Home Town: The Face of America. Photographs by Farm Security Photographers.
by Anderson, Sherwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Langley, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Alliance Book Corporation,, 1940.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy with a touch of sunning to the top edge of the boards in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with a small chip to the front panel and missing a piece from the bottom edge of the rear panel. In the small town, where everybody knows everybody's first name where everybody knows everybody's business, Sherwood Anderson sees the foundation and the test stone of democracy. The Farm Security Agency is well known for the influence of their photography program, 1935-1944. Photographers and writers were hired to report and document the plight of poor farmers. The Information Division of the FSA was responsible for providing educational materials and press information to the public. Many of the most famous Depression-era photographers were fostered by the FSA project. Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Gordon Parks were three of the most famous FSA alumni. This portrait of small town America is more nostalgic than investigative and features photographs by Ben Shahn, Arthur Rothstein, Walker Evans, Marion Post, Russell Lee, John Vachon and Dorothea Lange. 145 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gregor Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23943
- Title
- Home Town: The Face of America. Photographs by Farm Security Photographers.
- Author
- Anderson, Sherwood
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alliance Book Corporation,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1940.
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
Gregor Rare Books
All items are first US or UK printings unless otherwise noted. Signatures are guaranteed authentic. Items are subject to prior sale and returnable within 7 days of receipt if not as described. We accept all major credit cards and personal checks. Postage is extra. We ship Priority insured mail: $8.00 for the first item and $4.00 for each additional. International shipping will be billed at cost. Washington State residents will be charged 8.4% sales tax.
About the Seller
Gregor Rare Books
Biblio member since 2007
Langley, Washington
About Gregor Rare Books
Gregor Rare Books is an open shop in the beautiful waterfront village of Langley, WA on Whidbey Island. We offer a fine selection of Distinctive Literature in the First Edition. Our shop hours are Wednesday through Sunday 10 am to 5 pm pst.
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