Das Antlitz der Menschheit. Hundert Aufnahmen internationaler Meisterfotografen
first edition Softcover
1955 · Wien und München
by Schleinitz, Egon G. (ed.)
Wien und München: Anton Schroll, 1955. First edition. Softcover. g. Quarto. (5) 100 (11)pp. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on cover over blank wrappers. Short topical introduction, the essence of human kind, and 100 exceptional full-page b/w photographs by acclaimed master photographers (Werner Bischof, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ernst Haas, Ruth Hallensleben, Fritz Henle, Herbert List, Robert Löbl, Heinz von Perkhammer,and many others). Not limited to portrait photographs and arranged thematically, e.g women in everyday life, beauty, hardship, adventure, leisure, etc. Text in German. DJ with small tears and chips along edges and one inch tear at head of spine. Dealer stamp at lower right corner of front endpaper. Slight yellowing of block not affecting the images. DJ in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition. (Inventory #: 35379)