Poland, 1946: The Photographs and Letters of John Vachon by Vachon, John - 1995

Smithsonian Books, 1995. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Smithsonian, 1995-10-17. Hardcover. Good. 0.7795 10.2205 9.3701. Dust jacket and edges show light shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gray cloth, lettered in silver foil. As issued. Pictorial dust jacket is slightly rubbed at spine extremities, otherwise virtually as issued, now in mylar. xvii,171 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. 1st ptg..

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Pres. Hardcover. 1995. 1st Edition. Square 4to 171pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. Edited and with an afterword by Ann Vachon. Introduction by Brian Moore . By the spring of 194 6, Poland was beginning to recover from five years of destruction by the German invasion. John Vachon was in Poland to witness this transformation of almost mythic proportions .

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press . reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 171 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. In September 1939, the German invasion of Poland propelled the world into war. By the spring of 1946, Poland was beginning to recover from five years of cataclysmic destruction. Liberated from the occupation of the Third Reich, the nation celebrated a peace already overshadowed by the emerging Cold War.John Vachon was in Poland to witness this transformation of almost mythic proportions. Assigned to cover United Nations relief efforts, this American photographer documented in images and letters a nation at the crossroads of the postwar East and West. Taken with a keen yet sympathetic eye, Vachon's photographs, most of them never before published, reveal the destitution and unfounded optimism of Poles, many of them returning in boxcars from German… Read More

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Washington & London: Smithsonian Institution Press, [1995]., 1995. pp. xvii, 171. numerous illus. cloth. dw. First Edition.. F. Hardcover.