university of california press berkeley c (41 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. xiv, 243 p.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. xvi, 332 p.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. 2nd printing. [fading to spine, but no other significant wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) A superb compilation of thoughtful interviews (many conducted by the book's editor) with some of the very best of an often overlooked and undervalued breed, the Hollywood screenwriter (many of whom were accomplished novelists as well, such as W.R. Burnett, James M. Cain and Niven Busch). The interviews, each of which is accompanied by a brief but informative introduction and a list of the subject's screen credits, are with (in addition to the three already mentioned) Charles Bennett, Lenore Coffee, Philip Dunne, Julius J. Epstein, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Norman Krasna, John Lee Mahin, Richard Maibaum, Casey Robinson, Allan Scott, and Donald Ogden Stewart.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dj. Illustrated by (dj design) Nicole Hayward (illustrator). First Edition. [a beautiful copy, as new with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. (B&W photographs) "In this first critical and cultural biography of Abraham Polonsky, [the authors] present both an accomplished consideration of a remarkable survivor of America's cultural Cold War and a superb study of the Hollywood Left.".

Softcover. Condition: Good. xiv, 346 p. Ex-Library.

xx+372pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Name on half title. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dj. Illustrated by Jean Guérin (illustrator). First Edition Thus. [nice clean as-new copy, no discernible wear to book; the jacket has a bit of wrinkling and a faint paper-clip indentation at the top edge of the front panel]. (line drawings) The first English translation of this report on the movie colony as it was in 1936, when the author, on assignment for "Paris-Soir," spent a couple of weeks ensconced in the Roosevelt Hotel, and reported on his observations in a series of articles for his newspaper, which were later expanded and published in book form (originally in French, as "Hollywood, La Mecque du Cinéma"). Although he was a renowned man of letters in France -- a prolific poet, novelist and essayist who was no stranger to filmmaking, having worked as an actor and assistant director for Abel Gance) -- his name meant little, then or now, to an American readership, and although his book was translated into numerous languages, the present book is the first edition in English. "Part diary, part tall tale, [the book] records Cendrars's experiences on the streets of Hollywood, at studio gates, and in the hottest bars and jazz clubs, where he encountered out-of-work drifters, star-crazed sailors, and a vast pool of undiscovered talent. His chance meeting with Douglas Fairbanks, conversation with Paramount's master makeup artist, and ruminations on Los Angeles geography are all recounted in a highly personal, conversational style that anticipates the 'new journalism' of such later writers as Tom Wolfe." (It's interesting to ruminate on how this book -- widely published throughout the non-English-speaking world -- may have colored the perception of "Hollywood" in other cultures.).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dj. First Edition. [nice clean copy, with no discernible wear to book; the jacket has just a touch of wear at the bottom edge of the rear panel and a couple of soft vertical creases in the front flap]. (B&W photographs) "A provocative selection of the filmmaker's private writings and public lectures and interviews -- most never published before -- interwoven with transcripts of the classes Ray taught in acting and directing. From these rich materials Susan Ray has assembled a clear and detailed statement on the art of filmmaking that is certain to serve as a guide for generations of practitioners of film and theater craft. In its sensitive juxtaposition of class materials with essays, letters, notes, and journal entries, [the book] reveals the mind of an artist who worked and dreamed with a commitment that spared no one, least of all himself." In a long Introduction, Susan Ray (Nick's widow), discusses their life and work together during the last decade of the filmmaker's life, and Ray biographer Bernard Eisenschitz has provided a biographical outline.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. xxii, 351 p.

Numerous black and white photographic and line illustrations, xv +153pp, index, notes, dustjacket, large octavo. Samir al-Khalil uses artefacts such as 'The Victory Arch' in Baghdad "to illuminate the nature of dictatorship, the relation between developed and developing countries, and the uses and true value of art. He demonstrates brilliantly how the [Saddam] regime has twisted both local and Western tradition to produce a highly emotive cocktail - citing Andy Warhol and Robert Venturi as foremost among the unwitting culprits." Publisher's description.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xvi, 323 p.

ix + 299pp, index, bibliography, upper edges little marked, very good in little sunned and worn dustjacket. "Mr. Dirlik examines the application of the materialist conception of history to the analysis of Chinese history in a period when Marxist ideas first gained currency in Chinese intellectual circles. He outlines the historical analyses of major Marxist historians of the period in detail, relates them to currents in contemporary politics, thought, and historiography, and evaluates Chinese Marxist historiography from the perspective of the theoretical problems imbedded in the materialist conception of history." Publisher's description.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xiii, 397 p. Ex-Library.

Softcover. Condition: Good. xiv, 292 p. Ex-Library.

XIX, 342 s. Softcover. Versand aus Deutschland / We dispatch from Germany via Air Mail. Einband bestoßen, daher Mängelexemplar gestempelt, sonst sehr guter Zustand. Imperfect copy due to slightly bumped cover, apart from this in very good condition. Stamped. Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dj. First Edition. [nice tight clean book, with no discernible shelfwear, tiny smudge on front cover; jacket a little browned at the edges, minor wear along top edge]. "Here for the first time within one cover [sic] is a survey of major medieval theories of communication, together with their applications to medieval literary works in Old English, Italian, German, Old French, Latin, and Middle English. The rhetorical tradition that had begun in ancient Greece was transmitted to the middle ages largely through the influence of the Roman theoretician Cicero. But medieval theorists put their own special stamp on this tradition, evolving a whole new set of adaptive rhetorical genres to deal with the challenges offered by verse-writing, letter-writing, and preaching.".

Softcover. Condition: Good. xvi, 320 p. Ex-Library.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Octavo, mauve-colored cloth covers with gilt spine titles. Includes black and white illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. China, Sino-Japanese Conflict. 112000A.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dj. 2nd printing. [slight bumping to base of spine, no other significant wear; jacket has a short closed tear and associated crease at top front hinge, some wrinkling/creasing along top and bottom edges]. (B&W photographs) An extended interview with director Howard Hawks -- actually cobbled together from numerous interviews conducted by the author over many years, and originally inspired by Francois Truffaut telling McBride that there ought to be a long-interview book on Hawks that would be comparable to his own famous work on Alfred Hitchcock.

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Berkeley: University of California Press, (c. 1990). hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Quarto (approximately 8 7/8 by 11 1/4 in.), 733 pages. Includes bibliography, list of contributors, and indexes. Copyright page notes the year of the first paperback edition (1992). This is a hardcover book. 121809A.

xii+282pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Minor foxing to top edge. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. xv, 297 p.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. xv, 297 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. xiii, 264 p.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. xxii, 351 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dj. Illustrated by (dj design) Victoria Kuskowski (illustrator). First Edition. [nice tight clean copy, appears unread, with no significant wear to either book or jacket]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED briefly ("To _____ / Blessings & Peace") and SIGNED by the author on the title page. "This splendid book, at once sweeping in its historical reach and intimate in its evocation of everyday life, is the first full account of Los Angeles's black community in the half century before World War II. Filled with moving human drama, it brings alive a time and place largely ignored by historians until now, detailing African American community and political activism during the city's emergence from a small town to a sprawling metropolis." **** NOTE that additional shipping charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book, or for Priority Mail service to U.S. destinations. If this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. **** Signed by Author.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. xiv, 371 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Berkeley, University of California Press, (c. 1982), 1982. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Pages vi + 265,octavo, hardcover. The Sir Richard F. Burton translation taken from the Huntington Library manuscript HM 27954. Edited, with introduction, notes, and bibliography by Frederick C. H. Garcia and Edward F. Stanton. With a facsimile of the 1769 Portugese original. Book is in Fine condition; dust jacket has ink price on front flap of dust jacket, else Very Good. War of the Seven Reduction 1754-1756. 103010A ISBN: 0-520-04524-6.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 285-426 p. ISSN: 08919356.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 147-283 p. ISSN: 08919356.