NY: The Viking Press, 1979. Gilpin, Laura. First edition. 4to., 208 pp., full-page b&w photographs. Cloth over boards with the top edge slightly discolored, 4 page tips uncut; otherwise a very good copy in a moderately chipped and torn dust jacket. SIGNED. This volume includes a statement by each photographer... More
[Millerton]: Aperture, 1979. Model, Lisette. First edition. 4to., 111 pp., fully illustrated with full-page b&w plates. A fine, near new copy in the pictorial dust jacket. "Always reluctant to discuss her life or photography in print-although she is widely regarded as one of the medium's most eloquent and gifted teachers... More
Modotti, Tina. Vintage silver gelatin contact print, image size 8 9/19 x 9 7/16 in. [21.7 x 24 cm.]. With the photographer's studio stamp on the blank verso. Fine. Diego Rivera created a series of murals at the Secretaría de Educación from 1923 to 1928. Tina Modotti served as his... More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003. Modotti, Tina. First edition. 8vo., xviii, 329 pp., b&w photos and drawings. Fine, as new in the illustrated dust jacket. "This is the first academic biography to portray Modotti accurately and fairly, cutting through the distortions of myth and rumor that surround... More
London: Pandora, 1993. Modotti, Tina. First edition. Small 4to., x, 278 pp., numerous b&w photographs. A fine as new copy in pictorial dust jacket. A well researched biography of this extraordinary woman photographer, actress and politican. More
NY: Viking Studio, 2000. First edition. Small square 8vo., [iv, 76] pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED, inscribed and dated by the photographer on the half-title page. The text and photographs by Inge Morath are a collaboration with the artist, Saul... More
Rochester, NY: Aperture, 1964. Morgan, Barbara. First edition. 8vo., 42 pp., 23 b&w photographs. Stiff wrappers. Fine, but for a tiny bump to one tip. SIGNED. Special issue devoted to the photographs of Barbara Morgan and INSCRIBED by her. More
Silver gelatin photograph, 12 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. [32.3 x 27.3 cm.], printed on unmounted photographic stock, 17 x 15 3/8 in. SIGNED and dated in ink by the photographer beneath the image on the right, and titled in ink on the lower left margin. Additionally, signed and titled... More
[NY: WLIB, 1968]. Printed postcard, 6 1/8 x 4 in. [16.6 x 10.1 cm.] With two uncancelled 2 cent Thomas Jefferson stamps affixed to the blank verso. Fine. Founded by Elias Godofsky in 1942, WLIB went through several iterations, including classical music, jazz and gospel, with studios in Harlem. More
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, in cooperation with The International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, 1980. Morgan, Barbara. First edition. Small 4to., unpaged, 50 b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. SIGNED by the photographer. Includes introduction by Morgan, selected bibliography and biographical notes. More
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986. First edition. 4to., xix, 201 pp., b&w photo-illustrations. The printed stiff wrappers have shallow creases and are rubbed at edges; foxing along the lower edge and previous owner neat signature on the half-title page. A good copy. An historical overview, with short biographies of... More
Urbana, Illinois: Inky Press Productions, [1990]. Nettles, Bea. First edition. 4to., unpaginated, 46 b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. An innovator in photomechanical printmaking and artist's books, Bea Nettles (b. 1946, Gainesville, Florida) uses photographic imagery with a variety of processes, some of which she introduced to the lexicon. She... More
Reprinted by Permission, from Aperture, No. 1, Copyright 1952 by Minor White, 1952. 8vo., 15 pp., 1 photo illustration. Printed wrappers which are soiled, else a very good copy. A scarce ephemeral off-print from the first issue of Aperture. In this essay, Nancy Newhall establishes the need for a literacy... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books in association with ICP, 1993. Norman, Dorothy. First edition. 8vo., 179 pp., numerous b&w photos. Illustrated paper over stiff wrappers. A fine copy in window-cut printed dust jacket. The first monograph of Norman's photographic work. More
Danbury, NH: Addison House, (1978). Ockenga, Starr. First edition. 4to., 86 pp., over 50 full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page; laid-in is a note from her on her calling card. The photographer's second book. More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. Parker, Olivia. First edition. Oblong 4to., 53 full-page photographic plates, two color. A fine copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page. The photographer's first book. Olivia Parker (b. 1941, Boston) received a B.A. in art history at Wellesley... More
Carmel: The Friends of Photography, 1987. Parker, Olivia. First edition. 4to., (6) pp., plus 40 full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight toning to the wrappers. Very good. Issued as UNTITLED 44. Parker's photographs are compositions comprised of still life constructions in which she incorporates subject matter from different eras... 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
Marcia Resnick, 1975. Resneck, Marcia. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (4) pp., plus 34 full-page b&w photos. Stiff wrappers with photo mounted on front. Moderate toning to the wrappers with a tiny crease to one tip of the front wrapper; a very good copy. Landscapes with a human figure at the... More
Munich / London: Schirmer Art Books, 1991. First English language edition. 4to., 151 pp., fully illustrated from b&w photographs. A near fine copy in the photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Bettina Rheims describes her photographic concern as "I love the flesh. I am a photographer of the skin." Exotic and erotic portraits... 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
San Francisco: The Friends of Photography, 1989. Roberts, Holly. First edition. Small 4to., 15 pp., plus 37 full-page color photo-images. Illustrated stiff wrappers. A very good copy. Issued as UNTITLED 50. Roberts uses photography as a base for her intriguing paintings. More
NY: Abbeville Press, 1994. First edition. 4to., 356 pp., over 250 b&w photo-plates. A fine copy in dust jacket. This volume explores the work of over 240 women photographers from the mid-1800s to the present; includes an extensive annotated bibliography and detailed individual biographies. More
[Princeton: Naomi Savage, 2002]. Savage, Naomi. First edition. 4to., (19) loose sheets with b&w images, with color printed front and rear covers and colophon sheet; all 8 1/2 x 11 inches. The illustrated covers and internal sheets are all printed by Xerography on glossy stock; the colophon is handwritten. These... More
[New Paltz, New York]: Documentext, 1979. First edition. Oblong 4to., 281, [7] pp., largely illustrated from b&w photographs, drawings and collages. Previous owner's neat signature on the blank front free endpaper. A very good copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that has a tiny snag on the rear panel near... More