AMERICA BY THE YARD: Cirkut Camera: Images from the Early Twentieth Century by MacKay, Robert B - 2006

W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. First edition (2006.) Hardcover with dust jacket. Oblong 4to with 216 pages. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. Beautifully illustrated! Pictures available upon request. "This is a really beautiful book. It tells the story of the Cirkut camera, and of the intrepid photographers who used them to document America. It's beautifully printed.." Gray spine/Black text. #033816. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 4to. Photography Equipment/ History.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0393051609 . Slight bumping, rubbing and edgewear to boards and unclipped DJ. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. International addresses will require extra postage due to size. ; Oblong Folio 13" - 23" tall; 216 pages .

W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393051609 . First edition. - Book is in great overall condition. No writing or major blemishes. Minor wear. .

W. W. Norton & Company. New. 2006. Hardcover. 0393051609 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- -216 pp. , 102 ills. ( 8 4-panel, 2 6-panel gatefolds) , bibliog. , obl. 4to. Description: "An astonishing collection of early panoramic photographs, many up to 5 feet wide. This book is both a history of an unusual camera and a splendid display of its product. 'Yard longs,' as the Cirkut camera's huge panoramic photographs were called, caused a sensation after the camera's introduction in the early twentieth century. Cirkut cameras were used to record scenic vistas, epic events, and group photographs of conventioneers, workers, soldiers, and students. Here, with many foldouts that show the prints in their full glory, are such historic moments as the building of the Panama Canal, the sunken battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, the… Read More