The American Federation of Arts, 1986.. Oversized Paperback Very Good First paperback edition. Very good oversized softcover. Light wear to the edges of the covers with minor scuffing to the covers themselves. A bit of scratching on the back cover where price tag was removed. Clean, unmarked text in tight binding. 171 pages with illustrations, notes, programs, program notes, bibliography, and index. A collection of nine essays on early movies and film. The essays are: 1. Saving early Cinema, 2. Offs... more information

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Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1988. Hardcover in green-blue cloth binding First edition Very Good without dust jacket Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to heel of spine and heavier bumping to upper corners of front and back covers. Light scuffing to covers. 917 pages with listings of actors and actresses with honorary titles, who have appeared in at least 100 films, and have won film awards. ... more information

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New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Hardcover First American edition, first printing Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 247 p. w/ synopses of films, notes, bibliography, index. A survey of post war British cinema with attention to its depictions of women, and also discusses femal characters from 18 films of the period. ... more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 1995. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards First edition Very Good Thin quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Slight scuffing to covers. 70 p. w/many color illustrations. An attractive book of numerous Mercier posters, with full page reproductions accompanied by smaler images of his own draft of the poster. Suprisingly uncommon. ... more information

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Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1994. Hardcover First edition Very Good Very good octavo hardcover in red cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear along edges of boards with bumpin gto head and heel of spine with minor scuffing to covers. 401 pages with indices. A handy reference work on movie quotes. ... more information

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Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2001. Hardcover in full cloth First edition Very Good Octavo. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. A bit of scuffing to covers. Bar code sticker to back board. 306 p. w/illustrations, notes, filmography, bibliography, index. A scholary study of changes in the early era of silent film, covering style, time, space, narrative and the business itself. ... more information

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New York, NY: Sotheby's, 1997. Oversized Paperback in illustrated covers First edition Very Good Small quarto (slightly oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners. Small, somewhat hidden creases in front and back cover. 384 lots , all in color, of posters and lobby cards. Feiertag is a long time poster collector and was owner of mail order company Poster City. The sale garnered $1.5 million, with director/actor Ron Howard buying many pieces. ... more information

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Berlin: Garbáty Zigarettenfabrik, 1936. Cardboard Covers First edition, first printing Good Square quarto (oversized). Exterior cardboard wraps have wear to edges and corners, and scuffing to coves (more so to back). SIGNED by Thomas Garbáty, the grandson of the founder of the firm, and dated 1999. Interior pages are very nice but sightly browned, and with original clear tissue guards between each page. Complete 224 card (52mm x 62mm) set, each full color matte finish with over 200 different borders of A... more information

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Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. Hardcover in full cloth First edition Very Good Octavo. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Front board has a small scuffmark above the title. Mass produced bookplate of former owner on pastedown. Barcode sticker to back board. 343 p. w/some illustrations, bibiography, index. A useful academic dictionary of silent era films and film makers, with additional scholarly essays on the development of cinema and the legacy of the silent screen. ... more information

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Berlin: Garbáty Zigarettenfabrik, 1934. Cardboard Covers First edition, first printing Good Square quarto (oversized).Exterior cardboard wraps have wear to edges and corners, and scuffing to covers, with a bit of discloration to front cover. Interior pages are very nice but sightly browned, and with original tissue guards between each page. Complete 300 card (52mm x 62mm) set, each full color, embossed, with a glossy finish. The cards depict American and German actors and actresses. There are even some c... more information

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