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Rare Books & Manuscripts
1:00 PM PT - Feb 19th, 2009

 

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Lot 32 save

The Decisive Moment Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Title: The Decisive Moment
Author: Cartier-Bresson, Henri
Description: Illustrated with 126 full or double-page heliogravures of Cartier-Bresson's photographs. (Folio) 14¼x10½, pictorial boards; pictorial dust jacket. Booklet laid in with the captions (as issued). First American Edition.One of the most important post-War photography books. The jacket and boards are after a cut-out by Henri Matisse, specially designed for this book.
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Simon and Schuster in collaboration with Èditions Verve
Date Published: [1952]

Condition report

Jacket somewhat stained and chipped, cover bowed; binding a bit shaken; else very good.

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