In the American West

NY: Abrahms, 1985. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). Folio - over 12. The 120 full-page photographs in this book depict people at country fairs, rodeos, mining camps, drilling sites, and even a slaughterhouse - men and women of the American West who work at hard, everyday jobs. Richard Avedon introduces the volume with an essay on his… Read more about this item

New York: Harry Abrams, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Avedon traveled the American West for five years under a commission from the Amon Carter Museum. Against a stark white background, he photographed people living in rural areas and fresh from hard, industrial work. The result is a powerful portrait of the unromantic West-slaughterhouse workers, hardscrabble farmers, migrant… Read more about this item

New York: Abrams, 1985. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Quarto, cloth with photo onlay, in original acetate or mylar dust jacket, near fine with just a touch of fading to top of front cover and also to spine. Muhlert was the director at the time of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, TX, and in the dedicatory… Read more about this item

London: Thames and Hudson,, 1985. First edition, first printing, signed and dated '85 by the photographer. In the American West was first published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Seven years earlier, the museum had commissioned Avedon to photograph ordinary people living in the Western US. Between 1979 and 1984, Avedon… Read more about this item

ABRAMS Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN ACETATE DJ. INSCRIBED BY AVEDON.

New York: Harry N Abrams, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Black lettered beige cloth with photographic paper cover. Wrapped in original publisher's mylar. This copy inscribed by the artist "For David Livingstone - R Avedon" on the front endpaper. Livingstone was at one time the fashion editor at the Globe and Mail. A very nice copy… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Large quarto, unpaginated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's brown cloth with applied illustrations to the boards. Some light foxing to that cover illustration, and to the edges of the page block, but internally lovely. In the original clear dust jacket, gently rubbed;… Read more about this item

London: Thames and Hudson,, 1985. First UK edition, first impression, signed and dated in 1988 by the photographer. In the American West was first published in the US earlier the same year, in conjunction with the exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Seven years earlier, the museum had commissioned Avedon to photograph ordinary people… Read more about this item

Paris: Daniel Masclet, 1933. A fine copy, bound with red twisted cord, black type on Ivory boards, dramatic nudes collected across the European Avant-grade, high quality helio-gravure printing, this copy is in exceptional condition, binding and plates are tight,cover looks bright and unfaded,no glassine covering is present, buyer must accept insurance to cover the value of this book.. 1st Edition.… Read more about this item

Amon Carter Museum, 1985. Paperback. Very good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes EXHIBITION CATALOG - NOT A BOOK: Very good copy with clean pages. Lightly creased. 4to. Published in Fort Worth, 1985. Anon Carter Museum Commissioned Richard Avedon to produce a new body of work focusing on… Read more about this item

NY: Harry N. Abrams [1985]. Second printing. Inscribed copy. 14" x 11". [86] leaves, one folding. Full-page, black-and-white reproductions of Avedon's portraits throughout. Essays by Avedon and Laura Wilson. On original tan cloth with black-and-white portraits inset to upper and lower boards, titles stamped in black to boards and spine, textured endpapers. Spine and edges lightly sunned, a few faint… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams,, 1985. First edition, first printing. In the American West was published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1985. Seven years earlier, the museum had commissioned Avedon to photograph ordinary people living in the Western US. Between 1979 and 1984, Avedon made numerous trips through the… Read more about this item

New York: Abrams, 1985. Soft cover. New. 14" x 11". New, still sealed in publisher's shrink wrap. In 1979, Richard Avedon was commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum of Fort Worth, Texas to photograph ordinary people int he American West.

Harry N Abrams Inc . Collectible - Good. Condition: Good; Hardcover, no dustjacket… Read more about this item