First Edition Robert Mapplethorpe Early Works 1970-1974 Butcher Blocks Four solid Bakelite handles move

Four solid Bakelite handles move the camera along the track and adjust the angle of the camera

Knee clearance: 20

Wear on the players and wooden frame

Stamped "Spalding 5188" on each glove but is faded

Minor damage along the top

First Edition Robert Mapplethorpe Early Works 1970-1974 Butcher Blocks Four solid Bakelite handles moveABOUT First edition coffee table book of Robert Mapplethorpe's early photographs taken between 1970 and 1974. The photographs are finely reproduced. One of the scarcer titles on Mapplethorpe's work. PUBLISHER: Robert Miller Gallery, New York. PUBLICATION YEAR 1991. First edition. EDITOR & DESIGN Explicitly credited to John Cheim. CREATOR Robert Mapplethorpe 1970 1974. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c. 1925. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Hardback, quarto; gold boards