📚 Condition Summary

Personally inspected. The covers show noticeable rubbing, edge wear, and light surface marks consistent with age. Interior first page has visible foxing, and there is blue marker staining along the bottom textblock edge. Binding remains intact with no loose pages. Interior pages are unmarked aside from the foxing noted. A solid, readable copy of this increasingly uncommon 1973 photographic documentary paperback.

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📄  Description

Subsistence U.S.A. (1973) by Carol Hill with photographs by renowned Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson, published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston. This documentary-style work profiles Americans living with subsistence skills: welders, trappers, island craftsmen, Native homesteaders, and individuals living off the land with minimal resources. Davidson’s images and Hill’s narrative combine to form a unique social portrait of resilience, labor, and rural self-reliance during the 20th century.

This edition is long out of print and increasingly difficult to find, especially with Davidson’s early photography. Ideal for collectors of American social history, homesteading culture, documentary photography, and back-to-the-land literature.

Stored in a smoke-free environment.

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🔑 Keywords

Subsistence USA

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Magnum photographer