ISBN10: 0231103387, ISBN13: 9780231103381, [publisher: Columbia University Press, United States, New York] Softcover One hundred years ago, the crude realism of early cinematic exercises caused shockwaves among audiences - some even panicked. On one occasion, read a news report from the time, an old lady in the audience, quite unable to suppress a scream, started up in her seat and tried to scramble out, knocking over others on her way. This sort of reaction was not uncommon - on a screen that might have featured nothing more than minute-long dips of a running horse or a moving train, what modern viewers might see as a pale shadow of the explosive, full-colour blockbusters of 1995. This work recounts the enchantment of the early years of film, a trajectory which began with the magic lantern in the 17th century and progressed rapidly from 1893 to 1913, when the modern motion picture was born. It offers an account of the haphazard process which was the birth of American film. Including more than 150 drawings and photographs of the earliest devices of cinematic prehistory - colourful names like the thaumotrope, the phenakistiscope, the stroboscope, the Wheel of Life - the book leads readers along the winding path of missteps and innovation that led to the filmmaking technology we know today. In his pictorial essay, the author shows readers how these early gadgets actually worked and describes the shortcomings that led inventors to try, try again. He chronicles the ...

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ISBN10: 0231103387, ISBN13: 9780231103381, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

ISBN10: 0231103387, ISBN13: 9780231103381, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Not ex-lib. Hardcover with black boards and 1/4-cloth, in light blue jacket with tinted production still to front, 8vo. xiv + 213pp. Index, bibliography, color plates; b/w figures throughout text. Foreword by Martin Scorsese. NF/NF. Mild bumping to upper rear and lower corners of book; mild rubbing and shallow creases along upper edge rear flap. Book and jacket are otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square and unmarked; plates section bright but somewhat stiff.
[Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]
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ISBN10: 0231103387, ISBN13: 9780231103381, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

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[AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

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ISBN10: 0231103387, ISBN13: 9780231103381, [publisher: Columbia University Press in association with the Library of Congress, New York and Washington, D.C.] Hardcover First Edition xiv, 213 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small erasure mark-rubbing/front free endpaper. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "One hundred years ago, the crude realism of early cinematic exercises caused shockwaves among audiences - some even panicked. On one occasion, read a news report from the time, an old lady in the audience, quite unable to suppress a scream, started up in her seat and tried to scramble out, knocking over others on her way. This sort of reaction was not uncommon - on a screen that might have featured nothing more than minute-long dips of a running horse or a moving train, what modern viewers might see as a pale shadow of the explosive, full-colour blockbusters of 1995." - Publisher. Size: 8vo
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New York: Columbia University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Date: 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0231103387 . B&W and color Photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 248 pages; 1995 Columbia University Press. HC/DJ.1st edition, 1st printing. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with B&W photos and a section of color plates. About as new. NF/NF . 1995. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231103387 9780231103381 [US]

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]

ISBN10: 0231103387, ISBN13: 9780231103381, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Foreword by Martin Scorsese
[Toronto, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1995]

ISBN10: 0231103387, ISBN13: 9780231103381, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. A few small bumps to jacket. Printer form taped to front end page, outlining various features and costs related to the production of the book. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 9.30 X 7.30 X 0.80 inches; 248 pages.
[Kingston, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]
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[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1995]