New York, New York, U.S.A.: Aperture, 1981. Hardcover. "Edward Steichen: Early Years Portfolio, 1900-1927," published in 1981 by Aperture. Photos were printed on BFK Rives paper with a page size measuring 19 5/8 x 15 11/16 inches. Limited to 1000 copies, this rare portfolio includes 12 black-and-white prints, detailed below. Steichen's visionary style, daring experimentation, and profound insight solidify him as a master of his art. "Early Years" is as skillful a collection of his work as can be found. These twelve reprints, which include the evocative Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914, have been specially reproduced using photogravure, a process that yields the highest-quality prints. Housing the prints is a beautiful, clamshell, Indian tussah silk and Curtis Tweedweave paper case by Brick and Ballerstein.

PRINTS INCLUDED (all measurements are in inches): Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914, Image Size 8 X 10, Paper Size 20 X 16; Torso, Paris, 1902, Image Size 6 1/2 X 8 3/8, Paper Size 20 X 16; Brancusi in His Studio, Paris, 1925, Image Size 10 1/4 X 8, Paper Size 20 X 16; Three Pears and an Apple, France, ca. 1921, Image Size 9 3/4 X 12 1/2, Paper Size 20 X 16; In Memoriam, New York, 1902, Image Size 10 X 7 1/2, Paper Size 20 X 16; Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, Athens, 1920, Image Size 8 1/2 X 6 3/4, Paper Size 20 X 16; Moonrise, Mamaroneck, New York, 1904, Image Size 10 X 12 3/16, Paper Size 20 X 16; Grand Prix at Longchamp, After the Races, Paris, 1907, Image Size 7 1/4 X 7 7/8, Paper Size 20 X 16; Steichen and Wife Clara on Their Honeymoon, Lake George, New York, 1903, Image Size 4 3/4 X 6 3/8, Paper Size 20 X 16; Richard Strauss, New York, 1905, Image Size 9 3/4 X 7, Paper Size 20 X 16; The Flatiron, New York, 1905, Image Size 12 7/8 X 10 1/4, Paper Size 20 X 16; Self-Portrait with Sister, Milwaukee, 1900, Image Size 7 X 8, Paper Size 20 X 16. Signed by Author(s).