Images. 1923-1974
by Adams, Ansel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1981. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Hardcover. Foreward by Wallace Stegner. Wonderful inscription from George Frampton, then President of the Wilderness Society (1986-1993, subsequently, President Clinton's Assistant Secretary of Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, and former special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. He received a Masters in Economics degree from the London School of Economics and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.). A very handsome and unique copy. Light shelf/edge wear, very top edge of dark grey cloth lightly sun faded, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf wear, crease down inside front flap, price clipped, else bright and clean. Dark grey quarter bound cloth, light grey cloth boards, silver gilt, pictorial endpages. 127pp. Chronology. Bibliography.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 864
- Title
- Images. 1923-1974
- Author
- Adams, Ansel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Photography & Art | Americana | Special Items
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About the Seller
Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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Portland, Maine
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- Price Clipped
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
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