Žena ve svetle. [Woman in Light]
by DRTIKOL, Frantisek
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Orange cloth boards with printed label to front panel; save for some bowing to boards and tight binding, a near fine copy. In a
- Seller
-
East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Praha: E. Beaufort, [1930]. Orange cloth boards with printed label to front panel; save for some bowing to boards and tight binding, a near fine copy. In a remarkably sharp copy of the rare photo-illustrated jacket, with only minor scuffing to rear panel; fine. Housed in custom cloth clamshell case with leather lettering piece. An exquisite copy.. First Edition. Octavo. A masterpiece of interwar photobooks, with 46 black-and-white nudes blending Drtikol's pictorial sensibility with modernist lighting and staging. (Parr / Badger, v1, 79; Roth 64-65).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30239
- Title
- Žena ve svetle. [Woman in Light]
- Author
- DRTIKOL, Frantisek
- Book Condition
- Used - Orange cloth boards with printed label to front panel; save for some bowing to boards and tight binding, a near fine copy. In a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Praha: E. Beaufort
- Date Published
- [1930]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
Terms of Sale
Harper's Books, Inc.
Books may be returned for any reason within two weeks provided they are received in the same condition as they were sent.
About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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- Fine
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