NY: Horizon Press in collaboration with The George Eastman House, Rochester, 1967. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 67 pp., b&w photo illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers. Photos by Donald Blumberg, Jerry Uelsmann, John Wood, Ray K. Metzker, Charles Gill and Robert Heinecken. More
Los Angeles: An Alskog Book published with Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Inc., 1974. Leibovitz, Annie. First edition. 4to., 96 pp., color and b&w photography. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that is slightly shorter than the bound volume and rubbed on the rear panel. Issued in the series..... More
Paris: Contrejour/Frac (Fonds régional d'art contemporain) Aquitaine, [1985]. First edition. 4to., 111 pp., 83 b&w and color photographs. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. An anthology of photographers' work, including brief biographies of the following: Alvarez Bravo, Arbus, Brihat, Callahan, Clark, Deschamps, Dieuzaide..... 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 foredge. A very good copy. The entire issue of this serial publication is devoted to..... More
Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1976. First edition. 4to., 155 pp., over 100 full-page b&w photos; errata sheet laid-in. Fine in a illustrated dust jacket. The Monsen Collection was formed with the aim of bringing together works that would illustrate the history of photography in America, presented in the following catagories..... More
NY: MoMA, 1940. Weston, Edward. 8vo., 15 pp., 9 b&w photos. Illustrated stapled self-wrappers. Light creasing and soiling. Very good. This bulletin served as both an introduction to structure and goals of the new department of photography and as an exhibition catalogue that illustrates the possibilities of photographic vision. The..... More
[Los Angeles: Nash Press, 1978]. First edition. Oblong small 4to., 71 pp., 160 b&w photos, approximately 40 full-page and the rest in small catalogue format. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Includes an interview with Nash. Illustrated from photos by Irving Penn, Diane Arbus, Minor White, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Emil Mayer..... More
Kassel: Universität Kassel, 1982. First edition. 8vo., 160 pp., numerous b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Light rubbing at the spine. Very good. Prepared for the exhibition "Photo recycling Photo oder Die Fotografie im Zeitalter ihrer technischen Reproduzierbarkeit." With images (and occasionally text) by Robert Heinecken, Gérard Minkoff, Gerhard Franz, Allan..... More
V Olomouci: Nakladatelstvi R. Prombergra, 1930. Padouk, Rudolf. First edition. 4to., 91 pp., plus 32 full-page b&w plates. Printed paper wrappers. A slight bump to the crown and tip, else a very good copy. Anthology of Pictorial photography; contains photographs by the following: Rudolf Padouk, Léonard Misonne, Charles Job, Dr..... 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
NY: Falk Publishing Company, 1923. First edition. 8vo., 253 pp., (2) adverts, frontispiece, 78 b&w photos. Gilt-titled cloth. Owner's neat signature on the front free endpaper. Very good. Issued without a dust jacket. With individual conceptions of pictorial photography by: Clarence H. White, Edward Weston, Nickolas Muray and others. Photos..... More
[Paris]: Hachette & Cie. 1899. Kuhn. First edition. Folio, 50 pp., (1), plus seven hand-pulled photogravure plates with tissue guards. Text is further illustrated with over 40 additional photo-illustrations. Occasional foxing to the blank margins, not affecting the images. The illustrated wrappers are moderately soiled and rubbed. In all, this..... More
[Andalusia]: Junta de Andalucia, Consejería de Cultura, 1988. First edition. Square 8vo., 63 pp., b&w, tinted and color plates from photographs. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with inner flaps. Fine. The catalogue for the exhibition of pinhole photographs by, Joan Lyons, Martí Llorens, Eric Renner, Chris Wainwright, Manuel Serra, Paolo Gioli..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. First edition. Thick 4to., 540 pp., profusely illustrated. A slight bruise to one board tip, else fine copy in very lightly rubbed dust jacket. 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
Cambridge, MA/London: The MIT Press, 1985. First English language edition. 4to., xi, 315 pp., over 500 b&w photos. One board tip lightly bruised, and residue from price sticker of the blank front free flyleaf, else a better than very good copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Although this work..... More
Paris: Henri Lefebvre, 1935. First French edition. 4to., iii, 3 mounted plates, plus 144 b&w plates, most full-page, many with two images. Gilt-decorated paper over boards; new paper spine, with light chipping at the tips and edges. Very good. Photos by Nadar, Cameron, Le Secq, A.A. Turner, Disdéri, Marville, Frith..... 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
Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1993. First ed. 4to., xi, 703 pp., illustrated with approx. 1400 b&w photos. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The photography collection of the Amon Carter Museum spans the history of photography in America and is considered the premier collection. The catalogue provides..... 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
San Francisco: San Franciso Museum of Modern Art, 1994. First edition. 4to., 187 pp., 130 color and duotoner illustrations from photographs. Color illustrated stiff wrapper. Fine. "PUBLIC INFORMATION: DESIRE, DISASTER, DOCUMENT confronts one of the most complex issues of our times: how how photographic and technologically produced images mediate and..... More
Göttingen: Steidl Verlag, 2000. Sander, August. First edition. 4to., 253 pp., b&w and color illustrations. A fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. August Sander and the art scene in the twenties; includes photographs by Sander, paintings, sketches, sculpture by Jankel Adler, Heinrich Hoerle, Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, Otto Dix, Gerd Arntz..... More
Linköping: Universitetet i Linköping, Tema Kommunikation. First edition. 8vo., 255 pp., illustrated with b&w photographs. Printed stiff wrappers in a slightly rubbed photographically illustrated dust jacket. Very good. A symposium on the history and modern artistic photography in Scandinavia. Articles by Lena Johannesson, Tove Hansen, Sven Hirn, Pirjo Porrka, Rolf..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Pfahl, John. First edition. Oblong 4to., xii, 133 pp., 87 b&w and color full-page photos. Fine, in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that is lightly scuffed. In a survey originally funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, these five photographers not only documented..... More
Millerton, NY: An Aperture Book, Publication made possible by United Technologies Corporation, 1981. First edition. 4to., 111 pp., b&w captioned photographs. A near fine copy in a pictorial dust jacket. INSCRIBED presentation to Grace Mayer from Bruce Davidson. Includes photographs by: Bischof, Capa, Cartier-Bresson, Davidson, Erwitt, Koudelka, Morath, Stock and..... More