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TEENAGE LUST: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE TRUE FIRST EDITION by Clark, Larry - 1983

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TEENAGE LUST: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE TRUE FIRST EDITION

by Clark, Larry

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New York City, NY: Self-Published By Larry Clark, 1983. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Self-Published By Larry Clark, 1983. Softcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 150 pages. Collection of sex photographs. One of the most important photography books of the 20th century. The true First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Second and Japanese Editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Larry Clark: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers, whose front cover features the now-iconic image of a young naked couple having sex, and black titles on the spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Larry Clark. The book is presented in a brilliant scrapbook format. The twenty-seven-page Diary, which recounts Clark's own turbulent adolescence, is appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Meriden Gravure Printing in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its First Edition format, Larry Clark's "Teenage Lust: An Autobiography". His ground-breaking sequence of images about his second addiction: Sex. His breakthrough, "Tulsa", about his and his friends' addiction to heroin, contains unflinching images of deadly encounters with The Needle. "Teenage Lust" completes the picture. Its raw sexual energy, not just its explicit nature, was way, way ahead of its timid time. It resonates to this day, in our tiresome Age of The Selfie, and despite our sex-saturated culture. This is because what is finally most disturbing about Larry Clark's two best books is that all of his subjects are Americans who have opted out of or given up on the American Dream so-called. His lasting contribution will always be to honor their choice rather than analyze, moralize about, or politicize it, in the cautionary manner of all other "legitimate" mainstream discourse, whether it be serious American literature, the human sciences, or Hollywood pop culture. All of LC's subsequent works, including "Kids", "Another Day In Paradise", "Bully", "Ken Park", "Wassup Rockers", "Marfa Girl", and "The Smell of Us", come from this seminal collection. An absolute "must-have" title for Larry Clark collectors. <B><i> This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the bottom corner of the page, as is his custom, by Larry Clark. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great art photography book. This is one of few such signed copies of the true First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. It is, by far, the single most beautiful copy we have ever seen. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws: Creasing on the spine, soiling, discoloration, sticky pages, you name it. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. </b></i> 88 plates. Larry Clark's "Tulsa" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". Both "Tulsa" and "Teenage Lust" were selected as two of the "Seminal Photography Books of the 20th Century" in the "Book of 101 Books". One of the most influential photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LARRY CLARK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).
  • Bookseller Modern Rare US (US)
  • Format/Binding Softcover
  • Book Condition New As New
  • Jacket Condition No Dust Jacket, As Issued.
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  • Edition First Edition. First Printing.
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher Self-Published By Larry Clark
  • Place of Publication New York City, NY
  • Date Published 1983
  • Pages 150

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Tokyo: Taka Ishii Gallery, 1997. First edition. Softcover. The first Japanese edition of Clark's classic second book. One of a 1000 copies. A controversial collection of black and white images taken in Tulsa and New York and feature teens engaging in often graphic sexual acts. Includes Clark's afterword in Japanese. A very near fine copy in wrappers with a very slight blemish to the base of the front panel. A fresh copy.
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Teenage Lust (SIGNED SECOND EDITION)
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Teenage Lust (SIGNED SECOND EDITION)

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New York: Larry Clark, 1987 Softcover Second Edition 1st Printing in illustrated wraps SIGNED by Larry Clark without inscription to bottom corner of half-title, a controversial collection in its second edition with 10 additional photos not included in the first printing, no markings, light shelf rub & edge wear to wraps with a small crease to rear corner, the usual spine creasing is limited but present, contents Fine; a clean tight very good copy signed by Clark; 4to; unpaginated, fully illus. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover.
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LARRY CLARK, 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION IN WRAPS AND MYLAR COVER..
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New York: Larry Clark, 1987. Second Edition. Softcover. Quarto, unpaginated; VG; gray spine with black text; mild rubbing to covers, small closed tear to upper edge of rear cover; interior clean; shelved case 11. Lawrence Donald Clark (born 1943) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for his controversial teen film Kids (1995) and his photography book Tulsa. His work focuses primarily on youth who casually engage in illegal drug use, underage sex, and violence, and who are part of a specific subculture, such as surfing, punk rock, or skateboarding. Teenage Lust is an autobiography of Clark's teen past through the images of others. It included his family photos, more teenage drug use, graphic pictures of teenage sexual activity, and young male hustlers in Times Square, New York City. [wikipedia]. 1352368. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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New York, 1987. Second Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Wraps. Signed by Clark on the half-title page.
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Teenage Lust.

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Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition. SIGNED by Larry Clark on title page. Very good+ to close to near fine in oversize paperback wrappers. (Tiny tear at right-hand edge of front cover. Short tear with light creasing at left-hand edge of rear cover. Traces of faint smudging at edges of covers. Mild vertical crease at spine. ) (un-paginated) Black & white images. Better than average copy. ; 9" X 11 1/2" .
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Teenage Lust (Signed Second Edition)
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New York: Larry Clark, 1987. Second edition. Softcover. Clark's second book, a controversial collection of gritty images of an often highly sexual nature. This edition includes an extra 10 photographs not found in the first printing. A tight very good in photo-illustrated wrappers that are lightly rubbed and with some slight soiling to the rear cover. Signed and inscribed by Clark on the title page and he has added "Darkroom Copy" as well. A nice association copy as the recipient is a well known photographer who has had several books published.
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Teenage Lust [SIGNED]
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New York: Larry Clark, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Very good+ to fine condition.. Signed Larry Clark on title page. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated stiff wraps with black lettering on spine. Larry Clark publication with portraits of family members and photographs from Tulsa, his hometown in Oklahoma, incl. nude photographs, scenes and portraits from the lives of junkies, prostitutes and thieves in New York; Clark had settled in New York in the 1960s. The book includes an essay by Larry Clark and reproductions of court and newspaper documents. The photographs were taken between 1958 and 1980. Minor imperfectiona along edges of front cover, else in fine to fine condition.
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