Self-Portrait U.S.A.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. David Douglas Duncan (1916-2018) was an American photojournalist who was famous for his combat photographs. After Pearl Harbor, Duncan joined the Marine Corps and became a combat photographer. He was sent to the South Pacific during World War II. He is best known for his photographs taken during the Korean War. In addition to his combat photographs, he is known for his domestic photography of Pablo Picasso and his wife Jacqueline. He published seven books of photographs of Picasso in all. Duncan also published two books on the Vietnam War. In this publication, Duncan shares numerous photographs of the troubled 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago and the Republican convention in Miami. The section on the Democratic convention is followed by two extensive photographic sections on wounded veterans in the Great Lakes Naval Hospital (with signs for Alfred E. Neuman for president) and on the street violence and injuries among student protesters.

A striking and poignant documentary of a very troubled time in American history with 325 black-and-white photographs. Folio, bound in blue cloth-covered board with gilt title to spine. White dust jacket with title in red and black to front and spine panels. Jacket is yellowed and has a number of smudges. Edges of some pages are slightly yellow, but pages are generally bright and clean. 240 pages.