Territorien; Fotografie
Bonn: Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Text in German. 80 pp. A fine unopened copy, still in its original shrinkwrap. More
Photography Books
Jazz Kalender 1968
Munich: Nymphenburger, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Spiral bound folio. Book of large b/w photographs of great jazz players including Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Bud Powell and others. Rear cardboard cover with small chips and creases else a very good plus copy of this uncommon jazz photography item... More
Other Than Itself; Writing Photography
Manchester: Cornerhouse Publications, 1989. First edition. Paperback. 4to. A near fine copy in bound wrappers. Collecting essays on photography by Anita Phillips, Karen Knorr, Yve Lomax and others. More
Informed Objects
Riverside: California Museum of Photography, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Volume 7 Number 4 of the CMP Bulletin featuring these three young photographers. A very good copy in stapled glossy wrappers. More
Industriebauten 1830 - 1930; eine fotografische Dokumentation
Munchen: Die Neue Sammlung, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Photo-illustrated stapled wrappers. Text in German by Wend Fischer. Catalog of a 1967 exhibition of the Becher's photographs. Precedes their first monograph. Slight crease to lower front cover else a very good plus copy. More
The Luminous Years; Portraits at Midcentury by Karl Bissinger with Introduction by Gore Vidal
New York: Harry Abrams, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 141 pp. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Black and white portrait photographs of famous writers, artists and film stars. A fine copy in dustwrapper. A large and heavy book. More
Stage (Signed)
Paris and Geneva: Galerie Xippas and BFAS Blondeau Fine Art Services, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Square paperbound quarto. With 18 full-page color images. A fine copy. SIGNED by the photographer. More
BLA Gards Blues
Denmark: Bohms Bogtrykkeri, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 116 pp. A very good copy in photographic boards, issued without dustwrapper. Text in Danish. Superior book of photos of Copenhagen showing street life, shops, junkies etc. Haunting black and white photos. Scarce and beautiful work. More
Mel Bochner Photographs 1966 - 1969
New Haven, London and Cambridge: Yale University Press and Harvard University Art Museum, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Fine copy in stiff cardboard wrappers with french flaps. 186 pp. Essay by Elisabeth Sussman. More
Reconstitution
London: Whitechapel Art Gallery / Van Abbemuseum / Musee De Grenoble, 1990. First edition. Loose Sheets. Oversize thick cardboard box with printed paper label. Elaborate catalog of a 1990 - 1991 traveling exhibition of the works of Boltanski. Included in this copy are seventeen of the eighteen inserts (lacking Christian..... More
Sans-Souci
Frankfurt Am Main und Koln: Portikus und Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Light sunning to board edges as often seen else a fine copy. Published on the occasion of a 1991 exhibition in Germany. Printed boards. Issued without dustwrapper. Despite an ample limitation of..... More
Sterblich
Munchen: Christian Boltanski Und Gina Kehayoff, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in German of this exhibition catalog for Boltanski's 1996 showing at Hessischen Landesmuseum Darmstadt. Faint wrinkling to lower front corner of the first few pages, else near fine in stapled wrappers. More
La Photographie Japonaise
Tokyo: Palais de Tokyo, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. 127 pp. Text in French. Illustrated in black and white. A very good example of this uncommon volume published on the occasion of a 1990 - 91 Japanese exhibition. More
Edward Steichen - Lives in Photography
New York: W. W. Norton, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Large thick hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 336 pp. Massive and attractive retrospective. A fine, as-new copy. A large and heavy volume. More
M Alvarez Bravo
Boston and Washington DC: David R. Godine and The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1978. First edition. Cloth. 4to. Text by Jane Livingston with an essay by Alex Castro and documentation by Frances Fralin. The simultaneous clothbound edition. Contains 82 of Bravo's photographs. A fine clothbound copy in dustwrapper. Lightly faded..... More
Manuel Alvarez Bravo at Ninety-Five, An Exhibition of Rare Platinum Prints
Santa Monica: Gallery of Contemporary Photography, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Wide slender stapled wrappers with blank white unprinted covers with French flaps. Brief text in Spanish and English ny Roberto Tejada. With glorious black and white full-page images by Bravo. Includes 11 images. A near fine copy... More
Variaciones 1995 - 1997
Mexico City: Centro de la Imagen, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto. 105 pp. Text in Spanish and English. A fine copy of this uncommon catalog from a Mexican exhibition. Essay by Alberto Ray Sanchez. Bound wrappers with wide French flaps. More
Exile At Home
No Place: Chronicle of a People, 1998. First edition. Cloth. Wide clothbound quarto. Photographs by Brenner with poems by Yehuda Amichai. Photos of Israel. A very good copy in black cloth binding in very good dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. More
A Long The Riverrun (Signed)
San Francisco: Scrimshaw Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. Oblong clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. Unpaginated monograph. The first book of photographs by this artist. A handsome near fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by Brook and uncommon thus. In fact clothbound copies of this book are quite uncommon... More
Wynn Bullock
San Francisco: Scrimshaw Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. 4to. Unpaginated. Text by Barbara Bullock with notes by the photographer. A clean near fine clothbound book with photo inset to front cover. Comes in a thick clear acetate wrapper which is slightly shorter than the book that it covers. Large black..... More
I Want To Take Picture
Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. First edition of Burke's first monograph and best known work. Part travelogue, part photo-journalism. A series of pictures taken in Southeast Asia. Near fine condition in photo-illustrated boards. Issued without dustwrapper. A highly praised work included in The Book of 101 Books..... More
I Want To Take Picture (Signed Limited Edition with Print)
Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Folio. One of only one hundred unnumbered copies with original SIGNED Gelatin Silver Print and with certificate of authenticity also SIGNED by Burke. A fine copy protected with fine clear acetate cover. This book has been cited in Andrew Roth, The..... More
Mine Fields
No Place: Nexus Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in decorated boards. Issued without dustwrapper. Photo diary of Vietnam and southeast Asia. A compelling visual experience. More