The Americans by Robert Frank, Jack Kerouac - 2008-05-15

Gottingen / Washington: Steidl / National Gallery of Art, 2008. Press Copy / First Steidl Edition. Hardcover. VG (Ex art library with two sticker on the DJ; DJ is lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; boards are lightly edgeworn; interior is clean; binding is solid.). White DJ with b&w-photo illustration and black and white lettering; black boards with light blue lettering; 177 pp.; chiefly illustrations. In 1958, the first edition of Robert Frank's The Americans was published in Paris. Les Americains contained Frank's 83 photographs in the same sequence as all subsequent editions, with the image on the right hand page, but juxtaposed with historical texts about American society and politics, gathered by Alain Bosquet. The following year, in the first American edition, the French texts were removed and an introduction by Jack Kerouac was added. Over the subsequent 50 years, The Americans has been republished in many editions, in numerous languages, with a variety of cover designs and even in a range of… Read More

STEIDL / NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON. Hardcover. GOOD. NOEAN 0 9783865215840 2008 HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET; MILDLY SOLED AND EDGEWORN DJ & WRAP [TIGHT & CLEAN INTERIOR; RED COLOR TRANSFER FROM WRAP ONTO ENDPAGES] INTRODUCTION BY JACK KEROUAC ( 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ) (NOEAN )

Steidl. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2019. Reprint. Hardcover. 386521584X . 8.25 X 1 X 7.25 inches; 180 pages .

Steidl, 5/15/2008. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Steidl, 2008-05-14. hardcover. Good. 8x1x7. 1969 Aperture/Grossman revised and enlarge edition in chipped price intact jacket. Tight binding no marks. Please email for photos.

Steidl, 2008. First Thus. Hardcover. New/new. Gottingen, Germany: Gerhard Steidl Druckerei Und Verlag, 2008. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket and red wrap-around band. First Edition, First Printing. 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. Book Condition: New/Fine copy in fine dust jacket and fine red wrap-around band/obi. 1958's "The Americans" is the book that established legendary Swiss photographer/filmaker Robert Frank's reputation as one of the great socially conscious post-war essayists. Combined with Jack Kerouac's legendary in your face introduction ("Anybody doesnt like these pitchers dont like potry, see?" ), Frank's images reveal an emerging cold war superpower wrestling with its past as it hurtles toward a decade of tumultuous change.

Gottingen, Germany: Steidl, , 2008. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. The rear panel of the jacket lower edge has a small repaired chip. No red wrap-around band. Completely clean. Stated first Steidl edition. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Illustrated in black & white with Robert Frank's classic photographs. 8" high X 9" wide. Heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.