Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
by EVANS, Walker and James Agee
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some scuffing to black cloth boards, with minor blemish at joint; close to near fine. In near fine copy of the illustrated jacke
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. Some scuffing to black cloth boards, with minor blemish at joint; close to near fine. In near fine copy of the illustrated jacket, with typical fading to spine, and minor edge-wear.. First Edition. Thick octavo. It's a testament to Evans' vision that thirty-one of his photographs, bound in the front of a book published with little fanfare, and set against the backdrop of over 450 pages of verbose text, could have had such an influence on the history of documentary photograph. (Parr / Badger, v1, 44; Roth 108-109).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24609
- Title
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
- Author
- EVANS, Walker and James Agee
- Book Condition
- Used - Some scuffing to black cloth boards, with minor blemish at joint; close to near fine. In near fine copy of the illustrated jacke
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1941
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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