Inscribed to JOEL SILVER  by author L.B. ABBOTT on front flyleaf in ink. "To Joel Eisner / Welcome to the Wire Tape and Rubber Band Club / Bill Abbott"  Which Joel Silver this is, we cannot say. This book came to us from the estate of my brother.

L.B. Abbott was a director of photography for 20th Century Fox and specialized in special effects work, becoming director of all special effects until his semi-retirement in 1970  Among the films featuring his work: DR. DOLITTLE (Rex Harrison version),  Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) TV's VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA  and TIME TUNNEL, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (James Mason version), CLEOPATRA (Elizabeth Taylor version) FANTASTIC VOYAGE, TOWERING INFERNO and many more.  

This lavishly produced 246 page volume illustrated with color and black and white images, superbly printed and bound in Japan, designed and edited by George E. Turner and published by the American Society of Cinematographers in 1984.