Von Stroheim
by Curtiss, Thomas Quinn
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0207954410
- ISBN 13
- 9780207954412
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Angus and Robertson, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by Rene Clair, introduction by author, list of illustrations, appendix, filmography and bibliography. Black-and-white photographic endpapers, showing shooting of the film "Merry Widow". The text is illustrated with numerous black and white / sepia toned photographs from the life and works of Erich Von Stroheim. Brown coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Sepia photographic dustwrapper with yellow and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The biography one of the most controversial of the Golden Age of Hollywood film directors -- Erich Von Stroheim. Starting out in his native Vienna, he then migrated to America where his films and film making style sat very uncomfortably with the America of the 1930s - 40s. Rubbing and softening of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners. A little fading of the backstrip edges with light tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Some creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. A little fading of the backstrip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (22), 360 pages (3),. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography -- Arts; Film, Radio & Television. ISBN: 0207954410. ISBN/EAN: 9780207954412. Inventory No: 0130502. . 9780207954412
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0130502
- Title
- Von Stroheim
- Author
- Curtiss, Thomas Quinn
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0207954410
- ISBN 13
- 9780207954412
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Erich Von Stroheim -- Biography, Film Director -- Viennese -- America -- Film -- Performing Arts Biography & Autobiography; Biography -- Arts; Film, Radio & Television. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0207954410 EAN: 9780207954412 Curtiss, Th
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography -- Arts;
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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