Nevada A Journey by Dovydenas, Jonas (Gail Buckland, Intro) *SIGNED by author* - 1987

Tear in front of dust jacket. Includes postcards from the artist. Signed copy!

Great Barrington, MA: Under-Mountain Press, 1987. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Great Barrington, MA: Under-Mountain Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 150 pages. Retrospective collection of black-and-white photographs. Jonas Dovydenas' finest achievement. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Jonas Dovydenas and Under-Mountain Press: Oversize-volume format. Khaki linen cloth boards with black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Jonas Dovydenas. Essay by Gail Buckland. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Meriden-Stinehour Press in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and… Read More

E-117: Undermountain Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Undermountain Press. 1987. Illustrated with 136 Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Signed by Jonas Dovydenas on the title page. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ (small hole present to the front panel of the DJ). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards have light wear present. If the Lithuanian-American artist, whose fierce study of landscape and national character has been going on for many years, saw in these scenes and faces the incarnation of what is, and was, right with America, he never insists in these stark photographs. It is for the viewer to see and judge all that takes place inside and outside these exposed souls in their magnificent and decadent home state of Nevada, and come to some conclusion as to whether they may stand for a hardihood that was once more widespread, and if so,… Read More

Great Barrington, MA: Under-Mountain Press, 1987. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Great Barrington, MA: Under-Mountain Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 150 pages. Retrospective collection of black-and-white photographs. Jonas Dovydenas' finest achievement. Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 25 letter-numbered copies. Should not be confused with the regular trade edition, which was published simultaneously with it. None of the copies was sold commercially. All of them are designated as "Author's Copy", produced for the exclusive use of the artist/photographer only. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. A sumptuous production by Jonas Dovydenas and Under-Mountain Press: Oversize-volume format. Khaki linen cloth boards with black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Jonas Dovydenas. Essay by Gail Buckland. Handcrafted linen cloth clamshell box with gilt titles embossed on brown leatherette label that is pasted… Read More