Records 1976-78
Chicago: Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Oblong quarto. Edited and with an afterwords by Charles Desmarais. Very good condition in stapled photo-illustrated wrappers. More
Chicago: Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Oblong quarto. Edited and with an afterwords by Charles Desmarais. Very good condition in stapled photo-illustrated wrappers. More
New York: Sterling Publishing, 2003. Second printing. Cloth. Wide oblong clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. Includes 79 color plates. With text by Barrett and luminescent color photographs of Tuscany by Meyerowitz. Second printing. SIGNED by Meyerowitz on the title page. A large and heavy book. A handsome near fine example in..... More
Providence: Matrix Publications, 1981. First edition. Cloth. Small oblong cloth-covered quarto in dustwrapper. Photographs and an essay by Duane Michals. 72 pp. 50 photographs, 8 in full color. A very good copy in dustwrapper. Briefly INSCRIBED by the photographer. Publisher's press release laid in to this copy... More
Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. 150 pages plus xv pages of introductory text in English by Kasahara Michiko. Illustrated in both color and black and white. A handsome near fine copy. More
New York: Aperture, 1998. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 149 pp. With essay by David Levi Strauss and an afterword by Lelia Wanick and Sebastian Salgado. With both color and black and white photographs. A wonderful monograph on this Latin American photographer. Near fine in dustwrapper... More
France and New York: Actes Sud / Frick Art & Historical center, 2002. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 63 pp. Text in French and English by Thomas J. Smart. Illustrated with color photographs. A fine copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. More
Japan: Nihon Keizai, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this collection of black and white photos of the life and working conditions of Japanese farmers. In very good condition, lacking obi. Decorated slipcase shows some wear at folds. An uncommon and important photo-document of a people and a time..... More
San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound folio-sized book with printed clear acetate wrapper. A major retrospective on Misrach published by the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco. With 125 giant full-page color photographs. No text other than colophon. States first edition. A very good copy in very good..... More
Boston: Bullfinch Press / Little, Brown, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this sought after monograph. Text by Anne Wilkes Tucker and an essay by Rebecca Solnit. Briefly INSCRIBED by Misrach and scarce thus. Inscribee's faint raised ownership blindstamp to front endpaper else a clean near fine clothbound copy..... More
New York: Blind Spot, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in oblong cloth covered boards with photographic inset. Slight rubbing to endpapers, else a fine copy in fine cardboard slipcase. SIGNED by Misrach. Signed by Author. More
Berkeley: Cornucopia Press, 1975. First edition. Loose Sheets. Rare promotional poster announcing the publication of photographer Richard Misrach's first book, Telegraph 3 A.M. , a photographic book: Street People of Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California. Poster measures 17" wide x 22" tall. In very good condition. The poster has been rolled..... More
Berkeley: Cornucopia Press, 1974. First edition. Cloth. Wide clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. First edition of the photographer's first book. A beautiful fine copy in brown cloth binding in price clipped dustwrapper. Very minor wear at top of front and rear flaps else a fine example of the wrapper. Nice copy..... More
Oakland: Bombay Duck, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Issue number five of this scarce magazine devoted to photography and the arts. A near fine copy in glossy wrappers. Contains an interview with Richard Misrach, photos by Charles Gatewood, Joanne Leonard, Charly Franklin, and Debra Bloomfield. Also, laid in is a poetry..... More
Reading: Freedman Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this catalog published on the occasion of an exhibition at Freedman Gallery. Text by Nancy Princinthal. Fine copy in oversized bound wrappers in a very good printed dustcover. Cover has some offsetting and general light wear. Erratum slip tipped in..... More
Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2001. First Edition. Cloth. Fine first edition in black cloth with photo inset to front cover. 77 pp. No dustwrapper, as issued. SIGNED by the photographer. Signed by Author. More
New York: Harry Abrams, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 160 pp. Foreword by Anne d'Harnoncourt and with introduction and essay by Sarah M. Lowe. Lovely fine copy in dustwrapper. The first serious art-historical study of the photographic achievement of Tina Modotti. Includes 140 duotone photographs... More
New York: Dia Center for the Arts, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 60 pp. Illustrated with photographs. A book published on the occasion of an exhibition at Dia Center for the Arts in NYC. Preface by Michael Govan with essays by Isaac Julien and mark Nash, Lynee Cooke and..... More
New York: Aperture, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this monograph. Color photography of modern Czech life. Fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper. More
Hamburg: Grauwert Gallery, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. One of only 26 special hardbound copies produced for an exhibition of Montfort's photos of Bukowski. Contains an introduction and poem by Buk. SIGNED by Bukowski who has added a small drawing next to his signature. Fine condition. Cloth spine over..... More
Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 1994. First edition. Oversized Paperback. First edition. Published as Hysteric Glamour Number Six. A tall folio size softbound book. Measures 14" x 12" wide. A book comprised entirely of black and white photographs. Small tape repair to bottom edge of front panel. Due to the awkward construction..... More
San Francisco: Museum of Modern Art, 1999. First edition. Cloth. Nearly square clothbound quarto in dustwrapper and inclusive of the printed obi. 160 pp. With text by Sandra S. Phillips, Alexandra Munroe and Daido Moriyama. Illustrated profusely with black and white images. Some spotting to black cloth covers. A very..... More
San Francisco: Camera Craft, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 262 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Early camera techniques by Mortensen. A very good clothbound copy in good dustwrapper with large chip at top of spine spilling over to front panel. Quite scarce in the first edition. More
Newport Beach: Jay Curtis Publications, 1954. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. A 33 pp stapled pamphlet. The great Mortensen discusses and illustrates the use of the paper negative. An unusally clean bright copy. More
Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2007. Reprint. Cloth. Oblong clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. The 25th Anniversary Edition of Moutoussamy-Ashe's volume of photography of the people and geography of Daufuskie Island. 176 pp. Includes the orignal foreword by Alex Haley and with a new preface by Deborah Willis. A...... More
Milwaukee: Camera Lucida, 1980. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 51 pp. Early issue of this magazine focused on criticism of the photographic arts. Includes Howard Bossen on Aaaron Siskind and Lee Friedlander, David Bartlett on Minor White and more. A good to very good copy in thick stapled wrappers... More