Julia Margaret Cameron's Women - First Edition 1998 Hardcover Nonfiction Book - Perfect for Art Collectors & Photography Enthusiasts

Wolf, Sylvia. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.

English, First Edition, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12 3/4" x 9 1/2", [7] 242 pp.

ISBN: 0300077815

Brown cloth over boards, stamped silver lettering to spine, slightly shaken spine, light scratch mark to back panel, otherwise, clean, sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Very Good black pictorial dust jacket, featuring Julia Margaret Cameron's 1867 photograph "Julia Jackson" to front panel, 1867 photograph "Mrs. Herbert Duckworth" to back panel, white and gray lettering to front panel, spine, and interior flaps, 3 1/4" closed tear and small chip to back panel, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [7] 242 pp. Includes essays and 148 illustrations, including 64 five-color plates and 84 duotones. From inside the dust jacket: "The bulk of her work [...] consists of portraits of women. This stunning book is the first to concentrate on this central aspect of Cameron's work, providing new information and insights about one of photography's most visionary practitioners."