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Hitchcock, Alfred (Film Director/Subject); Truffaut, Francois (Author/Film Director) & Scott, Helen : Hitchcock/truffaut: A Definitive Study Of Alfred Hitchcock By Francois Truffaut

The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 2010

ISBN 0671526014

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 367 pages. New Definitive Edition of the film classic. The greatest book on film of the 20th century. The 2010 Easton Press "Collector's Edition". Published in a small and limited print run as a Leatherbound Edition that was not reissued once all of the copies were sold. There is no ISBN. The Collector's Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by The Easton Press: Oversize-volume format. Olive-green leather boards with gilt titles and design (the caricature-profile of Hitchcock) embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut. Assisted by Helen G. Scott, the only one among the trio who was fluent in both English and French. Vintage film stills. Gilt page edges. Salmon vellum endpapers. Matching salmon satin ribbon marker. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Re-presents, in an elegant Collector's Edition, "Hitchcock/Truffaut: A Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut". The single most valuable book on film ever published thus far. "Provides insight into the cinematic method, the history of film, and one of the greatest directors of all time. Fifty hours of interviews about his vast directorial career, from his silent movies in Great Britain to his films in Hollywood" (Publisher's blurb). It should also be noted that "Le Cinema Selon Hitchcock", the French Edition, is NOT the original even though it was published first (in 1966). It is instead a translation, and a bad one, of the interviews that Hitchcock conducted entirely in English. Truffaut, who spoke English well enough, depended nonetheless on the indispensable Helen Scott's bilingual command. The French translation (rushed by someone the publisher hired) dismantled Hitchcock's language, drained his actual voice of its British wit and delicious sting, and turned The Master into some kind of academic figure pontificating in arid, lifeless jargon, an undeniable French specialty. Hitchcock privately rejected the French translation, but did not - to his credit - make a fuss out of respect and admiration for Truffaut. Still, the book to own and read for ALL cinephiles, the French included, is the American Edition, as it is the true original. An absolute "must-have" title for Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut collectors. This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the 2010 Easton Press "Collector's Edition"/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. It comes with a pristine copy of Kent Jones' documentary, "Hitchcock/Truffaut" (2015), the brilliant film about the intense encounter between the two great film artists. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws, particularly the DJ, and are in innumerable subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare set thus. The greatest film director of the 20th century, honored as such by one of the greatest film directors of all time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0671526014.

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Hitchcock, Alfred (Film Director/Subject); Truffaut, Francois (Author/Film Director) & Scott, Helen : Hitchcock/truffaut: A Definitive Study Of Alfred Hitchcock By Francois Truffaut

Simon & Schuster, New York City, NY, 1967

First Edition / Second Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 367 pages. Book-length account on subject. The greatest book on film of the 20th century. The 1967 First Hardcover Edition in its Second Printing. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the 1984 Revised Edition, published seventeen years later. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First and Second Printings appeared consecutively in the same year. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now rare. A magnificent production by Simon & Schuster: Oversize-volume format. Gray cloth boards with white titles embossed on spine, as issued. Text by Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut. Assisted by Helen G. Scott, the only one among the trio who was fluent in both English and French. Vintage film stills. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality, especially of the film stills, is outstanding in every respect. In glossy black DJ with metallic-silver titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "Hitchcock/Truffaut: A Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut". The single most valuable book on film ever published thus far. It should also be noted that "Le Cinema Selon Hitchcock", the French Edition, is NOT the original even though it was published first (in 1966). It is instead a translation, and a bad one, of the interviews that Hitchcock conducted entirely in English. Truffaut, who spoke English well enough, depended nonetheless on the indispensable Helen Scott's bilingual command. The French translation (rushed by someone the publisher hired) dismantled Hitchcock's language, drained his actual voice of its British wit and delicious sting, and turned The Master into some kind of academic figure pontificating in arid, lifeless jargon, an undeniable French specialty. Hitchcock privately rejected the French translation, but did not - to his credit - make a fuss out of respect and admiration for Truffaut. Still, the book to own and read for ALL cinephiles, the French included, is this American Edition, as it is the true original. An absolute "must-have" title for Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and inscribed in black ink-pen on the flyleaf by the author: "Pour Cinemabilia, tres amicalement [with much warmth], Francois Truffaut". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Located in New York City and devoted to books on cinema, Cinemabilia - its name is a play on "cinephilia" - was the greatest such bookstore/resource in the world. Truffaut himself gratefully frequented the store. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/Second Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws, particularly the DJ, and are in innumerable subsequent printings. The "Holy Grail" association value of this copy is near-unbeatable. A rare signed copy thus. The greatest film director of the 20th century, honored as such by one of the greatest film directors of all time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).

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