Coburn Alvin Langdon Gernsheim Helmut (16 results)

Softcover, 146 pages; very good condition; small tear to edge of rear cover; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very nice copy, slightly age-toned. Interior clean, solid. DJ with handling wear, now in mylar wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Covers shelfworn. Stamp from the Alinder Collection on front endpaper. Dust jacket chipped and soiled.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 144 pages : frontispiece, 67 illustrations (including portraits) facsimiles ; 29 cm. Subjects: Coburn, Alvin Langdon; Coburn, Alvin Langdon 1882-1966 ; Biography; Photography, Artistic; Black-and-white photography 20th century; Photographers United States ; Biography; Photography History; Artists 20th century ; Portraits. 1 Kg.

cloth, dust jacket. Coburn, Alvin Langdon (illustrator). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 143+(2) pages. First American edition. Fine in lightly soiled and chipped dust jacket. With 64 photographs reproduced.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. New York & Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1966. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are sound. The white photographically-illustrated dust jacket is soiled and moderately sun-darkened at the spine. NOT price clipped (25.00). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. A bit of browning to the plain white endpapers. All plates and text pages are clean. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait, 2 document facsimiles, and 65 b/w plates -- mostly full-page. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in shiny gold over a navy blue panel on the spine. Bibliography. Index. Freitag #1726. From the Dust Jacket: "As an innovator in photography [Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1882-1966] is known for his daring angle shots of New York and for his 'vortographs,' the first purely abstract photographs. More than sixty of Coburn's most famous portraits and landscapes, long unavailable, are carefully reproduced here. Together with his literary self-portrait, they evoke the charm of a bygone era. Coburn's art ensures that it always will be remembered." Includes Coburn's abstract photos, landscapes as well as portraits of George Bernard Shaw, G. K. Chesterton, George Meredith, Edward Carpenter, Auguste Rodin, Henry James, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, William Butler Yeats, H.G. Wells, Gertrude Stein, Alfred Stieglitz, Henri Matisse, Ezra Pound, Igor Stravinsky, David Lloyd George, and others. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good condition/Good Dust Jacket. 144pp.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 144 pages : frontispiece, 67 illustrations (including portraits) facsimiles ; 29 cm. Subjects: Coburn, Alvin Langdon; Coburn, Alvin Langdon 1882-1966 ; Biography; Photography, Artistic; Black-and-white photography 20th century; Photographers United States ; Biography; Photography History; Artists 20th century ; Portraits. 1 Kg.

First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 143 pages. An autobiography from this important photographer with 64 full page black and white images. Edited by Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. A near fine copy in brown cloth boards with some toning to the endpapers and a former owner's rubberstamp name to the front free endpaper and in a very good price clipped dust jacket with some chips, soiling, and other light wear. Despite the flaws a solid copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Coburn, Alvin Langdon (illustrator). 1st Edition. The first British edition of Alvin Langdon Coburn's autobiography, published in 1966 by Faber and Faber. Bound in publisher's blue boards. In the realm of portraiture it would be difficult to argue that there was another photographer whose work encompassed such an extraordinary spectrum of individuals. The book is illustrated with photogravure reproductions of Coburn's work. A near fine copy of the book with just faint spotting to the end sheets. Dust jacket very good with a short tear to base of spine and two lengthier ( three quarters of an inch ) tears to the head of the spine.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 144 pages, very good condition; light edgewear and rubbing wear to dj; spine of dj darkened; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large 4to. in brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 143pp on thick art paper, facsimiles, full page photos, bibliography, index etc . [CONDITION: A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy in a spine tanned and very slightly edge-nicked but otherwise about FINE complete Dust Jacket (looks fine in its removable transparent protector). A nice copy ] . To see more of our Photo books type DbbPHOTO in the Keywords search box . __NOTE Due to size and/or weight posting to some destinations outside the UK will cost more than the shipping price shown. If so, orders made by card will only be completed after you have approved any extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Ed. VG+ in like dust jacket. Memories, insights & observations of one of photography's early masters & great innovators. Illustrated with over 25 B&W photographs, many portraits of famous personalities. Photography.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Near Fine minus cloth-bound hardcover with light crimping to the spine ends, patches of tanning to the ffep & bfep, a touch of rubbing to the edges, and previous owner's name stamped to the front paste down under the flap in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with tanning to the spine, light soiling, and two tiny closed tears. A nice copy. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn; edited by Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. 144 pages; 64 full-page b&w gravure plates + 3 text illustrations; 8.5 x 11 inches. Bibliography, list of plates, index. An autobiography by the American pictorialist photographer, edited by the Gernsheims. Excellent reproductions, many portraits of leading celebrities of the day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket toned.