Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1963. First Edition. With over 234 black-and-white photographs by Steichen. 4to, publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gold on the spine and upper cover, in the photographic dustjacket. 249 pp. A fine copy of the book and dustjacket, a little wear to the lower tips of the jacket only. FIRST EDITION AND A FINE COPY OF THIS IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF STEICHEN PHOTOGRAPHIC MASTERPIECES. "This volume is the dramatic summation of 69 years of photography. Printed in finest black-and-white gravure in the present edition, they were chosen by Steichen from more than 30,000 negatives. They are a breathtaking gallery of personalities, abstractions, still lifes, theater scenes, war pictures, nature. They comprise the testament of the man who, more than any other, has influenced the standards for creative photography in the 20th century."- Publisher

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Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 28775
Title: A LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Author: Steichen Edward
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1963

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