Suares andré

AMERICAN ANTHEM

1982 · 23658 — New York City NY: Stewart Tabori & Chang 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket As Issued. New York City NY: Stewart Tabori & Chang 1982. Hardcover. Fine/None As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. Unpaginated. Retrospective collection of photographs with accompanying text. One of the most beautiful art photography books of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by E. L. Doctorow and J. C. Suares: Oversize-volume format. Ribbed pictorial cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on the cover and spine as issued. The design beautifully replicates the American flag. Concept Introductory Essay and hymnal text by E. L. Doctorow. Photographs by J. C. Suares and eighty-one other photographers a Who's Who of 20th-century American photography. All of the images are reproduced "bleed" in full-color and appended "miniature-size" in black-and-white at the End Credits. Printed on thick glossy stock paper by Amilcare Pizzi in Italy to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ as issued. Presents E. L. Doctorow's and Jean-Claude Suares' "American Anthem". Magnificent color photographs accompanied by an Essay and running text by one of the greatest writers of our time. "This is a hymn of praise to the beauty of the American continent and the American people. It is a bold effort to compose by means of color photographs a pictorial anthem of the United States from the snapped moments of its self-revealing character. This is a good thing to be doing these days when we seem to be losing our clarity and crystal purpose as the last best hope of mankind" E. L. Doctorow . His unabashed photographic realization of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" 1855 it is a rather surprising achievement for E. L. Doctorow one of America's fiercest critics when his fellow-Americans get it wrong and lose their way. Doctorow's prose is crisp and elegant in its simplicity. At its best it soars to an eloquence not found elsewhere. An absolute "must-have" title for E. L. Doctorow and photography book collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in his full name publication-year dated holiday-occasioned and inscribed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by the author: "To the Packs of Pound Ridge. With love Edgar Lawrence Doctorow XMas 1982". It is signed directly on the page itself not on a tipped-in page. There is no person-recipient named. Pound Ridge is the legendary golf course club of which Doctorow was apparently a member. This title is a great art photography book. As far as we know this is the only such signed-in-full publication-year dated holiday-occasioned and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and despite its imperfection some rubbing and handling wear on the cloth covers but it's there is still in fine condition: Every single internal page is clean crisp and bright. None of that however is what makes this copy uniquely collectible: This is the only book we have ever found that Doctorow signed with his full name which until now we thought he never did. A rare one-of-a-kind signed copy thus. 82 photographic plates. Some of the greatest American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. SEE ALSO OTHER E. L. DOCTOROW TITLES IN OUR CATALOG. ISBN 0941434168. Stewart, Tabori & Chang hardcover