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Celluloid Skyline New York and the Movies
by Sanders, James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Bolivia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. x + 496 pages; signed by the author on the half-title page; black and white illustrated throughout; with useful notes, bibliography, index, filmography; "...the dream city of the movies - created by more than a century of films...may hold the secret to the glamour of its real counterpart...a new way to see not only America's greatest metropolis, but also cities the world over..." (from the jacket information); hardcover in illustrated jacket; light tips, edge-wear; small pushed-in area to the cloth spine and in jacket spine, unobtrusive; in very good condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Certain Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23879
- Title
- Celluloid Skyline New York and the Movies
- Author
- Sanders, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- United States American Americana America Architecture Architectural Film Movie Production History Celluloid Skyline New York and the Movies James Sanders Signed by Author
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