Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1983. Fichter, Robert. First edition. 8vo., viii, 95 pp., color and b&w photos. Fine in the illustrated dust jacket which is moderately rubbed at the crown. SIGNED with a drawing of a winged flying dog by the photographer in blue ink, and signed again in..... More
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
London: M.A. Nattali, 1844. Second edition. Small 4to., vii, 109 pp., (4) adverts, 10 full-page plates (including frontispiece), plus (3) pp. adverts Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Previous owner's inscription. Light foxing on the title page, else a near fine copy. Gernsheim INCUNABULA #652 states, "Contains 'Sketch of the different..... More
London: D. Bogue, 1854. Fourth edition. Small 4to., xi, 144 pp., color frontispiece with tissue guard, 9 monochrome plates, plus 6 leaves of mixed tints. Publisher's cloth stamped decoratively in blind with gilt title on spine; slightly frayed at the foot and short tear at the crown. The frontispiece is..... More
Brussels: A. D. A. C., 1956. First edition. 4to., 224 pp., adverts, illustration in b&w and color. Light rubbing at the spine along the front joint; very good. More
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
Köln: Hundertmark Edition, 1986. First edition. Cardboard box, 1 x 3.3 x 4.7 inches, with cover; consists of a labeled tape cassette in a clear plastic case, 3 folded 11 x 17 inches xerox sheets concerning the performance; 1 folded 8.5 x 11 inch xerox sheet reproducing an account of..... More
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
NY: Harmony Books, 1988. Hockney, David. First U.S. edition. Square 4to., 192 pp., fully illustrated with color and b&w photos, drawings and paintings. Fine, as new in color illustrated dust jacket and sealed in the publisher's shrink-wrap. From the jacket blurb "In these witty and erudite conversations with filmmaker and..... More
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
Northridge, CA: The Dumb Ox, 1977-1978. First edition. 4to., (72) pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and drawing. Illustrated wrappers. Double Issue 6/7, Fall 1977/ Spring 1978. Light soiling on the rear wrapper, else near fine in the original, but torn, mailing envelope, addressed to Naomi Savage, noted photographic printmaker. Includes..... More
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
1939. Original maquette for a poster; comprised of a silver gelatin photograph and gouache on board. The image is 9 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches on larger board, framed and glazed to 18 1/2 x 23 inches. Signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin in white ink;..... More
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
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
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
Privately Printed for the Author, 1946. Eakins, Thomas. First ed. 8vo., 162 pp., frontispiece. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Largely based upon interviews with Eakin's students and other unpublished sources. Includes material on his photographic work with Eadweard Muybridge. More
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
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
Chicago: Paul Theobald, 1947. Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo. First edition. 4to., 371 pp., 439 illustrations. Cloth. A very good copy in a moderately worn dust jacket. Regarded as an essential text for photography, cinema and design students, based upon his course syllabus at the Institute of Design, Chicago, and previously at the..... More
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
N.p. A Great Bear Pamphlet, 1993. First edition. 8vo., (32) pp., with 15 full page line drawings with captions, printed recto only. Illustrated stapled wrappers; light wear else very good. Marcus Neufanger, 1964 Nürnberg, is an artist/curator working in Germany. This was his first publication, and although called a Great..... More
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
Providence, RI: Thomas Ockerse Editions, 1973. Ockerse, Thomas. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (19) leaves, illustrated from b&w line drawings with printed texts. Titled stiff wrappers. Near fine. Dutch born, Thomas Ockerse is a graphic design professor at Rhode Island School of Design; he received his BFA from Ohio State University..... More