Waddell clyde (2 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. First Edition. Oblong quarto, [120pp]. Black cloth album, bound with aluminum fasteners at spine. This work is complete, with 60 gelatin silver photographs mounted on beige leaves, each with printed caption. Also issued with light blue leaves, no priority. A scarce album, with only five copies recorded in OCLC. A Yank's Memories Of Calcutta is a photographic record of Calcutta at the close of World War II, compiled by Waddell after his service as a military photographer in Southeast Asia. Waddell was formerly chief photographer for the Houston Press, served as personal press photographer to Lord Mountbatten, and later worked as a news photographer for Phoenix Magazine. The first edition of A Yank's Memories of Calcutta by Clyde Waddell, a collection of 60 mounted gelatin silver photographs of Calcutta in 1945. (illustrator). …

60 loose photos fitted by corners into photo album pages with printed captions on mounts, oblong 10 x 13, brad bound cloth covers, 60 photo leaves plus introduction page (Introduction by M. Charles Preston), mounting pages stained throughout at forecorners, pp yellowed, but photos nice. Waddel was chief photographer for the Houston Press before joining the army; he was chief photographer for Mountbatten. Photos show both the squalor and majesty of Calcutta, with many of them showing US Servicemen; captions give advice to servicemen about beggars, salesmen and even prostitutes. Scarce item.…