[Cinema. Signed] Richter, Hans (1888-1976). Der Kampf um den Film

Ca. 1939. Working copy. With signed dedication by Hans Richter to A. van Rodenburg "To my good old friend A. van Rodenburg in souvenir of so many year of mutual struggle / Amsterdam May 52. Hans Richter". Typescript w. num. manuscript corrections and paste-ons. 304 lvs., cl. binding, 4to.

Hans Richter, dadaist and avant-garde film producer, began writing his second book Der Kampf um den Film in 1934 and completed the work in 1939. The book remained unpublished until 1976 due to wartime circumstances. The present working copy provides a unique inside into the development of the text.