Signed; Joel Meyerowitz - A Summer's Day - 1985

Original edition with a signed copy from its author; Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938 in the Bronx, New York)
First edition, first impression.

The 1st impression reads "First Edition" in full with a line of digits ending in "2" on the copyright page.
The 2nd impression removes the words "First Edition" while keeping the same line of digits.

Fourth color photography book by Joel Meyerowitz, entirely devoted to the sensations, activities, and lights of summer.
From the early hours of dawn to moonlight, the volume describes a complete summer day through;
- 66 full-page color photographs (including 2 gatefolds, i.e., double-page spreads),
- 5 pages of text written by Meyerowitz himself,
- 1 list of plates at the end of the volume

Landscapes, portraits, still lifes — taken over several years in Cape Cod and along the coasts of New England.
The book (unpaginated) is structured like a novel, each image following the next in a very controlled narrative pace.
The beach, drying laundry, a mid-meal table, the low evening light — Meyerowitz captures the ordinary of a summer day with exceptional chromatic and sensory mastery.

The author:
Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938) is one of the greatest American color photographers. A pioneer of 8×10 street photography in the 1970s, he is the author of Cape Light (1978) — regarded as one of the greatest photography books of the 20th century. A two-time Guggenheim Fellow, he has exhibited at MoMA in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and in the world’s leading institutions.

Condition: Very good for this 1985 volume, fresh interior, free of annotations and dog-eared pages. The cover shows some marks on the corners, lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is present and has been restored. Rubbed corners, some marks, cut partly restored on its back.
See the photos included in the presentation.

Will be shipped in careful, sturdy, trackable packaging."