LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN: Three Tenant Families
by Agee, James, and Walker Evans
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. First edition. Illustrated with 31 haunting black-and-white photographs by Evans. "...a violent and beautiful book; a supremely moving picture of one stratum of American life and of the effect of this life on two sensitive observers."-from the dust jacket flap. 8vo silver-stamped black cloth boards; 471 pages. Pages 37-43, which were inexplicably excised from this copy, professionally replaced using leaves from a later printing (pages are slightly whiter), otherwise near fine with slight darkening along inner hinges, small bookseller ticket of Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco, to rear pastedown, and touch of inconspicuous foxing to page fore edges; in near fine, slightly spine-toned dust jacket with professional removal of tape and repair to a few small chips.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72066
- Title
- LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN: Three Tenant Families
- Author
- Agee, James, and Walker Evans
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quill & Brush
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Middletown, Maryland
About Quill & Brush
Quill & Brush was established in 1976 by Allen & Patricia Ahearn, the authors of the well-respected reference for booksellers and collectors, Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values.At present the Quill & Brush is run by the Ahearns' eldest daughter, Beth Fisher. Allen is semi-retired but continues to buy, sell, and perform professional appraisals.
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