Sommer: Words; Images, 1984, Near Fine w/VG Slipcase

Sommer, Frederick. Sommer: Words; Images (Tucson, AZ: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 1984).

English, two Near Fine books in a Very Good slipcase, Near Fine overall, SC, 4to, 11" x 9 1/2," 62 pp. (Sommer: Words), Sommer: Images unpaginated (mostly illustrations).

ISBN: N/A

Two volumes, complete. Near Fine gray-brown paper wrappers with gray lettering on front and spine. Covers have age toning and slight bumping to head and tail of spine, else pristine and intact, binding tight. Very Good gray-brown paper slipcase with gray lettering on front, no lettering on spine. Slipcase is relatively fragile and has age toning and some bumping and splitting along extremities, else clean and intact. Pages pristine and intact. No illustrations in Sommer: Words. Sommer: Images consists mostly of printed photographs, most of which are in black-and-white, a few in color. A collection of two books, Sommer: Words and Sommer: Images, in a gray paper slipcase. The two books are about the work of Frederick Sommer (1905-1999), an American artist perhaps best-known for his photography. Sommer: Words contains poetry and commentary by Sommer. Sommer: Images features Sommer's photos which include a variety of subjects such as still lifes, portraits, and abstract compositions.