THE PASSIONATE COLLECTOR. With an Introduction by Walter Benjamin.

- Oblong 4to, pictorial white wraps (lightly soiled; corners lightly creased; small label removed from front wrap) with B&W illustrations on both wraps. 127 pp. (remainder mark on fore-edge). Profusely illustrated in B&W. Very good. First edition.".One day I realized that to be a photographer is to be a collector.I decided to collect collectors--photographically, of course." [Author's Preface]. Over a two-year period, Land-Weber traveled to 40 states and photographed 152 collectors whose passions included beer cans, angels, anvils, escutcheons, dolls, horses, insects and maps of Transylvania, among many others.