Portraits The Photography of Carl Van Vechten
Indianapolis / New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1978). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 164 b&w photo reproductions, many full-page. With appendix listing all of the photographer's portrait subjects. Black cloth with cover titles stamped in blind and spine titles stamped in white, gray endpapers. In the photo illustrated laminated dust jacket, price clipped with head edge minimally crimped and light scuffs. Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #10639 Dust jacket is now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve.
The New York Times music critic, patron of the Harlem Renaissance, and novelist is now best known for his studio portraits of cultural leaders from the 1930s through the 1950s. Mauriber was his friend, assistant and cataloguer.
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