Bidspirit auction | 2004. Altman, Rick. Silent Film

2004. Altman, Rick. Silent Film Sound. Columbia University Press. First Edition, First Printing (DJ) - A large-format hardcover volume titled Silent Film Sound by Rick Altman, published in 2004 by Columbia University Press, New York. This scholarly work, part of the Film and Culture series, is bound in publisher's gray cloth boards with silver-toned lettering on the spine. The book includes a pictorial dust jacket. The copyright page identifies the work as a first printing via the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. The text is printed on acid-free paper. The volume is extensively illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, film stills, technical diagrams of early cinema equipment, and reproductions of musical cue sheets and period advertisements. A copyright statement on the verso of the title page reads Copyright 2004 Columbia University Press and carries the ISBN 0-231-11662-4. The publication was assisted by the University of Iowa. The dust jacket shows shelf wear consisting of creasing and rubbing at the head and foot of the spine and along the upper edges (photo 1, photo 3). The gray cloth boards exhibit light bumping to the corners (photo 4). The interior pages appear clean and bright with no visible marginalia, foxing, or tears (photos 5-16). The binding is square and tight.