The Inventor and the Tycoon: a Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
by Edward Ball
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385525753
- ISBN 13
- 9780385525756
- Seller
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385525753 . Felt tip dots to both top and bottom edges, but otherwise a clean, tight copy in excellent condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
EDWARD BALL is the author of four works of nonfiction, including the bestselling, National Book Award-winning Slaves in the Family . Born and raised in the South, he attended Brown University and received his MFA from the University of Iowa before coming to New York and working as an art critic for the Village Voice . He lives in Connecticut and teaches writing at Yale University.
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- Bookseller
- Loud Bug Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21
- Title
- The Inventor and the Tycoon: a Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
- Author
- Edward Ball
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385525753
- ISBN 13
- 9780385525756
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- 0385525753, Eadweard Muybridge, Leland Stanford, Stop-motion Photography, Motion Pictures
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Loud Bug Books
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About Loud Bug Books
With over twenty years experience in the book business, in online and brick and mortar book sales, in addition to experience at a university library, I strive to provide quality titles in excellent condition, leaning heavily towards scholarly nonfiction with a smattering of collectible modern first editions, primarily mysteries and literature.
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