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IRVING PENN
Moments Preserved. Eight Essays in Photographs and Words. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Quarto (325 x 245mm). 299 photographs, 39 of these in colour. Original linen, spine lettered in black, original white dust-jacket printed in grey, original photo-illustrated slipcase (dust-jacket spine browned and with small chips at ends, slipcase lightly rubbed and with light soiling). Provenance: 'Rolf' (inscription from Penn in black ink on the front endpaper).
FIRST EDITION OF HIS FIRST BOOK, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY PENN: 'Dear Rolf, Lisa and I send our greetings and affectionate good wishes'. The Book of 101 Books, pp. 158-9 (designed by Penn himself with 'crisp pacing, graphic precision, and vivid use of colour'); The Open Book, pp.186-7; Regards à travers le livre 123.
Moments Preserved. Eight Essays in Photographs and Words. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Quarto (325 x 245mm). 299 photographs, 39 of these in colour. Original linen, spine lettered in black, original white dust-jacket printed in grey, original photo-illustrated slipcase (dust-jacket spine browned and with small chips at ends, slipcase lightly rubbed and with light soiling). Provenance: 'Rolf' (inscription from Penn in black ink on the front endpaper).
FIRST EDITION OF HIS FIRST BOOK, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY PENN: 'Dear Rolf, Lisa and I send our greetings and affectionate good wishes'. The Book of 101 Books, pp. 158-9 (designed by Penn himself with 'crisp pacing, graphic precision, and vivid use of colour'); The Open Book, pp.186-7; Regards à travers le livre 123.
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