Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
by Agee, James and Walker Evans
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. 1st ed. Very Good/Good. 31 unnumbered full page photos by Walker Evans, xvi, 471p. Original black cloth. dj. 21 cm. Jacket scuffing, age-toning and edge-wear,with chipping at ends of backstrip panel. Cover dulled with some modest spotting. Small brownstain at top of three text leaves which is visible when the book is closed. "In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans went to Alabama to portray in words and photographs the daily life of three typical tenant families." [from the text on the front flap of jacket].
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Details
- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91922
- Title
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
- Author
- Agee, James and Walker Evans
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1941
Terms of Sale
McBlain Books
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About the Seller
McBlain Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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