NY: Da Capo Press, 1976. First edition, wrappered issue. [96]pp; b&w plates. Square 4to. Sewn in photo-illustrated wraps. Considerable wear to wraps, particularly spine, which shows flaking and chipping at ends; soiling to textblock edges; toning to edges of leaves. Light offsetting opposite plates, else contents clean and of sound binding.
A good copy of the only book published during Hujar's life, combining portraits of New York cultural luminaries with photographs of long-dead bodies preserved in the catacombs beneath a Palermo church. A work with a haunting resonance, given Hujar's early death of AIDS-related complications. Introduction by Susan Sontag.
