NY: The Viking Press, 1980. Duncan, David Douglas. First edition. 4to., 152 pp., fully illustrated from b&w and color photographs. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. A marvellous and intimate portrait of the artist by one of his close friends. More
Paris: Cercle de la Librairie, 1881. First edition. Large 4to., 32, 20, xl, [170] pp., chromolithographic frontispiece with tissue guard, title page vignette, including numerous plates, many issued with tissue guards, including chromolithographs, various types of photogravures, engravings on metal and wood, phototypie and photoglyptie, and musical scores. Published in..... More
New York: Printed for The Century (by G. P. Putnam's Sons), 1887. First edition. 8vo., 48 pp., portrait frontispiece with printed tissue guard. Printed wrappers. A fine, unopened copy. The address was presented by Daniel Huntington at the Century Association in New York by Daniel Huntington, the president of the..... More
NY: Grossman, 1972. Eakins, Thomas. First edition. Oblong 4to., viii, 214 pp., 291 photos. Fine in illustrated dust jacket, still sealed in the original shrink wrap. More
NY: W.A. Townsend & Co., 1859. Johnson, Eastman. First edition. Folio, [10] pp., with 12 mounted cliché-verre, on albumen paper, each with an accompanying leaf of poetry and tissue guard; a.e.g. Bound in the publisher's original gilt-titled cloth. Slight chipping at the spine ends and tips, which has been expertly..... More
Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1999. First edition. 8vo., xxi, 282 pp., b&w illustration is text. Black cloth, illustrated dust jacket. Errata slip laid-in. A fine, as new copy in the illustrated dust jacket. More
NY: Radtke, Lauckner & Co., ca 1890. Single sheet of thin laid paper 10 3/8 x8 inches, with a copper etching of a rustic cabin on a lake with a sail boat in the background. In holograph on the lower margin is " At Brennan & Davis' Monday & Tuesday..... More
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: 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: Faber and Faber, 1948. First edition. Two volumes, small 4tos. Volume I, xi, 35 pp. Volume II, 10 large folding charts including hre color chart mask. Bound in green cloth, with the contents of the second volume contained in a pocket of the binding. All housed in a red..... 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
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
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1990. First edition. Small 8vo., [40] pp. Stiff wrappers. Fine. No. 27 of the History of Photography Monograph Series; limited to 200 copies. 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
Munich: Mahnert-Lueg, 1986. First edition. 4to., [207] pp., 96 plates printed recto only. Publisher's gitl titled cloth over boards with inset color printed plate on the front cover. A fine copy housed in the original cloth over boards slipcase, which is rubbed through at the base of the spine. A..... 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
New York: Museum of Modern Art; distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn. [1968]. First edition. Small 4to., 216 pp., b&w and color illustrations. Color-illustrated embossed aluminum covers. Light scratches on the rear cover. A fine copy. The brightly illustrated aluminum binding adds distinction to this well-illustrated and extensive..... 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
Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University, 2008. First edition. 8vo., 46 unnumbered pages, chiefly illustrasted with color plates. Printed wrappers. Fine. Robert Knott, 1942 - 2010, a native of Memphis, Tenn., began making art and little carved wooden animals, when he was about 10-years-old. He graduated from Stanford University and earned..... More
New York: date unknown. Ink holograph on card 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, imprinted: The Century Association, 7 West Forty-Third Street. Faint stain on the blank left margin. LaFarge writes to Mr. Magnan regarding serving on a jury and expressing regrets that they will need to postpone a meeting..... 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
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966. Man Ray. First edition. 8vo., 148 pp., 6 color photos, 101 b&w photos interspersed with text, captions and chronology. Stiff wrappers. Near fine. Catalogue prepared upon the occasion of the exhibition, a major retrospective. 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
Terezín: Památnik Terezín, 1968. Matoušek, Ota. First edition. 8vo., [17] pp., 8 plates. Stitched printed wrappers it the printed dust jacket, which is toned and discolored at the fore edge. Ota Matoušek (1890 - 1977) born in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia, Matousek studied at the Prague Academy from 1910 to 1915. During..... More