Doc's Photos [MVSCRA Stock Car Presentation Photo Album and Scrapbook]
by CUTLER, Elvin
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine in lightly varnished plywood boards, bound with two metal hinges along the spine gutter, with a photograph adhered to the f
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
[Idaho: n.p., 1980]. Fine in lightly varnished plywood boards, bound with two metal hinges along the spine gutter, with a photograph adhered to the front cover.. Unique vernacular photo album and scrapbook, detailing the small town racing culture of Rupert, Idaho. Extraordinarily lavish in size and execution, the album features photographs by Dr. Elvin Cutler, a photography hobbyist of local notoriety recognized for his images of the Minidoka Speedway, its drivers, and attendees. Includes 89 original color and black-and-white photographs, ranging in size from snapshot to 8 X 10 inches, with several larger format prints. Many have been signed by the photographer with his nickname "Doc"; several others have been annotated, with humorous captions written underneath. The book was assembled by members of the town's Magic Valley Stock Car Racing Association and presented to Cutler as a sign of their gratitude and appreciation for his relentless documentation of the Minidoka Speedway, with various pieces of ephemera, including newspapers clippings and flyers from the racetrack, adhered to the album's pages. Contents are housed in an extravagant handmade plywood book, hinged and bolted along the spine gutter. A remarkable collection of amateur photography and vibrant portrait of one of the defining pastimes and national obsessions of small town USA, notable for its stunning photographic compositions and idiosyncratic homespun design. Fine in lightly varnished plywood boards, bound with two metal hinges along the spine gutter, with a photograph adhered to the front cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17571
- Title
- Doc's Photos [MVSCRA Stock Car Presentation Photo Album and Scrapbook]
- Author
- CUTLER, Elvin
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in lightly varnished plywood boards, bound with two metal hinges along the spine gutter, with a photograph adhered to the f
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- [Idaho: n.p.
- Date Published
- 1980]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Objects;
Terms of Sale
Harper's Books, Inc.
Books may be returned for any reason within two weeks provided they are received in the same condition as they were sent.
About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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