The Lines of My Hand

Frank, Robert

ISBN 10: 0912810041 / ISBN 13: 9780912810041

Published by Lustrum Press, New York, 1972

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SIGNED. First edition thus, first printing. Very Good paperback with light age-toning to the covers, a touch of soiling, and one tiny crease at one tip. A nice copy in a custom acetate cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Published in the US as a paperback original, preceded by a very limited edition in a different format in Japan. Includes early work, images from The Americans period, stills from Frank's films, and later collage work; presented in a diaristic, stream-of-consciousness style. Photographs and text by Robert Frank; cover by June Leaf. SIGNED BY FRANK on the half title, placed and dated in 2002. Unpaginated [116 pages]; 86 b&w plates; 9 x 12 inches. Ref: Parr & Badger, Photobook Vol. 1, p261; Roth, The Open Book, p288-89; Alexander, Robert Frank: A Bibliography, Filmography, and Exhibition Chronology 1946-1985, p72-73; Auer, 802 Photo Books, p544.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lines of My Hand
• Publisher: Lustrum Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0912810041
• ISBN 13: 9780912810041
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

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Synopsis

First edition thus (originally published in 1972 by Yugensha in Japan), first printing. Soft cover. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Photographs and text (in English) by Robert Frank. Cover illustration by June Leaf. Unpaginated (116 pp.), with 86 black and white plates. 11-15/16 x 8-15/16 inches. Out of print. Scarce. An excerpt from "The Photobook: A History, Volume 1" by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger: "[E]verything [Frank] does is a diary, a confession...the book follows a broadly chronological path through his photographic career, including early work in Europe, South America and Great Britain through to The Americans and the Bus Project...since he is [the book's] primary subject, the diaristic confessional of the book is the ideal showcase."