[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 Contains Sommer's writings and several previously unpublished photos.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
New York: 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..... 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
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1981. First edition. 16mo., (28) pp., b&w illustrations from photographs, printed card laid-in. Bound dos-à-dos. Color printed stiff wrappers. Rubbed along one edge of the rear wrapper, else a fine copy. SIGNED by the artist. An illustrated conceptual piece based upon a narrative. OCLC locates 6..... More
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1981. First edition. 12mo., 10 leaves printed recto only, 1 color plate from a photograph. Printed stiff wrappers. A fine copy. SIGNED by the artist. An illustrated conceptual piece based upon a narrative. OCLC locates 6 copies. More
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1982. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (22) pp., b&w plate from photographs; also contains a 35mm slide, a plastic bag containing dried wine, a fragment of audio tape in a plastic bag, etc. Printed stiff wrappers. A fine copy. SIGNED by the artist. An illustrated conceptual piece..... More
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1982. First edition. 16mo., (23) pp.,1 b&w plate from photograph, 3 sheets of card stock clipped to a leaf, one 35 mm slide of text clipped to a leaf, and a plastic bag containing a fragment of glass clipped to a leaf. Shallow creasing caused by..... More
(Prague: Frantisek Tichy, 1938). A b&w drypoint engraving, image size 3 3/4 x 6 1/16 in., on a larger sheet. Housed in a contemporary metal and glass frame, with a finished window mat. The frame's edges are covered in a lightly soiled vellum. A very good impression. Czech photographer, Josef..... More
circa 1970. A unique 8vo. [19.5 x 14.5 cm] maquette of 13 leaves of card stock, plus covers; there are 6 leaves of single images facing a blank opposite page, and 5 double page pairs totaling 16 vintage gelatin silver photographs. The front cover has a sheet of Japanese grass..... More
circa 1968. A unique 12mo. [11.5 x 9 cm] maquette of 17 leaves of card stock, plus covers; there are 7 leaves of single images facing a blank opposite page, and 7 double page pairs totaling 21 vintage gelatin silver photographs, produced by the mordançage process, and 1 smaller gelatin..... More
Thorne-Thomsen, Ruth. Original vintage toned silver gelatin photograph, image size 4 7/16 x 5 3/8 in. [ 11.3 x 13.6 cm.] tipped to archival board with window-mat, 14 x 18 in. SIGNED and titled with "printed 1978" in pencil on the blank verso by the photographer. Affixed to the blank..... More
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Thorne-Thomsen, Ruth. Original toned silver gelatin photograph, image size 4 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in. [11.6 x 13.8 cm.] tipped to archival board with window-mat, 14 x 18 in. SIGNED and titled with "printed 1982" in pencil on the blank verso by the photographer. Affixed to the blank verso..... More
London: Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood, 1845. Second edition, enlarged. 8vo., 5 - 62 pp., 3 engraved plates. Lacking preliminary leaves through the title page and the catalogue of photographic supplies, p. 63 - 72. Removed from a bound volume, this has added contemporary leaves of manuscript formulas by Dr. Hugh..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879 [1892]. [Nouveau tirage]. 12mo., 139 pp., engravings in text and 2 (inscriptions and manuscripts) of 5 mounted photographic plates adverts. Plain paper wrappers. Scattered light foxing. Very good and unopened. An excellent manual with outstanding illustrations of field cameras and processing arrangements. Trutat, 1840 - 1910, was..... More