Flaherty Robert Frances (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Robert Flaherty (illustrator). 1st Edition. Scribner's, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine in Good+ DJ. First Edition. dust jacket with two chips else good under mylar brodart. the book is bright and clean. Red gilt pictorial cloth, gilt lettering and decorative elements, top of text block dyed dark gray. 8vo. 136pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Illustrated throughout with photographs taken by director Robert Flaherty's wife on the set of "Elephant Boy." This is effectively a photo diary (with strong text) during the filming. Note these travel saga was written during the famous production of the Robert Flaherty and Alexander Korda Elephant Boy Film shot on location in India starring Sabu the Elephant Boy who was an actual elephant boy in the stables of a Maharaja in Mysore, Sabu learned English during the film, being limited to his native Hindi or Tamil during the filming. There was a Faber and Faber edition the same year, this edition has the Scribners A meaning this is a true 1st edition unlike most others. Preface by John Collier.

First printing. 61 pp. Small wrinkle to unprinted first leaf, else fine in very near fine dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies produced for the Robert Flaherty Centennial.

First Edition. My Eskimo Friends "Nanook of the North," Doubleday, Page & Co., 1924, first edition, wear to the corner tips, rubbing to spine extremities, some soiling to the boards and spine label, else a near vg copy with near fine contents illustrated with photogravures and color plates from photographs by the authors as well as halftone drawings by Eskimo artists and maps (missing the map on page 10). The source book from the film of the same name. (The film was released in 1922).

First Edition, First Printing. Publisher DentÕs own file copy. With a perforation stamp on the the title page stating FILE COPY. In the upper left hand corner of the front pastedown is the publisherÕs label states FILE COPY, the price of 5 shillings, and the date of publication being August 19, 1937. With the publisherÕs production number on the flyleaf Fine copy bound in decorated gray cloth with the original pictorial dust jacket which is very good with light chipping. The book issued to accompany the Robert Flaherty directed film starring Sabu as a small Indian boy and his elephant Irawatha. Co-written by Robert FlahertyÕs wife. Well illustrated with black & white photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated with photogravures, colour plates from photographs by the author, halftone drawings, and maps. 4to. Pp. 170. With 3 colour illustrations including frontispiece, 6 halftone illustrations, 9 photogravure plates, and 6 maps. Quarter blue cloth over blue paper boards, with paper title labels to upper cover and spine. The lower corners are bumped and worn, with other corners and spine ends lightly bumped; otherwise fresh and bright throughout. All plates are present with their original tissue guards. Bright, tight, and scarce in the dust jacket. The dust jacket is sunned, with small chips, creasing, and short tears at the edges and corners, and wear along the spine, particularly at midsection. Overall, a scarce copy in this condition and a very attractive example.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Small quarto. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards with printed label. Modest stains on the spine, some light tidemarks on the front board and on the edge of the first couple of leaves, else a sound good or better copy lacking the dust jacket, but with all plates and maps present. Inscribed by Robert J. Flaherty to the film director, screenwriter, and producer Paul Bern: "To Paul Bern with the good wishes of the author, Robert Flaherty. New York City. Jan. 4th, 1927." Bern was Irving Thalberg's personal assistant and considered one of the great talents in Hollywood, but his fate was unfortunate, related by Kenneth Anger in his scandalous book *Hollywood Babylon*. Bern died by his own hand just two months after marrying the Hollywood bombshell Jean Harlow. Anger attributed Bern's suicide to his impotence, but others surmised he was murdered by an abandoned common-in-law wife, with the studio covering up the scandal to protect their biggest star. This book documents several of Flaherty's trips to the Hudson Bay area, which were the basis for the ultra-influential 1922 film *Nanook of The North*, generally regarded as the first feature-length documentary. Bern had an extensive library; many of his books fell into the possession of his friend and fellow MGM producer Carey Wilson, from whose estate this came. A terrific association connecting two important early Hollywood figures.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed presentation copy from documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty to screenwriter Julian Johnson, his partner in writing the South Seas Flaherty film, Moana (1926). Inscribed: ÒTo Julian Johnson, with the best wishes in the world. Bob Flaherty, New Yok, April15/25Ó. Julian Johnson (1885-1965), one time husband of New York nightclub hostess, Texas Guinan, had a distinguished career in Hollywood. He co-wrote the screenplay for Wings (1927), the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Johnson worked with D.W. Griffith on The Sorrows of Satan (1926), worked twice with Josef Von Sternberg on The Docks of New York (1928) and The Case of Lena Smith (1929) as well as numerous pictures starring actor Emil Jannings. Eventually, Johnson became the head story editor for 20th Century Fox studios in the 1930s. Quarter cloth to paper-covered boards. Printed paper titles labels on the spine and front board. Binding is tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear rubbed corners; age-soiling; title page toned and slightly foxed. quarto, 10 inches tall; 170 pages. Illustrated with Photographs and Color Plates from Photographs by the Author; and Halftone Drawings by Eskimo artists; Maps. Flaherty's popular account of several trips in the Hudson's Bay area and Baffin Island. This classic work by Flaherty, to accompany his groundbreaking film, Nanook of the North. Orson Welles picked Nanook of the North as one of his top ten favorite best films.