Decisive Moment: First Edition (29 results)
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- First Edition
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.BooksRun
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
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Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.Blue Awning Books
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. DJ: Very Good. 1st ptg. 284 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2. White boards with qtr red cloth, stamped in silver on spine. White dj. Black remainder mark on bottom page edges.
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Seller: Bookworm Books, Tifton, GA, U.S.A.Bookworm Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Lightly Chipped. First Edition. 284pp, First Edition. Hardcover, with lightly chipped dustjacket. No marks or tears. Size: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Book.
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- First Edition
Seller: zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.zenosbooks
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 2000. September 2000. Free Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 068484320x. 284 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Bradford Foltz. keywords: History America Politics Ronald Reagan Right Wing California. DESC…RIPTION - Ronald Reagan's first great victory, in the 1966 California governor's race, is one of the pivotal stories of American political history, a victory that seemed to come from nowhere and has long since confounded his critics. Just four years earlier Governor Edmund 'Pat' Brown was celebrated as the 'Giant Killer' for his 1962 victory over Richard Nixon, and his liberal agenda reigned supreme. Yet in 1966 political neophyte Reagan trounced Brown by almost a million votes, marking not only the coming-of-age of Reagan's new conservatism but also the first serious blow to modern liberalism. Drawing on scores of oral history interviews, thousands of archival documents, and personal interviews with participants, Dallek offers a new portrait of the 1960s that is far more complicated than our collective memory of that decade. inventory #28231.
Published by Pacific Press, Brookfield, IL & Mountain View, CA 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: R & A Petrilla, Booksellers & Appraisers, Roosevelt, NJ, U.S.A.R & A Petrilla, Booksellers & Appraisers
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Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Text in Czech. 94pp; illus from photographs. This World War II-era "end of days" Christian work uses action photos and the Bible to make its point. Chapter heads refer to the US role in the coming world order, current and past struggles for power, the eventual dominance of the… Church, etc. 8" x 5.25" Laid in are two issues of "Radostne Poselstvi" [Good News], circa 1950, each eight pages in 9" x 6" format. The lead stories are: "Hydrogen Bomb and Future of the World" and "Capital and Labor.".
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- First Edition
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Excellent condition, no markings, a fine study on decision making - very readable . splendid value.
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- First Edition
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrelandKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
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Condition: New. Examines the extent of the idea of the 'decisive moment', in which an individual's entire life-project is open to a radical reorientation. Series Editor(s): Friggieri, Professor Joseph; Gatens, Professor Moira; Glendinning, Dr. Simon; Goldman, Professor Alan; Helm, Professor Paul; Lamb, Professor David; Lipton, P…rofessor Peter; Musgrave, Professor Alan; Oates, Moore. Series: Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 448. . 2008. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . .
Language: English
Published by SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very goodFIRST EDITION IN VERYGOOD CHIPPED DJ WITH CAPTION PAMPHLET.
Published by London: Printed for J. Debrett 1784
- First Edition
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United KingdomForest Books, ABA-ILAB
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First edition, 8vo, [4], vii, [1], 160pp., with half-title, disbound.
More imagesPublished by Simon & Schuster in collaboration with Editions Verve of Paris, New York 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Handsomely bound folio edition (14.5" x 11") in white boards with designs by Henri Matisse on the front and rear boards which have lightly scattered foxing to their top edges. The book has been responded with linen cloth and with much of the original spine title laid down. With new endpapers as well. The Matisse-decor…ated covers have been treated nicely. The list of Captains is bound in. This book with a cover designed and executed especially for it by Henri Matisse, is a selection of 126 photographs from the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. The French Edition by Verve (Images a la Sauvette) and the American Edition by Simon and Schuster (The Decisive Moment), were conceived and composed by Teriade with the collaboration of Marguerite Lang. The Engravings and Printings is the work of the master Printers Draeger Freres of Paris. It was completed the 22nd of July, 1952." A remarkable and landmark book in the development of modern photography. First Edition with "July 1952" at the bottom of the copyright page. 1st Edition with 1952 copyright page date.
Published by Simon and Schuster
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- First Edition
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Fair. New York: Simon and Schuster in collaboration with E?ditions Verve of Paris, 1952. 1st edition. Folio. 126 plates. Illus. Fair book. No dust jacket. Spine reinforced with clear tape. Front hinge broken. Binding quite shaken. Bound captions 1-63 missing; a smaller book of captions laid in. Book review laid in. In… polypropylene bag. (artistic photography) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Published by Verve, New York 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Folio. Original decorative boards, designed by Matisse. In matching dust jacket of the same design. 12 page pamphlet laid in. Book is inscribed and signed by the great photographer in his elderly hand. Inscription reads: "Pour Micahellah a tout moment.…Enri Cartier Bresson." Small crack to head of spine. Front panel of the DJ with some uneven sunfading at the top and running down the spine, tears and creasing to rear panel. Inscribed copies of this seminal photography book have become uncommon on the market.
More imagesPublished by Simon and Schuster, New York 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. First Edition. Board and jacket design by Henri Matisse. Original "captions" booklet laid in, as issued. One of the most influential collections of twentieth century street photography, a testament to Henri Cartier-Bresson's unique and discerning eye, and his ability to capture the emotive nature of his subjec…ts. Near Fine in a spectacular, Near Fine dust jacket. In a custom green clamshell box with a black leather label on the spine, also Fine. The best copy of this title we have ever seen. Oversize volume, shipping billed at cost.
Published by Verve/Simon Schuster - Paris / New York 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.Barberry Lane Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing: Illustrated boards by Henri Matisse. Large, folio sized book is tight and square with relatively sharp corners. Spine covering has been professionally repaired by Strong Arm Book Bindery, Portland Maine. Slight soiling to front and back. 126 full page b…lack and white photographs printed in beautiful gravure all in Near Fine or better condition. Interior is Near Fine with no markings or flaws other than the prior owners name on the FFEP and a gift inscription on inside front cover. No DJ.
More imagesPublished by Simon & Schuster, New York 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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hardcover. Condition: good. First. Illustrated with 126 large b/w plates, handsomely printed in heliogravure. Folio, pictorial paper-covered boards illustrated by Matisse (sold as-is: the boards are lightly dust soiled and darkened at edges; the spine is considerably darkened and repaired, with a chip on the letter "D"; interior… is clean). New York: Simon and Schuster/Verve, (1952). Original pamphlet is laid-in. There is a penciled gift inscription to illustrator Hilary Knight. A good copy of this important and notoriously delicate book. Cartier-Bresson (illustrator).
Published by SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A FINE FIRST EDITION IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET IN ENGLISH WITH CAPTION BOOKLET.2 INCH CHIP ON SPINE. LIGHT CHIPPING TO BACK OF DUST JACKET. Original Illustrated paper-covered boards with black lettering on covers and spine, in original dustjacket with… same motif and lettering, protected by modern mylar.
More imagesPublished by Simon and Schuster, New York 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.Cleveland Book Company, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Large quarto, [16], 126, [12]pp., illustrated. A very good copy in a dust jacket with a 1/2 inch small hole in front panel along with 1/2 inch abrasion at the corner of the front panel. Faint stain on fore-edge of front panel… of jacket not affecting the board. Spine tanned, front inner hinge starting after page 2 of introduction, Bad fray to the spine head.Inscribed by Cartier-Bresson in French on the title page "Peter Pollack en souvenir d' une tres interesante conversation H Cartier-Bresson." Pollack was a well respected museum curator and photographer. Laid in is an invitation to a members' only preview of a Cartier-Bresson exhibition and lecture at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts; the lecture is titled "Forbears and Heirs of Cartier-Bresson by Peter Pollack, Honorary Advisor in Photography to the Worcester Art Museum" [therecipient of the inscription]. Non-authorial inscription on the front panel "To my true friend Pete from Dan (Christmas 1952)." We presume Dan gifted the book to Peter Pollack, who then had it signed after his lecture. Additionally laid in is a 9 page quarto folder "Decisive Moment Captions" describing each photo in the text. Perhaps the photographer's most important book; quite uncommon signed.
More imagesPublished by Simon and Schuster, New York 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Folio, unpaginated; VG/G; bound in publisher's paper-covered boards with decorations by Matisse, with a matching dust jacket; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$12.50', some chipping to jacket, closed tear along upper front hinge, with two pieces of tape, closed t…ear along rear lower hinge; small worming to lower rear edge of jacket, lower fore corner of ffep, title page; 126 plates; with caption booklet laid in; SH consignment; shelved case 11. 1363164. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
More imagesPublished by Simon and Schuster 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.Bookbid
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition (July, 1952 on copyright page), near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with the captions booklet laid in. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Published by Simon and Schuster in collaboration with Editions Verve of Paris, New York 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First American edition. Unpaginated. Folio, 37 x 27.5. 126 full-page photographs with cover designed and executed by Henri Matisse. This the American edition from the French edition by Verve, "Images a La Sauvette." Engraving and printing by Draeger Freres, Paris. " The Decisive Moment" Captions laid-in. Considered th…e father of modern photojournalism, he used a 35 mm Leica camera, composing in the view finder, and what he saw you got -- no cropping or dark room manipulation. Clean, fresh copy, some cellotape repairs to spine. Orig. pictorial boards. Very good.
More imagesPublished by Simon & Schuster in collaboration with Editions Verve of Paris, New York 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Handsomely bound folio edition (14.5" x 10.5") in white boards with designs by Henri Matisse on the front and rear boards which have lightly scattered foxing to their top edges. The spine is darkened and lightly foxed, especially along the front gutter. The top of the spine is bumped… with a small chip at the top right-hand corner. With small chips at the top inside corners of the last two pages. Note: The Special Captions booklet is present; the dustjacket is not "This book with a cover designed and executed especially for it by Henri Matisse, is a selection of 126 photographs from the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. The French Edition by Verve (Images a la Sauvette) and the American Edition by Simon and Schuster (The Decisive Moment), were conceived and composed by Teriade with the collaboration of Marguerite Lang. The Engravings and Printings is the work of the master Printers Draeger Freres of Paris. It was completed the 22nd of July, 1952." A remarkable and landmark book in the development of modern photography. First Edition with "July 1952" at the bottom of the copyright page.
Language: English
- First Edition
Seller: 5Uhr30, Köln, , Germany5Uhr30
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Condition: Sehr gut. Simon and Schuster, New York in collaboration with Editions Verve, Paris. 1952. Original first american edition, first printing. English and french versions were published same time with same content and same size, but only the american one has the dustjacket. Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, page 208/209.… Hardback with text sheet and with original dustjacket. 370 x 274 mm (14 1/2 x 10 3/4 in). 158 pages. 126 black and white photographs. Introduction by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Text in english. The cover and the dustjacket illustration designed and executed especially for his friend Henri Cartier-Bresson by Henri Matisse. Condition: Hardback from outside in very fresh condition (protected by the dustjacket), pages inside in very fresh and clean condition with no foxing and with no marks; title page loose. Booklet fresh; lightly bumped at the bottom of the spine and of the pages. Dustjacket in wonderful fresh and complete condition; lightly used, a few little tears (easily to repair), price-clipped at the inner front flap. Overall fantastic condition! With the scarce original dustjacket in much more better condition than usual! Extrem impressive book! In this condition really hard to find! Collector`s copy! Still one of the classics! Big format in breath-taking photogravure printing! ***************Simon and Schuster, New York in Kooperation mit Editions Verve, Paris. 1952. Amerikanische Erstausgabe, die zeitgleich mit der französischen erschien, aber die einzige von beiden, die zusätzlich über einen Schutzumschlag verfügt. Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, Seite 208/209. Hardback mit Textbeilage und Schutzumschlag. 370 x 274 mm. 158 Seiten. 126 schwarz-weiß Fotos. Einführung von Henri Cartier-Bresson. Text auf englisch. Cover- und Schutzumschlag-Illustration exklusiv designed von Henri Matisse für seinen Freund Henri Cartier-Bresson. Zustand: Buch von aussen in sehr schönem, frischen Zustand (geschützt durch den Original-Umschlag), innen frisch, sauber, tadellos ohne Stockflecken und ohne Besitzvermerke; Titelseite lose. Das Booklet frisch; im unteren Bereich etwas bestossen. Der Schutzumschlag in wunderschönem, frischen, kompletten Zustand mit nur kleineren (leicht zu reparierenden) Rissen und Gebrauchsspuren; am unteren Ende der vorderen Umschlagklappe beschnitten. Insgesamt ausserordentlich gut erhaltenes, frisches Exemplar! In diesem Zustand extrem selten! Sammler-Exemplar! Mit dem sehr seltenen Original-Schutzumschlag! Fotobuch-Klassiker! Großformat in atemberaubendem Kupfertiefdruck! Extrem beeindruckendes Buch! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.
Language: English
- First Edition
Seller: 5Uhr30, Köln, , Germany5Uhr30
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Condition: Sehr gut. Simon and Schuster, New York in collaboration with Editions Verve, Paris. 1952. Original first american edition, first printing. The cover and the dustjacket illustration designed and executed especially for his friend Henri Cartier-Bresson by Henri Matisse. English and french versions were published same ti…me with same content and same size, but only the american one has the dustjacket. Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, page 208/209. Hardback with text sheet and with original dustjacket. 370 x 274 mm (14 1/2 x 10 3/4 in). 158 pages. 126 black and white photographs. Introduction by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Text in english. Condition: Hardback from outside in very fresh condition (protected by the dustjacket), pages inside in very fresh and clean condition with no foxing and with no marks; neat sticker at the bottom of the first blank page, no other flaws. Booklet fresh; light trace of use. Dustjacket used and with some imperfections, with little missing part at the top and at the bottom of the spine; still very impressive. Overall fine condition! With the scarce original dustjacket! Extrem impressive book! Still one of the classics! Big format in breath-taking photogravure printing! ***************Simon and Schuster, New York in Kooperation mit Editions Verve, Paris. 1952. Amerikanische Erstausgabe, die zeitgleich mit der französischen erschien, aber die einzige von beiden, die zusätzlich über einen Schutzumschlag verfügt. Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, Seite 208/209. Cover- und Schutzumschlag-Illustration exklusiv designed von Henri Matisse für seinen Freund Henri Cartier-Bresson. Hardback mit Textbeilage und Schutzumschlag. 370 x 274 mm. 158 Seiten. 126 schwarz-weiss Fotos. Einführung von Henri Cartier-Bresson. Text auf englisch. Zustand: Buch von aussen in sehr schönem, frischen Zustand (geschützt durch den Original-Umschlag), innen frisch, sauber, ohne Stockflecken und ohne Besitzvermerke; lediglich im unteren Bereich der blanken ersten Seite mit einem kleinen Aufkleber, ansonsten ohne erkennbare Mängel. Das Booklet frisch und sauber; leicht gebrauchsspurig. Der Schutzumschlag gebrauchsspurig und mit kleineren Mängeln, am oberen und unteren Ende des Rückens mit kleinen Fehlstellen. Insgesamt guter Zustand! Mit dem sehr seltenen Original-Schutzumschlag! Fotobuch-Klassiker! Grossformat in atemberaubendem Kupfertiefdruck! Extrem beeindruckendes Buch! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.
More imagesPublished by Simon and Schuster 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The book is in good condition. This is a folio size publication, and measures 10" x 13".There are 126 black and white photographs. There is some wear to the front edge of the spine and a chip to the top of the spine. There are no signatures, bookplates, or mar…kings of any kind. The pages are clean and free of foxing. The original caption booklet is present. This book comes with its rare original dust jacket. The jacket is in fair conditon. Its spine is mostly missing. This is the first edition, published by George Simon and Schuster in 1952.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, New York 1952
- First Edition
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller2-star sellerFIRST EDITION. With 126 photographic illustrations. Publisher's decorated cloth designed by Cartier-Bresson, and in the original dust jacket. Laid in is the separate leaflet (4to., 12 pp.) containing the captions to the photographs in English. A fine copy. First edition of this landmark work in the history of photography. This i…s the American issue, though printed in France in collaboration with Éditions Verve. Though many people assume that his "decisive moment" is an ephemeral and spontaneous image representing a snap in time, Cartier-Bresson felt quite differently; his moment is all about composition and how a photograph can communicate to the observer: "If a photograph is to communicate its subject in all its intensity, the relationship of form must be rigorously established. Photography implies the recognition of a rhythm in the world of real things. What the eye does is to find and focus on the particular subject within the mass of reality In a photograph, composition is the result of a simultaneous coalition, the organic coordination of elements seen by the eye. One does not add composition as though it were an afterthought superimposed on the basic subject material, since it is impossible to separate content from form. Composition must have its own inevitability about it. But inside movement there is one moment at which the elements in motion are in balance. Photography must seize upon this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it." Parr/Badger I, pp. 208-209; Roth, pp. 134-135; Open Book, pp. 154-155.
More imagesPublished by Simon and Schuster 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: 1984to2001, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.1984to2001
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1952. Complete with rare dust jacket and captions booklet as pictured. Inscribed and signed "Pour Mary- Henri". I have been unable to definitively say who "Mary" is. The book is in very good condition. There is… an approximately three quarter inch loss to the top of the spine of the book. The binding remains solid. There is the very slightest of toning to the page edges only. The text bock and photographs are absolutely clean and unmarked. This book was obviously very carefully read. Includes The Decisive Moment captions booklet as pictured. The boards are clean with a very, very slight bowing to the front edge as pictured. Moderate toning to the spine. The dust jacket is Good+, intact, with some staining throughout the top quarter of the front and staining along the edge of the front near the spine. Moderate sunning again to the spine and missing a ¾ inch portion at the top. I have several additional photographs available upon request. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Simon & Schuster in Collaboration with Éditions Verve, New York 1952
- First Edition
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
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Condition: Near Fine. dj. 1st Edition. First edition, American issue, printed in France. Accompanied by the separate [12] pp. quarto leaflet printing the captions to the photographs in English. pp. 29, and 126 photographic illustrations (some double-page) on rectos and versos of 62 plates. 1 vols. Folio. One of the defining book…s in the field of photography from the immediate post WWII years, In his important introduction to this collection, Cartier-Bresson sums up the principles that would inspire the work of countless photographers for the next half-century or more: "There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment. To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression." The design was undertaken by Teriade, with the collaboration of Marguerite Lang, and the photographs engraved and printed in heliogravure by Draeger Frères. This state of the dust jacket prints comments on the rear inner flap by Monroe Wheeler, Philippe Halsman, Jacob Deschin, et al. The initial edition consisted of approximately 3000 French language copies and 7000 English language copies, and like any number of significant books, received highly positive reviews but sold only a slow trickle of copies. Because of the nature of the binding and dust jacket, copies in agreeable condition, as here, are few and far between. Open Book 154-155; Parr / Badger, vol. 1, 208-209; Roth 134-135 Decorated paper covered boards after design by Henri Matisse. An unusually nice copy, near fine, in slightly tanned dust jacket (replicating Matisse's design) with a few smudges at the extreme lower edges, a short closed tear at the top edge of the front panels, and a few short tears and a small creased snag at the edges of the rear panel pp. 29, and 126 photographic illustrations (some double-page) on rectos and versos of 62 plates. 1 vols. Folio First edition, American issue, printed in France. Accompanied by the separate [12] pp. quarto leaflet printing the captions to the photographs in English.
More imagesPublished by Simon & Schuster in collaboration with Verve Editions, Paris, New York 1952
- First Edition
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. First edition, folio, pp. 29, and 126 photographic illustrations (some double-page) on rectos and versos of 62 plates; dust jacket with 2 or 3 small black ink marks on front panel, and slight wear at edges, else generally a fine copy in original printed pictorial boards by Henri Matisse, repeated design on jacket.… Laid in, as issued, is the 12-page pamphlet The Decisive Moment - Captions.
More imagesPublished by Simon & Schuster / Editions Verve 1952
- First Edition
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFIRST EDITION. THE DECISIVE MOMENT, Simon & Schuster / Editions Verve, 1952, first edition, bottom 1/2 inch of spine chipped, 1/4 inch closed tear to the bottom of the front board, light wear and tear to the head of the spine, text block a bit loose, 2 small faint tape stains to each of the paste-downs, else a bright vg copy wit…h the original caption booklet laid in as issued in a good to very good Matisse dust-wrapper repeating the design of the covers with some chipping to the head and heel of the dust-wrapper spine, less to the margins and other light wear and tear and soiling. Most certainly a cornerstone book in the building of a 20th century photography library.
