1887. 1/4 leather. A meticulously-crafted album of 29 original, mounted photographs of Yellowstone, all or most of them likely taken in 1887 and purchased directly from the 14-year old National Park. Though the photos are uncredited, we can surmise that photographers such as Thomas Hine, Charles D. Loughrey, Frank Jay..... More
New York: PIX Incorporated, 1947. Photograph. A crisp, very sharp example of this press photograph of M. Tanguy-Frigent. According to the description on the back of the photograph, he was the post-War "French minister of agriculture and the most hated man in France, (here) making a statement about the grain..... More
Decorative Cloth. Interesting album (7" wide x 5" tall) of 24 hand-colored mounted photographs. Set in late 19th century Japan, bound in decorative brown cloth in a concertina/accordion style. Sepia-toned portraits, enlivened by splashes of red, green and purple. On the front pastedown printed date and name: "April 11, 1887..... More
London: Scriptum Editions, 2005. Decorative Cloth. An immaculate copy of the 2005 2nd printing. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Folio, lush black-and-white and color reproductions thruout. Foreword by Sir Elton John, whose AIDS Foundation was the beneficiary from the proceeds of this publication. More
Chicago: Belgravia Group, Ltd. And Sandz Development Co., Inc., 2009. Cloth. An immaculate copy of the 2009 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, beautifully photographed thruout. More
Rochester, NY: George Eastman House, 1965. Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1965 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket with very light, innocuous spotting along the back panel's top-edge. Quarto, oblong, 74 pgs. More
Patterned Cloth. Wonderful handmade photo album, consisting of 144 pages of evocative portraits and autographs gathered between May 1919 and August 1920 by professional German dancers Edith & Gaillard. The album profiles colleagues and friends, creative performers of all kinds, including cabaret artists, opera singers, actors, comedians and dancers. Silver..... More
Rio De Janeiro: SPala Editora, 1987. Cloth. First Edition. Handsome photographic study of Alcantara, the magical, "monument" city of Brazil. VG+ in its dark-blue cloth with a bright, VG+ pictorial dustjacket. Square quarto, 213 pgs. Text in both Portuguese and English, beautiful color photography abounds thruout. More
Chicago: Edwynn Houk Gallery, 1985. 1st. Original Wraps. A bright, lovely copy of the catalogue based on the 1985 exhibition at Chicago's Edwynn Houk Gallery. Clean and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. #98 of 1,000 copies issued. This copy, though not called for, IS SIGNED BY ANDRE KERTESZ on the..... More
Grinnell College (Faulconer Gallery), 2006. 1st. Hardcover. The catalogue based on the October-December 2006 exhibition at Grinnell College's Faulconer Gallery. Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial laminate boards, with light bumping at the lower tips. Tall quarto, crisp color plates on each recto. More
Munich/Paris: SAchirmer/Mosel, 1992. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of the 1992 1st French edition. Clean and Near Fine (very light creasing at the lower edges) in its pictorial wrappers. Folio, crisp, high-quality reproductions thruout. More
Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 2003. Pictorial boards. A pristine copy of the 2003 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Oblomg folio, limited to 2,500 copies. More
Rochester, NY: Aperture, Inc., 1961. Original Wraps. Important photography anthology, published quarterly by Aperture, Inc. and edited by Minor White. The 1961 "Robert Frank" issue, including a healthy dose of some of Frank's finest work. Clean and VG in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with very light soiling at the panels..... More
Boston: Bruce Humphries Publishers. Cloth. First Edition. Lovely nude portrait photography, c. 1960. Very tastefully rendered, sumptuous photogravure. The 2nd volume in a series called "Beauty Which Inspires". Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket with very light, subtle rubbing to the front panel. Tall quarto, unpaginated. More
New York: PIX Incorporated. Photograph. Crisp, attractive black-and-white press photograph of Agatha Chrsitie by PIX International. Light creasing along the edges, otherwise bright and clean. The uncredited photograph measures 6" wide x 8" tall. More
London: Henry Greenwood & Co., 1926. Decorative Cloth. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the 1926 issue of BJPA. Solid and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-design andf titling, and blindstamped rule along the panels. Small written name and small blindtsamp at the front panel, otherwise very clean internally..... More
Buenos Aires: Manrique Zago Ediciones, 1984. 1st. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1984 1st edition, in its dual text (both Spanish and English). Near Fine in a bright, Fine pictorial dustjacket. Sqaure quarto, crisp black-and-white photograpy thruout. Also includes the publisher's cardboard pictorial slipcase. More
Columbia University Press, 1937. 1st. Uncommon early photography reference. 1937 1st edition, a VG+ copy with mild fading along spine. More
Tokyo & Osaka: Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., 1933. Cloth. A very handsome copy of the 1933 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG+ in its light-brown cloth, with mild spotting at the front panel and very light offsetting to the front free endpaper. And in a crisp, unusually clean, Near Fine..... More
Paris: Gilbert Jeune, 1959. Original wraps. A handsome copy of the 1959 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ example of the pictorial dustjacket, with very light chipping along the edges. 154 lovely gravure reproductions of the work of German photographer Fritz Kuhn. The text is in..... More
Atlanta: J & L, 2001. 1st. Original Wraps. A hipster guide to dancing, with skillful black-and-white photos of people in all sorts of dance moves and, in captions, the songs they're dancing to. A bright, Near Fine octavo in its pictorial wrappers. More
Aperture/Horizon. Cloth. Weston's beautiful Daybooks, complete in 2 volumes. Vol. I (Mexico) is the 1973 Aperture reprint and Vol. II (California) is the 1966 Horizon 1st edition. Vol. I is crisp and clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Vol. II is clean and solid and..... More
Millerton, New York: Aperture, 1972. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1972 1st edition of this landmark of post-War photography --and American portraiture. Tight and crisp and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with one 3" closed tear along the font panel's top-edge and very light creasing..... More
Hamburg: Museum Fur Kunst und Gewerbe, 1989. 1st. Original Wraps. The catalogue based on the March-June 1989 exhibition at Hamburg's Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe. Clean and Near Fine in its original wrappers. And in a bright, VG pictorial dustjacket, with very light soiling to the panels. Tall quarto, crisp..... More
New York: PIX Incorporated, 1965. Photograph. A rich 1965 portrait of a young John Le Carre (pseud. of David Cornwell) by the German literary photographer Horst Tappe. Light creasing along the edges, otherwise crisp and bright. The photograph measures 7" wide x 10" tall and includes Horst Tappe's stamp at..... More
