One Man's Eye: Photography from the Alan Siegel Collection, Word Wise Press, 2000, HC, Near Fine.

Siegel, Alan, and Robert A. Sobieszek. New York: Word Wise Press, 2000.

English, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 14 1/4" x 12 1/4", [6] 176 pp.

ISBN: 0810967197 

Black cloth over board, blind stamped lettering to front panel, no lettering to spine, light interior soiling, slight cocking to spine, otherwise, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block and endpapers. Very Good wraparound pictorial dust jacket, featuring Edward J. Kelty's 1929 photograph, "Congress with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey (Combined) Circus," white and black lettering to front and spine, white and gray lettering to interior flaps, sunning to spine and front panel, very light wear to tips, head, and tail, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [6] 176 pp. Includes 118 photographs, 16 full-color plates, Preface by Robert A. Sobieszek, essay by Alan Siegel, Plates organized by topic, List of Plates, Selected Bibliography, Acknowledgements, and Photo Credits. Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Walker Evans, Jan Groover, Tina Barney are just some of the many artists and photographers with work included in this publication. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University from June 8 to August 12, 2000. From inside dust jacket: "This elegant volume reflects the eclectic tastes and ardent enthusiasms of one man, Alan Siegel, whose illustrious private collection of photographs rivals that of many museums...Many of the images shown here have never, or seldom, been published before."