Susan Hall Text (5 results)

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.…

Wraps. Condition: Good. 2nd edition. 2nd edition, 1974. Good. Square 4to., 159 pp., with numerous full page, black & white photographs by Bob Adelman. Bound in publishers stiff, white, photo illustrated wraps. Wraps are soiled, base of spine is bumped, previous sellers price sticker on front and rear covers. Internally clean and crisp, with finger soiling at lower right corner from use. Robert Melvin "Bob" Adelman (October 30, 1930 - March 19, 2016) was an American photographer known for his images of the civil rights movement. He is biological father of writer Elizabeth Wurtzel. Adelman's work captured a decade of racial strife during the 1960s, including portraits of Martin Luther King reciting his "I Have a Dream" speech, the fifty-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, and King resting in his casket after the assassination. His photos, some of which are archived at the Library of Congress, captured segregation and civil unrest in the South. Bob Adelman (illustrator).…

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.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st thus. Fine first paperback edition. Clean, square, binding tight. No tears or internal marks. Binding crease to spine. A comprehensive portrait of Silky, a New York pimp, and his stable. Profusely and candidly illustrated. An oddly touching story.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. First edition. Unread.