Tony Ray Jones "a day off' Rare 1974 Book - US 1st Edition.
"In the October 1968 issue of Creative Camera magazine, he described what he was trying to achieve:
My aim is to communicate something of the spirit and the mentality of the English, their habits and their way of life, the ironies that exist in the way they do things, partly through their traditions and partly through the nature of their environment and their mentality. For me there is something very special about the English 'way of life' and I wish to record it from my particular point of view before it becomes Americanised and disappears."
Boston. New York Graphic Society. 1974. First Edition in U.S. With an introduction by Ainslie Ellis. 120 full page half tone plates. 9 pages of text. Cult classic portrait book of beautiful and humorous photos of British life, by the great Tony Ray-Jones who sadly died of leukemia at age 30 before the book was published.
9.5 x 10.5 inches. Softcover.
ISBN 0821207083
New York Graphic Society - Boston
Excellent and scarce collection of photographs by British photographer Tony Ray-Jones. A modern classic.
Excellent condition. Beautifully printed. It's almost 50 years old and has protective plastic sleeve that can be removed (its taped to itself)
Posted securely with cardboard and an archive sleeve, and sent fully tracked & insured.
