Lot 411
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KERTESZ, Andre. Day of Paris. New York: J.J. Augustin, 1945. 4° (241 x 178mm). 103 black and white photographs. (Some spotting on the edges and first and last leaves.) Original cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black, original photo-illustrated dust-jacket (some spotting on the cloth, dust-jacket with small chips and tears repaired on verso with tape, some soiling).
KERTESZ, Andre. Day of Paris. New York: J.J. Augustin, 1945. 4° (241 x 178mm). 103 black and white photographs. (Some spotting on the edges and first and last leaves.) Original cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black, original photo-illustrated dust-jacket (some spotting on the cloth, dust-jacket with small chips and tears repaired on verso with tape, some soiling).

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KERTESZ, Andre. Day of Paris. New York: J.J. Augustin, 1945. 4° (241 x 178mm). 103 black and white photographs. (Some spotting on the edges and first and last leaves.) Original cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black, original photo-illustrated dust-jacket (some spotting on the cloth, dust-jacket with small chips and tears repaired on verso with tape, some soiling).

FIRST EDITION in the fragile dust-jacket. Day of Paris includes 'the best of his humanist documentary imagery' (The Photobook). Designed by Alexey Brodovitch and Peter Pollack. 101 Books, pp.114-15; Auer, p.306; The Open Book, pp.138-39; The Photobook, vol. I, p.200; Regards à travers le livre 81.

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