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MEISELAS, Susan. Carnival Strippers [Signed first edition]. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1976.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 8.75 x 10 inches. 150 pages. Original silver cloth; original fragile printed dust jacket. Meiselas' pioneering first book, a collection of black-and-white photographs documenting Meiselas's three-year travels to strip shows. "Meiselas portrayed the women and men caught up in this world with great sensitivity, balance and respect making 'Carnival Strippers' a remarkably human document" (Roth 238-239). A very good copy in silver paper covered boards with some light bumping to the top right corners and some faint foxing to the preliminary pages and in an about very good dust jacket with a large chip to the top of the front panel and with some other edge tears and wear. Despite the flaws a solid copy of a book that is very prone to wear and is seldom found in anything approaching fine condition First edition and first printing, signed by Meiselas on the title-page at a later date.
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
MEISELAS, Susan. Carnival Strippers.. New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1976, 1976.
Price: US$452.06 + shipping
Description: First edition, states first printing. In original dust jacket. Signed by Susan Meiselas to the title page, dated 2003. An intimate documentary of seventy-three b/w photographs that follow the lives of a group of honest and open women who worked the travelling girl shows in New England, Pennsylvania and South Carolina during the 1970s. Meiselass candid interviews with the strippers, their boyfriends, the show managers, and the men who paying shows, makes this a fascinating book. Silver hardback book in good condition, and dust wrapper with a few edge creases and a small loss to the back. Overall very good. 230 x 265 mm (9 x 10½ inches) . Première édition, première impression. En jaquette d'origine. Signé par Susan Meiselas sur la page de titre, daté de 2003. Un documentaire intime composé de soixante-treize photographies en noir et blanc et d'interviews qui suivent la vie d'un groupe de femmes honnêtes et ouvertes qui ont travaillé dans les expositions itinérantes de filles en Nouvelle-Angleterre, en Pennsylvanie et en Caroline du Sud au cours des années 1970. Livre relié argenté en bon état, et jaquette avec quelques plis sur les bords et une petite perte au dos. Dans l'ensemble, très bon état. 230 x 265 mm
Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France
Meiselas, Susan. Carnival Strippers. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1976.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Author, "For S----, Collecting is crazy + wonderful." Dated "Seattle 4/6/17". First Edition, stated First Printing 1976. Minor wear on Dust Jacket, short tears and creasing on edges, $15.00 price is present on front flap. Boards in VG condition. Binding is tight. Pages are clean.
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.