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The Invented Eye: Masterpieces of Photography, 1839-1914
by Lucie-Smith, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG++/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0846700409
- ISBN 13
- 9780846700401
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression:1st.* Date of Publication: 1975* Publisher: Paddington Press Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Grey-green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal age to spine. VG++.* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of $16.95. mono illustrated jacket showing multiple printings of the same photo. White titles to spine and face, minor shelf wear to top & bottom edges & to head and tail of spine. One patch of damage to middle of front cover. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions or annotations, seems lightly used. A few very slight marks to text and to top & fore edges. No other visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 252 pp. text. iv pp. indices at rear.* Product description:- This volume is divided into two parts, the first text section is dedicated to the history of photography and the earliest methods of taking and printing photographs followed by a detailed list of the early photographers with some biographical detail. The second section contains 156 b/w plates taken during the period 1839 and 1914 illustrating the work and progression of these early photographers. There a few plates which are of an erotic nature. This is a NEAR vg++ text copy of the 1st/1st with some jacket wear reducing it to VG. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8914
- Title
- The Invented Eye: Masterpieces of Photography, 1839-1914
- Author
- Lucie-Smith, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG++/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0846700409
- ISBN 13
- 9780846700401
- Publisher
- Two Continents Publishing Group, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, USA 256
- Date Published
- 1975-05-27
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