Rochester, NY: Aperture, (1963). Sommer, Frederick. First edition. 8vo. text and b&w full-page photographic plates. White cloth titled on the upper cover. The boards are lightly soiled; neat signature of the previous owner on the title page. A very good copy. Initially issued as Aperture 10:4 in printed wrappers, a...... More
NY: Kevin Begos Publishing, 1993. Sommer, Frederick. First ed. A portfolio of five dust grain gravures, made from the original negatives. Image size from 9 x 10 inches, to 9 1/2 x 11 inches; mounted on archival boards (15 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches). Laid into a cloth clamshell portfolio..... More
NY: Kevin Begos Publishing, 1993. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Oblong folio, comprised of a title-page, five dust grain photogravures, made from the original negatives. Image size from 9 x 10 inches to 9 1/2 x 11 inches, mounted on archival boards (15 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches), colophon, quotation from..... More
Toronto: Lumiere Press, 1992. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. 8vo., 31 pp., 4 mounted silver prints. Cloth-backed printed boards. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine, as new copy. The four silver gelatin photographs include a frontispiece portrait of Sommer by Edward Weston; a collage from the series The Birth of..... More
Denver: Denver Art Museum, [1988]. Sommer. First edition. 4to., 79 pp., 55 full-page b&w and color photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. A fine, as new copy, sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Produced for a traveling exhibition, 1988-89. More
Stockton, NJ: Designed and printed at the Carolingian Press, 1972. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Square 12mo., 20 leaves, printed recto only. Printed stiff wrappers. Wrappers slightly dusty, else fine. A collection of aphorisms, with: WORDS SPOKEN IN MEMORY OF RICHARD NICKEL AT A GATHERING OF HIS FRIENDS. More
(Stockton, NJ: DeSIGNED and printed at the Carolingian Press, 1972). Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Square 12mo., 20 leaves, printed recto only. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. SIGNED. A collection of aphorisms, with: WORDS SPOKEN IN MEMORY OF RICHARD NICKEL AT A GATHERING OF HIS FRIENDS. This copy is SIGNED by Frederick..... More
Stockton, NJ: Designed and printed at the Carolingian Press, 1972. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Square 12mo., 20 leaves, printed recto only. Printed stiff wrappers. Wrappers slightly dusty and stained on rear, else very good. A collection of aphorisms, with: WORDS SPOKEN IN MEMORY OF RICHARD NICKEL AT A GATHERING OF..... More
Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, 1980. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Square 4to., 69 pp., 24 full-page b&w photos, with additional illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers. With: EXHIBITION CHECKLIST: A Supplement to Venus, Jupiter & Mars. Square 4to., (16) pp., 102 b&w photos. Plain stiff wrappers; a very good copy. More
Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, 1980. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Square 4to., 69 pp., 24 full-page b&w photos, with additional illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers. With: EXHIBITION CHECKLIST: A Supplement to Venus, Jupiter & Mars. Square 4to., (16) pp., 102 b&w photos. Plain stiff wrappers. Fine, as new... More