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Walker Evans American Photographs
by Evans, Walker
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good but water stains at top of some pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Reprint (1938.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8/The dust jacket is in good condition with some shelf wear and missing a small piece at top of spine and front, right corner, $2.
- Seller
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Santa Paula, California, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Price has been lowered due to condition problems. Still on of the greatest books in the hisotyr of photography.
Condition: Good but water stains at top of some pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Reprint (1938.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 196 pages and 87 plates. The book is good but about half the pages have water stains at the top and/or bottom of the pages not affecting the photos. Previous owners name in ink on front end page. The dust jacket is in good condition with some shelf wear and missing a small piece at top of spine and front, right corner, $2.50 price on front flap of DJ which is separated from the rest of the DJ. Lacking errata slip. "Photos of Americana and the human situations for which Walker is so well known. published for the first exhibition of Evans' photographs at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. One of America's most renowned Photographers."
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- Bookseller
- John Nichols Gallery
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38
- Title
- Walker Evans American Photographs
- Author
- Evans, Walker
- Book Condition
- Used - Good but water stains at top of some pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Reprint (1938.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8
- Jacket Condition
- The dust jacket is in good condition with some shelf wear and missing a small piece at top of spine and front, right corner, $2.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second of 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by The Museum of Modern Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 198
- Size
- 9x8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Walker Evans, photographs, Museum of Modern Art.
Terms of Sale
John Nichols Gallery
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About the Seller
John Nichols Gallery
Biblio member since 2023
Santa Paula, California
About John Nichols Gallery
The John Nichols Gallery opened in 1984 in Historic Downtown Santa Paula, California. In 1986 a new and used bookstore was opened with the gallery in the back. The name of the bookstore was Mr. Nichols. Now all the books are sold through John Nichols Gallery along with art, vintage photographs and custom framing. The current location is on the second floor of the Santa Paula Art Museum, 117 N. 10th St., Santa Paula, CA. Open by appointment or by chance
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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