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Exotic Postcards: The Lure of Distant Lands | 
 enlarge | Author: Alan Beukers
Creator: Paul Theroux
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
Buy New: $12.93
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 961799
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 9.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 0500543364
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.683
EAN: 9780500543368
ASIN: 0500543364
Publication Date: May 28, 2007
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Product Description
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.
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Great Images - No Text October 14, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The postcard images are outstanding: full page, clear views,excellent examples of the genre and rare ones. However, the accompaning one line notes in back of the book are inadequate. These cards appear to be one person's collection and are mostly from French colonies.
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