Hofer, Evelyn. The Stones of Florence by Mary McCarthy, with photographs by Evelyn Hofer.

Harcourt, Brace, 1959.  First edition, in hardcover, ochre cloth, near fine with near very good protected dust jacket with a spot of wear at bottom left of front panel, a bit of wear at spine tips, and tanning at edges of inside panels.  Undated with HB logo on copyright page. Printed In Zurich, Switzerland. 130 pages. Most photographs by Evelyn Hofer, with some by Alinari and others. Hofer (1922-2009) spent four months in Florence working with a large format camera to make the black and white photographs for this book, which was published simultaneously by William Heinemann in London and reprinted several times in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.  First in a series of Hofer’s collaborations with distinguished writers about cities around the world, including Washington, DC, Dublin, New York, and London. A movie about Hofer is available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJy4E5mH9E