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Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. np, 83 duotone illustrations. Designed by Dave Heath. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. From Hugh Edwards' foreword: "A Dialogue With Solitude is a self-portrait in which the artist himself never really appears, but is revealed and interpreted by every detail. From the beginning of the sequence to its end, the viewer accompanies his unseen guide, out of darkness and troubled sleep, on a pilgrimage through an unpredictable environment where contradiction seems to be the only law. It is a solitude crowded with human beings, all of whom he recognizes and understands, but with whom he can make no exchange other than the gestures of an almost mechanical ritual. Along the way are pauses, marked by poetic quotations". Beginning with the Philadelphia native's tour of duty during the Korean war, "Dialogue"'s dark, murky images capture ten years of winding through an America seen through the shadows of Barnum, Sartre and Camus. With resonances of Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Lisette Model and Ed Van Der Elsken, Dave Heath's landmark book was a truly an innovative work upon its unheralded 1965 appearance, and remains one of the highlights of Post-war photographic literature. A bright, handsome example of the uncommon first edition (cited on page 104 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 43 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") lacking its fragile dust jacket and showing a very slight crimp to the tips of the boards at the lower foredge corners. It has been priced accordingly. Photography Monograph.

Hardcover. Condizione: vg- to near fine. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. [100 pages]. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over grey cloth with black lettering on spine. Pictorial title page. In 1961, Dave Heath assembled the b/w photographs that he had been making throughout the fifties into a poetic book. The result is a tragic, comic and lyrical "Dialogue With Solitude." "It begins with a photographic prologue that sets the theme: the solitude of the individual. Photographs of lovers pursue the theme, suggesting that even this relationship may not be enough to alter the essential loneliness of the soul. A series of photographs taken in Korea shows the frustration, hardship and ennui of Army life. A group of Negro portraits, and another group exploring the bewilderments of youth, further reveal the undeniable and haunting aspects of alienation. The stunning photographs are arranged in ten sections and are designed to be viewed in sequence. They follow a progression from weariness and despair, to anger, agony, and in the last few photographs, to the joy and jubilation of shared experience. Each section is complemented by a quotation from diverse writers, among them Yeats, Rilke, Hazlitt and James Baldwin. Between words and pictures the common denominator is always a common humanity" (from the publishers). Jacket with some smaudging, as well as light rubbing, creasing, and minor chipping to extremities. Back cover of the jacket lightly stained. Interior with the most minor age toning to the edges of pages. Dj in very good-, binding and interior in overall near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: vg to near fine. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. [100 pages]. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over grey cloth with black lettering on spine. Housed in a modern custom black cloth slipcase. Pictorial title page. Inscribed and signed in black marker by photographer David Heath at the top of the page preceding the title page. In 1961, Dave Heath assembled the b/w photographs that he had been making throughout the fifties into a poetic book. The result is a tragic, comic and lyrical "Dialogue With Solitude." "It begins with a photographic prologue that sets the theme: the solitude of the individual. Photographs of lovers pursue the theme, suggesting that even this relationship may not be enough to alter the essential loneliness of the soul. A series of photographs taken in Korea shows the frustration, hardship and ennui of Army life. A group of Negro portraits, and another group exploring the bewilderments of youth, further reveal the undeniable and haunting aspects of alienation. The stunning photographs are arranged in ten sections and are designed to be viewed in sequence. They follow a progression from weariness and despair, to anger, agony, and in the last few photographs, to the joy and jubilation of shared experience. Each section is complemented by a quotation from diverse writers, among them Yeats, Rilke, Hazlitt and James Baldwin. Between words and pictures the common denominator is always a common humanity" (from the publishers). Laid in at the front cover are two later pieces of ephemera from 1997, relating to the sale of prints from the book at the Simon Lowinsky Gallery . The first is typed letter from gallerist Simon Lowinsky, and the second is a seven-page exhibition catalog from the gallery, which includes an essay by Michael Torosin and a few finely-printed b/w photographic reproductions of from the work. Dust jacket price clipped, with some light and rubbing creasing to extremities and a few minor closed tears. A few minor stains to the jacket and a small closed tear/abrasion to the bottom left corner of the back cover of the jacket. Laid in exhibition catalog with some foxing. Binding with the most minor rubbing to corners. Dj in very good, binding and interior in near fine condition overall. Jacket protected in modern mylar. Slipcase in fine condition.