Mesa Verde National Park, CO: Mesa Verde National Park, c. 1940. Spiral Bound. As. Unpag. Oblong 4to. Black comb binding, light bumping to corners, small creases. Black & white photographs illustrating scenes at Mesa Verde, map on inside front cover. Very Good. More
New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1940. First Edition. First Printing. 57 pp. Scuffing and light soiling do dust jacket from shelf wear; three tape repairs on verso of dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Rust colored cloth boards with dark brown titling to front cover. Clean and crisp within with photo illustrated endpapers.
One of the few (and rare) historic site guides produced as part of the WPA American Guide Series through the Federal Writers' Program. Photographs represented in the images: Norman G. Wallace. Buehman Studio, and Joseph Miller. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 1982. Wraps. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Staple spine binding. Clean, crisp copy.
Each month features a different photographer (Tom Till has two). Days without a historic event or a holiday is filled with a quotation from the writer featured for the month. Quotations from Edward Abbey, Barry Lopez, William Eastlake, Colin Fletcher, Leslie Marmon Silko, Wallace Stegner, and Ann Zwinger.. The cover photograph is signed by John Telford. Internally, the calendar is signed by a number of contributors: John Telford, Tom Till (signed twice), William Eastlake, Fred Hirschmann, Chris Wangsgard, and Lawrence Clark Powell. Fine. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1886. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. 842 pp. 43 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Numerous pages throughout volume are brittle with small tears and losses at edges, a large tear at midpoint in the title page of Poynting's article. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. The occasional library stamp as it is an ex-library volume, rebound.
William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920) extended his interests to spectroscopy and was the first to suggest (1877) that stars with rapid axial rotation could be detected by broadened lines in their..... More
Abranowicz, William. Bedford, NY: Mianus River Gorge, Inc., 2005. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Unpag. 36 plates. Folio. Light scuffing to dust jacket with minor stains from shelf wear, now in mylar cover.
A wonderful record, in 36 color plates, of a year in the Mianus River Gorge. Published in an edition of 1,250 copies in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Mianus River Gorge. Fine / Very Good. More
Adams, Ansel. Yosemite National Park: Ahwahnee Hotel, 1933, 1951. Pamphlet. First Edition. Single Sheet, folded menus. 8vo. Each menu is printed on cream colored paper with a black and white photograph by Ansel Adams on the cover. Menus are as follows: August 12, 1933: Breakfast, Luncheon, and Dinner (Luncheon menu has small coffee stain at lower right of cover image); August 13, 1933: Breakfast and Dinner; June 30, 1933: Dinner; August 20, 1951: Breakfast and Dinner. Fine. More
Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1985. Hard Cover. First Editiion. Third Printing. xii, 400 pp. 4to. Slight darkening to dust jacket from age. Clean within. Fine / Very Good. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1878. Hardcover. First Edition. v, 756 pp. 31 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Table of Contents has a horizontal tear mid-page on p.[v], triangular piece missing from lower right corner of p. 163. Interiors clean. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Adams and Day's paper outlines their discovery that, when illuminated with a candle, that selenium produced a flow of electricity. Current solar panels and other solar charged equipment like desktop calculators were built off this principle. Also contains..... More
Alpert, Michael. Rockport, ME: Maine Center for Contemporary Art, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A collection of stunning black and white photographs by a man who thinks deeply about his subjects, its meaning, and succeeds in translating it visually to the viewer. A fitting homage to Maine by one of its walking treasures. Signed by the photographer on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. 255 pp. Oblong Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Gift bookplate affixed to first free endpaper.
Signed boldly by photographer Sam Abell on the haf-title page. Fine / Fine. More
Avedon, Richard. New York: Random House, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 183 pp. Folio. Dust jacket has light soiling at the edges, now in mylar cover. Clean within.
First Printing indicated by both Random House number line starting with "2" and "First Edition" printed below. Catalog from the traveling exhibition of the same name organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art. Very Good / Very Good. More
Avery, Sid. New York: MJF Books, 1990. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 143 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by photographer, Sid Avery, on the first free endpaper. The book was a holiday gift from the Motion Picture & Television Archive with a gift card laid in. Fine / Fine. More
Bachmann, Bill. Lake Mary, FL: Ernest & Conrad Publishing. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. 119 pp. 4to. Very light wear to cover, clean within.
Inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper. Very Good. More
Hamburg, Germany: Gruner+Jahn, 2001. Wraps. First Edition. 94 pp. each. Folio. Clean, crisp copies. Text in German and English.
Amazing issue of the groundbreaking photo magazine, Spezial Fotografie with each issue devoted to a single photographer:. 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
Bengston, Jim. Gottingen, West Germany: European Photography, 1986. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag. Oblong Folio. Scuffing to covers from shelf wear, clean within.
Inscribed by Jim Bengston on the first free paper. Very Good. 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
New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. 263 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xix, 252 pp. Clean, crisp copy. Fine / Fine. More
Bourke-White, Margaret. New York: Farrar , Straus and Cudahy, 1956. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 236 pp. 8vo. Scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, small chips at edges, 1/2" tear at head of spine along front hinge of dust jacket, 1" tear at base of lower right corner along front flap, now in mylar cover. Very clean within.
Signed by both John LaFarge and Margaret Bourke-White on the first free endpaper. Inscribed additionally by Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) to Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973) on the second free endpaper in year of publication, "For Eliot and Joan Merry Xmas to my beloved Elisofon family. Peggy. Xmas 1956." Elisofon was active as a photographer from 1935 through his death in 1973 and was a staff photographer/correspondent for LIFE..... More
Berman, Michael P. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 176 pp. Oblong Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jackets in mylar covers.
A stunning project that combines Bowden's words with soul searching photographs by Berman. The prose can be uncomfortable, the images beautiful and unsettling at the same time. Signed by Michael Berman on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Berman, Michael P. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 260 pp. Oblong Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A stunning project that combines Bowden's words with soul searching photographs by Berman. The prose can be uncomfortable, the images beautiful and unsettling at the same time. Signed by Michael Berman on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Cardona, Julián. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 285 pp. Oblong Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A stunning project that combines Bowden's words with soul searching photographs by Cardona. The prose can be uncomfortable, the images beautiful and unsettling at the same time. Signed by Charles Bowden on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Dykinga, Jack. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 128 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. [Bartholomew A17].
Inscribed by Bowden and Dykinga on the first free endpaper. 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 Bowden, Dykinga, and Martin on the title page. 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