Tseng Kwong Chi (Art Random)

Chi, Tseng Kwong (Photography); Richard Martin (Text); Kyoichi Tsuzuki (Ed.). Tseng Kwong Chi (Art Random). Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin International, 1898. First edition. Small Folio. Unpaginated. Clear foil photo-illustrated boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Gray-brown endpapers. Forty-four b/w photographs, most of them full page, three double page and eight in groups of four per page, depicting the photographer in front of monuments, icons and panoramas as the Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon or the Coliseum in Rome, all three double page, or Disneyland, Cape Canaveral or the Twin Towers in New York, representing the confrontation of the contemporary photographer with the historic past or present. Text in English and Japanese. With small white tag on front cover reading “For Reference Only.” Very light wear of binding, block in fine condition. Very good to fine condition. Hardcover. (51453) $75