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Race Track: A Photographic Impression
by ESPADA, Frank
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A little light wear; near fine in heavy spiral-bound wrappers.
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Self-published, 1959. A little light wear; near fine in heavy spiral-bound wrappers.. First Edition. Spiral-bound oblong quarto. Handmade book by photographer Frank Espada documenting opening day at the rebuilt Aqueduct racetrack in 1959. One of two known copies; the other was given to the track and is likely lost. SIGNED and dated by Espada with his cover design and layout. Illustrated with 21 vintage silver gelatin photographs of the daily vagaries of the track: from the post parade, to punters huddled over Racing Forms, to a rails-eye shot of the finish line. Espada did not have access to a dark room; these photographs were printed by his friend Dave Heath, and have Heath's trademark brooding tonality. In fact, many of the images - especially those of people - bear an eerie similarity to Heath's Dialogue With Solitude. Without pulling punches, this remarkable book is the best document I have ever seen of the race track: combining the beauty, poetry, and pathos of the experience in one slim volume. If Charles Bukowski were alive, I have no doubt he would buy this book (or get someone to buy it for him)!
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- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16305
- Title
- Race Track: A Photographic Impression
- Author
- ESPADA, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used - A little light wear; near fine in heavy spiral-bound wrappers.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Self-published
- Date Published
- 1959
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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