Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families
by James Agee and Walker Evans
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/See Description
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1960 hardcover as pictured. A nice copy of the classic text by James Agee with photographs by Walker Evans. Binding is firm. Black cloth boards with sliver stamping show slight fraying at head and tail of spine with gently bumped lower corners. Edge of text block is mottled. Text is unmarked. Includes 64 pages of b&w photographs by Walker Evans. Dust jacket is worn and soiled with multiple tears and chips. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2159
- Title
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
- Author
- James Agee and Walker Evans
- Illustrator
- Walker Evans
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- See Description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company, at The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 472 with 64 pages of b&w photographs
- Size
- 5.5x8.25
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Great Depression, Appalachia, American History
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Classic lit;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...