Description
The first edition, first printing of A Way Of Seeing: Photographs of New York by Helen Levitt with an essay by James Agee, published in 1965.
Oblong octavo, [6], 78pp. Black cloth, title stamped in white. Stated “First Published in 1965” on the copyright page. Solid text block, internally clean. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, $6.50 on the front flap, faint shelf wear, a touch of wear at the head of the spine, pin-hole along rear hinge flap, an attractive example. (Parr & Badger, Photobook, p. 252) (Roth, p. 178-179)
This work includes 51 black and white photogravures from Helen Levitt, taken during the 1940’s in Spanish Harlem.