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The Dance Photography of Carl van Vechten
New York: Schirmer, 1981. Selected and with an Introduction by Paul Padgette. Frontispiece, and more than 200 other photos by Van Vechten. 212 pages. 4to, two-toned cloth, d.w. New York, 1981. First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Letters of Carl Van Vechten.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. Selected and edited by Bruce Kellner. Frontis portrait, illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 301 pages. Tall 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1987). A very good(+) copy, remainder mark, in a very good(+) wrapper, light sunning to rear cover. More
Red: Papers on Musical Subjects.
New York: Knopf, 1925. xvii + 205pp., small 8vo, cloth; spine darkened. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. A very good copy. More
Spider Boy.
New York: Knopf, 1928. Large 8vo, cloth backed boads; corners bumped; publisher's slipcase. N.Y., 1928. Limited First Edition One of 220 signed copies. More
Portrait of Alvin Ailey
1983. Signed photograph, 8 x 10 inches. 'Especially for Diane Kovacs with every best wish -Alvin Ailey, 3/15/'83. Rare early image (book stock) of Ailey in costume circa 1955. Carl Van Vechten (188--1964) was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. Alvin Ailey Jr. (1931-1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. More