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Washington, D.C.: Georgetown university Press, 1948. X5 - A poor ex-library good for reading copy.. Hard Cover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Georgetown Univ. Pr, 1948-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709.

Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Green covers. 8vo, 191 pages. Ex-library copy with bookplate on the inside of the front cover and ref. no. on the lower spine. Spine top end & corners worn. contents fine.

Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 1948. Hardcover. Octavo; G+/G-; brown/beige spine with beige and black text; dust jacket exterior shows modest toning; several chips to head edge; other few chips to tail edge; cloth exterior has mild wear; light edge wear; tight binding; strong boards; textblock exterior edges have age toned somewhat; interior pages slightly toned; illustrated; pp 191. 1358455. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York, NY: Quigley Publishing Company, 1960. 192 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Two small dents to front cover. Light foxing to endpapers. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed. Short tears to edges of rear panel. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 191pp. Illustrated from photographs. Faint spotting on the boards, very good in good or better dust jacket with age-toning and small chips and tears.

Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1948. 1st printing; green c w/gilt titles; 191 clean, unmarked pages/index, chronology; presentation card inscribed and signed by author laid in. SIGNED & Insc By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B/W Photos. 12 vo.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Quigley Publ, 1960. No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.. Hardcover in green cloth boards w gilt titling, in color illus jacket.. Fine unmarked, in Fine unclipped jacket in Brodart.. Tells the whole story of the origin of motion pictures. Nice bright crisp copy of scarce self-pubished HB edition. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 191 pp, index, chronology, b/w glossy photos & illus.

USA: Georgetown University Press. Fair. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 191 pages. Index. Bibliography. Many nice archival black and white plates. "This volume records first explorations of the path of light, ever widening from primitive dawn to the rainbow flood which now illuminates the world screen of the motion picture... Primarily this is a pre-history of the motion picture." - from Foreward. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Still of value as a reference copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures Moving .

FIRST THUS. 8vo, pp. [192] + b/w plates. Green leatherette boards, spine and upper board lettered in gilt. Wear and bruising to extremities, top corners bumped. Neil Paterson's flamboyant ownership signature in green pen to ffep. In the original dust jacket: toned, spine sunned and lightly stained, nicked and chipped, a little loss to spine ends. Else, clean and tight. Originally published in 1948. Very good/ good+. An interesting association copy. "The best story-teller Scotland has produced since Stevenson," Neil Paterson (1915-1995) was an author, amateur footballer and screenwriter, who won the 1960 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Room at the Top. Paterson remained an influential figure in the British film landscape, sitting on various boards, including Film Scotland and Grampian Television, and both the Scottish Arts Council and the Arts Council for GB.Martin Quigley Jr. (1917-2011) was born into the business of writing about film: his father founded a number of trade publications,… Read More

Hardback. New.

Washingto, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1948. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. VG in torn dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. A classic qhich tells the whole story of the origin of motion pictures.