NY: Viking Press, 1980. Lartique, Jacques-Henri. First American edition. First U.S. ed. 8vo., (viii), 112, (viii) pp., 96 b&w plates. A near fine copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket. Lartigue made these photos in 1927 when the sight of women smoking was considered "funny." The subjects are listed with..... More
Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago and The University of Chicago Press, 1987. Le Gray, Gustave. First ed. Oblong 4to., 184 pp., frontis, over 100 photos and illustrations. A near fine copy in a very good illustrated dust jacket. Gustave Le Gray (1820-1882), a French painter and photographer was the..... More
Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs/Flammarion, 1986. Le Secq, Henri. First edition. 4to., 191 pp., full-page captioned photos, plus a pictorial catalogue of 717 images in reduced format. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper (from Christian Le Secq). A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket, housed in the publisher's plain..... More
Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs/Flammarion, 1986. Le Secq, Henri. First edition. 4to., 191 pp., full-page captioned photos, plus a pictorial catalogue of 717 images in reduced format. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket, housed in the publisher's plain cardstock slipcase. Le Secq (1818-1882), a painter, was commissioned in 1851..... More
NY: A Pantheon / Rolling Stone Press Book, 1983. First edition. 4to., unpaginated, with full-page and double-page color plates from photographs. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Boldly SIGNED and dated by the photographer, with a tracing of her hand. The introduction is by Tom Wolfe..... More
NY: Aperture, 2000. First edition. Square 4to., unpaginated, chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. More
[Paris]: Philippe Sers éditeur, [1990]. Lumiere. First edition. Oblong 4to., 245 pp., over 100 full-page b&w photos, numerous small format b&w images. Slight bruise to one lower board tip. A very good copy in dust jacket. An illustrated history, with an extensive filmography that lists the dates and locations, when..... More
[Albuquerque]: Bleak Beauty Books, 2016. First edition. 4to., 53 pp, illustrated from color and b&w photographs. Glossy photo-illustrated wrappers. Fine, as new. Boldly SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. Burn Zone is a Cri de Coeur directed at the artist community and our youth asking them to join..... More
[Albuquerque]: Bleak Beauty Books, 2016. First edition. 12mo., 85 pp., illustrated from color photographs. Printed paper over boards with an inset color plate on the upper board. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine, as new. Boldly SIGNED by the author on the title page. "Danny Lyon's newest work of fiction..... More
NY: The Macmillan Co., 1968. Lyon, Danny. First edition. 8vo., 94 pp., 48 photographs, 17 essays. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Aside from the neat signature of Alan Winer, photographer and former administrator of the Visual Studies Workshop, this is a fine, near new copy. Photos and text by Danny Lyon... More
NY: The Macmillan Co., 1968. Lyon, Danny. First edition. 8vo., 94 pp., 48 photographs, 17 essays. Black cloth, slightly mottled, else very good. Previous owner's neat signature on front pastedown. Lacking the dust jacket. Photos and text by Danny Lyon; this is his first solo book. More
NY: The Macmillan Co., 1968. Lyon, Danny. First edition. 8vo., 94 pp., 48 photographs, 17 essays. A fine and bright copy in black cloth, in a near fine photo-illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. Photos and text by Danny Lyon; this is his first solo..... More
NY/Chicago/San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Lyon, Danny. First edition, second printing. Oblong 4to., 196 pp., color and b&w illustrations in text, full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Aside from the neat signature of Alan Winer, photographer and former administrator of the Visual Studies Workshop on the half-title page..... More
NY/Chicago/San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Lyon, Danny. First edition. Oblong 4to., 196 pp., color and b&w illustrations in text, full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Moderate wear to the wrappers, with light foxing on the first and last pages. Gift inscription on the half-title page. Good or better..... More
Clintondale, NY: Bleak Beauty/Filmhaus, 1989. Lyon, Danny. First ed. Oblong folio, (56) pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial spiral bound stiff wrappers. Fine. SIGNED. Arranged like a family photo-album; contains photos by Danny Lyon and by his family. More
Clintondale, NY: Bleak Beauty/Filmhaus, 1989. Lyon, Danny. First ed. Oblong folio, (56) pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial spiral bound stiff wrappers. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. SIGNED and presented by the photographer on the title page. Arranged like a family photo-album; contains photos by Danny Lyon and by his..... More
NY: Aperture, 1985. Smith, W. Eugene. First edition. Folio, 240 pp., numerous text and full-page b&w photo-illustrations. A fine, as new copy in dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrink-wrap. Published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition. More
Bruxelles: Éditions Lebeer-Hossmann, [1970s]. First edition. 12mo., 95 leaves, [90] b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Slight bump at the crown and light soiling and wear to the wrappers. A very good copy. A collection of photographs by and of Magritte and his circle. More
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. Vroman, Adam Clark. First edition. 4to., 127 pp., 90 b&w plates. Illustrated cloth. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Tokyo: RAM, 1993. First edition. Square 8vo., 47 pp., illustrated with 40 b&w and color photographs. Bound in black ultrasuede with title in gilt on the spine and front board, with vertical red Japanese lettering. Tiny nick at the top of the spine, else a fine copy. Issued with a...... More
NY: Thames and Hudson, 1982. Man Ray. First U.S. edition. 4to., 256 pp., 347 b&w photos, pictorial endpapers. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that has one tiny crease at the top edge of the front panel. The most complete collection published to date. More
Woodbury, NY: Barron's, 1980. Man Ray. First U.S. edition. Small 4to., 227 pp., 160 full-page b&w plates. A tiny bump to the lower tips of the boards; else a near fine copy in a slightly worn dust jacket. Includes detailed catalogue entries on the 160 reproduced images and reprints a...... More
NY: Schocken Books, 1984. Man, Felix H. First American edition. First American ed. 4to., numerous b&w photographs interspersed with text. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Man's photojournalistic essays have appeared in all the major international magazines. He is often referred to as a "Leica" photographer. More
Boston, Toronto, London: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown & Co., 1989. Mapplethorpe, Robert. First edition. 4to., 118 pp., 80 full-page b&w photos. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. Portraits of: Isabella Rossellini, Sigourney Weaver, Yoko Ono, Brooke Shields, Patti Smith, and numerous others. More
NY: Random House, 1992. Mapplethorpe, Robert. First edition. Thick 4to., 382 pp., b&w photo-plates. Fine in a fine photo-illustrated dust jacket. Housed in publisher's illustrated slipcase. Definitive collection of Mapplethorpe's b&w photos, showing a full-range of his work from his early Polaroids to self-portraits taken shortly before he died. More