Portrait of America

by Diego Rivera

explanatory text by Bertram D. Wolfe 

First edition.  New York:  Covici, Friede, Publishers, 1934  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD+ condition, with a VERY GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Tan covers are mostly clean, with burgundy text.  Boards show a little edgewear.  Corners are bumped.  See photos.  
• Spine has burgundy text and is bright with softened ends.
• Binding is strong. 
• Pastedowns and feps have a bookseller stamp. 
• Illustrations are bright and clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have publisher's ink to all edges.  
• DJ looks nice behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• DJ has some edgewear, chipped corners, tiny closed tears, bumping along foot edge, some soiling.  See photos. 
• PS2026.1021

232 pages. 6.5 x 9 inches

First Edition.  Publisher's tan cloth with burgundy titles, ink to all edges.  With dust jacket as issued, unclipped, now behind archival Mylar.  Illustrated with sixty plates of murals in New York, San Francisco, and Detroit.  Binding has a slight slant, is firm and secure.  Interior is unmarked.  Condition is overall Very Good Plus for this uncommon first edition.

Portrait of America documents the years spent in the United States by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957).  Rivera's murals are accompanied by text by Bertram D. Wolfe, Director of the New Workers' School in New York.

First Edition.

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