Andre Kertesz. Text by George Davis. 
 
J.J. Augustin: 1945. First edition. Large octavo. Hardcover. Very mild soiling to the boards. First free end paper has a gift inscription in pen and scribbling in pencil. Binding a touch fragile but hinges are intact and gutters not exposed. 148 pages.  Book is in good condition.
 
Kertesz's first book of photography published in the United States. Keretsz  brought his formal innovations to America with this book, but there's something that gives an ache to what you see: these photos are all of Paris before the Nazis' blitzkrieg invasion. Images that tell the future even as they carry the leveled past. 
 
"Paris has revealed her most precious secrets."