PHOTOGRAPH OF APPALACHIAN MAN MAKING BROOMS
by Palmer, Earl
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Christiansburg, Virginia: Unpublished, 1970. Gelatin silver print. 10 inches by 8 inches. Unmounted. Photographer's stamp on the verso. Vintage (circa 1970) vernacular photograph by Earl Palmer, a Virginia photographer who spent 50 years photographically documenting everyday life in Appalachia. University of Kentucky professor of Appalachian studies Harry Caudill said of Palmer: "Palmer has given us the best view we will ever have of life and work in the Southern Appalachians. . . . His magnificent collection of photographs preserves the old way of life for us to study and ponder." Palmer's photographs are now housed in the Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection at Virginia Tech. An excellent study of his work can be found in the book by Jean Haskell Speer, The Appalachian Photographs of Earl Palmer, published by the University of Kentucky Press in 1990. The photograph is in excellent condition.. First Edition. Paper. Fine. Illus. by Earl Palmer. 10" by 8". Photo.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- W2100
- Title
- PHOTOGRAPH OF APPALACHIAN MAN MAKING BROOMS
- Author
- Palmer, Earl
- Illustrator
- Earl Palmer
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Unpublished
- Place of Publication
- Christiansburg, Virginia
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 10" by 8"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photographs; Popular Culture; Psychology, Sociology, & Anthropology;
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
We hold books only for firm orders. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for refund of purchase price. We pay shipping costs only if we have made a significant error in description.
About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.