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Sale 370: Fine Literature with Books from the Collection of Jesse G. Heiges; Inventory of Jeffrey Thomas Pt.II (#370) 12/13/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 12/13/2007 1:00 PM PST

Lot #2Let us now Praise Famous Men

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$750

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Sale 370: Fine Literature with Books from the Collection of Jesse G. Heiges; Inventory of Jeffrey Thomas Pt.II (#370) 12/13/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 12/13/2007 1:00 PM PST

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Title:

Let us now Praise Famous Men

Author:

Agee, James

Place Published:

Boston

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin

Date Published:

1941

Description:

Illustrated with 31 reproductions of photographs by Walker Evans. 8vo. Black cloth, spine lettered in silver, pictorial jacket. First Edition, first printing.

Important and subtle Depression-era collaboration. "In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans went to Alabama to portray in words and photographs the daily life of three typical tenant families...they have put their experiences into a violent and beautiful book; a supremely moving picture of one stratum of American life and the effect of this life on two sensitive observers..." from jacket.

Condition:

Jacket spine sunned, a 1¾x2¼" chip to bottom front panel corner (affecting last names of Agee & Evans), other small chips and tears; shelf wear, faint stains to cloth; generally very good, jacket fair to good. Scarce in jacket.

Item#:

186835

Headline:

Agee & Evans Let us now Praise Famous Men, photos
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