Allard, Pierre, Philippe Luzuy and Pierre-Andre Boutan; Douglas J. Gillam, translator — Faces of Bronze

New York, Universe Books, 1960. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A profoundly moving photographic portrait of the peoples and cultures of the Amazon Basin but in primitivizing language and narratives, of various kinds of Indians whose "faces of bronze, marked neither by the lassitude nor the nightmare of existence in our own dreary cities." Seventy-five photographs by Philippe Luzuy, Preface by the artist Paul Morand, texts by Philippe Luzuy and Pierre-Andre Boutang as translated by Douglas J. Gillam. Bound handsomely in brown linen cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn save for one-inch chip at front spine head, protected by a plastic coat. 74 fine photographs. 101 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,