In the American West by Richard Avedon - 1985

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. Hardcover. Poor. AVEDON, Richard. Hardcover, no jacket. Poor. Wear and bumping to corners and board edges; rubbing/wear to covers; heavy soiling and staining to covers from coffee and paint; rubbing/fading to spine and front cover stamping; water and coffee stains to covers, and pages, including large coffee splash to back of dedication page; soiling and staining to page edges; moderate coffee and paint soiling/staining to inside front covers and endpapers; soiling/staining to edges of pages; hinges cracked; heavy cracking to binding in multiple areas in textblock, exposing binding mesh and making pages very loose so textblock is no longer uniform, some chunks jut out in different directions from rest of text; spots of paint and coffee soiling and staining to pages.

NY: Abrahms, 1985. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). Folio - over 12. The 120 full-page photographs in this book depict people at country fairs, rodeos, mining camps, drilling sites, and even a slaughterhouse - men and women of the American West who work at hard, everyday jobs. Richard Avedon introduces the volume with an essay on his working method and portrait philosophy, and Laura Wilson, who accompanied Avedon and his team, provides a journal of their travels, between 1979 and 1984. 11x17 inches, soft cover in nice condition..

New York: Abrams, 1985. Soft cover. New. 14" x 11". New, still sealed in publisher's shrink wrap. In 1979, Richard Avedon was commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum of Fort Worth, Texas to photograph ordinary people int he American West.

NY: Harry N. Abrams [1985]. Second printing. Inscribed copy. 14" x 11". [86] leaves, one folding. Full-page, black-and-white reproductions of Avedon's portraits throughout. Essays by Avedon and Laura Wilson. On original tan cloth with black-and-white portraits inset to upper and lower boards, titles stamped in black to boards and spine, textured endpapers. Spine and edges lightly sunned, a few faint scratches to covers, minor shelfewear to bottom edges; in original acetate wrapper with some rubbing and dulling. Boldly inscribed and signed ("Avedon 1987") on ffep. A Very Good or better copy in VG jacket. . VeryGood. Hardcover .

New York: Harry Abrams, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Avedon traveled the American West for five years under a commission from the Amon Carter Museum. Against a stark white background, he photographed people living in rural areas and fresh from hard, industrial work. The result is a powerful portrait of the unromantic West-slaughterhouse workers, hardscrabble farmers, migrant farmworkers, coal miners, and even prisoners. With an essay by Laura Wilson at the back of the book. Not paginated, but approximately 180 pages plus one fold-out image. 11-1/4 by 14-1/4 inches. This is the hardcover issue; the book was issued simultaneously in paperback with a different cover design. First edition (first printing with no additional printings noted). A near fine, slightly spine-faded copy in a fine, unprinted acetate dust jacket.

New York: Harry N. Abrams,, 1985. First edition, first printing. In the American West was published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1985. Seven years earlier, the museum had commissioned Avedon to photograph ordinary people living in the Western US. Between 1979 and 1984, Avedon made numerous trips through the region and photographed over 800 subjects, of which about 120 were included in the final exhibition. Folio. Original tan cloth, mounted photographic portraits to each board, boards and spine lettered in black. With the original acetate dust jacket. Illustrated in monochrome throughout. Fine in fine dust jacket.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Large quarto, unpaginated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's brown cloth with applied illustrations to the boards. Some light foxing to that cover illustration, and to the edges of the page block, but internally lovely. In the original clear dust jacket, gently rubbed; near fine. This copy SIGNED boldly by Avedon on the front free endpaper, and dated in the year of publication. One of the great photography books of the second half of the 20th century, rather uncommon signed.

New York: Harry N Abrams, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Black lettered beige cloth with photographic paper cover. Wrapped in original publisher's mylar. This copy inscribed by the artist "For David Livingstone - R Avedon" on the front endpaper. Livingstone was at one time the fashion editor at the Globe and Mail. A very nice copy with one bumped corner.

ABRAMS Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN ACETATE DJ. INSCRIBED BY AVEDON.

London: Thames and Hudson,, 1985. First UK edition, first impression, signed and dated in 1988 by the photographer. In the American West was first published in the US earlier the same year, in conjunction with the exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Seven years earlier, the museum had commissioned Avedon to photograph ordinary people living in the Western US. Between 1979 and 1984, Avedon made numerous trips through the region and photographed over 800 subjects, of which about 120 were included in the final exhibition. Folio. Original tan cloth lettered in black, mounted photographic portraits on each cover. With the original acetate dust jacket. Black and white photographs throughout. Trivial fingermarks to a few leaves; publisher's price sticker on rear panel of slightly marked jacket. Fine in near-fine jacket. Parr & Badger, vol. 2, p. 38.