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THE PHOTOBOOK: A HISTORY VOLUME I - SIGNED BY MARTIN PARR
Parr, Martin & Gerry Badger. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2004. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 320pp, 748 color illustrations. Designed by HDR Visual Communication. The contemporary bibliographic guide to photographically illustrated literature has completely changed the face of book collecting and dealing in recent years, and nobody does it better than the estimable Martin Parr and Gerry Badger with their two volume "The Photobook" series. From Josiah David Whitney to Hiromix, here are two-hundred copiously evaluated tomes grouped by category that are nearly all worth picking up - if you can find and/or afford 'em. A most handsome copy of the first edition of volume one SIGNED by Martin Parr in black ink on the title page. 0-7148-4285-0 Inventory Number: 021317