The Valley [signed] [first edition]

Signed "Larry Sultan 11/20" on title page and verso of laminated color photograph Cabana, 2000 (10 7/8 x 13 3/8"). Large Oblong Quarto. 127 (4)pp. Original tan cloth with black lettering on spine, housed in brown leatherette slipcase with blind-stamped lettering on cover. Color frontispiece. Introductory text "Nature is Strange in the Valley" by Larry Sultan. Illustrated with full page color photographs capturing the milieu of the San Fernando Valley porn scene. Contains list of one hundred and twenty-three plates, acknowledgments and sources at rear. Designed by Claas Möller, Steidl. Light smudge on inside back cover, else in fine condition.