Rome: The City and Its People/ KLEIN, William/New York/ 1959/ 1st Ed.

Description: Rome: The City and Its People Author/Photographer: William Klein (1926-2022) Publisher/Year/Edition: A Studio Book, The Viking Press/ New York/1959/ First Edition Description: Quarto. Hardcover with black cloth boards, titles in white to spine. Photographic endpapers. 189pp., 9 x 11 inches. Edgewear to jacket, with 3/4" piece missing to right front corner tip. Front flap has long diagonal strip cut, previous ownership erased on ffe, ownership in blue ink on ffe in front and back, tape repairs to interior of jacket. Over 130 vivid, high-contrast heliogravures(many double-page). The second title in Klein's famous series of city-based publications, the other being New York, Tokyo, Moscow, and Torino '90. Split into five sections-Roman Citizens, The Street, The Eternal City, Youth, and the Catholic World-the book is a prime example of the sharp immediacy in Klein's photographic eye. According to Federico Fellini, "this is best Rome there is and Klein is the best photographer there is. He knows Rome like a book and this is it." Subject: Photography Rare Photobook Terms: All orders ship within 2 business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail with tracking number. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 7 days of receipt for a refund.

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