The Eighth Art, Victor Keppler, SIGNED, 1st Ed., 1938, NF w/Good DJ & Slipcase

Keppler, Victor. The Eighth Art: A Life of Photography; With a Foreword (New York: William Morrow & Company, 1938). English, SIGNED, First Edition, a Near Fine book in a Good dust jacket with a Good slipcase, Very Good overall, HC, 4to, book: 12 1/2" x 9 1/2," slipcase: 12 3/4" x 9 3/4," 266 pp., including plates, Bibliography, and Index. ISBN: N/A SIGNED First Edition. Near Fine brown cloth-covered boards with silver-foil lettering and small silver-foil decorations on front and spine. Covers have slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Good brown paper dust jacket with black lettering on front panel and spine. Dust jacket clean and intact overall but has a browned spine, a tape ghost at top edge on front panel, and several large chips at head and tail of spine, middle of spine, top edge of front panel, and tips (two largest chips are about 2" x 1/2" at top edge on front panel and middle of spine; some loss of text on spine) . Dust jacket p