Description
Nazraeli Press, 2008
Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, 33 x 21 cm, 76 pages, illustrated throughout in color and black and white. English text.
First edition.
The first edition of Bureaucratics by Jan Banning, published in an edition of 1500 casebound copies. With a foreword by Martin Parr, making it an instant modern photobook classic. Short essay titled Bureaucratics: an introduction by Will Tinnemans, who collaborated on the project with Jan Banning as well as other projects. With 50 full page color plates and a list of plates at the back with the places and dates as well as the monthly wages of the bureaucrats featured in the book.
We have it priced at €268, the monthly wage of the chief general of Jining Public Security Buearu’s Division of Aliens and Exit-entry Administration in Jining City, Shandong Province (at least on 2007 it was).
Published as number three of the Parr/Nazraeli edition of 10 books.
A good copy, corners with some minor wear. Upper left corner at the back bumped. Glossy boards with some scratches and wear.
