The Man Who Photographed The World:. Burton Holmes Travelogues, 1892-1938
by Caldwell, Genoa (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Fine DJ.
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Abrams, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Fine DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Irving Wallace. Holmes purchased his first camera in 1883 and continued to snap until his death at 88. A remarkable collection of images. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a very handsome copy. Touch of dust staining at top of text block, hint of foxing at top edge of preliminaries, ghost of a bookplate lift at ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering, grey endpages, frontispiece. Oblong 4to. 319pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). ).
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- Bookseller
- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4741
- Title
- The Man Who Photographed The World:. Burton Holmes Travelogues, 1892-1938
- Author
- Caldwell, Genoa (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Fine DJ.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Photography | History, History of Ideas, Non-Fiction | Photography & Art
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About the Seller
Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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Portland, Maine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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