The First Picture Book: Everyday Things for Babies

Steichen, Edward & Calderone, Mary Steichen

ISBN 10: 1881270521 / ISBN 13: 9781881270522

Published by Fotoflio/Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1991

About this Item

67 pages. First limited edition, one of 250 copies in blue quarter morocco leather and cloth. Signed by John Updike & Mary Steichen Calderone. 24 black & white photographs by Steichen on the theme of childhood objects. The original 1930 book was produced for Steichen's daughter. Afterword by Updike. Preface by Calderone Steichen. Original photogravure by Steichen bound in & another print of the same image in a folder. As new book in an as new publisher's slipcase. A beautiful copy!

Seller Inventory # 3666673422

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Picture Book: Everyday Things for Babies
• Publisher: Fotoflio/Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1881270521
• ISBN 13: 9781881270522
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

THE FIRST PICTURE BOOK was originally published in 1930 with twenty-four exquisite photographs of "everyday things" by Edward Steichen and a preface by his daughter, Mary Steichen Calderone, then a leader in the progressive school movement. One of the first children's books to be illustrated with photographs, it represents a landmark in the field. The photographs are among Edward Steichen's most appealing and least-known works. In the afterword, written for this new edition, John Updike reflects upon childhood and memory.