In An Animated Life (Aurum, 2003) Ray Harryhausen told the story of his career as the acknowledged grandmaster of special effects in the pre-computer era, the creator of classics such as One Million Years BC, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of Titans. In this book the focus is not on the movies themselves, but on the vast hoard of artwork which Harryhausen has carefully preserved in his London home. These include preliminary sketches, elaborate drawings of key scenes and carefully plotted storyboards, all produced as ...
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In An Animated Life (Aurum, 2003) Ray Harryhausen told the story of his career as the acknowledged grandmaster of special effects in the pre-computer era, the creator of classics such as One Million Years BC, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of Titans. In this book the focus is not on the movies themselves, but on the vast hoard of artwork which Harryhausen has carefully preserved in his London home. These include preliminary sketches, elaborate drawings of key scenes and carefully plotted storyboards, all produced as he sought backing for his next venture and prepared to undertake the laborious task of animating the prehistoric creatures, aliens and mythical monsters which stole scene after scene from the human actors. There are also the tiny, elaborately articulated models which Harryhausen created to play these roles and the bronzes which he cast to preserve their forms in perpetuity. This stunning array of images is a tribute to the scope of Harryhausen' s imagination and his artistic skills which no student of special effects or cinema history will want to be without.
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Fair. Size: 10x1x11; All proceeds benefit local libraries. Former library book with the usual library identification markings. Does not appear to have had much library use. Pages appear clean and unmarked. Binding is very good. Some cover bottom and top edge wear. Dust cover looks nice.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1450grams, ISBN: 9781845137120.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall A beautiful clean crisp hardcover copy in very good condition, light rubbing to edges of boards. DJ in very good condition with light edge wear at spine head, now in protective mylar cover.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. 2nd Printing. About fine with no markings or bookplate in an about fine dust jacket with NO chips or tears and not price-clipped. No prior owner markings or bookplates. No remainder mark. Slight scuffing to dust jacket. Suitable for gift-giving.
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Good. Hardcover with dust jacket, full number line, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, cover lift, corners bumped, ex-library copy with usual library markings, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
