Alamos, A Philosophy in Living
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 487 copies, elephant folio size, approx. [100] pp., signed by Richard Elkus, and by both Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Fine. Item #15112809
Richard J. Elkus (1911-1999) was an internationally known banker and industrialist who traveled around the world. He spent time in the Mexican town Alamos, where he took photographs that were later exhibited in galleries, which became the basis for this work.
The last major book of the Grabhorn Press, "Alamos" is a collection of photographs by Elkus, capturing the poetry of the town of Alamos in Mexico. The photographs, a mix of landscapes and portraits, have a gritty serenity and impart a sense of the character of the town.
___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown suede with orange, beige, and tan linen boards, title blind-embossed on the front board, fore-edge rough cut, title page in red and black, twenty-four black-and-white photographs tipped in throughout, all versos blank; Goudy Modern type, machine-made paper, elephant folio size (17" by 13"), approximately 100 unnumbered pages, one of 487 copies, this number 60, signed by Richard Elkus, Robert and Edwin Grabhorn on the colophon.
___CONDITION: Fine overall; the covers clean, the corners unrubbed, the binding tight with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings;minor bumping to the corners, else fine.
___CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliography no. 653.
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