DEAR FRIENDS: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by David Deitcher on the half-title, with an invitation and ticket to 2002 L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center event featuring Deitcher laid in. A groundbreaking presentation of rarely seen photographs, history, social observation, and pictorial analysis provides an entirely new perspective on male friendship in the nineteenth century and suggests a surprisingly broad-minded attitude toward physical intimacy between men. Small quarto: 159, [1] pp. with 108 photographs in full color. Original pictorial boards. Light bump to the spine heel; else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Near fine / Near fine. Item #78319
ISBN: 0810957124
Price: $100.00