Camera Over Hollywood: Photographs by John Swope, 1937-1938

New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 1999. Pictorial boards, 142 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the photographer's widow, the actress Dorothy Swope (nee McGuire), with a personalized inscription. There is an additional signature on the same leaf that is indecipherable. A near-fine copy, age toning. Stated First Printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "While working as an assistant producer, photographer John Swope . . . captured behind-the-scenes images of 1930s Hollywood. His photographs give a peek into the working-day lives of film stars, extras, and crew members - the creaters of Hollywood's golden era. Among the luminaries photographed by Swope were his close friends Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda, as well as Norma Shearer, Burgess Meredith, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Boyer, and W. C. Fields. Camera Over Hollywood is a unique, vintage portrait of Hollywood as it really was." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.