FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL DJ. ** Volume displays mild overall wear and aging to covers and interior. Black cloth covers displays minimal overall scuffing, as well as a little edgewear, with gentle rubbing along lower edges, and a small bump to upper edge on front, near corner. Front board shows minimal dust along head edge. Foot corner on back shows a light bump. Spine features silver lettering, and exhibits some softening to both ends, more pronounced at head, which is also lightly bumped. Binding is secure throughout. First pages of B&W photos are gently age-toned, with some marginal foxing that minimally affects photos. Endpapers are toned and foxed. Foxing is pronounced all along hinges. Interior is gently toned throughout, overall less than illustration pages. One light smudge has been found on fore edge of page 45. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Textblock edges show light commensurate toning, minimal scuffing, as well as a small stain to foot and some dust to foot corner. Fore edge is deckled. Original DJ is wrapped in Mylar and backed with archival paper. DJ displays overall edgewear, with some creases and tears as well as small chips to corners. Head edge on front exhibits a 0.5" vertical closed tear. Spine of DJ is sunned, and shows chipping to ends and rubbing along front shoulder. Spine of DJ also displays a small hole and center rubbing. Back of DJ exhibits toning and overall rubbing and smudges. Book may exhibit additional minor signs of age or wear. ** 471 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. ** Vintage hardcover features original DJ in great condition. ** Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is a book about the life of impoverished American farmers during the Great Depression. The work was born of an assignment the author and the photographer received in 1936, to produce an article for the Fortune magazine on the conditions of life of sharecropper families in the American South during the "Dust Bowl." Agee and Evans set off for their assignment to return with the striking pictures some of which are seen in the present volume, as well as Agee's notes. Although not widely sold at first, the book became a highly influential work that notably inspired Aaron Copland to write his opera The Tender Land and is now studied in the US as a source of both journalistic and literary innovation. Agee's argumentation and his comments on the conditions of life of these farmers, although of little use to the farmers themselves, meant a great deal for the larger public who discovered through his work the poverty and want of these farmers. James Rufus Agee (1909-1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, and screenwriter. He was also one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. Walker Evans (1903-1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration. Many of his works are now part of collections in museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art or George Eastman Museum. (All information for bios and book taken from Wikipedia) ** Book has original DJ. Features 31 pages of B&W photographs at beginning of book. Includes a preface. ** Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. N° de réf. du libraire 008797
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