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Avedon, Richard.. Portraits.. Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus and Giroux [1976], New York, 1976.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Second Printing of the paperbound issue. A Fine copy in glossy laminated white wrappers lettered in grey, corners straight and sharp, slight toning to spine panel. Flamboyantly SIGNED by Avedon, in his usual manner in black marker, on the first blank leaf, and dated in 1980. Introductory Essay by Harold Rosenberg. 83 full frame black and white view-camera prints in reproduction--several as spliced group portraits presented as gatefolds--in unpaginated format. Many famous subjects. Q08496
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Avedon, Richard.. Portraits.. Noonday Press/Farrar, Straus and Giroux [1976], New York, 1976.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Second Printing, 1977. A Fine copy in stiff glossy white wrappers. Some minor toning of the spine panel. SIGNED by Avedon on the first blank leaf, and dated 1980. Unpaginated. With an introductory essay by Harold Rosenberg. Q07653
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Avedon, Richard; essay by Harold Rosenberg. Portraits. N.Y.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition stated. Binding tight; pages clean; a bit of toning to tops of boards. Price-clipped DJ shows a touch of shelfwear; looks nice in Brodart cover. Inscribed by Avedon to p/o on front endpaper and dated Xmas 76. Nice copy of the great photographer's first solo book. 9 x 12".
Seller: Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Richard Avedon. Portraits. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed by Avedon: "For Walter, From Dick". Some foxing, prev owner name. VG+
Seller: Apport Used Books, Emmaus, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED BY RICHARD AVEDON IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION along the front free endpaper. A solid, very well-preserved copy to boot of the 1976 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (very light offsetting along the edges) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with very light soilig to the rear panel. Tall quarto, Introductory essay ("Portraits: a Meditation on Likeness") by Harold Rosenberg. Avedon's remarkable portraits, in crisp black-and-white, throughout.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Avedon, Richard. Portraits. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$280.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED! NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1976. Stated 1st edition. Hardcover 4to unpaginated. B/w plates, some fold-out. Signed by Avedon on bottom of front endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Top corners bumped. Top edge of covers toned and foxed and slight foxing at bottom edge. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket toned and lightly soiled. 3 pgs from Newsweek 1978 of Avedon photos laid in with part of an article about Avedon. (Portrait Photography) Inquire if you need further information.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Avedon, Richard; Harold Rosenberg. Portraits (SIGNED). Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1976.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED and dated "Avedon 76" on front endpaper by Richard Avedon. 57 full page black and white photographs, including fold-outs. With an essay by Harold Rosenberg. Tight binding, clean pages. A hint of light shelf wear to slightly age-toned dustjacket (typical for this book) with a few minor spots to rear, and a stain to bottom of boards, otherwise an excellent copy of the First Printing of the First Edition now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. ; 4to; Unpaginated pages; Signed by Author
Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Avedon, Richard.. Portraits.. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1976.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in white cloth, white and silver-grey dustwrapper, not price-clipped. SIGNED and dated 1980 by Avedon on the free front endpaper. 70 full page plates (at the 8x10" format, plus three multi-frame group portrait gate-fold-outs, with a preliminary essay "Portraits: A Meditation on Likeness" by Harold Rosenberg Q15593
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Avedon, Richard. Portraits. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1976.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Avedon and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's white cloth with spine lettered in gray. Fine, in Fine dust jacket, with faint wear. A fantastic copy. An oversized item, international shipping charged may be extra.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: White cloth; dust jacket; 4to; with numerous b/w photographic portraits, some folding. Inscribed by Avedon on the FFEP. Spine tips and corners gently bumped, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket faintly rubbed and scratched; tiny chip at top edge of rear panel; VG+ in mylar, not price-clipped.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
AVEDON, Richard. Portraits. The Noonday Press/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: AVEDON, Richard Inscribed on FFEP: Jacob. 11.10.79 The Noonday Press/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1977 Second Printing 12" x 9" In a collection of austere portraits of personalities including Dwight Eisenhower, Truman Capote, Rose Mary Woods, and Andy Warhol, Avedon demonstrates his aim to retain the sitter's identity and solidity of being without using illusionistic effects.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Harold Rosenberg. Portraits Richard Avedon. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Near Fine copy Signed & dated by Richard Avedon.Inscribed at the back of book possibly by John Ford. Tiny closed tear lower dj.Some light "yellowing" around the dj.Price-clipped.Interior is Fine.
Seller: Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.