Munich: Kurt Wolff, [1929]. Sander, August. First edition. 4to., [18] pp., with 60 full-page b&w plates after photos. Publisher's yellow cloth over flexible boards. The cloth is moderately soiled, with foxing along the outer edges of the text block and lightly on the blank first and last leaves. This copy..... More
Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1980. Sander, August. First edition. 4to., 80 pp. plus 431 full-page b&w plates. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's plain card slipcase. The complete "portrait" that Sander had intended which includes a portfolio "Jewish Victims of Nazi Persecution" More
Berlin: Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1987. Seidenstücker, Friedrich. First edition. Small 4to., 159 pp., numerous b&w photos with captions. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Private library stamp and sticker affixed to the half titlepage, else near fine. German photographer Friedrich Seidenstücker (1883-1966) at first studied engineering and then sculpture; he turned fully to photography..... 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
Zurich/ Berlin/ New York: Scalo, 1998. Sheikh, Fazal. First edition. 4to., 244, [3] pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs including several gatefold panoramic views. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. 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
Boston: Boston University Art Gallery, 1994. First edition. Small 4to., [5], 44 pp., b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Price sticked on rear wrapper; near fine. Documentary photography and the African American experience by Kim Sichel; Seeing ourselves by Edmund Barry Gaither. African Americans in Boston: a demographic survey..... 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
[Tokyo]: Hitachi, [1963]. Smith, W. Eugene. First edition. 4to., 79 pp., hundreds of b&w photographs printed in photogravure. Blue Japanese paper over boards, titled in gilt and issued without a dust jacket. Housed in a matching blue paper over boards, four-point portfolio, titled in gilt on the upper cover and..... More
Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1981. Smith, W. Eugene. First edition. 4to., 223 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photos (over 1,800 images). A fine copy in a near fine photo-illustrated dust jacket. Smith's work appeared in major magazines beginning in the 1930s. During his forty-five year career as a photojournalist, he documented..... 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
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
NY: Essential Books, 1945. Weegee. First edition, second printing. 8vo., 246 pp., 260 photos, pictorial endpapers. Original tan/gray smooth cloth. The dust jacket is worn, soiled and chipped at the edges The inner flap of the jacket has been clipped, removing "Second Printing" Still, this title is rare with the..... 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
NY: MoMA, 1977. Winogrand, Garry. First edition. Oblong 4to., 112 pp., 75 plates. Cloth with illustrated dw. A fine copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket. More
Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1987. First edition. 4to., 40 photos. Embossed cloth. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Limited to 3000 copies. More