first edition Paperback
1952 · Lausanne
by Photography - Strand, Paul with Claude Roy
Lausanne: Guilde du Livre, 1952. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +/very good +. Lovely first edition of this volume of black and white photographs by Strand with text in French by Claude Roy. Photo-illustrated wrappers over stiff cardboard covers. 123 pp plus list of illustrations at rear of volume. A most handsome copy with only some light handling wear and very minor spotting to edges. Considered by many to be one of Strand's crowning achievements of the era. Laid in to this copy is a one-page handwritten letter from Strand to a Mr. Oring. Letter is dated Dec. 15. 58 and is SIGNED by Strand in full at the bottom of the letter. Strand is responding to questions related to the publication of this and one other of his books. Letter is quite legible.
(Inventory #: 24925)