On the Plains

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. H1 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Peter Brown to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some chipping on the cover edges and corners, couple of tape residue adhered on the front fixed endpaper, light moisture soiled, light discoloration and shelf wear. With an Introduction by Kathleen Norris. 9.5"x12.25", 131 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. When Peter Brown moved to Texas, he had driven through America's wester Plains many times, but for him, as for most Americans, it was an unknown region, passed through on the way to somewhere else. As he began to photograph this remarkable landscape, he started a journey that would take him over a dozen years and many thousand miles to complete. Brown's photographs make a careful study of the West's land and sky and of the people who inhabit its towns and cities, showing us the endless variations of color, light, mood, and character that can be found there. In Brown's portraits we see the Plains in all their seasons, an ever-changing landscape of extremes, where weather is a genuine presence and human existence is fragile but resilient. These provocative images reveal both the drama and subtle charms of the land and the people of this vast swath of America, which takes in parts of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.