with an essay by James Oles.
New York and London, W. M. Norton in association with The Center for Documentary Studies, 1997
One of 200 signed copies. This book was published to coincide with the exhibition Mexico City 1941: Photographs by Helen Levitt, which opened at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona (November 1997 - January 1998), before travelling to the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University (March - May 1998).
First edition, number 54 of 200 copies signed on the colophon; 4to (267 x 212 mm, 10½ x 8¼ in); black-and-white photographs printed in offset, text in English and Spanish; beige endpapers, grey cloth-covered boards, titles on spine in gold, photo-illustrated dust-jacket, light green and black, publisher's grey cloth-covered board slipcase, titles on upper side in gold, small mark on lower side otherwise a fine copy; 141, [3]pp.
First edition, number 54 of 200 copies signed on the colophon; 4to (267 x 212 mm, 10½ x 8¼ in); black-and-white photographs printed in offset, text in English and Spanish; beige endpapers, grey cloth-covered boards, titles on spine in gold, photo-illustrated dust-jacket, light green and black, publisher's grey cloth-covered board slipcase, titles on upper side in gold, small mark on lower side otherwise a fine copy; 141, [3]pp.
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