Search Results: the rise of the american film by jacobs lewis

Harcourt Brace, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Teachers College Press. Used - Good. Good condition. No dust jacket. Hardcover edition. Interior stamped.

UsedAcceptable. Good reading copy, paperback, shows wear, spine sleeve is tape repaired,back cover is taped to spine, unmarked text, a good reading copy. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1939. hardcover. Book VG: shelf wear to boards and spine, some fading to spine lettering, mild toning, text clean, binding tight.. 8vo 585pp. later printing. #02266 HEAVY ITEM WILL REQUIRE EXTRA S/H.

Harcourt Brace, 1939 585 pp. Text is clean, tight, unmarked, toned. previous owner's name (the character actor, Patrick O'Malley) on first free page. Black cloth boards are rubbed at extremities.. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY.: Teachers College Press., (1971).. Trade Paperback.. Light cover wear, text clean/tight: VG.. 8vo. Profusely illustrated in black & white.. of the series: Studies in Culture & Communication.

Teachers College Press. Used - Good. Good condition. (history, film, american) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Teachers College Press, 1967. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Teacher's College Press 1968.. vg/no dj. a few very faint & tiny spots on frnt. edge. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY LEWIS JACOBS. Classic study of Am. film orig. pub. in 1939. 49 stills & photos on 24 plts. + biblio.

Harcourt Brace. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Owner's name on endpage. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (Motion Pictures, Cinema)

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. 585pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with chips at the base of the spine, first couple pages chipped and with a tear, a couple of pages loose from the binding with old tape repairs in the gutters, thus good only in a worn, good only dust jacket with chips and tears, creasing, and several surface abrasions. "This is the first comprehensive and critical history of the American movie as a commodity, as an art, and as a social agency." (from the front flap).

Teachers College Press, 1968, New York.. 23x15. Rústica. (tapa blanda) .632 pgs. Texto en ingles. 675829

Harcourt Brace. Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Writing on first page. Spill stain to edge of pages. Yellowing to pages. Light water damage. Text is intact. Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing. .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. 585pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, topedge darkened, else near fine in a good or better dust jacket with several chips and tears including a large tear at the center of the spine, creases, and toning. "This is the first comprehensive and critical history of the American movie as a commodity, as an art, and as a social agency." (from the front flap).

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1939). Later Printing. Hardcover. [several thick black marker lines at top of front endpaper (apparently an obliteration of a previous owner's name and address) but otherwise a decent clean copy, modestly shelfworn but with notable weaking of the front hinge (which is just starting at the lower end), a short tear at the bottom edge of the front endpaper and the following page, and a little bit of black schmutz along the bottom edges of both endpapers; the jacket has tiny chips at the upper and lower rear hinges, and is lightly edgeworn but still attractive]. (B&W photographs) The "first comprehensive and critical history of the American movie as a commodity, as an art, and as a social agency," with a very New Deal-ish emphasis on films' relationship to society; a very influential work and an acknowledged classic of film scholarship. Although this printing is undated, it seems to date from the… Read More

NY: Harcourt Brace. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth titled in gilt. Stated first edition. Points gently bumped, endpages lightly toned. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar has a loss to rear panel near flap fold, mild edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 585 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from the author Lewis Jacobs to Barrett C. Kiesling. Inscribed: “For Barrett, with friendship, Lewis Jacobs, 3/21/40”. Barrett C. Kiesling was the publicity director for film director Cecil B. DeMille from 1924-1927 and then graduated to the powerful position of the Publicity Director for MGM studios from 1928 to 1960. Very good in a very good dust jacket. One of the great landmark books dealing with American cinema, and The Rise of American film is still used today.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1939. First Edition. First Edition. A comprehensive history of American cinema up to the beginning of World War II, beginning with George Melies, the birth of the Hollywood studios, and D.W. Griffith, and ending with the dawn of the "auteur" era (Vidor, Lang, von Sternberg, Capra, Ford, etc.) A focused, factual look at cinema's first four decades. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white plates throughout. Near Fine in a lovely, Near Fine example of the dust jacket. A title that emerges in jacket from time to time, but virtually never in this condition.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1939. First Edition. First Edition. Copy belonging to director Jacques Tourneur, with his name in manuscript red pencil on the front endpaper. Published the same year as Tourneur's directorial debut, "They All Come Out." Tourneur would go on to direct 70 films over a 40 year career, including the first three horror films for legendary producer Val Lewton, "Cat People" (1942), "I Walked with a Zombie" (1943), and "The Leopard Man" (1943), as well as the classic film noir "Out of the Past" (1947). Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket is lightly rubbed, with light chipping and edgewear, and a light dampstain to the rear panel.