Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. 1st ed. 31 unnumbered full page photos by Walker Evans, xvi, 471p. Original black cloth. dj. 21 cm. Jacket scuffing, age-toning and edge-wear,with chipping at ends of backstrip panel. Cover dulled with some modest spotting. Small brownstain at top of three text leaves which is visible when the book is closed. "In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans went to Alabama to portray in words and photographs the daily life of three typical tenant families." [from the text on the front flap of jacket]. Very Good / Good. Item #91922
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