VG HC, ex-libr Date: 2001. University Press of Kentucky ISBN 0813121752 9780813121758 [US]

University Press of Kentucky, Date: 2001-03-09. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x7x1. hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders 2001. University Press of Kentucky ISBN 0813121752 9780813121758 [US]

University Press of Kentucky, Date: 2001-03-09. Hardcover. Good. Ex Library Copy,typical library markings. Average Library use.Hardback with Dustjacket.Mylar Jacket Cover Included.All interior pages and overall book is very clean. 2001. University Press of Kentucky ISBN 0813121752 9780813121758 [US]

ISBN10: 0813121752, ISBN13: 9780813121758, [publisher: University Press of Kentucky March 2001] Hardcover Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar Brodart covering, which is removable. Light wear to cover, slightly bumped corners, pages clean and unmarked. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.
[Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]

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ISBN10: 0813121752, ISBN13: 9780813121758, [publisher: University Press of Kentucky] Hardcover First Edition Hardback book (325 pages)beautifully illustrated with the sepia tone photographs of Doris Ulmann. Dust jacket has moderate scuffing/rubbing with crease on top front. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-9-Middle-R) rareviewbooks
[Kensington, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
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ISBN10: 0813121752, ISBN13: 9780813121758, [publisher: The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington] Hardcover Hardcover. Doris Ulmann (1882-1934) was one of the foremost photographers of the twentieth century, yet until now there has never been a biography of this fascinating, gifted artist. Born into a New York Jewish family with a tradition of service, Ulmann sought to portray and document individuals from various groups that she feared would vanish from American life. In the last eighteen years of her life, Ulmann created over 10,000 photographs and illustrated five books, including Roll, Jordan, Roll and Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands.Inspired by the paintings of the European old masters and by the photographs of Hill and Adamson and Clarence White, Ulmann produced unique and substantial portrait studies. Working in her Park Avenue studio and traveling throughout the east coast, Appalachia, and the deep South, she carefully studied and photographed the faces of urban intellectuals as well as rural peoples. Her subjects included Albert Einstein, Robert Frost, African American basket weavers from South Carolina, and Kentucky mountain musicians. Relying on newly discovered letters, documents, and photographs -- many published here for the first time -- Philip Jacobs's richly illustrated biography secures Ulmann's rightful place in the history of American photography. Containing newly discovered letters, documents and photographs - many published ...