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By: Bessy, Maurice
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Paris, Editions Du Pont Royal: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 3039
ISBN: NO
Condition: Good
(illustrated boards; no dust jacket) [heavily worn at corners; spine repaired with clear tape (binding of pages is solid)]. (B&W photographs) 1,000 images (they're numbered) illustrating the development of the cinema from Egyptian wall paintings through LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD; text and captions in French. View more info
By: Bessy, Maurice
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Paris, Les Editions Prisma: (c.1951)
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 5080
Condition: Very Good
(tan decorated buckram; no dust jacket) [moderate shelfwear, bottom corner of front cover bumped and slightly fraying, top corners slightly bumped; mild soiling to covers; binding solid, text clean,previous owner's signature on title page]. (B&W photographs, drawings) Profusely-illustrated treatise on the history and techniques of special effects in the cinema; text in French. Preface (also in French) by Orson Welles. The last section, "Les Films a Trucs," discusses how certain special effects were achieved in KING KONG, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, TOPPER, DOCTOR CYCLOPS, T... View more info
