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
[Munich]: Nazraeli Press, 1992. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Oblong 12mo., (48) pp., 30 four-color and duotone plates. Printed boards, two volumes bound dos-à-dos. Fine in publisher's blind-embossed slipcase. Contains Sommer's writings and several previously unpublished photos. Text in both English and German. Limited to 2000 copies, this copy is SIGNED..... 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
Munich: Nazraeli Press, 1994. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Approximately 4 x 4 x 6 inches, with 50 loose duotone and process color cards, with 12 cards containing text, in a handmade plexiglass box. Fine. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this copy is SIGNED by the photographer on the colophon sheet..... 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
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