OLD FRANCE (1 volume only) de Szarkowski, John and Maria Morris Hambourg (Atget)

Munich:: Prestel-Verlag,. Very Good. 1985. Hardcover. 3791307134 . Text is in German. Duotone photographs throughout. First edition thus. Boards are a bit splayed, moderate shelf wear, else very good in burgundy cloth. No dust jacket. .

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1981. Hardcover. VG (bump to lower spine. chip to upper edge of pastedown. dustjacket scuffed & scratched; tear to upper corner; back flap creased). Plum cloth 180 pp. 121 bw plates. glossy plum dustjacket w/ illustration. Part of the Springs Mills Series on the Art of Photography. Volume One of a four-part set featuring the work of French photographer Eugene Atget (1857-1927). "As a photographer Atget did not travel widely, and most of the pictures in this first volume were made within the Ile-de-France, the country's ancient core. They seem nevertheless to represent what is basic and pervasive in the substance and style of the broader French tradition." (p. 8).

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York 1982 first edition. Museum of Modern Art. Spring Industries. Hardcover. Large 4to. maroon cloth. 190p. Fully illustrated in 117 sepia-toned photo illus plates and 95 bw text illustrations (85 are bw illustrations of Atget photos and 10 are photo illus which accompany the introduction.) VG+ publishing process seems to have left a dribble of glue along top half of front panel gutter - there is no break in the cloth or the hinge at all. Otherwise book is verynear Fine. no dj. .

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. Quarto.30cm x 26cm. 180pp. With 121 plates and 83 reference illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket.

Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 180 Pages. Hardcover. Text In English. 121 Sepiatone Plates With 83 Reference Illustrations. Bound In Maroon Cloth Covered Boards And Wrapped In An Illustrated Paper Dustjacket. Preface By John Szarkowski, Director Of The Department Of Photography At The Museum Of Modern Art, New York. Notes By Maria Morris Hambourg.

London 1982 first edition. Fraser. Hardcover. Large 4to. maroon cloth. 190p. Fully illustrated in 117 sepia-toned photo illus plates and 95 bw text illustrations (85 are bw illustrations of Atget photos and 10 are photo illus which accompany the introduction.) Fine except slight discoloration on front cover cloth (very faint) . no dj. .

New York / Boston: The Museum of Modern Art / New York Graphic Society, 1981. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. With "Atget and the Art of Photography" by Szarkowski. 4to. Dark maroon cloth, with gilt spine lettering, and blind-stamp cover titles. Peach end papers. Frontis photographic image by Atget. 180 pages, with Notes by Hambourg at end. With 121 photographic plates, and 83 reference illustrations. No names or marks. In a crisp dust-jacket (with price intact). A crisp, bright copy, in dust-jacket, of Volume I of the four volume set. Due to size and weight, international shipping at cost.

Museum of Modern Art, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. Vol. II: The Art of Old Paris. Quarto.(12" x 10 1/2") 192pp, 117 plates and 95 reference illustrations. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1985. Hardbound. Good (Ex-Library with sticker on lower spine; Dj is edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are lightly foxed/smudged; interior is clean with the occasional smudge or foxing.). Burgundy cloth with red, bw-illustrated glossy dustjacket. 182 pp., 117 bw photographic plates and several text illustrations. A nice, bright copy.