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A FAIR DAY: PHOTOGRAPHS OF FROM THE WEST OF IRELAND BY MARTIN PARR - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(PARR, MARTIN). Parr, Martin & Fintan O'Toole. Wallasey, UK: Promenade Press, 1984. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 92pp, 74 b&w illustrations. Designed by Peter Brawne. Published in conjunction with a 1984 exhibition held at The Orchard Gallery in Derry, "A Fair Day" is noted Magnum photographer Martin Parr's very first book. It is a typically wry - albeit in black and white - Parr-eque view of West Ireland and its denizens. We are particularly fond of the final chapter's images of deserted Morris Minors littering the countryside. A bright white, most handsome example of the 1984 first and only edition (cited on page 247 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Martin Parr" in black ink on the title page. 0-907797-105 Inventory Number: 024203