This is the NEW EDITION of the VERY SUCCESSFUL SINGLE-SELLER AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany). UNIQUE OFFER AND REAL COLLECTOR'S ITEM. FANTASTIC, LEGENDARY PHOTOBOOK from 1972 (!) by Robert Frank ("The Americans") - in FRESH CONDITION + SIGNED (!). - The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, page 288/289 - 802 photo books of the M.+M. Auer collection, page 544 Signed by Robert Frank. Signatures by this artist are very scarce, especially with this title. I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SIGNATURE. SIGNED COPIES OF THIS EDITION ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND. MY HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION. VINTAGE TITLE FROM THE 70ties (!) in the TRUE FIRST AMERICAN PRINTING. Same title was published same year (1972) in Japan as hardcover in other layout and size. Not to mix with the same-named photobook, in the 90ties published by Scalo, and not to mix with the much more later reprint by Steidl in 2017. 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% protection, 100% insurance and combined shipping worldwide. Lustrum Press, 1972. First edition, first printing. Paperback (as issued). 227 x 304 mm. 114 pages. 160 photos. Photos: Robert Frank. Text in English. Condition: Inside fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing; trace of an erased (very small) sticker at the bottom left corner of the rear side of the front cover (marginal, not dramatic), no other remarkable flaws or defects. Outside quite fresh, but better than usual; fragile spine complete and well-preserved, sensitive white rear side with the usual (light) rubbing, front with light trace of use and with some very small creases (nearly invisible). Overall fine, better and fresher than usual condition. Wonderful, very important photobook from 1972 (!) by the one and only Robert Frank - signed and dated by the artist: "Robert Frank. N(ew) Y(ork) C(ity). October. 1994." Signed copies of this edition are extremely hard to find. UNIQUE COLLECTOR'S COPY. Robert Frank is the maker of the most important photobooks ever published: "Les americains"/"The Americans" (Martin Parr, The Photobook, page 247), "Flower Is" (Martin Parr, The Photobook, page 264) and "The Lines of my hand" (Martin Parr, The Photobook, page 261). Robert Frank was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1924 and went to the United States in 1947. He is best known for his seminal book The Americans, first published in 1959, which gave rise to a distinct new art form in the photo-book, and his experimental film Pull My Daisy, made in 1959. His other important projects include the book Black White and Things (1954) the book Lines of My Hand (1972) and the film Cocksucker Blues (1972). Frank’s work has been the subject of major exhibitions around the world and is included in many significant public and private collections. He divides his time between New York City and Nova Scotia, Canada.