History of Photography. Photography and the American Scene: A Social History, 1839-1889 by Robert Taft. 1st edition.

Macmillan, 1938. 546 pages. 1st printing. Two rubber stamps of "Clarence White School of Photography," the important school in New York founded by the close associate of Alfred Stieglitz. After White's death, it was continued by his son Clarence Jr. Much better quality reproductions than in reprints. Green cloth faded unevenly on spine, cover, and edges. End papers darkened, as usual, from binder's glue. Binding tight, short tear at top of spine, internally fine.