Wisconsin Death Trip. With a preface by Warren Susman.

First edition. 163 black & white photographs.“From the years 1890 through 1910, Charles Van Schaick, the town photographer of a small Wisconsin community took over 30,000 photographs. The negatives were left after his death, and by this accident of history, an extraordinary picture of a small town under the impact of the Great Depression has proved posible. It was by chance that this book is about this town. It was extraordinary good luck that Van Schaick’s 30,000 glass negatives were found and that 3,000 of them were selected by Paul Vanderbilt, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. It is from these 3,000 photographs that Michael Lesy drew the inspiration for this book” (text published in the book).Texts in English.

Lit.: Roth, The Book of 101 Books, 222-223 pp., Hasselblad, The Open Book, 292-293 pp. & Auer, 802 photo books of the M. + M. Auer collection, n° 558.

• New York, Random House, Inc., 1973.
• Oblong 4to (215 x 282 mm.) (262) pp.
• Purple cloth-covered boards and an illustrated dust jacket. Fine copy.