Cinema from Orpheus Books

Boston: Faber & Faber, 1998. Signed by John Sayles. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Very good, with darkening to the pages and wear to the cover. Uncommon Signed.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1971. First edition / First printing. White cloth with pink flowers. Fine with previous owner label in near fine dust jacket. Basis for the cult Hal Ashby film, starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort. Romance between a 79 year old free-spirit and a young man with a fetish for death.

London: Fourth Estate Limited, 1998. Signed by the author on bookplate laid into the book. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers with French flaps. Fine. A paperbound original. First book publication of the story (one year before the collection Close Range), that was adapted for the 2005 Ang Lee film, starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhall, Anne Hathaway and Michelle… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Signed by Lauren Bacall on the title page. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Winner of an Honorary Academy Award, 2 Tony Awards, 2 Golden Globes, and a Critic's Choice Lifetime Achievement Award.

New York: Random House, 2005. Signed on the title page by Jane Fonda who has drawn a heart beside her signature. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.Autobiography by the two time Oscar Winner. Also Winner of 2 BAFTAs, 7 Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Archetype, 2014. Signed by John Cleese. First U.S. edition / First printing. White paper spine, white paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. A memoir from the comedy legend John Cleese. Founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus and creator and star of Fawlty Towers.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2015. Signed on the half title page by the riot grrrl, guitarist and vocalist for Sleater-Kinney, Carrie Brownstein. Live signature, most signed copies of this book are on tipped in pages. First edition / First printing. White paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.

New York: Popular Library SP218, 1963. First paperbound edition / First printing. Cover price 60 cents. Second state cover with mention of Patricia Neal's Academy Award. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. The author's first book and the basis of the film. Film tie-in for the Martin Ritt film starring Paul Newman and Patricia Neal.

New York: Crown Publishing, 2020. Signed by John Cleese. First U.S. edition / First printing. White paper spine, white paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket. From the comedy legend John Cleese. Founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus and creator and star of Fawlty Towers.

New York: Crown Archetype, 2018. Signed on a blank page following the endpaper by Eric Idle. First U.S. edition / First printing. Pale gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Creator of the Rutles. Creator of Spamalot. Comedy legend Eric Idle looks back on a career of… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Studio, 2002. Signed and dated Nov 29th 2002 by Ismail Merchant on the title page. First edition / First printing. Yellow paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Praeger, 1971. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black cloth. Fine in close to fine dust jacket.

New York: Viking, 1971. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine in fine dust jacket.

New York: Pantheon, 1976. First U.S. edition / First printing. Maroon cloth. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Screenplay of the 1976 Bergman film starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson. Liv Ullmann was named Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the National Board of Review and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1986. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, red paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. The activist priest writes about the filming of The Mission. The film was written by Robert Bolt and directed by Roland Joffe. The cast includes Robert DeNiro, Jeremy Irons, Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeeson and Berrigan, who… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1997. Signed on the half-title page and Inscribed by Isabella Rossellini. Second printing. Maroon cloth spine, maroon paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Seattle: Scarecrow Video, 1997. Signed by Maurice Noble, the Production Designer and background artist for Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoons. First edition / First printing. Full color poster. 19" x 24 Very fine. Chuck Jones referred to Noble as "the architect of our films." Noble started in animation at Disney. He worked on Snow White, The… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton, 1978. Signed facing the title page at the top of his portrait by Charlton Heston. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Fine in about fine dust jacket. A handsome copy of this title. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ben Hur. From 1965-71, he served as the… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber: 1999. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Viking, 1998. First U.S. edition / First printing. White paper spine, gold paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Basis for the popular film starring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.