NY: St. Martin's Press, 1979. First edition. 187pp; b&w plates. 4to. Blue vinyl over boards; dust jacket. Light foxing to top and fore-edge of textblock. Light bumping to spine ends and board corners. Unclipped jacket shows some creasing and rubbing at spine ends and tips, with moderate foxing to the interior. A very good (+) copy in like jacket. Signed and inscribed by Richardson to title page.
Presentation copy of Richardson's iconic photo-documentation of daily life at Rossville High School in Rossville, Kansas, as inscribed by him to noted American graphic designer J. Bradbury Thomspon—himself a native Kansan—and his wife: "For Deem and Bradbury / I hope you like this as much as I have admired your work." Also laid in is a typed note to "Brad" from John W. Ripley, editor of the Shawnee County Historical Society Bulletin, who recommends both Richardson and his book, while also making reference to Richardson's recent marriage, "one of the lovliest and most unique ceremony [sic] imaginable." We have been unable to determine whether "Deem," as written by RIchardson, was indeed a nickname of Mrs. Thompson's, or whether Ripley had elsewhere made a mistake that Richardson then repeated.
