NY: Scalo, 1995. First edition. 8vo., unpaginated full-page plates from b&w photographs, with 24 pp. separate text laid in. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. Graphic and disturbing photographs of the genocidal atrocities in Rwanda by this noted Magnum photographer. The text pamphlet provides a chronology from independent state to... 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
NY: Aperture, 1990. Plachy, Sylvia. First edition. 4to., unpaged, numerous full-page b&w photos, 33 rpm recording in pocket on rear pastedown. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is slightly light-struck. Sylvia Plachy has been a staff photographer for New York's Village Voice since 1982. Additionally, she has... 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
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. First edition. 4to., 147 pp., chiefly illustrated with full-page plates from b&w photographs. Fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket which is slightly rubbed at the edges. SIGNED by Elinor B. Cahn and Joan C. Netherwood, photographers, on the title page. More
NY: Aperture, (1994). Richards, Eugene. First edition. 4to., 132 pp., numerous b&w photos. A fine, as new copy in pictorial dust jacket and original shrinkwrap. Award-winning Magnum photographer, Richards here presents a vivid and revealing view of America. Text by the photographer. More
NY: Aperture in association with Many Voices Press, 1986. Richards, Eugene. First edition. 4to., 167 pp., numerous full-page b&w photos. A fine copy in slightly rubbed pictorial dust jacket. Documentation of Dorothea Lynch's struggle with breast cancer, with her written diary and her longtime friend, Eugene Richards' photography. More
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1902. Riis. First edition. 8vo., xi, 465 pp., frontis with printed issue guard, numerous illustrations from b&w photographs, 1 advert, t.e.g. Gilt-decorated cloth; rubbed and slightly loose in binding. A good copy. The frontispiece photogravure is a three-quarter length portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First edition. 8vo., [xvi], 304 pp., 43 illustrations of which 18 are halftones from the author's photographs. Bound in publisher's full pale blue cloth, titled in gold and navy ink on the spine, and navy on the upper cover, showing some stains and fading. There... 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: The Architectural League of New York and Cambridge/London: The MIT Press, 1987. First edition. Oblong 4to., xiv, 203 pp., 193 b&w photo-plates. Fine in dust jacket. A well-illustrated history of architectural photography and history of photography. Divided into four parts: 1839 to 1880; 1880 to 1930; 1930 to 1970; and 1970 to the Present. More
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1999. Rodger, George. First English language edition. Small 8vo., (120) pp., 40 full-page b&w photos. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. George Rodger was one of Britain's most important documentary photographers; he became Life magazine's chief photojournalist during the war years; concentrating... More
NY: Pantheon Books, 1986. Salgado, Sebastião. First American edition. 4to., 111 pp. Illustrated with 40 b&w photographs, many of which are two page spreads. A near fine copy in a rubbed dust jacket. Translation of "Otras Américas", with new introduction by Alan RIding. Salgaldo spent seven years traveling and documenting... 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
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
Oxford: Museum of Modern Art, 1985. First edition. 4to., 98, [6] pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Light wear. Very good. This exhibition of one hundred and fifty prints has been selected from the many thousands of negatives which form the Casasola Archive. Its title, 'Tierra y.... 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
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
Providence: Matrix Publications, 1981. Siskind, Aaron. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 80 pp., b&w photographs. A fine cloth copy with the very good photo-illustrated dust jacket. Aaron Siskin became a freelance photographer in 1932, the same year he joined the Photo League in New York City. In 1936, a group of... More