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Views on Nudes.
by JAY, Bill
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
New York: Amphoto, (1971). First edition. Oblong octavo (7.25" x 8.75"), 151 & [5] pages, profusely illustrated. Publisher's red cloth lettered in white on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
Binding slightly spotted, small stain & minor foxing affecting front pastedown, ffep, & half title page, otherwise very good in corner clipped dust jacket (price intact), soiled, toned, rubbed, with edge wear including nicks & small losses, still good or better.
William "Bill" Jay, himself a photographer, presents a history of the nude as a subject for the camera from the earliest days of the genre through 1970. Profusely & delightfully illustrated, the models, with few exceptions, are beautiful young women in a variety of circumstances. Photographers represented include Sam Haskins, Wojciech Plewinski, Mario Giacomelli, Weegee, Wynn Bullock, Lucien Clergue, & numerous others.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1742
- Title
- Views on Nudes.
- Author
- JAY, Bill
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University Books
- Place of Publication
- New Hyde Park, New York
- Date Published
- (1968)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fine Art Female Nude Photography, Erotica, Bill Jay, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica; Women; Photography Books; Reference; Sexuality;
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