Friedlander Lee Preface (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Later Printing. Oversized softcover (9.50" x 11") has burgundy wrappers decorated & lettered in black & white to front & spine. Collection of images of prostitutes made by then-unknown photographer E. J. Bellocq in the Storyville, the "red-light district" of New Orleans, LA, where prostitution was legal in the early 20th century. All black-&-white, most full nudes, these were salvaged from a group of glass plates found after Bellocq's death & reprinted especially for this book by Lee Friedlander. The text, edited by MOMA's John Szarkowski, is based in part on interview conducted with people acquainted with Bellocq. Unpaginated. First published in 1970, this is the Fourth printing from 1979. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright with very mild rubbing to extremities. Binding strong & straight, pages white & completely unmarked. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders placed Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of extra postage (at least double per USPS rates). Bellocq, E. J. (illustrator).…

24.5X28.5 cm. 17 pages. Gilt Hardcover with dust jacket. In good condition. The book is in : English.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1998.) Small square 4to. Light bumping and creasing to spine ends and corners of boards. Moderate bumping and creasing to d.j. spine ends and corners of d.j. VG/VG. INSCRIBED.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 4to. 18 pp. + 34 b/w photo plates. 4th printing. The preliminary text includes a preface by Friedlander, describing his discovery of Bellocq's plates and his restoration project, as well as notes from a roundtable discussion about Bellocq that includes Friedlander and numerous New Orleans musicians, photographers, and one of Bellocq's models. Ships fast with tracking.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Light shelf-wear to jacket with couple tiny chips at base of front panel. Short tears & rubbing to jacket. ) (65pp. ) (9 1/2" X 11 1/4") 34 plates printed by meriden gravure. ; 9 1/2" x 11 1/4"; 65 pages.…