Moments Preserved Eight Essays In Photographs And Words - With Slipcase Penn, Irving With Rosemary Blackmon Illustrated Books,Photography

4to. Pp. [6], 7-183. Introduction by Alexander Liberman. Laden throughout with black & white and color photographs by Irving Penn. Index. Bound in cream-colored cloth with black titles stamped on spine. Light stains to front endpaper and half-title. Binding tight. In the dust jacket that has slight discoloration to spine foxed; wear at head of spine. In the illustrated slipcase, a tad worn, and with a bookseller tag (Paul Elder Books, San Francisco) on lower front corner. Celebrated as Vogue magazine's top photographer for 60 years, Penn's was quite private and avoided self-promotion; instead, his ongoing drive was the expansion of photography's limitations. This is his first book. Dust jacket is now preserved within a clear, removable archival sleeve. Slipcase worn and stained, but otherwise sturdy. Hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase