Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 327

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
INSCRIBED TO GORDON PARKS (PHOTOGRAPHY.) VAN DER ZEE, JAMES. James Van Der Zee * The Harlem Book of the Dead. Copious illustrations. 4to, original leatherette and cloth respectively, in dust jackets with some slight discoloration and wear to the edges. Dobbs Ferry, NY, (1973-78)

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first editions, inscribed to gordon parks. The first volume is signed by Van Der Zee and inscribed by Camille Billops, who wrote the Introduction, "To the 'Best,' with my best, Camille Billops." The second volume bears a long inscription from Van Der Zee "To Gordon, with best wishes and kind appreciations, your faithful servant, James Van Der Zee, 1886-1900-1976+ Lenox Mass & N.Y.C., Aug. 26, 1976." Van Der Zee was ninety years old when he inscribed this book.