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The first picture book : everyday things for babies

Title: The first picture book : everyday things for babies / Mary Steichen Calderone, Edward Steichen ; with an afterword by John Updike.
Author: Calderone, Mary Steichen, 1904-1998.
Publication: New York : Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, [1991]

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	MFXZ (Steichen) 00-1	Schwarzman Building - Photography Collection Room 308

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Description

65, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : chiefly ill.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Artists and writers series ; 9th

Subjects

Note

250 copies printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler at the Wild Carrot Letterpress (text). One of 150 offered for sale; signed by John Updike and Mary Steichen Calderone.
"This edition was organized by May Castleberry, editor of the Artists and writers series, in association with Umbra Editions. The new design, by Katy Homans, is based on the original 1930 edition"--Colophon.
Date of publication from afterword.
Includes 24 offset lithographs, printed by Allethaire Press, and 1 hand-printed photogravure (tipped in after p. [66]), printed by Jon Goodman, all after photos. by Edward Steichen. "Negatives were created by Robert Hennessey from the original prints in the collection of Mary Steichen Calderone"--Colophon.
Binding: Publisher's, by Booklab; one of 125 copies issued bound in quarter blue morocco and blue-gray cloth, in slipcase.

Call Number

MFXZ (Steichen) 00-1

LCCN

96169121

OCLC

NYPG00-B7

Author

Calderone, Mary Steichen, 1904-1998.

Title

The first picture book : everyday things for babies / Mary Steichen Calderone, Edward Steichen ; with an afterword by John Updike.

Imprint

New York : Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, [1991]

Series

Artists and writers series ; 9th

Local Note

NYPL copy has additional copy of photogravure in paper portfolio laid in.

Prospectus ([4] p.) laid in.

Added Author

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973.

Updike, John.

Whitney Museum of American Art.

Research Call Number

MFXZ (Steichen) 00-1