NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First U.S. edition. 8vo., frontis, 5 illustrations. Illustrated cloth. A near fine copy. Murder and spirit photography are central to this work of crime fiction by the brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Raffles series. More
Lille: Imprimerie L. Danel, 1869. First edition. 4to., Original printed front wrapper, 2 blanks, half-title, title, 61 pp., 14 leaves of plates with tissue guards, rear printed wrapper. Newly bound in half navy morocco and marbled paper over boards, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands and gilt titling, rules..... More
Paris: Alphonse Giroux et Cie, Éditeurs, Rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré, No. 7, où se Fabriquent les Appareils; et chez les Principaux Libraires, Papetiers, Marchands, d'Estampes et Opticiens, 1839. Nouvelle Edition, corrigée et augmentée du portrait de l'auteur. 8vo., [ii], frontispiece portrait, [ii], 76 pp., 6 leaves of plates A fine and..... More
N.p. The Photographer, c1960. Clergue, Lucian. First edition. Portfolio with 11 original b&w silver photographs, of varying sizes, including one folded, mounted to bifold art paper; includes a manuscript title page and colophon (title page calligraphy in dark red crayon, colophon calligraphy in ink with the photographer's signature in dark..... More
Paris: G. Masson, éditeur, Librairie de l'Académie de Médecine, 1894. Marey. First edition. 8vo., 335 pp., with three leaves of plates, one folding. The text is further illustrated with 214 drawings, charts, graphs, and from b&w photographs. The original printed paper wrappers and spine have been professionally lifted and restored..... More
Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, 1854. Auer, Alois. First polyglot edition. Folio, 75 pp., 19 leaves of plates, 15 in color, 4 leaves of facsimile manuscripts. Later binding of full calf with gilt spine label, which is slightly rubbed with a small dent at the foredge. A few tissue guards are..... More
Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, [1837]. Original handcolored lithograph 20 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches [52.07 x 37.18 cm], tissue quard attached and accompanied with the 2 pp. text. Lower left blank corner is creased with a short closed tear, not affecting the image. A near fine example. The lithographic print..... More
Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, [1836]. Original handcolored lithograph 20 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches [52.07 x 37.18 cm], tissue quard attached and accompanied with the 2 pp. text. Lower left blank corner is creased with a short closed tear, not affecting the image. A near fine example. The lithographic print..... More
[Boston: Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America], 1994. First edition. Single sheet poster 21 x 13 inches [53.34 x 33.02 cm] printed in colors. Fine. From an edition of 250 copies, this is No. 177, SIGNED by the artist. More
Dobbs Ferry, New York: Barbara Morgan, Willard & Barbara Morgan Archives, [c. 1980]. Morgan, Barbara. Poster, single sheet 26 x 20 inches [66.04 x 50.8 cm]. Fine. SIGNED by the photographer beneath the image on the right. Barbara Morgan (1900 - 1992) was an accomplished photographer, and co-founder of the..... More
Dobbs Ferry, New York: Barbara Morgan, Willard & Barbara Morgan Archives, [c. 1980]. Morgan, Barbara. Poster, single sheet 26 x 22 inches [66.04 x 55.88 cm]. Fine. SIGNED by the photographer beneath the image on the right. Barbara Morgan (1900 - 1992) was an accomplished photographer, and co-founder of the..... More
Paris: Libraire Académique Didier et Cie, 1877. Second edition. 8vo., [v], 600 pp., engraved frontispiece, 97 engravings in text, 6 blue toned lithographic plates, and 2 mounted woodburytype photographic plates with tissue guards. Scattered foxing. Contemporary half morroco and marbled paper over boards, spine titled and decorated in gilt; lightly..... 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
New York: An American Place, 1938. First edition. Single sheet 12 x 8 7/8 inches, folded to make 2 pp. Fine. An amateur photographer since childhood, an introduction to Alfred Stieglitz by his brother, the painter Fairfield Porter, set Eliot on the path towards a career in photography. This exhibition..... More
[Columbus, Ohio]: The Logan Elm Press, 1980. First edition. Broadside, 19 x 12.5 inches on handmade laid paper, illustrated with a woodcut and printed in colors. SIGNED by the artist beneath the image. Fine. Elijah Pierce (1892-1984) Baptist preacher, barber and one of the most celebrated American wood carvers of..... More
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Ten color photomechanical prints, 7 x 9 inches or the reverse on 10 x 12 inch stock, each SIGNED in pencil below the lower right corner, with the photographer's cryptic designation below the image on the lower left corner. With a single text sheet printed in 22 point Caslon. Fine..... More
Los Angeles: Robert Heinecken, 1968. Heinecken, Robert F. First edition. Folio, 2 loose text pages, plus 25 photo-lithographic plates. Housed in a thick handmade stock four-point folder. Fine. Robert Heinecken, 1931 - 2006, was a trained printmaker who used photography to explore the formal content, as well as social aspects..... More
circa 1970. A unique 8vo. [19.5 x 14.5 cm] maquette of 13 leaves of card stock, plus covers; there are 6 leaves of single images facing a blank opposite page, and 5 double page pairs totaling 16 vintage silver gelatin photographs. The front cover has a sheet of Japanese grass..... More
circa 1968. A unique 12mo. [11.5 x 9 cm] maquette of 17 leaves of card stock, plus covers; there are 7 leaves of single images facing a blank opposite page, and 7 double page pairs totaling 21 vintage silver gelatin photographs, produced by the mordançage process, and 1 smaller silver..... More
Paris: GLM, 1936. Bellmer, Hans. First French edition. Small 4to., [13] pp., with two illustrations from drawings by the artist and ten mounted gelatin silver photographs. Original printed wrappers. A fine, bright, and near new copy with the photographs showing full and rich tonal quality, measuring approximately 3 1/8 x...... More
A large, 15 x 12 inch portrait photograph with contemporary color of either crayons or pastels, with added charcoal, c.1900. The photograph was mounted to a cardboard backing when made; the backing board is acid and shows the ghost of a transfer which reads (in reverse) in pencil, 3rd (and)..... More
[NY]: An Artpress Book, 1982. Abbott, Berenice. Deluxe Limited edition. Folio, 255 pp., over 250 photos. Bound in a deep red raw silk with titling in silver on the upper cover and spine. The spine lettering is partially rubbed, otherwise a fine copy housed in a matching red silk slipcase..... More
Santa Barbara: El Mochuelo Gallery, 1964. Callahan, Harry. First edition. Folio, 126 b&w photos with captions opposite. Silver lettering on black cloth. The pastedowns are discolored as always found, due to the binder's glue. Otherwise, a fine as new copy in the matching cloth slipcase. Laid-in is a single printed..... More
(Stockholm: Bröderna Lagerström Boktryckare, 1920). Goodwin, Henry B. First edition. Folio, 165, [166-187] pp., original etching frontispiece with tissue guard, title page vignette, 39 b&w photogravures with tissue guards, 9 reproductions of etchings with tissue guards, 2 leaves of music. Quarter calf and linen with gilt title, decorative endpapers, t.e.g...... More
Paris: Robert Delpire, [1958]. Frank, Robert. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 83 b&w plates from photographs. Glazed paper over boards, with drawings by Saul Steinberg. Aside from a very slight crease to the front board where it joins the spine, and faint age-toning to the boards, a near fine copy. Housed..... More