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(SAMMALLAHTI, PENTTI). Demos, John & Mario Peliti, Editors. Preface by Finn Thrane. London & Santa Monica, CA: Dewi Lewis Publishing & Peter Fetterman Gallery, 2012. First Edition #3/45 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Clamshell Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 256pp, 200 illustrations in duotone and color. Text in English. With a biography and bibliography. Published in 2012, "Here Far Away" is the exquisitely beautifully produced book that is the most comprehensive survey to date on the work of renowned Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe 2013 first printing issued by the Peter Fetterman Gallery as a "Collectors' Edition" limited to forty-five copies of the first English language edition of the book BOLDLY SIGNED "Pentti Sammallahti" in black ink on the title page accompanied by an archivally matted original photograph housed in the publisher's NUMBERED (3/45) cloth solander box with an inset pictorial pastedown as well as a UNIQUE SIGNATURE by the photographer in white ink on the front. Produced in an edition of fifteen copies with one of three different images, this contains the 8 x 10" gelatin silver print entitled "Two Birds on Branch" which has been TITLED, SIGNED AND DATED "t.p.l'a / Pentti Sammallahti 2002" in pencil along the bottom margin of the recto. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-907893-26-1 Inventory Number: 025484