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Lot 668

EVANS, Walker (1903?1975), photographer; BEALS, Carleton (1...

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EVANS, Walker (1903?1975), photographer; BEALS, Carleton (1893?1979), author. The Crime of Cuba. Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1933. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 31 aquatone illustrations from photographs by Walker Evans. Publisher?s black cloth stamped in silver on upper cover and spine, top edge dyed red, original unclipped first printing photo-illustrated dust jacket with ?$3.00? price to front flap (light dust soiling to jacket with few small creases to panel edges); A SUPERB COPY. A fine example of an elusive first printing exposing the corruption in Cuba while also examining the culture and daily life of a typical Cuban.