D W Griffith and the Birth of Film

672pp. Quarter bound in black cloth over green paper-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Text block edges foxing. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear, price unclipped. 8vo. Scholarly biography which serves as the long-awaited and definitive work not only of Griffith himself, but the birth and rise of the art form that, more than any other, has shaped the way we see the world in our times.