The Ballad of Sexual Dependency - First Edition, First Printing with Dust Jacket

GOLDIN, Nan

Published by Aperture Foundation, (New York), 1986

Edited with Marvin Heiferman, Mark Holbron and Suzanne Fletcher. Oblong 4to. Pp. 144. Illustrated with 125 color plates. Bound in blue cloth, letters blindstamped on front cover, in gilt on spine. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket. A solid copy with dust jacket showing a trifle fading to spine, light rubbing. (Please see photos.). First printing of the first edition of Goldin's groundbreaking collection documenting her life amid the gritty East Village No Wave scene. Includes a few photos of illustrious figures from that scene, including doomed lovers Cookie Mueller and her husband Vittorio at their wedding, not long before both died, victims of the AIDS epidemic.The most important photo book of its decade. In his New York Times review, Andy Grundberg wrote, "What Robert Frank's 'The Americans' was to the 1950's, Nan Goldin's 'The Ballad of Sexual Dependency' is to the 1980's."Dust jacket is now protected in a removable, clear archival sleeve. Seller Inventory # 1487

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency - First ...
Publisher: Aperture Foundation, (New York)
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Hardcover in Dust Jacket
Illustrator: Nan Goldin
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.