Edward Steichen, Carl Sandburg - The Family of Man - 1955
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The Family of Man, a first edition paperback edited by Edward Steichen and Carl Sandburg, presents a landmark MoMA photography collection with printed signatures and strong bidding appeal.
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MORE THAN 10 MILLION VISITORS.
SHOWING 503 (!) PICTURES FROM 68 (!) COUNTRIES.
THE GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION OF ALL TIME:
"...which symbolize the universality of human emotions..."
(New York Times)
HERE THE TRUE ORIGINAL PRINTING FROM THE FIFTIES (not to mix with later printings) and
THE TRUE FIRST ORIGINAL PRINTING IN PAPERBACK.
THIS IS THE LAST EXCLUSIVE PHOTOBOOK AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com in 2025 -
with more than 100 great lots from my personal collection and from recent acquisitions.
A PHOTO PUBLICATION CLASSIC and A MUST-HAVE for every ambitious photobook collection.
The exhibition was edited by the legendary Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Like always 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% transport protection, 100% transport insurance, and of course, combined shipping - worldwide.
Photos by (!) the best photographers of that time:
Robert Frank, Nell Dorr, W. Eugene Smith, Edouard Boubat, Harry Callahan, Lee Miller, Edward Steichen, Ruth Orkin, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Sabine Weiss, Helen Levitt, Barbara Morgan, Sandford Roth, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Duncan, August Sander, Werner Bischof, Ernst Haas, Roman Vishniac, Margaret Bourke-White, Anna Riwkin-Brick, Rene Groebli, Brassai, Paul Himmel, Hans Hammarskjöld, Elliott Erwitt, Bill Brandt, Cas Oorthuys, Dorothea Lange, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, David Seymour, Gordon Parks, Herbert List, Lisette Model, Leon Levinstein, Cornell Capa, Roy deCarava, Joseph Breitenbach, Andreas Feininger, David Seymour, Garry Winogrand, Leonard McCombe, Ed van der Elsken, Jakob Tuggener, Hermann Claasen, Robert Doisneau, Louis Faurer, Robert Capa, George Rodger, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Clemens Kalischer, Arthur Leipzig, Burt Glinn, Eve Arnold, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Wynn Bullock, Frank Horvat and many others.
5Uhr30.com says MANY THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR -
making our single-seller photobook auctions on Catawiki so successful.
Ecki Heuser & team are wishing ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND YOURS for 2026.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. Distributed by Simon and Schuster, New York. No year mentioned, like always.
Paperback. 205 x 280 mm. 192 pages. Art director: Lewo Lionni. Art assistant: Frances Gruse. Captions: Dorothy Norman. Production: Allied Graphic arts Inc. Printing: R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company. Assistant to Edward Steichen; Wayne Miller. Prologue: Carl Sandburg. Introduction by Edward Steichen. Text in English.
Condition:
Inside fresh with no foxing, handwritten private inscription from the sixties at the top of the title page, no other marks; trace of use. Outside with trace of use and with some creases. Bumped at the top of the spine and at the pages. Overall fine, better than usual condition (often much more heavier used).
Very important photo publication with the (printed) signatures by Edward Steichen and Carl Sandburg.
"...the whole story of mankind..."
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
Seller's Story
welcome to 5h30.
5Uhr30 is based in ehrenfeld, the trendiest neighborhood in cologne - with a shop and with a showroom for photography.
5H30 offers very rare, very beautiful, very special photobooks - sold-out, modern-antiquarian and antiquarian. we are also offering photo invitation cards, film and photo posters, photo catalogs and original photo prints.
5Uhr30 is specialized on german photo publications,
but also has an exciting range of photo books from all over europe, japan, north and south america. travel brochures, children's books, company brochures...everything that has to do with photography in the narrower or broader sense inspires us. please visit us if you are in cologne or the surrounding area. You will not regret it! :)
5:30 am always tries to offer the best condition.
5h30 is shipping worldwide, fast and safe -
with 100% protection, with full insurance and with tracking number.
please contact us by email, if you have any questions or if you are looking for something special, cause only a part of our offers are online.
Thanks for your interest.
ecki heuser and team
Translated by Google TranslateMORE THAN 10 MILLION VISITORS.
SHOWING 503 (!) PICTURES FROM 68 (!) COUNTRIES.
THE GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION OF ALL TIME:
"...which symbolize the universality of human emotions..."
(New York Times)
HERE THE TRUE ORIGINAL PRINTING FROM THE FIFTIES (not to mix with later printings) and
THE TRUE FIRST ORIGINAL PRINTING IN PAPERBACK.
THIS IS THE LAST EXCLUSIVE PHOTOBOOK AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com in 2025 -
with more than 100 great lots from my personal collection and from recent acquisitions.
A PHOTO PUBLICATION CLASSIC and A MUST-HAVE for every ambitious photobook collection.
The exhibition was edited by the legendary Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Like always 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% transport protection, 100% transport insurance, and of course, combined shipping - worldwide.
Photos by (!) the best photographers of that time:
Robert Frank, Nell Dorr, W. Eugene Smith, Edouard Boubat, Harry Callahan, Lee Miller, Edward Steichen, Ruth Orkin, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Sabine Weiss, Helen Levitt, Barbara Morgan, Sandford Roth, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Duncan, August Sander, Werner Bischof, Ernst Haas, Roman Vishniac, Margaret Bourke-White, Anna Riwkin-Brick, Rene Groebli, Brassai, Paul Himmel, Hans Hammarskjöld, Elliott Erwitt, Bill Brandt, Cas Oorthuys, Dorothea Lange, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, David Seymour, Gordon Parks, Herbert List, Lisette Model, Leon Levinstein, Cornell Capa, Roy deCarava, Joseph Breitenbach, Andreas Feininger, David Seymour, Garry Winogrand, Leonard McCombe, Ed van der Elsken, Jakob Tuggener, Hermann Claasen, Robert Doisneau, Louis Faurer, Robert Capa, George Rodger, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Clemens Kalischer, Arthur Leipzig, Burt Glinn, Eve Arnold, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Wynn Bullock, Frank Horvat and many others.
5Uhr30.com says MANY THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR -
making our single-seller photobook auctions on Catawiki so successful.
Ecki Heuser & team are wishing ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND YOURS for 2026.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. Distributed by Simon and Schuster, New York. No year mentioned, like always.
Paperback. 205 x 280 mm. 192 pages. Art director: Lewo Lionni. Art assistant: Frances Gruse. Captions: Dorothy Norman. Production: Allied Graphic arts Inc. Printing: R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company. Assistant to Edward Steichen; Wayne Miller. Prologue: Carl Sandburg. Introduction by Edward Steichen. Text in English.
Condition:
Inside fresh with no foxing, handwritten private inscription from the sixties at the top of the title page, no other marks; trace of use. Outside with trace of use and with some creases. Bumped at the top of the spine and at the pages. Overall fine, better than usual condition (often much more heavier used).
Very important photo publication with the (printed) signatures by Edward Steichen and Carl Sandburg.
"...the whole story of mankind..."
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
Seller's Story
welcome to 5h30.
5Uhr30 is based in ehrenfeld, the trendiest neighborhood in cologne - with a shop and with a showroom for photography.
5H30 offers very rare, very beautiful, very special photobooks - sold-out, modern-antiquarian and antiquarian. we are also offering photo invitation cards, film and photo posters, photo catalogs and original photo prints.
5Uhr30 is specialized on german photo publications,
but also has an exciting range of photo books from all over europe, japan, north and south america. travel brochures, children's books, company brochures...everything that has to do with photography in the narrower or broader sense inspires us. please visit us if you are in cologne or the surrounding area. You will not regret it! :)
5:30 am always tries to offer the best condition.
5h30 is shipping worldwide, fast and safe -
with 100% protection, with full insurance and with tracking number.
please contact us by email, if you have any questions or if you are looking for something special, cause only a part of our offers are online.
Thanks for your interest.
ecki heuser and team
Translated by Google TranslateDetails
Number of Books
1
Subject
Art, Photography
Book Title
The Family of Man
Author/ Illustrator
Edward Steichen, Carl Sandburg
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1955
Height
280 mm
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Width
215 mm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Binding/ Material
Softback
Number of pages
192
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