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Vintage 1961 Hollywood Scapegoat Erich Von Stroheim Peter Noble HC Fortune Press
Title: Hollywood Scapegoat: The Biography of Erich von Stroheim.
Author: Peter Noble.
Format: 1961 reprint hardcover in red crocodile-textured paper-covered boards with tan cloth spine and gilt spine titling.
Publisher: The Fortune Press, London, S.W.1, United Kingdom.
Publication details: First published 1950; this reprint issued May 1961 with world copyright by Peter Noble and printed in Great Britain by J. Looker Limited, Poole, Dorset; dedicated to Oswell Blakiston, Paul Rotha, and Richard Winnington.
Language: English.
Subject/Genre: Biography and autobiography; film history; cinema studies; Hollywood and European cinema; biography of director and actor Erich von Stroheim.
Contents: Narrative account of Erich von Stroheim\'s life and career in Hollywood and Europe, with chapters such as \"Europe: A New Career\" and \"Stroheim, Sex and Symbolism,\" followed by appendices containing contributions from Rodney Ackland, James Agate, Ernest Betts, Oswell Blakeston, Thomas Quinn Curtiss, John Grierson, Robert Herring, Lewis Jacobs, C. A. Lejeune, Roger Manvell, Paul Rotha, and Herman G. Weinberg.
Illustrations: Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs including formal portraits of Stroheim, on-set images, and film stills from productions such as Blind Husbands, The Devil\'s Passkey, Three Faces East, Friends and Lovers, The Wedding March, and others.
Interior: Text is set in a single-column serif type with running heads and chapter divisions, accompanied by full-page and in-text photo plates on coated paper, as well as a concluding bibliography of books, articles, and reference works on Stroheim and motion-picture history.
Special attributes: Vintage 1961 British hardcover edition of Peter Noble\'s illustrated biography of filmmaker Erich von Stroheim, published by The Fortune Press and suitable for readers and collectors interested in classic Hollywood, silent cinema, and mid-twentieth-century film criticism.
Condition: Red textured boards show moderate rubbing and handling wear with scattered small marks, a noticeable scuff and surface loss near the lower front edge, and softened, lightly bumped corners. Tan cloth spine is browned and rubbed with a few small spots, fraying at the head and tail, and slightly faded titling. Page-block edges are uniformly age-toned with dust soiling, a few small dark specks, and mild waviness along the fore and bottom edges. Interior pages in the sections shown are evenly toned but remain clean and fully legible, with no writing, highlighting, or loose leaves visible; some leaves display small edge nicks or short tears at the lower margins and occasional corner creases, chiefly around the photo plates. Binding is secure in the openings photographed. Original dust jacket is not present with this copy.
