London: Ackermann & Co., 1841. First edition. Small 4to., vii, 109 pp., [4], 14 pp. priced adverts, frontispiece, 9 full-page plates. Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Two engraved plates have been mounted to the front endpapers. Occasional foxing, extremities rubbed; rebacked with the original spine laid-down; the blank paper plate... More about THE ART OF ENGRAVING, WITH THE VARIOUS MODES OF OPERATION, UNDER THE FOLLOWING DIFFERENT...

Fort Lauderdale: Museum of Art; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; NY: Abbeville Press, 1987. First edition. 4to., 272 pp., frontis, profusely illustrated with b&w and color photos. A fine copy in dust jacket. An extensive survey based on a major exhibition of the same title; includes essays... More about PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART: INTERACTIONS SINCE 1946

Hausmann, Raoul. Vintage silver gelatin print, circa 1931, 3 x 2 11/16 inches. Achivally matted. Raoul Hausmann (1886-1971) was a key figure in the Dada movement in Berlin after World War I. Although he explored photomotage, he did not take up a camera until 1927. More about SELF-PORTRAIT

Tokyo: Shueisha, 1984 (1990). Hosoe, Eikoh. Second edition. Square 4to., 251 pp., fully illustrated from color and b&w photographs. A fine, as new copy the the illustrated dust jacket by Miro. Housed in the publisher's photo-illustrated slipcase with obi. The obi has three closed tears. INSCRIBED by Hosoe and dated... More about GAUDI NO UCHU = GAUDI

London: Charles Knight and Co., 1839. First ed. 4to., xvi, 748 pp., errata leaf, illustrated largely with b&w engravings and a few printed in colors, t.e.g. Marbled paper over boards with spine and corners in morocco, titled in gilt. The boards are rubbed and the hinges have been expertly repaired;..... More about A TREATISE ON WOOD ENGRAVING, HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL.; With Upwards of Three Hundred...

NY: George Wittenborn, Inc., 1973. First English language edition. Small 4to., 454 pp., chiefly illustrated in b&w with some tipped-in color plates. Near fine in a lightly rubbed, color illustrated dust jacket. The first printing of this English language edition, translated from the German by Heinz Norden and edited by... More about PAUL KLEE: NOTEBOOKS, VOLUME 2: THE NATURE OF NATURE

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 about HENRI LE SECQ: PHOTOGRAPHE DE 1850 A 1860.; CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE LA COLLECTION DE LA...

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 about MAN RAY: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE

Munich / New York: Prestel, 2007. First edition. 8vo., 608 pp., chiefly illustrated from drawings, photographs, sculptural objects, etc. Illustrated paper over boards, with all edges gilt. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. French visual artist, Annette Messager, an installation artist, incorporates a wide variety of media: drawings, sculpture, photographs... More about THE MESSENGERS

Munich: Albert Langen, 1925. Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo. First edition. 8vo., 133 pp., 74 illustrations. Although there is no visible staining from moisture, there is very light cockling on a portion of the lower edge at the gutter; occasional spots of foxing on the blank margin of some text leaves. Bound in... More about MALEREI, PHOTOGRAPHIE, FILM.; BAUHAUSBÜCHER NO. 8

Brno: Telehor, 1936. Moholy-Nagy. First edition. 4to., 138 pp., color and b&w plates from paintings, photographs, photograms, graphics and filmstrips. Metal spiral bound printed wrappers, with original glassine over-wrapper and the plain paper outer wrapper which is chipped. There is a tiny bit of rubbing to the lower edge, less... More about TELEHOR: MEZINARODNI CASOPIS PRO VISUALNI KULTURU... THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW NEW VISION... ...

Providence, RI: Thomas Ockerse Editions, 1973. Ockerse, Thomas. First edition. 8vo., unpaged, approx. 100 pp., illustrated. Decorative stiff wrappers. Faint toning to the wrappers. Near fine. Dutch born, Thomas Ockerse is a graphic design professor at Rhode Island School of Design; he received him BFA from Ohio State University and... More about TIME: A DOCUMENTRACINGS

N.p. Tom Petrillo, n.d. (1977-78?). Petrillo, Tom. First ed. 8vo., 6 leaves printed recto, b&w photographs. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. Artist's book, listed as such on OCLC with eight holdings. "Concession Stand and Mound Ten Views, by Tom Petrillo, self-published... Stereo views of a concession stand and of a small..... More about CONCESSION STAND: A STEREO BOOK