamo le mani" here under the English title "The Family." Released internationally as "I Kiss the Hand" "Family Killer" and "Kiss My Hand" and re-released in the US as "Sin City Confidential." Brief annotations in holograph ink on the first page noting the role of Luca played by Spiros Focas and on a few other pages. Rubber-stamped on the title page as an Ultra Film production however Aquila Cinematografica would receive final credit. <br/><br/>Based on Schiraldi's 1972 titular novel. Stefano Ferrante Joshua Sinclair the son of a Mafia boss Kennedy is killed by Gaspare Ardizzone Saxon because he refused to sell a piece of land. Eventually Ardizzone becomes the new Don and the prior is soon killed by some indifferent construction workers. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Schiraldo and translator Denis Hall. 208 leaves with last page of text numbered 207. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Ultra Film S. p. A. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 137795

‎Vladimir Nabokov novel; Rainer Werner Fassbinder director; Tom Stoppard screenwriter; Dirk Bograde Andrea Ferreol Klaus Lowits‎

‎Despair Original photograph from the set of the 1978 film‎

‎Munich: Bavaria Atelier 1978. Vintage borderless photograph of Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the set of the 1978 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Herman Herman Dirk Bograde a Russian immigrant and Jewish business owner in Berlin is targeted by Nazis. While slowly losing his mind he fixates on a man he believes to be his doppelganger. After taking out a new life insurance policy he devises a plan to free himself of his problems. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Germany. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Bavaria Atelier unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 144593

‎Vlahovic Mitar S. Director and Bosilika Radovic Curator‎

‎National Costumes of Serbia in the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade‎

‎Belgrade: Jugoslavija. VG lg sz PB. 1954. Pictorial cover on gray binding white/black lettering. Corner creases some tanning to binding edges. . Jugoslavija unknown‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS043960I

‎Vogel Donald S. Director‎

‎Gottfried Honegger: October 1969‎

‎Texas: Valley House Gallery 1969. 28 pp. Exhibition catalog. Cover tanning with a few smudges. Pages clean with no markings . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - 7�" - 9�" Tall. Valley House Gallery Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 205859

‎Vogel Virgil director; Robert B. and Joan Parker screenwriters; Avery Brooks Yusef Bulos William Fichtner Joseph C. Phillips‎

‎A Man Called Hawk: Poison White Poison Original screenplay for the 1989 television episode‎

‎Burbank CA: Warner Brothers / American Broadcasting Company ABC 1989. First Draft script for the season one episode eight of the 1989 television show originally broadcast March 25 1989 on ABC here under the working title "White Poison." Virgil Vogel credited here as Director but Harry Falk would receive final credit as Director of the episode. "Hawk" was based on a character from the crime drama series "Spencer: For Hire" 1985-1988. Avery Brooks an African American actor reprising his role from the former series starred as the sharp-dressed streetwise sunglasses-wearing elongated Colt revolver-toting vigilante with a deep sense of being. In this episode Hawk is tracking the source of heroin laced with strychnine but his task is constantly interrupted by a nosy reporter. Orange titled wrappers noted as FIRST DRAFT on the front wrapper dated January 27 1989. Title page present dated January 27 1989 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for screenwriters Parker and director Vogel as well as credits for executive producers producers associate producer and unit production manager. 62 leaves with last page of text numbered 58. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Warner Brothers / American Broadcasting Company [ABC] unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 129406

‎Voldokhin A. M of C and N. E. Vasil'evi circus director‎

‎Russian Circus Correspondence Between Circus Director and USSR Ministry of Culture‎

‎Moscow: Ministry of Culture USSR 1958. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Correspondence between the Ministry of Culture of the USSR/the Association of the National Circuses and the directors of a mobile travelling circus #8 from the Tajik Republic. 27pps cover note design calculations specified rated loads of construction from the late 1950s. Text in handwritten ink charts calculations these papers are in folder tissue paper one chart w/calculations measures about 50 cm x 80 cm there are others plus 25 sheets in red of designs equations construction comments a few f/o oversized sheets included. Russian text only. Quite rare glimpse of a nomadic circus's construction and layout for its tour of the provinces during this sluggish period in Soviet history. Here the circus represented a sophisticated avant garde world beyond the scope of the poor audience that viewed them. Ask for photos. With this data you can start your own Stalinist-era circus. Ministry of Culture, USSR Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 109928

‎Volker Schlondorff director; Marguerite Yourcenar novel; Margarethe von Trotta screenwriter starring; Genevieve Dormann Jutta‎

‎Coup de Grace Der Fangschuss Original photograph of Volker Schlondorff and others on the set of the 1976 film‎

‎N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of Margarethe von Trotta Volker Schlondorff cinematographer Igor Luther and other crew members on the set of the 1976 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1939 novel by Marguerite Yourcenar. Young left-wing aristocrat Sophie von Reval von Trotta sides with the Bolsheviks after being rejected by a young German soldier Matthias Habich preparing to fight the Red Army.<br/><br/>The third and final collaboration between husband and wife team Schlondorff and von Trotta von Trotta here co-writing and starring before von Trotta would branch off into her own esteemed career as director. Previously they worked together on "The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach" 1971 which von Tratt starred in and co-wrote with director Schlondorff and the New German Cinema masterwork "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" 1975 which they co-wrote and co-directed together. <br/><br/>Set in 1919 Latvia during the Russian Civil War.<br/><br/>12 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing at far corners. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 192. N.p. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 149849

‎Volta Torrey Editor; Harry Samuels Art Director Illustrator‎

‎Popular Science: Vol. 160 No. 3 March 1952‎

‎Popular Science Publishing Co 1952-01-01. Single Issue Magazine. Good. Bagged for protection. Silverfish predation to spine. Dampwarp to spine. Likely to ship in an envelope. has some smell. FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not contain any pricing information so you may order items as Gifts or for Dropship without concern. We ship every Monday Wednesday & Friday morning. All items subject to prior sale. Why the odd prices We run a percent discount for our Biblio listings which insures Biblio has our lowest prices online but does give odd change. Popular Science Publishing Co unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 034136

‎von Harbou Thea novel and screenplay; Lang Fritz director‎

‎UNE FEMME DANS LA LUNE THE WOMAN IN THE MOON‎

‎Paris: �ditions Cosmopolites 1929. First French Edition. First Impression. Octavo 17cm; tan paper-covered boards with blue and bronze marbling to covers titling and decorations stamped in gilt and dark yellow on spine; dustjacket; 253 1pp. Faint foxing to text edges preliminary and terminal leaves with light tanning to same; Near Fine. Dustjacket priced 3 Frs.50 at upper right corner of front panel; light wear to extremities and joints shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips none affecting lettering with some scattered foxing and faint dampstains to flap folds and lower edge visible on verso; Very Good - Very Good. Basis for Fritz Lang's 1929 silent film Frau in Mond adapted for the screen by Thea von Harbou from her 1928 novel Die Frau in Mond. The novel was released in the US and UK in 1930 as By Rocket to the Moon and The Woman in the Moon respectively. An attractive copy of a scarce edition published the same year the film was released and preceding both English language translations. OCLC finds 5 copies of these only 1 in the U.S. Harvard. �ditions Cosmopolites hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 451

‎Von Sternberg Josef Director‎

‎Macao RKO Classic Screenplay‎

‎New York: Frederick Ungar A Book. Very Good. 1980. Softcover. 0804463492 . This soft cover has not even been opened all the way. Front cover has some creases. Starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. Has b/w photos from the movie. Former owner's initials are embossed on title page. ; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall; 81 pages . Frederick Ungar A Book paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 8355 ISBN : 0804463492 9780804463492

‎Von Sternberg Josef Joseph director; Marlene Dietrich starring‎

‎The Scarlet Empress Original photograph from the set of the 1934 film‎

‎Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1934. Vintage sepia reference photograph from the set of the 1934 film. Shown are director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in full regalia visiting with noted Mexican toreador Pepe Ortiz and a member of the Mexican Counsul in Los Angeles. Typescript snipe on the verso indicating same along with an ink notation of the photo date 9/15/34 and a contemporary illustrated label for "Photofest." 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 109. Paramount Pictures unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 137471