San Francisco: Beck-Gerlach Printing Company, Inc., 1931. 8vo., [14] pp. Stapled then bound into green wrapper with a decorative red and black border and a playing card tipped on. Designed and executed by C. Raymond Beran with a b&w frontispiece illustration by Alex. Stern. A closed short tear and creased..... More
Parisiis: Ex Typographia Firminorum Didot, 1855. First edition, as such. 12mo., xlvi, 299 pp., 18 mounted albumen photographs, and 2 double-page maps with tissue guards, a.e.g. Bound in a later full morocco, decorated with rules and corner ornaments in blind, patterned endpapers. The gutter is partially opened at the title-page..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First U.S. edition. 8vo., frontis, 5 illustrations. Illustrated cloth. A near fine copy. Murder and spirit photography are central to this work of crime fiction by the brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Raffles series. More
Millerton: Aperture, 1982. Levenson. First edition. 4to., 71 pp., 33 full-page b&w photos. Fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that has one small closed tear at the top edge of the front and rear panel. Photographs of carnivals, sideshows and the characters who live and work in them. More
NY: Viking, 1965. Levitt, Helen. First edition. Oblong 4to., 78 pp., 50 photo-plates. Bound in black cloth, the lower tip is rubbed through. The photo-illustrated dust jacket has two closed tears and a few chips and wrinkles along the lower edge of the front panel. Still, a good or better..... More
NY: Viking, 1965. Levitt, Helen. First edition. Oblong 4to., 78 pp., 50 photo-plates. Bound in black cloth. The photo-illustrated dust jacket has light wear along the top edge, with slight damp-wrinkling on the front panel and some staining on the blank reverse. This copy bears the signature of photographer, Richard..... More
NY: Aperture, 2000. First edition. Square 4to., unpaginated, chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. More
Paris: Librairie Stock, 1925. Man Ray. First edition. Folio, [22] leaves printed recto only, with photogravure frontispiece by Man Ray. Loose as issued in printed wrappers. The frontispiece has left a transfer on the colophon leaf as is usual. A near fine, unopened copy. Housed in a newly made chemise..... More
Danbury: Addison House, 1978. Michals, Duane. First edition. as such. 8vo., 10 plates. A fine copy in a dust jacket that is lacking five small chips at the corners and edges. Laid-in is a silver gelatin promotional photograph, the final image in the book. Number 424 of 1000 copies... More
Reprinted by Permission, from Aperture, No. 1, Copyright 1952 by Minor White, 1952. 8vo., 15 pp., 1 photo illustration. Printed wrappers which are soiled, else a very good copy. A scarce ephemeral off-print from the first issue of Aperture. In this essay, Nancy Newhall establishes the need for a literacy..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First edition. 8vo., 359 pp. Fine in the price-clipped illustrated dust jacket. A fictional account of Maude Pratt "a character larger than life, coarse, sensitive, unforgiving, strangely admirable, a genius of the photograph" - from the dust jacket blurb. 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
Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop, 1976. Siskind, Aaron. First ed. 8vo., 34 pp., 15 b&w photos. Plain stiff wrappers, in printed dustjacket. Near fine. Printed in an edition of 600 copies and handbound at the Visual Studies Workshop. More
[NY]: Limited Edition Club, 1990. Siskind, Aaron. First edition. Folio, unpaged, with 6 full-page hand-pulled photogravure plates, 10.5 x 10.5 in., bound in. Cloth with morocco spine and foredge. Housed in publisher's cloth slipcase. A fine, as new copy, issued without a dust jacket. Aaron Siskind, 1903 - 1991, was..... More
Stockton, NJ: Designed and printed at the Carolingian Press, 1972. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Square 12mo., 20 leaves, printed recto only. Printed stiff wrappers. Wrappers slightly dusty, else fine. A collection of aphorisms, with: WORDS SPOKEN IN MEMORY OF RICHARD NICKEL AT A GATHERING OF HIS FRIENDS. More
(Stockton, NJ: DeSIGNED and printed at the Carolingian Press, 1972). Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Square 12mo., 20 leaves, printed recto only. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. SIGNED. A collection of aphorisms, with: WORDS SPOKEN IN MEMORY OF RICHARD NICKEL AT A GATHERING OF HIS FRIENDS. This copy is SIGNED by Frederick..... More
Steichen, Edward. Hand-pulled photogravure on tissue, 8 X 6 1/4 inches, archivally matted. Fine. The image is a fine richly-toned photogravure from CAMERA WORK 42/43, 1913. More
Baltimore: The Theatre Guild, 1995. Stieglitz, Alfred. Original poster for the play staring Stacy Keach and Margot Kidder, 22 x 14 inches, printed in color on heavy stock. Slight bump at one corner, else fine. This "The Great American Romance" initially toured in 1995 with revivals ongoing to this date..... More
London: Printed for Robert Horsfield, 1761. First English edition. 16mo., [Part I] 130 pp.[ dated 1761]; [Part II] 126 pp. [dated 1760], 1 p. advert. Contemporary full calf, with the spine expertly repaired; board edges are rubbed. Previous owner's name on endpaper, few light pencil notations, light foxing and offsetting..... More
Babylone [Paris]: n. p., 1760. First edition. 16mo., [Part I] [2], 176 pp; [Part II] [2], 174 pp. Contemporary full mottled calf, with the spine in six gilt-decorated compartments; hinges partially cracked but firm; rubbing at the edges and chipping at the corners. Moderate foxing or soiling. A near very..... More
Durham, N. C. Trinity College Press, 1924. First edition. 8vo., [ii], xi, 250 pp. Publisher's navy cloth, titled in gilt along the spine. Moderate wear with a small droplet stain along the foredge of 20 pages, a few pencil markings. Very good. The copy of Guy B. [Benton] Johnson, signed..... More
Brewster, Mass. Steven Albahari / 21st, 2004. Joel-Peter Witkin. First edition. Folio, 171 pp., illustrated with both color and b&w photographs. Red cloth with a debossed photograph affixed to the front cover. Housed in the publisher's white cloth clamshell box, titled along the spine. All housed in the publisher's card..... More