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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. James VanDerZee attained a local reputation the day he opened his Harlem studio that lasted two decades. He placed his famous and less famous subjects recognizably in the context of their community, photographing them in life at home, in death at the funeral parlor, and in activity in the streets, clubs, and businesses of Harlem. Volume includes many of VanDerZee's best-known photographs, as well as new discoveries. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., October 22, 1993-February 13, 1994. Biographical Essay, Plates, Notes, Bibliography, 192 pp. A stunning collection of the preeminent photographer of Harlem. Condition: Hardbound black cloth boards, silver text title on cover and spine. Dust jacket covers feature photography by VanDerZee. Entitled on front and spine. Protected by mylar. Laid in is advertisement for an Exhibition in Delaware in June and July, 1979. Full refund if not satisfied.