The Photobook: A History Volume I

Third Printing, 2007. 320 pages.

Book measures 10.25 x 11.75". Volume I of this incredible resource on the photobook publication which totaled three individual volumes by Martin Parr & Gerry Badger. This publication explores more than 200 photobooks through 750 colour illustations, detailed captions, and an illuminating text written by each book. Chapters which dive deep into specific subject matter include: The First Photobooks | The Nineteenth-Century Photobook as Record | The Pictorial Photobook | The Modernist Photobook | The Documentray Photobook fo the 1930s | The Photobook as Propaganda | The Postwar European Photobook | The Stream-of Consciousness Photobook | The Postwar Japanese Photobook. An incredible, beautifully designed reference book.

Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket that shows a few light surface marks / rubbing to front cover. Dust jacket is bright, and shows no chips or tears. Binding is a solid. A very nice copy.