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The first picture book : everyday things for babies

Mary Steichen Calderone, Edward Steichen, John Updike

Jonathan Cape, 1993

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"Organized by May Castleberry at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The design, by Katy Homans, is based on the original 1930 edition and the limited edition published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum"--Colophon

Includes full-page reproductions of 24 photographs by Edward Steichen

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This book was first published in 1930 with an introduction by Mary Calderone and 24 photographs of "everyday things" by her father, Edward Steichen. The book was commissioned to assist young children in recognizing and naming objects. This is one of the few children's books to use photographs, and they constitute some of the most appealing, yet least known of Steichen's work. In his afterword to this new edition, John Updike reflects upon childhood and memory as evoked by the book.

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