WITNESS TO OUR TIME (SIGNED); Foreward by Henry R. Luce
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 12.75 in. x 9.75 in. pp. 343. Signed by the author on the title page. Richly illustrated with black and white and color photographs. Linen boards with title stamped in blind to front. Title in gilt to spine. Light rubbing to edges; touch of sunning and rubbing to spine and fore-edge of front board. Presentation bookplate to front pastedown. Very clean interior. No dustjacket.
Laid in: Signed letter with letterhead from Robert Fisler, Promotional Director at Life Publishing, to Colonel Raymond Vandiver, Chief of Staff at the Air Force Flight Test Center, offering some details about the publication of the book. The presentation card on the front-edge.pastedown reads: "Presented to Col. Raymond Vandiver On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of LIfe". The author was a staff photographer for each those first 30 years at Life Magazine. Very Good. Item #88156
Alfred Eisenstaedt was among those Europeans who pioneered the use of the 35-millimeter camera in photojournalism as they brought their knowledge to American publications after World War I. He was also among the earliest devotees of available-light photography. Unlike many photojournalists in the postwar period, he was not associated with a particular kind of event or geographic area: he was a generalist. As such, he was a favorite among editors, not only for his quick eye, but also for his ability in making good photographs of any situation or event. His nonjudgmental but acutely perceptive eye and his facility with composition have made his photographs memorable documents of his era both historically and aesthetically. (from International Center on Photography).
Price: $80.00