billy mccune (10 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing. An indictment of our prison system - McCune, a "low IQ" man, was convicted of rape and sentenced to death although his sentence was eventually commuted (but not until after he mutilated himself), and even after the commutation he spent months in isolationm but despite this he continued to write his story. Illustrated with photographs by Lyon, who also wrote the introduction. Many of McCune's drawings were included in Lyon's 1971 book 'Conversations with the Dead." 154 pp. Near fine in black cloth in a good only dust jacket with a large chip to the lower corner f the front cover.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 154 p. ports. 22 cm. Subjects; Prisoners - United States - Biography. Genre; Autobiography. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Zustand: Very good. Paperback. [8]pp. Tanned overall, else very good in publisher's wraps. Published to accompany the exhibition at the Institute for the Arts at Rice University.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None. Age toned; Colored fore-edges; Light creases and stains to covers.

Staple-bound Brochure. Zustand: Very Good. Slim volume, 8 pages with two color and two black & white reproductions. There is some minor rubbing, scuffing, and wear to the paper cover and edges, particularly along the stapled spine edge. Interesting brochure printed for the exhibition from September 10 through October 11, 1970. Book.

Stapled Wrappers. Zustand: Fine. Introduced by inmate Billy McCune, whose drawings were exhibited alongside Lyon's gritty black-and-white images of daily life within the Texas Prison system. Slim demy 8vo (225 x 154mm) [8]pp, including four full-page plates (two in color). Photographic stapled wrappers in fine condition. Parr Badger II, p. 19. Roth (Open Book), pp. 278-79. From Fair to Fine, p. 48. Roth (101 Books), pp. 210-11. Auer, p. 535. Before publication of Lyon's masterful work of photojournalism, Conversations with the Dead, there was this exhibition at the Institute for the Arts, Rice University, of his photographs of prison life. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. First edition. 196 pp. Oblong quarto [21 cm]; white cloth spine with black stamped titling, grey cloth boards. Pictorial dust jacket. The book is clean with some edgewear, the text block is a bit loose. Dust jacket is complete and bright if a bit soiled. Dust jacket has several small tears near the folds and along its edges where a previous owner has "repaired" them with clear scotch tape. Overall a good and complete copy of this fascinating photography book. "I've tried with whatever power I had to make this picture of imprisonment as distressing as it is in reality. The few times I doubted the wisdom of my attitude, I had only to visit someone in his cell to straighten out my mind. I had been warned at the outset not to let the men con me. I am told that I have not seen what these men have done on the outside. That is true. I saw only what was before my eyes. And the material collected here doesn't approach for a moment the feeling you get standing for two minutes in the corridor of Ellis." -Danny Lyon.

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Illustrated Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition (Second Printing). 196pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Martin Stephen Moskof. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Conversations with the Dead" is Danny Lyon's moving 1971 monograph cum artists' book that juxtaposes seventy-two of his gritty photographs of daily life within the Texas Prison system with the drawings and journal excerpts from inmate Billy McCune, whom he befriended during the process of making the book. A most handsome copy of the 1971 paperbound second printing (whose hardbound first edition is cited on page 19 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 278-279 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 48 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", pages 210-211 of "The Book of 101 Books", and pages 53-54 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonné") . Photography Monograph.

First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Oblong quarto (ca. 21cm x 28cm); glossy pictorial card wrappers; [8],9-196pp, illus. Modest external wear, some upward curl to right edge of front wrapper and left edge of rear wrapper, with faint, scattered foxing to wrappers and text edges, and $6.95 price partially blacked-out on front cover; Very Good. Lyon's now-classic collection of prison photographs, taken in various Texas correctional institutions including those at Huntsville, Midway, Rosharon and Winston. Includes a postscript of writings and paintings by Billy McCune, a lifer at Huntsville who speaks eloquently of the failings of the Texas prison system. SUVAK 202.