EXOTIC POSTCARDS: THE LURE OF DISTANT LANDS by Alan Beukers 2007 HC ASIA OCEANIA

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“Light wear. Small nick on bottom of front board. Protective Brodart cover.”
Binding
Hardcover
Region
Australia, Oceania
Subject
History
Year Printed
2007
ISBN
9780500543368
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10
0500543364
ISBN-13
9780500543368
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57238734

Product Key Features

Language
English
Topic
Travel, Photography, Antiques & Collectibles, Postcards, General, Essays & Travelogues
Author
Alan Beukers
Illustrator
Yes

Dimensions

Item Length
10.2 In.
Item Height
1 In.
Item Width
10.2 In.
Item Weight
20 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2006-908248
Book Title
Exotic Postcards : The Lure of Distant Lands
Dewey Decimal
741.683
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
This album of over 200 century-old postcards takes the reader on a magical journey across the world in five travelogues, depicting the Orient, the Arab lands, Africa, the Americas and Oceania., This album of over 200 century-old postcards takes the reader on a magical journey across the world in five travelogues, depicting the Orient, the Arab lands, Africa, the Americas and Oceania. These haunting postcards and the people they depict strike us with a special force today, vividly expressing a deep-seated connection with the land and customs that gave them their identities. The stories implicit in their eyes, their costumes and their postures act as a telling antidote to the rootlessness of our own times., Haunting postcard images of the non-Western world from a century ago. The antique postcards depicted here were acquired in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by Western tourists, business people, traders, and colonialists. The circumstances in which the cards were sent, and the details of those who sent them, are largely lost. Yet the audience for collecting them has enjoyed a spectacular growth in recent years and includes not only those with the collecting instinct or the desire to travel but also artists, photographic historians, fashion and jewelry specialists, and designers everywhere. Once it was believed that by taking someone's portrait you stole that person's soul. Here, the human subjects have a powerful presence because they express a deep-seated connection with the land and customs that gave them their identities. Their stories are implicit in their eyes, their costumes, and their postures. Reproduced with complete fidelity, these postcards take us on a magical journey across the world in five travelogues, depicting Asia, the Arab Lands, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. The book is introduced by one of the greatest and most successful travel writers of our time. 200+ color illustrations.
Publication Year
2007
Dewey Edition
22
Format
Hardcover
LC Classification Number
NC1878
Number of Pages
208 pages

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