INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATING THE MECHANICAL MEDIUM
by [ARTIST'S BOOKS] Beloff, Zoe
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- first
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Society for Etheric Research, n.d.. First Edition. Intriguing work by the artist and filmmaker, based on Thomas Edison's search for a machine to communicate with the dead. Illustrated with a series of four "phantograms," printed in two colors, with corresponding directions for viewing with the enclosed 3-D glasses. OCLC finds a single location (Whitney Museum of American Art). Quarto (28.5cm); manila-colored sheets, spiral-bound into thick brown matboard covers with printed title label applied to front cover; [6]pp (rectos only); illus., with two different 3-D glasses laid in. Small patch of sticker-pull to rear cover, else Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2279
- Title
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATING THE MECHANICAL MEDIUM
- Author
- [ARTIST'S BOOKS] Beloff, Zoe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Society for Etheric Research
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- n.d.
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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