Henri Cartier-Bresson in India Tapa dura - 1987

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; gift inscription half title page, text unmarked; tight bind; clean cloth cover, bright gilt titling; dj edge wear: rub at corner tips but no tears; flap price clipped MS

Thames and Hudson, January 1987. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Pages unmarked, DJ intact, light shelf wear.

Thames and Hudson, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Dust jacket crumpled along top edge. Small tear at top of spine.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1987. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 128 pages. Features a foreword by famous Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. and an introduction by Yves Vequaud. Includes 105 duotone images that document Cartier-Bresson's long fascination with India. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards in very good plus dust jacket that is lightly rubbed with a tear to the top of the rear panel near the spine.

"Henri Cartier-Bresson's record of his fascination with India over half a lifetime contains the very best of his photographs of that country. Beginning in 1947 at the time of Independence and produced during six extended visits over a twenty-year period, these beautiful, dramatic images are shaped by an eye and a mind legendary for their intelligent empathy and for going to the heart of the matter. Cartier-Bresson's extraordinary gifts of observation and his famous "mantle of invisibility," as well as his good connections with Jawaharlal Nehru and others, allowed him to capture the quintessence of India. His pictures of Hindus in refugee camps after the Partition or beggars in Calcutta speak with the same passion and authority as those of the Maharaja of Baroda's sumptuous birthday celebrations or of the Mountbattens on the steps of Government House. Ample space is given to his famous reportages, such as the astonishing sequence on the death and cremation of Gandhi. But above all, it is… Leer más

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1987. Book. Fine. Soft cover. A beautiful copy of the first edition in dust jacket..

New York: Thames & Hudson. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0500541248 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages .

Thames & Hudson, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI. In India, New York and London: Thames & Hudson, 1987.Quarto, first English-language edition (preceded by the French edition in 1985), pp. 128, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt logo on front, duotone photo plates, former owner's ID on half-title page. The last of Bresson's great travelogues. Roosens-Salu 1744.Condition of this book:Jacket lightly worn, overall near fine. This is the first UK edition. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; India; 1980s; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0500541248. ISBN/EAN: 9780500541241. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Leer más

Thames and Hudson, 1987-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!