The Americans

New York: Aperture and The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. Softcover. Fine. First revised edition, and first American paperbound edition. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Oblong octavo. Photographic wrappers. Endpapers a trifle foxed, just about fine. Grossman Publishers' label on the rear wrap.

Grove Press, New York , (1959). 7.25 in. x 8 in., Cloth, Unnumbered pages, substantial fading at spine. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. The First American edition of Frank's groundbreaking approach to documentary photography. This edition appeared one year after the publication of the French edition which does not feature Kerouac's introduction. Stuart Alexander, who produced an extensive bibliography on… Read more about this item

Revised and enlarged second edition issued in 1969. In good condition, red remainder slash at bottom edge, black cloth boards with light wear at spine ends, all pages clean with several pages with light wrinkling and creasing, in good dust jacket, closed tear at back panel, wear at spine ends and edges, price tag from 1975 on front panel, $8.50… Read more about this item

Aperture, 1978 9.75" x 11.75". Originally published 1958. 176 pp. "All eighty-three of Frank's images (in their original sequence)...reproduced in a greatly enlarged format..." 5 page introduction by Jack Kerouac. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, black title on front board. Bright clean copy. DJ price-clipped, light shelf wear, tiny bit of wear at spine ends. This book weighs 1.4… Read more about this item

Gottingen GR: Steidl, 2008. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. 180 pages with numerous black and white photographic images. 50th-Anniversary Edition of the photographer's classic. Photographs by Robert Frank. Introductory Essay by Jack Kerouac. 1958's "The Americans" is the book that established legendary… Read more about this item

Aperture, Inc. hardcover. Very Good. 11x9x0. 1978 Aperture first edition thus clean tight and bright in lightly scuffed jacket. No chips or tears. Tight binding text unmarked. oversized and overweight. B33 Please email for photos.

Aperture Book, 1978-12-31. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Aperture, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Presentation copy signed by Robert Frank on the half-title, inscribed to former owner "an old book on my 60th Birthday New York City Nov. 9 1984 good luck [signed] Robert Frank." 178, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in silver. Second Aperture edition. Fine… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second American edition, revised and enlarged. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Oblong octavo. A trifle rubbed, about fine copy in price-clipped near fine dust jacket with a small chip at the crown. The second printing, among other things, added film strip still images for the films that Frank had made since… Read more about this item

NY: Grove Press, 1959. Book. Illus. by Robert Frank. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has modest cover wear thus very good. Dj has soiling creases, tape repairs and is missing 20% of the rear end flap thus poor. .

New York: Aperture, 1969. First revised and enlarged edition. Small oblong softcover. This remains one of the most important and influential photography books of the 20th century. Along with the classic body of black and white photographs from the Grove edition this was the first version to feature several pages of film strips from Frank's work in movies during… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. The Americans. Robert Frank. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Grove Press, New York, 1959. 180 pp. Unpaginated. Oblong quarto. First edition. Clothbound in photo-illustrated dustjacket. 83 Black-and-white reproductions. SIGNED/INSCRIBED "Robert Frank / NYC Nov. 30. 96. / To Rob ..." (also included is a notarized letter written by the… Read more about this item

Aperture Book. Used - Very Good. 1978. Hardcover. 1978 edition. Cloth with dj. Dj slightly sunned, some shelfwear. Very Good. (Subject: Photography).

GROVE, 1959. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A FINE FIRST EDITION IN VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. INSCRIBED BY GORDON PARKS.

New York: Aperture, 1969. Crease along spine, some minor soiling to wrappers, internally fine. Oblong. Printed wrappers. First revised and enlarged edition, including all 83 of Frank's seminal images and Kerouac's introduction that was included in the first American edition. With the usual Grossman Publishers' label on the rear panel.

Tokyo: Yugensha, 2009. All elements fine.. Deluxe Edition. Loose plates in portfolio and box. Number 34 of 300 numbered copies. Sumptuous publication by Kazuhiko Motomura, compiling 81 contact sheets Robert Frank used in production of The Americans. Plates measure 20 1/4 x 16- 5/8 inches and are wrapped in custom Japanese paper and laid into a silver folder… Read more about this item

New York: Pantheon. Forward by Jack Kerouac. Clean softcover in good plus condition; mild shelf wear and rubbing, lightly age-toned. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1986.

Manchester and Washington, DC: Cornerhouse Publications in association with National Gallery of Art, 1993. First Cornerhouse edition. Small oblong hardcover. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. A collection of Frank's classic black and white photographs taken on his tour of America. Simply put, this is one of the most important photography books of the 20th century and it's influence can't be… Read more about this item

New York: Aperture, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 176, (177-181)pp. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. All 83 of Frank's images in their original sequence. Publisher's black boards, silver lettering to spine in white photo-illustrated dustjacket. LIght foxing to upper page edges in near fine dustjacket (price-clipped; slight creasing to spine head). Frank's groundbreaking work was first published in 1958 and… Read more about this item

Aperture, Inc. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good -; Small oblong softcover. First revised edition and first U. S. softcover edition. Condition is Very Good- with light soiling to covers, crease to the spine and slightly bumped corners. Faint sticker shadow on ffep. Photos upon request. Trade Paperback