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Let us now praise famous men

Title
Let us now praise famous men / James Agee ; Walker Evans.
Author
Agee, James, 1909-1955.
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1941

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Additional Authors
  • Evans, Walker, 1903-1975.
  • Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.
Description
xvi, 471 p., [31] p. of plates : ill.; 21 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Three tenant families
  • Let us now praise famous men : three tenant families
Subjects
Genre/Form
Photobooks.
Note
  • "This volume is designed in two intentions: as the beginning of a larger piece of work; and to stand of itself, independent of any such further work as may be done ... The title of the work as a whole, this volume included, is 'Three tenant families'"--P. viii.
  • The illustrations comprise 31 black-and-white reproductions of photographs by Walker Evans, bound in preceding the title page.
  • "Photographs reproduced through the courtesy of Farm Security Administration, United States Department of Agriculture"--P. [i].
Indexed In (note)
  • First printings of Amer. authors
  • Parr & Badger. Photobook
  • Aletti & Strauss. Book of 101 books
Provenance (note)
  • Presentation copy, inscribed, from the author to Alfred Kazin; with the latter's ms. note (p. [44]), marginal scoring and underlining.
  • From the collection of Bill Diodato.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's black cloth boards; in illustrated book jacket, with publisher's advertisements captioned "Books for your library" on back of jacket.
Call Number
Berg Coll 89-526
LCCN
41013770 //r85
OCLC
  • 3492994
  • NYPG89-B46096
Author
Agee, James, 1909-1955.
Title
Let us now praise famous men / James Agee ; Walker Evans.
Imprint
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1941 (Cambridge, Mass. : Riverside Press)
Indexed In:
First printings of Amer. authors, I, page 1
Parr & Badger. Photobook, I, page 144
Aletti & Strauss. Book of 101 books, pages 108-109
Provenance
Berg Coll. copy: Presentation copy, inscribed, from the author to Alfred Kazin; with the latter's ms. note (p. [44]), marginal scoring and underlining.
Photography Coll. copy: From the collection of Bill Diodato.
Binding
Publisher's black cloth boards; in illustrated book jacket, with publisher's advertisements captioned "Books for your library" on back of jacket.
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Place of Publication
United States Massachusetts Boston.
United States Massachusetts Cambridge.
Added Author
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.
Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998, former owner. (Berg Coll. copy)
Diodato, Bill, former owner. (Photography Coll. copy)
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 89-526
MFXZ (Evans) 14-3033
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