EVANS, Walker (1903-1975). American Photographs. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1938. 4° (224 x 200 mm). 87 black and white photographs. With the errata slip. Original black cloth, printed paper label on spine, original printed dust-jacket with MoMA publications listed on the back panel (cloth of front board with light scuffs).
FIRST EDITION, A FINE COPY. 'A GREAT WORK OF ART', which 'holds a well deserved place at the top of the pantheon' (The Photobook). American Photographs 'revolutionized the photobook' (Regards à travers le livre 69). This copy has none of the spotting to the edges, and none of the browning to the dust-jacket spine which is so commonly found in most other copies. 101 Books, pp. 98-9; Auer, p. 263; The Open Book, pp. 128-9; The Photobook, vol. I, pp. 114-5.
EVANS, Walker (1903-1975). American Photographs. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1938. 4° (224 x 200 mm). 87 black and white photographs. With the errata slip. Original black cloth, printed paper label on spine, original printed dust-jacket with MoMA publications listed on the back panel (cloth of front board with light scuffs).
FIRST EDITION, A FINE COPY. 'A GREAT WORK OF ART', which 'holds a well deserved place at the top of the pantheon' (The Photobook). American Photographs 'revolutionized the photobook' (Regards à travers le livre 69). This copy has none of the spotting to the edges, and none of the browning to the dust-jacket spine which is so commonly found in most other copies. 101 Books, pp. 98-9; Auer, p. 263; The Open Book, pp. 128-9; The Photobook, vol. I, pp. 114-5.
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