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The Cinema of Frank Capra : An Approach to Film Comedy
by Poague, Leland A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0498015068
- ISBN 13
- 9780498015069
- Seller
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About This Item
London, UK: Tantivy Press, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 252pp. Black cloth-covered boards, green titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head. Text block edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear and chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 4to. Examines the idea that from his earliest to his last films Capra maintained a quality of literary and aesthetic control equalled only by a handful of creative filmmakers. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011085
- Title
- The Cinema of Frank Capra : An Approach to Film Comedy
- Author
- Poague, Leland A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0498015068
- ISBN 13
- 9780498015069
- Publisher
- Tantivy Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Hollywood, film history,
- X weight
- 0 kg
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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- Jacket
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Price Clipped
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