Philadelphia, PA: Eastern National Park & Monument Association, 1971. Wraps. First Edition. 24 pp. Light green heavy paper wraps with staple binding, slight sunning to edges. Very clean within.
Inscribed by Horace Albright (1890-1987) to Edward M. Riley, an historian who specialized in the structures of Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Albright was the second Director of the National Park Service (1929-1933) and credited for much of its professionalization and expansion in the early years. Albright served under the first Director, Stephen Mather, starting at the founding of the NPS and at times served as a shadow director during that time while Mather was immobilized with manic-depression. Very Good. More

Detroit, MI: Detroit Public Library, 1942. Wraps. First Edition. 16 pp. 8vo. Blue paper wraps with a white paper label pasted from rear to front on which the title is printed in red and black. Very minor scuffing, clean within. Endpapers illustrated with red silhouettes of fighting ships from Armitages book, "United States Navy" published in 1940. Laid in is a sheet indicating that this is Keepsake No. 71 from The American Institute of Graphic Arts.
A simple and delightful design by Armitage of this little pamphlet listing his work contained within the Detroit Library and the focus of an exhibition from August 17 - September 19, 1942. A jewel! OCLC shows holdings in only 6 institutions. Very Good. More

Allentown, PA: Muhlenberg College, 1979. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Unpag. 4to. Catalog for the exhibition of the same name bound in a springback commercial binder with the paper title pasted to the cover. Black and white and color photographsas well as folding plans of illusrtations by the sculptor, Alice Aycock.
Produced in a number edition of 1000 copies, this is copy #218. Fine. More

Becher, Bernd; Becher, Hilla. Munich, Germany: Schirmer/Mosel, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 9 pp. 223 Plates. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Like new. Text in German, which means little as it is really about the photographs.
The third book by the Becher in which they focus on one building type, providing an opportunity to compare and contrast across countries, from Germany and France to the United States. Absolutely fascinating and beautifully printed. Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934–2015) Becher's work was the focus of a recent exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Bernd & Hliia Becher" wich ran from 15 July - 6 November 2022. Fine / Fine. More

Berman, Michael. Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2012. First Edition. Vol. I: 75 pp, 4to. Wraps; Vol. II: Unpag, 4to. Hardcover. Both volumes have the same paper covers, although one is hardbound, the other in wraps. No dust jackets, as issued.
A volume of essays on the Gila National Forest and Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico that accompany the hardbound volume of Michael Berman's stunning photographs of that region. Hardbound volume of Berman's photographs signed by him on the half-title page. More

Liverpool, England: University Press, 1949. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 316 pp. 4to. Very minimal scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine, clean and sharp within and without. Fine / Fine. More

Dykinga, Jack W. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. Softcover. First Edition. xi, 141 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. [Bartholomew A14].
Signed by Charles Bowden on the first free endpaper. Another wonderful collaboration by Charles Bowden and Jack Dykinga pairing Bowden's amazing prose with Dykinga's unfaltering images of this fascinating place within the Sonoran Desert. Fine. More

Caballero, David Rodriquez. La Rioja, Spain: Museum Wurth La Rioja, 2011. Wraps. First Edition. 239, [2] pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy.
Catalog for an exhibition of the same name at the Museum Wurth La Rioja. Inscribed and signed by the artist on the title page. Also decorated with a small drawing on the second free endpaper, dated 2013. Fine. More

Eisner, Will. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xv, 423 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Will Eisner. Need we say more? Fine / Fine. More

Bar Harbor, Me: The Island Foundation, 1997. Hard Cover. First Edition. xxiii, 134 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More

Frank, Robert. New York: SCALO Publishers, 1994. Hardcover. Second Edition. Second Scalo Edition. 179 pp. Oblong 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Robert Frank's landmark 1958 book, first publised in Paris as "Les Américains" and as "The Americans" in the United States the following year. Fine / Fine. More

Gasser, Peter. Switzerland: Edition Stockeregg, 1984. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. 60 Plates. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover.
Stunning catalog of the black & white photography of Peter Gasser. Fine / Very Good. More

Gossage, John. Washington DC: Loosestrife Editions, 1987. Limited Edition. Unpag. Elephant Folio. Rigid clean plastic dust jacket has some scuffing, protects silver gelatin print that is inset in the front cover which is covered in black cloth, gray embossed titling runs along spine on cover.
Eighteen photorgaphs by John Gossage taken in Berlin between 1982 & 1986. Printed in an edition of 500 copies, this being #426 and signed by John Gossage on the limitation page. More