May 14, 2009 - Sale 2180

Sale 2180 - Lot 93

Price Realized: $ 240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
SOMMER, FREDERICK.
The Box & Son of the Box.
Together, 2 volumes. With a total of 81 (50 and 31, respectively) duotone and color reproductions of Sommer's photographs and anatomical drawings along with images from his own archives. With the printed title and date on the back of the cards. 16mo (boxes measuring approximately 4 to 5 inches [10.2 to 12.7 cm.] square), the first contructed of clear lucite, the second a wood and aluminum box that serves as a free-standing display case. first editions, the former an edition of 1,000 and the latter 500.
(Tucson): Nazraeli Press, (1994 & 1998)