Author: QUIGLEY, MARTIN JR.
Title: Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures
Description: USA: Georgetown University Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 191 pages. Index. Bibliography. Many nice archival black and white plates. "This volume records first explorations of the path of light, ever widening from primitive dawn to the rainbow flood which now illuminates the world screen of the motion picture... Primarily this is a pre-history of the motion picture." - from Foreward. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Still of value as a reference copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion Pictures Moving. Fair .

Keywords: : History