PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE SOUTHWEST Adam Clark Vroman, 1856 - 1916. de Mahood, Ruth (editor)

The Ward Ritchie Press. Very Good. 1969. Softcover. Owner name on endpapers. .

New York: Bonanza Books/Crown. 127pp. W9 . Fine. Half Cloth. First Printing. 1961.

New York: Bonanza. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. 0517186160 . Besides being a noted photographer, Vroman was also a collector of Oriental art, a student of American Indian cultures, an authority on the history of the American Southwest - and "the man who gave his name to the well-known bookstore Glasscock and Voman." ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 127 pages .

The Ward Ritchie Press. VG+. 1961. First Printing. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition, Very Good+ dust jacket Ink ownership inscription.. 4to 11" to 13" tall. 127 pages. Introduction by Beaumont Newhall.. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth. 127 pages. Introduction by Beaumont Newhall. Photos. No dust jacket. Gift inscription. Contents clean and tight.

Los Angeles, CA: Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. A monograph on photographer Adam Clark Vroman edited by Ruth I. Mahood. Features an introduction by Beaumont Newhall. Includes over 100 black and white images. A very near fine copy in a very near fine acetate dust jacket. A fresh copy.

Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Plates. 127 Pp. White Cloth Spine Printed In Black, Orange Cloth Covers With Tipped On Illustration. Clear Dust Jacket With Printed Information. First Edition. Fine. Dust Jacket With 3/4" Roundish Chip At Top Of Front Spine Edge. Per The Getty Museum Website, Adam Clark "A. C." Vroman (1856-1916), Vroman Worked For The Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Railroad Company For Sixteen Years Before Moving To California In 1893. Upon Opening A Store That Sold Books, Stationery, And Photographic Supplies In Pasadena--Which He Gifted To His Employees And Which Remains In Operation As "Vroman's Bookstore" Today--He Began To Pursue His Interest In Photography. From 1895-1905, Vroman Travelled Throughout Southern California And Made Eight Trips To Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, And Utah, Where He Photographed Local Indian Communities. His Extensive Travels And Repeated Collaborations With The Bureau Of American… Leer más

Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, 1961; First Edition; quarto, 127 pages; orange and white cloth with front board photo illustration. Pioneer study of Adam Clark Vroman, dedicated photographer and devoted historian of the American Southwest, whose prolific photographic work had been almost entirely forgotten before publication of this book in 1961. Edited by Ruth I. Mahood, Curator of the History Division at Los Angeles County Museum, who together with Lawrence Clark Powell at the Library at University Of California, Los Angeles, was the driving force behind the discovery of the original Vroman negatives, 2400 in all, in a storage facility at the Visual Education Department at Los Angeles County Schools. Lengthy Vroman biography at the front by Beaumont Newhall, a full account of the discovery of the Vroman negatives by Ruth Mahood, and details of the printing of the negatives, by William Webb. Strikingly illustrated with 104 photographs reproduced from contemporary contact prints made from the… Leer más

New York: Bonanza Books, 1961 127 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, photo portrait frontis; no defects. Cover: green, linen backstrip, gilt titles spine; no shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, white, photo front, brown titles front/spine, black text back; minimal edge/shelfwear. The work of a master.

Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. First edition. Inscribed by editor Robert Weinstein on the front endpaper. Quarto. 127, [1] pp. including 92 full page reproductions of Vroman photographs. Publisher's orange and white cloth with printed acetate dust jacket. An excellent copy.Prospectus laid in.