Haarlem, The Netherlands: Joh. Enschedé, 1984. First edition. Oblong folio. [108] pp., fully illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated printed wrappers, slight rubbing at the spine ends; a fine copy. SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. In his introduction, David Travis begins, "Krzyzanowski The Timekeeper...the history of photography is... More
Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, 1986. First edition. 4to., 78 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers in an identical dust jacket. Fine. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Centre national de photographie in Paris [December 18, 1986 - March 2, 1987]. Bilingual texts in English... More
Tokyo: PARCO Shuppan, 1985. First edition. 4to., 94 , [1] pp., 88 color plates from video. Color printed wrappers, with printed wrap-around band and printed acetate dust jacket. The blank lower tip of one page is bent; otherwise a very good copy with acetate dust jacket scuffed and having one... More
Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company, 1979. First edition. 4to., 172, [11] pp., 168 pull-page b&w plates from photographs, followed by text in Japanese. Brown cloth, titled in gold and white ink, with a protective acetate dust jacket printed in tan ink, housed in the publisher's printed cardboard box with closing... More
NY: Scalo, 1995. First edition. 8vo., unpaginated full-page plates from b&w photographs, with 24 pp. separate text laid in. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. Graphic and disturbing photographs of the genocidal atrocities in Rwanda by this noted Magnum photographer. The text pamphlet provides a chronology from independent state to... More
[Prague]: Ceskoslovenske Filmove Nakladatelstvi, 1947. Hak, Miroslav. First edition. Small 4to., 17 pp., plus 46 richly toned b&w photogravures. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Moderate rubbing along the joint of the front wrapper, with light creasing at the top and bottom edges. Miroslav Hak, 1911 - 1974, was first trained as a.... More
NY: [Larry Clark], [1971]. Clark, Larry. First edition in cloth. 4to., unpaged, b&w photos. A fine, near new copy in the photo-illustrayed dust jacket that shows the slightest of rubbing at corners; else fine. SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. First published by Lustrum Press in 1971 in... More
Geneva: Ecart-Publications, 1976. First edition. Oblong 8vo., [36] unnumber pages, illustrations from b&w photographs, with 5 tipped-in printed illustrations on vellum drafting paper [as issued]. Illustrated stiff wrappers, perfect bound with lined tape. The rear wrapper is lightly toned. Near fine. Gunther Ruch was born in Benburg, Swtizerland, in 1942... More
Paris: Christophe Daviet-Thery, 2001. Adams, Mac. First edition. A titled black folder, 10.5 x 11 inches, which is photo-illustrated on the inside panels, containing 9 loose b&w photographic plates of varying size, with concrete poetry in both French and English on the reverse, each separated with a blank paper guard... More
Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1868. First edition. 8vo.,viii, [17] - 336 pp., occasional diagrams, plus 20 pp. adverts. Newly bound in half calf and marbled paper over boards. Near fine. A clearly written, complete procedural, with the following major parts which contain chapters of specific topics: Introduction to Photography; Photographic... More
Venezia: Tipografia Ripamonti-Ottolini, 1870. 8vo., 48 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Housed in a newly made three-point cloth folder, with a paper label on upper cover and spine. The wrappers are chipped at the corners; the rear wrapper has been expertly replaced. The blank lower tips of most leaves are chipped... More
Paris: [Vol. 1-4] Bureau de la rédaction; [vol. 5-6] Amyot, 1862-1866. First edition. 6 volumes. 8vo., [Vol. 1] 508 pp.; [Vol. 2] 488 pp.; [Vol. 3], 376 pp.; [Vol. 4] 390 pp.; [Vol. 5] 389 pp.; [Vol. 6] 410 pp.; hundreds of b&w wood engravings. Engraved seal vignettes on each... More
Rochester: George Eastman House, 1960. First edition. 4to., 104 pp., illustrated. A fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. An excellent survey of this most important largely American movement at the beginning of the twentieth-century. Issued as George Eastman House Monograph Number 1. More
NY: The Literary Guild, 1934. Stieglitz, Alfred. First edition sheets, with new imprint. 8vo., x, 339 pp., 120 b&w illustrations. A fine and bright copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is moderately edgeworn. An excellent collection of essays on the "master" by his contemporaries. Later biographies mention his indiscretions... More
NY: Winter House Ltd. 1971. Daguerre. First edition, as such. Small 4to., 282 pp. Cloth, titled in blind on the upper board and spine. A fine copy, housed in a rubbed paper over boards slipcase. Issued without a dust jacket. The original English and French manuals are reproduced in facsimile... More
NY: Oxford University Press / International Center of Photography, 1982. First edition. 4to., xii, 198 pp., fully illustrated from color and b&w photos and other illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers which are slightly rubbed. A very good copy. An incomparable historical survey. This is the catalogue that accompanied the exhibition which... More
NY: Marlborough Gallery, 1975. Avedon, Richard. First edition. 4to., (16) pp., 5 full-page b&w photos and gatefold with 3 page photo-sequence. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. Produced to accompany the exhibition. Includes a checklist of 99 photographs and a bibliography. More
Boston: New York Graphic Society Books; Little Brown and Company, In Association with the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. 1985. Clergue, Lucien. First edition. 4to., 151 pp., 104 b&w photos, 8 color. A tiny bruise to the lower front board tip; else a near fine copy in... More
NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1960. First edition. 4to., 327 pp., numerous b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. A near fine copy. A partial list of the contents as follows: "Photography Predicted" by Tiphaigne de la Roche, 1760; "An Account of a Method of Copying Paintings upon Glass, and of... More
Baltimore: Aperture in Association with University of Maryland, 1989. Bullock, John. First edition. 4to., 160 pp., b&w photos. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the author, Tom Beck. John G. Bullock was a pictorialist photographer, a member of the Photo-Secession and an intimate part of the Stieglitz... More
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1974. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Small 4to., 56 b&w plates. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A near fine copy. 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
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987. Levitt, Helen. First edition. 8vo., vi, 207 pp., illustrated with b&w and color photos. Slight bruise to the front upper board tip; a near fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Nineteen essays on various issues in photography; includes essays about Photographers at War... More
NY: Aperture, 1987. Samaras, Lucas. First edition. Oblong 4to., 183 pp., b&w and color photos. Fine in color illustrated dust jacket. More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1981. Day, F. Holland. First edition. 4to., 309 pp., frontis, numerous text illustrations. A fine copy in the dust jacket that is lightly rubbed at the edges. F. Holland Day (1864-1933), was an influential exponent of photography as a fine art. He encouraged and inspired such... More