circa 1958. Folio, 343 manuscript pages, all but a few illustrated with a mounted original b&w silver photograph, each approximately 2 3/4 x 4 inches or the reverse. Cloth over boards with a chipped paper label affixed to the upper board. Finger soiling and glue staining, moderate wear to the..... More
(Laplume, France: L'Association de Critique Contemporaine en Photographie, 1983. Frank, Robert. First ed. 8vo., 144 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Light toning to the wrapper with a few faint spots on the fore edge. A very good copy. The entire issue of this serial publication is devoted..... More
Elblag, Poland: Arriére-Garde, 1979. Petasz, Pawel. First edition. 16mo., 16 leaves in colors from rubber stamps, printed recto only. Stamped orange wrappers stapled along edge. Near fine. An early work by this noted Polish painter, collagist, visual poet and dissident. An active participant in international mail art since 1975 and..... More
circa 1890. Deck of 20 illustrated playing cards, 3 5/8 x 2 9/16 inches, hand-colored, with 2 card with printed game instructions. All housed in the original box with color printed label on the lid. A few cards have light soiling or foxing as does the blank paper of the..... More
New York: Aperture, [1993]. Salgado, Sebastiao. First Limited edition. Folio, 400 pp., 350 b&w photographs, including folding plates; with 23 pp. text pamphlet in rear pocket. This edition was limited to 300 SIGNED and numbered copies, issued with the gelatin silver photograph, Coal Mining, Dhanbad, State of Bihar, India, 1989..... 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
London: Ackermann & Co., [1839 - 1841]. Bodmer, Karl. First state. Tableaux 31 from TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE YEARS 1834,1835, & 1836. ... Hand-colored aquatint, stipple and engraving; sheet measures 16 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches, with the image measuring 11 15/16 x 17 5/16 inches. Date not..... More
[New York: William P. Edwards ?], 1832. First edition. 8vo., 24 pp., including woodcut frontispiece. Scattered light foxing and staining; untrimmed pages. Original publisher's woodcut illustrated paper wrappers which have a few small creases and light wear at the spine. A very good copy; housed in a quarter leather and..... More
Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, and Crocker & Brewster, New York, 1822. First edition. 16mo., 108 pp., engraved frontispiece and another engraved plate. Text shows scattered foxing and dampstaining; contemporary signature of "MaryAnn D Parker". Publisher's leather-backed paper over boards, titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is moderately rubbed..... More
Cincinnati: E. H. Flint, 1833. First edition, second issue. 8vo, 300 pp., 5 engraved plates. Foxed and toned in nineteenth century half morocco and marbled paper over boards, which are rubbed at the joints. Housed in a newly made clamshell box of cloth and morocco with the spine in six..... More
Dansville, New York: Printed by A. Stephens, 1839. First edition. 16mo., 103 pp. Contemporary leather-backed marbled paper over boards. Scattered light staining, predominantly on the first and last few leaves. Modest creasing to the boards. A very good copy. Roswell Franklin was a native of Connecticut who later resided in..... More
New York: Kevin Begos Publishing, 1993. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Oblong folio, comprised of a title-page, five dust grain photogravures, made from the original negatives. Image size from 9 x 10 inches to 9 1/2 x 11 inches, mounted on archival boards 15 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches, colophon, quotation..... More
Berlin: Verlag Hermann Reckendorf, 1929. Richter, Hans. First edition. Small 4to., 125 pp., fully illustrated from photographs and filmstrips. Red cloth titled in blue. Fine and bright in the scarce dust jacket that is lightly chipped and worn at the edges. A companion volume to ES KOMMT DER NEUE FOTOGRAF..... More
Ulmann, Doris. Original platinum photograph, image size 8 x 6 in. [ 20.3 x 15.2 cm.] tipped to board, and presented in an archival window-mat, 16 x 20 inches. SIGNED in pencil on the board beneath the image by the photographer (circa 1929 - 1930). In fine condition. A slight..... More
Amsterdam: Nicholas Visscher and Peter Schenk, Jr., circa 1715. Full sheet, 18.5 x 23.25 inches, with full margins and original color. Aside from a few small spots of foxing, a very good example. The original plates of this Visscher map, ca. 1689 were sold to Peter Schenk, Jr. and reissued..... More
Akron Ohio: The Emily H. Davis Art Gallery of the University of Akron with the cooperation of the Sonnabend Gallery, New York and The Ohio State University, Columbus, [1976]. Baldessari, John. First edition. 4 x 10 3/4 inches, (35) pp., photo-illustrated. Spiral bound printed wrappers. Fine. John Baldessari, born National..... More
[New York]: E. Weyhe, 1929. Cook, Howard Norton. Original wood engraving by Howard Norton Cook, 7 11/16 x 4 7/16 inches, with printed text below the image. Signed in the print. Fine on heavy woven stock with full margins. Howard Norton Cook (Springfield, Massachusetts 1901 - 1980 Santa Fe, New..... More
Arnhem, Netherlands: Wabnitz Editions, 1992 - 1996. First ed. A complete run of 16 numbered issues in 15 volumes, plus 1 special issue. All 4to., various paginations, with full color illustrations. Fine. This beautifully illustrated Dutch publication was concerned with all aspects of the history and modern production of the..... More
London: M.A. Nattali, 1844. Second edition. Small 4to., vii, 109 pp., [4] adverts, 10 leaves of plates (including frontispiece), plus [3] pp. adverts Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Previous owner's inscription. Two spots of light foxing on the title page, else a fine copy. Gernsheim INCUNABULA #652 states, "Contains 'Sketch..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., 40 pp., 23 figures in text from drawings and photographs. Printed wrappers. Small chip from the spine top. Near fine, and unopened. Housed in a newly made clamshell box. Marey presented this lecture on his methodology, apparatus, and its implications at a conference held..... More
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. First American edition. Two volumes in one. 8vo., vi, iv-vii, 251 pp.; vi, 231 pp., (10) pp. of adverts, with a hand colored folding map and 6 plates, some folding, many hand colored. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth with the gilt title on..... More
(Prague: Frantisek Tichy, 1938). A b&w drypoint engraving, image size 3 3/4 x 6 1/16 in., on a larger sheet. Housed in a contemporary metal and glass frame, with a finished window mat. The frame's edges are covered in a lightly soiled vellum. A very good impression. Czech photographer, Josef..... More
[ca. 1920s]. Ulmann, Doris. Original platinum photograph, image size 8 x 6 in, [ 20.3 x 15.2] ] tipped to board, with archival window overmat, 16 x 20 inches. SIGNED in pencil on the board below the photograph by Doris Ulmann. The Rev. H.M. Wharton was the compiler and editor..... More
Paris: G. Masson, [1878]. First edition. 8vo., xix, 673 pp., errata, 348 illustrations from charts, graphs, and drawings. Publisher's red cloth, titled in black ink on the upper cover and spine. There is faint spotting on the fore edge, a slight smudge to cloth near the lower corner of the..... More
Garden City, NY: AMPHOTO, 1979. Laughlin, Clarence John. First edition. 4to., viii, 127 pp., 96 full-page photos. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Clarence John Laughlin on page 88, plate titled, The Enshadowed Pillars (Chretien Point Plantation, between Lafayette and Opelusas) c. 1940. Among the photographers included..... More