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Archaeology of the Cinema
by Ceram, C. W. [Marek, Kurt W.]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/good
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. 264 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket, in clear cover. Translated by Richard Winston. Includes bibliography and index. Stated First American edition. "Vividly illustrated with 293 photographs, and dramatically narrated, Archaeology of the Cinema is the definitive history of the cinema before 1897." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: text pages are age-toned, as is typical of this book; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: edges rubbed; closed 2-cm. tear from upper edge of front section; chipping at head of spine; clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009519
- Title
- Archaeology of the Cinema
- Author
- Ceram, C. W. [Marek, Kurt W.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- Performing Arts;
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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