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Prismatics: Exploring a New World
by Duncan, David Douglas
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. David Douglas Duncan. Exotic lenses and prisms galore. A definitive, innovative how-to manual from the distinguished war photographer David Douglas Duncan, but by presenting full-page, full-color portraits of famous artists and scenes. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Big, tall quarto hardcover format, bound handsomely in lime-green cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn but a bit sunned along inside and exterior edges, protected by a plastic coat that is a bit creased. Forty-two pp. of text, then an unnpaginated Epilogue of sorts.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 352530
- Title
- Prismatics: Exploring a New World
- Author
- Duncan, David Douglas
- Illustrator
- David Douglas Duncan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 4to 11" - 13" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- art history David Douglas Duncan prismatics cameras photographer war photographer
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About Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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