Douglas Fairbanks by Jeffrey Vance - 2008

University of California Press, 2008. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedVeryGood. There is either a name, note, or insciprtion on the inside cover. We flipped through this book and didn't notice any notes or underlines. The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. This is a hardcover copy The book is slightly cocked Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

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University of California Press. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 0520256670 . Great overall condition. Minor cosmetic wear. No noteworthy blemishes. No writing. It has a small smudge on the inside of the front cover, but is otherwise in excellent condition. .

University of California Press, 2008-12-08. First edition, complete line of . Hardcover. fine/fine. NOT an ex library book. 368 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears.

Berkeley. 2008. December 2008. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520256675. 237 duotones. Copub: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 376 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Biography Hollywood America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This deft amalgam of biography, film history, and analysis is a superb portrait of a true pioneer who was critically important to the creation of cinema as the defining art form of the twentieth century. Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) was one of the first film superstars, a screenwriter, a major independent producer during the early studio era, a cofounder of United Artists, a founder and the first president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and much more. The optimism, energy, and huge success during the 1920s of his best-remembered films The Mark of Zorro, Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood, The Thief of Bagdad, and The Black Pirate made Fairbanks a popular hero throughout the world and showcased his talents as a… Read More

FIRST PRINTING. GOOD, TIGHT, UNMARKED COPY.

California: University of California Press / Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. California: University of California Press / Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Fine first edition, first printing in excellent dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean yellow-gold endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with magnificent photographs, movie stills (Robert Cushman, photographic editor). 368 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket with stunning photo of Fairbanks on cover is unchipped, no wear, no tears, unclipped - enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, illustrated with 237 b&w photos. Much has already been written about early motion picture pioneers like D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, but their invaluable partner, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr has been overlooked and neglected - until now. With this very attractive and professional book, author Jeffrey Vance has given due credit to one of early cinema's most brilliant stars and dynamic personalities who not only had true star power but was a driving force behind the scenes as well. Often remembered these days only for his successful 1920s costume adventure dramas such as "The Mark of Zorro", "Robin Hood" and "The Three Musketeers" to name a few, Douglas Fairbanks had a varied, interesting and successful career well before this period, and also contributed greatly to the development of Hollywood. He was one of the founders of United Artists, he and wife Mary Pickford… Read More