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Angkor, the ancient seat of the god-kings of Cambodia, is the great treasury of Khmer artistic culture, whose evocative, enigmatic sculptures are known throughout the world. Marc Riboud, the French photographer, visited the site several times, first in the late 1960s and most recently in November 1990, capturing its monuments and inhabitants before and after the years of the Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields. Riboud shows not only the toppled edifices, the lichened Buddhas and the roofless galleries of Angkor's two most famous sites of Angkor Wat and the Bayon, but also the invasive power of the surrounding jungle. The still undefiled relief carvings of graceful dancers and smiling "devatas" are juxtaposed with French and Japanese graffiti, and the friezes depicting the battles of the Khmer kings with modern mementoes of conflict. But Angkor has become host to the revival of life and faith in Cambodia: Riboud watched and recorded in 1990 as monks and pilgrims converged on this one-time capital for a three-day festival in honour of a statue of the Buddha, rekindling a tradition almost extinguished by years of persecution. Riboud's images are complemented by his own descriptive essay, along with texts on Angkor's recent history and its Buddhist foundations.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 159 pp, A Suspended Tragedy by Jean Lacouture; A Buddhist Presence amidst the Gods by Jean Boisslier; Serenity, Sensuality by Marc Roboud; Captions to the Photographs by Madeleine Giteau; Afterword by Marc Riboud with b&w Plates. Not Price Clipped. Signatures starting.; lightly bumped top edge spine at front board and dj, else, no wear. 13.4" x 9.75" grey cloth with grey lettering to front board and spine, and grey satin ribbon. Size: Folio. Book. Seller Inventory # 003695
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Folio. 159 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. First American edition. "Angkor, the ancient seat of the god-kings of Cambodia, is the great treasury of Khmer artistic culture whose evocative, enigmatic sculptures are known throughout the world. Marc Riboud, the celebrated French photographer, visited the site several times, first in the late 1960s and most recently in November 1990, capturing its monuments and inhabitants before and after the terrible years of the Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields. Riboud shows not only the toppled edifices, the lichened Buddhas and the roofless galleries of Angkor's two most famous sites of Angkor Wat and the Bayon, but the invasive power of the surrounding jungle, whose roots and creepers crawl over the stonework, clawing at the vast impassive faces of the monuments" (the publisher). A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with a few small marks. Seller Inventory # 409121
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Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 159 pages. Texts by Jean Lacouture, Jean Boisselier, Riboud and Madeleine Giteau. A tight near fine copy with a few small spots to the bottom edge in a near fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 146687
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Hard. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Thames & Hudson, 1993, first printing. Folio, 10" x 13 1/2", 159pp., with 75 duotone illustrations. Riboud's masterly images are complemented by his own descriptive essay, along with texts on Angkor's recent history and its Buddhist foundations from Jean Lacouture, the celebrated writer, and Jean Boisselier, former curator of the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Together they present a moving portrayal of this mysterious wonder, a collage of timeless beauty and spiritual dignity scarred by contemporary brutality. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 008280
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. author (photographs) (illustrator). First Edition in English. Jean Lacouture, Jean Boisselier, Madeleine Giteau (texts). 1st prtg. silver-grey cloth, bright & clean, in unclipped b/w photo illus dj w/ sl toning, no tears, no marks, exc unread cond, bndg tight, ribbon marker; 127 superb b/w photographs, w/ captions at conclusion, 159 pp. renowned French photographer visited Angkor several times beginning in 1960s, and most recently for this book in 1990, after the Khmer Rouge. Size: 10"-13.5. Seller Inventory # RB3732
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