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Infanta
by Gibson, Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Takarajima Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. American photographer Ralph Gibson has assembled 115 full page b&w photographs taken between 1988 and 1994 depicting nude women that reveal the "fascination of seeing ourselves reflected in the psychological mirror of the human body." Introduction by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy & Afterword by Mary Gaitskill. Original black cloth publisher's covers with silver spine lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The dust jacket has a bit of light shelf wear to the rear (visible under certain lighting conditions) and a trifle bit of wear to bottom at the spine, else it has no chips or tears. No indication of the edition; assumed first edition. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 119 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21224
- Title
- Infanta
- Author
- Gibson, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Takarajima Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Photographs, Photography, Nudes
Terms of Sale
Peninsula Books
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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