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 about ROBERT FICHTER: PHOTOGRAPHY AND OTHER QUESTIONS.; Preface by Kenneth Donney
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...
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 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
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 about ANDY WARHOL ATTENTAT SOUND PERFORMANCE
Köln: Edition Hundertmark, 1986. Hansen, Al. First edition. Cardboard box, .5 x 5.8x 8.2 inches, with cover; consists of 3 hand-colored xerox cartoon illustrations, each SIGNED and numbered; 2 original color drawings, each titled and SIGNED by the artist; 1 sheet of handwritten text; 1 folded sheet announcing the performance... More about WHY SHOOT ANDY WARHOL?
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
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 about HOCKNEY ON PHOTOGRAPHY: CONVERSATION WITH PAUL JOYCE
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
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 about THE DUMB OX: A QUARTERLY ART JOURNAL
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...
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 about STRONGER AND STRONGER SHELL *YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL
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. 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 about HENRI LE SECQ: PHOTOGRAPHE DE 1850 A 1860.; CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE LA COLLECTION DE LA...
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...
Bruxelles: Éditions Lebeer-Hossmann, [1970s]. First edition. 12mo., 95 leaves, [90] b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Slight bump at the crown and light soiling to the wrappers. A very good copy. A collection of photographs by and of Magritte and his circle. More about LA FIDÉLITÉ DES IMAGES: RENÉ MAGRITTE, LE CINÉMATOGRAPHE ET LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
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
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 about THOMAS EAKINS: WHO PAINTED
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
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 about DETAIL OF MURAL BY DIEGO RIVERA AT THE SECRETARÍA DE EDUCACIÓN PÚBLICA
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
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 Bauhaus. More about VISION IN MOTION
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... ...
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 about SAUL STEINBERG MASQUERADE
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 about JEDE GEHEIME SPRACHE IST VERBOTEN: HOW TO CRITICIZE ART: LE CLUB