Josef prosek eds (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good- to vg+. 1961. Quarto. (9)pp., 84 photographic plates, interspersed with ten two page introductions of the photographers, (2)pp. Eight printed pages of the text in Cyrillic script laid in. Original white cloth with geometric illustration in black and red on cover, black lettering on spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket, white lettering on spine, protected by modern mylar. Red endpapers. Half-title and title page with publisher's device. Introducing work of the pioneers of photography. "those who were leading their field yesterday, or are leading in it, today." Miroslav Hák, Josef Prosek, Jan Lukas, Eva Fuková, Josef Sudek, Václav Chochola, Jindrich Brok, Karol Kállay, Tibor Honty, Jaroslav Pacovsky and Karel Ludwig. The striking photographs are rendered in photogravure preceded by short texts including biographical data, summary of the attributes of the photographers work and lists of titles included in this collection. Laid in stapled eight pages of text in Cyrillic script. Text in German, English and French. Dustjacket with wear along edges, some light creasing and chipping along edges and closed tears on front cover, one three inches, the other one and a half inches long. Dustjacket reinforced with brown tape on inside at tears. Binding with age-toning along top and bottom edges, lightly rubbed and small stain on back cover. Dustjacket in overall good-, binding in good, interior in very good, photographs in very good+ condition.…