James Van Der Zee by Van Der Zee, James - 1973

Dobbs Ferry: Morgan & Morgan, 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, 159 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs of life in Harlem. Previous owner's signature at top right corner of front endpaper. Small 1/4" chip missing from dust jacket at top of spine. Dust jacket price clipped at bottom of interior flap. Clean, tight copy. Record # 2558

Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan Monograph, 1973. Very Good/Very Good. [Dobbs Ferry, NY]: Morgan & Morgan Monograph, [1973]. First Edition. Slim square quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's boards in cream photo-illustrated dust jacket, price cancel sticker of $14.00 on front flap; 159pp.; chiefly photographic illus. throughout. Light wear and fading to jacket extremities, brief soil to boards, discreet ownership label to front free endpaper, old soil spots affecting pp. [94] and [95], else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Early monograph on the oeuvre of African American photographer James Van Der Zee who over the course of six decades documented the social history of Harlem where he had his studio: "The most comprehensive survey of Afro-American life in Harlem, viewed from the camera lens of a resident photographer, may be seen in the work of James Van Der Zee" (p. 9).

Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1973. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 159 pages. An early monograph on this important African American photographer. Edited by Liliane De Cook and Reginald McGhee. Introduction by Reginia A. Perry. Includes over 100 black and white images. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards with some very faint scattered foxing to the page edges and in a near fine dust jacket with some slight color shift along the top edge.

Morgan & Morgan. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Morgan & Morgan. hardcover. New. 9x6x1. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW, Perfect Shape, No Remainder Mark,

Dobbs Ferry: Morgan & Morgan. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871000393 . First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. ( A few tiny spots of soiling at edges of spine on jacket. Couple short edge nicks in jacket. Light foxing at edges. ) More than 100 b&w images. ; 8vo 9 1/4" - 10 1/4" tall; 159 pages .

Dobbs Ferry: Morgan & Morgan.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871000393 . First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (Hint of faint foxing at edges. Spot of rubbing at bottom edge. Trace of light foxing on interior of jacket. ) (9 1/4" X 10 1/4") ) (159pp. ) More than 100 b&w images. ; 9 1/4 x 11"; 159 pages .

Keene Valley, New York, U.S.A.: Morgan & Morgan, 1974. First edition. Quarto-sized burgundy vinyl covered boards with silver lettering . Fine in faintly rubbed dustjacket with light edgewear on the rear top cover. In Broadart. For almost a half-century, the solid families of Harlem passed through Van Der Zee's GGG studio: proud parents, winsome children, clergymen, newlyweds. Lodge members, business and social leaders, glamorous struck young women, entertainers- the entire spectrum of the community. The more than 100 pictures shown here are representative selection from Van Der Zee's work. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JAMES VAN DER ZEE in blue ink script on the half-title page: " Appreciations and best wishes your faithful servant James Van Derzee (1886 - 1900 - 1974), Lenox, Mass and New York City". Signed by Illustrator. First American Edition. Fine/Near Fine.