The First Picture Book: Everyday Things for Babies

The First Picture Book: Everyday Things for Babies by Mary Steichen Calderone and Edward Steichen, with an afterword by John Updike. Published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art in an edition limited to 250 copies. Fine press production featuring letterpress printing, offset lithographs, and an original hand-printed photogravure produced from original Steichen materials. Large square clothbound volume housed in the original matching slipcase. This edition was designed after the original 1930 publication and produced in collaboration with Umbra Editions and specialist fine-press printers. This copy is signed in pencil by Mary Steichen Calderone and John Updike on the colophon page (as shown). A beautiful object combining photography, book arts, literature, and Whitney Museum publishing history. Condition:Fine. Clean cloth binding with strong silver titling, sharp interior, and present original slipcase. Binding tight; pages bright. A scarce and highly collectible Steichen title, particularly desirable in signed limited form.