Welcome to the next edition of the VERY POPULAR SINGLE-SELLER-AUCTIONS by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany). This time with a BEST-OF-SELECTION from 1926 to 2026, so of the last 100 (!) years of photobook history. LEGENDARY ROBERT FRANK TITLE FROM 1972 (!): - The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, page 288/289 - 802 photo books of the M.+M. Auer collection, page 544 TRUE FIRST AMERICAN PRINTING (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). This publication preceded only by a deluxe edition published by Yugensha in Tokyo in the same year. The work follows Frank’s career chronologically, from his early photographs in Switzerland in the 1940s to images from his travels in Peru, Paris, Valencia, London, and Wales, along with contact sheets from his 1950s journey across the United States - which resulted in The Americans - as well as family portraits. The Lines of My Hand is possibly Robert Frank’s most important book alongside The Americans. 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% protection, 100% insurance and combined shipping worldwide. For many collectors, photographers and experts Robert Frank's book "The Americans" from 1958 is the MOST IMPORTANT PHOTOBOOK EVER PUBLISHED: - Andrew Roth, Book of 101 Books, page 150/151 - Martin Parr, The photobook, vol 1, page 247. Hasselblad Center, page 176/177 - 802 books of the M.+M. Auer collection, page 375 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 flawless; clean with no marks and with no foxing. Outside fresh with little trace of use; sensitive white rear cover a bit sunned, a few stains at the top of the right edge. Overall fine, better than usual condition. A must-have title for every Robert Frank fan and for every ambitious photobook collector - here in the true first American printing from 1972 (!). Same title was published same year in Japan as hardcover in other layout and size (Martin Parr, The photobook and Auer Collection). 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.