Camera Lucida
by Roland Barthes
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Kingston, New York, United States
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About This Item
An appealing first US edition, first printing of Barthes' seminal meditation on photography and the sign, Camera Lucida. In rubbed and somewhat edgeworn and price clipped dustjacket, and gorgeous black boards with gilt titling and white spine, some sunning to top of boards. DJ in archival mylar. Binding tight, spine straight and pages crisp and unmarked. 119pp.
Synopsis
Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind.
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- Bookseller
- Blackbird Infoshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00014
- Title
- Camera Lucida
- Author
- Roland Barthes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hill & Wang
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 119pp
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Price Clipped
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...