To Evelyn, Posters From The Stars
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1916412122
- ISBN 13
- 9781916412125
- Seller
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
London: centrecentre, 2019. 1st edition. Flexible Hardcover. NEW. NEW, in publisher's shrink wrap. centrecentre, London, 2019, 192 pages
175x245mm, Limited to 500 copies.
Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. ---. To Evelyn is a collection of local entertainers posters from a working mens club in a small Yorkshire pit village. Originally collected in the 1990s by local personality Evelyn Short and now assembled by her grandson David, the posters are a celebration of a bygone era.
Pre-internet and social media, this was one of the few ways to create another you, presenting an identity far removed from the day to day.
The book explores national identity and sense of self, reminding us that with the right imagination we can transform into anyone or anything. The posters, many signed "To Evelyn" celebrate those identities, the weekend superstars, in all their glory.
175x245mm, Limited to 500 copies.
Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. ---. To Evelyn is a collection of local entertainers posters from a working mens club in a small Yorkshire pit village. Originally collected in the 1990s by local personality Evelyn Short and now assembled by her grandson David, the posters are a celebration of a bygone era.
Pre-internet and social media, this was one of the few ways to create another you, presenting an identity far removed from the day to day.
The book explores national identity and sense of self, reminding us that with the right imagination we can transform into anyone or anything. The posters, many signed "To Evelyn" celebrate those identities, the weekend superstars, in all their glory.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 836C
- Title
- To Evelyn, Posters From The Stars
- Format/Binding
- Flexible Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1916412122
- ISBN 13
- 9781916412125
- Publisher
- centrecentre
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2019
- Bookseller catalogs
- New and out of print; Photography; Entertainment History;
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