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Richard Avedon & James Baldwin
NOTHING PERSONALPhotographs by Richard Avedon
Text by James Baldwin1964Canadian issue published by McClelland & Stewart
Printed in Lucerne, SwitzerlandLarge-format hardcover photobook.Original 1964 publication of Richard Avedon and James Baldwin\'s landmark collaboration Nothing Personal.Avedon\'s photographs are paired with Baldwin\'s text in an examination of American identity, race, politics, celebrity, aging, institutional life, relationships, and social isolation during the early 1960s.The original book was designed by Marvin Israel and presents Avedon\'s black-and-white photographs in a carefully sequenced large-format presentation.Subjects represented in the work range from prominent political and cultural figures to civil-rights figures, ordinary Americans, institutionalized patients, couples, families, and other portraits of American life.The photographed publication page of this specific copy states:Copyright 1964
Published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart, Ltd.
Printed in Lucerne, SwitzerlandThe photograph is included specifically to document the publication information of this copy.IMPORTANT BINDING NOTE:This copy has been rebound in a later red/orange cloth library-style hardcover binding.The present binding is NOT the original publisher\'s decorated binding.The original publisher\'s slipcase is also not present.The asking price reflects this alteration from the original publication state.The interior retains the original 1964 printed contents.CONDITION:Vintage 1964 copy with later library-style hardcover binding.Former institutional / library evidence is present, including a call number written on an interior page.There is visible age and handling wear consistent with its history.No original publisher\'s slipcase or exterior binding is included.Please review the available photographs carefully.PLEASE NOTE REGARDING THE CURRENT PHOTOS:I reviewed and researched a large collection of books at the same time and initially photographed primarily the publication and identifying pages needed to establish individual editions.As a result, the current photographs are primarily intended to document the publication information rather than provide a complete photographic condition survey of this individual copy.If you are interested in purchasing this book and would like additional photographs, please send an inquiry.I can provide additional photographs of the front and rear binding, spine, corners, edges, hinges, endpapers, institutional markings, representative photographic plates, foldout pages, or any particular area you would like documented.Please inquire before purchasing if there is a specific condition detail, photograph, or interior page you would like to see.
