Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Language: English
Published by New York et al: A Prairie House Book - McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972., 1972
ISBN 10: 0070003505 ISBN 13: 9780070003507
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition (as stated upon copyright page). 168 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 28.5cm. White dust jacket soiled and rubbed with several stains; nicks and a few short tears at edges; crease at bottom of rear panel; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. White cloth; brown lettering on front board and spine; strong foxing to boards. Text block edges foxed with some small stains to top edge. Foxing/toning to endpapers; slight foxing at margins of interior leaves which are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy in a very good- good dust jacket. Features numerous b/w photographs by Bob Adelman with text edited by Susan Hall. The dj's rear panel quotes four paragraphs from a review of the book by novelist and critic Ralph Ellison. The book's stirring photographic images, all shot between 1965 and 1970, chronicle the modest wealth and absolute poverty of the local white and African American residents of Wilcox County, Alabama. The text, most easily characterized as edited ramblings from assorted interviews, demonstrates the racism of the white community and the suspicion and fear of local African Americans. Bob Adelman (1930-2016) is best known for is role as photographer for the Congress of Racial Equality - aka CORE - during the 1960s which permitted access to leaders of the civil rights movement and led to memorable portrait photos of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Baldwin, among others. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {AL-Shelf #5} ISBN 0070003505.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990
Seller: Aeolian Books, Marysville, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Adleman, Bob (illustrator). 1st Edition. 159 pages.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. 1974 oversized softcover. A clean, bright copy, with minor shelf-rubbing, minor scratching, and minor age-tanning only to the glossy illustrated cover. Pages are bright, clean and unmarked. A very good copy. Photographs in black-and-white portray residents in the Town of Camden and Wilcox County, Alabama in the early 1970s, with accompanying text by photographer Bob Adelman and editor Susan Hall. A remarkable document by the photographer renowned for his photographic portraits of the Civil Rights Movement.
brossura. Condition: nuovo. Brand New. B/w ill.: 114, colors: 25. 192pp.
Language: English
Published by New York et al: A Prairie House Book - McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972., 1972
ISBN 10: 0070003505 ISBN 13: 9780070003507
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition (as stated upon copyright page). 168 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 28.5cm. White dust jacket soiled and rubbed; slight toning to panels and spine in comparison to flaps; a few nicks at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. White cloth with brown lettering on front board and spine. Ink ownership inscription and personal blind-stamp on front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good- good dust jacket. Features numerous b/w photographs by Bob Adelman with text edited by Susan Hall. The dj's rear panel quotes four paragraphs from a review of the book by novelist and critic Ralph Ellison. The book's stirring photographic images, all shot between 1965 and 1970, chronicle the modest wealth and absolute poverty of the local white and African American residents of Wilcox County, Alabama. The text, most easily characterized as edited ramblings from assorted interviews, demonstrates the racism of the white community and the suspicion and fear of local African Americans. Bob Adelman (1930-2016) is best known for is role as photographer for the Congress of Racial Equality - aka CORE - during the 1960s which permitted access to leaders of the civil rights movement and led to memorable portrait photos of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Baldwin, among others. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {AL-Shelf #4} ISBN 0070003505.
Published by American Society of Magazine Photographers, New York, 1968
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First edition. Softcover. April 1968. Volume XVII, No. 4. Portfolios of work by Donald McCullin and Bob Adelman with a review of new books. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers and with mailing label to the front cover.
Published by EVERGREEN REVIEW, INC., NEW YORK, 1963
Seller: dC&A Books, Crockett, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. BOB ADELMAN (COVER PHOTO) (illustrator). 120 Pp. COPYRIGHT 1960. CONTENTS: ALEXANDER TRONCHI: FROM CAIN'S BOOK, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI: HE, EDWARD ALBEE: THE ZOO STORY, BERTOLT BRECHT: THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG, SINE: FOR DARWIN'S CENTENARY, ANTHONY KAYE: MOLLY'S SUGGESTION, LEROI JONES: THE BRIDGE, DIANA ATHILL: AN UNAVOIDABLE DELAY, LOUIS GINSBERG: TO A MOTHER BURIED, JOHN BERNARD MYERS: THE IMPACT OF SURREALISM ON THE NEW YORK SCHOOL, JOHN LOGAN: A TRIP TO FOUR OR FIVE TOWNS, FRANK CONROY: SPRING FOR ALISON, ANDRE HODEIR: AN ANALYSIS OF ALAIN RESNAIS' FILM HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR, MARTIN WILLIAMS: JELLY ROLL MORTON: THREE-MINUTE FORM. DESCRIPTION: COLOR ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK WITH BLUE HEADER/SPINE COVER, BLACK/WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. DIMENSIONS: 8" x 5 3/8" x 1/2." CONDITION: VERY GOOD +; RUBBED EDGES.
Published by EVERGREEN REVIEW, INC., NEW YORK, 1963
Seller: dC&A Books, Crockett, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. BOB ADELMAN (COVER PHOTO) (illustrator). 127 Pp. COPYRIGHT 1963. CONTENTS: SPECIAL BOOK LENGTH SUPPLEMENT. THE NEW LIFE - A DAY ON A COLLECTIVE FARM BY FYODOR ABRAMOV, SHELAGH DELANEY/PAVAN FOR A DEAD PRINCE, PAUL ROCHE/SPRING-SONG OF THE PETROLEUM BOARD MEETING, DRISS BEN HAMID CHARHADI/THE WHORES, FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA/THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE, SAMUEL BECKETT/CASCANDO, BOB ADELMAN/PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS, MACK THOMAS/I'M NOT COMPLAINING, STEPHEN KENWORTHY/LOVE STORY, THOMAS DENT/EARLY MORNING SCENE, AIDAN HIGGINS/SIGN AND GROUND, ALEXANDER TROCCHI/FOUR POEMS, JOHN SCHULTZ/BORDER CROSSING, MARTIN WILLIAMS/THIRD STREAM PROBLEMS, LETTERS. DESCRIPTION: BLACK/WHITE SOFTBOUND PAPERBACK WITH ORANGE HEADER/SPINE COVER, BLACK/WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. DIMENSIONS: 8" x 5 3/8" x 1/2." CONDITION: NEAR FINE.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!