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MACLEISH, Archibald.
Land of the Free.
First edition, first printing of this "book of photographs illustrated by a poem". Macleish (1892–1982) was an important American modernist poet, Librarian of Congress, and three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This poem was inspired by the Great Depression and illustrated with images by some of the most significant American photographers of the period, including Dorothea Lang, Margaret Bourke-White, Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and Arthur Rothstein.
Quarto. Original tan cloth, titles to spine and upper board in black, single line rule across boards and spine in blue. Illustrations throughout from photos. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. A few faint spots to the cloth, spine rolled. An excellent copy.
