Robert Frank

Jack Kerouac

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. German translation by Barbara Kinter. Dust jacket design by Robert Delpire. Christian Verlag, München, 1986. 179 pp. Quarto. First edition thus. Clothbound with debossed 'Frank' title (matches dust jacket). Black-and-white reproductions printed by Jean Genoud, Lausanne, Switzerland

Black cloth with white lettering. Small oblong quarto. 9.8 x 8.7. 83 b&w plates.

The first appearance of Frank's über classic in a German edition. If you ever wanted your Kerouac in German...
"...mit seiner kleinen Kamera, die er mit einer Hand hochhebt und klicken läßt, er hat aus Amerika en trauriges Gedict gesogen und es auf Film gebannt und damit einen Platz unter den tragischen Dichtern der Welt errungen. Etc.....
...here it is.

An excellent copy of this beautifully reproduced Frank monograph. Fine/Near Fine. Light wear and some creases to the dustjacket. DJ is taped to the book. This can removed with care. Some light tanning to the edges. Internally bright and clean. Tight sewn binding. Text in German. A great and beautiful copy of this later edition of Frank's seminal collection. Proud to own.

A true find.

Scarce.

German edition. First Edition.    

Hard to obtain in any condition.