Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

  • Hardcover
  • Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1941
By Agee, James; Evans, Walker
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1941. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in an about very good dust jacket with wear on the folds of the jacket. Issued in a small edition, an extended essay on rural poverty with arresting images by Evans. Aside from its place in literary history, the Walker Evans images have made it something of an iconic volume for students of photography. Parr and Badger, *The Photobook Volume 1*, p.144; Roth, *The Book of 101 Books*, p. 108-109. Housed in a handsome clamshell case.

Details

Title

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Author

Agee, James; Evans, Walker

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston

Date

1941

Edition

1st Edition


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