Harry Smith: Magic Moments. Introduction by Anita Ventura Mozley. Edited and with captions by Stephen White
by Smith, Harry, photographer; Stephen White, editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0960680802
- ISBN 13
- 9780960680801
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: self-published by author, as Stephen White Editions, 1981. Hardcover. 127p., text to and through p.23, thereafter profuse sepia plates (fifty of these) reproduced well in full-page recto, each facing a captioned verso. Hardbound in 9x11 inch oblong boards covered in openweave maroon cloth and dust jacket. Dj is edgeworn and chipped, book itself near-fine: no damage, no dirt, no markings. Find about ten original-to-Harry-Smith photos of quake survivors and shaken structures, all beautifully focussed.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 236595
- Title
- Harry Smith: Magic Moments. Introduction by Anita Ventura Mozley. Edited and with captions by Stephen White
- Author
- Smith, Harry, photographer; Stephen White, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0960680802
- ISBN 13
- 9780960680801
- Publisher
- self-published by author, as Stephen White Editions
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; 1900S; San Francisco; California; 1910S;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...