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P.H. Polk: Photographs
by POLK, P.H
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
(Atlanta): Nexus Press, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, limited issue. Essay by Pearl Cleage Lomax. Large square quarto. Illustrated with sixty-two full-page photographs by Polk, each identified by subject matter and by date of image, photographed by Polk between 1929 and 1943. Quarter brown and beige cloth with Polk's signature in facsimile in gilt on front board. Light foxing on boards, else near fine in heavily foxed slipcase. African-American photographer Polk was born in Bressemer, Alabama in 1898. He photographed primarily at Tuskegee Institue and environs, after enrolling as a student in 1916, where he studied photography. He worked as a portrait photographer in Atlanta in the 1930's and eventually returned to Alabama and became the 'official photographer' at the Tuskegee Institute. Copy of 858 of 1200 numbered copies Signed by Polk. Additionally inscribed by the photographer on the limitation page to an African-American poet: "Best wishes to Bob Hughes, P.H. Polk.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 527928
- Title
- P.H. Polk: Photographs
- Author
- POLK, P.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Nexus Press
- Place of Publication
- (Atlanta)
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- African-Americana, Photography, AssociationCopy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; African-Americana;
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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