In The American West
by Avedon, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- VeryGood
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harry N. Abrams [1985]. Second printing. Inscribed copy. 14" x 11". [86] leaves, one folding. Full-page, black-and-white reproductions of Avedon's portraits throughout. Essays by Avedon and Laura Wilson. On original tan cloth with black-and-white portraits inset to upper and lower boards, titles stamped in black to boards and spine, textured endpapers. Spine and edges lightly sunned, a few faint scratches to covers, minor shelfewear to bottom edges; in original acetate wrapper with some rubbing and dulling. Boldly inscribed and signed ("Avedon 1987") on ffep. A Very Good or better copy in VG jacket. . VeryGood. Hardcover .
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- Bookseller
- Brattle Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39693
- Title
- In The American West
- Author
- Avedon, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used - VeryGood
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams [1985]
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Keywords
- Hardcover
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