New York, 1955. Reproduced (from this print) in PORTRAITS: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978). Half-length view of the author seated, with hand folded in lap. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.2 x 23.6 cm (13 x 9-1/4 inches). Fine Atelier stamped on verso, docketed by Van Vechten in pencil, recording the subject of the photograph ("Cab Calloway"), the date, the number of the negative "(xv - nn - 8"). Reproduced (from this print) in PORTRAITS: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978). Half-length view of the author seated, with hand folded in lap. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.2 x 23.6 cm (13 x 9-1/4 inches). Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber, Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN (1978)

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Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 222115
Title: Portrait photograph of Chester Himes
Author: (Himes, Chester) Van Vechten, Carl
Format/Binding: Half-length view of the author seated, with hand folded in lap. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 33.2 x 23.6 cm (13 x 9-1/4 inches)
Book Condition: Used - Fine Atelier stamped on verso, docketed by Van Vechten in pencil, recording the subject of the photograph ("Cab Calloway"), the
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reproduced (from this print) in PORTRAITS: The Photography of Ca
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1955
Keywords: Black | African American History | Carl Van Vechten
Bookseller catalogs: Americana; Literature;

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Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.

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Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...