Alamos: A Philosophy in Living
signed first edition
1965 · San Francisco
by Elkus, Richard J
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1965 First edition. One of 487 numbered copies, SIGNED by the author/photographer and by printers, Edwin & Robert Grabhorn. Foreword by Barnaby Conrad. Folio. 64 pp. 24 mounted photographic plates. Half brown suede (embossed with title) over hand-dyed orange, light brown and yellow striped Mexican cloth. Very minor shelf rubbing to suede at bottom edge of covers, but a very fine copy. Superb mounted high quality halftone prints depicting the people and character of the town of Alamos, Mexico from original photographs by Elkus. A beautiful copy of a book often found with the cloth frayed, suede spine stained, etc. This was the last great work by the Grabhorn Press.. (Inventory #: 5698)