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Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965
by Phillips, Lisa, et al
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 2080136135
- ISBN 13
- 9782080136138
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1995. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Designed to accompany a museum organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York that traveled from Nov. 1995-Dec. 1996. Nine essays & a plethora of never-before-seen photos by art, film, & cultural historians are offered to chronicle the Beat movement in all its vibrant intensity in the US from its post-WWII origins through the mid-1960s. In 280 pages, profusely illustrated. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1995, this oversized hardcover book has tan cloth-covered boards with white lettering to front & spine. Looks & feels Brand New EXCEPT for a tiny hole (insect) at bottom edge of front board. Else, completely clean, pages white, images crisp. Binding firm & square, hinges secure. The unclipped DJ is VG+:clean & bright, NO fading, but downgraded due to a few rubbed spots (insect damage). Looks nice protected in new mylar cover Free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of extra (at least double) postage costs per USPS rates.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019946
- Title
- Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965
- Author
- Phillips, Lisa, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 2080136135
- ISBN 13
- 9782080136138
- Publisher
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BEATS POETS FIFTIES 1950S GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK MUSIC MUSICIANS COUNTERCULTURE UNITED STATES GINSBERG PHOTOS PHOTOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography-Photo Essays; Cultural Studies/Popular & Folk Culture/Countercultures;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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