Isbn: 9780826311368 - john thomson: a window to the orient by stephen white (1989-08-02) (11 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good++. 1985 Pages are unmarked very clean tight and bright. Cover is clean and spine is smooth.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Used - Very Good. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 1989 Reprint. 200 Pages Indexed. A reprint originally published in 1986 by Thames and Hudson Inc. Covers show very light, barely noticeable wear to edges and corners. Small, light, remainder mark on bottom page edges. No other defects noted to this otherwise bright book with flawless interior text and illustration pages. There are 161 duotone plates, including Thomson's famous series on London street life. One of the great figures of nineteenth-century photography, John Thomson stands out for the unusual and exotic nature of his subject matter. Born in Edinburgh in 1837, Thomson took up photography as a profession in his early twenties. For ten years, from 1862, he traveled and explored the Far East, visiting Penang and the Malay peninsula, Siam, Cambodia, Vietnam, Formosa, and China-recording with his camera the kings and flower-sellers, the great court ceremonies and scenes of daily life, the palaces, temples, and remote monasteries of an era now vanished. These photographs are a unique record of this lost society and its monuments and entitle Thomson to be regarded as the first great photo-journalist. Thomson's photographs are equally valued for their intrinsic qualities-the beauty of their imagery; their vivid sense of immediacy, and their unconventional approach to composition. This is the first monograph to be published on John Thomson, and the entire series of plates included is magnificently reproduced in duotone. Each of the important periods of Thomson's working life is fully represented, from his earliest portraits in Siam to his moving, and more famous, records of nineteenth-century London street life. John Thomson, a great figure of early photography and the auspicious beginnings of documentary photography. Contents in Seven Chapters: Prelude 1862-1864, Siam Cambodia Vietnam 1865-1868, South China 1869-1870, Foochow and the River Min and Formosa 1870-1871, Peking and the North 1871-1872, Street Life in London 1876-1877, and Cyprus 1878.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. VG/none, used pb, 200pp. Illustrated stiff paper wraps with black and brown colored text on upper and spine; slight edge wear; spine lightly creased; no tears or chips. Interior pages clean, unmarked; sepia toned photographs throughout. Binding is tight. Photographs (ilustrador). …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Soft cover book titled JOHN THOMASON:A Window on the Orient by Stephen White. Published by University of New Mexico Press in 1985.Amazing photographs by 19th century British photographer. Light rubbing to cover otherwise in very good conditon. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-D-2) rareviewbooks Language: eng.…

Pictorial Softcover. Condición: Near New Ex-Library Copy. One small stamp only, else clean, crisp, unmarked and tightly bound. 200 pp. Size: 4to. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Small stain on half-title page, otherwise Very Good condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Used - Very Good. Book is like new except for some small creases to spine. Book is clean and unscratched.

Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. 200pp, index, bibliography, notes, chronology, num bw ills. Or card. Slight edge wear to covers, light foxing to top edge. The travels and photography of John Thomson in the third quater of the nineteenth century. Includes chapters on Siam, Cambodia, Vietnam (1865-68); South China (1868-1870); Foochow and River Min, Formosa (1870-71); Peking and the North (1871-72); Street life in London (1876-77) and Cyprus (1878). Size: 4to. Thomson, John. (ilustrador). …

Pictorial Card Cover. Condición: Near Fine. First American Edition. Preface by Robert A. Sobieszek. B&W photos throughout. 26.5 x 23.5 cm. 200 pp.