Disfarmer : The Heber Springs Portraits, 1939-1946. From the Collection of Peter Miller and Julia Scully
by Disfarmer, Mike (photographer); Julia Scully (essay)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good condition
- ISBN 10
- 0891690034
- ISBN 13
- 9780891690030
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About This Item
Danbury, New Hampshire: Addison House, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Large Square Octavo. 135pp. Original black cloth with white lettering on cover and spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket, white lettering on spine. Umber endpapers. Illustrated with numerous portraits and family groupings in the small mountain town of Heber Springs. The Arkansas artist known as Disfarmer capture the lives and emotions of the people of rural America between 1939-1945.
"Mike Disfarmer's photographs were saved from oblivion by Joe Allbright of Heber Springs, Arkansas. Albright purchased the negatives after the photographer's death in 1959. Fourteen years later, in 1973, he brought them to the attention of Peter MIller, then editor of the Arkansas Sun, a weekly newspaper in Heber Springs. Miller published the portraits in The Sun for a year; recognizing the value of the work., he also sent a few prints to me at Modern Photography magazine. I share his enthusiasm and suggested that we join together to bring Disfarmer's work to the attention of a larger audience. This book is the result." (J. S., Acknowledgments).
Binding with light wear along edges and some sunning at the to of the spine. Dustjacket sunned at spine with chipping, closed tears and some creasing along edges. Some light creasing and wear in bottom margins and a few chips at some bottom corners. Light musty odor.
"Mike Disfarmer's photographs were saved from oblivion by Joe Allbright of Heber Springs, Arkansas. Albright purchased the negatives after the photographer's death in 1959. Fourteen years later, in 1973, he brought them to the attention of Peter MIller, then editor of the Arkansas Sun, a weekly newspaper in Heber Springs. Miller published the portraits in The Sun for a year; recognizing the value of the work., he also sent a few prints to me at Modern Photography magazine. I share his enthusiasm and suggested that we join together to bring Disfarmer's work to the attention of a larger audience. This book is the result." (J. S., Acknowledgments).
Binding with light wear along edges and some sunning at the to of the spine. Dustjacket sunned at spine with chipping, closed tears and some creasing along edges. Some light creasing and wear in bottom margins and a few chips at some bottom corners. Light musty odor.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53289
- Title
- Disfarmer : The Heber Springs Portraits, 1939-1946. From the Collection of Peter Miller and Julia Scully
- Author
- Disfarmer, Mike (photographer); Julia Scully (essay)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0891690034
- ISBN 13
- 9780891690030
- Publisher
- Addison House
- Place of Publication
- Danbury, New Hampshire
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Heber Springs, Arkansas, portrait photography, photograph collections, b/w photography
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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