Description
Signed first edition of Twelve Photographic Portraits by John Howard Griffin.
Octavo, [unpaginated], 12 leaves. Yellow cloth covers, title in black on paper label affixed to spine. First edition, stated one of 1,000 copies on copyright page. Solid text block, a few small spots to covers, offsetting to endpapers (as is usual). A near fine copy.
Inscribed by John Howard Griffin on the half-title.
Portrait subjects include: Roland Hayes, Zara Nelsova, Mark Van Doren, Pierre Reverdy, Lili Kraus, John Jacob Niles, Annie Fischer, Wendell Berry, Denise Levertov, Maxwell Geismar, Bro. Lavrans Nielsen, and Thomas Merton.
