London: Jonathan Cape, 1999. 1st. Cloth. A bright copy of the 1999 1st UK edition (simultaneous with the 1st US edition). LAVISHLY INSCRIBED BY HIRO on the half-title. Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Folio, unpaginated. A sumptuous, beautifully-printed collection of portraits by the legendary Japanese fashion..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1976. Cloth. SIGNED BY RICHARD AVEDON IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION along the front free endpaper. A solid, very well-preserved copy to boot of the 1976 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (very light offsetting along the edges) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ to Near..... More
New York: Art Advisory Services, Inc. (Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner), 2003. 1st. Decorative Cloth. An As New copy of the 2003 1st edition. #56 of only 100 copies issued. Fine in a bright, Fine pictorial dustjacket AND in publisher's additional translucent wax dustwrapper, which is also Fine and sealed..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1998. Cloth. SIGNED BY TONI MORRISON, who contributed the Introduction to this first-rate collection of (mostly) street portraits by photographer Robert Bergman. A pristine copy to boot of the 1998 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Highly evocative and moving..... More
New York: Random House, 1941. Cloth. The 1941 stated 1st printing, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG- to VG dustjacket, with light chipping --including several small closed tears-- and light creasing along the panel edges. Still though, very presentable. Quarto, Robert Capa's..... More
Paris: Editions du Chene, 1974. Cloth. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1974 1st French edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a bit of wear to the laminate along the front flap-fold. Quarto, Tony Ray-Jones's crisp black-and-white plates. More
New York: The New York Times, 1959. Boards. The 1959 1st (and only) edition of one of Robert Frank's most elusive --and most fragile-- titles and his first published work after the triumph of "The Americans". Published by the New York Times as a promotional for potential advertisers, "New York..... More
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1986. 1st. Cloth. The 1986 stated 1st editon of this Robert Frank catalogue. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the panels, several small closed tears along its top-edges and light foxing along the fore-edges. Tall quarto..... More
Boston and Houston: Little, Bown and Company/The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1986. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FRANK TO JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHER YUICHI HIBI on the title page. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the hardback catalogue based on the February-April 1986 exhibition at Houston's Museum of Fine..... 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
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1980. Original wraps. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1980 1st edtion of this wonderful artist's book from Robert Heinecken. INSCRIBED BY HEINECKEN TO FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHER ART SINSABAUGH on the title page. Oblong octavo, crisp and Near Fine in its thick, spiral-bound wrappers, with just..... More
Full leather. Wonderful Princeton University photo album, put together by Robert Johnson McClintock '17 (same graduating class as F. Scott Fitzgerald, who left early in his Senior year and never graduated). The album, an oblong quarto, roughly spans McClintock's 4 year tenure (1914-1917) at Princeton and captues the construction of..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1983. Boards. SIGNED BY ROMAN VISHNIAC on the first pictorial endpaper. An unusually clean, impressive copy to boot of the 1983 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, easily Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, Vishniac's deeply moving, heartfelt portraits..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. Boards. SIGNED BY ROMAN VISHNIAC on the first pictorial endpaper. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 1984 stated 2nd printing.. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, Vishniac's deeply moving, heartfelt portraits of Eastern European..... More
Paris: Editions du Chene/Hachette, 1979. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 1979 1st French edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, crisp reproductions of Atget's masterful black-and-white photographs. Also includes a clean example of the cardboard slipcase. More
Paris: L'Art Penultieme, 1998. Decorative Cloth. 1998 limited edition, 1 of only 20 copies issued. Very handsome artist's book. Immaculate and Fine in its duotone checkered cloth. Artfully-rendered nudes tipped onto each recto. Dreamy, ethereal color photographs/sketches. Octavo, signed by the artist on the limitation page. #8/20 copies. Signed by..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1965. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1965 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of wear along the spine crown. Folio, wonderful sensual black-and-white photos thruout. More
Penny Ante Press, 2002. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY SAM LINDER on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 2002 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with just a touch of scuffing to the panels. Square quarto, crisp, high-quality color photos on each recto. More
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art, 1996. 1st. Cloth. A lovely copy of the 1996 catalogue based on the exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, crisp black-and-white plates thruout. More
Matrix (Robert Delpire), 1981. Cloth. SIGNED BY SARAH MOON on the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the 1981 stated 1st American edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, Moon's evocative, sensual photographs thruout. More
Matrix/Delpire, 1981. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1981 stated 1st American edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just the slightest touch of scuffing to the panels. Oblong quarto, the text translated from its original French by Enid Kirshberger. More
Paris: Editions Filipacchi, 1981. Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1981 1st edition of this surreal Serge Gainsbourg erotic fantasy/nightmare. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, Gainsbourg's vivid color photography thruout. More
Mumbai, India: AJSK Publications, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. A pristine copy of the 2000 1st edition, SIGNED BY BOTH ABU JANI AND SANDEEP KHOSLA on the half-title. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Folio, lavish color photography thruout. Also includes a Fine example of publisher's printed slipcase. More
Shimpei Asai, 1970. Cloth. A handsome copy of this uncommon 1970 Japanese title, with crisp, evocative black-and-white photos thruout (of everyday settings and scenes in America) by Shimpei Asai. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. (And also includes an outer glassine dustjacket, which helped to protect the..... More
