San Francisco: Peoples Press, 1976. Kramer, Robert. First edition. 4to., 80 pp., extensively illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers, which are rubbed and moderately worn. Very good. Photographs by Robert Kramer. More
Köln: DuMont Buchverlag, 1979. First edition. 8vo., 424 pp., over 400 photographs, adverts. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. A historical survey of the photographic styles in Germany from the invention of photography to the turn of the century. Includes the following photographers: Hermann Biow, Franz Hanfstaengl, Hermann Krone, Alois Löcherer..... More
Urband and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006. First edition. 4to., xx, 370 pp., 24 b&w plates from photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. A comprehensive look at photography's most dynamic era, this book surveys the rich variety of innovation that characterized the 1930s, exploring the aesthetic and cultural..... More
A vintage gelatin silver color photograph, image size 9 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. on 11 x 14 in. photographic paper. Over-matted and framed in a simple black aluminum. Fine. On January 20, 1981 President Elect Ronald Reagan was accompanied to his inauguration by outgoing President Jimmy Carter. As was..... More
NY: Aperture, 1999. Second revised edition. 8vo., (xxii), 142 pp., 27 b&w illustrations. A fine, as new copy in illustrated dust jacket. Provides, in part, a history of photojournalism and an introduction to computer-imaging technology and the ramifications of "enhanced" imagery in the future of photojournalism. This is a revision..... More
NY: Cowles, 1967. Rothstein, Arthur. First edition. 8vo., v, 203 pp., gravure printed plates from b&w photographs interspersed with text. A near fine copy, lacking the dust jacket. The photographs span Rothstein's career, from the WPA through his editorship at LOOK Magazine. More
(NY): Aperture, (1990). Salgado, Sebastiao. First ed. Folio, 156 pp., b&w photographs. A fine, as new copy in the illustrated dust jacket, still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. "From a Brazilian mine where 50,000 mud-covered men haul heavy bags of dirt up and down slippery ladders in search of a...... More
Stuttgart: J. Engelhorns Nachf. [1931]. Salomon, Erich. First edition. Small 4to., 46 pp., and 112 b&w photos on 104 pp., with texts in German, English, French and Spanish. Plain card wrappers with the printed dust jacket affixed to the spine. The lower tip is bumped, there are small chips missing..... More
Luzern and Frankfurt: Verlag C.J. Bucher, 1971. Sander, August. First edition. 4to., 313 pp., mounted portrait frontis, with 275 photos in black and white gravure. Paper over boards. A very good copy in illustrated dust jacket that is moderately worn. Text in German. More
Cambridge/London: The MIT Press, 1986. Sander, August. First English language edition. 4to., 63 pp. plus 431 full-page b&w plates. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. 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
Tai Bei Shi: Xiong Shi, Edition: Chu Ban (Lions): (1998)? 8vo., 163 pp.; comprised of 17 pp. text and full-page b&w plates after photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers with flaps. Fine. A survey of photographs of China from Felice Beato, John Thomson, Donald Mennie, et al. All images are captioned in..... More
Providence: Matrix Publications, 1981. Siskind, Aaron. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 80 pp., b&w photographs. There is a 1/16 inch closed tear at the tip of the dust jacket on the rear, else a fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Aaron Siskind became a freelance photographer in 1932, the same year..... More
Chicago: Printed for the author by the Lakeside Press, 1899. Starr, Frederick. First edition. Oblong folio, 32 pp., 141 b&w captioned collotype plates printed recto one or two images to a plate. Gilt-titled cloth with a few tiny snags at the edges and light rubbing and spotting. Very good. Housed..... More
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1962. Strand, Paul. First UK edition. 4to., 151 pp., 145 b&w photographs. There is a slight leaning at the spine and light toning to the endpapers, else near fine in the publisher's cloth. The photo-illustrated dust jacket shows light wear at the edges with a soft..... More
Pittsburgh: Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1980. Swank, Luke. First edition. Small 4to., 94 pp., 92 b&w photo-plates. With additional texts by Beaumont Newhall and Robert Doherty. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is slightly toned, lacking a few tiny chips at the spine crown, and is..... More
San Francisco: The Friends of Photography, 1989. Adams, Shelby Lee. First edition. 4to., 64 pp., 49 plates from b&w and color photographs. Printed stiff wrappers. A fine, as new copy. UNTITLED 48. The seven photographers are Shelby Lee Adams, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Doug Dubois, Roland L. Freeman, Birney Imes, Stephen..... More
Carmel, California: The Friends of Photography, 1984. First edition. 8vo., viii, 118 pp., Illustrated from b&w photographs. Printed stiff wrappers, with printed dust jacket. Fine. Issued as UNTITLED 35. Contributors: Beaumont Newhall, Bill Jay, Maria Morris Hambourg, Anne Wilkes Tucker, Alan Trachtenberg, Max Kozloff, William S. Johnson, Mark Johnstone, Estelle..... More
Carmel, California: The Friends of Photography, 1984. First edition. 8vo., viii, 118 pp., Illustrated from b&w photographs. Printed stiff wrappers, with printed dust jacket that has a crease on the blank rear panel. Near fine. Issued as UNTITLED 35. Contributors: Beaumont Newhall, Bill Jay, Maria Morris Hambourg, Anne Wilkes Tucker..... More
New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, 1980. First U.S. edition. 4to., 192 pp., hundreds of b&w and color illustrations. A near fine copy in dust jacket. "For two years the research team on Camera sifted through tens of thousands of photographs in great museums and private collections throughout..... More
Vintage 8 x 10 inch silver gelatin photograph, with ferrotype finish. Slight piece lacking from the blank margin of the upper left corner, a few faint creases; else very good. Tipped to archival mat board with a window over-mat, 14 x 17 inches. On the blank reverse is stamped "..... More
NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. Weegee. First edition. 8vo., unpaged, numerous b&w photographs. Light wear to the cloth, and occasional faint foxing, primarily on the blank endpapers. A very good copy. SIGNED and inscribed " For the Bennington girls, Weegee, 1947" 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
Cape Town: The Gallery Press, 1986. First edition. Square 4to., xviii, 186 pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. Photo essays by twenty South African photographers. Prepared for The Second Carnegie Inquiry in to Poverty and Development in Southern Africa. More
