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Sale 467: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#467) 11/17/2011 11:00 AM PST Closed
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Lot #25 The Decisive Moment

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$531.25

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Description

Title:

The Decisive Moment

Author:

Cartier-Bresson, Henri

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Simon and Schuster in collaboration with Èditions Verve

Date Published:

[1952]

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.

Condition:

Jacket somewhat browned, some creasing and chipping, lacking the spine portion; volume spine strip lacking the lower 3", split along front join so it is loose, front board browning at margins, corners showing; contents shaken, internally very good.

Item#:

225069

Headline:

The Decisive Moment photos Henri Cartier-Bresson
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