153, [1] pp. 10 tipped-in hand-pulled aquatone plates printed under the supervision of the photographer. (Folio) 14½x11¼, original cloth-backed boards, title in gilt on front board, paper title label on spine. One of 600 copies printed on French hand-made paper.

Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882-1966) was a key figure in the development of American pictorialism. He became the first major photographer to emphasize the visual potential of elevated viewpoints and later made some of the first completely abstract photographs. According to small publisher's label on the front pastedown, only 300 copies of this book were printed with the hand-pulled photogravure plates. This copy is one of the 300 that were printed with aquatone plates instead.