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Published by Farrar, Straus & Co, NY, 1956
Seller: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Margaret Bourke-White (illustrator). 1st Printing. Has DJ (edge wear).
Publication Date: 1956
Seller: Preserving Christian Publications, Inc, Boonville, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: binding (fair) pages (good). 1956 234 pages illustrated.
Publication Date: 1956
Seller: Preserving Christian Publications, Inc, Boonville, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: dust jacket (good). 1956 234 pages illustrated.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 236 pages. Features text by John LaFarge, S.J. Includes numerous black and white images by Margaret Bourke-White. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine with some minor wear. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bourke-White, Margaret (illustrator). 238 page hardcover with many photo illustrations by Margaret Bourke-White. Origins and mission explained, and a section at the end by Bourke-White about the experience of doing the illustrations. Dust jacket is complete and clean - just slight wear. good to very good condition. Exterior is black cloth and teal boards with title on spine in gold. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.
Published by Farrar Straus and Cudahy, First edition, 1956
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover with price-clipped dustjacket in protective plastic overwrap; 238 pages; very good condition; light edgewear to dj; small stain to outer edge of pages opposite spine; owner s name first page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Bourke-White, Margaret (Photographer) (illustrator). First Edition. This ex-library book has a library bookplate and a discard stamp on the free front endpaper. The back endpapers have a discard stamp and the remains of a library card pocket. The bottom of both covers of the book has a stain and the spine has call numbers. The dust jacket has a protective vinyl cover, however, the bottom of the spinie is torn, near the call number. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Published by Farrar Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bourke-White, Margaret (illustrator). Stated First Printing. 237 pages, b/w photos by Margaret Bourke-White, 8vo, blue boards/black cloth. Very good, cover corners lightly bumped, light horizontal crease; dust jacket good, short edge tears, light wear. Gift note half-title signed John McBride, S.J. (director Jesuit Seminary Association).
Published by Farrar, Straus, 1956
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Margaret Bourke-White (illustrator). First Edition. Small nicks at jacket rear. Out of print. Binding is cloth.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Grey paper backed in black cloth, in black dust jacket; [vi],236,[2]pp; black and white photos throughout. One or two bumps to corners and edges, light dustiness at base of spine, internally clean: Near Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed with tiny chips at spine ends, short tear to upper spine fold, toned at edges: around Very Good.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, NY, 1956
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcovers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first prnt. Photographs by Margaret Bourke-White. Signed by Bourke-White on the front free endpage. Also inscribed by Roger White, her younger brother, on the page. "to Walter Denilow 9/4/56 with the thought that you especially might enjoy this. Roger White." Spine topedge cloth very slightly pushed and faint, beginning toning on the pastedown and endpage front and back hinges. Dustjacket with minimal edgewear, mostly at the corners, chipping at the spine ends and beginning toning on the flap folds. Very Good conditioin in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Farrar , Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Bourke-White, Margaret (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by both John LaFarge and Margaret Bourke-White on the first free endpaper. Inscribed additionally by Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) to Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973) on the second free endpaper in year of publication, "For Eliot and Joan Merry Xmas to my beloved Elisofon family. Peggy. Xmas 1956." Elisofon was active as a photographer from 1935 through his death in 1973 and was a staff photographer/correspondent for LIFE Magazine from 1942 through 1972. Elisofon and Bourke-White would have been colleagues at LIFE Magazine. During his time with LIFE Elisofon pursued freelance projects including a deep interest in Africa and developed an interest and expertise in African Art. Elisofon also spent time as a color consultant in Hollywood. Major collections of his work are held by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. First Printing. 236 pp. 8vo. Scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, small chips at edges, 1/2" tear at head of spine along front hinge of dust jacket, 1" tear at base of lower right corner along front flap, now in mylar cover. Very clean within.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1956
First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE on the 2nd blank endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1956 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in its duotoe cloth. And in a bright, price-intact ($4.50), VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very mild darkening and soiling along the rear panel. Octavo, dozens and dozens of crisp black-and-white Bourke-White photos thruout.