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SUBURBIA BY BILL OWENS

SUBURBIA BY BILL OWENS

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SUBURBIA BY BILL OWENS

by (OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill

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ISBN 10
0879320427
ISBN 13
9780879320423
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(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. SUBURBIA BY BILL OWENS. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good +. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1973, Bill Owens' "Suburbia" is an amazing dissection of the Northern California suburban sprawl of the late sixties and early seventies that has become recognized as one of the great American photography books of the last quarter of the 20th Century. A handsome example of the uncommon first Straight Arrow paperback printing (cited on page 24 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 296-297 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 224-225 of "The Book of 101 Books") whose textured black wrappers show some minor wear along with some light soiling to the edges of the textblock. 0-87932-042-7 Inventory Number: 016437

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Bookseller
Arcana: Books on the Arts US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
016437
Title
SUBURBIA BY BILL OWENS
Author
(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill
Format/Binding
Pictorial Wrappers
Book Condition
Used - Very Good +.
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0879320427
ISBN 13
9780879320423
Publisher
Straight Arrow Books
Place of Publication
San Francisco
Date Published
1973
Keywords
Bill Owens, Photography, Photo Monograph, California Artists and Arts, Counterculture and Drugs, Richmond California, Americana, The Suburbs, Suburbia, The Photobook / Open Book / 101 Books / et al., The Hasselblad Center, "The Open Book", Marti

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Dustwrapper
Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
First Edition
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Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Wrappers
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