Title:The World of William Nortman; The Nineteen Century through a Master Lens
Author:Hall, Roger & Dodds, Gordon & Triggs, Stanley
Price:AUD$59.40 (about USD$39.00)
ISBN:0879239395
Item ID:SB00-0104027
Quantity:1
Publisher:David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc, Boston, 1993
Edition:first
Illustrator:William Notman -- Photographer
Binding:Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:Good
VIII, 232 pages, foreword by Robert MacNeil, introduction by authors, acknowledgements, picture credits, and index. Copper coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with over 200 black-and-white photographs taken by William Notman or his companies in the last part of the 19th century early part of the 20th century. Black coloured boards with copper insert to the front panel and to the top spine edge, within these inserts are black writing and copper writing to the spine. A little rubbing to the book edges. Photographic dustwrapper, of Lillie Langtree, Boston 1886 or 1887, with black, white and grey writing on the front panel and black on the spine. On the back panel is a photograph of William Notman and his sons. A little dustiness to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. The story of William Notman and his sons and protégés who for over 60 years chronicled North America ( Canada and continental United States ) through the eye of a camera. He gives an invaluable view of what was like to live in the latter part of the Victorian era. . this is the first USA edition. Size: Folio (over 12" tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: William Notman -- Photographer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Fine Arts; Photography; Canada; ISBN: 0879239395. ISBN/EAN: 9780879239398. Inventory No: 0104027.