First published in 1964. When A Million and One Nights was first published in 1926, it was hailed as "the first complete source book on the motion picture" and its author, Terry Ramsaye, as "the first authentic film historian."
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First published in 1964. When A Million and One Nights was first published in 1926, it was hailed as "the first complete source book on the motion picture" and its author, Terry Ramsaye, as "the first authentic film historian."
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine. First Trade Edition. 2 Volumes. Near fine in purple cloth with gilt top edge. (Spine lightly sunned. Some mild spots of shelfsoiling to cloth) The finest early study on the history of motion pictures.
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Tape stains on endsheets front and rear in both volumes; cloth a little rubbed and frayed at extremities. 2 vols. Illustrated from photographs. Large 8vo, Volume I is inscribed on the half-title by Terry Ramsaye; Volume II is inscribed on half-title to the same recipient by Lillian Gish.
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Near Fine. First edition. Copy number 233 of a limited 327, signed by Ramsaye and Thomas A. Edison. Large paper copy, bound in publisher's original blue cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt; copies of this limited edition were also bound in half-leather. Near Fine with light rubbing. Browning to endsheets. The first official history of the motion picture as written by film journalism Terry Ramsey, presenting a clear picture of the early development of film as seen from the Edison camp. A beautiful copy of a set which often turns up much worse for wear.