HINE, Lewis

Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Modern Men and Machines

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. First Edition. Small quarto. Hine's iconic images of the construction of the Empire State Building are the highlights of this book originally intended for children. While Hine rarely strayed from documenting social injustice, the modernist aesthetic employed in Men at Work is a fitting corollary to the real star of this book: the American skyscraper. (Open Book 108-109; Auer 187). Near fine in a very good jacket with small chips at the back panel, spine, and bottom edges, as well as two closed edge tears to the back panel, and a bit of rubbing to the printing of the spine. Only the third copy I have seen in jacket in ten years.