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Conversations with the Dead: Photographs of Prison Life with the Letters and Drawings of Billy McCune #122054
by Lyon, Danny; Billy McCune
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/good
- ISBN 10
- 0030850681
- ISBN 13
- 9780030850684
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Good+/good. 196 pp. Oblong quarto [21 cm]; white cloth spine with black stamped titling, grey cloth boards. Pictorial dust jacket. The book is clean with some edgewear, the text block is a bit loose. Dust jacket is complete and bright if a bit soiled. Dust jacket has several small tears near the folds and along its edges where a previous owner has "repaired" them with clear scotch tape. Overall a good and complete copy of this fascinating photography book. "I've tried with whatever power I had to make this picture of imprisonment as distressing as it is in reality. The few times I doubted the wisdom of my attitude, I had only to visit someone in his cell to straighten out my mind. I had been warned at the outset not to let the men con me. I am told that I have not seen what these men have done on the outside. That is true. I saw only what was before my eyes. And the material collected here doesn't approach for a moment the feeling you get standing for two minutes in the corridor of Ellis." -Danny Lyon.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43260
- Title
- Conversations with the Dead: Photographs of Prison Life with the Letters and Drawings of Billy McCune #122054
- Author
- Lyon, Danny; Billy McCune
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0030850681
- ISBN 13
- 9780030850684
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BOSTON 2016; NY 2017; BOSTON 2017; PASADENA2019 & OAKLAND2019
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
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About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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