The Decisive Moment
by Cartier-Bresson, Henri
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Decorated paper covered boards after design by Henri Matisse. An unusually nice copy, near fine, in slightly tanned dust jacket
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
The design was undertaken by Teriade, with the collaboration of Marguerite Lang, and the photographs engraved and printed in heliogravure by Draeger Frères. This state of the dust jacket prints comments on the rear inner flap by Monroe Wheeler, Philippe Halsman, Jacob Deschin, et al.
The initial edition consisted of approximately 3000 French language copies and 7000 English language copies, and like any number of significant books, received highly positive reviews but sold only a slow trickle of copies. Because of the nature of the binding and dust jacket, copies in agreeable condition, as here, are few and far between. Open Book 154-155; Parr / Badger, vol. 1, 208-209; Roth 134-135
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 338691
- Title
- The Decisive Moment
- Author
- Cartier-Bresson, Henri
- Format/Binding
- Pp. 29, and 126 photographic illustrations (some double-page) on rectos and versos of 62 plates. 1 vols. Folio
- Book Condition
- Used - Decorated paper covered boards after design by Henri Matisse. An unusually nice copy, near fine, in slightly tanned dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, American issue, printed in France. Accompanied by
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster in Collaboration with Éditions Verve
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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