Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: ted grant <75501.3002@CompuServe.COM> > > By the way talking about books. I believe you were mentioning HCB's "Europeans". > Sandy has found several copies for sale! > > That's the good news! :) > > The bad news! :( prices vary between $600.00 and a $1000.00 per copy and we are > talking "used books!" > About three months ago a used book seller checked his current catalog which listed "The Europeans" for $350. Above prices may be negotiable, but $350 is still steep. I just found HCB's "Man and Machine" for $15 - some water damage in corner of some pages kept price down, but photos are great. Also found "The Human Face of Europe" (1960) recently. It has a few of HCB's plus many great shots in the Leica photo-reportage tradition. I was especially impressed by the examples from Stefan Moses and Thomas Hoepker. The book is in perfect shape and was only $5 - a great find for the collection. Also found "The Leica Book in Color" by Anton Baumann (1938) at a Portland, Oregon swap meet about a year ago, also for only $5 and in great condition with some wonderfully nostalgic early Kodochromes. There are some bargains still out there - you could build quite a Leica oriented collection with a $350 budget! Happy garage sale/bookstore hunting! Gary Todoroff