Griffith D W Barry Iris (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Published. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 88pp. List of films by Eileen Bowser. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers. Light rubbing, some chipping along the spine, thus very good, with three 1965 MoMA film showing schedules laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Only 8,000 copies were printed by MOMA s board of trustees in November 1940. Griffith was still alive at the time of this exhibit. This book is illustrated throughout with photos from all of his Masterworks. No DJ as issued.

New York: Museum of Modern Art 1940. Sm.4to. Or.dec. boards. 40pp. With frontisp. and num. illusts. Museum of Mod. Art Film Lib. Ser. No.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publisher's boards, 40pp. 7.25 x 10.25. A retrospective on the career of D.W. Griffith was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1940. Only 8,000 copies were printed by MOMA s board of trustees in November 1940. Griffith was still alive at the time of this exhibit, but I don t know if he attended or not. This book is still in presentable condition and is illustrated throughout with photos from all of his Masterworks. An attractive copy now protected in a glossy acid-free mylar.…

First Edition. This copy belonged to Mrs. D.W. Griffith, Linda Arvidson, and has her bookplate ÒLinda A. GriffithÓ affixed to the front pastedown. The bookplate measures 3 5/8Ó x 4 7/8Ó and depicts a charming outdoor scene with a young woman lying down reading a book with a tent nearby and mountains in the background. Illustrated. Near fine slightly dust soiled copy with some very minor edge wear to the extremities, primarily at the top and bottom of the spine. The first study of GriffithÕs work written during his lifetime and still important. Linda Arvidson (1884 - 1949) was an American stage and film actress who became an early motion picture star while working at Biograph Studios in New York. She quickly became a popular leading lady and met her future husband, director D.W. Griffith as the film industry began its rapid expansion and relevance as an art form in the modern culture. She and Griffith were married from 1906 - 1936, although they separated around 1912, then officially divorcing 24 years later when Griffith wished to remarry. The two managed to keep their marriage confidential for reasons of professional discretion.…