NY: Simon and Schuster, 1965. First edition. 136pp; b&w illus and plates. 4to. Orange blind-embossed boards backed with black cloth; orange and white spine titles; dust jacket. Mild toning to textblock. Else near fine in a very good jacket, unclipped, with wear and closed tears to perimeter, mild foxing to verso. First edition of this uncommon paean to the multicultural beauty of New York City, paying particular attention to immigrant and underrepresented BIPOC communities. Black-and-white documentary photographs by Belgian-American photographer and artist Jan Yoors (1922-1977) paired with running text by American writer Charles Samuels (1902-1982). Fernández, New York in Photobooks, pp. 96-99.
