Berenice Abbott: American Photographer

  • New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1982
By ABBOTT, Berenice (photographs; commentary); Hank O'Neal (text); John Canaday (introduction)
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Folio (36.5cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 255pp; black-and-white photographic (halftone) illustrations. An Artpress Book. Light pin-point impressions to rear cover; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, designed by Kornelia Kurbjuhn, unclipped (priced $59.95), lightly spine-tanned, with pin-point impressions to rear panel and light creases to extremities; Very Good.

Collection of Abbott's photographs, with her commentary throughout, and sections including "Paris Portraits", "American People and Places", and "Science". Text concludes with photo credits, list of exhibitions, and bibliography. [85804].

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