The English At Home
by Bill Brandt (Batsford - First Edition, 1936)
Asking Price: £345.00 (excl. post & packing)
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An excellent First Edition first printing copy of this very rare and often fragile early work by the acclaimed photographer Bill Brandt (1904 - 1983) with foreword by the literary critic and editor Raymond Mortimer. Reverse of Title Page states "First Published, Spring 1936"; photograph descriptions in English and French.
Background:
This is Brandt's first published collection of photographs and provides a unique insight into the extremes of British society in the years immediately before the Second World War. In the mid-1930s such photo-journalism was very rare and the unsettling social questions raised by Brandt's photographs rarely discussed. Brandt became a regular contributor to Picture Post and Harper's Bazaar and was famously commissioned by the Ministry of Information to photograph life in the London Underground bomb shelters during the Blitz. His uncompromising style and eye for detail made Brandt one of Britain's most influential and internationally admired photographers of the 20th century his work influencing Robert Frank among others.
Book Condition - Very Good-:
Hardback, 8 page introduction by Raymond Mortimer + 63 monochrome photographic plates and double page aerial spread endpapers. Moderate rubbing and general wear to original photographic boards and spine, small patch of front board damage adjoining middle of spine where the previous owner has tried to remove some soiling (measures about half an inch square), spine moderately sunned but red lettering still clear and readable, securely bound, owner's pencilled signature on reverse of front endpaper, neat bookseller's pencilled price and small purple stamp in top corner of Title Page, internally near spotless with some very occasional faint edge soiling, no foxing, very faint toning to paper edges and generally in an excellent condition throughout. Original glassine dust jacket not present but boards now protected by a transparent library jacket.
Overall an excellent copy of this ground-breaking and highly sought after volume.
Total weight with packaging just over 500g. Post and packing charges include signed for delivery and insurance.
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