The Brooks Press of Wirksworth Black and White First edition (1959)

First edition (1959)

all quietly standing still

and spoke five languages fluently by the time he received his master’s degree in landscape architecture from Cornell University

Flat signed by Sir David Attenborough to title page

died in 2004

The Brooks Press of Wirksworth Black and White First edition (1959)Fist edition first impression large format hardback in new condition. Please see pictures. No markings. This is a new book. This is the first publication by photographer Chris Brooks and it revives and reimagines his own familys publishing house, The Brooks Press, some forty years after its closure. Making the publication has taken him on a journey, revisiting not only his familys history, but exploring a chapter in the wider history of the print