The Americans

by Frank, Robert

"Robert Frank he sucked a sad poem out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message. You got eyes." -- Jack Kerouac, from the preface

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Americans

by Robert Frank [Photographer]; Jack Kerouac [Introduction];

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Aperture, Inc. hardcover. Very Good. 11x9x0. 1978 Aperture first edition thus clean tight and bright in lightly scuffed jacket. No chips or tears. Tight binding text unmarked. oversized and overweight. B33 Please email for photos.
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The Americans

by Frank, Robert

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Grove Press, New York , (1959). 7.25 in. x 8 in., Cloth, Unnumbered pages, substantial fading at spine. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. The First American edition of Frank's groundbreaking approach to documentary photography. This edition appeared one year after the publication of the French edition which does not feature Kerouac's introduction. Stuart Alexander, who produced an extensive bibliography on… Read more about this item
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by FRANK, Robert

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1969
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New York: Aperture, 1969. Crease along spine, some minor soiling to wrappers, internally fine. Oblong. Printed wrappers. First revised and enlarged edition, including all 83 of Frank's seminal images and Kerouac's introduction that was included in the first American edition. With the usual Grossman Publishers' label on the rear panel.
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by Frank, Robert [Photographer]; Jack Kerouac [Introduction]

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1978
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New York: Aperture, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Presentation copy signed by Robert Frank on the half-title, inscribed to former owner "an old book on my 60th Birthday New York City Nov. 9 1984 good luck [signed] Robert Frank." 178, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in silver. Second Aperture edition. Fine… Read more about this item
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The Americans

by Robert frank

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1968
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Aperture / Museum of Modern Art, 1968. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Mild shelfwear.
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The Americans

by Robert Frank

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Second Edition
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1969
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Revised and enlarged second edition issued in 1969. In good condition, red remainder slash at bottom edge, black cloth boards with light wear at spine ends, all pages clean with several pages with light wrinkling and creasing, in good dust jacket, closed tear at back panel, wear at spine ends and edges, price tag from 1975 on front panel, $8.50… Read more about this item
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The Americans: 81 Contact Sheets

by FRANK, Robert

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Tokyo: Yugensha, 2009. All elements fine.. Deluxe Edition. Loose plates in portfolio and box. Number 34 of 300 numbered copies. Sumptuous publication by Kazuhiko Motomura, compiling 81 contact sheets Robert Frank used in production of The Americans. Plates measure 20 1/4 x 16- 5/8 inches and are wrapped in custom Japanese paper and laid into a silver folder… Read more about this item
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The Americans

by Frank, Robert

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First Edition
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1959
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New York: Grove Press, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with shallow fading to spine at top end, several very faint scratches to the cloth at the front cover, gilt lettering to spine is unusually sharp and… Read more about this item
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by FRANK, Robert

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1969
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New York: Aperture, 1969. First revised and enlarged edition. Small oblong softcover. This remains one of the most important and influential photography books of the 20th century. Along with the classic body of black and white photographs from the Grove edition this was the first version to feature several pages of film strips from Frank's work in movies during… Read more about this item
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The Americans

The Americans

by Frank, Robert; introduction by Jack Kerouac

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Near Fine
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Revised and enlarged edition
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1969
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Hardcover
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New York: Grossman, 1969. Revised and enlarged edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of revised and enlarged edition of 1969. Book has a whisper of wear. Dust jacket is near fine, with small chips at two front top corners. Price of $8.50 is unclipped on front jacket. An extremely nice copy of this… Read more about this item
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The Americans

by Frank, Robert

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First Scalo Edition
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1993
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9781881616122
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New York: Scalo Publishers, 1993. 179pp. Black pictorial, stiff wraps.Light wear to the corner tips, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. "In this volume of 83 deeply moving and unconventional photographs, Robert Frank portrays the shops, funeral parlors, and Fourth of July jamborees, of picnics, newsstands, crap tables, cocktail parties, jam sessions, and the drive-in movies. Here is the face of… Read more about this item
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The Americans

by FRANK, Robert

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1969
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New York: Grove Press, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second American edition, revised and enlarged. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Oblong octavo. A trifle rubbed, about fine copy in price-clipped near fine dust jacket with a small chip at the crown. The second printing, among other things, added film strip still images for the films that Frank had made since… Read more about this item
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The Americans

by Frank, Robert

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Revised
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5/15/2008
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Steidl, 5/15/2008. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good.
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The Americans

by FRANK, Robert (Zurigo, 1924 - Inverness, 2019)

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1969
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New York: Aperture - Museum of Modern Art, , 1969. Brossura (wrappers). Molto buono (Very Good). Photographs by Robert Frank. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Enlarged with a section on Robert Frank's films. 8vo (cm 18x21). pp. 182. Molto buono (Very Good). Revised and Enlarged Edition. Libri fotografici 1 [Parr, Badger, 2004] Parr Martin, Badger Gerry, The Photobook:… Read more about this item
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THE AMERICANS

by Robert Frank / with an introduction by Jack Kerouac

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1969
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New York: Aperture ( Grossman Publishing ), 1969. Book. Illus. by Rober Frank. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st. Edition 1959 , Revised and Enlarge Edition 1969. Black cloth hardcover with the dust jacket, un - paged . Illustrated with 83 full page black & white photo plates by Frank. Condition : Near Fine… Read more about this item
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The Americans

by Frank, Robert

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1978
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New York: Aperture, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 176, (177-181)pp. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. All 83 of Frank's images in their original sequence. Publisher's black boards, silver lettering to spine in white photo-illustrated dustjacket. LIght foxing to upper page edges in near fine dustjacket (price-clipped; slight creasing to spine head). Frank's groundbreaking work was first published in 1958 and… Read more about this item
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The Americans

by Frank, Robert

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1969-01-01
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Grossman Publishers, 1969-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. EX LIBRARY BOOK
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The Americans

by Robert Frank, 1924-2019

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[Second American edition], Revised and enlarged under the superv
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1969
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Hardcover
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New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969. [Second American edition], Revised and enlarged under the supervision of Aperture, Inc. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 83 black & white photos with brief captions on facing pages. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Some filmstrip images from some of his films were added at the end of this edition. Original oblong black cloth. dj. 19… Read more about this item
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The Americans

by Frank, Robert

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1978
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Hardcover
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9780893810337
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New York: Aperture, Inc. 179pp. Black cloth oblong hardcover with white spine title, page edges show foxing, dustjacket has minimal edge-wear and slight interior foxing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall B2 . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. 1978.
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The Americans

The Americans

by FRANK, Robert

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1959
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New York: Grove Press, 1959. First edition and first printing. Small oblong hardcover. First published in France in 1958 as "Les Americains" this was the first edition to include Jack Kerouac's terrific introduction. Sixty years later Frank's images seem every bit as fresh now as they were a revelation then. A tight close to near fine copy in black… Read more about this item
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