A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen
by Blum, Daniel; Daniel Blum
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- Seller
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Cody, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York City, New York U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1953. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Fine Hard Cover in Good+ unclipped Dust Jacket. Oversized. Clean, well maintained. First Edition (no prior editions listed). First Printing (no number line). No markings noted on page flip. Tight binding. Lightly read, if at all. Gilt on light blue cloth over boards with minimal edge wear. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs. Unclipped pictorial DJ (bearing number '1477') is intact and serviceable and has edge wear, several small closed tears, missing pieces at spine head and heel, few dents/indentations, light scuffing/rubbing. 334 pp. Very well illustrated with hundreds of photographs of silent era film stars including Swanson, Pickford, Fairbanks, Crawford, Fields, Del Rio, Rooney, Keaton, Valentino, Arbuckle, Chaplin, Garbo, and "Tarzan." Covers early years and 1908 through 1931 (the end of the silent screen era) - Actors, Studios, Movies. Detailed Index. No unpleasant odors detected. Try as we might, to be careful with our listings, sometimes minor things slip by. Photos available upon request. Dependable seller. Carefully packaged. Daily shipping includes USPS Tracking. U468.
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- Bookseller
- Ate Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000016
- Title
- A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen
- Author
- Blum, Daniel; Daniel Blum
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York City, New York U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- u468; Movies; Cinema; Silent Films; Silent Movies; Hollywood; Kinetoscope; Actor, Actress, Movie Stars - Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo, George Melies, Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Joan Crawford, W.C. Fields, Dolores Del Rio, Mickey Roo
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Ate Books
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Cody, Wyoming
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