Melnick, Robert A., Manhole Covers, with photographs by Robert A. Melnick. Annuals the Annual maintained its reputation

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Melnick, Robert A., Manhole Covers, with photographs by Robert A. Melnick. Annuals the Annual maintained its reputationM. I. T. Press, 1994. Wraps, second printing, very good plus with a few crimps. 252 pages. Photographs in black and white by Melnick of manhole covers across the United States with text by his widow, Mimi Melnick. Introduction by Alan Sekula. Summary: Manhole Covers (MIT Press, 1994) is an unusual and richly visual exploration of one of the most overlooked elements of the urban landscape: the cast iron disks set into city streets and sidewalks that