HOLLYWOOD THE PIONEERS / SIGNED / 1ST EDITION / DJ
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First American Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. 268 (4) pp. SIGNED in ink by Kevin Brownlow on the half-title. Illujstrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated primarily from silent film still photographs. Photographs selected by John Kobal. Cloth-backed cloth. 9" x 10". British film historian Kevin Brownlow, in collaboration with film archivist John Korbal, here traces the very beginnings of the movie industry. From the jacket flap: "Alive with the excitement of the old Hollywood, peppered with vivid cinematic and social recollections never before on record, illustrated with 300 rare photographs--stills, on-the-record shots, portraits, many of them published here for the first time and reproduced from the original negatives or prints--this is a unique film history, the result of a unique collaboration." A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. Fine / Fine. Item #3097
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