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Portraits of America
by William Albert Allard
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 142620292X
- ISBN 13
- 9781426202926
- Seller
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San Antonio, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Trade Paperback with glued binding 256 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated first paperback edition 2008. Beautiful illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear - wrinkled lower right corner. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Whether exploring the reclusive communities of the Amish and Hutterites, probing the gritty existence of the American cowboy, or revealing the quiet beauty of the Minnesota lakes, William Albert Allard has helped define America in all its diversity. From rodeos to blues singers, from William Faulkner's Mississippi to minor league baseball, Allard has turned his camera toward parts of our heritage that are often overlooked. His other award-winning books include The Vanishing Breed and A Time We Knew.
Portraits of America features 165 of Allard's finest photographs. Presented in chronological order, with incisive introductions to each section written by Allard himself, these photographs show the creative development of a remarkably gifted artist.
Pulitzer Prizewinning author Richard Ford contributes a foreword that places Allard's photography within the context of the American experience. Art aficionados and lovers of Americana alike delight in this beautifully designed and thoughtful collection from a man who has become a legend in the world photographic community.
Synopsis
William Albert Allard was born in Minneapolis in 1937. Currently a staff photographer and writer for National Geographic magazine, he has contributed to over 25 magazine articles in his career. Allard has published four critically acclaimed books: The Vanishing Breed —which received the Leica Medal of excellence and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Award in 1982— The Photographic Essay, A Time We Knew, and Time at the Lake: A Minnesota Album. He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Seller
- River House Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 656903
- Title
- Portraits of America
- Author
- William Albert Allard
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 142620292X
- ISBN 13
- 9781426202926
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 256
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Americana;
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Have some dust jackets to sell? Drop me a line!
I ship domestically in the US using the Post Office and internationally using consolidation services. Books are always wrapped then packed in cardboard boxes with padding to protect the contents. International shipments are double boxed with shipping paperwork attached to the outside of the box using a special envelope. And a complete duplicate of all the paperwork packed inside the outer box in case the attached set wanders off.
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