Simon and Schuster, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in slipcase. Near fine/good. SIGNED COPY Book Description: NY: Simon & Schuster, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket housed in pictorial cardboard slipcase. Cited in Roth 101, pp. 158-159; Hasselblad pp. 186-7. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Irving Penn and dated 1961 (early signature) on the fep: "For Betty Houston / Irving Penn / New York, 1961". Book Condition: Near Fine; a tight, clean copy showing mild foxing to edges of front and rear endpapers and a previous owner's giftinscription beneath Penn's inscription; in a Good dust jacket with light overall foxing but spine missing (now in a clear brodart protector); housed in a Near Fine slipcase with light overall shelfwear. A solid, SIGNED copy of Penn's masterpiece.

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Bookseller: Studio Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3677
Title: Moments Preserved [SIGNED COPY]
Author: Penn, Irving
Format/Binding: Hardcover in slipcase
Book Condition: Used - Near fine
Jacket Condition: good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Date Published: 1960

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