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Citizen Kane Book, The
[Boston & New York]: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1971. Item #05837
With an Inscribed Photograph of Orson Welles affixed to the Front Free Endpaper
WELLES, Orson. The Citizen Kane Book. Raising Kane by Paul Kael [&] The Shooting Script by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. Now Published for the First Time and illustrated with Eighty-one Frames from the Film and the Cutting Continuity of the Completed Film. [Boston & New York]: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1971.
First edition. Large quarto (11 x 8 3/8 inches; 280 x 213 mm.). [vi], [1]-440 pp. Illustrated in black & white.
Publishers gray cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in silver. Pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Affixed to the front free endpaper is a fine 10 x 8 inch black & white photograph inscribed “To Paul [R. Palmer] Best Wishes Orson Welles”
George Orson Welles (1915-1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theater. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.
Price: $1,800.00