Oxford: Museum of Modern Art, 1985. First edition. 4to., 98, [6] pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Light wear. Very good. This exhibition of one hundred and fifty prints has been selected from the many thousands of negatives which form the Casasola Archive. Its title, 'Tierra y.... More
[Managua]: Editorial Nueva Nicaragua, 1984. First edition. 4to., 84 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers, which are lightly rubbed, primarily along the spine. Printed on newsprint stock which is toned. Very good. Photographs by: Adriana Angel, Deborah Barndt, Silvia Centeno, Cordelia Dilg, Claudia Gordillo, Roxana Lacayo, Fiona... More
London and NY: Serpents Tail, 1992. First edition. Oblong 4to., 80 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Glossy photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. The five photographers are: Sandra Eleta (Panama), Paz Errázuriz (Chile), María Cristina Orive (Guatemala), Sara Facio (Argentina), and Graciela Iturbide (Mexico). Each is represented by... More
Albany: New York State Museum State Education Department, 1986. First edition. Oblong 4to., (iv), 90 pp., b&w and color photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Wrappers slightly rubbed; else a very good copy. A catalogue (in Spanish and English) published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition. Includes photos by: Marga Clark, Benedict... More
Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, [1985]. First edition. 8vo., xxiii, 192 pp., numerous b&w photo-plates. Top edge is slightly foxed. Issued in publisher's cloth without a dust jacket. Near fine. Includes a study of the Daguerrean Era, Age of the Carte-de-Visite, the business of photography and an extensive list of... More
Managua, Nicaragua: Editorial Nueva Nicaragua: Ediciones Moninbó, 1985. Müller-Schneck, Jürgen. First edition. Oblong 4to., 72 pp., chiefly illustrated with full-page b&w plates from photographs. Glossy stiff wrappers which show light toning and moderate wear, with light foxing on the first and last leaves. Very good. Jürgen Müller-Schneck, born 1943, resides... More
[Antigua, Guatemala]: Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica, 1999. Second edition. 4to., 68 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated glossy stiff wrappers. The wrappers are moderately rubbed with a few shallow creases and dimpling. Near very good. The selected photographs range from portraits, landscapes, ethnographic, political, to artistic; among... More
Managua: Ediciones Monimbo, 1983. First edition. 4to., 95 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated glossy stiff wrappers. A few shallow creases to the wrappers and occasional faint foxing. Very good. Koen Wessing, 1942 - 2011, was born in Amsterdam. In 1957, he saw the work of Ed van der... More
Mexico, D.F. Editorial Nueva Imagen, 1984. First edition. Square 8vo., 57, [1] pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers, which have a few shallow creases at the spine and a tiny snag at the base of the spine. Very good. Photography is a reoccurring theme in the work of... More
Santiago, Chile: Asociación Gremial de Fotógrafos Independientes, 1983. First edition. 8vo., 22 pp., [2] adverts, illustrated from b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers, staple bound. Light toning, near fine. The fifth issue of this obscure publication. Antonio Reynaldos, director; Patricia García and Felipe Riobó, editorial committee; with contributions by Felipe Riobó... More
San José, Costa Rica: Codehuca, 1991. Third edition. Oblong 4to., 80 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Lightly worn with moderate foxing on the rear wrapper. Very good. Uncredited photographs from a variety of sources which illustrate the testimonials of those who witnessed the invasion of Panama by the United States... More
Buenos Aires: Abadía Editora, 1986. First edition. Oblong 4to., 180 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs and facsimiles. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers, which are lightly rubbed; internally fine. An excellent historical survey which includes an extensive biographical listing of practitioners and bibliography. Text in Spanish. More
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1971. Abramson, Michael. First edition. 4to., 160 pp., over 50 b&w photos. Yellow cloth, titled in black, lightly soiled along the edges. The dust jacket is worn with several tears and chips; else very good. PALANTE (the Spanish equivalent of "Right On" or "Forward") is a book about... More
Amsterdam: Fragment Uitgeverij and Rotterdam: Het Museum, 1989. First ed. Small 4to., 192 pp., numerous b&w photos. Photo mounted to front of stiff paper boards. Moderate soiling to the edges and title page. Very good in pictorial dust jacket. A survey of the commercial photographers and studios in Netherlands East... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. First edition. 4to., xii, 93 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photo-illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Moderate wear; foxing along the foredge; else very good. Contributors include: Eugenia Parry Janis, Beaumont Newhall, Melissa Banta, Carney Gavin, James S. Ackerman, and others. With articles on the collections at... More
Cologne: Könemann, 1998. First Enghlish language edition. 4to., 775, (1) pp., fully illustrated in color and b&w. Near fine in the illustrated dust jacket. A remarkable volume, comprised of 41 chapters written by the leading critics and historians worldwide. They include: Michel Frizot, Françoise Heilbrun, Mike Weaver, Anne Hammond, Peter... More
NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1978. Van Der Zee, James. First edition. 4to., 85 pp., illustrated with b&w photographic plates. Light foxing along the lower edge and the blank reverse of the dust jacket, which has one short tear. A very good copy. More
NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1978. Van Der Zee, James. First edition. 4to., 85 pp., illustrated with b&w photographic plates. Small stain on the front pastedown from a removed price sticker, previous owner's neat signature on the blank front free endpaper, light foxing along the lower edge and the blank reverse... More
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986. First edition. 4to., xix, 201 pp., b&w photo-illustrations. The printed stiff wrappers have shallow creases and are rubbed at edges; foxing along the lower edge and previous owner neat signature on the half-title page. A good copy. An historical overview, with short biographies of... More
Petaluma, CA: Singer Photography, [1997]. First edition. 4to., 41 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photography. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Born in Russia, Faye escaped Poland in 1938 and landed in Zurich where she spent three years as the darkroom assistant to Gottard Schuh, who later took Robert Frank as... More
NY: Thames and Hudson, 1989. Nachtwey, James. First edition. First ed. 4to., 166 pp., 75 color photographs. Faint foxing on the first and last page and edges. The dust jacket is rubbed and has moderate wear and one closed tear. Very good. Nachtwey, three times winner of the Robert Capa... More
NY/Chicago/San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Lyon, Danny. First edition. Oblong 4to., 196 pp., color and b&w illustrations in text, full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Moderate wear to the wrappers, with light foxing on the first and last pages. Gift inscription on the half-title page. Good or better... More
Wollaston, MA: Many Voices Press, 1978. Richards, Eugene. First edition. 4to., (64) pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Extremities lightly rubbed, particularly at the spine, light foxing on the first page and blank reverse of the front wrapper; else a very good copy. A dark and stark look at... More
New York: An Aperture Monograph Special Edition for The Museum of Modern Art, 1972. Arbus, Diane. First edition. 4to., numerous b&w photographs with captions opposite. Pictorial wrappers. Previous owner's neat signature on the front free endpaper, foxing on the first and last pages as well as the blank reverse of... More
Lincoln, Massachusetts: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park and The M. I. T. Press: Cambridge, 2000. First edition. 4to., [xi], 193, [1] pp. Illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Fine, as new in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Boston played a crucial role in the development of American photography, including criticism, collecting... More