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Havana La Vida (The Elephant's Eye)
by Schommer, Alberto
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0879517166
- ISBN 13
- 9780879517168
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Woodstock, NY: Overlook Hardcover, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Hardcover, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near FIne. First Edition, first printing, in clean unchipped original dust jacket. Clean black boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Size is approximately 11-1/2" x 14-1/2". 140 gorgeous quadratone photographs. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (65.00 on front inside flap), enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. These images, moving and vibrant yet sweetly fragile, were taken during four short trips in which photographer, Alberto Schommer immersed himself in this seductive capital, taking over 3,000 pictures and then carefully choosing these 140 images. From the famed Floridita bar, birthplace ofthe daiuiri, to the sultry sands of its famed beaches; from the decaying majesty of its splendid architecture to the remarkable spirit of its people -- all are stunningly captured by Schommer's discerning eye..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025122
- Title
- Havana La Vida (The Elephant's Eye)
- Author
- Schommer, Alberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0879517166
- ISBN 13
- 9780879517168
- Publisher
- Overlook Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Woodstock, NY
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- CUBA, PHOTOGRAPHY, ALBERTO SCHOMMER, FIRST EDITION, PHOTOGRAPHS, HAVANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Photography;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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