Conquest of the Useless : Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo

NY: Ecco, 2009. First edition (full number line on copyright page). Ix, 306pp.; 8vo; mottled tan papered boards; dust jacket. Textblock edges moderately toned (inferior paperstock); light bumping to spine ends. Near fine in a fine, unclipped jacket.

First American edition of the German director's meditation on one of his most enduring films, as translated into English by Krishna Winston. A surprisingly uncommon first.