Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1945. 1st. Hardcover. A sparkling copy of the Nov. 1945 2nd edition (1st edition was April 1945). Limited to 2500 copies. VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket with the slightest amount of rubbing along the back panel and the faintest trace of staining along..... More
Antwerp, Belgium: Gallery Ronny Van de Velde, 1989. A magnificent --and very uncommon-- portfolio of original photographic prints by Nat Finkelstein (1933-2009), one of the great chroniclers of Andy Warhol, specifically his mid to late 60s period at The Factory. Gallery Ronny Van de Velde of Antwerp produced and published..... More
New York: Horizon Press (in Collaboration with the George Eastman House), 1966. Cloth. INSCRIBED (CRYPTICALLY) BY GARRY WINOGRAND across the title page. A very solid copy to boot of the 1966 1st edition of this important anthology showcasing the work of some of the rising young stars in the medium..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY NELL DORR on the first blank endpaper. A crisp, lovely copy to boot of the 1954 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. By any standard, a superb copy, with Nell Dorr's..... More
Self-published, 1975. Original wraps. Uncommon 1975 catalogue printed in conjunction with the exhibition at the New Jersey State Museum. Oblong quarto, clean and Near Fine in its dark wrappers. Crisp, high-quality black-and-white photos thruout. More
Tokyo: Shobunsha, 2000. Boards. A pristine copy of this 2000 deluxe edition, limited to 500 copies and including a mounted, tipped-in Polaroid print SIGNED BY ARAKI. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Also includes the original wraparound band (or obi), which is also in Fine condition. The book..... More
New York: Deitch Projects, 1998. Decorative Cloth. A clean, bright copy of the 1998 1st edition. Near Fine in its original decorative cloth. Octavo, 57 pgs., crisp gravure plates thruout. More
Germany: Te Neues Verlag, 2000. Pictorial Cover. An As New copy of the 2000 1st German edition. Bright and Fine in its pictorial cloth. Folio, 161 pgs. Dual text in German and English. More
New York: Random House (A U.S. Camera Book), 1940. The 1940 stated 1st edition of this seminal guide to technique in color photography, written and illustrated by the formidable Modernist photographer Paul Outerbridge. A solid, very presentable copy to boot. Tight and VG+ (with mild offsetting at the pastedowns) in..... More
1972. A warm, gracious 2 pg. ALS from the photographer Paul Strand, referencing --among other things-- an evening with Hart Crane. Strand is patiently responding (from France) to a Vietnam vet (whose 2 letters are here included) who asks if he and his wife might work for an aging Strand..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Boards. A tight, crisp copy of the 1975 correct 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY PETER BEARD (in Oct. 1976) AND INCLUDING A DRAWING IN HIS HAND OF 2 HIPPOS at the front free endpaper. A very sharp, near-pristine copy to boot. Solid and Near Fine..... More
Paris: Galerie Kamel Mennour, 1999. Original wraps. The catalogue based on the 1999 exhibition at Paris's Galerie Kamel Mennour. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, Preface (in both English and French and titled "Forever Young") by Jerome Sans. This copy subtly stamped by and from the library..... More
New York: Da Capo Press, 1976. Cloth. The 1976 true 1st edition, in its much more elusive hardback. Tight and Near Fine to Fine, with no writing or markings of any kind internally. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with a degree of foxing and soiling along the panel..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1980. Cloth. The 1980 signed/limited. #31 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY PHILIP TRAGER at the limitation. FURTHERMORE, THIS COPY IS ALSO WARMLY INSCRIBED BY PHILIP TRAGER on the title page. (It's lacking "the original photograph printed and signed by the photographer" though). Clean and Fine..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1977. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY PHILIP TRAGER on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1977 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears along the panel edges and one small chip (smaller than a...... More
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1931. Original wraps. The 1931 edition of this impressive, short-lived French annual issued out of Paris and lasting only 11 years in this original incarnation. 124 lavish full-page gravures by the likes of Doris Ulmann, Man Ray, Edward Steichen, Paul Outerbridge, Munkacsi, Lee Miller, Laszlo..... More
Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1929. Cloth. The 1929 stated 2nd edition of this seminal photographic study of plants and flowers, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Loosely translated from its German as "Archetypes of Art", Karl Blossfeldt's groundbreaking portraits, all in rich, lavish gravure, highlight the brilliance --and the beauty-- of..... More
The Jargon Society, 1974. Cloth. A significant Association copy: SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY THE POET JONATHAN WILLIAMS, WHO FOUNDED THE JARGON SOCIETY AND PUBLISHED THIS POSTHUMOUS RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD TITLE. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1974 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its oatmeal..... More
Rome: Percorsi Immaginari Edizioni, 2001. Original wraps. SIGNED BY THE LEGENDARY CUBAN PHOTOGRAPHER RAUL CORRALES on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of this handsome 2001 1st paperback edition, pubished out of Rome. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, magnificent black-and-white photographs by..... More
Tokyo: Little More, 2010. Original wraps. A near-pristine copy of the 2010 1st edition, SIGNED BY REIKO KRUK at the first blank endpaper. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with very light creasing along the panel edges and just a touch of light scuffing to the front..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1978. Pictorial boards. INSCRIBED BY RICHARD AVEDON along the front free endpaper. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1978 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a clean, price-intact, Near Fine example of the printed acetate dustjacket. Folio, with..... More
New York: Random House, 1999. Pictorial boards. SIGNED BY RICHARD AVEDON on the front pastedown (behind the dustjacket's front flap). A crisp, very pleasing copy to boot of the 1999 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light soiling --and..... 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
