A Day Off by Tony Ray Jones (28 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Mild edgewear, rubbing, browning and creasing to covers. Light spine lean. Slightly shaken binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. International addresses will require extra postage due to size. ; 120 B&W photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.

First edition. Softcover. The simultaneous paperback issue. The first monograph on this vastly under appreciated British photographer who died at only 30, three years before the publication of this book. Features an introduction by Ainslie Ellis. A brilliant collection of 120 black and white images of daily life in England. A near fine copy in photo illustrated wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Book condition: good, very scarce, the only collection of the photographer's work in book form, "pictured here, with a sharp but compassionate eye, are people seriously, doggedly intent on leisure activities: at the seashore, at carnivals, at horse and dog shows, at fold festivals, dances, beauty contests, and at Ascot and Eton - all relaxing at a furious clip", cover features b/w photos on front and back and shows some rippling to right and upper left front, small spot to bottom right, crease across back left, interior very clean, unpaginated, 9.25 X 10.25 inches. Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. If actual shipping cost is less than the AbeBooks estimate, it is our practice to REFUND the difference to the buyer.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. First American Edition. Wraps tanne and lightly edgeworn, else very good.

First edition. Softcover. Introduction by Ainslie Ellis. The first monograph on this vastly under appreciated British photographer who died much too young at 30, three years prior to the publication of this book. A brilliant collection of 120 black and white images of daily life in England. A very good plus copy in photo-illustrated wrappers with some wear to the spine and some creasing to the corners and some other slight wear as well. Internally, a very clean copy of an increasingly uncommon book in any condition.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:0500540128.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Small Xmas note on endpaper, minor wear, nice clean bright copy ; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 120 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. Schutzumschlag. 1. Auflage. Thames and Hudson, London. 1974. First edition, first printing. Book and dustjacket in fantastic fresh and flawless condition; like new and unread. The Open Book, The Hasselblad Center, page 202/203. 802 photo books by the M.+M. Auer collection, page 583. Fantastic photobook! A classic! Scarce! Especially in hardcover! Hardcover with dustjacket. 240 x 270 mm. Introduction by Ainslie Ellis. 120 pages with 120 black and white photos. 14 pages text. Condition: Book inside and outside fresh and flawless; like new and unread. Dustjacket excellent, fresh white and flawless, complete with no tears and with no missing parts. Overall near mint, near perfect condition! Collector`s copy!***************Thames and Hudson, London. 1974. Erstausgabe. Originalausgabe. The Open Book, The Hasselblad Center, Seite 202/203. 802 photo books by the M.+M. Auer collection, Seite 583. Fantastisches Fotobuch! Ein Klassiker! Selten! Vor allem in Hardcover! Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag! 240 x 270 mm. Einführung von Ainslie Ellis. 120 Seiten mit 120 schwarz-weiß Fotos. Fotos: tony Ray-Jones. 14 Seiten Text. Zustand: Buch innen und aussen tadellos; wie neu und ungelesen. Schutzumschlag strahlend weiss; vollständig ohne Einrisse und ohne Fehlstellen. Insgesamt nahezu neuwertiger Zustand! Sammler-Exemplar! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition. 9" x 10.25" Soft cover. 14 pp., 120 numbered B&W photographs. Covers are age toned and curled, creasing to corners, sticker to head of rear cover. In San Francisco on 18 February 1972 Tony Ray-Jones was told that he had an acute and rare form of leukaemia. He died in London at the Royal Marsden Hospital less than a month later. He was thirty years old. The pictures that he took, and what he had to say about photography: these are of singular importance. As eccentric as their subjects, surreal, hilarious, yet kindly and bittersweet, Tony Ray-Jones' photographs show the gentle madness that overtakes people when they feel they can relax and be their true selves. Born in England, he studied design at Yale and freelanced in the US. When he returned to England he looked afresh at English life and the result is A Day Off, the only collection of his work in book form. Pictured here with a sharp but compassionate eye, are people seriously, doggedly intent on leisure activities: at the seashore, at carnivals, at horse and dog shows, at folk festivals, dances, beauty contests, and at Ascot and Eton--all relaxing at a furious clip.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book has the ISBN 0-500-27034-1 not recognised by Abebooks. 1st (First) Edition softcover book with some slight discolouration (sunlight?) to cover - does not affect contents. Fabulous reportage & street imagery.

Broschiert. 14 S.+ 120 s/w Fotografien. OBrosch. Sprache: Englisch, Vgl. Parr/Badger: The Photobook. - Einband gebrauchsspurig; kleiner Wasserschaden in der unteren Ecke, Seiten leicht wellig (nicht verklebt, nicht verfärbt, nicht berieben); sonst guter Zustand! 2200 Gramm. Buch.

First edition; (263 x 233 mm, 10¼ x 9¼ in); black-and-white photographs, light toning to edges; plain endpapers with production crease to rear pastedown, tan cloth-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt with publisher's device in gilt to upper side, shaken and slightly cocked, photo-illustrated dust-jacket, white, text in black, light wear, light toning to spine and upper panel at spine, a very good copy with a folding Arts Council leaflet for 'The English Seen', a touring exhibition of Tony Ray-Jones photographs; 16, [128]pp. Tony Ray-Jones spent some time in America during the early to mid-1960s, training as a graphic designer at Yale and later with Alexey Brodovitch. On returning to England in 1966, he sought to photograph the 'English Way of life', particularly how people spent their leisure time. In Creative Camera in October 1968, he made an important statement about his attitude to his photographs of the English: 'My aim is to communicate something of the spirit and the mentality of the English, their habits and their way of life, the ironies that exist in the way they do things, partly through tradition and daily anachronisms in an honest and descriptive manner, the visual aspect being directed by the content. For me there is something very special and rather humorous about the "English way of life" and I wish to record it from my particular point of view before it becomes more Americanized. We are at an important stage in our history, having in a sense just been reduced to an island or defrocked and, as De Gaulle remarked, left naked. Nudity is perhaps more revealing of personality than a heavily clothed figure.' The Open Book pp302-3; [French edition] 802 photo books from the Auer collection p583.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The first monograph on this vastly under appreciated British photographer. Published three years after Jones' untimely death at the age of only thirty. Features an introduction by Ainslie Ellis. A brilliant collection of 120 black and white images of daily life in England. A near fine copy in cloth boards with a small former owner's address sticker to the front pastedown that is mostly obscured by the flap of the very near fine price clipped dust jacket. A very nice copy of a relatively uncommon book.

First US edition. Small square 4to. 14, (130) pp. Publisher's photographically illustrated card covers. 120 black and white photographic illustrations. Slight yellowing to the white of the covers, minor bumping to the edges, very good overall. Published the same year and apparently near identical as the first UK edition issued by Thames and Hudson.

First edition. 264x234mm. pp. 14, 120 black and white photographs. Introduction by Ainslie Ellis. Original tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt with publisher's device to upper cover. Light rubbing to head and foot of spine. Original black and white photo illustrated dust-jacket, text printed in black. Slight toning to spine but otherwise a near fine dust jacket. Internally excellent and overall a very good copy of a seminal work of social commentary. A Day Off was published posthumously in 1972. It is a part-finished study dealing with that favourite subject of the English - social class. Tony Ray-Jones uses images of the English at play - from beauty contests in Margate to the opera at Glyndebourne - to show how we divide along class lines. "I want my pictures to bite like the images in Buñuel's films which disturb you while making you think. I want them to have poignancy and sharpness but with humour on top.My aim is to communicate something of the spirit and the mentality of the English, their habits and their way of life, the ironies that exist in the way they do things, partly through tradition and partly through the nature of their environment and mentality".

First edition, first impression, hardback issue, of this seminal work exploring the English at leisure, published posthumously two years after Ray-Jones's death. Quarto. With 120 full-page photographic illustrations. Original tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, motif to front cover gilt. With the photographic dust jacket. A very good copy, extremities a touch rubbed; in the lightly soiled and rubbed original dust jacket.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Befriedigend. ca .120 Seiten, 120 s/w Photografien, Zustand: gut bis befriedigend; Namenzug im Vorsatz; Cover mit Knick MGH1133 Wenn das Buch einen Schutzumschlag hat, ist das ausdrücklich erwähnt. Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mwst. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 698.