The Americans
by FRANK, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0893810339
- ISBN 13
- 9780893810337
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Aperture, 1978. hardcover. fine/near fine. Robert Frank. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Illustrated with many beautiful black & white photographs by Frank. 176, [5] pages. Oblong 4to, black cloth, minimally edgeworn d.w. New York: Aperture, [1978]. First edition thus: Aperture's entirely new edition, incorporating all 83 of Frank's images in the original sequence in a greatly enlarged format. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. --Parr & Badger 247; Roth 150-151<br/> <br/> "What a poem this is, what poems can be written about this book of pictures some day by new young writers..." -- Kerouac.<br/> <br/>
Synopsis
"Robert Frank he sucked a sad poem out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message. You got eyes." -- Jack Kerouac, from the preface
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 321446
- Title
- The Americans
- Author
- FRANK, Robert
- Illustrator
- Robert Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0893810339
- ISBN 13
- 9780893810337
- Publisher
- Aperture
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Kerouac,Jack;FRANK,Robert
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York
About Argosy Book Store
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
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