Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 150 pages. Published in 1987. Retrospective collection of black-and-white photographs. Jonas Dovydenas' finest achievement. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Jonas Dovydenas and Under-Mountain Press: Oversize-volume format. Khaki linen cloth boards with black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Jonas Dovydenas. Essay by Gail Buckland. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Meriden-Stinehour Press in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Jonas Dovydenas' "Nevada, A Journey". The Lithuanian-American photographer's serenely beautiful and often magnificent landscape images and portraits of so-called "Ordinary Americans". They evoke nothing less than the essential, "trail-blazer" aspect of the national character. What do we think of today when we say "Nevada"? Las Vegas. And yet, much of the state remains the "American Cowboy" West amid the harsh desert. As the title says, one must be willing and want to make this journey regardless of where one comes from originally (Dovydenas himself fled Lithuania with his family just before the Soviet occupation, and has journeyed throughout the United States ever since). He is unapologetically nostalgic and celebratory about What We Have Lost. He captures for posterity, in these stark landscapes and stoic faces, the physical manifestation of what is, or was, not just pioneering but noble and heroic about America. These hymnal photographs of men and women, boys and girls (even babies), in solo and group portraits, comprise a forgotten America, and are authentic, eloquent, and moving. A major body of work, worthy to stand alongside Richard Avedon's "In The American West" (1985). An absolute "must-have" title for Jonas Dovydenas collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Jonas Dovydenas. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern American photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws yet are priced as though they had collectible value. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 136 tritone plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JONAS DOVYDENAS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0961916303. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 20282

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Nevada A Journey

Dovydenas, Jonas

Published by Undermountain Press, E-117 (1987)

ISBN 10: 0961916303 ISBN 13: 9780961916305

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 4to. Undermountain Press. 1987. Illustrated with 136 Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Signed by Jonas Dovydenas on the title page. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ (small hole present to the front panel of the DJ). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards have light wear present. If the Lithuanian-American artist, whose fierce study of landscape and national character has been going on for many years, saw in these scenes and faces the incarnation of what is, and was, right with America, he never insists in these stark photographs. It is for the viewer to see and judge all that takes place inside and outside these exposed souls in their magnificent and decadent home state of Nevada, and come to some conclusion as to whether they may stand for a hardihood that was once more widespread, and if so, what hope there is in their persistence. A landmark book for students of the American west and of the photograph as record and hymn. E-117; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 51583

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NEVADA: A Journey

DOVYDENAS, Jonas ; BUCKLAND, Gail Introduction

Published by Undermountain Press, Great Barrington, MA (1987)

ISBN 10: 0961916303 ISBN 13: 9780961916305

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. DOVYDENAS, Jonas (illustrator). Limited Edition. Off white cloth binding and black print on spine. Light brown endpapers. Signed by author on pre-title page. Tight, sound, and unmarked. Unpaginated but there are 136 photos. Dust jacket is black and white pictorials on front and rear panel and white spine. Black spine print. White and multi colored print on front panel. DJ is in mylar and not price clipped ($45). Larger than standard size book; S&H may be adjusted. Author. Seller Inventory # 013474

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NEVADA, A JOURNEY: PHOTOGRAPHS BY JONAS DOVYDENAS: THE DELUXE EDITION - Rare Pristine Copy of The Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition: Letter-Numbered And Signed by Jonas Dovydenas - ONLY COPY ONLINE

Dovydenas, Jonas (Photographer) & Buckland, Gail (Contributor)

Published by Great Barrington, MA: Under-Mountain Press, 1987 (1987)

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 150 pages. Published in 1987. Retrospective collection of black-and-white photographs. Jonas Dovydenas' finest achievement. Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 25 letter-numbered copies. Should not be confused with the regular trade edition, which was published simultaneously with it. None of the copies was sold commercially. All of them are designated as "Author's Copy", produced for the exclusive use of the artist/photographer only. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. A sumptuous production by Jonas Dovydenas and Under-Mountain Press: Oversize-volume format. Khaki linen cloth boards with black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Jonas Dovydenas. Essay by Gail Buckland. Handcrafted linen cloth clamshell box with gilt titles embossed on brown leatherette label that is pasted in front. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Meriden-Stinehour Press in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Jonas Dovydenas' "Nevada, A Journey". The Lithuanian-American photographer's serenely beautiful and often magnificent landscape images and portraits of so-called "Ordinary Americans". They evoke nothing less than the essential, "trail-blazer" aspect of the national character. What do we think of today when we say "Nevada"? Las Vegas. And yet, much of the state remains the "American Cowboy" West amid the harsh desert. As the title says, one must be willing and want to make this journey regardless of where one comes from originally (Dovydenas himself fled Lithuania with his family just before the Soviet occupation, and has journeyed throughout the United States ever since). He is unapologetically nostalgic and celebratory about What We Have Lost. He captures for posterity, in these stark landscapes and stoic faces, the physical manifestation of what is, or was, not just pioneering but noble and heroic about America. These hymnal photographs of men and women, boys and girls (even babies), in solo and group portraits, comprise a forgotten America, and are authentic, eloquent, and moving. A major body of work, worthy to stand alongside Richard Avedon's "In The American West" (1985). An absolute "must-have" title for Jonas Dovydenas collectors. This is a copy of the Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition, indicated/letter-numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page: "25 author's copies lettered A to Y. This is copy: 'E Author's Copy' " (indicated in pencil). It is very prominently and beautifully signed in gray ink-pen on the half-title page by Jonas Dovydenas. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern American photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Deluxe Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws yet are priced as though they had collectible value. A rare signed copy thus. 136 tritone plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JONAS DOVYDENAS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0961916303. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 21374

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