(Prague): 1976. Saudek, Jan. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15 1/2 x 12 inches, with brown paper borders. SIGNED by the photographer in silver ink at the lower right corner. Fine. Jan Saudek and his twin brother, Karel, were born in Prague, May 1935. Their father, Gustav, was of Jewish origin..... More
[Princeton: Naomi Savage, 2002]. Savage, Naomi. First edition. 4to., [19] loose sheets with b&w images, with color printed front and rear covers and colophon sheet; all 8 1/2 x 11 inches. The illustrated covers and internal sheets are all printed by Xerography on glossy stock; the colophon is handwritten. These..... More
London/New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986. First edition. 4to., 180 pp, 118 b&w plates from photographs, several printed on gate-folded leaves. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the photographer. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1994). Sexton, John. First edition. Oblong 4to., 91 pp., 53 b&w photographs. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Master printmaker, John Sexton is a well-respected landscape photographer. His award-winning first book was entitled QUIET LIGHT (1990). SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title..... More
Millerton, NY: An Aperture Book, Publication made possible by United Technologies Corporation, 1981. First edition. 4to., 111 pp., b&w captioned photographs. A near fine copy in a pictorial dust jacket. INSCRIBED presentation to Grace Mayer from Bruce Davidson. Includes photographs by: Bischof, Capa, Cartier-Bresson, Davidson, Erwitt, Koudelka, Morath, Stock and..... 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
19 ring binders and bound notebooks of varying sizes, containing thousands of pages of notes, figures, graphs and formulas, in holograph, typescript and printed form, pertaining to all aspects of the chemical analysis of various clays, and the manufacture of ceramics, with particular attention to porcelain and its glazes, and..... More
Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1982. Shore, Stephen. First edition. Oblong 4to., 63 pp., 49 full-page color photographs. A fine copy in the color illustrated dust jacket. These large format color photos from 1973 through 1981 were responsible for placing the photographer in the vanguard of the "new color photography." SIGNED by..... More
Millerton: NY: Aperture, 1983. Shore, Stephen. First edition. Oblong 4to., 71 pp., 40 full-page color photos. A fine copy in photo-illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page. More
Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1997. First edition. 4to., 118 pp., chiefly illustrated from color and b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. SIGNED and dated by the photographer; additionally, with a signed presentation by Jan Howard. Published as the cataloguefor the of the exhibition held May 28 - August..... More
Providence: Matrix Publications, 1981. Siskind, Aaron. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 80 pp., b&w photographs. There is a 1/16 inch closed tear at the tip of the dust jacket on the rear, else a fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Aaron Siskind became a freelance photographer in 1932, the same year..... 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
[n.p. Keith Smith], March 1966. Edition 8 of 11. Original photo-etching, 4 in. (10 cm.) height x 3 in. ( 7.5 cm.) width, printed on square woven paper 7 1/4 in. Tipped to a heavier Strathmore paper with a window. SIGNED, titled and dated in pencil beneath the image. Fine..... More
[Rochester, NY: Keith Smith], 1975. Circular photo-etching, diameter of 4 1/8 inches on woven paper 7 7/8 in. height x 6 3/8 in. width Fine. SIGNED and inscribed in pencil beneath the image " change of address / to Alan / Keith / July 1975." Etched into the image is..... More
Chicago: A Chicago Book Publication, 1977. Snitzer, Jim. First edition. 24mo., (20) leaves (10 folded), b&w photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. SIGNED in pencil by the artist on the flap of the rear wrapper. Jim Snitzer received his BA from The University of California, 1973 and his MFA from..... More
[Munich]: Nazraeli Press, 1992. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Oblong 12mo., (48) pp., 30 four-color and duotone plates. Printed boards, two volumes bound dos-à-dos. Fine in publisher's blind-embossed slipcase. Contains Sommer's writings and several previously unpublished photos. Text in both English and German. Limited to 2000 copies, this copy is SIGNED..... More
NY: Kevin Begos Publishing, 1993. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Oblong folio, comprised of a title-page, five dust grain photogravures, made from the original negatives. Image size from 9 x 10 inches to 9 1/2 x 11 inches, mounted on archival boards 15 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches, colophon, quotation from..... More
Munich: Nazraeli Press, 1994. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Approximately 4 x 4 x 6 inches, with 50 loose duotone and process color cards, with 12 cards containing text, in a handmade plexiglass box. Fine. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this copy is SIGNED by the photographer on the colophon sheet..... 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
Chicago: Printed for the author by the Lakeside Press, 1899. Starr, Frederick. First edition. Oblong folio, 32 pp., 141 b&w captioned collotype plates printed recto one or two images to a plate. Gilt-titled cloth with a few tiny snags at the edges and light rubbing and spotting. Very good. Housed..... More
London: W.H.Allen, 1963. Steichen, Edward. First UK edition (simultaneous with US). 4to., (284) pp., 249 photos, several in color. The lower tips are rubbed, else a very good copy in a edgeworn and spine chipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED. This, the first printing differs from the later printing by use of..... More
New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1904. Four pages of a bifolium, 7 x 6 inches, on the letterhead of The Photo-Secession, dated May 20 - 04. Slight smudging to the 0 in the date line; an early fold and a few light creases; otherwise near fine. In the December 1903, Obrig..... More
Original platinum photograph, 7 7/16 inches [18.8 cm.] x 4 7/8 inches [12.5 cm.] Tipped to a gray art paper 10 inches [25.4 cm] x 6 1/4 inches [15.8 cm.] Boldly signed in pencil along the left margin of the mount, and dated '98. There are two caricatures in pencil..... More
Syracuse, New York: Light Work, 1993. First edition. Oblong 4to., 48 duotone plates from Polaroid photographs. Plain white wrappers with printed dust jacket. Fine. Inscribed "For Jim - stranger than/ Jim Stone." More
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1962. Strand, Paul. First UK edition. 4to., 151 pp., 145 b&w photographs. There is a slight leaning at the spine and light toning to the endpapers, else near fine in the publisher's cloth. The photo-illustrated dust jacket shows light wear at the edges with a soft..... More