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Photographe de Paris. Préface par Pierre Mac-Orlan
by Atget, Eugene
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Burgundy moire silk cloth, stamped in gilt. Boards slightly soiled, head of spine slightly frayed, slightly cocked. Lacks tipped
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. Weyhe, 1930. First American edition, from French sheets. LACKS TITLE? Frontispiece portrait of Atget from the photograph by Bernice Abbott, and 96 collotype plates from photographs by Eugène Atget. [2], 23pp. of text (in French), and final 6pp. "Table" tipped to a folded she et and bound in at end. 1 vols. 4to. Burgundy moire silk cloth, stamped in gilt. Boards slightly soiled, head of spine slightly frayed, slightly cocked. Lacks tipped-in American issue title leaf. First American edition, from French sheets. LACKS TITLE? Frontispiece portrait of Atget from the photograph by Bernice Abbott, and 96 collotype plates from photographs by Eugène Atget. [2], 23pp. of text (in French), and final 6pp. "Table" tipped to a folded she et and bound in at end. 1 vols. 4to. "Atget's documentary vision proved highly influential, first on the Surrealists, in the 1920s, who found his pictures of deserted streets and stairways, street life, and shop windows beguiling and richly suggestive. and then on two generations of American photographers, from Walker Evans to Lee Friedlander" (MOMA).
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 228734
- Title
- Photographe de Paris. Préface par Pierre Mac-Orlan
- Author
- Atget, Eugene
- Format/Binding
- LACKS TITLE? Frontispiece portrait of Atget from the photograph by Bernice Abbott, and 96 collotype plates from photographs by E
- Book Condition
- Used - Burgundy moire silk cloth, stamped in gilt. Boards slightly soiled, head of spine slightly frayed, slightly cocked. Lacks tipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition, from French sheets
- Publisher
- E. Weyhe
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Incompletes
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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