Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1990. First Edition. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. Exhibition catalog for a show held at the publisher's gallery in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, ochre cloth-covered boards with title stamped in brown on cover and spine, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 11-1/4 x 12-3/8 inches. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, some corner wear, one 1/4"" tear top front, illustrated with photo at front. Photographs and text by Emmet Gowin. Introduction by Martha Chahroudi. Designed by Eleanor Caponigro. 128 pp., with 106 duotone and four-color plates beautifully printed on Warren LOE Dull paper by Franklin Graphics from reproductions by Robert J. Hennessey. . Published on the occasion of the 1990 major retrospective exhibition ""Emmet Gowin"" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Publisher's page is marked ""First United States Trade Edition.""

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Bookseller: Pistil Books Online (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 153900
Title: Emmet Gowin: Photographs
Author: Gowin, Emmet; Marth Achahroudi
Format/Binding: Oversize Hardback
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0821218352
ISBN 13: 9780821218358
Publisher: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Place of Publication: Boston, Ma
Date Published: 1990
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