SCARCE OPPORTUNITY to purchase this HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE, VERY SCARCE cornerstone of "Neue Sachlichkeit" photography ("New Objectivity") - in such WONDERFUL FRESH CONDITION. 97 excellent industry photos by one of the leading practitioners of the movement: German Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897-1966), well-known through "Die Welt ist schön" ("The World is beautiful", 1928). Mentioned in ALL IMPORTANT books about photobooks: Andrew Roth, books of 101 books, page 50 - Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, page 125. - The Open Book, The Hasselblad Center, page 102/103 - M.+M. Auer, 801 photobooks, page 134 - Fotographia Publica, page 203 Beside "Arbeit" by Dr. Paul Wolff, "Deutsche Arbeit" by E.O. Hoppé and "Fabrik" by Jakob Tuggener, "Eisen und Stahl" is one of the most important industry photobooks ever published. Welcome to the "GERMAN PHOTOBOOKS" auction by Ecki Heuser (5Uhr30.com, Cologne) - with more than 100 fantastic lots. IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. "One of the most important of the two dozen or so photobooks by Albert Renger-Patzsch ("a master of the dynamic close-up"), best-known for Welt ist schön and founder of the Neue Sachlichkeit movement, which brought a sharply focused, documentary quality to photography. His ambition in each of these collections, as in Eisen und Stahl, was to present "pictures that were above all straightforward, easily apprehended documents, free of the distracting artistic interventions of his avant-garde contemporaries." (Andrew Roth) Verlag Hermann Reckendorf, Berlin, 1931. First edition, first printing. Hardback in half linen with silver covers and blue spine (there was also a variant with covers in yellow with blue spine). 218 x 302 mm. 96 pages. 97 black and white photographs. Photos: Albert Renger-Patzsch. Introduction by Dr. Albert Vögler. Text in German. Condition: Book inside brilliant fresh and flawless, like untouched (in this condition extremly hard to find); clean with no marks and with no foxing (often foxed). Outside very fresh with light trace of use only; no remarkable defects. No jacket. Overall very fine condition. Very scarce photobook - in fantastic fresh condition. One of the most important photobook titles by Albert Renger-Patzsch who is famous for - "Welt ist schön" (Martin Parr, The Photobook , vol 1, page 97. Andrew Roth , Book of 101 Books , page 50. 802 photo books from the M. + M. Auer collection , page 134. Hasselblad Center , The Open Book , page 68/69) or for"400 Jahre Kupferhammer Grünthal".