New York: Printed at the Sign of the Eagle, Pelham Press, 1901. 12 mo., [2], 22 pp., illustrations and rubricated capitals with added hand painted gold. Stitched paper wrappers, printed in black and red, toned, small stain on the rear, and moderately worn. The text leaves are uncut and unopened..... More
London: John William Parker, 1840 - 1841. First editions. 4tos., variable paginations, illustrated with numerous engravings. 2 volumes. These 2 bound volumes comprise Vols. XVI to XIX, No. 482 (January 4, 1840) through No. 608 (December 25, 1841) of this weekly periodical. There is some light transferring of ink from..... More
Paris: Christophe Daviet-Thery, 2001. Adams, Mac. First edition. A titled black folder, 10.5 x 11 inches, which is photo-illustrated on the inside panels, containing 9 loose b&w photographic plates of varying size, with concrete poetry in both French and English on the reverse, each separated with a blank paper guard..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. Evans, Walker. First edition. 8vo., [2], xvi, 471 pp. and 31 full-page b&w plates from photographs. Publisher's black cloth, spine titled in silver, lightly rubbed at the spine ends; small neat bookseller's ticket on the rear free endpaper. The dust jacket has had minor restoration..... More
Boston: NYGS, 1982. Alinder, Jim. First edition. 4to., xi, 111 pp., 55 b&w photos. Fine in dust jacket that is worn at the top of the spine and has a tiny closed tear. Jim Alinder, born in California and raised in Minneapolis, lived for a decade in Nebraska before returning..... More
Orlando, Austin, New York, etc: Harcourt, Inc, 2008. Arbus, Diane. First edition. 8vo., 274 pp., b&w photos in text. Fine, as new in photo-illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by the author, Gregory Gibson. Gregory Gibson, an author and antiquarian book dealer, has written a page-turner of a tale - how a...... More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Avedon, Richard. First edition. Folio, 151 pp., b&w plates. Printed glazed boards. A very good, bright copy, but for a few slight spots on the front board, a faint foxing on the front and rear endpapers. Housed in the publisher's slipcase that is moderately worn..... More
NY: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991. Limited first edition. Oblong folio, [14] pp. with [9] leaves of chromogenic photographs. Half pale blue morocco with blue cloth over boards, housed in a matching blue cloth over boards slipcase. The spine is light struck, turning the blue..... More
Baltimore: Tropos Press, 1990. First edition. 16mo., [80] pp., illustrated with b&w plates from photographs. Stapled stiff wrappers. Fine. Limited to 500 unnumbered copies, this copy is additionally signed by both the poet and the photographer. More
Paris: Editions Neuf (Robert Delpire), 1952. Brassai. First edition. 4to., 84 pp., b&w photos and drawings. Mounted portrait of the photographer on front cover. A fine and bright copy, issued without a printed dust jacket. Contains Henry Miller's "L'oeil de Paris" as well as Brassaï's "Souvenirs de Mon Enfance." The..... More
West Park, New York: [1896]. One Cent, United States of America postal card with the engraved portrait of George Washington, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Soft vertical crease, with remnants of mounting pare on the imprinted side. Addressed to the "Atlantic Lyceum Bureau, 304 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md."..... More
Seeley, George. NY: Camera Work, 1910. First ed. 4to., 62 pp., complete with 14 hand-pulled photogravures, (12) pp. adverts. Custom binding of full tan calf, with black and gilt label on front and stamped leather label on spine. The original printed wrappers are bound in. Very slight foxing to endpapers..... More
NY: Camera Work, 1907. Herzog, Benedict. First edition. 4to., 48 pp., complete with 10 hand-pulled tissue photogravures, 2 reproductions (of photo-satirical illustrations), (13) pp. adverts. Custom binding of full tan calf, with black and gilt label on front and stamped leather label on spine. The original printed wrappers are bound..... More
Managua, Nicaragua: Editorial Nueva Nicaragua: Ediciones Moninbó, 1985. Müller-Schneck, Jürgen. First edition. Oblong 4to., 72 pp., chiefly illustrated with full-page b&w plates from photographs. Glossy stiff wrappers which show light toning and moderate wear, with light foxing on the first and last leaves. Very good. Jürgen Müller-Schneck, born 1943, resides..... More
Milan: Franco Maria Ricci, 1975. Carroll, Lewis. First edition. Folio, 213 pp., 41 tipped-in sepia toned photo-reproductions of varying sizes, either oval or with arched tops, plus one mounted photo on the upper cover of the gilt-decorated silk binding. Printed on handmade paper by Fabriano. A fine copy. Issued without..... More
Barcelona: Editorial Lumren, 1964. Colom, Juan. First ed. 8vo., 86 pp., 36 b&w photographs. Photographically illustrated paper over boards, issued without a dw. Slight toneing to the blank border of a few plates, else a a near fine copy. Juan Colom made these photographs of street prostitutes in the Ravel..... More
Barcelona: Editorial Lumen, 1963. First ed. 8vo., (84) pp., 30 b&w photographs, some on gatefold leaves. Photographically illustrated paper over boards, issued without a dust jacket. Moderate wear to the edges, else very good. The team of photojournalists, Oriol Maspons and Julio Ubiña, made these photographs of young would-be toreadors..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Benjamin Warner, (S. Probasco, Printer), 1821. 4" x 5", 16 pp., 7 full-page engravings of which the frontis and last engraving are pasted down to covers (as issued). Original plain brown paper over thin boards showing a faint stain; spine cover largely missing, with the front board..... More
Columbia: Steam Power Press of F.G. DeFontaine & Co., 1864. First edition. 8vo., [2], [1], iii, 248 pp., 8 pp. adverts. A totally unopened and untrimmed copy, with the spine covering newly replaced; lacking two pieces from the blank margin of the rear wrapper. . The untrimmed blank margin at..... More
[London]: Flamingo, 1996. First UK edition. Square 8vo., 198, [1] pp, illustrated from b&w photographs. Fine in illustrated dust jacket. A series of short stories. More
Amherst, Massachusetts: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College and University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. First edition. Square 8vo., 127 pp., b&w and color plates from photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers with printed inner flaps. Signed and inscribed by Bruce Davidson on the half-title page. Fine. Additional texts by Ilan Stavans, Jill Meridith..... More
Gad's Hill Place, Hingham, Kent: 1868. Three pages on a bifolium 5 3/8 x 7 inches, the stationary imprinted "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" the home of Charles Dickens. Early folds. In fine condition. In this letter to Mr. [J. B.] Lippincott. dated November 18/68, George Child writes..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968. First edition. 4to., 128 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and drawings. Illustrated paper over boards. Fine in a lightly edge-toned illustrated dust jacket. This is the first Enhlish tranlation and the first illustrated edition of Apollinaire's satirical tale. More
[Brooklyn, New York]. Approximately 35 pp., small 8vo., written from 1900 to 1903. Alice Morse Earle (1853-1911), was an American author who wrote chiefly about American Colonial history; her books include THE SABBATH IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND, CUSTOMS AND FASHIONS IN OLD NEW ENGLAND, STAGE COACH AND TAVERN DAYS, and..... More
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 uneven fading. The front flyleaf is partially cracked and signed by a later owner; the text has an occasional spot of..... More