Robert Frank
SIGNED Robert Frank
Jack Kerouac
The Americans
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Zurich. Scalo. Third scalo edition. 1998. The first Scalo edition was issued in 1993. Hardcover with the dust jacket. SIGNED by Robert Frank on the title page. Wonderful b/w photographs of American life across the country. Robert Frank captures the culture and environment of rural and urban America. Introduced by Jack Kerouac. Very good in a very good plus dust jacket.
This landmark collection from Robert Frank inspired artists from Nan Golden to Lee Friedlander. Robert Frank's plaintive black and white images captured the stark sense of aimlessness that undercut the seemingly upward boom of the 1950’s. "That crazy feeling in
Jack Kerouac's preface to the original American edition lauded Frank's ability to suck 'a sad poem right out of
The Scalo hardcover edition has black cloth with white lettering on the spine. The dust jacket is also black with white lettering and an image of an American flag on the front.
Hardcover in dust jacket. Boards are clean and bright with minimal wear. Ding to top edge front board. Ding to side edge rear board. Internally, clean and crisp. Handled with great care. The dust jacket is complete with several light scratches visible in the light. Ding to the rear DJ fold corresponding to the same blemish on the edge. The DJ back cover has several scuff marks from sliding the book in and out of the shelf. Not price clipped. Internally, tanning to page edges. Nice tight binding. A classic book.
Scarce SIGNED copy.