80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Malcolm Grear. This is the historically significant compendium of the esteemed late Chicago-based photographer Aaron Siskind's photographs from the 1930s of Harlem and its denizens. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1981 Matrix Publications deluxe first hardbound edition in dust jacket limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (100/100) AND SIGNED "Aaron Siskind" in black ink on the vellum limitation page at front, as issued, showing some mild wear and sunning to the publisher's printed slipcase. Seller Inventory # 026401

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Title: HARLEM DOCUMENT: PHOTOGRAPHS 1932-1940: ...

Publisher: Matrix Publications, Inc., Providence, RI

Publication Date: 1981

Binding: Cloth in Dust Jacket,Slipcased

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed and Numbered by the Photographer

Edition: First Edition #100/100 Deluxe.

Book Type: Photography Monograph

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A portrait of Black urban America and the people, culture, and lifestyles of Harlem during the 1930s

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