San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976. First edition, one of 450 copies designed by Adrian Wilson at The Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. A wonderful account of Louis J. Stellman, a San Francisco photographer and journalist and devotee of photographer Arnold Genthe. Stellman sought to continue Genthe's work.....
Carl Van Vechten: Bilignin, France, 1934. Iconic photograph of Gertrude Stein in her garden in Bilignin, France. This is one of several photographic images of Stein by her friend and collaborator Carl Van Vechten.
New York, July 9, 1937. ¶ A fine portrait of the poet Witter Bynner (1881-1968), taken in early middle age by his friend, the writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten. Bynner had a life-long interest in photography and was friends with many well-known photographers.