Search Results: Death In the Making by Robert Capa

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1938. First edition. Measuring approximately 11" x .75". This book is in good condition. Moderate bumping and sunning to spine and edges of book. Rear hinge is cracked no mesh exposed. Interior pages are clean. Robert Capa's Death in the Making was published in 1938 as a poignant tribute to the men and women, civilians and soldiers alike, fighting in Spain against Franco's fascist insurrection. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O5-117).

Covici, Friede, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1937; New York; 1st Edition; tan cloth covered boards with tan titles; covers contain rubbing and wear; spine contains sun damage and staining; interior clean and unmarked; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; unmarked pages, roughly 80 pages; Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

New York: Covici, Friede, Inc, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original photographic dust-jacket over olive cloth. Scarce first edition of this remarkable photographic history of the Spanish civil war. "Unlike Ehrenburg's book, Capa's diary in Death in the Making is picture- rather then text-led. It contains not just Capa's photographs - including many that defined modern war photography - but also images by his lover, the journalist Gerda Taro, who was accidentally killed by a tank near Brunete in 1937. In a real sense, this book is her memorial, as Capa's eloquent frontispiece announces... The Spanish Civil War was an important conflict, not just because it was the first direct challenge to fascism, but also in terms of modern photojournalism, it witnessed the birth of the modern war photographer, exemplified by Capa, a figure who, because of his nominal independence from the military authorities, could perhaps be considered a more reliable… Read More