Hubert's Freaks: The Rare-Book Dealer, the Times Square Talker, and the Lost Photos of Diane Arbus

Name: Hubert's Freaks: The Rare-Book Dealer, the Times Square Talker, and the Lost Photos of Diane Arbus
Rating: 3.5 (6 reviews)

ISBN-10: 0156033089
ISBN-13: 9780156033084
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Pages: 282
Language: English
Published: 2009-04-15
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author: Gregory Gibson

Description

Traces the efforts of Bob Langmuir to authenticate photographs he discovered in the Hubert's Museum archives that he believed to be prints by a legendary photographer.

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