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
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
NY: Rizzoli, [1993]. Sherman, Cindy. First edition. 4to., 240 pp., more than 200 images (140 in color). A fine copy in a lightly rubbed illustrated dust jacket. The first complete look at Sherman's body of work in which the artist has assumed various roles, from "B-movie starlet to Old Master..... More
NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, [1987]. Sherman, Cindy. First edition. 4to., 20 pp., plus 129 b&w and color photo-plates. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Issued as the catalogue for the exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, July 9 to October 4, 1987. More
NY: Rizzoli, (1992). Sherman, Cindy. First edition. as such. Small square 4to., (32) pp., 15 color photo-illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket. Based on a tale by Brothers Grimm. More
Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1997. First edition. 4to., 118 pp., chiefly illustrated from color and b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. SIGNED and dated by the photographer; additionally, with a signed presentation by Jan Howard. Published as the catalogue upon the occasion of the exhibition held May 28..... More
Ft. Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1990. Sipprell, Clara. First edition. 4to., 149 pp., frontis, 4 color and 50 b&w plates and 46 illustrations in text. A fine, as new copy in the illustrated dust jacket. The first comprehensive study of this noted pictorialist photographer. Noteworthy is the extensive exhibition chronology..... More
London and NY: Routledge, 1995. Spence, Jo. First edition. 8vo., 249 pp., illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A fine copy. "Jo Spence was one of Britain's pioneering photographers. Born into a working-class London family, she worked for many years as a studio photographer. Her political concerns..... More
Würzburg-Aumühle: Konrad Triltsch Verlag, 1940. First edition. 8vo., [x], 99 pp., [2] adverts, 38 b&w illustrations. Newly bound in cloth-backed marbled paper over boards with original front wrapper bound in. Bookstore ink stamp on the blank free-fly leaf. Near fine. The beginning of photography as found in daily papers and..... More
Oberlin, Ohio: The Artist, 1972. Tacha, Athena. First edition. A single sheet, 5.5 x 14.25 inches, folded to make 5 panels. Text printed verso only. Very good in clear acetate sleeve as issued. Printed on pink glossy paper, not blue; which pretty much tells the story. More
Washington, DC: Phillips Collection, 1980. Tenneson, Joyce. First edition. Small 4to., (17 pp.), 10 b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrapper. Slight crease to the bottom edge; else very good. Joyce Tenneson (b. 1945, Boston) is mainly a self-taught independent fine art photographer. This is the catalog to an exhibition of her..... More
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Original silver gelatin photograph, image size 8 1/4 x 11 in. [21 x 28 cm.] dry-mounted to archival board with window over-mat, 16 x 20 in. SIGNED "Dody" in pencil on the mount below the photograph on the right side and dated 1979 below the image on the mount on..... More
Thorne-Thomsen, Ruth. Original vintage toned silver gelatin photograph, image size 4 7/16 x 5 3/8 in. [ 11.3 x 13.6 cm.] tipped to archival board with window-mat, 14 x 18 in. SIGNED and titled with "printed 1978" in pencil on the blank verso by the photographer. Affixed to the blank..... More
![UNTITLED [SPHINX] #9; "EXPEDITION", CHICAGO 1979. Ruth Thorne-Thomsen](/pictures/thumb/52404.jpeg?v=1506015930)
Thorne-Thomsen, Ruth. Original toned silver gelatin photograph, image size 4 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in. [11.6 x 13.8 cm.] tipped to archival board with window-mat, 14 x 18 in. SIGNED and titled with "printed 1982" in pencil on the blank verso by the photographer. Affixed to the blank verso..... More
Ulmann, Doris. Original platinum photograph, image size 8 x 6 in. [ 20.3 x 15.2 cm.] tipped to board, and presented in an archival window-mat, 16 x 20 inches. SIGNED in pencil on the board beneath the image by the photographer (circa 1929 - 1930). In fine condition. A slight..... More
[ca. 1925 1926]. Ulmann, Doris. Original platinum photograph, image size 8 x 6 inc. [20.3 x 15.2 cm.] tipped to 11 x 14 inch board, and presented in an archival window-mat, 16 x 20 inches. SIGNED in pencil on the board beneath the image by the photographer. In fine condition..... More
[ca. 1920s]. Ulmann, Doris. Original platinum photograph, image size 8 x 6 in, [ 20.3 x 15.2] ] tipped to board, with archival window overmat, 16 x 20 inches. SIGNED in pencil on the board below the photograph by Doris Ulmann. The Rev. H.M. Wharton was the compiler and editor..... More
[ca. 1918 - 1925]. Ulmann, Doris. Unique oil pigment print photograph, image size 8 x 6 in. [20.3 x 15.2 cm.] tipped to art paper 11 x 14 inches. Presented in a 16 x 20 inch archival window-mat. Slight chipping at the bottom blank corners of the photographic stock with..... More