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Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective
by Gordon Parks, Philip Brookman
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0821225510
- ISBN 13
- 9780821225516
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Bulfinch Press Book/Little, Brown and Company, 1998 Bulfinch Press Book/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1998. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O address label on the title page. Book Condition: Very Good +; light edge and tip bumps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 360 pp Folio. This book presents the diverse range of Parks' work -- which itself echoes the balance and tension inherent in modern society. Parks overcame a background of racism and poverty to become an influential photographer in the 1940s and 1950s, working for example as a photojournalist and fashion photographer for Life and Vogue magazines. American Gothic, Washington, D.C., 1942, remains one of Parks' most famous photographs, from a series of pictures detailing the life of Ella Watson, a government-employed African-American cleaning woman. Haunting images such as this stand in sharp contrast to Parks' fashion photographs. As Brookman notes, "Parks was able to fluidly move back and forth between various dichotomies -- black and white, rich and poor, politics and entertainment, journalism and art, truth and fiction -- to observe and report his feelings.". A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015454
- Title
- Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective
- Author
- Gordon Parks, Philip Brookman
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0821225510
- ISBN 13
- 9780821225516
- Publisher
- Bulfinch Press Book/Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- GORDON PARKS, CIVIL RIGHTS, NEGRO PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHOTOGRAPHY, MINORITIES IN LIFE MAGAZINE, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, media arts, photojournalism, African-American photographers, black and white photography, color photography, Topeka Kansas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Poor
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- Tight
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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