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SOMMER, Frederick. Frederick Sommer. 1939-1962. Photographs. New York: Aperture, 1963. Small 2° (235 x 205 mm). 30 black and white photographs. Original white cloth, lettered in black on spine (some light soiling and light wear along the edges). Provenance: United States Postal Service (auction stamp on the pastedown) -- Klynn-Kroll (signature, small labels and small stamp, all on the pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, THE RARE HARDCOVER ISSUE . A small number of these cloth-bound copies, probably less than 50, was made for Sommer for private distribution. 'An almost perfect monograph'; 'this early enactment of Sommer's ideas about the workings of linguistic and pictorial logic is a gem' (101 Books). 101 Books, pp.162-3; The Open Book, pp.192-3.
FIRST EDITION, THE RARE HARDCOVER ISSUE . A small number of these cloth-bound copies, probably less than 50, was made for Sommer for private distribution. 'An almost perfect monograph'; 'this early enactment of Sommer's ideas about the workings of linguistic and pictorial logic is a gem' (101 Books). 101 Books, pp.162-3; The Open Book, pp.192-3.