Conversations with the Dead - Photographs of Prison Life with the Letters and Drawings of Billy McCune #122054

Lyon, Danny

Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1971

About this Item

Pictorial dust jacket with mylar cover; white and gray cloth boards; b&w and color photographs and illustrations. Signed by Lyon on title page. Housed in a modern clamshell box with title label on spine. DJ has light toning and minor wear to edges; boards have light wear and toning to edges; book has slightly musty smell. Clamshell box has light soiling. Danny Lyon is one of the 20th century's most influential documentary photographers. "It is one thing to read about the disgrace of American penology, and quite another thing to see it for yourself. In 1967, Danny Lyon turned his camera toward life in American prisons. 'Conversations with the Dead' reflects fourteen months he spent looking and listening inside six Texas penitentiaries." ; B&W & Color Illustrations; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 196 pp; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 021372

Bibliographic Details

Title: Conversations with the Dead - Photographs of...

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York

Publication Date: 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.