New HCB book

[T25UFO]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

Just received my copy - recommended by @Overgaard - it's brilliant.  Links here if anyone interested:

Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here…

Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!

https://www.henricartierbresson.org/en/publications/henri-cartier-bresson-the-decisive-moment-new-edition/

 

[FrozenInTime]

Significantly smaller than the first reprint ( not necessarily a bad thing ).

[Overgaard]

I like it, and what was an insert to the SEIDL edition (now sold out) is in the back of this one. Perfect gift to give, I ordered a few 🙂

[Jeff S]

I’m fortunate to have a fine copy of the first edition. 

[graphlex]

3 hours ago, Jeff S said:

I’m fortunate to have a fine copy of the first edition. 

Fortunate indeed. The binding is famously flimsy. The reproduction is first-rate. Steidl’s edition also had fine production values. 
 

I sold my first edition when the binding was in shreds and the value was decent. Bought the new Fondation edition when it came out later. Nice to have. but the reproduction is meh.

[Jeff S]

4 minutes ago, graphlex said:

Fortunate indeed. The binding is famously flimsy. The reproduction is first-rate. Steidl’s edition also had fine production values. 
 

I sold my first edition when the binding was in shreds and the value was decent. Bought the new Fondation edition when it came out later. Nice to have. but the reproduction is meh.

I had another, lesser, copy decades ago, but my main book dealer at the time knew my preference for fine condition books and dust jackets.  So when he came across a wonderful one, he put it aside for me.  My collection is full of similar material, although once in a while  I’ve also bought some reproductions to save some favorite first editions from overuse. Never did that with this HCB book, however.

[graphlex]

Advertisement (gone after registration)

6 hours ago, Overgaard said:

I like it, and what was an insert to the SEIDL edition (now sold out) is in the back of this one. Perfect gift to give, I ordered a few 🙂

In this respect, Steidl was true to the 1952 edition, which had the insert.

[nykv]

On 3/2/2025 at 3:50 AM, Jeff S said:

...once in a while  I’ve also bought some reproductions to save some favorite first editions from overuse. Never did that with this HCB book, however.

Could you share with us, the titles of some you have as doubles: first edition and reproductions?

It would be more interesting even than: "What book are you reading right now?" in the Bar, because these are photo books you return to.

I have the original "Images à la sauvette", bought on ebay from Southern Europe, years before Steidl published the new print. It was a lucky find, discovered by chance only a few hours after he posted it as a "buy it now", kept in excellent condition and below market, from a gentleman specialised in topless girlie magazines from the seventies. Got the Steidl reprint also, as soon as it appeared. 

[Jeff S]

15 minutes ago, nykv said:

It would be more interesting even than: "What book are you reading right now?" in the Bar, because these are photo books you return to.

 

Not really.  I have relatively few doubles (like Frank’s The Americans) because the popularity of the book has led reproduction alternatives, not because it gets more attention. Other times I’ve bought a second copy of the original edition only because I subsequently found one in better condition. Some of my favorites are more obscure and have no decent modern equivalents. Plus, my tastes, interests  and buying habits have evolved greatly since beginning to buy in the 70’s.  Same with vintage prints.