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The Destruction of Lower Manhattan (Signed Limited Edition)
by LYON, Danny
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- Signed
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 1576872327
- ISBN 13
- 9781576872321
- Seller
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Wadsworth, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Powerhouse Books, 2005. First edition thus. Hardcover. First printing of this reissue. 160 pages. A classic collection of photographs that documented the demise of the buildings in and around the lower portion of Manhattan. Features 83 tritone images. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and in a fine cloth slipcase. Limited edition, number 25 of only 50 copies. Includes an 8" x 10" gelatin silver print of "18 Spruce Street" Signed by Danny Lyon on the reverse side and in fine condition. Surprisingly uncommon.
Synopsis
Danny Lyon was born in Brooklyn. While studying history at the University of Chicago, Lyon joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee as their first staff photographer. One of the best-known photojournalists today, Lyon has produced ten books of photography and an equal number of nonfiction films. His books include, Indian Nations (Twin Palms, 2002), Knave of Hearts (Twin Palms, 1999), a memoir, Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement (University of North Carolina, 1992), Merci Gonaives (Bleak Beauty, 1988), an account of the 1986 Haitian revolution, and Conversations with the Dead (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970), the first book by a photojournalist inside the American prison system. He has received a Rockefeller Fellowship in filmmaking, Guggenheim Fellowships for photography and filmmaking, and numerous fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His photographs are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Corcoran Gallery of Art and The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; as well as other museums throughout the world. Lyon farms in Ulster County, New York and Sandoval County, New Mexico.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 182042
- Title
- The Destruction of Lower Manhattan (Signed Limited Edition)
- Author
- LYON, Danny
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 1576872327
- ISBN 13
- 9781576872321
- Publisher
- Powerhouse Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Photography
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About the Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2008
Wadsworth, Illinois
About Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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