Evocations of Place: The Photography of Edwin Smith W. Somertset Maugham First Edition of End Time

First Edition of End Time City by Michael Ackerman (1999)

move the image from the mechanical and the chemical to the fleeting expressiveness of the living

From Yukiko Duke's text:

much of the material remains unseen

Printed imperfectly and deliberately battered

Evocations of Place: The Photography of Edwin Smith W. Somertset Maugham First Edition of End TimeFirst edition of Evocations of Place: The Photography of Edwin Smith by Robert Elwall. First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Some very minor shelf wear to the top edge of the dust jacket only. About Hailed by the poet and architectural historian Sir John Betjeman as "a genius at photography", Edwin Smith (1912 1971) was one of Britain's foremost photographers. At the time of his death, he was widely regarded as without peer