Radioactive Measurements with Nuclear Emulsions
John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. An attractive copy of the 1949 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, clean, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 356 pgs. More
John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. An attractive copy of the 1949 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, clean, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 356 pgs. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover. A beautiful copy of the 1967 stated 1st U.S. edition, preceded only by the 1965 original Japanese printing. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 203 pgs., lovely gravure photography thruout. Foreword by the estimable George Nelson, photography by Michikazu..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981. Cloth. SIGNED BY HIROSHI HAMAYA (in both Japanese and English) on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 1st American edition. Tight and Near Fine in its beige cloth. Oblong folio, also includes a tight, Near Fine example of the..... More
New York: The Pace Gallery, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the November-December 2010 exhibition at New York's Pace Gallery. Clean and Fine in its laminate pictorial boards. Tall quarto, beautiful reproductions thruout. More
Last Gasp of San Francisco, 1981. Pictorial wrappers. SIGNED BY BOTH F STOP FITZGERALD AND RICHARD MCCAFFREY on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the November 1981 3rd revised edition. Bright and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with light staining along the rear panel's fore-edge and very..... More
Les Editions 1900, 1988. Hardcover. A pristine copy of this lavish 1988 folio of photographs of turn-of-the-century Paris. Clean and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. And in a matching, very sturdy pictorial slipcase. Crisp black-and-white photos thruout dfocumenting all walks of life in the City of Lights. More
Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., Ltd., 1955. 1st. Cloth. The 1955 1st edition, with handsome gravure --and high-quality color-- photography thruout. Tight and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light creasing along the spine ends and panel edges. Also includes the publisher's original outer cellophane jacket, which has served..... More
San Francisco and Carmel, CA: Stephen Wirtz Gallery and Weston Gallery, 1984. Original wraps. A wonderful Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MICHAEL KENNA TO ANDRE KERTESZ ("for Andre Kertesz with very best wishes from a long time admirer! Michael Kenna May 1984") on the title page. A very sharp copy..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY IRVING PENN on the front free endpaper. A crisp, unusually sharp copy to boot of the 1960 1st edition of the photographer's first published collection. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just the slightest touch of light..... More
Paris: Editions Herscher, 1980. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY J.H. LARTIGUE on the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1980 correct 1st edition, published out of Paris in Lartigue's native French and preceding the American edition by a year. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1965. Cloth. 1st UK edition of this landmark Depression-era collaboration between James Agee and the great Walker Evans. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light fading at the spine. Thick octavo, 471 pgs. More
Boston: American Photographic Publishing Co., 1936. Cloth. The uncommon 1936 1st edition of this study on the growing partnership of photography and journalism. Solid and VG- (pronounced spotting and offsetting at the endsheets and pastedowns) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with soiling to the rear panel. mild offsetting at the..... More
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1972. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JAMES HOUSTON on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light foxing along the flap-folds. Tall quarto, crisp black-and-white photos thruout by B.A...... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Editions, 1992. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A beautiful copy to boot of the 1992 1st edition. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, Fine pictorial dustjacket. Thick quarto, rich, crisp black-and-white photography thruout of intimate Paris scapes. Also includes a Fine..... More
Brooklyn: powerHouse Books, 2009. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF MERMELSTEIN at the half-title. A near-pristine copy to boot of the 2009 1st edition, which was limited to 1,500 copies. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-brown cloth, with just a touch of light scuffing at the front panel. Tall..... More
University Press of Florida, 1985. Original wraps. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JERRY UELSMANN on the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1985 true 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Oblong octavo, crisp, high-quality reproductions of Uelsmann's black-and-white photos throughout. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co. And The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1996. 1st. Hard Cover. Stated 1st edition of the hardback catalogue of the exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, March-May 1996. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 170 pgs. Deeply poignant--and artful--..... More
Natchez: Myrtle Bank Press, 1981. 1st. Cloth. 1981 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket. Tall quarto, 216 pgs. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise clean and well-preserved. More
Boston: New York Graphic Society (Little, Brown), 1983. Cloth. A bright, crisp copy of the 1983 stated 1st printing. Tight and Near Fine in a clean, Near Fine dustjacket. 2 discreet, inconspicuous bookseller stamps along the bottom-edge, otherwise very sharp. Oblong quarto, Meyerowitz's stark color photos throughout. More
Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 1998. Cloth. #19 OF 250 COPIES "SIGNED, NUMBERED, AND PRESENTED IN A CLAMSHELL BOX WITH AN ORIGINAL, SIGNED ETCHING BY THE ARTIST (JOEL-PETER WITKIN)" LAID-IN. A tight, near-pristine copy to boot of this 1998 limitation. Clean and Near Fine, with just a touch of light rubbing..... More
Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. Cloth. A pristine copy of the uncommon 1985 signed/limited of Joel-Peter Witkin's first monograph. #71 OF ONLY 100 COPIES SIGNED BY JOEL-PETER WITKIN on the title page. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, Witkin's richly-developed, beguiling black-and-white photos thruout. Also includes..... More
Italy: Linea Di Confine, 2004. 1st. Original Wraps. An As New copy of the 2004 1st edition. SIGNED BY JOHN GOSSAGE on the half-title. Bright and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, Gossage's crisp black-and-white photos thruout. Signed by Author. More
John Gossage. Loose photographs. Very scarce re-issue (possibly pirated), with 5 additional plates -- here totalling 23 rather than the 18 called for in the 2000 original edition by Nazraeli Press. Limitation, year-of-publication and publisher all unknown. The prints loose as issued, contained within a gray cardboard box (the cover..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE on the 2nd blank endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1956 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in its duotoe cloth. And in a bright, price-intact ($4.50), VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with..... More