Weegee's Naked City by Weegee; Arthur Fellig; William McCleery - 1945

New York: Essential Books, 1945. Hardcover. First edition, first printing presumed with the coarse buckram cloth. Very Good cloth-bound hardcover with a touch of crimping to the spine ends, a light bump to two tips, and light signs of handling; lacking dj but includes a b&w photocopy of the dj. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Weegee's groundbreaking and influential first book: a 'masterpiece...this is one of the great documentary photobooks' (Parr & Badger.) Photographs and text by Weegee (Arthur Fellig, 1899-1968); foreword by William McCleery. Original light brown-grey buckram with dark blue titling to front and spine; photo-illustrated front endpapers; 246 pages; 260 gravure-printed b&w illustrations; 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Reference: Parr & Badger, Photobook, Vol. I, p.145; Roth, 101 Books, p.118-119; Open Book, p.142-143; Auer, 802 Photo Books, p.307; Icons of Photography, p.94.