2 Volumes in Slipcase. Heavy gray cloth clamshell case. Olive cloth boards, unpaginated contents. Titles in silver on spine. One volume devoted to Matthiessen's writing and one to accompanying photographs. Mild fading around slipcase extremities. Mottling to cloth of both boards of Photographs volume and back board of Matthiessen volume, but this appears common among copies from this edition. Foxing on first blank white page in Photographs volume but no evidence of foxing around or on photos. Foxing on pages prior to table of contents in Matthiessen volume, including the title page, on which Matthiessen has signed it. Copy 64 from limited edition of 500. Photographs volume contains 163 half-tone photos, reproduced one per page or one per two pages. Edition includes laid-in photo print by Lynn Johnson, housed in an olive, textured-paper folding chemise. A beautifully presented edition which honors both Matthiessen's writing and the Long Island fisherman who are the subject of the work.

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Title: Men's Lives
Publisher: The Rock Foundation, New York
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Doug Kuntz, Dan Budnik, Martine Franck, Jean Gaumy, Evelyn Hofer, Danny Lyon, Gilles Peress, Lynn Johnson
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author
Book Type: Folio

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