Mexico: Editorial "Cultura" 1935. Rivera, Diego. First edition. 8vo., 151, (2) pp., 3 color serigraphs and decorative borders. The binding is a color serigraph by Rivera over boards, issued without dust jacket. The front free endpaper has a short closed tear; slight staining along the blank cut edges. A very..... More
NY: Simon and Schuster in collaboration with Éditions Verve of Paris, 1955. Cartier-Bresson, Henri. First edition. Folio, 114 full-page plates. Boards illustrated by Miró. Bound in the fragile paper over boards illustrated by Miró; the spine ends have been reconstructed; slight bruising to the board tips and light rubbing along..... More
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1969. First edition. Printed on two sheets of laid paper, which are joined to make a scroll 58 inches by 10 inches. At the top of the scroll is a silk ribbon printed "Arabian Turquoise Anger." At the bottom is an added piece of woven paper..... More
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1969. First edition. Printed on two sheets of laid paper, which are joined to make a scroll 58 inches by 10 inches. At the top of the scroll is a silk ribbon printed "Arabian Turquoise Anger." At the bottom is an added piece of woven paper..... More
Burbank, California: Photo-Sonics, Inc., 1961-1962. Two volumes. The first: 4to., [42] pp., illustrations from photographs and measured drawings, printed in a variety of colors, card chapter dividers, color printed card covers, comb binding titled in blue-gray ink. Second volume: 4to., 19 leaves, printed recto only, illustrated from photographs. Color printed..... More
Oblong artist's sketch book of 19 leaves, 9 x 12 inches, with card covers and wire spiral binding. The front board, which has the manufacturer's printed label and a former owner's notes regarding the artist and contents written in ink, is detached and lacking the upper leading corner. The boards..... More
Aberdeen: Printed by John Duffus; London: A. Marion, Son, & Co., 1865 - 1868. 8vo. Five separate publications bound togeter, each with its own tile page. There are 60 card leaves with captioned mounted albumen photographs, each followed by a descriptive letterpress leaf. The albumen photographs are richly toned and..... More
N.p. Suk Choo Kim, 1976. Kim, Suk Choo. First edition. Oblong 4to., unpaged, 39 full-page b&w photos. Black cloth, titled in white ink on the spine and front cover. Slight discoloration on the front and rear cover; gift inscription on the first blank leaf. A very good copy, lacking the..... More
Dusseldorf: Editionen der Foto Brell, 1992. First edition. Tall 8vo., 406 pp., illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Moderate wear and soiling. A good copy. An exceptional bibliography of approximately 2,370 periodicals with entries indicating the length of publication, changes of titles, absorbed titles and holding institutions. Fully indexed. This is the..... More
[Hollywood]: RKO Radio Pictures, 1943. Bourke-White, Margaret. Two 11 x 14 inch sheets printed recto only in full color. Moderate soil and wear. Very good. Although these images are uncredited, Margaret Bourke-White, in the course of her work as a still photographer, was the production photographer for the 1943 RKO..... More
Zürich: Verlag Conzett & Huber, 1959. Sander, August. First edition. 4to., 118 pp., of which 48 pages contain a portfolio of 48 B&W images, largely full-page, from Sander's 1929 book, "Antlitz der Zeit" to mark the occasion of the publication of a new edition. Includes texts by Golo Mann and..... More
Vienna: Hoheren Graphischen Bundes-Lehr-und Versuchsanstalt, 1970. First edition. 8vo., 47, [1], 8 b&w plates from photographs, 1 folding diagram. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. Introduction by Dr. Wilhelm Mutschlechner. Text by Margarethe Kunter and Karl Stötzer. The exhibition checklist includes 204 entries. Documents the progression from b&w to color photography..... More
Vienna: Hoheren Graphischen Bundes-Lehr-und Versuchsanstalt, 1973. First edition. 8vo., xv, [17], 16 b&w plates from photographs. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. Introduction by Dr. Wilhelm Mutschlechner. Text by Margarethe Kunter and Karl Stötzer. The exhibition checklist includes126 entries. More
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833. Second edition. 8vo., 44 pp. The majority of the leaves are age-toned, with occasional spotting of the last few leaves. Contemporary quarter calf and tips with marbled paper over boards and matching endpapers; spine label titled in gilt. Slight rubbing and scuffing..... More
[San Bernardino, California]: California State College, 1982. First edition. Square 8vo., 44 pp., 27 b&w plates from photographs. Includes an introduction by Scott Ward, with photographers' statements and checklist. The wrappers are lightly rubbed with a slight crease to the upper tip. Very good. Among the photographers are: James Baker..... More
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1983. First edition. 4to., 32 pp., largely illustrated from b&w photographs. Stiff wrappers, which are lightly soiled on the front cover. A very good copy. Includes an introduction by Richard Conn; checklist of the exhibition and a selected bibliography. More
Düsseldorf: Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1969. First edition. Folio, 55, [1] pp., b&w illustrations from photographs and drawings and a color illustrated double-page. Unbound leaves, which are slightly toned with a few small creases. Very good. Issued as a catalogue of international galleries participating in this exhibition of avant-garde artists. It..... More
Düsseldorf: Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1969. First edition. Folio, 55, [1] pp., b&w illustrations from photographs and drawings and a color illustrated double-page. Unbound leaves, which are slightly toned with a few small creases. Very good. Laid-in is color illustrated announcement for Ezra Pound's Die Frauen von Trachis, a mineograph sheet..... More
Paris: Alexis Gaudin, 1861. First edition. Folio, (ii), 96 pp. Bound in the nineteenth century with cloth-backed marbled paper over boards. 24 consecutive issues, published on the 15th and 30th of each month, each 4 pp. The complete production for 1861. Occasional stains or breaks, generally in a blank margin..... More
San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, [1890]. [Reprint of 1850, with additions]. 24mo. [5 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches], 139 pp., adverts affixed to pastedowns. Publisher's full pebbled cloth, titled in gilt on the upper board with the slightest of wear at the spine ends; a near fine copy. The..... More
London: [publisher not stated], 1766. 32mo. [90mm x 150cm], 263 pp. Contemporary calf with five raised bands and red spine label in gilt; edge-rubbed, front and rear joints partially cracked but firm. Second and final blanks have been excised, with owner's name in ink dated 1777 on the first blank..... More
Dublin: The Dolmen Press, 1964. First edition. 12mo., 22 pp. Fine, as new in the publisher's dust jacket. Limited to 500 copies. More
Rochester, New York: Blair Camera Company, March 15, 1904. First edition. 12mo., 44 pp., illustrations from engravings. Stapled into decorative stiff wrappers, which are edge rubbed, creased at upper tip, with droplet stains on the rear wrapper. The text is lightly worn and includes an errata slip. A good copy..... More
Boston: Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, 1995 - 2000. 4to., 8 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Most are stapled wrappers. Very good to fine. Many bear the address label of Peter Galassi at MoMA. A broken run of 23 Issues. Volume 19, No. 7, September 1995 - Volume 24..... More
[Rochester, New York]: Visual Studies Workshop, 1972 - 1983. First editions. Elephant folios [17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches] folded, as issued, to 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Varying paginations, illustrated from b&w photographs and drawings. Many issues bear address labels for Roger Mertin, John Szarkowski, Peter Galassi, Grace..... More