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Figures of Light
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0060122749I3N00
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Figures of Light : Film Criticism and Comment
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ISBN 10: 0060122749
ISBN 13: 9780060122744
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Condition: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 2184679-20
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Figures of Light Film Criticism and Comment
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Harper & Row, New York, 1971
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ISBN 13: 9780060122744
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hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 5 3/4 x 8 5/8" 296 pages. stamped on top edge of pages, title page and last page. also stamped withdrawn. pocket on last page. dj spine label removed with rubbing where it had been. (dj now in mylar protector). old tape spots on inside front and rear covers and first and last pages). Seller Inventory # 122002
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Figures of Light: Film Criticism and Comment
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Harper & Row, New York, 1971
ISBN 10: 0060122749
ISBN 13: 9780060122744
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Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. xiv, 296 pages. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering at the spine, d.w. New York: Harper & Row, (1971). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Seller Inventory # 326115
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FIGURES OF LIGHT, FILM CRITICISM AND COMMENT
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ISBN 13: 9780060122744
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Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by MANNING, JACK COVER PHOTO (illustrator). Ex LIBRARY HARDCOVER; FIRST EDITION". GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S8.95) .GOLD SPINE TITLES ON BLACK CLOTH HARD COVERS.DJ HAS SPINE CALL #'S.BRIGHT YELLOW ENDPAPERS. EX LIBRARY. with name stamps, no pocket, no scar. Has Library name foredges text block ; . . RED & White titles on BLACK PAPER COVERS. Cover shows S.K seated in lit area, watching up toward viewer.notebook in his hand. ; 296 pages; Kauffmann reviews for over a hundred movies.INDEXED FOR EASY REF. Seller Inventory # 133127
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Figures of Light
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ISBN 13: 9780060122744
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Seller: Brodsky Bookshop, Taos, NM, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Really good writing here. Kauffmann was drama critic for the New York Times and, starting in 1958, a film critic for The New Republic. This copy is neat and clean except for a small moisture stain on the back cover. A first edition hardcover. Seller Inventory # 000438
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Figures of Light: Film Criticism and Comment
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Harper & Row, New York, 1971
ISBN 10: 0060122749
ISBN 13: 9780060122744
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Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. Stated First edition with "1" in full number row. FINE BOOK IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET WITH $8.95 PRICE AND VERY SLIGHT SPINE SUNNING OF AUTHOR'S NAME. NO WRITING OR NAMES. Seller Inventory # 34571
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FIGURES OF LIGHT: FILM CRITICISM AND COMMENT - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing
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New York City, NY: Harper & Row, 1971, 1971
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Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 296 pages. Published in 1971. The author's second collection of film criticism. The sequel-of-sorts to his landmark debut, it is one of Stanley Kauffmann's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Stanley Kauffmann's "Figures of Light: Film Criticism And Comment". Continuing criticism and appraisal on the First Golden Age of cinema, as it closes the tumultuous and effervescent Sixties. As such: "Represents a new way to care and think about films" (Jerzy Kosinski). Often dubbed the "Anti-Kael", it is probably more accurate to describe Stanley Kauffmann as the Un-Kael (as in the Un-Cola) as he wasn't actually at loggerheads with Pauline, just different temperamentally and sensibly from the latter. Still, Stanley Kauffmann's film criticism is indeed coolly opposite versus the overheated, Pop sensibility-inspired writings of the immensely influential Pauline Kael. Kauffmann reviewed films for the New Republic Magazine continuously for more than eight decades, up until his death. His reviews were all single-page, pithy, and incisive pieces, succinct mini-essays characterized by wit, aphoristic intelligence, and an openness to the pleasures of cinema as well as an awareness of its shortcomings, pitfalls, and inevitable pretensions. His longer pieces, mostly written for his books, are no less valuable for their reach and in-depth critical wisdom. At his best, Stanley Kauffmann was the epigrammatic embodiment of the history of serious, non-academic criticism of 20th America. His creative and critical life spanned eight decades: Since 1958, he was the film and drama critic for The New Republic, The New York Times, and Saturday Review. He was also an actor, stage manager, playwright, novelist, and editor. Along with Dwight Macdonald, Andrew Sarris, and John Simon, he remains - for OUR time - one of the indispensable voices of the New York School of twentieth-century American criticism. A sustained reflection on the art of film, reified in the works of now-legendary Masters, this is a book that deserves and demands to be read and re-read for pleasure, illumination, and joy. "A national treasure" (Susan Sontag). An absolute "must-have" title for Stanley Kauffmann collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. It is one of the most beautiful copies we have ever seen. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the greatest critics of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER STANLEY KAUFFMANN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0060122749. no. Seller Inventory # 23885
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Figures of Light; film criticism and comment
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Harper & Row, New York, 1971
ISBN 10: 0060122749
ISBN 13: 9780060122744
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. 296 pages. Seller Inventory # 9032551
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FIGURES OF LIGHT; FILM CRITICISM AND COMMENT
Published by
Harper & Row, New York, 1971
ISBN 10: 0060122749
ISBN 13: 9780060122744
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Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 8.3 X 5.9 X 1.2 inches. Seller Inventory # 169254