The Americans shipping [Archive] - Rangefinderforum.com

Steve Litt

05-28-2008, 11:42

Received my copy of Robert Franks the Americans from Amazon (UK ) to-day.Got to be one of my all time favorites and the introduction by Jack Kerouac is a definite bonus.Good quality reprint by STEIDL ISBN 978-3-86521-584-0

Get it while you can!

Regards
Steve

Andrew Sowerby

05-28-2008, 11:52

No word from Amazon.ca yet ... soon I hope.

pesphoto

05-28-2008, 11:55

I ordered thru Photo eye several months ago. Says it'll ship in June sometime....
I have a copy of the orig so I cant wait to compare.

EtoileFinder

05-28-2008, 11:59

Still waiting for my copy from amazon.ca too.

Teus

05-28-2008, 13:22

ah, an affordable reprint. anybody knows where to get it in the EU, or do I just wait a few weeks on amazon.com..

sockeyed

05-28-2008, 13:27

I've been checking amazon.ca every day too :(

How does your copy look?

aizan

05-28-2008, 13:29

*sigh* still haven't gotten mine.

mr_phillip

05-28-2008, 13:37

I ordered mine from Amazon UK earlier today. It's weird that they're shipping it ahead of the official release date though (not that I'm complaining!)

plummerl

05-28-2008, 14:35

Actually, the original release date was to be the 50th anniversary of the original, May 15. I am patiently waiting for mine!

benlees

05-28-2008, 15:26

Am also waiting via amazon.ca; ordered mine in Feb. Forgot about it! I recently got Friedlander, MoMA for $35 , also from Amazon. That is a great book! Must weigh 5 pounds, has over 800 photos, and is printed on decent paper. Awesome value.

Shac

05-28-2008, 15:37

Teus - you can probably get it from Amazon Germany: http://www.amazon.de/?tag=cdrebyc603-21 - atleast it's listed as such at theonlinephotographer http://theonlinephotographer.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html
David

bigdog

05-31-2008, 20:42

I ordered 2 copies off Amazon USA and the original May 15 ship date was bumped up to June 15. I hope the print quality of the newer edition is on par with some more recently published photo books in my collection! I cant't wait to see it!

sepiareverb

06-01-2008, 08:17

Still waiting, today Amazon in the US said it would ship next week...

Senmu

06-02-2008, 05:52

Got mine from amazon.co.jp on May 26th.

rich815

06-02-2008, 06:43

Oh. I thought this was a thread about many Americans not wanting to ship items overseas in the Classifieds....

Matthew Allen

06-02-2008, 08:48

Got mine from Amazon UK (birthday present from my sister) today.

Matthew

yanidel

06-02-2008, 14:10

well, it looks like the Americans go out first in France ... got my copy. Not the usual three months delay compared to the US ...

chikne

06-02-2008, 14:41

The book has been available at London bookstores since mid May.

Actually, does anyone know what size the original copy of "The Americans" was? Coz the one that is available now is kind of microscopic....

gns

06-02-2008, 14:44

[QUOTE: well, it looks like the Americans go out first in France...]

Ha! Just like the original edition.

Cheers,
Gary

chikne

06-02-2008, 14:51

So the one I just ordered is small? Crap.....

Those are the dimensions on Amazon 24.5 x 22.1 x 2.1 mm

It looks decent on paper but I was very surprised by the size when I had it in my hands....

gns

06-02-2008, 15:03

It is similar in size to the first US edition by Grove Press: about 7" x 8".
Other printings, like the Aperture edition where larger.

Cheers,
Gary

nico

06-02-2008, 15:07

ah, an affordable reprint. anybody knows where to get it in the EU, or do I just wait a few weeks on amazon.com..

Teus,
you may try at www.micamera.com, an italian on line bookshop. I have no relation with them, I've just bought some book from them and I've been very pleased.
Ciao

Matthew Allen

06-02-2008, 15:17

well, it looks like the Americans go out first in France ... got my copy. Not the usual three months delay compared to the US ...

Well, it was printed in Germany.

By the way, did anyone else notice that the red paper 50th anniversary band left red staining on the first and last pages? It came off with an eraser but it means my book is imperfect right from the start. Ah well...

Matthew

pesphoto

06-04-2008, 14:53

woohoo...just got notice from Photo-eye that my copy has shipped today.

yanidel

06-04-2008, 14:54

Well, it was printed in Germany.

By the way, did anyone else notice that the red paper 50th anniversary band left red staining on the first and last pages? It came off with an eraser but it means my book is imperfect right from the start. Ah well...

Matthew

I had the same issue ... how can such a well-known publishing company do such a mistake

IGMeanwell

06-04-2008, 20:39

Mine has not shipped yet ... states this week on the website

ZeMane

06-06-2008, 04:32

For those interested: first edition in spanish (http://www.parasaber.com/ocio/libros/mundo-libro/articulo/americanos-fotografo-robert-frank-fabrica-anos-editorial-publica-primera-edicion/7945/) just published a few weeks ago.
Got my copy at the Madrid Book Fair for 35€ -10% discount...

Cheers,

ZéMané

Matthew Allen

06-07-2008, 04:22

PhotoEye.com (http://www.photoeye.com/) is probably a better place to get books like this, if you are concerned about problems like this. They take extra care about these things. A bit more expensive, but sometimes it's worth it.

I think the red band was added by the publishers (it was inside the shrink wrap that was on the book after all) so getting it from a different source wouldn't have made a difference.

Matthew

MichaelM7

06-07-2008, 05:16

Hi,

received my copy directly from the publisher house Steidl here in Germany. There was no red band around it. Wonder who might have added that.

The book is fabulous, however.

pesphoto

06-07-2008, 19:50

My book came in today from PhotoEye and it did have a red band but no discoloring of the book at all. If that happens I would call whomever you bought it from and ask for a replacement copy.

--I am amzed at how much the images almost look like they are printed on Fiber based paper. Wonderful reproductions!! And I like that some of the images are uncropped, unlike in the original book. Not that many were cropped in the orig version and the ones that were was only slight here and there.

aizan

06-07-2008, 20:11

has anyone gotten theirs from amazon.com? i see they bumped it back farther.

goo0h

06-07-2008, 20:24

PhotoEye.com (http://www.photoeye.com/) is probably a better place to get books like this, if you are concerned about problems like this. They take extra care about these things. A bit more expensive, but sometimes it's worth it.
Well shoot. Wish I had known about this site before. Oh well. Have had mine pre-ordered from Amazon (US) for a while now. Hmm... if it hasn't shipped yet, which it hasn't, wonder if I should cancel it and instead get it from photoeye.....

pesphoto

06-07-2008, 20:28

Well shoot. Wish I had known about this site before. Oh well. Have had mine pre-ordered from Amazon (US) for a while now. Hmm... if it hasn't shipped yet, which it hasn't, wonder if I should cancel it and instead get it from photoeye.....

Photoeye is the best in my opinion. Never had a problem.

Andrew Sowerby

06-08-2008, 04:55

has anyone gotten theirs from amazon.com? i see they bumped it back farther.

Amazon.ca has done the same thing.

mhv

06-08-2008, 09:57

Amazon.ca has done the same thing.

Ditto, I think those bozos forgot to actually ORDER copies. I can't believe I actually pre-ordered a book, and that no copies were secured!

benlees

06-13-2008, 15:15

To all the Canuckleheads: Should be in the mail!

lemalk

06-13-2008, 15:34

It looks like my copy from Amazon (US) shipped yesterday - I'm hoping it'll be waiting for me at home.

I also pre-ordered a while back.

sienarot

06-13-2008, 17:41

To all the Canuckleheads: Should be in the mail!

Yup! I just got the confirmation today that it's on its way!

EtoileFinder

06-13-2008, 18:14

I just cancel my order from amazon.ca today and order it from amazon.com ! What a bad timing. Anyway, it is shipped today with street dream from W. Eugene Smith.

Andrew Sowerby

06-13-2008, 18:25

Yeah, Amazon.ca has shipped.

plummerl

06-13-2008, 19:15

I unexpectedly received my copy from usa Amazon today (ordered on Feb. 8). Unfortunately, it has the RED BAND issue. I guess I'll give it the erase attempt. For such a trumpeted re-release, this seems to be a real screwup.

On another note, I had also ordered the "Robert Frank: Paris" book, released by Steidl at the same time. It arrived yesterday and it is also a delight, without any RED BAND.

larry

al1966

06-13-2008, 19:24

I got my copy from the wifes work yesterday, great well pleased.

mhv

06-13-2008, 21:49

Got the email from Amazon.ca and I'm awaiting the copy with a brick and a lantern, as we say.

lemalk

06-14-2008, 01:13

Mine did, in fact, arrive this afternoon from Amazon (US) and it's an immaculate copy without the red banding others here have experienced.

It's exciting to see the insert from the publuisher with some other upcoming Frank work being available again... including some DVDs.

DougFord

06-15-2008, 02:18

ljsegil

07-04-2008, 09:31

What did he shoot with?
LJS

Florian1234

08-18-2008, 09:47

They had some copies of this book at a book shop at Berlin when I was there for a long weekend last month.

gns

08-27-2008, 15:38

The new edition of PhotoEye magazine has all kinds of stuff about the book and Frank. Online version here...
http://www.photoeye.com/magazine/index.cfm

Cheers,
Gary

Oops, apologies to DougFord. In my haste, I didn't see your previous post/link.

Freakscene

09-01-2008, 05:48

I am VERY disappointed in the reproductions in the new Steidl version of the Americans when compared side by side to the Scalo version. So much so that I regret wasting the money on it. It’s interesting to see the variations with regards to the differing crops between the two. Some of the Scalo photos are less cropped then the Steidl versions but the majority of the Steidl photos are less cropped then the Scalo photos.
The printing of the Canal Street-New Orleans photo in the Steidl version is extremely poor among a few others when compared side by side to the Scalo.

That is interesting; I was just looking at my Steidl and Scalo editions and thinking that the Steidl is much better.The paper stock is vastly better, the ink is a better tone and while the shadow separation is better in the Scalo edition, this is not how Frank's prints look, or how he generally printed at that time.

I like the Steidl edition very much - right down to the small format. It's how Robert Frank thinks we should look at the book, which is good enough for me.

Marty