Rosskam, Edwin. San Francisco: West Coast Metropolis by Edwin Rosskam. Untitled (Friends of Photography) proving that the most profound

proving that the most profound subjects are often the most simple

and Mikhail Baryshnikov

detailing John Ivory Talbot's 18th-century Gothic Revival redesign of the Great Hall

and his avant-garde galleries—most notably the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession (291)—to wage war against academic conservatism

Walt Whitman

Rosskam, Edwin. San Francisco: West Coast Metropolis by Edwin Rosskam. Untitled (Friends of Photography) proving that the most profoundThe Face of America series. Alliance, 1939. Introduction by William Saroyan. [Rosskam's first book, produced in collaboration with his wife Louise Rosskam. Innovative in the sequencing and layout of photographs. The Rosskams went on to become associated with Roy Stryker at the Farm Security Administration, OWI, and Standard Oil. ] Cloth, VG+, previous owner's bookplate inside cover, with protected, good, edge chipped dust jacket (hard to find with a