Saturday, November 14, 2009

Catalog 2: On the Street

PHOTOBOOKS OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
(Loosely defined)

To order, follow the link in the title. More photos and longer descriptions can be found at that link as well. All are first editions unless stated otherwise. All items are subject to prior sale. Please e-mail us to hold a book or books--aanddbooks@verizon.net. For a more detailed list of our policies see our home page on Biblio.com. Many other photography-related books can be browsed on our Biblio site.




Alinder, Jim
Picture America
Photographs by Jim Alinder; text by Wright Morris; introduction by Ansel Adams. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1982. 124 pages; 55 full-page duotoned b&w photographic plates; 9.5 x 11 inches. Cloth bound hardback in dust jacket. Very Good with bookplate.
Alinder is a photographer who experiments with unusual cameras. This book was shot with an Instamatic camera. From the flap: Alinder took these photographs during the 1970s...The images reveal the mystery inherent in commonplace objects and events. $24.50



Cabado, Pablo
Laminares Cuba Anos 90: Illustratives Cuba the 90's
Photographs by Pablo Cabado; introduction by Rolando Sanchez-Mejias. Buenos Aires: La Marca Editora, 2002. 112 pages; 43 b&w photographic plates; 7.5 x 11.5 inches. Edition limited to 2000 copies. Text in English and Spanish. Cloth bound hardback in dj. Fine.
International Center of Photography's 1989 Young Photographer of the Year. $24.50



Calanca, Vanni
Vanni Calanca E La Sua Leica (Vanni Calanca and His Leica)
Photographs & text by Vanni Calanca; foreword by Ralph Hagenauer; essays by Maurizio Rebuzzini and Giorgio Tani. Milan: Leica, 1997. 108 pages; 88 full page color plates; 12 x 10.5 inches. SIGNED BY CALANCA. Text in Italian, German and English. Cloth covered hardback. Fine in Near Fine dj.
Italian photographer, well known for his portraits and street scenes. $65.00



Cartier-Bresson, Henri
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer
Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson; foreword by Yves Bonnefoy. Boston: Bulfinch/Little, Brown & Co., 1992. First revised edition. 344 pages; 155 duotone plates; 12 x 11.5 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Fine in Fine DJ.
Cartier-Bresson selected these images himself as representing the best of his life's work. $115.00

Cohen, Mark
Mark Cohen
Photographs by Mark Cohen; text by Jane Livingston. Washington DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1981. 24 pages plus heavy-stock cover; 13 b&w photos; 8 x 8 inches. Exhibition catalog. SIGNED BY COHEN on the front cover under the image and dated. Fine except that a price sticker has been partially removed from the back cover resulting in a thumb-sized loss of surface. $60.00



Crawford, Ralston
Ralston Crawford: Photographs/Art and Process
Photographs by Ralston Crawford; organized by Edith A. Tonelli and John Gossage with an essay by Tonelli. College Park, MD: The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, 1983. 59 b&w photographic plates plus three color reproductions of paintings and lithographs; 8.5 x 10 inches. Stiff Wraps. Near Fine.
Features many of Crawford's New Orleans jazz photographs as well his street photography. $32.50

DeCarava, Roy
Roy DeCarava: The Nation's Capital in Photographs, 1976
Washington DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1976. 20 pages; 14 b&w plates plus cover plate; 8 x 8 inches. From an edition of 3000. Staplebound Wraps. Near Fine.
Part of a Bicentennial exhibition at the Corcoran that included Lee Friedlander, Lewis Baltz, Robert Cumming, Jan Groover, and others. There was a catalog printed for each artist. $75.00



Doisneau, Robert
Three Seconds From Eternity
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980. First American edition. 144 pages; 101 photographic plates plus text illustrations; 10 x 12 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket with light exposure to moisture on the back board. $40.00



Epstein, Mitch
The City
New York: powerHouse Books, 2001. 112 pages; 85 color plates; 12 x 9.5 inches. SIGNED BY EPSTEIN. Cloth covered hardback. AS NEW.
Epstein on NYC streets between 1995 and 2001. $125.00



Erwitt, Elliot
Snaps
London Phaidon Press, 2001. 512 pages; 508 duotone images; 11 x 8 inches. SIGNED BY ERWITT. Hardcover. Fine.
A unique and comprehensive survey of his work. Scarce in hardcover. $185.00

Faurer, Louis
Louis Faurer
Photographs by Louis Faurer; text by Anne Wilkes Tucker; essay by Lisa Hostetler. London: Merrell Publishers, 2002. 208 pages; 10 color, 110 duotone plates; 11.5 x 11.5 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Fine.
Published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Included on Vince Aletti's list of Best Photo Books of 2002. $45.00



Friedlander, Lee
Letters from the People
DAP, 1993. 88 pages; 213 tritone photographs; 13.75 x 15 inches. From an edition of 2750 copies. SIGNED BY FRIEDLANDER. Cloth bound hardback with dj. Fine. $200.00



Gilden, Bruce
Facing New York
Manchester, UK: Cornerhouse, 1992. 96 pages, 44 duotone plates;13.5 x 10 Inches. SIGNED BY GILDEN. Cloth bound hardback. Very Good with bumps to tips in Very Good DJ with chips, two tears and edgewear and shelfwear.
Magnum photog Gilden prowls the streets of Manhatten. Agressive, in-your-face, flash 'n' slash, street photography. $27.00



Heyman, Ken
Hipshot: One-Handed, Auto-Focus Photographs by a Master Photographer
Photographs by Ken Heyman; foreword by Pete Hamill; introduction by Deborah Eisenberg. New York: Aperture, 1988. Unpaginated; full-page or full-spread b&w photographic plates through out; 8.5 x 11.5 inches. Hardback with dj. Fine.
Street photography from the five boroughs of New York City, shot 1984-1985, from the hip with an auto-focus camera. $18.50



Jaffee, N. Jay
Photographs 1947-1955
Glen Oaks, NY: Self-published, 1976. 64 pages; 51 full-page b&w photographic plates; 11 x 9.5 inches. Cloth bound hardback in dust jacket. Near Fine with printer's creases to the last two pages in a Fair dj that is intact but shelf-worn and soiled with a number of closed tears. Bookplate.
Street photography by self-taught Brooklyn-born photographer, Jaffee (1921-1999). $28.50



Klein, William
1 citta + i mondiali = torino '90
Photographs by William Klein; text by Guy Mandery; introduction by Giovanni Chiaramonte. Milano, Italy: Federico Motta Editore, 1990. 176 pages; illustrated throughout with full-spread, full-bleed b&w photographic plates; 9.75 x 13.5 inches. Text in Italian. From an edition of 1500. Inscribed and SIGNED BY KLEIN. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket.
According to Klein, the book was commissioned in anticipation of Italy winning the World Cup, to be given away to tourists in Milano. When Italy didn't win, the city stopped distributing the book. Scarce. $650.00



Kohli, Eddy
Cuba
Photographs by Eddy Kohli; introduction by Massimo Dini. Rizzoli, 1997. 120 pages with one gatefold; full-page and full-spread color photographic plates throughout; 11 x 13.5 inches. Oversized cloth bound hardback in dust jacket. Fine with a bump to one tip and slight exposure to moisture on the bottom fore edge corner, ever-so lightly dimpling the pages and slightly discoloring the last couple of white pages, in a Fine dj.
Kohli's impressionistic vision captures the spirit of the people, work, land, and food in brilliant color. $24.50



Leotta, Daniel
Buenos Aires: El Lugar
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Gaia XXI, 2000. 36 pages; 35 full-page b&w photographic plates; 8.5 x 8 inches. Text in Spanish. Stiff wraps with dj. Near Fine. Printed on stiff, heavy paper.
Street-scapes and detail shots from the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Leotta is an Argentine photographer, cinematographer and teacher who is known for his books of street photography in BA. $19.50



Levitt, Helen
Here and There
Photographs by Helen Levitt; foreword by Adam Gopnik. New York: powerHouse Books, 2003. 120 pages; 110 full-page tritoned b&w photographic plates; 9.5 x 8.5 inches. SIGNED BY LEVITT on the title page. Cloth bound hardback with dj. AS NEW.
The never-before-published photographs featured in Here And There represent Levitt's own favorite images selected from her immense private collection. $350.00



Linke, Armin
Instant Book 1/2/3
Photographs Armin Linke; preface by Olivier Zahm. Milan: A&Mbookstore Edizioni, 1996. 160 pages; full-spread b&w photographic plates through out; 12 x 11 inches. SIGNED BY LINKE and inscribed: "04.2000 / Dear ___ / I still do not know you / but please visit me in / Milano. Mail me at / [email address] / Ciao / Armin." Embossed hardcover, no dj as issued. Very Good with some soiling to the covers and one form starting to separate.
Up close photographs of public events in Italy such as Sexfair, Fitness Fair, WonderBra launch, etc. featuring beauty pagents, people having sex, milking bulls, fields of women holding their butts, dogs, dolphins and other scenes. According to Linke, he tries to document scenes where the boundary between fiction and non-fiction blurs or becomes invisible. Makes one wonder just how nuts people can be. $85.00



Mermelstein, Jeff
Sidewalk
UK: Dewi Lewis, 1999. 120 pages; color plates; 13 x 11 inches. SIGNED BY MERMELSTEIN. Cloth covered hardback in dj. Fine except for a bump to the top tips which has slightly affected the text block.
Glenn O’Brien, Artforum, 12/2000: "One of the great snapshot artists of all time right up there with Garry Winogrand, Elliott Erwitt, Burke Uzzle, and Lee Friedlander. 'Sidewalk' is hilarious, disturbing, mystical, subtle, and astounding." $60.00



Miller, Richard Copeland
Passage: Europe
Photographs by Richard Copeland Miller; foreword by Philip Levine. Lodima Press, 2000. 160 pages; 85 full-page, quadtone b&w photographic plates; 13 x 13 inches. Oversized cloth covered hardback in dj. Fine.
Miller captures the random dramas of daily existence, interspersing the sweetness of life with the struggle for survival. $55.00



Moriyama, Daido
'71 - NY
Photographs by Daido Moriyama; edited with an interview by Andrew Roth; essay by Neville Wakefield; text by James Baldwin (excerpted from Another Country.) New York: PPP Editions, 2002. 428 pages; 210 tritone gravure printed plates; 7 x 9.5 inches in publisher's slipcase. From an edition of 3000. SIGNED BY MORIYAMA. Stiff Wraps with dj. As New.
In 1971, Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama took a trip to New York City. He stayed at the Chelsea Hotel and spent his days in The Museum of Modern Art Photography Study Center looking at pictures taken by Weegee. He also shot 100 rolls of film with a half-frame camera, yielding 70 images per roll. 210 of those photographs in Moriyama's "image at any cost" style--grainy, high-contrast, deep blacks, motion-blurred--are reproduced here. Parr & Badger, p301. Open Book, p396. Included on Vince Aletti's list of Best Photo Books of 2002. $300.00



Niekus, Theo
Pasatiempo: Passing Time
Photographs by Theo Niekus; foreword by Arnon Gundberg. Amsterdam: Menno van de Koppel, 1998. 128 pages; 119 full-page b&w photographic plates; 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Index at rear of human gestures.
From an edition of 2000. Text in English, Dutch and Spanish. Stiff card wraps with French folds. Very Good with light wear at edges and light shelf wear.
This book presents a small part of a larger project documenting people in the street hanging out. This group of photographs is of people in "uncomfortable, weird or somewhat strange situations." $39.50



Pagnano, Patrick D.
Shot on the Street
New York: Pagnano & Pagnano Design / Photo Inc., 2002. Unpaginated (128 pages); 60 full-page/spread color photographic plates; 8.5 x 11 inches. Edition limited to 1000 copies. SIGNED BY PAGNANO on the title page. Cloth bound hardback in dust jacket. Fine.
Street life in NYC. Pagnano was an early practitioner of the use of color negative film which he has been using on the streets of NYC for over 35 years. $65.00



Pellizzari, Paolo
One Billion Indians
Photographs by Paolo Pellizzari; essay by Patricia Uberoi. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2006. 160 pages; full-page and full-spread color photographic plates throughout; 11.5 x 9 inches. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine.
Pellizzari's photographs present scenes of ordinary life in the public spaces around India. The panoramic format of the photographs gives each picture the grand feeling of an operatic stage. $35.00



Plachy, Sylvia
Sylvia Plachy's Unguided Tour
Photographs by Sylvia Plachy; afterword by Guy Trebay; music by Tom Waits; Artist's portrait by Andre Kertesz. New York: Aperture, 1990. Unpaginated; 130 duotoned b&w photographic plates; 11 x 11.5 inches. SIGNED BY PLACHY. Attached by the publisher to the rear paste-down is an 8 x 7.5 inch envelope with a photo of Waits printed on it; inside is a 7 inch, 33 1/3 rpm flexi-disk with an original song by Waits. Hardcover in dj. Fine.
Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition that opened in September, 1990, at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, this volume draws from Plachy's Unguided Tour column from the Village Voice, NYC, as well as from her photojournalistic work and from her wanderings around the world. $165.00



Pratt, Charles
At Night
Photographs by Charles Pratt; text by Philip Ressner. E.P. Dutton & Co., 1967. 32 pages; 32 b&w photos; 8 x 10 inches. Cloth bound hardback in dj. Fine with discolored pastedowns, as is usual with this book, in a Near Fine dj with a small closed tear and hints of edge wear and soiling. The front flap appears to be clipped at the bottom but is not price-clipped.
This children's book features photos of the city between dusk and dawn. $35.00



Roma, Thomas
Found in Brooklyn
Photographs by Thomas Roma; introduction by Robert Coles. New York: DoubleTake / W.W. Norton, 1996. 93 pages; 45 images; 8 x 10 inches. SIGNED BY ROMA. Cloth bound hardback in dj. Fine.
Roma is Director of Photography, Columbia University, NYC. He has been exhibited widely and is in numerous museum collections. This is his first book. A little gem of a book. $65.00



Sadakichi Ohki
Tokyo Walking 1995-98: Part 3
Tokyo: Bee Books, 1998. 84 pages; 78 full-page color photographic plates; 12 x 8.5 inches. Cloth bound hardback with dust jacket. Near Fine/Very Good.
Everyday scenes found and shot while wandering around Tokyo. $39.50



Singh, Raghubir
River Of Colour: The India of Raghubir Singh
London: Phaidon, 1998. 159 pages; 128 full-page and two-page color plates; 11 x 16 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Fine in a fine dj.
India, in riotous color, by India's best know photographer. $60.00
Also available in paperback. $22



Stochl, Gary
On City Streets: Chicago 1964-2004
Photographs by Gary Stochl; introduction by Bob Thall. Santa Fe, NM: Center for American Places, 2005. 80 pages; 53 b&w photographic plates; 6.25 x 8.5 inches. From an edition of 2200. Stiff Wraps with French folds. Fine.
Self-taught photographer who showed his work of 40 years for the first time in 2003. Well produced, nicely printed. $30.00



Streuli, Beat
USA 95
Photographs by Beat Streuli; essays by Martin Hentschel & Adrian Dannatt. Stuttgart: Cantz / Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, 1995. 48 pages; 14 full-spread, color photographic plates plus photographic text illustrations; 10 x 13.5 inches. Text in English and German. Hardcover with dj. Near Fine.
Photographs of passers-bys in New York City, people engaged in their private worlds, in public. Catalog published to accompany an exhibition. $19.50



Uzzle, Burk
Mon Amerique
Photographs and preface by Uzzle; introduction by Gilles Mora. Paris: Contrejour, 1985. First French edition. 94 b&w photographic plates printed in heliogravure; 9.75 x 12 inches. Text in French. SIGNED BY UZZLE. Cloth covered hardback. Near Fine in a very good dust jacket which has 3 pieces of tape afixed to the rear.
French edition of "All American". Featuring the more colorful characters of the time: lots of babes, bikinis and bikes (as in motorcycles.) $165.00



van der Elsken, Ed
Hallo!
Amsterdam: Van Holkema and Warendorf-Bussum, 1978. 136 pages; 108 four-color plates; 8 x 8 inches. Text in Dutch. Hardcover, no dj as issued. Very Good with wear to tips and extensive rub-off from the BEP to the collophon page.
Snapshot style photographs from around the world, with much humor and affection from this master street photographer. $45.00



Winogrand, Garry
Women Are Beautiful
Photographs by Garry Winogrand; essay by Helen Gary Bishop. New York: Light Gallery Books, 1975. Full-page b&w photographic plates through out; 9 x 8 inches. Stiff wraps. Very Good+ with two price stickers (one on top of the other) to the inside front cover. Three pages have smudges of printer's ink to the margins; one of the three touches the image.
Roth: Open Book, p306. $350.00



Yavno, Max
The Photography of Max Yavno
Photographs by Max Yavno; text by Ben Maddow. University of California Press, 1981. 85 b&w photographic plates; 12.5 x 12.5 inches. Includes an interview with Yavno. Hardcover with dj. As New in publisher's shrink wrap which is torn in a couple of places. Remainder mark to bottom of text block. $185.00

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Catalog 1: Signed Photography Books


PHOTOBOOKS SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER

To order, follow the link in the title. More photos and longer descriptions can be found at that link as well. All items are subject to prior sale. Please e-mail us to hold a book or books--aanddbooks@verizon.net. For a more detailed list of our policies see our home page on Biblio.com. Many other photography-related books can be browsed on our Biblio site.


Steve Anchell
The Nude At Big Sur
Photographs by Steve Anchell; introduction by Margaret Regan; essay on Big Sur by Magnus Toren; essay on working with models by Steve Anchell. Crestone, CO: Cold Creek Press, 2002. First edition. 120 pages; 83 duotone images; 11.25 x 12 inches. Edition limited to 2,000 copies. Cloth bound hardback. Fine in Fine dj.
The first anthology of Anchell's work, the Nude at Big Sur is the culmination of over twenty years photographing the female form along the rocky coast and redwood forests of Big Sur, California. Signed by Anchell. $65.00




Lewis Baltz
New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California
Photographs by Lewis Baltz; introduction by Adam Weinberg. Ram Publications, in association with Steidl, 2001. Second edition. 112 pages; 51 duotone plates; 11 x 12 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Fine except for one tiny abrasion to the edge of the back of the dj. In publishers printed cardboard slipcase.
This, a faithful reprint of the 1974 classic, was Baltz' first book and one of the cornerstones of the New Topographics literature. Signed by Baltz. $125.00




Bill Burke
Portraits
Photographs by Bill Burke; edited by Constance Sullivan; preface by Andy Grundberg; essay by Raymond Carver. New York: Ecco Press/A Polaroid Book, 1987. First edition. 63 pages; 32 full-page b&w photos; 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Fine in a Fine dj except for several small white scratches.
Released the same year as "I Want to Take Picture," Burke presents a series of portraits of people of Appalachia and people of Brazil. Signed by Burke. $85.00




Lucien Clergue
Eros And Thanatos
Photographs by Lucien Clergue; introduction by Michel Tournier; essay by Marianne Fulton. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1985. First edition. 151 pages; 8 color, 104 dutone plates; chronology; bibliography. Cloth covered hardback. Fine in Very Good dj with some chipping, small closed tears and light soiling. Gift inscription on FFEP.
Retrospective of Clergue’s work including nudes, bullfighting scenes, marsh photos, etc. Signed by Clergue and dated. $225.00




William Eggleston
William Eggleston's Guide
Photographs by William Eggleston; Foreword by John Szarkowski
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976. First edition. 112 pages; 48 color and 1 b&w photographic plate; 9 x 9 inches. Embossed boards with mounted photo to cover. Very Good+.
Eggleston's Guide was the first one-man show of color photographs ever presented at The Museum of Modern Art, NYC. A hugely influential book. See Parr & Badger, The Photobook, p. 265; Roth, The Book of 101 Books, p. 234; Roth, The Open Book, p. 308. This copy has been signed by both Eggleston and Szarkowski on the title page. $3,200.00


Elliott Erwitt
Recent Developments
Photographs by Elliott Erwitt; introduction by Wilfrid Sheed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978. First edition. 128 pages; 8.5 x 11 inches. VG in wrappers with wear at extremities.
Early street work. Signed by Erwitt. $48.00


Andreas Feininger
Changing America: The Land as it Was and How Man Has Changed It
Photographs by Andreas Feininger; text by Patricia Dyett. New York: Crown, 1955. First edition. 170 pages; 9.25 x 12 inches. Cloth covered hardback. VG with some crimping to head and foot of spine in a VG dj with wear to extremities and a fingerprint sized dot of something on lower left front.
American industry and the results thereof. Printed in gravure. Signed by Feininger. $45.00




Leonard Freed
Photographs 1954-1990
Photographs and preface by Leonard Freed; introduction by Stefanie Rosenkranz. Manchester, UK: Cornerhouse, 1991. 196 pages; 170 duotone plates; 10 x 11.5 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Fine in a Fine dj.
A retrospective of the socially conscious b&w work by this long-time member of Magnum. Signed by Freed and dated.
$100.00




Ralph Gibson
Infanta
Brussels: Eric Van De Weghe, 1991. First edition. Hardback in dj. Fine.
A little known exhibition catalog; a handsome production with an author's photo by Helmut Newton. This copy has been signed by Gibson. This is not the Takarajima Books edition, published in 1995. $75.00


Edward Grazda
Afghanistan Diary 1992-2000
Photographs and text by Edward Grazda; Chronology of modern Afghanistan by Amin Tarzi. New York: powerHouse Books, 2000. First edition. 72 pages; b&w photographic plates throughout; 9.8 x 9.8 inches. Illustrated boards. Near Fine. No dj, as issued.
Afghanistan under the Taliban. The companion to his first book which covered 1980-1989. A great photojournalistic project. Signed by Grazda.
$45.00


David Alan Harvey

Cuba
Photographs by David Alan Harvey; essays by Elizabeth Newhouse. Washington DC: National Geographic Books, 1999. First edition. 252 pages; profusely illustrated with color plates; 11 x 11 inches. Cloth covered hardback.. Fine in a Fine dj with a bump to the top boards next to the crown.
Richly evocative street-photographs from Cuba by this Magnum member of many years. Signed by Harvey. $55.00




Bill Henson
Bill Henson: Photographs
Sydney, Australia: Pan/Picador, 1988. First edition. 119 pages with multiple gate-folds; 10.25 x 14.25 inches. Cloth covered hardback in dust jacket. Very Good/Near Fine.
Over 100 of Henson's early dark, disturbing images. The first section is a sequence of crowd scenes, and the second consists mostly of shots taken in and around European museums and palaces (namely Versailles) contrasted with dirty and nude young women and men. This copy has been signed by Henson and dated. Laid in is a color gallery announcement for a show at the Robert Miller gallery, April 2006. $650.00




Eikoh Hosoe
Eikoh Hosoe (Untitled 42)
Photographs by Eikoh Hosoe. Afterword by Ronald J. Hill. Carmel, CA: The Friends of Photography, 1986. First edition. 64 pages with 31 b/w plates and 3 reference illustrations. 7.5 x 10.75 inches. Stiff Wraps. Very Good.
Overview of Hosoe's career to date which includes images from many of his books including "Barakei," "Man and Woman," and "Embrace," plus portraits, nudes and architectural studies. The first monograph on Hosoe published in the United States. Only published in wraps. This copy has been signed by Hosoe in Japanese in silver on the black title page. $165.00




Mona Kuhn
Mona Kuhn: Photographs
Steidl, 2004 First edition. 103 pages; 33 duotone and 30 color plates; 11.5x 11 inches. Cloth covered hardback in dj. As new.
Formerly an assistant to Jock Sturges, Kuhn is now making her own work with young nude bodies. This is her first book and has been signed by the photographer. $75.00




Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz: Photographs 1970-1990
Photographs by Annie Leibovitz; conversation with Ingrid Sischy. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First edition. 232 pages; 11.25 x 13 inches. Illustrated boards. VG in printed glassine wrapper as issued. Slight wear to tips and bottom of boards. Indentaion to lower part of front board with same in wrapper, bump nearby at spine. Glassine has one short closed tear and wear to edges. Back board has a little wrinkling to laminate. Overall VG.
B&w and color portraits of celebreties and icons of the 1970s and 1980s. Signed by
Leibovitz. $120.00




David Levinthal
Hitler Moves East: A Graphic Chronicle, 1941-43
Photographs by David Levinthal; text & illustrations by Gary Trudeau
New York: Laurence Miller, 1989. Second edition. 95 pages; with numerous b&w plates; 11.25 x 8 .75 inches. Includes a bibliography and technical information. Cloth covered hardback.. Near Fine in a VG+ dj except for a couple of closed tears.
Re-issue of the 1977 classic recreation of Germany's invasion of Russia with toys. Unique at the time. Signed by Levinthal. $185.00




Helen Levitt
Slide Show: The Color Photographs of Helen Levitt
Photographs by Helen Levitt; Foreword by John Szarkowski
New York: powerHouse Books, 2005. First edition. 118 pages; 109 full-page, color photographic plates; 9.5 x 9 inches. Cloth bound hardback. AS NEW with a slight crease on the front of the dj.
Virtually unknown is Levitt's color work, which has been collected for the first time in this volume. More than half of the images in Slide Show have never been exhibited or published before. Signed by Levitt on the title page. $350.00




Jeff Mermelstein
Sidewalk
UK: Dewi Lewis, 1999. 120 pages; color plates; 13 x 11 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Fine except for a bump to the top tips which has slightly affected the text block.
Street photography in the vein of Winogrand, Erwitt, and Friedlander. Signed by Mermelstein. $60.00




Sheila Metzner
Inherit The Earth
Photographs and journal entries by Sheila Metzner; forward by M. Raven Metzner
Boston: Bulfinch, 2000. First edition. 136 pages; 68 color plates; 16.5 x 11.25 inches. Laid in is a promotional sheet. Near Fine in illustrated boards as issued. Mild corner bumping and slight indentations to top of front board.
Metzner's first volume of landscape photography. Years of travel have taken her to remote and unspoiled parts of the world in such diverse areas as Egypt, Easter Island, Costa Rica, and the Arctic. Signed by Metzner. $85.00




Joel Meyerowitz
A Summer's Day
New York: Times Books, 1985. First edition. Unpaginated; 66 plates with 2 gate-folds; 11 x 11.5 inches. Cloth bound hardback. Very Good with some soiling and a crease to FFEP in a Near Fine dj.
A sequel to ‘Cape Cod’ with the same theme--New England beaches and their summer denziens. Signed by Meyerowitz. $165.00




Richard Misrach
The Sky Book
Photographs by Richard Misrach; essay by Rebecca Solnit
Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 2000. First edition. 131 pages; 75 four-color plates with two gate-folds; 12.5 x 9.5 inches. Illustrated boards. Fine in a Fine dj.
The Western sky as interpreted by Richard Misrach. Signed by Misrach. $375.00




Leonard Nimoy
Shekhina
Photographs and commentary by Leonard Nimoy; essay by Donald Kuspit. New York: Umbrage Editions, 2002. First Edition. 96 pages; 10.5 x 10.25 inches. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dj.
First monograph by Nimoy revealing his interest in scriptural mythology, ancient spirituality and the nude female form. Signed by Nimoy. $65.00




Irving Penn

Passage: A Work Record
Photographs by Irving Penn; Text by Alexandra Arrowsmith and Nicola Majocchi; Introduction by Alexander Liberman
Alfred A. Knopf / Callaway, 1991. First edition. 300 pages; 397 b&w and 71 color photographic plates; 11 x 13 inches. Cloth bound hardback. Very Good in a Very Good dj.
An excellent overview of Penn's career--1938 through 1990. The images were chosen by Penn and include short comments by him. This is the first publication of his drawings. The printing was accomplished using a process that required eleven separate impressions per page. This copy has been signed by Penn and inscribed. $380.00




Eugene Richards
The Knife and Gun Club: Scenes from an Emergency Room
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. Second edition (1995). 237 pages. 8 by 10.5 inches. Stiff Wraps. Very Good with some scratches on the cover and a slight crease to one corner.
Powerful and graphic documentary photographs from the emergency room of Denver General Hospital, known as the "knife and gun club." Includes interviews with doctors, nurses, paramedics, and police officers. Dramatic, bold and unflinching black-and-white photography by award-winning Magnum photojournalist. Signed by Richards. $40.00




Joseph Rodriguez
East Side Stories: Gang Life in East L.A.
Photographs by Joseph Rodriguez; essay by Ruben Martinez; interview with Luis Rodriguez. New York: powerHouse Books, 1998. First edition. Cloth bound hardback. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.
An extremely disturbing collection of intimate images of Latin gang-bangers in Los Angeles, on the street, in their homes and with their families. The text examines and explains the labyrinthine rules and codes of gang life. Signed by Rodriguez and inscribed. $54.00




Thomas Roma
Enduring Justice
Photographs by Thomas Roma; text by Norman Mailer and Robert Coles. New York: powerHouse Books, 2001. First edition. 184 pages., 83 duotone illustrations; 9.5 x 10 inches. Cloth bound hardback. Fine in Fine dj.
Roma spent 14 months at the Brooklyn Criminal Court Building, making portraits of people whose lives were being transformed by the workings of the law. Signed by the photographer. $75.00




Paul Seawright
Inside Information: Photographs 1988-1995
London/Dublin: The Photographers Gallery and The Gallery of Photography, 1995. First edition. Unpaginated (80 pages); 43 color photographic plates; 9 x 11 inches. Biography. Very Good plus.
Seawright's first book 'brings together his three major bodies of work to date-- "Sectarian Murder," "The Orange Order," and "Police Force,"' all dealing with Northern Ireland's "troubles". This catalog accompanied an exhibition that presented these projects together for the first time. Quite scarce; this copy has been signed by Seawright on the title page. $400.00




Andres Serrano
Big Women
Torino, Italy: Marco Noire Editore, 2000. First edition. 92 pages; 36 color, full-page photographic plates; 9.5 x 13.5 inches. From an edition limited to 1000 copies. Includes biographical notes, exhibition history and bibliography. Hardback, no dj as issued.. Near Fine minus with a bump to bottom of the spine, a light bump with a tiny tear to the paper at one tip and light shelf wear.
Serrano "paying tribute" to female bodybuilders. Nudes. Signed by Serrano. $165.00




Fazal Sheikh
A Sense Of Common Ground
Berlin & New York: Scalo, 1996. First edition. 79 pages; 110 four-color plates (including seven 2-page gatefolds); 9.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine in Near Fine dj; slight bump and wear to tips.
Portraits of refugees from the Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mozambique & Rwanda. Each section includes a map detailing the movement of the people in the area and the location of the refugee camps. Sheikh was the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant in 2005. Signed by th photographer. $85.00




Joyce Tenneson
Light Warriors
Boston: Bulfinch, 2000. First edition. 112 pages; 70 plates; 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Cloth covered hardback. Fine in a Near Fine dj.
Portraits of mostly nude women in various tableaux. Signed by Tenneson and dated. $60.00




Danielle Weil
Baseball: The Perfect Game
Photographs by Danielle Weil; Introduction by David Halberstam; Text by Peter Richmond. New York: Rizzolli, 1992. First edition. 128 pages; 96 full-page b&w photographic plates; 11 x 11 inches. Illustrated boards. Fine in a Fine dj.
Photos taken from the bleachers that evoke the pure pleasure of the sport. Signed by Weil. $25.00


Joel-Peter Witkin
Songs Of Innocence and Experience
Photographs by Joel-Peter Witkin; poems by William Blake; edited by, with an introduction by John Wood. South Dennis, MA: The Journal Of Contemporary Photography, 2003. First edition. Red silk-covered hardback with a photographic plate affixed to the front cover. Cased in a white, cloth-bound clamshell box. #314 from a edition limited to 915 copies. Fine. Touches of discoloration to box.
Boldly signed by Witkin. $360.00