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LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
by JAMES AGEE AND WALKER EVANS
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stated Second printing of the revised 1960 edition with 1960 on copyright page. Black cloth with spine titles in silver, octavo. With the 1960 forward by Walker Evans on James Agee. xxii,471 pages. 60 pages of photographs by Walker Evans preceding the text Partial bookplate with name scratched out with pen. Otherwise interior is clean, with some very light age toning. Binding tight, textblock square, spine titles bright. Dust jacket is good only with chips to edges, wear along the fold. Rear panel has photos of Walker Evans and James Agee. Publisher's original price on the inside flap. Jacket is in a mylar protector. See my photo. Shipped in box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Studio Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 091662
- Title
- LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
- Author
- JAMES AGEE AND WALKER EVANS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Studio Books
Books are promptly shipped upon receipt of payment and packed with care. Any book may be returned for any reason if notice is given within five days of receipt. Thank you, Gerry Rouff, Studio Books.
About the Seller
Studio Books
Biblio member since 2004
Corvallis, Oregon
About Studio Books
Studio Books is located in the University town of Corvallis, Oregon. Visitors are welcome by chance or appointment. Over thirty-five years of bookselling experience.
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