An arresting visual chronicle of American contemporary life out of balance, from one of America's great young photographers. 55 color photographs.
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An arresting visual chronicle of American contemporary life out of balance, from one of America's great young photographers. 55 color photographs.
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Add this copy of American Prospects to cart. $356.73, very good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2012 by Steidl.
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Collectable-Very Good Condition in Near Fine jacket. 9783882439151. Art and Design. Near Fine/Near Fine 4th revised printing 2012 Steidl hardback, unclipped DJ, hjgh quality edition. Top corners of boards mildly bumped only. Light surface rub to edge of jacket, bright and unmarked. Size: 12 x 0.9 x 15.2 inches. 136 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Photography; Art and Design; The Arts; Photography and photographs; ISBN: 3882439157. ISBN/EAN: 9783882439151. Dewey Code: 779.997392. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092265.
Add this copy of American Prospects to cart. $207.00, like new condition, Sold by William Laven rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Half Moon Bay, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Chronicle Books.
Add this copy of American Prospects to cart. $219.00, good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Crown.
Add this copy of American Prospects to cart. $231.00, very good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Crown Publishing Group (NY).
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edge wear to dust jacket, now in mylar. Text is unmarked with clean pages, good binding. Boards are clean. 53 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of American Prospects: Photographs By Joel Sternberg to cart. $386.00, very good condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Crown Publishing Group (NY).
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Very Good. 1987. 1st Large oblong 4to. Cloth, dj., illus. Printed and bound by Amilcare Pizzi, Milan. First edition. Dj rubbed at edges and worn at corners, otherwise a very nice, fresh copy. (Subject: Photography. )
Add this copy of American Prospects to cart. $409.50, like new condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Times Books.
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Like New. Size: 13x10x1; Sternfeld inscribed (title page) to former owner publisher Martin Edelston oblong format hardcover in jacket in as new condition. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
Add this copy of American Prospects to cart. $757.00, very good condition, Sold by Burnside Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Times Books / The Museum of Fine Arts.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by Joel Sternfeld and warmly inscribed to a former owner in 1988. Bound in publisher's grey cloth over boards, with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with heavily bumped corners. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and bumped corners. A lovely copy, signed by the photographer.
Add this copy of Joel Sternfeld: American Prospects (First Hardcover to cart. $785.40, like new condition, Sold by Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Albuquerque, NM, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Times Books, in association with The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine light beige linen cloth with title stamped in silver on spine and blind-stamped on front cover, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Joel Sternfeld. Introduction by Andy Grundberg. Afterword by Anne W. Tucker. Designed by Elissa Ichiyasu. 128 pp., with 55 four-color plates finely printed on Jupiter 143 gsm dull-coated paper in Italy by Amilcare Pizzi, S.p.A., Milan. 10-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. [Cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century. (New York: PPP Editions in association with Roth Horowitz LLC, 2001), 260-261; cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Open Book. (Göttingen, Germany: Hasselblad Center in association with Steidl Verlag, 2004), 338; cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume II. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2006), 34-35.]. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket (slight shelf wear, else Fine with no other flaws). From Vince Aletti: "...American Prospects brought a new respect for color photography and a deeper understanding of American complexity."
Add this copy of Joel Sternfeld: American Prospects (First Hardcover to cart. $1,099.00, like new condition, Sold by Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Albuquerque, NM, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Times Books, in association with The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine light beige linen cloth with title stamped in silver on spine and blind-stamped on front cover, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Joel Sternfeld. Introduction by Andy Grundberg. Afterword by Anne W. Tucker. Designed by Elissa Ichiyasu. 128 pp., with 55 four-color plates finely printed on Jupiter 143 gsm dull-coated paper in Italy by Amilcare Pizzi, S.p.A., Milan. 10-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. [Cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century. (New York: PPP Editions in association with Roth Horowitz LLC, 2001), 260-261; cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Open Book. (Göttingen, Germany: Hasselblad Center in association with Steidl Verlag, 2004), 338; cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume II. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2006), 34-35.]. Fine (light crease to rear endpaper), in Fine dust jacket. A Near Mint copy. From Vince Aletti: "...American Prospects brought a new respect for color photography and a deeper understanding of American complexity."
Add this copy of American Prospects to cart. $1,257.00, very good condition, Sold by Raptis Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palm Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published by Times Books.
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First edition of Sternfeld's acclaimed first photobook. Oblong quarto, original cloth, with 55 plates. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows a small closed tear. Signed by Joel Sternfeld on the title page. Joel Sternfeld's work is considered a classic amongst photography, having permanently enhanced the face of color photography. "American Prospects is less a composed sequence than a series of deceptively classical compositions. But many of the pictures contain wild juxtapositions: firefighters extinguish a blaze while one of their number shops nonchalantly for pumpkins matching the flames; a basketball hoop stands sentry in a new suburban dead end; pretty flowers shimmer alongside a sports car in the same wild pink. The idealized semirural life is really a world of uncanny disquiet, perfectly suited to the still and mute image" (Aperture Magazine). Roth 101; Parr & Badger; The Photobook: A History Vol. II,
