Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1870. Second edition. Cloth. Small green clothbound 8vo printed in gilt. Stated second edition. Subtitled " a practical handbook designed especially for the use of students and photographers. Containing directions for brush-work in all descriptions of photo-portraiture. 163 pp. Covers a bit scuffed. Minor age spots..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. Later printing. Hardcover. Early edition (8th) with the 8 pp preface to the eighth edition included. Early manual on stereoscopic photography techniques. 12mo. Decorated cloth binding, rebacked preserving most of the original spine. Minor shelf-wear, foxing etc. A well preserved copy of this..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper. Stated first printing. 124 pp. Introduction by John Szarkowski. Beautiful black and white plates. More
New York: Aperture, 1980. First edition thus. Cloth. Very tall 4to. 175 pp. Classic biography of Adams by Newhall with dozens of large b/w photographs. A few pages with light vertical creases. About very good condition in green cloth binding in good dustwrapper with some soiling and small stain at..... More
New York: PPP Editions, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Small oblong hardbound quarto. Unpaginated. One of 1,000 trade copies. One page of text; the remainder are gorgeous black and white photos by Adams. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper. Roth Horowitz exhibition announcement card laid in... More
Colorado: Colorado Associated University Press, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Simultaneous first paperbound edition of this early monograph in the career of Robert Adams. Unpaginated. Two pages of text followed by more than three dozen full-page black and white images. A very good copy with some unfortunate discoloration at the base..... More
Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Square quarto. The first book by Robert Adams. Light bump to head of spine, else a fine, tight copy in clipped, else fine dustwrapper. Nice copy of this early work. Foreword by Thomas Hornsby Ferril... More
New York: International Center for Photography, 1979. First edition. Cloth. Small square clothbound quarto. 127 pp monograph on the photographer. Part of ICP Library of Photographers series. This copy INSCRIBED by Aigner on the title page. A good copy overall with foxing and somewhat heavy cover wear. A bit musty..... More
Koln: Wienand Verlag, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Superb monograph on the great Russian photographer with text in German by Evelyn Weiss. 182 pp. 4to. Fine hardbound copy in near fine photo-illustrated dustwrapper. Uncommon and beautiful book. Constructivism. More
New Jersey: A Focus 411 Book, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperbound quarto. First paper edition of this slender volume of black and white photographs. No text other than the copyright information page. A fine copy in bound black wrappers printed in white. The book was dedicated by the artists..... More
Essen: Fotografische Sammlung Museum Folkwang, 1984. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Side-stapled wrappers. Scarce German exhibition catalog for a series of exhibitions of the works of documentarian photographers. Text in German by Sally A. Stein. 16 pp including printed covers. Illustrated in color and black and white. Some light wear to..... More
Barcelona: Centre d'Art Santa Monica, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Slender paperbound 4to. Unpaginated. Text in Spanish and English by Marta Gili. Catalog from a 1990 barcelona exhibition. A very good example in stapled photo-illustrated wrappers. More
Tokyo: Magazine House, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Small softbound quarto in thick paper dustwrapper. A volume of senuous color photographs of food by the noted Japanese photographer. A handsome near fine copy in printed bound wrappers in a near fine photo-illustrated dustwrapper with one tiny nick at leading edge. Light..... More
Japan: 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Araki uses an Ikonta camera to produce snapshots for this book. Fine condition in near fine unclipped dustwrapper and rare wrap-around obi. Uncommon. More
Japan: 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Fine first edition in small paperbound wrappers with original obi. The correct first edition of one of Araki's most controversial books. A fine copy in near fine obi. More
Tokyo: Wides Shuppan, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. A book of Japanese street scenes. Not your typical Araki book of erotic photos. Thick quarto in fine condition. This copy SIGNED by Araki with his trademark self-portrait drawing. Fine condition in fine obi. Uncommon for such a recent work. Signed by Author..... More
Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama Co, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this early work by Araki. Small oblong quarto. A very good example in printed charcoal boards. Some age spotting to the last couple of pages. The unclipped dustwrapper has a tape ment to the verso near top of spine..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Self-made promotional "book" sent to prospective publishers by the artist. Vello-bound and contained in a plasttic envelope. The proposed book of photographs according to the summary contained in this package is a "book project called Suited to the Part, a series of..... More
New York: Peter Blum Edition, 1995. Second edition. Cloth. Stated second edition of this oversized volume of photographs by Ruff with texts by Steven Holl, Hans Kollhoff, Rem Koolhaas, Eduardo Souto de Moura and Theodora Vischer. Introduction by Terence Riley. Mostly black and white photos with a few tipped on..... More
Amsterdam: Van Zoetendaal, No Date. First edition. Hardcover. Photo-illustrated hardbound book. One page of text at rear of volume. According to the author and photographer, "Pathologist is a documentation of the books my father gas collected about Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust." Fine condition. Protected in a...... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1981. First edition. Cloth. First edition. Large quarto. 177 pp. Text by John Szarkowski and Maria Morris Hambourg. First volume (of four) documenting the photographic achievements of Atget. Prior owner name to front endpaper else a near fine copy in burgandy cloth binding in..... More
Burlington, VT: Verve Editions, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 120 pp. Introduction by James Young. Illustrated with color photographs manipulated by Attie to great effect. Very good condition in very good dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the artist and dated in 1999... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated. Tall 4to. Essay by Harold Brodkey. Book contains 162 large format black and white portraits. A near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards (one corner with small bump) in very good clipped printed acetate dustwrapper... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition stated of this oversized book (folio) of Avedon portraits. With 162 large black and white photographs of the famous and the rich. Essay by Harold Brodsky. A near fine copy in very good printed acetate wrapper with small..... More
