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NY, The New Yorker, 1968-1988. Kael's own copies of 190 of her "Current Cinema" columns for The New Yorker, which she wrote for over two decades. All but two of these (one from 1968 and one from 1970) date from 1980 forward, following her leave of absence to try her hand in Hollywood. Included here are 20-26 columns for each of the years 1981-1987; 9 from 1980; and 13 from 1988. Several copies of each issue are present, which Kael has clipped together. Kael has also written the date on the majority, which tend to lack a printed date; and approximately a dozen columns bear Kael's corrections, markings or comments, in addition to one or two showing a copy-editor's changes. The first issue present, November 16, 1968, reviewing the forgettable Sean Connery vehicle Shalako, has Kael's note attached: "Ugh." The lot is near fine. [#035647] $2,500

NY, Partisan Review, 1938-1979. An incomplete run of 60 issues, spanning five decades. From the estate of film critic Pauline Kael. Provenance available, but the direct evidence is that 1) Kael has excised her contribution from the Summer 1963 issue, and the cover says "clipped" in her hand; 2) Kael has written her name on the Summer 1967 issue and added praise inside at the Stephen Spender article; and 3) a postcard to Kael from Jack Hirschman is laid into the Fall 1967 issue. General condition: two issues from the 1930s (Jan and May 1938), good only; eleven issues from the 1940s (Spring 1945, Winter 1946, July/Aug and Sept/Oct 1947, Feb, May, July, Oct 1948, March, July, Dec 1949), all very good but for Sept/Oct 1947 which has heavily ink-stamped covers; 21 issues from the 1950s (July/Aug and Nov/Dec 1950, July/Aug and Sept/Oct 1951, May/June, July/August, Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec 1952, Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec 1954, Spring and Fall 1955, Fall 1956, Winter, Spring and Summer 1957, Spring and Summer 1958, Spring, Summer and Fall 1959), all in very good condition; 20 issues from the 1960s (Spring and Fall 1960, March/April 1961, Winter, Spring and Summer 1962, Spring, Summer and Fall 1963, Spring and Fall 1964, Winter and Summer, 1965, Summer 1966, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall 1967, Winter and Summer 1968), all about very good but for those excised pages mentioned above; six issues from the 1970s (Winter 1971-72, Winter 1973, 1973 #2, 1974 #2 and #4, 1979 #2), all very good, but for the final three issue, which each bear a series of names on their covers that are partially crossed out. Will ship at cost. [#036222] $1,500

Rochester, George Eastman House, 1956-1960. 29 issues of this "Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures." Unmarked, but from the library of Pauline Kael. The George Eastman House published this journal beginning in 1952. This lot begins with all ten issues from 1956 and includes nine of the ten issues from 1957 (all but No. 55, the December issue); five of the ten issues from 1958 (Nos. 57, 58, 62, 64, 65); three of the four quarterly issues from 1959 (June, September, December) and two of the four issues from 1960 (March, June). These date from the period that Kael managed the Berkeley Cinema-Guild and Studio, an art film house that she ran for about five years before beginning her career as a film reviewer. The lot is musty; the June 1956 issue has lost its staples; otherwise the lot is near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036416] $375

Yellow Springs, Antioch College Union, 1961. The first (only?) issue of this magazine of literature and the arts. This copy is inscribed to Pauline Kael by Herbert Feinstein at his contribution, about Satyaji Ray's film The World of Apu. Kael has written "Feinstein on Apu" on the rear cover. Lower front cover corner crease; some rubbing and handling; very good in stapled wrappers. [#036223] $300

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston/Dutton, (1980-1985). Three of Kael's books of film criticism from the 1970s and 1980s: these are author copies, from the Kael estate. All are first printings and fine in fine dust jackets, but for the slightest hint of foxing to the edges of the text blocks. Unmarked, but accompanied by a mailing label from one of the boxes they were shipped to her in. Note that there were several shipping boxes, and your label may vary from the one shown. [#035649] $150

Boston, Little Brown, (1977). From the library of Pauline Kael, and with her notes in the text. There are several instances of marginal notes, one of them approving of a turn of phrase; and about 50 words by Kael written on the front flyleaf...none of them complimentary. Clearly, Kael was a close reader, and not just of her own writing. Very good in a very good, edgeworn dust jacket. [#035651] $150

NY, Quality Paperback Book Club, (1995). Inscribed by Cahill to Kael: "For Pauline, without your early illustration encouragement, this could never be. Thank you. Joey." Contains Cahill's graphic story "Print City." Near fine in wrappers. [#036083] $50

NY, Dutton, (1985). Reviews from the mid-1980s: Flashdance, Desperately Seeking Susan, Footloose, Stop Making Sense, The Big Chill, etc. Unmarked, but from the estate of the author. Very faint foxing to the edges of the text block; still fine in a fine dust jacket. [#035357] $40

Gambier, Kenyon College, 1962. Foxing to top edge of front cover; very good in wrappers. From the estate of Pauline Kael, and with a few marginal comments by her in William S. Pechter's "Two Movies and Their Critics." [#036082] $35

NY, Holt Rinehart, (1984). The second printing of the hardcover issue of this collection of reviews from the early 1980s and including the essay "Why Are Movies So Bad?" Unmarked, but from the estate of the author. Trace foxing at the edges of the text block; still very near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#035356] $30

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1984). The simultaneous issue in wrappers of this collection of reviews from the early 1980s and including the essay "Why Are Movies So Bad?" Unmarked, but from the estate of the author. Faint foxing at the edges of the text block; still fine in wrappers. [#024099] $25