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1. A History of Early Television

   Edited by Stephen Herbert

   Series: Routledge Library of Media and Cultural Studies

   This three-volume collection reprints two important 1920s/30s books relating to television, and a collection of short articles covering the social, aesthetic and technical aspects of the medium. Items range from 1870s prophecies, experiments and cartoons, to 1930s accounts of the first public...

   Published July 21st 2004 by Routledge
2. A History of Early Film

   Edited by Stephen Herbert

   Series: Routledge Library of Media and Cultural Studies

   'Early Film' is generally taken to cover the period of invention (early 1890s) to the First World War. During the past twenty years, early film has become a sophisticated area of cinema studies, with its own methodology. This collection is taken from a British perspective and includes:* The Cinema...

   Published May 24th 2000 by Routledge
3. A History of Pre-Cinema

   Edited by Stephen Herbert

   Series: Routledge Library of Media and Cultural Studies

   This set collects together for the first time rare and scattered material on the history of pre-cinema. It includes articles on stereoscopic photography; the use of kaleidoscopes; optical illusions; theatre design; magic lanterns and mirrors; shadow theatre, and much more. The articles are taken...

   Published November 10th 1999 by Routledge