Frederick Sommer: 1939–1962 Photographs (Rare Hardcover Edition).
(N.p.): Aperture, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Small square quarto. Frederick Sommer's first book, entirely designed by him. Scarce issue in cloth, the first hardcover book ever published by Aperture, more commonly encountered in wrappers as issue 10:4 of Aperture Magazine. By some reputable accounts as few as 50 copies of the cloth edition were printed, although I think the number is closer to 200. (Roth 162–63). Faint toning to the page margins; slight pulling at the head of the spine (a problem endemic to this title) but sewn binding still secure; bookplate inside front cover; light soiling to the white boards, chiefly at the top and bottom edges. Rare.
Item #24912
Price: $1,000.00