The Sculpture of Africa
by Elisofon, Eliot. Text by William Fagg
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Praeger, 1958. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 256 pp. 405 photographs. Very attractive binding: brown cloth backed with black cloth, titles gilt, map endpapers. Includes bibliographical notes and list of illustrations. Inscribed "... For Al Asnis: without whose superb craftsmanship this book would not have been posssible. Eliot Elisofon." Both men were Life Magazine photographers. Elisofon helped found a private museum, the Museum of African Art. On his death in 1973 he left his collection of African photographs to the museum, which became the National Museum of African Art in 1981. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4565
- Title
- The Sculpture of Africa
- Author
- Elisofon, Eliot. Text by William Fagg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Praeger
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Sudan, Congo, Guinea Coast
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Photography/Cameras;
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