Americans by Robert Kerouac, First Edition (21 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 1st edition thus. Paperback. Minor wear to wrappers, otherwise very good.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Photography By Robert frank (illustrator). 1st Thus; First Printing. A clean, pristine copy of this re-issue of the 1959 original. There are no markings, inscriptions or signs of use. Gift quality! Careful packing, fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; 8.75 X 0.75 X 9.75 inches; 180 pages.

Paper. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First softcover edition.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frank, Robert (photographs) (illustrator). First Thus. Very good+ in original wraps, small stain to spine, some yellowing of wraps. 176p., b&w photography by the American master. Great introductory essay by Jack Kerouac. "That crazy feeling in America when the sun is hot on the streets and music comes out of the jukebox or from a nearby funeral." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. SCALO PUBLISHERS. 1993 B00K: Fine/ (illustrator). 1st Edition. B00K: Fine/ $54O.12. Reduced From. 18816161OX the AMERICANS FRANK, Robert; KEROUAC, Jack SCAL0 PUBLISHERS 1993 1sT SCAL0 Edition Black Spine With Title White Letters, Dust Jacket: Fine/Very Good/, Sight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. One, ½ Inch Bump, Into The Spine, In The Middle Front Edge. Rectangular Hard Cover BooK: Fine/, 179 Numbered Pages, That Were Lightly Read, And Are Clean And Tight To The Spine, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Gift Inscription To Prior Owner, In The Front Of The BooK, As Follows, X-mas, Chanukah 1996 Dearest Lois Than you for giving Birth To A DAUGHTER WHO GAVE BIRTH TO MY Best Friend. I Love You, Peter And A Healthy & Prosperous 97------'. Written In Blue Ink. Printed On Off White Paper. = = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. Which, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in very good condition. Boards slightly bowed, bumped front corner. Dust jacket shows edge wear, small tear in back. Mild toning to jacket and pages. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Revised Edition. 7.25 x 8.25 inches. Unpaginated. Photographic wraps. Creased along spine, soiling, edge-wear, small square of discoloration to rear wrap from removed sticker. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rober Frank (illustrator). 1st. Edition 1959 , Revised and Enlarge Edition 1969. Black cloth hardcover with the dust jacket, un - paged . Illustrated with 83 full page black & white photo plates by Frank. Condition : Near Fine with light edge ware to the boards . DJ is Very Good with rubs and lighjt edge chips. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. glass case 4th floor. First American edition. Facsimile dust Jacket has Mylar brodart. Jacket edges are slightly worn. Spine is shaken but binding is secure. Spine is sunned affecting readability. Front cover is lightly stained. Cover edges are slightly worn. Cover corners are bumped. Text block is slightly stained. Text block and inside edges are tanned, but legibility is not impacted. Front paste-down end paper is gently creased. Pages are unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Oblong octavo. Original gilt-titled cloth. First edition with "First Grove Press Edition on copyright page. [4], i-vi, [2] [83 b/w plates] [4]. PO name to front pastedown, trace soil to cloth, spine ends pushed. Most of the plates are detached, laid in; all are present. They are clean with minimal toning. The DJ in mylar is chipped, with edge tears and tape repairs, toned/foxed/rubbed spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First edition of the photographer's classic work. Oblong quarto, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Peter Thompson Robert Frank." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the spine. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. Uncommon in this condition and signed. Jack Kerouac wrote in his preface of The Americans, "Robert Frank he sucked a sad poem out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message. You got eyes." Frank's Américains eventually achieved legendary status as "the most renowned photobook of all It struck a chord with a whole generation of American photographers Many memorable photobooks have been derived from this mass of material. None has been more memorable, more influential, nor more fully realized than Frank's masterpiece" (Parr & Badger I:247). "From the more than 20,000 images that resulted, Frank eventually chose 83 of them and arranged them into four chapters 'With these photographs,' he later wrote, 'I have attempted to show a cross-section of the American population. My effort was to express it simply and without confusion. The view is personal' Such a simple intention for a book that would so alter the course of modern photography" (Roth, 150).

First 50th Anniversary edition of the photographer's classic work. Oblong quarto, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Robert Frank on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Uncommon signed. Jack Kerouac wrote in his preface of The Americans, "Robert Frank he sucked a sad poem out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message. You got eyes." Frank's Américains eventually achieved legendary status as "the most renowned photobook of all It struck a chord with a whole generation of American photographers Many memorable photobooks have been derived from this mass of material. None has been more memorable, more influential, nor more fully realized than Frank's masterpiece" (Parr & Badger I:247). "From the more than 20,000 images that resulted, Frank eventually chose 83 of them and arranged them into four chapters 'With these photographs,' he later wrote, 'I have attempted to show a cross-section of the American population. My effort was to express it simply and without confusion. The view is personal' Such a simple intention for a book that would so alter the course of modern photography" (Roth, 150).

First edition of the photographer's masterpiece with 83 black-and-white full-page photogravures. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Jack Kerouac wrote in his preface of The Americans, "Robert Frank he sucked a sad poem out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message. You got eyes." Frank's Americans eventually achieved legendary status as "the most renowned photobook of all It struck a chord with a whole generation of American photographers Many memorable photobooks have been derived from this mass of material. None has been more memorable, more influential, nor more fully realized than Frank's masterpiece" (Parr & Badger I:247). "From the more than 20,000 images that resulted, Frank eventually chose 83 of them and arranged them into four chapters 'With these photographs,' he later wrote, 'I have attempted to show a cross-section of the American population. My effort was to express it simply and without confusion. The view is personal' Such a simple intention for a book that would so alter the course of modern photography" (Roth, 150).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Robert Frank and inscribed to "MacDowell Aug .18.02 For Mr William Banks under trees in a wonderful country Robert Frank". William Banks was the longest standing board member of the MacDowell Colony, which is the oldest art colony in the United States. Bound in publisher's original black cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Near Fine with light fading to cloth at edges, cloth worn through in small patches at bottom corners and a tiny spot to the bottom textblock edge, pages lightly tanned and lightly bumped at the bottom corners. In a Very Good restored dust jacket with some mended tears and infill. An outsider's nuanced view of American society, as seen through the Swiss-born photographer's lens.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition. Oblong small quarto, unpaginated. Mild foxing and a few pieces of non-staining tape on the verso of the dust jacket, reinforcing a few tiny closed tears, otherwise a remarkably fine copy of this foundational volume of 20th century photography, hardly ever found this nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Presentation copy signed by Robert Frank on the half-title, inscribed to former owner "an old book on my 60th Birthday New York City Nov. 9 1984 good luck [signed] Robert Frank." 178, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in silver. Second Aperture edition. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with a little toning and rubbing, small scrape to front panel bottom corner, closed tear near head. A signed copy of the classic photography book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American Edition. unpaginated. 83 black and white photographs. Black Cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Toning to the pages, once corner bumped,.and a light dampstain on the bottom edge of a few of the first and last pages, not affecting the text or photos. and publisher's stamp (Grove Press Library) on the front and rear endpapers. Internally a clean, tight copy. The price-clipped pictorial jacket is significantly wrinkled on the covers and spine, with closed tears, and small chips on the front and rear extremities. in mylar sleeve In this volume of 83 deeply moving and unconventional photographs, "Robert Frank portrays the shops, funeral parlors, and Fourth of July jamborees, of picnics, newsstands, crap tables, cocktail parties, jam sessions, and the drive-in movies. Here is the face of America illuminated by an unusual talent" Size: Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Slightly oversized hardcover (8.5 x 7.5 inches). Black cloth binding with gold lettering on the spine. Spine is faded toward gray from exposure to light. Gold lettering is faded and rubbed. A few light scuffs to the boards from half a century on the shelf. No DJ. Previous owner's name on the inside front cover. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated 1958 (French edition) and 1959. Stated First Grove Press edition. Black and white photographs. 6 page introduction by Kerouac. Bottom corner of the inside back cover is a bit purple from bleed-through of the black cloth beneath white endpapers. Ownership name proudly signed on front free endpaper seems to be S.A. Shah. Quite a nice copy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Measures 8.5 x 7.5 inches. This is the first US edition of one of the 20th centuries great photography books.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First American Edition. Very Good- or Good+; Gilt-stamped black cloth; slight rubbing to gilt on spine; softening to spine ends; light foxing to top edge of textblock; binding very slightly shaken with last few pages slightly detached; overall a quite nice copy of this essential photo book. Lacks dust jacket. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

First Revised and Enlarged Edition. Wrappered Issue. Small oblong quarto (21cm x 18.25cm); glossy photo-illustrated card wrappers; [4],vi,[182]pp; illus. Mild surface wear, touch of dust-soil to wrappers, with a hint of foxing to text edges, and a sticker from Grossman Publishers at lower rear wrapper; Very Good+ to Near Fine. "In The Americans Frank has given us a vision of the United States that is as true or untrue as we care to make it. What is certain is that it changed the face of photography in the documentary mode. It struck a chord with a whole generation of American photographers who were not fooled by the sanctimony of 'The Family of Man,' and it paved the way for three decades of photographs exploring the personal poetics of lived experience" (PARR & BADGER, Vol.1, p.247). CHARTERS B10.