McBlain Books

Photographs from the Collection of the Gilman Paper Company

Apraxine, Pierre (curator of the Gilman Collection and author of the Introduction) and Richard Benson (author of Afterword, Colophon, etc. who, using a process he had developed, created the quadratone negatives and the sometimes as many as five plates per image which he then used to personally print, 1200 copies of the contents of this book on a single pass Michele 29" offset printing press)

Meriden, Ct: White Oak Press, 1985. Limited edition. Hardcover. frontis, 199 mounted photographic images with brief captions on facing pages, 477, [3]p. Linen cloth backed in maroon leather. 47 cm. Slipcase. Copy No. 931 of an edition limited to 1200 numbered copies. This copy is mint and still surrounded by sheets of white plastic in the original lightly worn cardboard shipping box. All photos not larger than the size of the book were reproduced in their original size. Domestic orders only. A modern photographic high spot. This copy was tucked inside its unopened original shipping box when Phil first saw it but the former owner wanted to open the box and show Phil these magnificently reproduced photographs before letting this copy go. The Gilman Collection of more than 8500 photographs was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Benson was awarded a MacArthur grant the year after this book was published. Benson taught for many years at the Yale School of Art and served as its Director from 1996 to 2006. Fine. Item #95668

Price: $5,000.00