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[PHOTOGRAPHY]. CARTIER–BRESSON, Henri (1908–2004), photographer. The Decisive Moment. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1952].
Folio. 126 full or double–page heliogravures from photographs. Original color pictorial boards (spine gently sunned, few tiny marred spots to covers); original unclipped dust jacket (extremities chipped with losses including a 2 ¾” tear to spine, few small tape repairs to recto); both designed after a cut–out by Matisse. Caption booklet laid in, as issued.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, “one of the greatest of all photobooks” (The Photobook, Vol. I, p. 209).