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Salisbury, Harrison. Moscow. Crown Publishers, New York, NY, 1964.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Presumed first printing of the first edition. Printed and presumed bound in Japan. 13.75 x 10.25 inches. Light beige cloth hardboards, with crisp red and black lettering to the spine. Generally unbumped spine head and tail, and somewhat bumped lower corners. Moderate soiling to the boards. Text block firmly bound in. With an introduction by Harrison Salisbury and caption info by Klein. 184 numbered pages, with numerous B&W photo-plates, some full-page and some double-page. Part 1, Muscovites; Part 2, Privileged Class; Part 3, Parks and Palaces; Part 4, Streets. The front FEP with the names in ink of three previous owners. Occasional very light fingering marks to the white margins, almost imperceptible. Else a very clean book, inside and out. No foxing or age-yellowing observed. Gently read. The dust jacket is missing. A Very Good copy. 3 lbs. 8 oz. weight. William Klein [1926-2022] was an American-born French photographer and filmmaker noted for his ironic approach to both media - photos and films - and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography. From the library of Marshall Winokur [1942-2022]. He was a recognized collector of books and postcards on Russia and the Soviet Union. His research on Russian culture and the fate of Russian Orthodox churches, convents and monasteries under the Soviet regime led to numerous publications, fellowships, and talks, and found expression in his collection of over 25,000 postcards depicting life in the Russian Empire, a collection now available at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (the Winokur-Munblit collection of the Russian Empire postcards).
Seller: Marc Sena Carrel, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: white cloth boards w/ red & black spine printing. 184 pp., profusely illus. in BW. Photo is of a PREVIOUS copy; this copy is NOT ex-library; front cover does not have the scuffed/scratched patterns; dust-jacket present, albeit in a rough, non-presentation quality. Presents photographs of the people and streets of Moscow in the early 1960s, as documented by American-born French photographer William Klein. With an introduction by Harrison E. Salisbury, and caption info by Klein. Most of the book is of photographs, and most of them are full-page and to the edge. Good/Fair (cloth scuffed, scratched & smudged; instances of speckled foxing. spine ends bumped & rubbed. corners rubbed. tanning & foxing to textblock edges. pgs tanning. dustjacket is highly tanned, scuffed, smudged & foxed; upper edges torn, chipped & curled; tear to lower corner; foxing to interior w/ dampstaining to lower spine; previous bookstore pen price to interior flap)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
William Klein. Moscow. Crown Publishers, 1964.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is a First Edition of William Kliens Moscow. There is no Dust Jacket but book is in fine condition.
Seller: Marys Old is Better Shop, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
Klein, William. Moscow. Crown Publishers, Inc., Japan, 1964., 1964.
Price: US$263.10 + shipping
Description: Cloth. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Forward by Harrison Salisbury. "About the illustrations" by Klein. Corners and spine are minimally bumped. Spine and binding are tight. Boards are white. Photographs are in black anc white and fill each oversized page.
Seller: Librería Pérez Galdós, Madrid, Spain
Klein, William. Moscow. Crown Publishers, New York, 1964.
Price: US$265.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: White folio; 184 p, b&w illus; 36 cm. Excellent photography in high quality reproductions. Lacks dust jacket. || Photographs; Moscow. Mildly discolored at top edge, barely rubbed corners, faint marks/scratches to boards, small red mark to spine, else very good+ to near fine(-). Binding tight; pages clean. No DJ. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated).
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Klein, William. Moscow. Crown Publishers, New York, 1964.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio white cloth. Lettered in red and black to the spine. Reproduces Klein's photographs in a large format on nearly every page. The lower corners are bumped, a couple of small bumps along the lower cover edges. Near the upper and lower cover edges, there are a few pale, yellowed, small marks from old tape. These are quite minor. The interior is quite clean and tight. The dust jacket has two long, vertical tears to the front panel. Other minor wear. A small chip to the lower, rear edge. Some soiling. Price clipped. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 184 pages
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Klein, William. Moscow. Crown Publishers, Inc, New York, N.Y., 1964.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Off-white DJ with red and black lettering; white boards with red and black lettering on the spine; 184 pp.; richly illustrated. Really nice pictorial work depicting everyday life during a bygone era in Moscow. Good (Ex-Library from Visual Studies Workshop, with sticker on lower spine of DJ and a sticker on rear pastedown; DJ is heavily worn and a large chip is missing from the top-right; there is edgewear to the DJ, including some closed tears, but is reinforced with clear mylar; front cover has a severe bump on the bottom-right corner, and is smudged/edgeworn/scuffed; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged lightly; rear hinge is cracked, but reinforced with old tape; interior is clean, but lightly toned with occasional smudging/scuffing; textblock is solid.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
William Klein. William Klein: Moscow. Crown Publishers, Inc, New York, 1964.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 184 pp. Bound in boards with dust jacket. The jacket with several small chips and tears along the edges. Gift inscription and plate on the fly leaf.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Klein, William. MOSCOW (Signed). Crown Publishers,, 1964.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This copy is signed and inscribed with a small drawing by William Klein. All done in artistic fashion. In a small cluster. First edition of the 3rd of William Klein's 4 seminal "city" books. Lacking the dust jacket. Light cover wear,
Seller: Rob Warren Books, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Klein, William. Moscow. Crown Publishers, E-356, 1964.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 4to. Published by Crown Publishers, Inc, New York. 1964. 184 pgs. Illustrated with numerous black and white photos. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The third of William Klein's four city books, with hundreds of striking black-and-white photos of Moscow at the height of the Cold War. Klein has also provided interesting commentary on the photos. William Klein (born April 19, 1928) is an American-born French photographer and filmmaker noted for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography. He was ranked 25th on Professional Photographer's list of 100 most influential photographers. EB; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 184 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$602.94 + shipping
Description: In-4° (355x260mm), pp. 184 interamente illustrate con fotografie in b.n. di William Klein. Legatura editoriale t. tela con sovraccoperta nera con ideogramma in rosso. Perfetto stato. Prima edizione. Here is Tokyo. Not Tokyo for the tourist or Tokyo or travel posters, but everyday Tokyo in all its contradictions, discords, beauty, and appeal (dal risvolto di sovraccoperta). "Like Hokusai, William Klein has created a Mangaa sudden throng of images, faces, streets, crowds, and attitudes, intense and confused, where the past merges with the future in an uproar of appearances. All are instantaneously caught, still moving, alive, and gesturing" (Maurice Pinguet). William Klein's lasting legacy to photography will be his four city books: New York (1956), Rome (1959), Tokyo and Moscow (both 1964).Tokyo is my favourite, not least because it sees Klein returning to the city whose photographic culture he helped to revolutionize. In 1964 Tokyo was the most populous city on earth and the world's media were about to descend to cover the Olympic Games. Three years later James Bond arrived in You Only Live Twice, sealing a popular iconography for Tokyo that barely seems to have changed. Klein's assessment of the city incorporates every Tokyo cliché but in pushing them to breaking point it soars above them too.After New York and Rome Klein increased his page size so that when you open up the full-bleed double spreads of Tokyo they are more than half a metre wide. With those dense, complex compositions in your lap you feel like you're up close to a huge mural, not a page.this is where Klein is at his best, achieving the most powerful effects with the most unlikely material. I've no idea why he was in attendance at a meeting of an agricultural committee or how he got so close to the ceiling but his shot through a chandelier of bored bureaucrats in session is such a photographic joy. It is difficult to look at it and not imagine Klein muttering to himself: 'Jeeeesus this is boring! What can I do here? Ah, a chandelier! '.Of all his books it is Tokyo I take down from the shelf most often. It's so rich, so relentlessly inventive that I can never remember it all and find myself constantly surprised. It was published in New York and Tokyo. I've no idea how Tokyo received it. No doubt it was measured against the experience of those who lived there. For the rest who saw it in 1964 I imagine it was seductive, bewildering, breathless, cacophonous, grotesque, gorgeous, informative and very intelligent. It is still. (David Campany, William Klein Abc). Inglese
Seller: Gilibert Libreria Antiquaria (ILAB), Torino, TO, Italy
Price: US$775.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 9, [1], 15-184 pp. ; 32 cm. ; folio ; illustrated with 183 black and white photographs ; 28 cm. ; LCCN: 64-21769 ; OCLC: 1691744 ; LC: DS896.5; Dewey: 915.2135 ; black cloth with red and white lettering, in like-colored dustjacket ; edge wear to dustjacket ; slight edge wear to bottom of spine ; black ink mark-through of two lines on front ep ; This is one of the epoch-making photojournalistic photo-essays by photographer William Klein--who also photo-documented Moscow, New York and Rome as pa rt of this series--whose photos cut through the Japanese masks of tatame and hone to reveal the inner character of the Japanese people. ; A monumental photographic achievement that forever changed the approach to photojournalism ; text in English ; scarce ; VG/G
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition (English), first printing. Signed in black marker on the half-title page by Klein. Hardcover. Fine white linen cloth, with debossed title stamped in red and black on spine, with red endpapers and photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs and notes on the plates by William Klein. Preface by Harrison E. Salisbury. 184 pp., with numerous black and white plates, beautifully printed in rich photogravure. 14 x 10-3/8 inches. [Cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Open Book. (Göteborg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center in association with Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, Germany, 2004).]. Good (boards slightly splayed, moderate soiling and scuffing to the edges, binding loose, dealer sticker on front free-endpaper, red chop-mark on half-title page, plates are clean), in Good dust jacket (top edge is worn and curled, 3/4-inch chips missing from crown and heel of spine, 1/2-inch chip missing from upper left rear corner, 5-inch closed tear extending down from the crown of the spine across the front of the jacket, three 2-inch closed tears along top edge, stray marks and abrasions). One of Klein's five 'city books,' which include: New York (1956); Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964); Moscow (1964) and Torino '90 (1990). Signed by Author.
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.