THE RISE OF THE AMERICAN FILM: A CRITICAL HISTORY WITH AN ESSAY EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA IN AMERICA 1921-1947 by Jacobs, Lewis - 1978

Teachers College Press. Used - Good. Good condition. No dust jacket. Hardcover edition. Interior stamped.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1939. hardcover. Book VG: shelf wear to boards and spine, some fading to spine lettering, mild toning, text clean, binding tight.. 8vo 585pp. later printing. #02266 HEAVY ITEM WILL REQUIRE EXTRA S/H.

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

NY.: Teachers College Press., (1971).. Trade Paperback.. Light cover wear, text clean/tight: VG.. 8vo. Profusely illustrated in black & white.. of the series: Studies in Culture & Communication.

Teachers College Press. Used - Good. Good condition. (history, film, american) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Teachers College Press, 1967. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. 585pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with chips at the base of the spine, first couple pages chipped and with a tear, a couple of pages loose from the binding with old tape repairs in the gutters, thus good only in a worn, good only dust jacket with chips and tears, creasing, and several surface abrasions. "This is the first comprehensive and critical history of the American movie as a commodity, as an art, and as a social agency." (from the front flap).

Teachers College Press, 1968, New York.. 23x15. Rústica. (tapa blanda) .632 pgs. Texto en ingles. 675829

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. 585pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, topedge darkened, else near fine in a good or better dust jacket with several chips and tears including a large tear at the center of the spine, creases, and toning. "This is the first comprehensive and critical history of the American movie as a commodity, as an art, and as a social agency." (from the front flap).

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1939). Later Printing. Hardcover. [several thick black marker lines at top of front endpaper (apparently an obliteration of a previous owner's name and address) but otherwise a decent clean copy, modestly shelfworn but with notable weaking of the front hinge (which is just starting at the lower end), a short tear at the bottom edge of the front endpaper and the following page, and a little bit of black schmutz along the bottom edges of both endpapers; the jacket has tiny chips at the upper and lower rear hinges, and is lightly edgeworn but still attractive]. (B&W photographs) The "first comprehensive and critical history of the American movie as a commodity, as an art, and as a social agency," with a very New Deal-ish emphasis on films' relationship to society; a very influential work and an acknowledged classic of film scholarship. Although this printing is undated, it seems to date from the… Read More