{"title":"Promenade Press","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-fair-day","title":"A Fair Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHOOSE BETWEEN A SIGNED OR AN UNSIGNED COPY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth copies are first impression paperback (no hardback issued) from 1984 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the signed copy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium format paperback in fine condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned and dated by Martin Parr to title page with a comment \"WOW\" pointed at a previous owner's inscription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome very slight toning to extremities of cover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a Salem house sticker to back cover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome very slight toning to extremities of pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOtherwise pages clean, binding firm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the unsigned copy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium format paperback in near fine condition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome slight marking and toning to extremities to cover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a Salem House sticker and a price sticker to back cover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSome very minor toning to extremities of pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThere is a crease to page 62\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo other markings, binding firm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout A Fair Day\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA special book of Photographs - all taken on one day in the West of Ireland. Martin Parr is a chronicler of our age. In the face of the constantly growing flood of images released by the media. His photographs then offer us the opportunity to see the world from his unique perspective. So a text by Fintan O’Toole introduces Martin Parr’s third book – self published by Promenade Press in 1984. Seventy four images capture aspects of life in the Ireland of the early 1980s, including abandoned Morris Minors, rural dance halls, and also newly built bungalows. Parr records a sympathetic portrait of a society caught between both the past and the 20th Century. These images of the west of Ireland in A Fair Day show a culture caught between a Celtic past and the Great American Dream. A book of conflicting images which juxtaposes picturesque views and scenarios with images of dingier particulars, including also an interesting study of abandoned Morris Minor automobiles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Parr","offers":[{"title":"Signed (Fine condition)","offer_id":41413088837841,"sku":"SBID_00285568","price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Unsigned (Near fine condition)","offer_id":41413088870609,"sku":"SBID_00285569","price":230.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/20251209_122326.jpg?v=1765285112"},{"product_id":"the-last-resort-paperback-edition","title":"The Last Resort","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of The Last Resort by Martin Parr (1986)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium format paperback in near fine condition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlight suning to spine and very minor wear to extremities of cover \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome very slight toning to extremities of pages \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOtherwise, pages clean, binding firm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Last Resort collects images taken by Parr between 1983 and 1985 in the British  coast. Parr would visit the Liverpool beach resort in New Brighton and capture his surroundings, the queues of people outside the ice cream parlous, the children playing in the sand, elderly couples enjoying their cones of chips... His very characteristic use of saturated color and on-board flash illuminated a country in a state of decay, but still finding pleasure where it could. The deterioration of the British economy — and society as a whole — seemed to be writ large in the litter-strewn, concrete promenade of New Brighton.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Parr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57160036712830,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/the-last-resort-5846165.jpg?v=1776527430"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/promenade-press.oembed","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}