Steichen, Edward
The Early Years 1900-1927
(New York: Aperture, Inc., 1981). First and limited edition, #234/500 copies printed on Rives BFK (from a total edition of 1,000 copies, plus 100 artist proofs). Large folio. Portfolio of 12 hand-pulled photogravure prints, loose as issued, with original tissue guards. Essays by photographer Beaumont Newhall and Steichen's daughter, Mary Steichen Calderone MD, each signed in ink by them. In publisher's paper folder and silk-covered portfolio and slip case, stamped in gilt; in original Aperture shipping box. 

A stunning and as-new copy of this limited edition portfolio of Edward Steichen's most renowned photographs. The text leaves were printed at the Stinehour Press, and the photogravure plates were hand-pulled on the presses of the Atelier de Taille Douce of Saint-Prex, Switzerland. An impressive production.