NY: The Photo League, 1949. Model, Lisette. First edition. Small 4to., 24 pp., with illustrated wrappers which contain advertisements on the versos and the recto of the rear wrapper. Light wear and toning, else very good. The articles include: "This is the Photo League" by Leo Hurvitz, Some Thoughts on... More about PHOTO NOTES:; The Quarterly Publication of the Photo League. Spring 1949
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Light soiling to the wrappers, with scattered light foxing in the text. A very good copy. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul Delaroche and Camille Roqueplan. As Pierre-Lin Renié wrote, "Alophe epitomizes the mediocre painter... More about LE PASSÉ, LE PRESENT ET L'AVENIR DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. ; MANUEL PRATIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Later cloth and marbled boards. Tips of a number of leaves creased; ex-library of the Sociéte Française de Photographie with their deaccession stamp and minimal markings. Very good. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul..... More about LE PASSÉ, LE PRESENT ET L'AVENIR DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. MANUEL PRATIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE
(Milan): Giancarlo Politi Editore, (1989). First edition. Large 8vo., 197 pp., adverts, b&w and color plates. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Includes work and texts by John Baldessari, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Victor Burgin, Gilbert and George, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, et al. Post-modernism. More about SPECIAL AFFECTS: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Leipzig: Fotokinoverlag, 1965. Second printing. Thick 8vo., vii, 703 pp., 313 plates. Lower board tips lightly bumped and endpapers toned. A very good copy. An exceptionally well researched history of the science and art of photography through 1925. More about QUELLENDARSTELLUNGEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DER FOTOGRAFIE
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2001. First edition. 8vo., xi, 236 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs in text. Fine in the illustrated dust jacket. More about EACH WILD IDEA:; WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, HISTORY
Leipzig: Fotokinoverlag, (1977). First edition. 8vo., 184 pp., 2 diagrams, 44 b&w photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. Essay on the aesthetics of photography. Text in German. More about DENKEN ÜBER FOTOGRAFIE
New Haven: Jonathan Edwards College, 2005. First edition. Small 4to., unpaginated, with 56 b&w and color plates from photographs, with explanatory texts printed on opposite leaf. Spiral wire binding with printed stiff over-wrappers. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine, as new. This publication accompanies an exhibition at Jonathan Edwards College... More about THE PHYSICAL PRINT: A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS
La Paz, Bolivia / Tegucigalpa, Honduras: CIMCA / COMUNICA, 1992. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 105 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and drawings. Color illustrated stiff wrappers. Lightly rubbed, near fine. The importance of photography, cinema and visual communication as aides in teaching. Text in Spanish. Limited to 3000 copies. WorldCat locates... More about IMÁGENES Y TEXTOS PARA LA EDUCACIÓN POPULAR:; ORIENTACIONES METODOLÓGICAS CON ÉNFASIS EN LA...
[NY]: Thames and Hudon, 1999. First U.S. edition. 8vo., 384 pp., b&w plates from photographs. A tiny bruise to the upper board tips and light toning to the text; else near fine. The autobiography of Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969) who was born in Berlin and immigrated to America in 1941. He... More about EYE TO I: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PHOTOGRAPHER; Translated by Mike Mitchell and Brian Murdoch
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2001. First edition. 8vo., xi, [378] pp.b&w and color plates in text. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. More about PAINTING GENDER, CONSTRUCTING THEORY:; THE ALFRED STIEGLITZ CIRCLE AND AMERICAN FORMALIST AESTHETICS
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1975. First edition. 4to., x, 180 pp., 110 b&w plates. A fine copy in a near fine pictorial dust jacket. These essays by twenty-one internationally known authorities in the field cover many facets of the history of photography. Essayists include: J. Adhémar, T. Barrow..... More about ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF BEAUMONT NEWHALL
(Munich): Nazraeli Press, 1995. First edition. 8vo., 179, (3) pp. Pictorial stiff wrappers, with affixed dust jacket as issued. A fine copy. A.D. Coleman discusses such topics as censorship, international photography festivals, public funding for the arts and the works of Mann, Sherman, Boltanski, Bearden, Mapplethorpe, Kruger and Serrano. More about CRITICAL FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE INTERNATIONAL IMAGE COMMUNITY
NY: Summit Books, 1977. First edition. 4to., 208 pp., hundreds of b&w photos. Remainder stamp on the bottom edge of the text block, else a fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. From 19th century postmortems to Les Krims, inclusive. More about THE GROTESQUE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Boston: Photographic Resource Center, 1979. First ed. 8vo., (ii), 40 pp. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Wrappers partially toned, else near fine. This essay proposes what questions the author would ask if he were professionally interviewing the following photographers: Russell Lee, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, Lucas Samaras and Pete Turner. More about LEE / MODEL / PARKS / SAMARAS / TURNER: FIVE INTERVIEWS BEFORE THE FACT
Paris: Georges Carré et C. Naud, 1898. First edition. 8vo., 186 pp., 40 pp. publisher's catalog at end. Cloth over flexible boards. A near fine copy. Letters and papers by these first inventors of photography, with annotations and comments by Colson; includes bibliographical footnotes. Texts in French. An early anthology... More about MÉMOIRES ORIGINAUX DES CRÉATEURS DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE: NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE, DAGUERRE, BAYARD,...
Durham: Duke University Press, 1998. Second printing. Thick 8vo., xii, 494 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs and drawings. Remainder line on bottom edge; else fine in illustrated stiff wrappers. "Women's Camera Work explores how photographs have been and are used to construct versions of history and examines how photographic representations... More about WOMEN'S CAMERA WORK:; SELF/BODY/OTHER IN AMERICAN VISUAL CULTURE
Rizzoli: Travelling Light, [1982]. First UK edition. Small 4to., 191 pp., b&w photos. Printed stiff wrappers. There are a few light, small creases to the wrappers. Very good. This volume is based on a series of edited interviews conducted by Diamonstein at the New School for Social Research/Parsons School of..... More about VISIONS AND IMAGES: PHOTOGRAPHERS ON PHOTOGRAPHY
Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1999. First edition. 8vo., xxi, 282 pp., b&w illustration is text. Black cloth, illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy. More about THE DOMAIN OF IMAGES
NY: MOMA, 1981. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 152 pp., 82 plates (9 in color), 38 reference illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. INSCRIBED by the author. More about BEFORE PHOTOGRAPHY: PAINTING AND THE INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop, 1962. First American edition. 4to., 258 pp., 244 full-page b&w plates. Previous owner's neat signature on the blank front free flyleaf, else very good in dust jacket. More about CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY: AESTHETIC TRENDS, 1839-1960
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
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (1998). First edition. 4to., x, 222 pp., more than 250 b&w and color illustrations. A very good copy in dust jacket. Presents a thorough look at photo-humor as found in cartoons, satire, photographs, fashion, literature, advertising, from the beginning of photography to... More about POSITIVE PLEASURES: EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY AND HUMOR
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, [1956]. First edition. Small 4to., 192 pp., illustrated. Illustrated stiff wrappers. The wrappers are lightly toned and have a crease to the rear tip. A very good copy. Includes statements by: Thomas Wedgwood, Daguerre, Cruikshank, Fax Talbot, F. Scott Archer, Charles Dickens, George Eastman, P.H.... More about ON PHOTOGRAPHY: A SOURCE BOOK OF PHOTO HISTORY IN FACSIMILE
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