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E. J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits Photographs from the New Orleans Red-Light District Circa 1912
by SZARKOWSKI, John; Lee Friedlander
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- Hardcover
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine/Very Good. E. J. Bellocq. 4to. Pp. 88. Frontis. photo of the photographer's desk. Illustrated with a further 33 fine gravure black & white photo reproductions by Meriden. Brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, ochre endpapers. Crisp and square, leaves bright. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket with price intact on the front flap: spine sunned and head chipped. Reproductions of printing-out-paper prints made by Lee Friedlander from glass negatives discovered in the photographer's desk after his death in 1949. The haunting, tender photos in the MoMA exhibition and this elegant book still inspire wonder and admiration.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7344
- Title
- E. J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits Photographs from the New Orleans Red-Light District Circa 1912
- Author
- SZARKOWSKI, John; Lee Friedlander
- Illustrator
- E. J. Bellocq
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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