Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
- Hardcover
- Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1941
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