California and The West. A U.S. Camera Book with Ninety-Six Photographs (INSCRIBD by Edward & Charis Weston)
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1940. First Edition. INSCRIBED "For Babs, with memories of happy days together in Yosemite. Edward & Charis." 4to. 127 pp. Black & white photographic prints by Edward Weston with commentary by Charis Weston. Decorative book plate for inscribee. Black cloth with silver lettering. Minor wear to extremities, with light bump to lower front corner; near fine in very good dust jacket (chips at flap corners; wear to spine ends, more so to spine head; light scraping on rear cover). Weston's photographic masterpiece is uncommon with signatures by both Edward and Charis. Item #22977
From 1937 to 1939, through the generosity of the Guggenheim Foundation, Edward & Charis Weston traveled the county with Edward creating 96 stunning photographs of the American scene and Charis providing commentary through diaries she kept along the way.
Price: $1,500.00