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Simon and Schuster, 1931-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Photographer. Inscribed by the photographer on the front endpaper "Whose charming home it was a pleasure to photograph." No dust jacket. The tan/mustard cloth boards are darkened on the spine and at lower spine corners, some rubbing at the extremities and a touch of soiling at the edges. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
Eyes on Russia by Bourke-White, Margaret - 1931
by Bourke-White, Margaret
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Eyes on Russia
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931. 135 pages; illustrated in black and white with the brilliant photographic work of Bourke-White; the photographer signed and inscribed the book on the front endpaper to "Corliss Lamont...With my sincere regards Margaret Bourke-White"; Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) American commercial photographer and photojournalist (this was her first book) & Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) American humanist, philosopher, civil rights activist; an association copy between one of the most famous humanists and one of the most important photographic artists of the twentieth century, both of whom had long-standing relationships with the then-Soviet Union and awareness of political and social controversy; some wear and darkening to volume cloth; in very good condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Margaret Bourke-White.
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- Publisher Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1931
- Keywords Art History Photography Photographic History Soviet Union Socialist Republics Signed by Illustrator Signed By Artist Signed By Margaret Bourke-White Photographer Humanism Association Copy Corliss Lamont Eyes on Russia
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Margaret Bourke-White on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth with black stamping. Very Good. Toning to spine. Front inner hinge exposed and pages toned. The photographer's first book, a travelogue of a trip to the Soviet Union on behalf of Fortune magazine. This brought images of Stalinist Russia in its first five-year plan, a breakneck-pace race into industrialization, to Western readers for the first time.
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New York: Simon & Schuster,, 1931. The first Western professional photographer permitted into the Soviet Union First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Fred - one of the characters in this book. Without whom I might never have gotten into Russia at all, or succeeded in getting my films out again. Gratefully, Peggy". Frederick Kuh (1896-1978) was an American journalist who was instrumental to Bourke-White's entry into the Soviet Union, making her the first Western photographer to do so. Chapter III of Eyes on Russia recounts Bourke-White's experiences in Berlin waiting for a visa to enter the Soviet Union, six months after having applied for it. While awaiting word from Moscow, she writes of an (unnamed) American newspaper correspondent in Berlin, who can be identified as Frederick Kuh. Kuh's connections allowed Bourke-White to eventually obtain her Soviet visa. Considered one of America's most resourceful reporters during the Second World War, Kuh had a…
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