Called by James Agee (11 results)

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, 208 pages. Between 1936 and 1941 Walker Evans and James Agee collaborated on one of the most provocative books in American literature, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941). While at work on this book, the two also conceived another less well-known but equally important book project entitled Many Are Called. This three-year photographic study of subway passengers made with a hidden camera was first published in 1966, with an introduction written by Agee in 1940. Long out of print, Many Are Called is now being reissued with a new foreword and afterword and with exquisitely reproduced images from newly prepared digital scans. Many Are Called came to fruition at a slow pace. In 1938, Walker Evans began surreptitiously photographing people on the New York City subway. With his camera hidden in his coat?the lens peeking through a buttonhole?he captured the faces of riders hurtling through the dark tunnels, wrapped in their own private thoughts. By 1940-41, Evans had made over six hundred photographs and had begun to edit the series. The book remained unpublished until 1966 when The Museum of Modern Art mounted an exhibition of Evans?s subway portraits. Record # 362455.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. Introduction by James Agee. Foreword by Luc Sante. Illustrated in black & white with 89 of Walker Evans' photographs from the 1950' and 60's. 10" high X 8" wide, 207 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards in black cloth w/ immaculate silver gilt to spine; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket Very Good w/ no significant flaws to disclose; An excellent copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Binding Tight Pages Clean Wraps Worn. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First printing. 7 x 9 in. 178 pp. Paper wraps. B&W photo plates. Stated first printing. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean but a little rubbed, mild edge wear. Binding tight. PO's name dated 1969 on half title pg. Plates all very clean and excellent. Phot. RGR.

Softcover, 178 pages; good condition; moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers with two 3-inch closed tears at bottom of rear cover near spine and multiple creases between the 2 tears; owner's name on inside front cover; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Slight rubbing and bumping to black cloth. Solid binding and clean text. Pages lower edges with a scattering of small black inkblots. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 178 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First printing. 178 pp., photos, squarish 8vo, softcover. Erratum slip present. VG copy with no serious flaws except one missing page (p. 123). No owner's name, some wear to tips but no real creases. Light soiling to one blank leaf, small soil spot to rear cover. Scarce book.

Hardcover in black boards without dustjacket and protective clear plastic overwrap, 178 pages; very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Softcover, 178 pages; very good condition except: crease to spine; small piece missing at top left corner tip of spine; edgewear to spine; small nick at right center edge of cover; a few scatered specks and rubbing marks to covers; internally fine with no internal marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The hardcover edition. This copy Inscribed & signed by Walker Evans wife; "To Dr Edith Ross, with love and admiration" Isabelle Evans, New York, Oct. 5th, 1970.Interior Fine, Dj Dust jacket with small loss top of spine. Price-clipped.