DESERT CANTOS
by Misrach, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0826309275
- ISBN 13
- 9780826309273
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Reyner Banham. The desert provides the thematic focus in this book, but with the "cantos" organized around the four elements, Misrach offers an apocalyptic version of our complex relationship to it. Misrach's photographs are spectacular landscape views, but they are more than that. He is concerned with the desert as a wild and primordial place and with the effects of the human presence on the desert. He maintains an interesting and ironic balance between the beautiful dreamy colors and the natural (or man made) catastrophes, like floods and fires.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14940
- Title
- DESERT CANTOS
- Author
- Misrach, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0826309275
- ISBN 13
- 9780826309273
- Publisher
- The University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- photography, desert, floods, fires
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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