First edition, first and only printing. Limited edition of 500 signed copies (at time of publication). Signed in blue ink opposite the title page by Friedlander, in 1987. Hardcover. Fine dark orange linen cloth, with printed label affixed to front cover, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Lee Friedlander. 96 pp. with 79 full-page black and white reproductions. Includes a New copy of the four-page "Preview" publication, with 2 black and white plates, in matching stiff wrappers with self-closing flap. 12 3/8 x 11 5/8 inches. This book was commissioned as an in house publication by the president of Cray Research, on the occasion of the company's fifteenth anniversary. The book was never commercially available and was presented to company employees as a gift. This edition was limited to 5000 hardbound copies (the total number of signed at the time of publication as limited to 500, which comprise the limited edition). Out of print. Extremely scarce. CONDITION: New in publisher's shrink-wrap (sealed by the publisher after Friedlander's signing of this edition in 1987). [Cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume II. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2006).]
