Signed Roth 101 Title
William Eggleston's Guide
Notes: Eggleston's first book, a landmark photobook of color images of suburbia that was published for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
Eggleston's "subjects are almost generically American, and their uncanny familiarity is part of their power and beauty"—Roth, Book of 101 Books, a guide to the seminal photobooks of the 20th century, p. 234.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A very good copy in original leatherette with a tipped-on image decorating the front cover. Old library stamp on title page and last text page; faint stamp on fore-edge; light wear on the rear paste-down and near the spine where library labels were removed. Still a solid copy, inscribed by Eggleston on the title page.
Publication: New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976.
Item No: #307751
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