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Carl Sandburg; Edward Steichen. Steichen the Photographer. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: tall case. #319/925cc, signed by Carl Sandburg and Edward Steichen. Shelfworn.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Steichen, Edward and Carl Sandburg.. STEICHEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER.. Harcourt Brace & Co: NY, 1929.
Price: US$1725.00 + shipping
Description: Full page photos, 12.5 x 9.5, gilt lettered black cloth, 70 pp + photos, covers rubbed and worn, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, spine a little cocked, hinges quite loose, front inner hinge cracking pp toned -- a used copy but LIMITED TO 925 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY STEICHEN AND SANDBURG. Sandburg married Steichen's sister.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Carl Sandberg. The Photographer. Harcourt Brace, 1929.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This hardcover book, published in 1929, is marked a Limited First Edition. It is number 289 of 925 copies and is signed by both the author, Carl Sandburg, and the subject, Edward Steichen. It is in Near Fine condition. The cover has very light wear to the corners and edges. There is no dust jacket. The pages are all clean as a whistle. No foxing and no markings, except for the signatures and the reverse of Sandburg's signature in a light shadow on the facing page after the book was closed before the ink was totally dry. The spine is strong and tight. See the pictures of this outstanding volume. The book comes from a smoke free home. I will ship the book with Media Mail through the US Post Office within 2 business days, usually sooner
Seller: MazFamily, Longwood, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: 648/925 signed by Sandberg and Steichen on colophon. Folio. 70pp. Unpaginated part with photogravure plates. Original black cloth with gilt ruling and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece photogravure. First major monograph devoted to Steichen with fourty-nine photogravures, incl. frontispiece. Extraordinary portraits of Gloria Swanson, Fred Astaire, Charlie Chaplin, Isadora Duncan, the iconic portrait of Greta Garbo, to name a few, plus still lives, nature shots, and a variety of other scenarios, incl. advertising. Lacking slipcase. Binding with some wear along edges, some fraying at bottom corner at foredge, lesser at top and tail of spine. Horizontal tear through leaf with pages 23 and 24, no loss of text. Block with some age-toning, not affecting images. Binding in overall good, images in near fine condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl; Edward Steichen. Steichen the Photographer. Harcourt, Brace, E-147, 1929.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. 4to. Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1929. Illustrated with Black and White Plates by Edward Steichen. #154 of a limited edition of 925 copies. Text by Carl Sandburg. Signed by both Edward Steichen and Carl Sandburg on the limitation page. Bound in cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Light toning present to the text block. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Essay (70 pgs. ) by Sandburg preceding 49 gravure reproductions of Steichen's photographs. The subjects include Charlie Chaplin, H. L. Mencken, Gloria Swanson, Isadora Duncan, Lillian Gish, Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Lawrence, Ruth Draper, Paul Robson. One of the great photographic monographs. Vince Aletti describes it as, "a sumptuous book which includes a broad and cleverly sequenced array of Steichen s work handsomely printed in warm sepia tones." "Each image is preceded by a separate title page, suggesting a portfolio of fine-art reproductions rather than the usual hectic treatment of photographs in the mass media; here we are made to understand every picture that deserves serious contemplation." Roth 101. E-147; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 70 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Steichen, Edward; Sandburg, Carl. Steichen : The Photographer. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1929.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by both Steichen and Sandburg #415 of 925 copies issued, 1929 Harcourt Brace in lightly worn original slipcase as issued. Tight binding no extraneous marks, clean and square. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Steichen, Edward; Sandburg, Carl. Steichen : The Photographer. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1929.
Price: US$2495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good, Black cloth binding Limited edition #223/ 950 copies SIGNED by Edward Steichen and Carl Sandburg Size: Folio
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Steichen The Photographer. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$2495.00 + shipping
Description: 70 pages in text. 32 x 25 cm. Limited edition, copy 27 of 925, signed by Steichen and Sandburg. Frontispiece and 48 full-page photogravure, each with titled cover sheet. The text is by Sandburg who notes, J. Walter Thompson signed an exclusive contract with Steichen, paying as much as $1000.00 for a single photograph. Edward Jean Steichen, born in Luxembourg was one of the most prolific and influential figures in the history of photography. Signature front cover pastedown, very slight rubbing to spine extremities.
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2881.94 + shipping
Description: First and limited edition, one of 925 numbered copies signed by Steichen and Sandburg. The first monograph devoted to Steichen's work, and included in Roth's The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century: "Sandburg's folksy modesty is a bit at odds with the solemnity and sumptuousness of the book itself, which includes a broad and cleverly sequenced array of Steichen's work handsomely printed in warm sepia tones". Roth, The Book of 101 Books, pp. 54-57. Quarto. Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine and front cover. Portrait frontispiece of Steichen and 48 photogravure plates. Very minor fading to spine tips and corners, otherwise a lovely bright, near fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Sandburg, Carl. Steichen the Photographer. Harcourt Brace and Company (1929), New York, 1929.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarto, 48 full page photogravures each with a preceding leaf as a title. 1/925 numbered copies signed by Steichen and Sandburg this copy #329. This copy additionally inscribed by Sandburg on the front fly leaf "Dear Alan - wishing you good traveling herein = Carl" A fine bright copy in black cloth. Its more than possible that Alan was the Rev.Alan Jenkins (1903-1971) who was a member of the Amherst College Class of 1924 later the pastor of the First Congregational Church Galesburg Ill (1936 and Sandburg's home town). He wrote on Sandburg and formed a friendship, serving in the board of directors of the Carl Sandburg Association. His papers are at Amherst.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
SANDBURG, Carl. Steichen the Photographer. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: 49 photogravures. Small folio, black cloth stamped in gilt. New York: Harcourt Brace, (1929). The first large monograph of Steichen's work. One of 925 numbered copies, signed by Sandburg & Steichen. There are some very light stains on the fore-edge and minor shelf wear, but a very good(+) solid copy of an imporrtant book.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Number 901 from an edition of only 925 copies. The first major monograph on Steichen. A stunning production which shows the wide range of his talents and includes portraiture, abstractions and pastoral scenes. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards and with some very faint scattered foxing to the page edges in an about very good example of the scarce tissue jacket that is also foxed and with a number of chips and tears. Lacking the very scarce slipcase. Signed by both Steichen and Sandburg on the limitation page. A very nice copy of this classic. (Roth 54-57) This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl.. Steichen the Photographer.. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$3200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition, #867/925 copies, Numbered and SIGNED by Sandburg on the preliminary colophon leaf. A Fine copy in black canvas cloth stamped in gilt at spine and on front cover, with vertical gilt rules, in publisher's black paper covered slipcase. Without dustwrapper as issued. Essay (70pp.) by Sandburg preceding 49 gravure reproductions of Steichen's photographs. The subjects include Charlie Chaplin, H.L. Mencken, Gloria Swanson, Isadora Duncan, Lillian Gish, Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Lawrence, Ruth Draper, Paul Robson. One of the great photographic monographs. Roth 101. Scare in this condition with original (worn) slipcase. Q07533
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
STEICHEN, EDWARD & CARL SANDBURG. Steichen the Photographer. New York Harcourt Brace 1929, 1929.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Copy number 457 of 925 numbered copies signed by Edward Steichen and Carl Sandburg. The first major monograph devoted to SteichenÕs work, featuring 49 photogravures, including the great iconic image of Greta Garbo with her hands placed to the sides of her head. Tiny vintage bookstore label in the bottom left hand corner of the front flyleaf. A very good plus to near fine copy with the gilt-stamping on the spine and cover still bright and fresh.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. Copy #457 of 926 numbered copies signed by Edward Steichen and Carl Sandburg. The first major monograph devoted to Steichen's work, featuring 49 photogravures, including the great iconic image of Greta Garbo with her hands placed to the sides of her head. Tiny vintage bookstore label in the bottom left hand corner of the front flyleaf. A very good+ to near fine copy with the gilt-stamping on the spine and cover still bright and fresh. (B); Signed by Author(s)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.