New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Peter Wezel. Pictorial boards. A solid copy of the 1964 1st American edition (having originally been published in Zurich). Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping and several small closed tears along the bottom-edges. Tall, thin quarto, wonderfully..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. Napoli. Cloth. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1966 1st American edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($3.75), Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color by Napoli herself. More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1851. Decorative Cloth. A very attractive copy of the 1851 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with brilliant gilt-design and decoration to the front panel and matching blindstamped design at the rear panel. Neat, small 1856 inscription to the front free endpaper..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940. Elizabeth Orton Jones. Cloth. A very presentable copy of the 1940 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light offsetting along the front panel's top-edge, former-owner name in pencil at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact ($2.00), VG dustjacket, with very mild chipping..... More
New York: Elliot Brown Co., 1928. Boards. Impressive 1928 album of residential architectural gems in the New York area, collected and published by the high-end builders Elliot Brown Co. Featuring lavish, full-page black-and-white portraits of some of the great estates in the New York area, in the process showcasing architects..... More
Hartford, CT: Edwin Valentine Mitchell, 1929. Pictorial cover. INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER EDWIN VALENTINE MITCHELL on the title page. A tight copy to boot of the 1929 1st trade edition. Solid and VG to VG+ in its pictorial, oatmeal cloth, with very light staining along the panels. Quarto, a saucy..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1980 1st American edition, translated from the original Danish edition of 1977. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with a couple of tiny closed tears along the top-edges and very faint discoloration to the front..... More
Herts, England: Raleigh Publications, 1996. 1/2 leather. #65 OF 100 COPIES PRINTED IN THE LIMITED EDITION of this 1996 essential reference in the literature of cartography. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its half-leather over matching wine-red boards. Immaculate gilt-titling along the spine as well. Thick folio, over 400..... More
Skira Rizzoli (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco), 2011. Pictorial cloth. Very impressive monograph on the renowned Spanish designer Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972). Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine example of the printed mylar dustjacket. Tall quarto, lovely color and black-and-white reproductions throughout. More
Phaidon Press, 2004. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 2004 1st edition of this exhaustive monograph on Swiss photographer Rene Burri (1933-2014). Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, beautifully-reproduced black-and-white photographs throughout. More
New York: Monacelli Press, 2012. Pictorial boards. An immacuate copy of the 2012 1st American edition (published simultaneously in New York and London). Crisp and Fine in its wonderful pictorial boards. Thick octavo, exhaustive monograph on the British designer. More
Boulder, CO: Charles Scribner, 2013. Cloth. A lovely example of this 5 volume custom-designed set, whose dustjacket spines together form Fitzgerald's name over the iconic Francis Cugat-illustrated 1925 original dustjacket for "The Great Gatsby" (the actual Cugat painting on which the dustjacket is based is called "Under the Red, White..... More
Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand Company, 1958. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR J.C. HUREWITZ on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the March 1958 2nd printing. Tight and VG+ (Columbia University armorial bookplate to the front free endpaper) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with mild darkening along the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. Cloth. AN EARNEST, FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR ALAN ADELSON opposite the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine (light wear to the lower-tips) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with a couple of..... More
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004. Cloth. An all-but-pristine copy of the 2004 1st American edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Folio, 206 illustrations in lavish color. More
New York: Rizzoli, 2001. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 2001 1st American edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, hundreds of lavish color and crisp black-and-white illustrations throughout. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1974. Cloth. SIGNED AND DATED BY HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON on the front blank endpaper's verso. A gorgeous copy to boot of the 1974 1st American edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Quarto, Cartier-Bresson's masterful, crisp black-and-white photography throughout. Uncommon..... 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
Santa Barbara, CA: Pantec Publishing Company, 1978. Boards. The 1978 1st (and almost certainly only) edition of this uncommon guide to the nude beaches of California. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG example of the wonderful pictorial dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing along the top-edges and..... More
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1972. Original wraps. WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR, CORNELL CAPA, on the half-title: "To Dr. Bertram Rosen, This book is what ICP is all about. I hope it will serve as a memento of your every support. Sincerely, Cornell Capa March, 1976". A crisp, very sharp..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2001. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 2001 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its oatmeal cloth. Also includes the laid-in print ("Aspens, Dawn..."), with its facsimile Ansel Adams signature and blindstamp ("Authorized Edition"), tucked inside its original envelope. And a bright, VG+..... More
Houten, The Netherlands: Terra Lannoo, 2013. Decorative Boards. A pristine copy of the 2013 1st English language edition. Tight and Fine in its decorative dark boards, with lovely copper edges. Folio, first-rate color reproductions throughout. Inpressive monograph on the Dutch designer. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. Abbi Giventer. Pictorial boards. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1962 stated 1st printing. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of very faint offsetting at the endpapers) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with seeral very small closed tears --and a...... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934. Pictorial boards. #327 OF 450 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR MARGUERITE KIRMSE on the limitation, just above a printed sketch of a Scottish Terrier. A lovely copy to boot of the 1934 stated 1st edition. Clean and easily Near..... More
