NY: Da Capo Press, 1976. First edition. [96]pp; b&w plates. Square 4to. Gray cloth; dust jacket. Light toning to edges of leaves; two or three small spots of rubbing/offsetting to plates. Unclipped jacket with light toning and rubbing, a few tiny closed edge tears. Better than very good.
The uncommon hardcover issue of the only book published during the life of American photographer Peter Hujar (1934-1987), combining portraits of New York cultural luminaries with photographs of centuries-old 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.
