Hardcover. 4to. 127 pp. Signed and inscribed blue ink to the front free endpaper by author to the playwright and actress, "Adolph and Phyllis Green: With appreciation for your consideration and that you find this book a constant reminder of the wonderful business of news photography. " Some fading on spine, light yellowing throughout, overall fine.

Provenance: From the Estate of Phyllis Newman and Adolph Green, the playwright, performer and lyricist who in a six-decade collaboration with Betty Comden, was co-author of such hit Broadway musicals as "On the Town" and "Bells Are Ringing," and the screenplays for "Singin' in the Rain" and "The Band Wagon."  Two years following their marriage, in 1962, actress and singer Phyllis Newman won her first Tony Award as best featured actress in a musical for "Subways Are for Sleeping," whose book and lyrics were written by Green and Comden.

"A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Faber developed an interest in photography while a student at the University of Alabama. Faber joined the Army Air Corps in 1941 producing training films [to] improve aerial reconnaissance photography. After World War II, he became photography director at the Birmingham (Ala.) News, [later working] for Eastman Kodak Co. His 1960 book, "Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them," was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1979. Faber won numerous honors, including the Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award, the highest award granted by the National Press Photographers Association." (The Roanoke Times)