Handbook of Precious Metals.
New York: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1989. Hardcover. First Edition. Second Printing. xix, 600 pp. 4to. Light scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, now in mylar cover. Clean within. Fine / Very Good. More
New York: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1989. Hardcover. First Edition. Second Printing. xix, 600 pp. 4to. Light scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, now in mylar cover. Clean within. Fine / Very Good. More
Lincolnwood, IL: Science Heritage Ltd., 1987. Full Leather. First Edition. First Science Heritage Ltd. Facsimile Edition. 246 pp. 8vo. Green leather cover with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. No dust jacket, as issued.
Facsimile Editon of Robert Hook's groundbreaking 1665 publication. Fine. More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1884. Hardcover. As. New Edition. xiv, 348 pp. 8vo.; vi, 265 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth covered boards with gold embossed title and illustration on cover boards, spine. Light wear to boards, bumping to corners. Endpapers of each volume have light foxing, clean within. Very Good. More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. Hardcover. First Edition. Second Printing. xx, 584 pp; xi, 712 pp. 8vo. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gold embossed titling to spines. Light wear and scuffing, bumping to corners, minor fraying to head and foot of spine. Endpapers have light age toning due to quality of paper and age. Clean within. Housed in custom slipcase with brown cloth exterior and marbled paper lining. Very Good. More
Paris/Gottingen, Germany: Edition 7L/Steidl, 2001. Wraps. Limited Edition. Black wooden box containing 6 reproduced publications by noted photographers Daido Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Araki, Takuma Nakahira, Yutaka Takanashi, and Koji Taki. Three issues of Provoke Magazine as well as three individual catalogues. Black paper wrapper that enclosed books has tears from transport, two red rubber bands supple and intact, one printed with "The Japanese Box" in black. Housed in original shipping box.
This production of "The Japanese Box" was conceived of by printer Gerhard Steidl and fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld to celebrate the avant-garde of Japanese photography in the late 1960s and early 1970s. All of the work is in black and white. A vanguard of that movement was the publication of "Provoke" magazine by Takuma Nakahira..... More
Felsen, Sidney B. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A celebration of Sidney Felsen's work photographing some of the art world's most revered figures. Fine / Fine. More
Weston, Edward. Yosemite National Park, CA / Boston, MA: Virginia Adams / Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. Comb Binding. First Edition. 79, [1] pp. Folio. Unpag. Cardboard covers with white plastic comb binding. Notorious for broken comb bindings, this copy has a complete, stable comb binding. Covers have light wear with slight chipping at corners. Light foxing to first free endpaper and title page, clean within. Illustrated with 30 plates of Weston's work in black & white.
An important book in that it was Weston's last and includes the last photograph he ever took, #19, "Eroded Rocks, South Shore, 1948." Also significant in that it was published by Ansel Adams wife, Virginia Adams through their photography and souvenir business based in Yosemite National Park. Haunting images..... More
London: Hole & Corner Ltd., 2015. Wraps. First Edition. 146 pp. 4to. Sales tag still attached at lower left corner of front panel.
Quarterly magazine published in the UK. Fine. More
London: Hole & Corner Ltd., 2016. Wraps. First Edition. 146 pp. 4to. Sales tag still attached at lower left corner of front panel.
Quarterly magazine published in the UK. Fine. More
London: Hole & Corner Ltd., 2016. Wraps. First Edition. 146 pp. 4to. Sales tag still attached at lower left corner of front panel.
Quarterly magazine published in the UK. Fine. More
Orono, ME: The University of Maine Press, 2015. Hardcover. First Edition. 4th Printing. Unpag. Folio.
From the the University of Maine Press promotional materials: "After more than a decade of extensive research, the Historical Atlas of Maine presents in cartographic form the historical geography of Maine from the end of the last ice age to the year 2000. Organized in four chronological sections, the Atlas tells the principal stories of the many people who have lived in Maine over the past 13,000 years. The Atlas covers the history of Native peoples, European exploration and settlement, the American Revolution, Maine statehood, industrial development, and the rise of tourism and environmental awareness. To tell these stories, the Atlas presents a rich array of newly created maps, historical..... More
Chinnery, George. Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 320 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
van Aelst, Willem. New York: Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., 2012. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 183 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Stunning catalog of the exhibition of the same name held at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Fine / Fine. More
Arthur Wesley Dow. Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2001. Hard Cover. First Edition. 166 pgs. 4to. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy. Fine / Fine. More
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2007/2014/2015. Hardcover. First Edition. Volume I: First Printing. xv, 507 pp.; Volume II: First Printing. xvii, 421 pp.; Volume III: First Printing. xxii, 654 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copies with dust jackets in mylar cover. Small "OUP" stamp at head of text block of Volume I.
A. David Moody's extensive biography of the controversial poet, Ezra Pound. Rare as a set in first printings. FIne / Fine. More
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1975. Hard Cover. First Edition. Third Printing. ix, 697 pp. 4to. Previous owner's name in blue ink on inside rear cover. Minor pencil underlining in first few pages, otherwise quite clean. Very Good. More
London: Archetype Publications Ltd., 2000. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. x, 117 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
Los Angeles, CA: The Getty Conservation Institute, 1996. Wraps. First Edition. 173 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. viii, 239 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
London: Archetype Publications Ltd., 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xii, 263 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine. More
Washington DC: The Commission of Fine Arts, 1978. Wraps. First Edition. xix, 571 pp. 4to. Considerable scuffing to covers from shelf wear, old price stamp on rear cover. Clean within.
A fascinating survey of the Washington, DC, 16th Street corridor and filled with historic and contemporary photos of interiors, exteriors, and birds-eye views of Washington based around the histories of buidlings past and present. Good. More
Los Angeles, CA: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 324 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine. More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010. Hardcover. First Edition. Second Printing. xii, 323 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Pristine copy. Fine / Fine. More
Bruxelles, Belgium: Ludion, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. 447 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Like new! Fine / Fine. More
New York: Abbeville Press, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. Second Printing. 424 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Like new! Fine / Fine. More