Photography / Commercial from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1998. Cloth, xi, 306 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dogeared a couple of times, age toning. Fine DJ. Another copy available. A quasi-Marxist examination of advertising and business as examples of commodity fetishism. Quite a good book, with a hstorical focus. "A provocative, compelling, and entertaining look at how the… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1991. Cloth, 240 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Shaping opinion: the magazine and society; The magazine cover; Magazine personalities: molders of the medium; The women's magazine; The imagined world:… Read more about this item

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications; Amphoto, 1981. Cloth, [190] pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top corners bumped. Dust jacket, with a closed tear, protected in a mylar cover.. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Includes profiles of some leading fashion photographers, directors, and models.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Asher, Judith (Documentary… Read more about this item

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Cloth, xiii, 637 pages, illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "This life of George Eastman is the first biography since 1930 of the man who transformed the world… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000. xxii, 351 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "During the 1920s and 1930s, Edward Steichen was the most successful photographer in the advertising industry. Although much has been said about Steichen's fine-art photography, his commercial work--which appeared regularly in Vanity Fair, Vogue, Ladies Home Journal, and… Read more about this item