About this title: Siegfried Kracauer's classic study, originally published in 1960, explores the distinctive qualities of the cinematic medium. The book takes its place alongside works in classical film theory by such figures as Bela Balazs, Rudolf Arnheim, and Andre Bazin, among others, and has met with much critical dispute. In this new edition, Miriam Bratu ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. UNCOMMON. 1965 Oxford/Galaxy softcover. Pages are unmarked and well bound. Cover is shelf-rubbed and age-tanned, and has a top right front cover corner crease. Overall, a good, useful copy of a hard-to-find edition. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Description: Very Good. B000OKL3DO Softcover. 1968 reprint of the 65 edition. Light cover wear. Very minor corner wear. No highlighting. No underlining. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford U. Press, NY
Date Published: 1960
Description: Illustrated. Very Good. No Jacket. Signed by Author(s) Signed on the front endpaper by Russell Lynes, art and style critic for Harper's and Art in America during the 20th Century. No DJ; cover is lightly rubbed; spine ends are bumped. Endpapers are beginning to yellow at edges; pages are clean and tightly bound. Rare small pencil check marks made by Lynes do appear at margins. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1965
ISBN-13:9780195007213ISBN:0195007212
Description: Acceptable. 1974 reprint. Heavy creased, lightly bowed spine. Covers have chipping/wear at edges, several creaes, tanning, rubbing and smudges/soiling. Name and blacked-out writing on top edge of ffl. Text itself is clean and unmarked. Tanned pages. Light musty odor. Not pretty, but readable. copyright date inside book different than "officially" listed Thank you for browsing. A REAL Used Bookstore since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press/Galaxy, London
Date Published: (1970)
Description: Photos. VG PB. Most extended and serious treatment of film aesthetic. Kraucauer came to the U.S. in 1941 and the Guggenheim Foundation. Awarded him a fellowshipto prepare a book on the history of the German film "From Caligari to Hitler". Binding rubbed, owner name ft endpaper. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. This hardcover book has been read, and shows medium wear., with medium wear on the cover, with no dust jacket. Email sent when item shipped. We ship promptly in tear resistant mailers and promise you excellent professional customer service. Delivery confirmation available on all shipments. read more
Edition: First Edition Thus, Later Printing Reprint Edition
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780691037042ISBN:0691037043
Description: 61 b/w Illustrations. Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Slight wear to foredge of upper wrapper (at top edge); slight rubbing to wrappers; else a nice, clean copy. lix, [1], 364 pages. Later softcover issue of the reprint edition (originally published in 1960). Introduction by Miriam Bratu Hansen; bibliography and index. Number line from 10 to 2 on title page verso. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1965-12-31
ISBN-13:9780195007213ISBN:0195007212
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Description: "Kracauer's profound theoretical investigation revealed film as the form that best captured the new modes of experience that characterize modernity. Miriam Hansen's brilliant introduction chronicles the work's genesis and transformation through Kraca... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780691037042ISBN:0691037043
Description: New. This study explores the distinctive qualities of the cinematic medium. It includes an introduction which examines "Theory of Film" in the context of Kracauer's extensive film criticism from the 1920s, and provides a framework for appreciating its sign... read more
Description: Fair. B001OOG6XQ PLEASE NOTE: POOR CONDITION BUT ACCEPTABLE READING COPY. Cover is very worn. Notes and highlighting throughout. Pages worn, tanned with age, some bent page corners. No dust jacket. Text is legible. Not ex-library. USPS tracking number provided for U.S. orders. read more
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