Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by McDermott, John; Photographer-John McDermott; Introduction-Roland Eng; Preface-Kenro Izu - 2009

Siem Reap, Cambodia: McDermott Gallery, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. McDermott, John. Boards are covered in rich brown cloth with stamped-in title on both front and spine. Only flaw to report is bottom front corner of front board is slightly bumped. Photographer's signiture is on title page with black fountain pen. Interior is otherwise clean throughout. White jacket with tritone plate on front is clean and without chips or tears. Bottom front-fold corner has a couple of light creases from the same slightly-bumped corner. From jacket front flap, "John McDermott's magical images let us enter an Angkor that is rapidly vanishing: the hidden realm of temples lost in the forest, a nineteenth century explorer's dream....Created in a fourteen year labor of love, Elegy is the definitive collection of Mc Dermott's Angkor photography." Book contains 104 tritone plates. From back of jacket, a quote from the New York Times, "The Ansel Adams of Angkor...His pictures are not just beautiful but iconic...dreamlike photos, which look as though they were taken in an ancient, forgotten world..."