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Coburn, Alvin Langdon
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Description
- Men of Mark. London and New York: Duckworth & Co and Mitchell Kennerley, 1913.
- paper, ink
4to (12 1/4 x 9 1/2in; 312 x 242mm). 33 tipped-in photogravure portraits; very minor foxing, lacking tissue guards. Original linen-covered boards, front cover gilt-lettered; some shelfwear, lacking jacket.
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION. A classic monograph from the master of early twentieth century photography. Illustrated with portraits of 33 eminent artists, authors, and statesmen, each plate numbered and bearing the sitters’ facsimile signature. Includes portraits of W. B. Yeats, Henri Matisse, George Bernard Shaw, Henry James, Mark Twain, and Theodore Roosevelt.