Steichen the Photographer
by Sandburg, Carl; Edward Steichen
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-147: Harcourt, Brace. Good+. 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1929. Illustrated with Black and White Plates by Edward Steichen. #154 of a limited edition of 925 copies. Text by Carl Sandburg. Signed by both Edward Steichen and Carl Sandburg on the limitation page. Bound in cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Light toning present to the text block. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Essay (70 pgs. ) by Sandburg preceding 49 gravure reproductions of Steichen's photographs. The subjects include Charlie Chaplin, H. L. Mencken, Gloria Swanson, Isadora Duncan, Lillian Gish, Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Lawrence, Ruth Draper, Paul Robson. One of the great photographic monographs. Vince Aletti describes it as, "a sumptuous book which includes a broad and cleverly sequenced array of Steichen s work handsomely printed in warm sepia tones." "Each image is preceded by a separate title page, suggesting a portfolio of fine-art reproductions rather than the usual hectic treatment of photographs in the mass media; here we are made to understand every picture that deserves serious contemplation." Roth 101. E-147; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 70 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54242
- Title
- Steichen the Photographer
- Author
- Sandburg, Carl; Edward Steichen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace
- Place of Publication
- E-147
- Date Published
- 1929
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Spine
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