Juke Joint: Photographs by Birney Imes, Limited Edition [SIGNED by Birney Imes and Richard Ford]

IMES, Birney, FORD, Richard

ISBN 10: 0878054405 / ISBN 13: 9780878054404

Published by University Press of Mississippi, Jackson and London, 1990

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 100 numbered and 26 lettered copies (this being copy number 21), numbered and signed on the limitation page by Birney Imes and Richard Ford. Hardcover. Black cloth-covered boards with title debossed on cover; no dust jacket as issued (for the limited edition); contained in a photographically illustrated paper-covered slipcase. Photographs and Afterword by Birney Imes. Introduction by Richard Ford. Unpaginated (126 pp.), with 58 four-color plates. 10-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches. Fine in Near Fine slipcase (moderate surface wear and wear to the extremities, else Fine). Imes' colorful photographs of African-American juke joints in Mississippi reveal the sometimes derelict spaces as works of art in and of themselves. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 107230

Bibliographic Details

Title: Juke Joint: Photographs by Birney Imes, ...

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, Jackson and London

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket as issued

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Gathers photographs of taverns and cafes in rural Mississippi, and discusses what they reveal about Delta life

About the Author:

Birney Imes has had photographs exhibited in solo shows in the U.S. and in Europe, and his work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. With the help of his son, Peter, he manages a newspaper that has been in his family four generations.