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FIRST and LIMITED edition, one of only 25 copies on Vergé de Hollande numbered in Roman of a total edition of 2200 copies. Printed throughout in black and red. 4to [20.7 x 28.5 cm], publisher's original paper wrappers lettered in red and black, and now protected in French glassine. 60 pp. An especially fine copy, the wrappers and glassine in an excellent state of preservation, the text appearing as pristine and near mint.

Edizione: the first separate edition of malraux's important essay on the place of cinema among the other art forms. along with being resistance leader, revolutionary, novelist, art theorist and minister of cultural affairs; andré malraux was also a film director. following his experience filming the movie "hope", malraux crafted this essay about the place of cinema among the other arts, as well as the links between cinema, literature and theater. he ends with the now famous observation, "par ailleurs le cinéma est une industrie", concluding that the cinema is an industry. the work has grown to become indispensable reading to film buffs, historians, producers, directors, actors, and lovers of literature alike.