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(KERTESZ, ANDRE). Cartier-Bresson, Henri, Harold Riley, Mark Haworth-Booth, Lady Marina Vaisey, Weston J. Naef, Colin Ford & Charles Harbutt. Manchester, ENGLAND: Andre Kertesz and The Manchester Collection, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. 188pp, 297 duotone illustrations. With a biography. This is an extremely well-illustrated catalogue in the form of a festschrift published in honor of Andre Kertesz' 90th birthday that documents the collection of his own photographic prints donated to the United Kingdom's National Museum of Photography in Bradford. In addition to reproducing nearly three hundred images, it includes textual contributions by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Harold Riley, Mark Haworth-Booth, Lady Marina Vaisey, Weston J. Naef, Colin Ford, and Charles Harbutt. A most handsome example of the paperbound edition first additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "A Kertesz" in black ink on the title page in the photographer's inimitable shaky script. It has additionally been signed in black ink on the same page by contributor Mark Haworth-Booth. Inventory Number: 023046