A WAY of SEEING. Photographs of New York with an Essay by James Agee
by LEVITT, Helen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
NY: Viking, 1965. First Edition, first printing. Hard cover in original dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1965. 78pp. Illus. w/ 51 b/w photos by Levitt. Black cloth w/ white lettering, colored end papers. Oblong 8vo., 7 3/4" x 9 1/4." Photographs of scenes she witnessed in the streets of Harlem, Yorkville, and the Lower East Side, in New York City. Mild ex-office copy. "Department of Education" rubber stamp on front and rear f.l., "duplicate" written over front stamp. Small, blank pocket neatly glued to rear pastedown. No other markings. Book is clean, straight and tight with no signs of wear. Cloth and pages clean, no smudges or marks. Cover lettering bright and sharp. Minor bump curl to tips of fr. cover. Minute rubbing spot to lower tip. DJ is Very Good, NOT price clipped (price of $6.50) w/ mild fraying at crown/ heel, sl. edge curl, very light foxing spots on interior side with two areas of sweating at the interior front panel edge fold, some visible on inside front panel. Very good in VG dj. Scarce. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by LEVITT, Helen. 8vo.. Illus.
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- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000795
- Title
- A WAY of SEEING. Photographs of New York with an Essay by James Agee
- Author
- LEVITT, Helen
- Illustrator
- LEVITT, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- LEVITT HELEN WAY SEEING FIRST EDITION PHOTOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARY NEW YORK NYC YORKVILLE CHILDREN LOWER_EAST_SIDE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Literary & Modern First Editions; American History & Americana;
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Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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