{"product_id":"sam-haskins-november-girl-1967","title":"SAM HASKINS — NOVEMBER GIRL (1967), FIRST EDITION","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographs:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sam Haskins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Desmond Skirrow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Design:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sam Haskins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTypography:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e P. Digby Atkinson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The Bodley Head, London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1967\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e First Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Heliographia S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover with dust jacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 112\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 36 × 27 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e None — pre-ISBN publication\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Book: Fine — exceptionally well preserved, with only very light and barely visible signs of age consistent with the date of publication. Jacket: Good — light signs of handling and age consistent with the publication date.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovember Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the third book by South African photographer Sam Haskins, was published by The Bodley Head in London in 1967 and printed in Switzerland by Heliographia S.A., Lausanne. Designed by Haskins himself, with typography by P. Digby Atkinson and text by Desmond Skirrow, the volume reflects his highly integrated approach to photography, sequencing, and book design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovember Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e completes the trajectory established by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1962) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCowboy Kate \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1965). Where the first approached beauty through reportage and the second developed a photographic fable, this volume adopts a distinctly lyrical register. The sequence follows a young woman waiting for a man who never arrives, unfolding as an extended meditation on solitude, anticipation, absence, and longing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaskins treats the photobook as a complete visual composition. Image, pacing, page architecture, typography, and reproduction operate as interconnected elements, giving the work a cinematic rhythm while retaining the graphic precision characteristic of his photography. The result is less a conventional collection of photographs than a sustained piece of visual poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work occupies an important position within the history of figure photography in the 1960s. Haskins’ use of strong graphic control, high-contrast imagery, and carefully constructed sequences established a photographic language in which the body could function simultaneously as subject, form, and narrative presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Swiss gravure-quality printing by Heliographia S.A. is integral to the character of the book, allowing Haskins’ tonal contrasts and fine photographic detail to translate with unusual clarity. Combined with his own design and sequencing, the production turns \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovember Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e into a fully realized book object.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA significant first edition for collectors of twentieth-century photography, photobook history, and the development of the modern photographic treatment of the nude.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContent Note:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Contains artistic nude photography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"sam haskins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67686219710752,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/0202\/0128\/files\/sam-haskins-november-girl-1967-cover-intermission.jpg?v=1791484411","url":"https:\/\/intermissionbooks.com\/products\/sam-haskins-november-girl-1967","provider":"intermission books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}