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New York: E. Weyhe, 1932. First edition. Weston, Edward. Folio, frontis portrait of Edward Weston by Brett Weston, and 39 full-page b&w plates from photographs. Quarter white paper and glossy black paper over beveled boards. Fine, but for toning to the white paper which forms the spine and portion of the covers, darkening where it is exposed from the slipcase. Housed in the publisher's slipcase which is worn and edge-chipped. The first full monograph on Weston, and one of the first on any American photographer. With a foreword by Charles Sheeler, an appreciation by Lincoln Steffens, a prophecy by Arthur Miller, an estimate by Jean Charlot, and a statement by Edward Weston. The book was designed by Merle Armitage and limited to 550 SIGNED copies, of which this is number 380.