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W. Eugene Smith: Shadow and Substance The Life and Work of an American Photographer
by Hughes, Jim
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0070311234
- ISBN 13
- 9780070311237
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Jim Hughes, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Thick octavo, black cloth spine over plum colored cloth covered boards. 606pp. including index and extensive notes. Illustrated with rare (in book form) reproductions of Smith's work in black and white, including self portraits and some of his most famous photographs of war, workers and the common man. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unblemished volume in a crisp, sharp, bright price-clipped dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 05441
- Title
- W. Eugene Smith: Shadow and Substance The Life and Work of an American Photographer
- Author
- Hughes, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0070311234
- ISBN 13
- 9780070311237
- Publisher
- Jim Hughes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- PHOTOGRAPHERS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ARTISTS ARCHITECTS, PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTOGRAPHER, PHOTOGRAPH, SOCIAL, SOCIETY, COMMENTARY, SOCIOLOGY, AMERICAN, LABOR, WORKER, PITTSBURGH, PHOTOJOURNALISM, PHOTOJOURNALIST, TWENTIETH CENTURY, DOCUMENTARY, LIFE, LIFE MAGA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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