Byre Books
Byre Books book shop, Wigtown, Galloway. Scotland.









Quick search 


A Course Guide to Accompany A History of Narrative Film

Price:  £10.00

Cook, David A
Third edition. An instructor's manual to the popular film course book. Ex-academic library, minimal marking, some creases to cover, generally VG p189
W W Norton

A Night at the Pictures - ten decades of British Film

Price:  £7.00

Adair, Gilbert and Roddick, Nick
With a forword by David Puttnam and an introduction by Sir Richard Attenborough. Assessing British film from the 1890's to the 1980's. Cover a little marked, generally VG p144
Columbus Books/British Film Year

Absolution

Price:  £8.00

Shaffer, Anthony
A novel - a tie-in with the film starring Richard Burton, Billy Connolly and Dominic Guard Ex-lib, minimal marking, missing ffep, in edge-worn but generally VG DJ p158
Severn House

An Autobiography of British Cinema by the actors and filmmakers who made it

Price:  £7.00

McFarlane, Brian
Interviews with over 180 actors and film-makers. A large, heavy paperback. Cover a little creased and worn, generally VG p656
Methuen

BBC British Short Film Festival 1999

Price:  £5.00

Casson, Amanda (Director)
Catalogue of several hundred short films shown, with plot outlines, contact details and some stills. No publication details. 80pps plus ads. p


British Film Institute Distribution Catalogue

Price:  £8.00

BFI
Reprint. A full list of films held by the Institute, from the earliest days onward, each with a brief precis of the plot. Cover a little worn, some marginal ink markings, good. p240
BFI

Casablanca: Mythos und Legende eines Kultfilms

Price:  £10.00

Miller, Frank
Fully illustrated in b & w and colour. Text in German VG in VG DJ p224
Willhelm Heyne Verlag

Contemporary Polish Cinematography

Price:  £14.00

Banaszkiewicz & others
An informative outline, for general readers, and the first such, by film historians, critics and other Polish experts. Numerous b & w pictures and stills VG (page yellowing, small mended tears to first three pages of text) in Good DJ (worn, chipped, mended). p173
Polonia

Coppola

Price:  £15.00

Cowie, Peter
Signed by the author VG in VG DJ p270
Andre Deutsch

Daily Mail Film Award Annual British Films of 1947

Price:  £15.00

Truby, Jeffrey (editor)
Fascinating review of the films of 1947, looking the history of the Rank cinema companies, the films of the year ( giving cast lists, synopsis, production details, and many photographs) along with a wide range of adverts from clothes, perfumes, sweets etc. A real snapshot of the year. VG (some edgewear, slightly musty) in Good DJ (chipped, worn, with closed tears, but substantially intact). p192
Winchester Publications Limited

Dick Tracy; the Making of the Movie

Price:  £5.00

Bonifer, Mike
VG p
titan

Early American Cinema

Price:  £5.00

Slide, Anthony
Fully illustrated with stills from the early movies. Pages a little yellowed, good, tight and sound. p192
A S Barnes/A Zwemmer

Emotion Pictures - the 'Women's Picture' 1930-55

Price:  £5.00

Tims, Hilton
VG p192
Columbus Books

Film Financing and Television Programming: A Taxation Guide

Price:  £18.00

KPMG Accountants
International media accountancy experts analyses of film and tv financing structures, tax incentives and rules for each of 16 countries, inc. UK, USA, Canada, Columbia, India, France, Japan, Australia, South Africa, etc. Dent in front cover, o/w VG p281
KPMG

Filmguide to The Grapes of Wrath

Price:  £5.00

French, Warren
Analysis and criticism.. Blue cloth cover, a little worn and marked, generally VG. p87
Indiana University Press

From Hitler to Heimat; The Return of History as Film

Price:  £8.00

Kaes, Anton
A study of how Germany has tried to re-invent its identity in cinema - focussing on five films: Heimat, The Patriot, Germany, Pale Mother, Marriage of Maria Braun, Hitler, a film from Germany VG with slight creasing to covers p273
Harvard Univ Press

Indian Film

Price:  £50.00

Barnouw, Erik and Krishnaswami, S
The first fifty years of the film industry of India. Brown cloth, gold lettering and decoration, much worn, ex-lib, some stains and underlining, good but well-read. p301
Columbia University Press

Levinson on Levinson

Price:  £5.00

Thompson, David ed.
Interviews with the film-maker, illustrated with photographs. Cover edges a little spindled, slight grubby marks to page corners, o/w VG p170
Faber

Movie Merry-go-Round

Price:  £20.00

Carstairs, John Paddy
Classic overview of the film industry by the famous director, then aged 27. Prize plate tipped in "With the compliments of the competition Editor of "Tit-Bits" and "Pearson's Weekly". Illus. VG+ Clean, seems unread, but a little rubbing to top and bottom of spine. p240
Newnes

Photographic Make-Up

Price:  £20.00

Meltmar, Wray
A detailed monograph, fully illustrated, on make-up for camera in the 1930's. Red cloth, a little worn and marked, with black lettering and illustration, small stamped name and address to ffep, generally VG. p218
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons

Scottish Central Film Library Catalogue of films for education, and documentary films

Price:  £5.00

Anon.
Catalogue of 16mm films available for hire. Cover a little worn, tight and sound, good. p391
SCET

Screen Series - Eastern Europe - an illustrated guide

Price:  £15.00

Hibbin, Nina
A guide to post-war film. VG in slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ p239
Zwemmer/Barnes

The American Film Heritage

Price:  £7.00

Shales, Tom
Impressions from the American Film institute Archives - a collection of essays inspired by the collection, with unique stills from the movies. Good p183
Acropolis

The C. A. Lejeune Film Reader

Price:  £18.00

Lejeune, C.A., ed. Anthony Lejeune
Essays on film and films by the woman accredited with being the world's first professional film critic, writing for the Observer from 1919 to 1960. VG+, name to fep, in VG+ dj p356
Carcanet

The Cinema Today

Price:  £11.00

Spencer D A and Waley, H D
A fascinating study of film in the '30s Decorated tan cloth, VG p191
OUP

The Dead that Walk

Price:  £12.00

Halliwell, Leslie
first book in the Halliwell's Moving Pictures Series. Description of the classics of the genre, copiously illustrated VG inVG dj. Edges a little dusty with slight foxing. p262
Grafton

The Grove Book of Hollywood

Price:  £10.00

Silvester, Christopher
VG in slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ p696
Grove

The King who was a King

Price:  £12.00

Wells, H G
Wells' treatment for an unproduced film, with an introduction on the future of film as the art of the Future, full of his ideas. A fascinating document from the early days of film VG, but some foxing p254
Benn

The Making of The Jewel in the Crown

Price:  £5.00

Grenada Television
How the production team and cast spent four years making the ITV series. Includes a Who's Who of the cast and full production details. Good - worn cover p146
Granada

The Orange British Academy Film Awards 2004

Price:  £20.00

BAFTA
A glossy snapshot of the current British Film industry VG p290
BAFTA

Thriller Movies: The Movie Treasury

Price:  £5.00

Hammond, Lawrence
Illustrated throughout in colour and b & w. Good in Good DJ (price clipped, worn, small tear) p160
Octopus Books Limited

XLV Mostra Internazionale del cinema

Price:  £25.00

anon.
VG p383
Edizioni la biennale di Venezia










Byre Books book shop, Wigtown, Galloway. Scotland.