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Published by Universe Books, 1960
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. A profoundly moving photographic portrait of the peoples and cultures of the Amazon Basin but in primitivizing language and narratives, of various kinds of Indians whose "faces of bronze, marked neither by the lassitude nor the nightmare of existence in our own dreary cities." Seventy-five photographs by Philippe Luzuy, Preface by the artist Paul Morand, texts by Philippe Luzuy and Pierre-Andre Boutang as translated by Douglas J. Gillam. Bound handsomely in brown linen cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn save for one-inch chip at front spine head, protected by a plastic coat. 74 fine photographs. 101 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Published by Universe Books, Inc, New York, 1960
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: g+. First American edition. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece. Publisher's logo on title page. This striking photo-book is an account of the authors' perilous journey deep into the forests of the Amazon and the high barrier of the Andes. There, they found a succession of primitive Indian peoples, survivors of the lost Incan civilization, whose "faces of bronze, marked neither by the lassitude nor the nightmare of existence in our own dreary cities" they have recorded in seventy-five dramatic photographs (including frontispiece). Dust-jacket chipped at head of spine. Minor shelf wear. Offsetting on endpapers. DJ in overall fair to good, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition.