Hopwood, Henry V., Living Pictures

LIVING PICTURES:THEIR HISTORY, PHOTO-PRODUCTION AND PRACTICAL WORKING. With A Digest of British Patents and Annotated Bibliography. By HENRY V. HOPWOOD, "Our swift scene flies, in motion of no less celerity than that of thought."-K. Henry V., Act iii., lines 1-3. published by THE OPTICIAN & PHOTOGRAPHIC TRADES REVIEW, 123-5, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C. 1899. original blue fabric binding, splits to spine corners bumped, complete with a typed letter that reads:

LIVING PICTURES by HENRY V. HOPWOOD.
This book was published by The Optician &
Photographic Trades Review at 123-5, Fleet Street
London, E.C., in the year 1899.
This copy was purchased by T.E.C.Wheeler and
carries his signature on the fly-leaf. This
was during the years when he was working with
The J.A.Prestwich Manufacturing Company,
The Warwick Trading Company, and also
Kearton, Barley & Co - all well-known and very
early manufacturers of Motion Picture equipment.
There are only two copies of Living Pictures
still known to exist - this one, and another in
the Kodak Libraries at Harrow.
The book is extremely important for the following
reasons:-

(1) It contains proof of the date when the
Newman& Guardia camera was built - see
pages 179, 180 & 181.

(2) It contains a complete list of all the early
basic British Patents in Cinematography from
1851 up to 1898 (pp 235 - 253)

(3) It contains an annotated bibliography of all
important developments in cinematography
from 1825 up to 1898 (pp 254 - 265)

It is impossible to say how valuable this work
is to any organisation seriously concerned
with the history of cinematography it would be
absolutely priceless.