Berlin: A. Asher & Co., Published for the Philological Society, 1863. 8vo., 103 pp. Contemporary glazed linen with leather spine label, expertly rebacked. The glazing has largely lifted with eneven fading. The front flyleaf is partially cracked and signed by a later owner; the text has an occasional spot of..... More
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1930. Parry, Roger. Small folio, 80 pp. of poems and prose by Fargue, 16 photogravures. Faint stain to the blank margin of the upper leading corner of the last seven leaves, with slight tape stain in the top and bottom leading corners of..... More
(Stockholm: Bröderna Lagerström Boktryckare, 1920). Goodwin, Henry B. First ed. Folio, 165, [166-187] pp., original etching frontispiece with tissue guard, title page vignette, 39 b&w photogravures with tissue guards, 9 reproductions of etchings with tissue guards, 2 leaves of music. Quarter calf and linen with gilt title, decorative endpapers, t.e.g...... More
[Stockholm: Bröderna Lagerström Boktryckare, 1920]. Goodwin, Henry B. First edition. Folio, 165, [166-187] pp., original etching frontispiece with tissue guard, title page vignette, 39 b&w photogravures with tissue guards, 9 reproductions of etchings with tissue guards, 2 leaves of music. Quarter calf and linen with gilt title, decorative endpapers, t.e.g...... More
[Tempe]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1984. First edition. Small 8vo., [20] pp., 4 full-page b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. "The purpose of this book will be to begin a list of early fiction books for children that include some aspect of photography". "...this list includes the name of..... 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 tiny crease at the lower front board tip, with a water stain on the spine and tiny one on the front board. A near fine copy. Murder and spirit photography are central to this work..... 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
1945 - 1953. A group of 4 letters to [Stuart L.] Hannon, comprised of 2 pp. ALs July 24, 1945 on Dunsany Castle letterhead; 1 p. ALs August 11, [1945] on Dunsany Castle letterhead; 2 pp. TLs March 11, 1948 on Dunsany Castle letterhead ; 1 p. TLS August 8..... More
London: Sotheby's, 2016. First edition. 4to., 152 pp., fully illustrated with color plates. Fine in illustrated stiff wrappers. The auction sale of 296 lots from the Makia collection of books, prints and maps on Near Eastern and Islamic world. 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 fine, unopened copy. Housed in a newly made chemise of..... 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
London: Griffin, Bohn, and Company / Charles Griffin and Company, 1861 - 1865. Mixed editions. A mixed set of first and later printings, comprised of Volumes 2-4 of the first printings, 1861 - 1862, and Volumes 1 - 3 of a later printing [1865] . All are illustrated with wood-engraved..... More
Vienna: Edition Tusch, 1975. First edition. 4to., 321, [1] pp., fully illustrated with color and b&w plates, t.e.g. Color printed patterned cloth; the dust jacket is slightly worn at the spine ends. The copy of Swiss political writer Armin Mohler, with his neat stamp on the reverse of the title..... 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
Richmond: West & Johnson, 1863. First edition thus. 12mo., xiii, (i), 14-216 pp., with 12 plates (two folding). There are childish pencil scribblings on the table of contents, and on 3 of the plates. Pale blue cloth with the original paper label affixed to the upper board. The paper label..... 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: Cowles, 1967. Rothstein, Arthur. First edition. 8vo., v, 203 pp., gravure printed plates from b&w photographs interspersed with text. A near fine copy, lacking the dust jacket. The photographs span Rothstein's career, from the WPA through his editorship at LOOK Magazine. More
London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1864. First edition. Small 4to., xii, 120 pp., 8 leaves of albumen photographs, and a miniature albumen photograph mounted on the title page. Publisher's gilt decorated cloth over bevelled boards, a.e.g. The leaf with the albumen frontispiece is detached and laid-in. Scattered light foxing..... More
Vintage gelatin silver contact print photograph 10 x 8 inches. Slight silvering along the edges, light wear at the corners and a subtle dimple near the bottom. Blindstamped "Nicholas Muray, New York" near the bottom right corner. Stamped in ink on the blank reverse "PHOTO BY MURAY" and "MRS. NICKOLAS..... 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 fore edge. Housed in publisher's cloth slipcase. A fine, as new copy, issued without a dust jacket. Aaron Siskind (1903 - 1991)..... More