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
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
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
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
[New York]: Seth Siegelaub, 1969. First edition. 4to., 26 pp., fully illustrated with drawings and photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. The title and introduction by Seth Siegelaub and the artist's statements are in English, French and German; illustrated by examples of conceptual works by each of the listed artists..... More
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Bloomington, Indiana: 1953. First edition. 8vo., (8) pp., b&w photo illustrations, Stapled self-wrappers; lightly creased and toned. Neat name stamp of the previous owner. Very good. This publication was issued "to serve as an inexpensive substitute for an exhibition". The texts and photographs are all by photographers associated with the..... More
Washington: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; Cambridge/London: MIT Press, 1989. First edition. Square 4to., 228 pp., b&w and color photos. Small erasure mark on the front endpaper, esle a fine copy in dust jacket. The work of ninety American artists are represented in this collection of nontraditional photographs..... More
Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith/Peregrine Smith Books, 1985. First edition. Small 4to., 80 pp., over 60 b&w and color plates. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Includes a historical survey and artists' statements. Eight of the plates are of unique pinhole cameras. Images by: Bea..... More
NY: Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1994. First edition. 4to., 240 pp., 148 b&w and color photo-illustrations. A fine as new copy in dust jacket. Audrey and Sydney Irmas began their collection more than fifteen years ago, specializing in self-portraiture; self-depictions by such photographers as..... More