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More Men of Mark
by Coburn, Alvin Langdon
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Beige linen quarter backed cloth boards with gilt titles on recto, light soiling to boards with some rubbing at edges, light fox
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Duckworth & Co, 1922. First edition of Alvin Langdon Coburn's collected photogravures of authors and artists. With 33 tipped-in monochrome photogravure plates with tissue guard. 15 pp. introductory text by Coburn. 1 vols. 4to. Beige linen quarter backed cloth boards with gilt titles on recto, light soiling to boards with some rubbing at edges, light foxing to paste downs and at front and rear of book, else all photogravures are intact with tissue guards; overall a very good copy. First edition of Alvin Langdon Coburn's collected photogravures of authors and artists. With 33 tipped-in monochrome photogravure plates with tissue guard. 15 pp. introductory text by Coburn. 1 vols. 4to. COburn's elegant collection of portraits of artists and authors including Ezra Pound, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, Mark Twain, Wyndham Lewis, Edmund Dulac, A.E. Waite, and others, with a self-portrait of the photographer.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 354182
- Title
- More Men of Mark
- Author
- Coburn, Alvin Langdon
- Format/Binding
- With 33 tipped-in monochrome photogravure plates with tissue guard. 15 pp. introductory text by Coburn. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Beige linen quarter backed cloth boards with gilt titles on recto, light soiling to boards with some rubbing at edges, light fox
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of Alvin Langdon Coburn's collected photogravures
- Publisher
- Duckworth & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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