Walker Evans Lincoln Kirstein Essay (12 results)

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Reissue Edition. As-new, in dust jacket.

First printing of this edition, originally published by The Museum of Modern Art in 1938. Number Two in Errata Editions "Books on Books" series, which republishes classic photo books by scanning the original edition page-for-page. Fine and unread with no dust jacket and Fine wraparound band as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 75th Anniversary ed. (2012). 206pp. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Reprint edition of Evans's seminal 1938 photobook with additional essays by John T. Hill and Jeffrey Ladd. 2nd edition. Black cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Minimal shelf wear, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Book (illustrator). Square qto, a reprint [1962] of the very rare 1938 original exhibition book from the Museum of Modern Art. Black bookcloth, spine lettered in gilt, full dustjacket with $7.50 price on front flap; outside of dustjacket shows normal wear from reading and a 1" tear at top of spine. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjcket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. 198pp. Octavo [23 cm] Black cloth over boards. 87 plates. Extremities very moderately bumped and rubbed. Previous owner's bookplate (Arthur Lanyon Blair) on the front pastedown. Top fore-edge corners of the pages gently bumped. In the dust jacket, with areas of trivial soiling, and a shallow closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel. The photographer's portrait of the America in the thirties, first published in 1938.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Reprint (1938.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 196 pages and 87 plates. The book is in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. The dust jacket is in fair condition with some shelf wear and rubbing to edge, toning and slight staining to DJ closed tear to top left cover 1/2", $7.50 price on front flap of DJ. Lacking errata slip. "Photos of Americana and the human situations for which Walker is so well known. published for the first exhibition of Evans' photographs at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. One of America's most renowned Photographers." Tan spine/ Black text. #032621 Size: 8vo. Photography.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1962 second edition, blind stamp on first page, minor underlining Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Type: Book Black cloth, paper spine label; square 8vo; pp. 200, with 87 b/w photo-illustrated plates, bound-in errata slip. Spine tips and corners frayed bump to bottom corner; soiling on paper spine label; otherwise, tight, internally clean copy of the book. Front & Rear board gutters strengthened with Japanese silk paper, block tight and sound. Book is covered in a hard custom mylar protective cover. Inner pages very clean and bright. Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First Edition. Published in September 1938. Errata slip present. Lacks belly band. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Faint offsetting at upper portion of front panel, extending to spine. A few short edge nicks and hint of chipping to jacket. Top edge lightly foxed. ) 87 images. 5000 copies printed. A photographic high spot that has become increasingly difficult to locate in jacket. ; 8" x 9"; 198 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Black cloth, paper spine label; dust jacket; square 8vo; pp. 200, with 87 b/w photo-illustrated plates, bound-in errata slip. Spine tips and corners just a little frayed; a little faint soiling on paper spine label; otherwise a nice, tight, internally clean copy of the book. Dust jacket chipped and torn at head of spine and along edges of front panel (affecting a portion of the lettering).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1938. (9 x 8 in, 22.5 x 20.3 cm) 196 pp. First edition. Original black cloth with printed paper label on spine and tipped in errata slip (fine and fresh with minor cloth wear at bottom of rear board and hint of spotting to label); original printed dust jacket (two vertical creases to upper, a similar faint crease to lower; spine darkened with two losses, a 10x15mm crown chip and an archivally repaired split; tiny chips at top edge; closed tears and associated creasing at folds and edges; 20mm dog-legged tear at upper fore-corner archivally mended; overall delicate and a bit loose fitting); original printed yellow bellyband quoting MacLeish and Seldes (numerous creases and wrinkles to upper panel, crease on lower panel, mildly soiled, loss at heel extends to upper panel, front flap perished). Containing 87 photographs, this first edition of Walker Evans's masterpiece "holds a well-deserved place at the top of the pantheon." Parr / Badger, "The Photobook" Vol. I, pp. 114-15). Additional reference: ["The Book of 101 Books", pp. 98-9; "The Open Book", pp. 128-9]. Despite numerous jacket faults, this copy presents quite nicely, is near complete, and scarce thus. Inquiries welcomed.