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New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed patterned paper over boards; 92pp; illus. Slight rubbing to bottom board edges, else tight, clean and unmarked in the original dustwrapper, toned on spine and with some rubbing along upper edge; Very Good Plus. A fragile book, this copy quite nicely preserved but for the usual toning to jacket spine. Sketches of travel, illustrated with photographs by Carter-Bresson, Cecil Beaton, Bill Brandt, and others.