1941 First Edition - WPA Guide: The Film Index: A Bibliography. Volume 1: The Film as Art
by WPA
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- very good
- Hardcover
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New York: The Museum of Modern Art and The H. W. Wilson Company, 1941. First Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good. 1941, 1st edition, 723pp, red cloth. Cover chipped and bumped; pencil notes on front pastedown; contents clean and tight. Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of New York; NY, Museum of Modern Art Film Library and H.H.Wilson, 1941. Approx. 50 illustrations. 723 page bibliography on film, movies, cinema. No other volumes were published. 2 additional volumes (Film as Industry and Film in Society) were completed but never published by the Writers' Project. They were issued in 1985 by Krause International Publications. Schoyer 433
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- Bookseller
- Das Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8980
- Title
- 1941 First Edition - WPA Guide: The Film Index: A Bibliography. Volume 1: The Film as Art
- Author
- WPA
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Museum of Modern Art and The H. W. Wilson Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
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