Mathew Brady Historian With A Camera
by James D. Horan
Picture Collation by Gertrude Horan
Bonanza Books, 1955 [First Edition], b/w photographs throughout, large format hardcover, red cloth spine, dustjacket,
Fine Condition, dust jacket has minor shelf and edge wear
'One of the great photographers of all time, Mathew Brady had a sense of history unequaled by any other cameraman. Very early in the era of photography he recognized the importance of the picture as a document, and his career was that of historian as well as picture maker.'