Steichen, Edward. The Early Years 1900-1927. Aperture, New York, 1981.

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Description: Large folio, 57 x 42 cm. Limited edition, copy 234 of 500 on Rives BFK (from a total of 1000 copies, plus 100 artist proofs). Portfolio of 12 hand-pulled photogravure prints, loose as issued with tissue guards. Essays by photographer Beaumont Newhall and Steichen's daughter, Mary Steichen Calderone MD, each signed in ink by both. LISTING of PRINTS: Grand Prix at Longchamp: After the Races, Paris, 1900 * Self-Portrait with Sister, Milwaukee, 1902 * Moonrise, Mamaroneck, New York, 1904 * In Memoriam, New York, 1902 * Steichen and Wife Clara on Their Honeymoon, Lake George, New York, 1903 * Richard Strauss, New York, 1904 * The Flatiron, New York, 1905 * Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914 * Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, Athens, 1920 * Three Pears and an Apple, France, circa 1921 * Brancusi in His Studio, Paris, 1925. Fresh and as-new copy of this limited edition portfolio of Edward Steichen's most renowned photographs. The text leaves were printed at the Stinehour Press, and the photogravure plates were hand-pulled on the presses of the Atelier de Taille Douce of Saint-Prex, Switzerland. Nubby beige cloth. Fine in matching fine slipcase with contents inside a paper enclosure and an Indian tussah silk and Curtis Tweedweave folio and slipcase with gold lettering

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

STEICHEN, Edward. Edward Steichen: The Early Years, 1900-1927. Aperture, New York, 1981.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Description: Limited texts are by Beaumont Newhall & Mary Steichen Calderone and are signed by both authors. Illustrated with 12 gorgeous large photogravures, loose as issued, with tissue guards, in a folding two-piece natural silk folio case. United States: Aperture, 1981. Limited edition, number 315 of 500 printed on heavy Rives BFK paper. Plates are all fine but the outer slipcase is somewhat dust-soiled and has a small 1 inch ink stain on rear cover; inner cloth slipcase is clean but the white board sleeve holding plates is cracked at edges. Fine in a very good case. The images were made by means of the Talbot-klic photogravure process. 11 of the plates were made using the dust-grain technique and one plate using a specially prepared screen. The plates were hand-pulled at Atelier de Taille Douce in Switzerland. Prospectus laid-in.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.