Selling the celluloid serpent.
by Ben Hecht
"Selling the Celluloid Serpent." Ben Hecht's mostly humorous stories for the Chicago Daily News about the silent film business of the early 1920s. Collectors Edition printed on deep toned resume paper and card stock of mauve, sage and pumpkin colors. Tipped-in color images of Mack Sennett, Norma Talmadge, Chicago landmarks, a distorted business card, Moon Quan's contract with DW Griffith. Transparency page; UV Ultra leaf with embossing. One story is typed on green lined accounting paper. Spiral in silk-screened cloth-over-board portfolio with caricature by Chicago artist Erik Johan Smith, whose biography is included. Numbered artist book by Florice Whyte Kovan. Errata page at end.
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Rediscovering Ben Hecht: selling the celluloid serpent
1999, Snickersnee
Paperback, oblong, hand-set
in English
0966770935 9780966770933
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Rediscovering Ben Hecht: Selling the Celluloid Serpent
July 1, 1998, Snickersnee Press
Spiral in Silk-screened Hardcover Portfolio
in English
- 1st Edition, Artist Book, Spiral in Hardcover Portfolio
0966770900 9780966770902
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Collection of 14 stories, compiled by Florence Whyte Kovan.
Limited ed. of 200 copies.
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| November 4, 2024 | Edited by mheiman | Merge works |
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