[New York]: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux], (1976). Avedon, Richard. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, unpaginated, inscribed by Richard Avedon. Richard Avedon (1923-2004) was a prominent photographer in the field of fashion, and one of the leading photographers for "Vogue" magazine during the 1970s and 1980s; his portraits of numerous writers..... More
Boston: Engraved and printed by R.A. Supply Co. for Boston and Maine Railroad, [1898-1900]. Wraps. Oblong octavo size, five volumes, illustrated. An early photographic account of New England, each volume has a one-page introduction and 30+ black and white plates. Of especial interest to any of us who have lived..... More
[New York]: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1978), 1978. Avedon, Richard. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio size, inscribed by Richard Avedon. Images by Richard Avedon (1923-2004), whose "fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century" (from NY Times obit). This work depicts many..... More
Llandogo, Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 2012. Pusch, Steffi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 5 of 100, folio size, [40] pp., signed by S.J. Butler and Steffi Pusch. "The Swimmer" first appeared in "The Warwick Review" and was then selected for "The Best British Short Stories 2011" published by Salt; this..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1965. Elkus, Richard J. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 83 of 487 copies, elephant folio size, approximately [100] pp., signed by Richard Elkus, Robert and Edwin Grabhorn, with prospectus. The last major book of the Grabhorn Press, "Alamos" is a collection of photographs by Richard Elkus..... More
[Bologna, Italy]: Damiani and Matsumoto Editions, 2014. Sugimoto, Hiroshi. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 131 of 360 copies, signed by Hiroshi Sugimoto, folio size, 140 pp., in aluminum slipcase and original cardboard box. A unique collaboration between photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto and author Jonathan Safran Foer, containing sixty-five photographic artworks..... More
Lausanne: La Guilde du Livre, (1955). Roiter, Fulvio. Softcover. One of 10,000 copies, quarto size, 130 pp., in French. Fulvio Roiter (1926-2016) was an Italian photographer; beginning as a chemist, he committed himself to photography in 1947, documenting various cities in stunning series of black-and-white photographs. During his career, Roiter..... More
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Tokyo: Published by K. Ogawa [printed by C. B. Woodward, St. Louis], 1893. K. Ogawa. First Edition. String Binding. First printing, folio size. K. Ogawa (1860-1929), an innovative Japanese photographer known for his portraiture and masterful use of collotype, presents examples of costumes in Japan prior to the Meiji Restoration..... More
Tokyo: Masao Oshita, 2014. Kawada, Kikuji. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 408 of 600 copies, octavo size, [102] pp., signed by Kikuji Kawada, text in Japanese and English. Photographer Kikuji Kawada (b. 1933) uses both concrete and abstract forms in black-and-white photography, and his photographs harbour a stark contrast that simultaneously..... More
London: Phaidon, 2017. Leibovitz, Annie. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio size, 314 pp., inscribed by Annie Leibovitz. A book of high-quality colour photographs by American portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz, this being a chronicle of her work in digital photography. This edition includes some work that predates 2005, but had not been..... More
New York: Aperture, (1985). Mark, Mary Ellen. Soft cover. Quarto size, 92 pp. "Streetwise" is an in-depth and personal look into the lives of teenagers surviving on the streets of Seattle, working as prostitutes, drug dealers, pimps, and panhandlers. The book began as an article for "Life" magazine, written by..... More
[New York]: Aperture Foundation, [2005]. Second Edition. Hardcover. The first printing of the Aperture Foundation publication, oblong folio, 164 pp. "In 1997 my family and I moved to a home in the Berkeley hills with an extraordinary view of the Golden Gate Bridge. These pictures were taken from our porch..... More
[New York]: The Limited Editions Club [Printed at the Wild Carrot Letterpress], (1986). Mapplethorpe, Robert. Limited Edition. Leather. Number 351 of 1000, quarto size, 98 pp., signed by Paul Schmidt and Robert Mapplethorpe, with monthly LEC Letter. Jean-Nicolas-Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) started life as a poet but stopped writing after a...... More
Moscow and Leningrad: State Art Publishers [Printed in the Soviet Union], 1939. Hardcover. Quarto size, approx. 125 pp. A fascinating piece of Soviet propaganda published for the Soviet Pavillion at the New York World's Fair which opened in 1939, six months prior to the start of WWII. The Soviets spent..... More
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1993. Sherman, Cindy. First Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, folio size, 240 pp. Cindy Sherman (b. 1954), photographer and filmmaker, is known for self-portraits which "offer critiques of gender and identity. What made Sherman famous is the use of her own body in roles..... More
Japan: The Japan Council against A & H Bombs, 1961. Tomatsu, Shomei and Domon, Ken. Hardcover. Square quarto size, [140] pp. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States have led to numerous examinations of the war, violence, and death surrounding the attacks. "document 1961" is a collection..... More
[New York]: The Limited Editions Club, (1990). Siskind, Aaron. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 550 copies, elephant folio size, [52] pp., signed by Aaron Siskind, with LEC Newsletter. In 1855 the first issue of "Leaves of Grass" was published at the expense of the author Walt Whitman (1819-1892) in..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985. Avedon, Richard. Hardcover. Folio size, signed by Richard Avedon. This work, consisting of large-format portrait work of drifters, miners, cowboys and others from the western United States became a best-selling book; it is regarded as an important hallmark in 20th century portrait photography..... More