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On Photography
by Sontag, Susan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374226261
- ISBN 13
- 9780374226268
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), lightly rubbed at the bottom edge. Grey cloth, a thin strip of fading on the top edge, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, light pencil marginalia. Includes seven influential essays by Sontag, addressing subjects from Plato to Godard.
Synopsis
Essays explore the aesthetic and moral problems raised by the presence of the photographic image in modern-day life; consider the relation of photography to art, conscience, and knowledge; and examine the works of major photographers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2824
- Title
- On Photography
- Author
- Sontag, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374226261
- ISBN 13
- 9780374226268
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
Terms of Sale
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Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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