The Americans

by Frank, Robert; Jack Kerouac

$7,500 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

New York: Aperture Grossman, 1969. Hardcover. SIGNED. First revised and enlarged edition, first printing. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with light spots of rubbing at the extremities in a Very Good+ dust jacket with light spots of soiling and light rubbing at the spine folds and edges. A nice copy; that said, the binding of the end papers is inelegant: the rear end papers have a a small patch at the bottom of the gutter where the paper was folded and torn and the binding of the front end papers resulted in a small thin cut to the page at the top of the gutter that extends to the following four pages. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. This, the third edition of one of the most important photobooks of the 20th-century, includes for the first time a section on Franks films which opens with an introduction by Frank followed by production credits, synopsis, and stills from Pull My Daisy, The Sin of Jesus, O.K. End Here and Me and My Brother. Photographs by Robert Frank; introduction by Jack Kerouac. SIGNED BY FRANK on the ffep, placed and dated in 2002; no inscription. Unpaginated [188 pages]; 83 b w plates printed recto only + 6 pages of b w reproductions from film strips; 8.25 x 7.5 inches. First edition ref: Parr Badger; Roth; Auer. For this edition see: Alexander, Robert Frank: A Bibliography, Filmography, and Exhibition Chronology 1946-1985.

• Publisher: Aperture & Grossman
• Year: 1969
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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