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The Alternative: Communal Life in New America
by William Hedgepeth (Dennis Stock Photographer)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. NICELY INSCRIBED BY PHOTOGRAPHER DENNIS STOCK (TO ICP [INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY] PATRON BERT ROSEN) on the front free endpaper's verso. A very solid copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear --and very light creasing-- along the spine crown. Quarto, Stock's first-rate black-and-white photography (beautifully capturing the spirit of communal life in the late Sixties) throughout.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19131
- Title
- The Alternative: Communal Life in New America
- Author
- William Hedgepeth (Dennis Stock Photographer)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- rare photography, rare signed photography books, rare Dennis Stock, photographer Dennis Stock
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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