AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by Avedon, Richard
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket
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New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, two small, faint spots to top edge else a bright & solid copy. Plastic dust jacket is in VG conditioin with trace edge wear noted, very small closed tear to head of spine, some light rolling to front cover else still bright, intact & whole. FOLCAS 4/23; Folio 12"-15" tall .
Synopsis
RICHARD AVEDON (b. 1923) was the editor, with his classmate James Baldwin, of The Magpie , the literary magazine at De Witt Clinton High School in the Bronx. In 1942 he joined the photography department of the U.S. merchant marine. He was a staff photographer at I>Harper's Bazaar (1951-1965) and Vogue (1966-1988), and he collaborated with James Baldwin on Nothing Personal (1964), a book about the civil rights movement. In 1992 he became the first staff photographer at The New Yorker .
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- 5674
- Title
- AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Author
- Avedon, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Avedon, Autobiogaphy, Photogaphy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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