Frank, Robert

Americans [2008 Steidl 1ST EDITION WITH RED BAND]

Steidl, 2008. First Thus. Hardcover. Gottingen, Germany: Gerhard Steidl Druckerei Und Verlag, 2008. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket and red wrap-around band. First Edition (stated), First Printing of the Steidl reissue. 180 pages with numerous black and white photographic images.50th-Anniversary Edition of the photographer's classic. Photographs by Robert Frank. Introductory Essay by Jack Kerouac. Book Condition: Near Fine; a solid, clean copy with a slight lean to textblock in a Nesr Fine lightly rubbed and soiled dust jacket with a Near Fine red obu showing rubbing and wear.

1958's "The Americans" is the book that established legendary Swiss photographer/filmaker Robert Frank's reputation as one of the great socially conscious post-war essayists. Combined with Jack Kerouac's legendary in your face introduction ("Anybody doesnt like these pitchers dont like potry, see?" ), Frank's images reveal an emerging cold war superpower wrestling with its past as it hurtles toward a decade of tumultuous change. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #11172
ISBN: 386521584X

Price: $200.00