Desert remains

ONE EYED JACKS Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick was originally set to direct this revenge western about an outlaw who seeks vengeance on a sheriff who once was his close friend; instead, star Marlon Brando took it over -- and it remains the only film he ever helmed. This Western is Marlon Brando's only directorial effort. It's the Old West of , and Brando stars as Kid Rio, who along with his partner, Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) are bank robbers who are caught holding up a Mexican bank. Longworth gets away and allows his partner to get caught and go to jail. When Rio is released five years later, he goes out to seek revenge; however, he is surprised to find his partner is married with a stepdaughter and sheriff of a town. Complications set in when Rio himself falls in love with the stepdaughter. Filmed in VistaVision and Technicolor in Monterey, California and Mexico. Co-produced by High Desert Films. Feature film debut for actress Pina Pellicer. Director Sam Peckinpah wrote the first draft of the screenplay, but was replaced by Stanley Kubrick, the film's original director. Then Kubrick eventually quit over artistic differences and was replaced by the film's star, Marlon Brando. Budget was reported to be between $5-6 million. Additional cast: Sam Gilman (Harvey), Hank Worden (Doc), Margarita Cordova (Flamenco Dancer), Nina Martinez (Margarita), Glen Harvey, and William Forrest. Additional credits: Richard Mueller (Technicolor consultant), Carlo Fiore (assistant to producer). One-Eyed Jacks Reviews: "...With Brando giving his most Elvis-like performance....[And] Charles Lang Jr.'s gorgeous Big Sur photography..."-- Mike Clark, USA Today "[Brando] displays a gift with character actors and gives Ford regular Ben Johnson one of the meatiest roles of his career..." -- Kevin Maher, Uncut "Brando proves to be one of his own best directors..." -- Entertainment Weekly Staff, Entertainment Weekly   Starring: Marlon Brando Kal Malden   Category: Western   Age Restriction: PG

Welwitschia: Paradox Eines Verdorrten Paradieses = Paradox of a Parched Paradise (Chris H. Bornman) C. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket., vo. pp 71. Original publisher's green paper covered boards with white lettering at spine. Colour illustrated DJ. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Parallel text in German and in English. Welwitschia mirabilis remains the crown jewel of the Plant Kingdom and the paradox of the Namib Desert. Dustjacket creased and faded. Some shelfwear, tears. Boards have slight chipping and shelfwear. Internally neat. Conditions: Please read conditions before bidding. NON PAYING WINNING BIDDERS - Please do not bid on an item unless you intend on completing the transaction. NEGATIVE feedback will be posted for non paying winning bidders Postage will be quoted according to the size of the item. If you are making a cash deposit, please add on R16 for the deposit fee. If more than one item has been ordered, postage may be reduced. Books will be posted on the Wednesday after payment has cleared in my bank account.  

  (Johannesburg: Ashanti Publishing, 1991) 1874800243, 1991. 8vo; Very good, as new original pale boards; As new dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. xiv + 301, incl. index; profusely illustrated with battle plans and photographs. As new condition. "James Ambrose Brown's journal of the life of a South African infantryman in the British North African 8th Army, almost exactly half a century ago, gives a day-to-day account of the campaign in the Western Desert against the redoubtable Rommel's Afrika Korps.. Brown's hour-to-hour depiction of the great battle [of El Alamein] that at last sent the enemy reeling back across North Africa remains a classic. A leading American journal, The Saturday Evening Post, called it 'The greatest worm's eye view of battle to come out of the war so far'. To bring today's reader into the picture, James Ambrose Brown has provided a preamble that sets out the political and military events which led up to World War II and the two years of lost North African battles that almost gave total victory to Germany and Italy. Splendid maps by Dr Richard Wood vividly illustrate the tactical situations described in the diary; they also fill in the gaps in large-scale operations. Lavish use of photographs taken by official war photographers illustrate the text. Also reproduced are sketches done by official war artists who were there. Retreat to Victory is a moving and timeless record of despair and hope; and the ultimate devastation that is left in the path of war."