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Bendowa Books, Holyoke, MA, U.S.A.
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Square 4to. 191 pages. First Edition, First Printing. A wonderful collection bringing together Gedney's diaries with his photographs from New York, San Francisco, Kentucky, and India. Near Fine in square tight binding. Dust jacket shows light wear to top spine ends, and only the most minimal signs of wear to edges. Near Fine / Very Good+. Seller Inventory # 0265
Title: What Was True: The Photographs and Notebooks...
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Elvis Shakespeare Ltd, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Condition: VG+/VG+. 2000 Lyndhurst First Edition, 1st impression, H/B in Good jacket with small tear at one corner. Seller Inventory # SKU121933/1STED
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Foreword by Maria Friedlander. Square 4to. Pp. 191 pages. Illustrated. Light green cloth lettered in white. Very Good, faint damp-staining to top edges in Very Good+ dust jacket that shows light sunning and smudge to spine, decal-removal scar on rear panel, along with a shallow dent mid-spine. Price of $35 intact on front flap. Gedney died at 56 "leaving behind a lifetime of photographic work. A great deal unknown outside of a few curators . taken primarily in New York, San Francisco, Kentucky and India. They illuminate the rare lyrical vision of the photographer who, while living a highly reclusive personal life, was able to record the lives of others with remarkable sensitivity and poignancy" Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. Seller Inventory # 9538
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Light wear to the dust jacket. Interior is clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # ABE-1730216483573
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported. Seller Inventory # 0393048241-11-1
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Treehorn Books, Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. B and w photos; 10.0 X 9.7 X 1.0 inches; 192 pages. Seller Inventory # 13619
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Quinto Bookshop, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. 192pp. Edited and with an essay by Margaret Sartor; introduction by Maria Friedlander. A near fine copy. *** A posthumous publication of the photographs and notebooks of American photographer William Gedney (1932-1989). Although well-known and respected during his lifetime, this is the first publication on his work; it led to a revival of appreciation for this photographer's photographer. Beautiful b/w photos of his own street and neighborhood in Brooklyn, and further afield in San Francisco and India. Seller Inventory # 002205
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Seller: September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. APPEARS UNREAD. No wear to very large hard back book/dust jacket.D/j still has price corner,.192 pages. Pages are clean and tight. No name or inscription.Heavy item. Seller Inventory # 035139
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Seller: Antiquariat Im Baldreit, Baden-Baden, Germany
1. Auflage,. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, 192 Seiten, Gutes Exemplar Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1107 4°, grau illustrierter OU mit Rückentitel, hellgrüner OPp. Seller Inventory # 67044
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Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No markings. Stated First Edition with a complete number line. Dust jacket is in a protective cover, $35.00 on the front flap. Seller Inventory # 4063171
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Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First edition Who died in 1989, at the young age of 56 leaving behind a lifetime of photographic work. A great deal unknown outside of a few curators. Many of these photographs were taken primarily in New York, San Francisco, Kentucky and India. The illuminate the rare lyrical vision of the photographer who while living a highly reclusive personal life was able to record the lives of others with remarkable sensitivity and poignancy. Has become scarce in the first edition first printing. Fine and bright all around in very close to fine pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Beautifully illustrated with the photographer's black and white photographs highlighted by his own personal text. Seller Inventory # 56255
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