Personal by Avedon Richard Baldwin James (28 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Richard Avedon (photographer) (illustrator). First Dell Printing. A couple of small spots on front cover; internally clean and unmarked. Inexpensive reprint of the 1964 edition by Atheneum. B&W photographs juxaposing famous people with a section on asylum inmates.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First softcover edition. First published in 1964 in hardcover by Atheneum. Sm 4to. Unpagineated. Photos by Avedon and the text by Baldwin. White wraps with black print. Very good with uniform soiling and toning to the covers; crease to the bottom front corner of the front wrapper.

Hardcover; Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Text in Spanish. 2 volumes in a slipcase. 160 pp. In 1964 Richard Avedon at the time the worlds most famous fashion photographer and James Baldwin a leading literary voice in the black struggle in America collaborated on a searing portrait book Nothing Personal. This controversial classic from the heart of the American civil rights movement explores the contradictions and extremities at the heart of the American experience and is especially timely in the age of Donald Trump. Avedons subjects range from intellectuals politicians a former slave newlyweds preacher Billy Graham pop singers and civil rights activists shot in his signature formal and graphic black and white often tightly cropped. The collection is all the more poignant through its bold and deliberate juxtaposition of specific images such as Jewish gay poet /Vilen Ginsberg placed opposite the American Nazi Party. Avedons work with mental asylum patients shot in a grainy documentary style is equally harrowing although he chooses to end Nothing Personal on a hopeful positive note with images of children and parents reveling in the Californian ocean. The photographs are complemented by Baldwins four-part polemic: a critique of a society that he feels is unjust alienating divisive ancf therefore in the midst of an existential crisis. In a highly personal and pertinent testimony Baldwin openly writes about his own experience of harassment by a racist policeman on the streets of New York. Designed by Marvin Israel Nothing Personal is also an art-directed triumph from the Mad Men era. An oversized book in its own white slipcase the minimal and striking placement of images and text alike revolutionized the packaging of photography books. This is a meticulous reprint of the original which has long been out of print produced in close collaboration with the Richard Avedon Foundation. A 72-page accompanying booklet features never-before-seen outtakes contact sheets portraits of the authors at work preliminary layouts correspondence ephemera and an essay by Baldwin expert and Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als. Als traces the making of Nothing Personal and documents the personal and creative relationship between Avedon and Baldwin who were high school friends in the 1940s. Als also movingly reflects on how Nothing Personal impacted his own life as well as his friendship with Avedon. When published Nothing Personals dark disturbing vision of America inevitably divided critics and Avedon in particular endured harsh criticism.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. Unpaginated; over 60 black & white photographs by Avedon, interspersed with about 25 pages of text by Baldwin. Minor soiling to page margins. Hardcover binding with minor rubbing, including cracking to joints, and overall slight soiling. Lacks the slipcase. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus of this special enlarged edition. Two volumes in slipcase as issued. Oversized hardcover reissue of Avedon and Baldwin's legendary collaboration Nothing Personal together with a new oversized softcover volume "The Way We Live Now" with an essay by Hilton Als and with dozens of images of unpublished outtakes, correspondence, preliminary layouts and ephemera. Together housed in publisher's glossy card stock slipcase. No markings at all in either volume, a touch of soiling to just the extreme lower edge of first two leaves of softcover. Some soiling, edgewear and creasing to slipcase that has done well to protect the 2 volumes. All text in English. Uncommon.

Paperback. Condition: new. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SIGNED by Avedon on title page and by Marvin Israel (the credited book designer) on editor's page in rear of book. First edition, first printing. Hardbound in publisher's slipcase. Boards show only very minor discoloration, otherwise very good. Back strip shows wear at edges and is slightly loose as a result, but is still fully intact; otherwise very good. Slipcase shows some edge wear, which does not affect the structural integrity; otherwise very good. Overall a very good first edition with a clean interior.RARE! [ Heavy - Please contact for overseas shipping quote ].

Softcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First Dell printing, scarce in this format. Avedon reportedly hated this version. Mild shelfwear.

Laminate boards. Condition: Very Good. Richard Avedon (illustrator). A tight, perfectly serviceable copy of the 1964 1st edition. Solid and VG in its white laminate boards, with pronounced spotting and foxing at the panels. And in a similartly weathered slipcase, which is very sturdy but shows considerable soiling to both covers. Folio, one of the great collaborations of mid 20th century photography, with James Baldwin's astute text and Richard Avedon's evocative photographs.

softcover. Condition: Very good copy. Illus. with photos (illustrator). 1st. Tall 8vo, Slight soiling to white wrappers, else nearly fine. First printing of the softcover edition.

First edition. Softcover. The first paperback edition of this collaboration with text by Baldwin and black and white images by Avedon. Reportedly Avedon hated this edition despite it being designed by Marvin Israel. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper and some slight bumping to the bottom right corner and some other minor wear. Still, a very nice copy of this fairly uncommon version of this classic.

Condition: Good. Original boards, illustrated with numerous (foldable) photographs in b/w, board slipcase, pictorial board slipcase, unpaged, folio.; Slipcase worn along the edges; some small scratches cover.

Softcover. Good++ PAPERBACK covers show yellowing, a few chips and creases. Internally very good, binding is sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some soil to publishers white boards, cover titles in black against silver boxed background. Insides are clean and entirely free of any former owner marking. The matching board slipcase with soil, partial split along bottom seam and age darkening. VG in a GOOD slipcase, no dust wapper present.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Avedon's second book, a collaboration of these two childhood friends. Features text by Baldwin and black and white photographs by Avedon. An about very good copy with a former owner signature to the front pastedown, some staining to the base of the spine and to the front panel and in a very good slipcase with some soiling and stains and some other light wear. No dust jacket as issued. Internally a clean copy. Despite the flaws a solid copy of this increasingly uncommon book in acceptable condition.

First Dell printing. Paperback. Many photographs in black and white. -good.-(Cover sl. browned and sl. smudged, edges of block browned, some signs of use.).

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. In folio cartonnage éditeur sous étui PERFECT COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. White boards, with black titles on silver inset background, are sturdy but water stained along spine and edges. Binding tight. Text and photos are unmarked with no rips or creases, but water stained and moderately rippled on several pages at beginning and end of book. Quick, secure shipping with free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore. No slipcase. Photos available upon request. Shipping may be extra due to weight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardbound, no dust jacket. A well preserved copy in very good slipcase. Previous owner's large but simple gift inscription on half title page. Minor soiling to boards. Some wear & age toning to slipcase that shows corners bumped, otherwise very good. Rare! [Oversize. Contact for overseas shipping quote.].

Hardcover. Condition: Fair.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Avedon's second book, a collaboration of these two childhood friends. Features text by Baldwin and black and white photographs by Avedon. A clean near fine copy with some very slight rubbing and in a near fine slipcase with some very minor wear. No dust jacket as issued. A much nicer than usual copy of a book that is very prone to wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. The first edition of Nothing Personal: Photographs by Richard Avedon and text by James Baldwin. This work was designed by Marvin Israel. (illustrator). First Edition. Folio, [92pp]. Glossy white paper covers, title in black on front cover and spine. Decorated with silver foil under print on both covers. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light sunning to spine, otherwise fine condition. In the publisher's slipcase, with light wear to corners and small stains to panels. Edges remain strong, a very good example. Complete with 54 photographs and 2 gatefolds. (Parr & Badger, p. 252). Nothing Personal, released at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, pairs Baldwin's broad critique of American society with Avedon's bare-bone portraits to yield a unique, juxtaposing piece. A rare collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. folio. unpaginated. numerous b/w illus. (some fold-out illus.). bds. (covers soiled, extremities slightly rubbed). slipcase (surface abrasion on rear cover, soiled & worn, spine split). First Edition.

Hardback-. Condition: Good. Corners splitting on slipcase; binding cracking a little along gutter; slightly bumped; 0 pages.

Editorial Lumen 1966- Cartoné editorial bruta, pelada.Sense paginar, aproximadament 100 pàgines. Text de James Baldwin i fotografies a tota pàgina de Richard Avedon. Algunes taques d humitat. 37x28 cm. Ref: 5427 [LS/019457-5427].