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, Robert. New York: Aperture, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. 8vo. Some scuffing to the dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within. Invitation to the exhibition of the same name at the Fraenkl Gallery in San Francssco from April 3 to May 11, 1985, laid in.
The thirty-eight black and white photographs chronicle landscapes, natural and built, near the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. 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. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1981-1985. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printings. 177, 190, 185, 182 pp. 4to. Very minor scuffing to dust jackets, now in mylar covers. Clean and sharp within.
An important set on the work of legendary photographer Eugène (1857-1927) by the almost as legendary photography writer, critic, and curator John Szarkowski. Fine / 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, providng 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
New York: Antinous Press, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with volume housed in a Fine slipcase. No dust jacket, as issued. Pristine.
An overview of the work of one of the pioneers of physique photography, commonly known as "Beefcake" 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
New Haven, CT: Johnathan Edwards House/Yale University, 2005. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag. 56 Plates. 4to. Paper wraps with a spiral binding. Light wear and scuffing, gift inscription on half-title page.
An exibition catalog that explains the photographic process with 56 plates as illustration. 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
Bernhard, Ruth. Berkeley, CA: Collected Visions Incorporated, 1980. Poster. Offset-printed poster. 24"x18" (61x45.8 cm) and printed by Phelps/Schaefer.
One of Ruth Bernhard's (1905-2006) most stunning images, photographed in 1952. Signed boldly by Bernhard on the lower right corner. Fine. More
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xix, 252 pp. Clean, crisp copy. Fine / Fine. 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
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