Italian Western: The Opera of Violence

[a really nice copy, with the only flaw being a faint vertical scratch line on the front cover; otherwise clean and tight, virtually as-new]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, facsimiles) Published at a time when the "spaghetti Western" subgenre was already well into its decline, this was (I believe) the first book on the topic to be published (at least in English). Although heavily photo-illustrated, with a relatively minimal text, it has the advantage of being nearly contemporaneous with the films themselves, unlike much of the extensive and more academic scholarship that's followed. Particularly notable is the book's second half, which devotes considerable attention to the importance of the music in the films. (I'm moderately confused about the publisher statement, which appears on the copyright page as indicated (Lorrimer/Futura), but which on the title page of the book and the spine is simply stated as "Odeon.")

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Publisher: Lorrimer Publishing Limited in association with Futura Publications Limited

Year: 1975

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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