Missing Believed Lost. The Great British Film Search (ISBN: 0851703062 / 0-85170-306-2)
first edition
1992 · London
by EYLES, ALLEN & DAVID MEEKER (EDS.)
London: British Film Institute, 1992. First Edition. Paperbound, oversize, 8 7/8” x 11 5/8”. Ex-library copy with a stamp from the American Film Institute Louis B. Mayer Library on the half-title. Illustrated. A lightly used copy with several small scuffed spots to the bottom of the front cover, a bit of edge wear and some faint darkening to the covers. A study of one hundred British films considered to be ‘lost’ by the National Film Archive, chosen as the ones it would most like to find. Included are Alfred Hitchcock’s silent film ‘The Mountain Eagle,’ twelve early films from Michael Powell, Errol Flynn’s first British film appearance in ‘Murder at Monte Carlo,’ the 1914 Sherlock Holmes film ‘A Study in Scarlet,’ and more. (Inventory #: 19310E)