Washington, D.C. Philp & Solomons, Circa 1860s. Photograph. Rare CDV (Carte de Visite), circa 1860s, of a California mountain man named Seth Kinman (1815-1888), a hunter and trapper and early settler of Humboldt County (and, incredibly, a chair maker famous for once giving Abraham Lincoln an elk horn chair). Perhaps..... More
Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2008. Cloth. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER ASAKO NARAHASHI on the title page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 2008 stated 2nd printing. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Tall square quarto, haunting color photography throughout. #2 in the..... More
William Salomon (Self-Published), 1912. 1/2 Vellum. Lavish 1912 clelebration in photos of the mansion of William Salomon at 1020 Fifth Avenue. Consisting of 56 resplendent, gravure photographs of the mansion's interior by Lillian Baynes Griffin. Each black-and-white photo --appearing on the recto-- includes its original tissue-guard and is in near-pristine..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Boards. The 1964 stated 1st printing, in its less common hardback. Solid and VG to VG+, with light offsetting to the pastedowns and endsheets, one tiny blindstamped name and address at the front free endpaper and mild soiling along the spine. And in a...... More
New York: Random House (A Ridge Press Book), 1966. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER KEN HEYMAN TO HIS DOCTOR on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1966 1st edition. Tight and VG (with light spotting at the rear panel) in a bright, price-intact, VG..... More
Little Falls, New Jersey: The Aquarian Weekly, 1980. Photograph. The original photograph on which the September 24th, 1980 issue of The Aquarian Weekly was based, with a compelling black-and-white portrait of Bob Marley gracing the cover. (He passed away just shy of 9 months later at 36). The photograph is..... More
Konigswinter, Germany: Dieter Streve-Mulhens. Cloth. An immaculate copy of "The Great Challenge 5: The Schumacher Era". Clean and Fine in its red cloth, with a wonderful hologram image of Michael Schumacher pasted onto the front panel. Oblong folio, #383 of 1,800 copies issued signed by both Dieter Streve-Mulhens (the publisher)..... More
Osaka, Japan: Cycleman Books, 2005. Laminate boards. SIGNED AND DATED (IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION) BY RIN TANAKA (THE AUTHOR, PHOTOGRAPHER AND PUBLISHER) on the first blank endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 2005 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial laminate boards, with just a bit of..... More
The New York Times, 1963. 1st. Hardcover. The 1963 1st edition, in the glassine dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine in a completely-intact, VG dustjacket, with a perfectly circular light coffee ring at the front panel. Octavo, wonderful photographs thruout by Robert Frank. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. Cloth. NICELY INSCRIBED BY PHOTOGRAPHER DENNIS STOCK (TO ICP {INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY} PATRON BERT ROSEN) on the front free endpaper's verso. A very solid copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket..... More
