William Eggleston: For Now.
Eggleston, William. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 2021. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 97 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Eggleston, William. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 2021. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 97 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Abrams, 2012. Hardcover. First Edition. 312 pp. Folio. Dust jacket has slight scuffing, bumping at corners, now in mylar cover.
Riveting portraits of animals and insects by the world renonwned photographer, Tim Flach. Fine / Very Good. More
Genthe, Arnold. New York: Micthell Kennerley, 1929. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. 4to. Black cloth boards with beveled edge, gold embossed titling to cover board and spine; wear and scuffing to cover, small cloth losses at corners, fraying at head and foot of spine. Text block slightly loose to boards but no splitting or separation at gutters. Images sharp and clean.
Inscribed by Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) on the first free endpaper. Genthe first burst on the scene with his photographs of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. He later became known for his celebrity portraits. This was Genthe's fourth book. Isadora Duncan died two years before publication in September of 1927. Good. More
Vanden Brink, Brian. Camden, ME: Down East Books, 2005. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. 160 pp. 4to. Very clean copy with previous owner's name stamped in ink on the first free endpaper. Dust jacket clean and tight. Fine / Fine. More
Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2011. Hardcover. First Edition. 211 pp. Folio. Two volume set with paper covered boards, white matching spines, color inset photos on the cover of each volume. First volume contains the photographs of John Gossage. The second volume contains the only two photographs Alec Toth though were worthy, of the same subject, a young girl, reproduced in a folding poster inserted in a mounted pocket when folded, small compression bump at base of front board. No dust jackets, as issued. Yellow limp plastic slipcase in fine condition. Fine. More
Greene, John Beasley. New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2018. Hardcover. First Edition. 175 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Catalog of the exhibition of the same name held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art that explored the work of this early photography pioneer. Fine / Fine. More
Weintraub, Alan. New York: Rizzoli, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 335 pp. 4to. Clean and crisp within, dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Weintraub, Alan. New York: Rizzoli, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 311 pp. 4to. Clean and crisp within, dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Weintraub, Alan. New York: Rizzoli, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 541 pp. 4to. Clean and crisp within, dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
London: Macmillan, 1983. Wraps. First Edition. First paperback edition. 224 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with very minimal scuffing to covers.
Inscribed at length to the previous owner by the photographer and artist, Jonathan Scott. Very Good. More
Schezen, Roberto. New York: Rizzoli, 1991. Hardcover. First Edition. 324 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Gift inscription on half-title page. Fine / Fine. More
Garagliano, Victoria. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. 340 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A lavish illustrated history of the architecture, interiors, and collections of San Simeon. Fine / Fine. More
Klett, Mark. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2011. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.
Mark Klett's moving black and white photographs of Wendover Air Force Base, now decommissioned, where the Enola Gay was readied for it's deadly mission of dropping the first atomic bomb on Japan. Signed by Klett on the half-title page. Fine. More
Klett, Mark. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.
A beautiful production of stunning photos of the Sonora region's most iconic image, the saguaro cactus. Full page, stark portraits focus on the beauty, hardiness, and decay of these mythic inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert. Printed in initial run of 1500 copies, this copy is signed by Mark Klett on the title page. Fine. More
Klett, Mark. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2016. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy in origial clear plastic shipping sleeve. No dust jacket, as issued.
Another fascinating publication by Mark Klett and Radius Books. Starting with the text of 1870 edition of Raphael Pumpelly's "Across America and the Asia, Notes of a Five Years' Journey Around the World and of Residence in Arizona, Japan and China" in which the Arizona section of that original book is reproduced via photographs for the reader to read. Although the exact route Pumpelly took across the Sonoran Desert in 1861, Klett provides an approximation of the journey, much of which now lays in the Barry M. Goldwater Bombing Range. Klett's photoraphs document the present day with large..... More
Klett, Mark. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2018. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, 163 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.
Starting with Eliot Porter's engaging images of Glen Canyon taken before the Glen Canyon Dam was completed and later as it filled, this photographic reassessment visits many of these same locations and documents the fall of the impounded water as we move into record years of drought. Signed on a tipped in sheet by Klett, Solnit, and Wolfe. Fine. More
Ward, Arthur. Strasbourg, France: Editions du Signe, 2017. Hardcover. First Edition. 463 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy. Highly illustrated with many interactive reproduction postcards, letters, and other material. Fine. More
Boltin, Lee. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1981. Hardcover. First Edition. 255 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Cunningham, Peter. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2010. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy.
The chonicle, in words and photographs of Peter Mathiessen and Bernie Glassman's travels back to Japan to meet their dharma ancestors. This is chronicled fully in Mathiessen's "Nine-Headed Dragon River" which is excerpted in this volume. From the prfate library of Peter Mathiessen with his bookplate centered on the inside front cover. Fine. More
Helsinki, Finland: Otava, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Exploration of the photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen's 25 years of nude self portraits, many associated with water. Fine / Fine. More
New York: E. Weyhe, 1935. Wraps. Limited Edition. Unpag. 8vo. Gray/green dust jacket with some soiling, scuffing, minor chips at edges, and front flap detached but laid in, rear flap starting now in mylar cover. Slight staining to the cover boards, interior has some minor foxing and includes a lithograph, signed by Napolitano, #174/212. [Purcell 7].
An early, more subtle design by Merle Armitage. Also signficant in its use of a portrait by Brett Weston as the frontispiece. Printed in an edition of 212 copies, only 200 were offered for sale. Very Good / Good. More
Pfeiffer, Walter. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 254 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Besaw, Bridget. Portland, ME: Besaw Publishing, 2010. Wraps. First Edition. 93 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
A lyrical book of prose and photographs chronicling small farms in Maine. Fine. More
Collier, Michael. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1980. Hardcover. First Edition. xii, 64 pp. Oblong 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Raffaelli, Ron. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Scuffing to dust jacket, darkening along right edge of front panel, now in mylar cover. Ivory boards with titling embossed in brown on cover and spine. Very clean within.
A series of erotic photographs that illustrate the fantasies that preced them. Fine / Very Good. More