Antonia Dickson (25 results)
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Facsimile Edition.
Published by Kessinger Publishing, LLC, No Place, 2012
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Seller: Bookseller, Inc., Akron, OH, U.S.A.Bookseller, Inc.
Contact seller5-star seller362p., 11" x 8 1/2", boards, illus, fine. A "Kessinger Legacy Reprints" edition. First published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, 1894. An early biography of Thomas A. Edison and a study of his inventions.
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Published by The Century Company, NY, 1894
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Soft cover. Condition: VG. 10pp, printed in double columns, illustrated with photographs including a facsimile hand-written note from Edison, a portrait of Edison among his instruments, and kinetoscopic views including The Fencer, Hear Me Norma, and The Barber Shop, salvaged from a damaged issue of Century Magazine, Volume 48, N…o. 2, June, 1894. An important piece of theatrical and invention science as it was Edison's machine that was the precursor to the modern movie projector. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Scarce.
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Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 2000
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Seller: Joe Collins Rare Books, Dublin, IrelandJoe Collins Rare Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Original pictorial card covers. This book is a facsimile edition of the first history of the Cinema and was reproduced from W. K. L. Dickson's own annotated copy. A fine copy without any library stamps, inscriptions, or other markings. *** Lower than average weight - shipping charge will be reduced a…t processing stage of order. ***.
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Published by Privately Printed at the Pueblo Press, Los Angeles, 1939
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Seller: Sheapast Art and Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.Sheapast Art and Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Edison's Invention of the Kineto-Phonograph Antonia & W.K.L. Dickson. Introduction by Charles G.Clarke A.S.C. INSCRIBED by Clarke Privately Printed at the Pueblo Press, Los Angeles 1939. LImited Edition numbered 58/250. Being a reprint of an article originally appear…ing in the Century Magazine in the year 1894. Includes Zoetrope or Magic Panorama in rear pocket. Edison's Kineto-Phonograph, developed by Thomas Edison and W.K.L. Dickson around 1889?1894, was an early, ambitious attempt to create "talking motion pictures" by synchronizing a film projector (Kinetoscope) with a sound-recording cylinder (Phonograph). It aimed to bring sound to the newly developed silent moving images, primarily for individual, peep-hole viewing. "externally very good for age, text block detached from hardcover, otherwise very good". Inscribed by Author(s).
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This is an historical biography of Thomas Alva Edison, one of the most prolific global inventors of all time. It begins with Edison's childhood, including his early fascination with science and relentless pursuit of knowledge. The author details many of Edison's scientific discoveries…and inventions, such as the phonograph, the first commercially viable electric light bulb, and the motion picture camera. Aside from the chronological detailing of Edison's life, the book delves into the significant cultural and historical moments of which Edison and his inventions were a part, including the telegraph, the Civil War, and the rise of modern industry. The author traces the profound historical legacy of Edison's work, showing how his discoveries laid the groundwork for the technological and scientific advancements of the 20th and 21st centuries. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The picture on our listing is a photograph of the actual book NOT a stock image. [Loc. J4-4].
CENTURY MAGAZINE VOL XLVIII NO. 2. JUNE, 1894. EDISON'S INVENTION OF THE KINETO-PHONOGRAPH AND PUDD'NHEAD WILSON, MARK TWAIN.
Dickson, Antonia and W. K. L. Dickson. Introduction by Thomas Edison
Published by The Century Company, New York, 1894
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Seller: Carlson Turner Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.Carlson Turner Books
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Softcover. Condition: VG-. General age related wear to wraps with small areas of paper loss to spine ends. Binding is solid. A nice copy of this rare Edison/Twain Edition. ; 8vo; RB Misc Twain.
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Published by Privately Printed, 1939
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Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Moe's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Reprint of an article originally appearing in the Century Magazine in 1894. Inscribed by Charles G. Clarke, who wrote the introduction. #11/250cc. Covers edgeworn.
Published by Arno Press & The New York Times, New York, 1970
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Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, CanadaAttic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. The Literature of Cinema series. 55 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Purple cloth. Spine ends a bit bumped. Reprint edition, from a copy in The Museum of Modern Art Library.
Published by T. Y. Crowell & Co., 1894
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Seller: White Square - Fine Books & Art, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.White Square - Fine Books & Art
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1894. Numerous photo-engravings throughout. Prior owner inscription to front endpaper. Front hinge partially cracked, faint stain to front cover and light scuffs to rear cover. Overall, a Very Good hardcover in gilt-stamped decorative green cloth with beveled… edges. Gilt top edge, no dustjacket (as issued). NOT an ex-library copy. No ink marks or highlighting to text. SHIPS IN A BOX. Book.
Published by London: Chatto & Windus, 1894
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Seller: Mark Westwood Books PBFA, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United KingdomMark Westwood Books PBFA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Large 8vo. pp: xvi, 362. Frontispiece and plates. Very good tight copy in original blue cloth, slight rubbing to ends of spine.
More imagesPublished by Privately Printed at the Pueblo Press [for editor-authors], Los Angeles, 1939
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Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 18p., b&w illustrations and facsimiles, rear pocket with zoetrope wheel; text printed on calendared paperstock with edges left untrimmed, hardbound issue, 10.5x8 inches; has a lovely coarse-linen spine over matte-black boards with printed face label. Copy no.145 of 250 only. Cloth-backing is mildly toned from handling…; preliminary leaves and terminal leaf bear a small faint damp-stain while leaves between are free of it; pastedown has a private bookplate (a very nice one), the ffep and next blank both are inscribed by Charles Clarke to art director Leland Fuller: a rather formal presentation on ffep, and a warm personal one on the blank. A very good copy. Inscribee Fuller (1899-1962) was Hollywood art director, worked on numerous films from 1943 til his death including Viva Zapata!, was oscar-nominated for that and five others.
Published by Pueblo Press, Los Angeles, 1939
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Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.Abacus Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. 4to, 18 pp., Introduction by Charles G. Clarke; limited to 250 numbered copies, this being no. 94, With a facsimile "Zoetrope or Magic Panorama" laid into pocket at rear including directions for use Fine copy in cloth-backed folder. Illus. with photos (illustrator).
Published by Privately Printed at the Pueblo Press, Los Angeles, 1939
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Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerWith an Introduction by Charles G. Clarke. 18 pp. Illustrated. 4tp. publisher's buckram-backed boards with printed paper label, in glassine wrapper. First edition; No. 202 of 250 copies. A light dampstain affects the bottom margin of some leaves, the front board, and the glassine; otherwise a nice copy. With a facsimile "Zoetrop…e or Magic Panorama" laid into pocket at rear, with directions for use.
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Introduction by Charles G. Clarke. Quarto. 18pp. Illustrated. Printed quarter linen and papercovered boards with printed label. With a facsimile "Zoetrope or Magic Panorama" disc laid into pocket at rear. Faint but fairly pervasive stain on front board, else very good. Copy 141 of 250 n…umbered copies. This copy Inscribed by cinematographer Charles G. Clarke to noted film producer Otto Lang: "To my good friend Otto Lang - with happy recollections of our long years of working together. Rush![?] Cordially Chas. G. Clarke.".
Published by T. Fisher Unwin, UK, 1901
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Seller: The Book Exchange, Macclesfield, CHESH, United KingdomThe Book Exchange
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A pictorial board red cloth hardcover, with white lettering on the front board and gold lettering on the spine. Not ex library 296 plus XIX pages, plus adverts, 90+ photographs and fold out drawing. The front board shows 3 photograph images of military scenes. A rare collector'…s item, this book is a cameraman's diary kept during the Biograph Company's filming on the battlefields of the Boer War. This is both the first account in book form by a motion picture operator describing his work, and the first book about the filming of war. Dickson went to his homeland in 1897 to serve as chief camera operator, filming news and travel subjects in the main. The most notable adventure he undertook while with Biograph was to film the Anglo-Boer War. A nice clean copy with light corner wear. Binding is tight. W. K-L Dickson; Antonia Dickson (illustrator). Book.
Published by New York Albert Bunn 1895, 1895
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Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. The first book on the motion picture. While about 10 copies exist in libraries across the world, only three copies are believed to still be in private hands and this is the only signed one. An important presentation copy to Eugene Augustine Lauste. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: ÒÕA mon amiÕ, E. Lauste, W.K.L. Di…cksonÓ. The book was presented to his friend and colleague French inventor Eugene Augustin Lauste (1857 - 1935) who was a major figure in the technological advance of the motion picture. A possessor of 53 patents in France by the time he was 23, he emigrated to America in 1886 and became the assistant to William Kennedy Laurie Dickson at Thomas Edison's laboratories. Lauste contributed with Dickson to the creation of the Kinetoscope the predecessor to the development of the leading predecessor to the motion picture projector, an invention for which Edison would later claim credit. Lauste resigned from Edison in 1892, and went on to make further contributions ending his career at Bell Laboratories. The list of accomplishments of Dickson is extensive including many firsts in film becoming the first American film director with ÔMonkeyshinesÕ in 1890. Bound in publisherÕs pictorial wrappers depicting images from early films. 53 pages. The book is extensively illustrated and has a portrait of Thomas Edison opposite a page of endorsement by Edison of the book. A small bit of strengthening and work by an expert conservationist, else near fine clean copy. Enclosed in a custom morocco leather and cloth clamshell box.
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 53pp. Publisher's coated pictorial wrappers printed in blue-green ink. Portrait of Edison and numerous photographic plates and illustrations throughout. A few spots and creases and with some professional restoration at the spine and upper foredge of the front wrappers, else… near fine. Housed in custom red quarter morocco clamshell case. A remarkable copy of the first book on the motion picture. This copy belonged to A.R. Allen of Famous Productions Inc. in Universal City, California, and is accompanied by a typed letter signed to Allen from Iris Barry, curator of the Museum of Modern Art Film Library, dated Dec. 4, 1939, who states: ".I do not think there can be much doubt that the Dickson 'History of the Kinetoscope' is the first book on the motion picture . ." This book details the invention and early experimentation of the kinetoscope with numerous images and closes with this bold but accurate prediction: "What is the future of the kinetograph? Ask rather, from what conceivable phase of the future it can be debarred. In the promotion of business interests, in the advancement of science, in the relation of unguessed worlds, in its educational and re-creative powers, and in its ability to immortalize our fleeting but beloved associations, the kinetograph stands foremost among the creations of modern inventive genius" (p. 52). William Kennedy Dickson's invention, the Kinetoscope, was simple: a strip of several images was passed in front of an illuminated lens and behind a spinning wheel. In fact, Edison saw very little value in the contraption, but thought that it might be served to enhance his phonograph. On January 7, 1894, Dickson received a patent for motion picture film. Shortly afterwards, after a great deal of debate with Edison and West Orange film colleague Jonathan Campbell, Dickson switched from the 19mm width, single sprocket film he was using, to the more stable 35mm double-sided sprocket film. Edison didn't see the need or benefit for redesigning the equipment to accept the larger negative, but Dickson and Campbell believed it was essential if the technology was to advance. Today's standard is still 35mm double-sided sprocket film. Dickinson's importance to early film-making cannot be overstated. He is credited with producing the first film shot in the United States (*Monkeyshines*, 1890), the first public demonstrations in the United States (*Dickson's Greeting*, 1891), the earliest known film containing actors (*The Blacksmith Scene*, 1893), and by default the first film director and studio head after the creation, by Edison in 1893, of the world's first film studio, Black Mariah (a nickname coined by Dickson). While numerous copies of a 1970 facsimile of the first edition can be found at institutions, the true first edition is exceedingly difficult to find with *OCLC* locating about 10 copies. A rare surviving copy of this landmark first book on motion picture by a true pioneer, too long overshadowed by more famous film "innovators" such as Edison.
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Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, IndiaTrue World of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1894 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt band…s. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 393 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 393 William Kennedy -Laurie Dickson , Antonia Dickson.
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Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1894 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt band…s. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 397 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 397.
The Life & Inventions of Thomas Alva Edison . With 200 illustrations by W. K. L. Dickson and others. With portraits
Thomas Alva Edison,Antonia Dickson,William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
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Unknown Binding. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. In original blue cloth binding. Spine worn with some free pages but all present. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
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Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine l…ends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1894. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 393, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 393 393.
