München: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1928. First edition. 21, [1]pp, followed by 100 b&w plates, printed rectos only. 4to. Blue cloth over thin boards; stamped in silver to front board and spine; lacking the jacket. Sunning to spine and tops of boards (spine titles still bright); light wear and fraying to spine ends; former owner's name penned at ffep. Good to very good.
First edition of the monumental second book by German photographer Albert Regner-Patzsch (1897-1966), one of the highpoints of the New Objectivity movement. With an introduction by Carl Georg Heise, who also edited, sequenced, and titled the book (the last against Renger-Patzsch's will). Roth, 50-51. Parr & Badger, v1, 97.
