Whispers of Intimate Things [Signed Bookplate laid-in]

New York: Viking Press, 1971. First Edition. Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 - March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, musician, writer and film director. He is best remembered for his photographic essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film, SHAFT. First Printing. Signed bookplate laid-in. Octavo (25cm); full maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; unpaginated; dustjacket; Fine copy in an unclipped dustjacket (priced $8.95), with a few short tears and light chipping at spine crown. A Library of Congress Living Legend recipient in 2000, Parks combines poetry and photography in this. (Inventory #: 51756)