Harlem Document by Siskind Aaron, Signed (7 results)

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Small oblong softcover. 79 pages. Features a foreword by Gordon Parks. Includes additional text from the Federal Writers Project edited by Ann Banks. While Siskind is perhaps best known for his abstract photographs he also took number of powerful images of Harlem. A clean near fine copy in wrappers in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Siskind on the front free endpaper. One of the better and more concise book of images from Siskind that was a departure from his much more abstract images. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 80 pages. Published in 1981. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most important and beautiful photography books of the 20th century. The First Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run simultaneously with the Hardcover Edition as a softcover original. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Charles Traub: Regular-sized volume format. Pristine-white softcovers with brown titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Aaron Siskind. Foreword by Gordon Parks. Text excerpts gathered and edited by Ann Banks from the landmark study, "Federal Writer's Project". Printed in duotone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with large flaps and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Aaron Siskind's "Harlem Document: Photographs 1932-1940". His breakthrough collection, a quietly eloquent portrait of Harlem, and one of the most influential documents emanating from The Photo League. "All in all, a labor of love, care, and devotion, worthy of its great subject. The comparisons that have been made to 'The Sweet Flypaper of Life' (by Roy de Carava and Langston Hughes) are entirely justified" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Aaron Siskind collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Aaron Siskind. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great photography book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition/First Printing (Softcover) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The Softcover Edition was issued simultaneously as the Hardcover. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with duotone plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AARON SISKIND TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 093655407X. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Siskind. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. A great copy in mint condition, DJ also, protected in mylar cover (mylar has tape on the front, not the DJ). A portrait of the people, culture, and lifestyles of Harlem during the 1930s by Aaron Siskind, who was a member of the Photo League, . Fifty-two black and white photos, certainly show the community struggling during the Depression years. Includes perhaps the most well known photo from this period of Siskind's work: the two dancers in flamboyant action at the Savoy Ballroom in 1937. What gives this book extra values though are the stories from eight individuals based on oral interviews collected by the Federal Writers Project during the thirties. Selected by Horacio Fernandez in "New York In Photobooks". Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Small quarto. 8.25 x 8 in. 80 pp. White wrappers in pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with black & white reproductions of Siskind's photographs. Text from the Federal Writers Project. Edited by Ann Banks. Foreword by Gordon Parks. A splendid Black Mountain College association copy, inscribed by Aaron Siskind to Jonathan Williams in the year of publication. Siskind taught JW, publisher, poet, & photographer, at Black Mountain College in the 1950's. Fine in original wrappers and fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First edition. A portrait of Black urban America and the people, culture, and lifestyles of Harlem during the 1930s by member of the Photo League, Aaron Siskind. Fifty-two black and white photos, certainly show the community struggling during the Depression years. Includes perhaps the most well known photo from this period of Siskind's work: the two dancers in flamboyant action at the Savoy Ballroom in 1937. What gives this book extra values though are the stories from eight individuals based on oral interviews collected by the Federal Writers Project during the thirties. This is #78 from a total 100 copies of the deluxe edition signed by Siskind. The book is also inscribed to Dave by Siskind. Light rubbing to the dust jacket bottom edge, corners. In a nice slipcase that shows a bit of sunning to the edges. First edition. 8½" - 8½". Signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition, hardcover trade issue (there was also a limited and signed issue). Text from Federal Writers Projects, edited by Ann Banks. Foreword by Gordon Parks. Oblong octavo. Fine in very slightly worn very near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Siskind to his close friend and publisher of the Horizon Press, Ben Raeburn and his wife: "To Pearl & Ben, precious friends. Aaron. 12/12/81." Horizon published several of Siskind's books, including his breakthrough book *Aaron Siskind: Photographs* (1959), as well as *Aaron Siskind Photographer* (1965), and *Bucks County: Photographs of Early Architecture* (1974). An important association.

Siskind, Aaron (illustrator). First edition. Oblong 8vo., 80 pp., b&w photographs. There is a 1/16 inch closed tear at the tip of the dust jacket on the rear; else a fine copy in cloth with the illustrated dust jacket. Aaron Siskind became a freelance photographer in 1932, the same year he joined the Photo League in New York City. In 1936, a group of photographers from the Photo League formed a production unit they called the Features Group and began a three year project documenting Harlem. In 1940, Siskind joined with Max Yavno, and writer Michael Carter, on another project in Harlem. Neither of these projects were published due to the incursion of the Second World War. This volume brings together Siskind's photographs for the first time from both projects. SIGNED by Siskind on the title page.