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COBURN, Alvin Langdon. Manchester & The Sea.Manchester : [1926?]
First edition, first impression. A scarce and ephemeral work published by the Manchester Ship Canal Company, featuring photographic illustrations by the great American photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966), a "significant figure in the transition from pictorialism to modernism, from nineteenth- to twentieth-century photography" (Parr & Badger).
The... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 143384
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COBURN, Alvin Langdon. Theodore Roosevelt.London : 1907
Proof before letters (no printed plate number or facsimile signature). Theodore Roosevelt titled to the foot of the mount in Coburn's hand. Printed on slightly heavier paper and tipped on to a much larger mount than that published in "Men of Mark".
Coburn's first book of portraits "Men of Mark" was published in 1911 (it was followed some years... Learn More£700.00Stock Code: 79851
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COBURN, Alvin Langdon. London.London & New York : [1909]
First edition, first impression of this masterpiece of early twentieth-century photography. Boston-born Coburn based himself in London from around 1906, learning how to make photogravures at the London County Council School of Photo-engraving, and establishing a studio with two copperplate printing presses at the home he shared with "his domineering... Learn More£20,000.00Stock Code: 132333
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COBURN, Alvin Langdon. London.London & New York : [1909]
First edition, first impression, of this masterpiece of early twentieth-century photography.
Boston-born Coburn based himself in London from around 1906, learning how to make photogravures at the London County Council School of Photo-engraving, and establishing a studio with two copperplate printing presses at the home he shared with "his domineering... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 142935
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COBURN, Alvin Langdon. Men of Mark.London & New York : 1913
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the artist "To Hugh from Alvin, In grateful remembrance of January 14th - 24th 1935." Coburn's first book of portraits of the great and the good (it was followed some years later by More Men of Mark) features 33 portraits of artists, thinkers and writers such as George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Henry James,... Learn More£6,000.00Stock Code: 78011
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COBURN, Alvin Langdon. G. K. Chesterton.London : 1904
Proof before letters (no printed plate number or facsimile signature). G. K. Chesterton titled to the foot of the mount in Coburn's hand. Tipped on to a much larger mount than that published in "Men of Mark".
Coburn's first book of portraits "Men of Mark" was published in 1911 (it was followed some years later by More Men of Mark) features 33... Learn More£700.00Stock Code: 79850
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COBURN, Alvin Langdon. J. M. Barrie.London : 1909
Proof before letters (no printed plate number or facsimile signature). J. M. Barrie titled to the foot of the mount in Coburn's hand. Tipped on to a much larger mount than that published in "Men of Mark". Coburn's first book of portraits "Men of Mark" was published in 1911 (it was followed some years later by More Men of Mark) features 33 portraits... Learn More£700.00Stock Code: 79862
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COBURN, Alvin Langdon. H. G. Wells.London & New York : 1913
Coburn's book of portraits "Men of Mark" (followed some years later by More Men of Mark) features 33 portraits of artists, thinkers and writers such as George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Henry James, Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, William Butler Yeats etc. Coburn's introductory text provides a running commentary on his... Learn More£120.00Stock Code: 100386
