Fire Island In Color
Sayville, NY: KYX Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Oblong quarto, publisher’s black cloth, spine and upper board gilt, original photo-illustrated dust jacket.
First edition photographic survey of the 30-mile barrier island between Long Island’s Great South Bay and the Atlantic that served in the 1970s and early 1980s as a playground for New York’s jetset. Compiled by local Jeff Richards from the archives of the Fire Island National Seashore, this collection comprises more than four hundred images of the locale’s communities, beaches, wildlife, gardens, sports, and sea life. (It notably includes images from a Gay Men’s Health Crisis AIDS benefit and the Miss Fire Island Drag Queen contest.) Illustrated with color plates. Fine in unclipped dust jacket. Item #12858
$75.00