Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
by Agee, James / Evans, Walker
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. Book. Illus. by Evans, Walker - photographer. Very Good. Hardcover. First Revised Edition. Octavo. First revised edition with forward by Evans & with full-complement of b&w plates planned by Evans in advance of text. First edition was @1939, 1940. xxii + 471 pp, Foreword : "James Agee in 1936", Preface, Book One & Preliminaries, Book Two. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, DJ in acetate protector, chipped at top and bottom of spine, worn on the forecorners, orig price $6.50. 5.9" x 8.6" black cloth boards in gray DJ..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006928
- Title
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
- Author
- Agee, James / Evans, Walker
- Illustrator
- Evans, Walker - photographer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- subtitle: Three Tenant Families - Appalachia - Summer 1936
- Bookseller catalogs
- SOCIOLOGY; U. S. HISTORY;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....