Personal Best [INSCRIBED TO ARTHUR OLIVAS]
Düsseldorf: teNeues Publishing Company, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "To Arthur Olivas all the best Elliot Erwitt Santa Fe, 13 Oct 2006" on half-title. Folio (14 1/2 x 11"). 445 (3)pp. Original bright red cloth with blind-stamped lettering on cover and spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket, black and white lettering on spine; housed in matching silver paper-covered box with b/w lettering. Red endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. "In Erwitt's photographic lexicon, "personal" means pictures he has been determinedly making for himself while earning a living as a working photographer." (Sean Callahan). Profusely illustrated with full page b/w photographs throughout. Contains catalog with thumbnail photographs of included works and short biography at rear. Text in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. Box with light wear along edges, else in fine condition. Very good to fine condition. Item #49495
ISBN: 3832791620
Price: $250.00