06-01-201306-01-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2658BBoston
June 1, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Weston, Edward (1886-1958) Fifty Photographs

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$600$500
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2658BLocation: BostonDate / Time: June 01, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Weston, Edward (1886-1958) Fifty Photographs. New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce, [1947].
Limited edition of 1500 copies initialed by Weston, number 1228, in publisher's black cloth spine and black paper covered boards, with the title printed in gray letters, sixteen-page introduction followed by the fifty photographs printed on glossy paper, and an afterword by Weston, binding slightly bumped and rubbed, dust jacket bumped, with abrasions and short tears, reinforced on the verso with tape, not obvious from the outside, 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
[and] Wynn Bullock, (1902-1975),[San Francisco]: Scrimshaw Press, 1971, inscribed Bullock on ffep, with a prospectus for the book inserted, and a catalog from a show at the San Francisco Museum of Art from the winter of 1969/70, a related letter and bookmark inserted, in publisher's gray cloth, with a photograph set into the front board, and black lettering, in a Mylar jacket, 12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (2)
Estimate $500-700


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Keywords

Weston, Scrimshaw Press, San Francisco Museum of Art