Paris: Editions de la Revue Verve, [1951]. First edition. 4to., unpaginated, chiefly illustrated with b&w and color plates. The cover, frontispiece and title page were designed by Picasso for this edition and printed by Draeger Feres. The paper cover is worn and chipped at the edges, more so at the..... More
[Mexico]: Insitituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1980. First edition. Oblong folio, approximately 150 pp.,hundreds of illustrations in color and b&w. A very good copy in the blind stamped dust jacket that has a closed tear and light wear and soiling. Aztec medicinal plants and medicine, taken from the Florentine Codex..... More
[Japan: c. 1950 - 1960]. Black ceramic decanter trimmed in gold, approximately 5" H x 2 1/2" W x 8 3/4" D . Attached to the plastic strap is a pouch which holds two ceramic shot glasses. The cork tipped stopper is the removable knob at the top of the..... More
[Japan: c. 1950 -1960]. Black ceramic decanter trimmed in silver, approximately 8 1/2" H [with flash stopper] x 3" W x 4" D . The flash attachment is tipped in cork and serves as the stopper. A novelty replica of a twin tens reflex camera. Fine. There is no prevision..... More
1 1/4 inch x 1 inch, faux leather binding with 8 gilt edged card leaves and endpapers, imprinted on the verso/recto with a gold oval medallion. Within the medallion on verso of the 8 leaves and endpapers is pasted an albumen photograph from a work of art depicting an intimate..... More
[Rochester]: The International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, 1977. Coburn, Alvin Langdon. First edition. Folio, [4] pp. text, 10 loose b&w silver gelatin photographs, printed on 11 x 14 inch paper to image sizes of 8 1/2 x 10 1/2, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, or the reverse..... More
Folio, 27 large format vintage [c. 1862 - 1875] albumen photographs mounted within ink rules, recto only. There are 21 photographs, approximately 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches, or the reverse, by Antonio Beato, 20 of which are signed in the plate; the remaining 6 photographs, approximately 11 1/2 x...... More
London: Dirk Nishen; Bath: Monmouth Calotype, 1989. First limited edition. 4to., 64 pp., 62 plates from photographs, errata slip at rear. Photo-illustrated paper over boards. There is an 1/8 tear at the base of the spine. A very good copy. Introduction by Robert E. Lassam. Part 1: A Clergyman's Oeuvre..... More
Paris: Aux Éditions des Cendres, 2015. First edition. 4to., 407, [7] pp., illustrated with b&w and color plates. Printed stiff wrappers with inner flaps, original glassine dust jacket. Fine, as new. The frontispiece is by Érik Desmazières. The essays are by thirty-nine noted scholars, some in French and English, other..... More
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999. First edition. 2 volumes. 4to, 127; 155 [1] pp. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w plates. Both volumes are bound in paper over boards, titled in white on the front cover and spine, issued without dust jackets. Housed in the publisher's black cloth over boards..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. Evans, Walker. First edition. 8vo., [2], xvi, 471 pp. and 31 full-page b&w plates from photographs. Publisher's black cloth, spine titled in silver, lightly rubbed at the spine ends; small neat bookseller's ticket on the rear free endpaper. The dust jacket has had minor restoration..... More
Newport: Printed for the Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian Association by H. Mullock, 1872. First edition. 4to., [iv], errata slip, 87 pp., plus 13 albumen photographs [ approx. 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches] mounted on 12 leaves. Brick red pebbled cloth, decorated in black and blind on the covers, spine..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1991. Silverthorne, Jeffrey. First edition. Small 8vo., [28]n pp., 8 full-page b&w photos. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Silverthorne's photos juxtapose death and life, love and rejection. Photographs from the morgue, are but a few of his confrontational images. No. 30 of the History..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1989. Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin-Armand. First edition. Small 8vo., [20] pp., 4 full-page b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Duchenne produced the first medical text to be illustrated with photographs from life. No. 25 of the History of Photography Monograph Series; limited to 200..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1988. First edition. Small 8vo., [20] pp. Stiff wrappers. Fine. A history of, and practical formulary to reproduce William Henry Fox Talbot's photogenic drawing process. No. 23 of the History of Photography Monograph Series; limited to 200 copies. More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1985. Vroman, Harry. First edition. Small 8vo., [24] pp., 4 full-page b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Vroman, known for his landscapes, traveled the Southwest in his 1936 Chevy, with a platform welded to the roof to gain a better perspective. In the..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1985. Vishniac, Roman. First edition. Small 8vo., [24] pp., 4 full-page b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Not unlike Edward S. Curtis, whose North American Indians stands as a last look at a vanishing group of people, Roman Vishniac walked over 5000 miles..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1985. Ben-Yusuf, Zaida. First edition. Small 8vo., [16] pp., 4 full-page b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Most of Zaida's work was accomplished between the years of 1895 to 1907. "Alfred Stieglitz was particularly fond of Ben-Yusuf's work and frequently published her prints..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1983. Bonine, Elias, A. First edition. Small 8vo., [16] pp., 3 full-page b&w photos. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Bonine, known as a tent photographer for fifteen years, mainly photographed the Indians of the Colorado River area and landscape views of Pasadena. No. 2..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1990. First edition. Small 8vo., [40] pp. Stiff wrappers. Fine. No. 27 of the History of Photography Monograph Series; limited to 200 copies. More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1986. Newton, Sir William. First edition. Small 8vo., xii, 157 pp., 23 plates. Stiff wrappers. Front wrapper shows uneven toning; else, near fine. Newton was a founding member of the Graphic Society in London. It was there in 1839 that he saw..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1983. Lulu. First edition. Small 8vo., [16] pp., 6 b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Lulu (El Nino Farini), the son of the Gilarmi Antonio Farini (born William Leonard Hunt), who was considered the greatest showman of the nineteenth century, began his professional..... More
[Williamstown, Massachusetts]: no publisher listed, [1857]. 4to., approximately 150 unnumbered leaves, of which there are two mezzotint engravings, a group salt print photograph (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches) and fifty-four oval salt prints portrait photographs (approx. 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches), the majority of which are signed by..... More
Alais (Gard): Chez l'auteur, 1878. First edition. Oblong 4to. , [3] leaves of text, followed by 50 leaves of hinged card stock with printed titles, each with 2 albumen photographs 75mm x 95mm, recto mounted, interleaved with guards with printed captions in French, English and German. Bound in the publisher's..... More
Bourke-White, Margaret. Vintage gelatin silver photograph, 6 3/8 x 5 inches. There is a mild crease, which has not cracked the emulsion, diagonally across the lower right corner, with remnants of mounting glue on the blank reverse. The tonality is full and rich. Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell collaborated on..... More