Catalog 12 — Signed

  1. ADAMS, Ansel. Making a Photograph: An Introduction to Photography, London: Studio Limited, 1935. Hardcover (gold-stamped black cloth spine and paper over boards), 10 x 7 ½ inches, 96 pages, 32 halftone illustrations. Signed.

A basic primer by the master photographer, it covers equipment, materials, practical theory, aesthetic consideration, technique, and six categories of photography, from advertising to portraiture. The reproductions are particularly convincing, as they are tipped-in and printed on highly glossy stock. The one image not by Adams is Dorothea Lange’s famous “White-Angel Breadline.” This copy signed by Adams on the half-title page. Light foxing to endpapers, and light wear and abrasions to the covers. $125

  1. ADAMS, Ansel. My Camera in the National Parks, Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park, and Houghton Mifflin, 1950. Softcover (plastic spiral binding), 14 ½ x 12 ½ inches, 98 pages, 30 halftone illustrations, dustjacket, shipping carton. Signed.

Features high-quality reproductions of images from the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and other parks that Adams essayed in depth. Includes his notes on the plates and information about the subjects, such as acreage and facilities. In the original cardboard box with label. This copy signed by Adams. Previous owner’s name, one corner bumped, light wear and small tears to dustjacket with small missing piece at bottom of spine. $750

  1. ADAMS, Ansel. Ansel Adams: Images, 1923-1974, Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. Hardcover (gold-stamped black and gray cloth), 14 ¼ x 17 ¼ inches, 128 pages, duotone illustrations, dustjacket, in original slipcase, with ephemera. Signed.

This large-scale book includes an introduction by Adams, a foreword by Wallace Stegner, and many high-quality illustrations. A full-page sheet pasted in between the frontispiece and title page indicates that this copy is from a “special edition prepared for Time-Life Books subscribers with the signature of the photographer,” signed by Adams in ink. Laid into this copy are two pieces of ephemera on Adams books and posters published by the New York Graphic Society. The front and rear hinges have been reinforced by thin strips of archival paper but show no signs of separating, the slipcase shows minor wear at a few corners and has a few spots. $500

  1. ADAMS, Ansel. Yosemite and the Range of Light, Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. Hardcover (gold-stamped maroon and gray cloth), 12 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 116 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Third printing (1980), signed.

Features photographs by Adams of California’s Yosemite and other Western national parks, dating from the 1920s through 1960s, in their classic visual bravura. Includes an autobiographic foreword by Adams and an essay by author/conservationist Paul Brooks. Label on the front free endpaper indicates this copy is from a “special edition prepared for Time/Life subscribers with the signature of the photographer,” signed by Adams in ink. The upper and lower edges of the covers are slightly sunned, the dustjacket is lightly rubbed and has a few minor creases. $150

  1. ADAMS, Robert. Interiors 1973-1974, Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2006. Hardcover folder (yellow-stamped green cloth), 14 ½ x 11 ½ inches, 27 loose plates, 24 duotone illustrations, original box. Signed and numbered special edition, with ephemera.

This is a group of pictures Adams made in Denver in the early 1970s, rediscovered and published here for the first time. All quiet, square-format images, they “offer new insight into the photographer’s way of seeing and thinking about the human condition.” Of the one thousand copies printed, 100 were numbered (this is 5/100), signed by Adams, and presented in a clamshell box. Additionally, this copy has the 2005 Nazraeli Press catalog in which the book was offered. Mint condition, with the original opened shrink wrap laid in. $375

  1. ALPERN, Merry. Dirty Windows, Zurich: Scalo, 1995. Hardcover (red-stamped paper over boards), 11 ½ x 9 ¼ inches, 112 pages, 85 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

Alpern’s defining series of grainy pictures looking into a bathroom window of a sex club in New York’s financial district, in which people urinate, take drugs, have sex, and count money. A fabulous voyeuristic study. Laid in are an announcement for the book and Alpern’s business card, plus this copy is signed by her. One corner lightly bumped in mildly rumpled dustjacket. $150

  1. ARNDT, Thomas F. Men in America: Photographs, 1973-1987, Minneapolis: First Banks, 1988. Softcover, 8 ½ x 11 inches, 32 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed, with ephemera.

Catalog that accompanied an exhibition at the First Bank Saint Paul Gallery. Arndt (born 1944) is an accomplished street photographer who has lived in Minneapolis and Chicago. Here he pictures men on the beach, farming, fishing, drinking, fighting, and in other everyday activities. Text by curator David Travis. Laid in is a card announcement for the exhibition. This copy signed by both Travis and Arndt (dated 2009) “with friendship and admiration.” Near fine condition. $35

  1. AVEDON, Richard. Portraits, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Hardcover (gray-stamped white cloth), 12 x 9 inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Among the images are foldout portraits of the Mission Council, Andy Warhol and members of the Factory, the Chicago Seven, and Igor Stravinsky. Includes an essay by Harold Rosenberg. This copy boldly signed and dated 1995 by the photographer. Fine condition, in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. $350

  1. AVEDON, Richard. Photographs, 1947-1977, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978. Hardcover (paper over boards), 14 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches, unpaginated, 162 halftone illustrations, clear glassine jacket with printing. Signed.

This book, with an essay by Harold Brodkey, was published in conjunction with a retrospective of Avedon portrait and fashion photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This copy boldly signed by the photographer on the front free endpaper. Previous owner’s blindstamp in the front free endpaper, in a slightly rubbed jacket. $750

  1. AVEDON, Richard. In the American West, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. Hardcover (black-stamped brown cloth with two mounted reproductions), 14 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations, clear glassine jacket. Signed.

Avedon’s pictures of everyday people against his signature seamless white backdrop, made 1979-1984. This copy boldly signed and dated 1995 by the photographer on the front free endpaper. The glassine is lightly rubbed, the book is in fine condition. $500

  1. AVEDON, Richard. Richard Avedon: Evidence, 1944-1994, New York: Random House, 1994. Hardcover (paper over boards), 14 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches, 184 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket, with ephemera. Signed.

This book was produced on the occasion of a traveling exhibition organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. It was edited by Mary Shanahan and has essays by Jane Livingston and Adam Gopnik. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts was the last of five venues and this copy is accompanied by five pieces of ephemera related to the showing there, including a twelve-page pamphlet. This copy signed and dated 1994 by Avedon. Near fine condition, in rubbed dustjacket. $250

  1. BALTZ, Lewis. Candlestick Point, Tokyo: Gallery Min, 1989. Hardcover (gray-stamped black cloth with pasted on label), 10 ½ x 13 ½ inches, unpaginated, 72 duotone and 12 color halftone illustrations, slipcase. Signed.

Comprises Baltz’s typical deadpan assessment of an undeveloped, trash-strewn, section of San Francisco, later turned into a park. Full-page, well reproduced images, including three gatefolds. Afterword, in both Japanese and English, by Gus Blaisdell. At some point after the original publication, Distributed Art Publishers obtained 45 copies of the book from Baltz and issued it as this limited, collector’s edition. They inserted a letterpress printed page before the title page and had the photographer sign and number them; this one is 22/45. Laid into this copy is a prospectus. Near fine condition. $1,000

  1. BAUMGARTEN, Lothar. Carbon, Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1991. Hardcover (gray and yellow-stamped gray cloth), 12 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches, 144 pages, duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This large volume reveals Baumgarten’s fascination with railroads. He turns his large-format camera on cars, tracks, bridges, stations, and other related subjects throughout the United States. His well-seen images were richly rendered by Meridian Printing, in an edition of 1,750 copies. The booklet inserted in the rear features text by the photographer and Michael Oppitz. This copy of the book and booklet signed, in pencil, by Baumgarten. Near fine condition. $1,250

  1. BEARD, Peter. Alistair Graham, Eyelids of Morning: The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men, Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1973. Hardcover (silver-stamped blue cloth), 12 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 260 pages, screen-gravure illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Inscribed.

This book resulted from a year that zoologist Graham and Beard spent collaborating in a study of the crocs in Africa’s Lake Rudolf. Five hundred of the beasts were captured, killed, and examined, with the help of native divers who sometimes sacrificed their limbs and lives. The book is dedicated to “all heroes, missionaries, and martyrs—their perils, adventures and achievements.” And the title page resembles nineteenth-century books in its elongated subtitle of eight paragraphs. This copy customized by Beard, with an inscription, additional writing, outline of a hand, ink footprint, and a drop of the photographer’s own blood. Wear to tips, in price-clipped dustjacket that is chipped. $750

  1. BEARD, Peter. Longing for Darkness: Kamante’s Tales from Out of Africa, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover (printed paper over boards), 12 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Inscribed.

This journal-like book, combines photographs by Beard and Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) with the stories of Dinesen’s lead servant, Kamante, along with his fanciful drawings. It comprises Kamante’s version of Blixen’s classic book Out of Africa, told in a personal and enlightening manner. Beard idolized Dinesen to the point of buying land next to her estate outside of Nairobi, Kenya, and befriending Kamante. Demonstrating how well connected Beard was, he got Jacqueline (Kennedy) Onassis to write an afterword for the book. This copy with drawings and an inscription by Beard. Previous owner’s inscription, mild edgewear, and chipping and tears to dustjacket. $500

  1. BEARD, Peter. Diary, Japan: Libro Port Publishing, 1993. Hardcover (black-stamped white paper over boards), 12 x 9 ¼ inches, unpaginated, color halftone illustrations, dustjacket and belly band, with ephemera. Inscribed.

The book is filled with full-bleed color photographs by Beard of his richly collaged diary pages. While they feature his distinctive handwriting, there is an overabundance of visual material, such as newspaper clippings and photographs, plus three-dimensional objects placed on the pages before he photographed them. Includes two short essays and an artist’s chronology, in Japanese. The copyright page states, “Catalogue for show ‘Diary,’ From a Dead Man’s Wallet: Confessions of a Bookmaker.” Laid into this copy are a few pieces of ephemera from the publisher. Most importantly, this copy is customized by Beard: on the cloth cover is the outline of his hand, inscription, and 2004 date; on the half title page is a similar treatment. Near fine condition. $1,000

  1. BEARD, Peter. 28 Pieces, Paris: Galerie Kamel Mennour, 2000. Softcover, 10 ½ x 8 inches, 60 pages, halftone illustrations (most in color). Inscribed.

Another fine grouping of African animals, diaries, and personalities, such as Francis Bacon and Karen Blixen. Includes a chronology of the artist and essay “Forever Young” by Jérome Sans. Bilingual text in French and English. This copy customized by Beard, with a Christmas inscription and collaged materials including an actual coin to which the artist added dripping red ink (presumably to represent blood). Near fine condition. $500

  1. BEARD, Peter. Zara’s Tales from Hog Ranch, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover (gold-stamped red leatherette), 9 ½ x 7 inches, 158 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

Subtitled “Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa,” the book features eleven true stories set on Beard’s piece of property outside of Nairobi, Kenya, named after the warthogs that cohabitated it. Among his topics are photographing for Life magazine, rounding up rhinos, and encounters with crocodiles, other reptiles, and the people and environment of central Africa. Printed to resemble a nineteenth-century journal, it sports handwritten captions and fake foxing on the brown pages. The first printing of the book is identified by the last word in the text, “beast,” which is misspelled “best.” This copy is customized by the entire Beard family—Peter, his wife, Najma, and daughter, Zara, with handprints, inscriptions, other writing, and a notice of their appearance in St. Paul, Minnesota pasted in. A triple signature! Also, laid in is the New York Times Book Review coverage (December 5, 2004, on original newsprint). $350

  1. BELL, Larry, and Guy De Cointet. Animated Discourse, Venice, California: Sure Co., 1975. Hardcover, 5 x 15 inches, 145 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

This is a spectacular conceptual artist’s book, representing a collaboration between two California artists who were known for their paintings, sculpture, and other non-photographic work. Each page features a grid of photographic reproductions of people running through Bell’s Venice studio. Inserted in the rear is a folded sheet measuring 1 x 59 inches that reproduces 29 images and serves as the key to “reading” the pages. Each image stands for a letter of the alphabet, a space, and punctuation. The cover sports metallic silver cloth and the book is signed by both Bell and De Cointet. Gus Foster, the publisher, informed me that only about 100 copies of this book were finished; though he had sheets for one thousand copies printed, the binder lost most of them. Light rubbing and scuffing to covers. $1,500

  1. BERGMAN, Robert. A Kind of Rapture, New York: Pantheon, 1998. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 12 x 9 ¾ inches, unpaginated, 50 color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed, with ephemera.

Comprises Bergman’s close-up portraits of men and women on the street, many of them apparently homeless and/or mentally challenged. The reproductions are rich, and the imagery highly praised by Toni Morrison and Meyer Schapiro. Controversy erupted about whether Bergman was exploiting his subjects when the book appeared and the work was shown at Washington’s National Gallery of Art. Laid in is a card announcement for a similar showing at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 2010. This copy inscribed and dated 2010 by Bergman. Near fine condition, with light rubbing to dustjacket. $50

  1. BERNHARD, John. John Bernhard, Geneva, Switzerland: Musée des Suisses dans le Monde, 2004. Hardcover (silver-stamped brown cloth), 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

With an introduction by William A. Ewing, this publication accompanied the first retrospective of Bernhard’s work, from the 1980s to the present. It includes documentary pictures from Nicaragua and cowboys of the American west and diptychs which pair images with similar formal characteristics. Most significant are three series of female nudes, all with surrealistic overtones. Born in Switzerland in 1957, John Bernhard immigrated to the United States in 1980 and has worked since then in Houston as a creative and commercial photographer. This copy signed by Bernhard. Near fine condition. $35

  1. BERNHARD, Ruth. Gift of the Commonplace, Carmel Valley, California:   Woodrose, 1996. Softcover, 9 ½ x 10 inches, 48 pages, 35 duotone illustrations. Signed.

This catalog celebrated Bernhard’s ninetieth birthday and features many of her well-known still lifes, such a “Lifesavers” and “Creation.” Introduction by fellow photographer Michael Kenna. This copy boldly signed by Bernard on the half-title page. Near fine condition, with lightly rubbed covers. $100

  1. BLACKLOCK, Craig. Blacklock•Horizons, Moose Lake, Minnesota: Blacklock Nature Photography, 2002. Hardcover (silver-stamped blue cloth), 9 x 11 ¼ inches, 68 color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

This promotional book presents Blacklock’s accomplished images of Lake Superior and the sky, in various conditions, times of day, and seasons. He begins the preface by stating, “In our over-populated world, to gaze out at hundreds of square miles of unoccupied space, even for a few moments, allows us to catch our breath. From atop a cliff, the horizon is not an arbitrary line, but a place we can fix our eyes in wonder and awe, and dream.” Blacklock (born 1954) previously published two books of other landscape pictures. Laid in are a price list/map to his studio, and a card announcement. This copy signed by Blacklock. Near fine condition, except for a few scuffs to the covers. $50

  1. BLOCH, Ricardo. Terremoto, St. Paul, Minnesota: Ricardo Bloch, 1993. Hardcover (paper over boards), 8 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 56 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

This, Bloch’s second artist’s book, comprises straightforward photographs of the aftermath of a major earthquake that struck Mexico City on September 19, 1985. Most of the pictures are people-less, but the text is heart-wrenchingly personal, written in the voice of a child or adult not fully fluent in English. One page begins with the text, “The groun trembelt an shook an bildings sweyd like Alamo trees and walls fell over an floors caved in.” Bloch was born in Mexico City in 1946, took a Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard University, and has worked as an artist in Minnesota and Paris. Terremoto, issued without a dustjacket, was printed in an edition of 400 copies; this one is numbered and signed by Bloch. Fine condition. $50

  1. BODINE, A. Aubrey. My Maryland, Baltimore: Camera Magazine, 1952. Hardcover (pictorial cloth), 12 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 128 pages, screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This is the first of four books Bodine produced of dramatic images in the Maryland and Virginia area. Printed in high-quality gravure, his pictures show the state’s people, architecture, landscape, and water life. Includes a playful end paper map illustration by Richard Q. Yardley. A. Aubrey Bodine (1906 -1970) was a career photographer for Baltimore’s Sunday Sun and a successful pictorialist with some of the same pictures. This copy signed by Bodine on the front free endpaper. Light edgewear to the cloth, the price-clipped dustjacket has light edgewear, chipping, and tears. $50

  1. BODINE, A. Aubrey. Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater, Baltimore: Bodine and Associates, 1954. Hardcover (pictorial cloth), 12 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 144 pages, 220 screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Bodine’s second book, now published by his own concern, but distributed by New York’s Hastings House. His accessible images show many aspects of the bay, including recreational, commercial, and military uses. Includes a playful end paper map illustration by Richard Q. Yardley. Light edge wear to the cloth, the price-clipped dustjacket has light edgewear, chipping, and tears. $50

  1. BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret. Eyes on Russia, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931. Hardcover (black-stamped tan cloth), 11 ¼ x 8 inches, 136 pages, 40 halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

This is Bourke-White’s first and most significant book, produced when she was only twenty-five years old. She both wrote the text and provided the images, primarily of male and female workers and the dynamic architecture of Soviet industry. Bourke-White stated, “Things are happening in Russia, and happening with staggering speed. I could not afford to miss any of it. I wanted to make the pictures of this astonishing development, because, whatever the outcome, whether success or failure, the plan is so gigantic, so unprecedented in all history, that I felt that these photographic records might have some historical value. I saw the five-year plan as a great scenic drama being unrolled before the eyes of the world.” Two pages stained from laid in newsprint article titled “Russians See Hope in a Change of Policy.” This copy is inscribed to an individual, “in remembrance of one of my [illegible] photographing days in the open iron mines.” This probably refers to Bourke-White’s 1936 visit to the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnesota. Pasted onto a preliminary blank page is a portrait of the photographer, cut from the original dustjacket (and all that remains of it). Front hinge separating, covers lightly browned, with faint ring mark. $2,500

  1. BRANDENBURG, Jim. Minnesota: Images of Home, Grand Rapids, Minnesota: Blandin Foundation, 1990. Hardcover (brown-stamped brown cloth), 13 ¼ x 12 ½ inches, screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This oversize book is Brandenburg’s ode to his home state of Minnesota. He pictures its people at work and play, wildlife, and landscape, focusing on small-town and rural scenes and activities (Minneapolis and Duluth are each represented by a single image). In his preface, Brandenburg states, “For me, photography is a language that I learned in Minnesota, a language that will forever be tied to my sense of home.” Text by Minnesota author Paul Gruchow. Printed in an edition of 2,000 copies by the quality Meriden-Stinehour Press.   Jim Brandenburg (born 1945) is an environmentalist and nature photographer and filmmaker. He has worked as a contract photographer for National Geographic for over 30 years and has been named the Magazine Photographer of the Year more than once. This is the second of ten books by Brandenburg. This copy neatly signed on the title page by Brandenburg. Near fine condition. $100

  1. BREUER, Marco. Tremors, Ephemera, New York: Roth Horowitz, 2000. Hardcover (cream cloth and paper over boards), 10 x 8 inches, 32 pages, 10 color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. With signed ephemera.

Presents new work from the series “Tremors” and “Ephemera,” in which Breuer makes camera-less photographs by exposing light-sensitive paper to scraping, burning, sanding, and other physical acts. Printed in an edition of 1,000 copies, with an essay by James Elkins. Laid into this copy is an exhibition announcement for related work at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, signed and dated by Breuer. Near fine condition, except for two tiny tears at the spine of the dustjacket. $75

  1. BUCKLAND, David. The Agri-Economy, Minneapolis: First Banks, 1989. Folder with accordion-style brochure and 36-page softcover booklet, 8 ½ x 11 ½ inches, halftone illustrations (some in color). Signed.

This package accompanied a traveling show of ten large-scale color portraits made by Buckland on commission from the First Bank System’s division of visual arts. The images address the changing face of agribusiness in the Midwest, and include portraits of corporate officers, government figures, and farmers who are Caucasian, Hmong, and Native American. The booklet contains text by the bank’s visual arts staff, museum curator Carroll T. Hartwell, and Buckland. There is also technical information and statements by all ten of the subjects. This copy signed and dated in year of publication by Buckland. Near fine condition. $35

  1. BURKE, Bill. Portraits, New York: Ecco Press, 1987. Hardcover (blind-stamped black cloth), 12 ¼ x 9 ½ inches, 64 pages, 32 halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Burke’s signature laid in.

Published the same year as his more famous title, I Want to Take Picture, this one is more traditional, being made up of straightforward, large-format portraits. Burke’s rural subjects, primarily from the American South, gaze back at him unflinchingly. Includes a preface by critic Andy Grundberg and an autobiographical essay by writer Raymond Carver. Laid into this copy is an announcement for a 2011 show by Burke, signed by him. Mint condition, in opened shrink wrap. $75

  1. BURKE, Bill. I Want to Take Picture, Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987. Hardcover (laminated paper over boards), 15 ¼ x 11 ½ inches, unpaginated, duotone and color halftone illustrations. With signed ephemera.

Burke’s influential artist’s book, based on his travels in Southeast Asia. He presents documentary pictures of such subjects as Bangkok sex clubs and Khmer Rouge soldiers, sometimes collaged with colorful ephemera like beer bottle labels. He provides captions and running texts on events such as suffering a broken neck in a serious car accident, all handwritten to give the book the feeling of a diary (in the vein of Peter Beard). Included in both Roth and Parr/Badger. Laid into this copy is a brochure for a 1987 show of the same title and an exhibition announcement for an unrelated exhibition, signed by Burke. Near fine condition. $750

  1. BURKE, Bill. Mine Fields, Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1992. Hardcover (laminated paper over boards), 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, 120 pages, duotone and color halftone illustrations. With signed ephemera.

This fitting follow-up to I Want to Take Picture is, once again, an autobiographical account of time spent in Southeast Asia. There are straight-forward portraits of citizens and soldiers, interspersed with colorful collaged pages of maps, currency, and other printed items. Includes the loose booklet that is primarily journal pages. Laid into this copy is Burke’s business card, signed by him. Near fine condition. $100

  1. BYRNE, David. True Stories, New York: Penguin, 1986. Softcover, 8 ½ x 10 inches, 192 pages, halftone illustrations (most in color). Inscribed.

Comprises the script and still photographs made during the making of Byrne’s film of the same title. In addition to Byrne, features pictures by William Eggleston, Len Jenschel, and Mark Lipson. The film is a series of vignettes and short stories that Byrne found in tabloid newspapers: “I couldn’t have made this stuff up. I just found the pieces and put them together.” Among those in the cast are John Goodman and Spalding Grey. This copy inscribed by Byrne. Covers lightly worn and rubbed. $50

  1. BYRNE, David. Strange Ritual: Words and Pictures, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995. Hardcover (gold-stamped black leatherette), 10 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches, unpaginated, halftone color illustrations, belly band. Inscribed.

This is a conceptual bookwork, made up primarily of his mundane color photographs of American and Mexican pop culture items. Among the pictures of plastic Jesus babies and graffiti, Byrne intersperses text on topics such as “Power Tools and Piss” and “Bizarro World.” Since most of the photographs are two-page spreads and bleed off the page, captions are relegated to the rear of the book. This copy inscribed by Byrne. Fine condition. $75

  1. CALLAHAN, Harry. Harry Callahan: Color, 1941-1980, Providence, Rhode Island: Matrix, 1978. Hardcover (yellow-stamped gray cloth), 14 ¼ x 14 ¼ inches, unpaginated, halftone color illustrations, slipcase. Signed, with ephemera.

This oversize book, issued without a dustjacket, features Callahan’s color cityscapes and landscapes, primarily from Europe and the United States. Includes a foreword by Jonathan Williams and an afterword by critic A. D. Coleman. Laid in is the large prospectus featuring a color reproduction (folded a few times) and card that indicates this is the publisher’s first project. In addition, this copy signed by Callahan. Near fine condition. $350

  1. CARTER, Keith. Opera Nuda, Revere, Pennsylvania: Lodima Press, 2005. Softcover, 8 ½ x 9 ½ inches, 24 pages, 16 quadtone illustrations. Signed.

Dream-like, recent images primarily of the female nude. Carter’s subjects, presented in selective focus, remove their shoes, lounge on beds and chairs, and interact with a still-life painting. Very high-quality printing, produced in an edition of 1,000 copies. This copy is signed by Carter. Near fine condition. $35

  1. CHAMLEE, Paula. Natural Connections: Photographs by Paula Chamlee, Revere, Pennsylvania: Lodima Press, 1994. Hardcover (silver-stamped gray cloth), 10 x 11 ¾ inches, 112 pages, 42 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

Classic American landscape images in the tradition of Ansel Adams and her husband Michael A. Smith, dating from the early 1990s and produced with 8-x-10 and other large-format cameras. This, Chamlee’s first book, includes selections from the photographer’s journals and an essay by critic/art historian Estelle Jussim. This copy signed, with a prospectus and a 1996 letter signed by Chamlee laid in. Fine condition. $50

  1. CHAPPELL, Walter. Logue and Glyphs: 1943-1949, New Orleans: Glyph Press, 1951. Hardcover (batik cloth), 12 ½ x 9 ½ inches, 48 pages, unillustrated. With signed ephemera.

This early Chappell item, made when he was only twenty-six years old, comprises poems by him. According to a 1992 handwritten letter from Chappell, the book “was printed at night in a print shop on Royal Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, where I worked for a period during the two years I lived there after the war, while mostly painting, before my serious turn to photography in 1954.” Printed in an edition of only 50 copies; WorldCat locates a single copy, at the University of Notre Dame Library. An extremely rare Chappell piece (including the letter), for the completist. Stains and light wear to covers, which are separating from the text body. $1,000

  1. CHIARENZA, Carl. Chiarenza: Landscapes of the Mind, Boston: David R. Godine, 1988. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 12 x 12 inches, 160 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed.

Abstract images made from life, in the vein of Aaron Siskind (on whom Chiarenza wrote a book), made from the 1950s to 1980s. Includes a preface by the photographer, introduction by Estelle Jussim, afterword by Charles W. Millard, chronology, and bibliography. This copy inscribed and dated 2002 by Chiarenza. Top and bottom of spine lightly bumped, in price-clipped dustjacket. $50

  1. CLARK, Larry. Tulsa, New York: Lustrum Press, 1971. Softcover, 12 x 9 inches, 64 pages, 50 halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

Clark’s first book, a searing personal document of drug culture in Oklahoma around 1970. The photographer states, “I was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1943. When I was sixteen I started shooting amphetamine. I shot with my friends every day for three years and then left town, but I’ve been back through the years. Once the needle goes in it never comes out.” He presents sex, gun violence, and, most shockingly, a very pregnant woman shooting up, in an image beautified by glowing natural light. Some of the portraits are accompanied by the simple caption “Dead.” This was also the first book for Lustrum Press, run by Ralph Gibson. This copy inscribed to fellow photographer Ramon Muxter. Some pages loose and covers worn. $750

  1. CLARK, Larry. Tulsa, New York: Larry Clark, 1981. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 12 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 64 pages, 50 halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

This is the second edition of the 1971 one above and the first hardcover. Clark self-published it, printing 3,000 copies and signing all of them. Laid into this copy is an order form for the book. Near fine condition, with miniscule edgewear to dustjacket. $750

  1. CLARK, Larry. Teenage Lust, New York: Larry Clark, 1983. Softcover, 8 ½ x 9 inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations. Signed.

Commencing with the touching image on the cover of a nude teenage couple in the backseat of a car, the photographer revels in the sexual escapades of young people, indoors and out. Clark declares the book an autobiography and includes childhood and youthful images of himself, such as with his parents and musician Jimmy Reed, and as an adult, doing drugs and other misadventures. He owns up to his criminal activities by including newspaper clippings and a police report. The book ends with a long, rambling autobiographical text by the photographer. This copy inscribed to Clark’s friend Ramon Muxter and dated a year after the publication. Scratches, folds, rubbing, and other marks to the covers. $750

  1. CLARK, Larry. Punk Picasso, New York: AKA Editions, 2003. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 496 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color), in original cardboard sleeve. Signed.

This two-inch thick book continues Clark’s autobiographical publishing streak. It features reproductions of records, baseball cards, newspaper clippings, letters, and images from his projects such as Tulsa, Teenage Lust, and Kids. The book’s title was coined by David Denby, who referred to Clark as a “punk Picasso” in a review of the photographer’s 2001 film, Bully. Printed in a numbered edition of 1,000, it includes a folded sheet of three color pictures of his nineteen-year old girlfriend, and is signed and dated 2003 by Clark. Mint condition. $750

  1. CLERGUE, Lucien. Née de la Vague, Bellegarde, France: Editions Pierre Belfond, 1968. Hardcover (black-stamped gray paper over boards), 12 x 9 ¾ inches, unpaginated, screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This is Lucien Clergue at his best: parts of women’s bodies a splash in ocean waves. He commences the book with a few pages of just the water itself, violently encountering shore rocks. Then, he essays the female form, primarily the torso and breasts, but also buttocks, arms, and back. While they are usually recognizable, some images border on the abstract, somewhat akin to Bill Brandt’s nudes. The book closes with images that represent the calm after the storm; shimmering quite water on the sand and shore. It is a dramatic presentation, lacking any text except for basic publishing information (apparently he felt his images were above words), richly printed in gravure (with extraordinarily dark blacks), with all of the images bleeding off at least two edges of the page. Lucien Clergue (French, born 1934) is best known for his voluptuous female nudes in water, in both black-and-white and color, but also photographed bullfights, landscapes, and Marseille, France. For many years he taught at both the New School for Social Research in New York and the University of Provence in France. He also served as a cinematographer on many short films and a feature-length one on Pablo Picasso. In 1970, he founded the Recontres Internationales de al Photographie in Arles. This copy is boldly signed by Clergue on the title page. Near fine condition, in dustjacket with a few spots and wrinkles, and missing the top ¼-inch of the spine. $150

  1. CLIFT, William. Certain Places: Photographs by William Clift. Santa Fe: William Clift Editions, 1987. Hardcover (gold-stamped black cloth and paper over boards), 11 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 22 tritone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed, with ephemera.

This was the first book devoted solely to Clift’s work, published on the occasion of an exhibition seen at the Art Institute of Chicago and Amon Carter Museum (Fort Worth, Texas). “The images were selected to form a statement that could stand on its own rather than to catalog a career in photography. The Southwest landscapes, pictures of Mt. St. Michel, still lifes, architectural studies, and several, more personal pictures are sequenced entirely on the basis on their emotional and visual relationship.” A handsome and beautifully produced volume. Laid in are two announcements, one for the show in Chicago and another for the book itself. This copy inscribed and dated 1991 by Clift. Near fine condition, in opened shrink wrap. $125

  1. CONNOR, Linda. Spiral Journey: Photographs, 1967-1990, Chicago: Columbia College Museum of Contemporary Photography, 1990. Softcover, 13 x 9 ¾ inches, 70 pages, 50 halftone illustrations. Signed.

An overview of Connor’s work to the time, beginning with her early images of pictures within pictures, her soft-focus studies of the 1970s, and then her forays into Asia and the Middle East. Preface by Denise Miller-Clark and introduction by Rebecca Solnit. This copy signed and dated in year of publication by Connor. Back cover rubbed and creased. $25

  1. CORDIER, Pierre. Pierre Cordier, Brussels: Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1988. Softcover, 10 ½ x 8 ½ inches, 72 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color). Inscribed.

Catalog for an exhibition of Cordier’s “chimigrammes,” a manipulative photographic process he invented in the 1950s. Many of his pictures, in both color and black and white, involve multiple imagery and appear geometrical and abstract. Born in 1933, Cordier has lived and worked in Brussels for his entire life. Text in French, but an English translation is laid in. In the original mailing envelope. This copy inscribed and dated by the photographer. One corner bumped. $35

  1. CRANE, Barbara. Barbara Crane: Photographs, 1948-1980, Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 1981. Softcover, 9 x 9 ¼ inches, 126 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color). Inscribed.

An exhibition catalog that covers much of Crane’s career, beginning with early work in 1948. Features her street photographs, combines, multiple images, pictures of architecture, and more from this major Chicago figure. Estelle Jussim and Paul Vanderbilt contribute essays. This copy warmly inscribed and dated 1985. Covers rubbed and lightly worn. $35

  1. CUNNINGHAM, Imogen. Imogen! Imogen Cunningham Photographs, 1910-1973, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1974. Hardcover (silver-stamped black leather and cloth), 11 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches, 112 pages, halftone illustrations, slipcase. Special edition, signed.

Features Cunningham’s photographs divided into six chronological sections: Early Years in Washington; Northern California Portraits; Artists, Actors, and Writers; Plants; Later Portraits; and Heads, Legs, and Hands. With an introduction by Margery Mann. This edition consists of 150 copies, numbered and signed by Cunningham in ink. Near fine condition, with tiny scuffing to slipcase. $250

  1. DATER, Judy, and Jack Welpott, Women and Other Visions, Dobbs Ferry, New York: Morgan and Morgan, 1975. Softcover, 10 ½ x 9 inches, unpaginated, 107 halftone illustrations. Signed.

This defining book for the married couple of Dater and Welpott represents their likely unique collaboration of photographing the same female subjects. Most were strangers they encountered who expressed elements of the “feminine mystique.” Their pictures are generally paired on double-page spreads, making evident their differing responses to the women. Some of the images picture Dater, and Welpott appears once, in the final plate, which is a portrait of the couple by Arnold Newman. All the text pages are printed on a distinctive orange stock: an introduction by professor Henry Holmes Smith, list of images, and biographies of both photographers. This copy signed by Dater on the title page. Previous owner’s blind stamp, light edgewear and rubbing to covers. $50

  1. DAVIDSON, Bruce. East 100th Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1971. Softcover, 12 x 11 inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations. Second printing, with ephemera. Signed.

This is Davidson’s most highly realized book. He photographed the dispossessed black and Latino residents along just one stretch of New York’s Harlem during 1966-68. Curator John Szarkowski observed that Davidson “has shown us true and specific people, photographed in those private moments of suspended action in which the complexity and ambiguity of individual lives triumph over abstraction.” Featured on the cover is an image of a scrawny child in a Crucifixion-like stance. Laid in is a three-page spread on the project from Life, August 15, 1969. This copy is signed by Davidson. Included in Andrew Roth’s Book of 101 Books. Covers rubbed, with tiny edgewear. $500

  1. DAVIDSON, Bruce. Bruce Davidson: Photographs, New York: Agrinde, 1978. Hardcover (gold-stamped cream cloth and paper over boards), 11 ¼ x 11 ¾ inches, 168 pages, duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This was the first major overview of Davidson’s work, covering fifteen of his photo essays, produced over twenty years. Among them are The Dwarf (1958), Brooklyn Gang (1958), The Bridge (1963), Topless Restaurant (1965), Welsh Miners (1965), and East 100th Street (1966-68). With an introduction by art critic Henry Geldzahler, this is a large-scale book with rich reproductions. This copy signed by Davidson. Top of spine bumped, in dustjacket with a few wrinkles and one short tear. $250

  1. DeCARAVA, Roy. Langston Hughes. The Sweet Flypaper of Life, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Softcover, 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches, 98 pages, screen-gravure illustrations. Signed.

This life-affirming little book comprises a fictional, first-person account by Hughes about a black woman and her fellow Harlem residents. Innovatively, the text begins on the front cover and continues inside, in short personal bursts. DeCarava’s images are equally inviting, starting with the cover image of a youngster making direct eye contact with the reader. Presented in high-quality gravure, they show the rich, human fabric of the community. This copy signed by DeCarava on the inside cover. Covers are darkened and edge worn. $325

  1. DeCARAVA, Roy. Langston Hughes. The Sweet Flypaper of Life, New York: Hill and Wang, 1967 (second edition). Hardcover (gold-stamped turquoise cloth), 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches, 96 pages, 141 halftone illustrations. Signed.

Issued in a slightly larger format than the first and with the nearly identical sequencing of images and text. However, the pictures are reproduced in halftone and occasionally vary in their size and placement on the page. This copy signed by DeCarava. Near fine condition. $250

  1. DeCARAVA, Roy. Roy DeCarava: Photographs, Carmel, California: Friends of Photography, 1981. Softcover, 12 x 11 inches, 192 pages, 82 duotone illustrations. Signed.

A measured overview of DeCarava’s insightful engagement with the black communities of New York and Washington, D.C., between 1949 and 1979. His figure studies and street scenes are typically veiled in somber shades of gray and black. With texts by Friends director James Alinder and the photographer’s wife Sherry Turner DeCarava. This copy signed by both Sherry and Roy. The fragile cover with light rubbing and tiny edgewear. $125

  1. EDGERTON, Harold E., and James R. Killian, Jr. Moments of Vision: The Stroboscopic Revolution in Photography, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1979 (second printing). Hardcover (white-stamped black cloth), 9 ½ x 11 ½ inches, 178 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Inscribed.

The text, by Killian, provides a biographical sketch of the engineer/photographer, describes the earliest stroboscopic developments and the many applications of Edgerton’s techniques, and notes the influence of his photography on modern art. The images picture drops and splashes, bullets, animals, sports, atomic expositions, and underwater and nighttime subjects. This copy inscribed by Edgerton in the year of publication. One corner bumped, in dustjacket that is torn, chipped, and edgeworn. $75

  1. EGGELSTON, William. William Eggleston’s Guide, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976. Hardcover (gold-stamped leatherette with mounted reproduction), 9 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 112 pages, 94 color halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

The influential book (issued without a dustjacket) accompanying Eggleston’s 1976 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art that was considered to be the coming out of color photography for the art world (even though it was not the first show of color photographs at the museum, as is often misstated). Sporting the look of a children’s book, it features green pages for John Szarkowski’s introductory essay and Eggleston’s now famous tricycle picture on the cover. This copy inscribed and dated 1996. Fine condition. $1,000

  1. EGGELSTON, William. 5 x 7, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Twin Palms, 2006. Hardcover (black-stamped green cloth), 14 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches, unpaginated, duotone and color halftone illustrations, dustjacket and case. Signed.

This oversize book comprises primarily close-up portraits that Eggleston made in 1973 with a five-by-seven-inch camera, in both black-and-white and color. He took many of them at a blue-collar night club in his native Memphis. Includes text and an interview with Michael Almereyda. Laid in is the poster for a film on Eggleston and “Stranded in Canton,” a film by him. The regular edition numbered 4,000 copies, but this is one of the cased, numbered and signed ones (150 copies). Near fine condition. $350

  1. ERWITT, Elliott. Photographs and Anti-Photographs, Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 9 ½ x 11 ¾ inches, 112 halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This is an excellent selection of Erwitt’s humorous photographs, made primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. They clearly show his compassion for humans and animals, and his delight in the situations in which the two sometimes interact. The cover image presents an elderly woman in Las Vegas working a slot machine in the guise of a cowboy whose hand-held gun serves as the lever that she pulls. Includes an introduction by John Szarkowski and biographical essay by Sam Holmes. This copy boldly signed by Erwitt. Fine condition, in a dustjacket with a small tear and a few creases. $250

  1. ERWITT, Elliott. Son of Bitch, New York: Grossman, 1974. Hardcover (red-stamped gray cloth), 10 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, 128 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Erwitt’s entertaining investigation of man’s devoted companion, the dog. It features mutts and purebreds from around the globe and the essay “About My Friends” by P. G. Wodehouse.” This copy signed by Erwitt. Near fine condition, in dustjacket that is lightly rubbed and with one short tear. $250

  1. FAURER, Louis. Louis Faurer: Photographs from Philadelphia and New York, 1937-1973, College Park: University of Maryland Art Gallery, 1981. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 56 pages, 38 halftone illustrations (2 in color). Signed ephemera.

This was the first, rediscovery publication on Faurer, who always lived under the shadow of his more famous counterpart, Robert Frank. It is an exhibition catalog, with quality reproductions, including his important 1950 color picture “Family, Times Square.” Compiled and edited by Edith A. Tonelli and John Gossage, with an essay by Walter Hopps, chronology, and “Narrative of My Career,” by the photographer. Laid into this copy is an announcement for the show and a piece of mat board, signed in pencil by Faurer. Near fine condition. $100

  1. FAUST, Chris. Nocturnes, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007. Hardcover (black and blind-stamped gray cloth), 8 ¾ x 14 ¾ inches, 90 pages, duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with an original photograph.

This elongated-format book nicely presents the nighttime, panoramic black-and-white photographs of Faust. He focuses on the landscape, small towns, and large cities of the Upper Midwest, where he “unveils a world we never noticed was there and when the darkest hours evoke a mood of mystery and surrealism.” Among his specific subjects are houseboats in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and massive freight ships in Duluth, Minnesota. Features comments on the photographs by Faust and an essay by art historian Joan Rothfuss. Christopher C. Faust (born 1955) is a prolific landscape photographer who resides in St. Paul, Minnesota. Laid into this copy is an 8-x-10-inch gelatin silver print of one of the images in the book (signed and dated). This copy of the book is signed by Faust in the year of publication. Near fine condition. $250

  1. FRAJNDLICH, Abe. Figments, Dobbs Ferry, New York: Morgan & Morgan,1975. Softcover, 12 x 9 ¼ inches, 64 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

Images of a female mime, some of which were taken on the streets of Chicago. Introduction by Nathan Lyons. Frajndlich (American, born Germany, 1946) moved as a child with his family to Cleveland and earned a master’s degree in English literature. He then studied photography with Minor White at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is best known for his portraits of his mentor. This copy signed and dated 2003 by Frajndlich. Covers lightly rubbed. $35

  1. FRAJNDLICH, Abe. Cleveland Infra Red: An Extended Portrait of a City, Cleveland: Publix Imprints, 1981. Softcover, 9 ¼ x 10 ½ inches, unpaginated, 84 halftone illustrations. Signed.

Frajndlich’s examination of his childhood home, consisting primarily of street and architectural subjects. This copy signed and dated 2003 by the photographer. Near fine condition. $35

  1. FRAJNDLICH, Abe. Lives I’ve Never Lived: A Portrait of Minor White, Cleveland: Arc Press, 1983. Hardcover (blind and silver-stamped gray cloth), 9 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches, 80 pages, halftone illustrations, slipcase. Signed.

Frajndlich’s tribute to his mentor, Minor White. Images made between 1971 and 1976 of White photographing, doing other things, and laying in his casket. Also features some historical pictures of White. Preface by White scholar Peter Bunnell. This is copy number 121/200 of the limited edition with slipcase and signed by the photographer. Additionally, this copy is signed by Minor White. Also warmly inscribed by Frajndlich and dated 2003. Near fine condition in lightly scuffed slipcase. $125

  1. FRAJNDLICH, Abe. Portraits, Munich: Prestal Verlag, 2000. Hardcover (paper over boards), 12 x 9 ½ inches, 96 pages, halftone illustrations (most in color), dustjacket. Inscribed.

Among the sitters are Ginger Baker, Yoko Ono, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and Elie Wiesel. Introduction “Portraiture in Pantomime” by Phoebe Hoban. This copy inscribed and dated by Frajndlich. A dent to top of cover and a few bumped corners. $50

  1. FREED, Leonard. Made in Germany, New York: Grossman, 1970. Softcover, 10 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, unpaginated, 124 screen-gravure illustrations. Signed.

An exposé on the daily life of the German people (East and West), printed in rich gravure. In true Magnum fashion, Freed exerted complete control over the book, making all the photographs, writing the introduction and captions (often of paragraph length), and laying it out. Photojournalist Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was a longtime member of Magnum Photos, turning his cameras on the Civil Rights movement, Jewish communities, and the New York Police Department. This copy signed and dated 1996 by Freed. Label residue to front free-end paper, with light edgewear and rubbing to covers. $75

  1. FREED, Leonard. Leonard Freed: Photographs, 1954-1990, Manchester, England: Cornerhouse, 1991. Hardcover (black-stamped gray cloth), 11 ½ x 10 inches, 198 pages, screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed.

An overview of Freed’s successful career to date, spanning over thirty-five years of work. “As a witness to wars and catastrophes what is important to him is not ‘disaster’ from which he makes his living, but ‘life and all its emotions.’ It is around this theme that he has conceived this collection of photographs, balancing commissioned work with images reflecting a more personal search.” Includes pictures from the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, rendered in rich gravure. This copy inscribed and dated 1996 by Freed. Near fine condition, except for one lightly bumped corner. $75

  1. FREEDMAN, Jill. Street Cops, New York: Harper and Row, 1981. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 12 ¾ x 10 inches, 256 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed ephemera.

Freedman’s hefty visual diary of life on the beat of New York City policemen and women. She made the vast majority of the images at night, covering beatings, accidents, and deaths. The telling cover image features two men in blue facing apartment doors at the end of a narrow, claustrophobic hallway, guns and cigars in hand. Laid into this copy is Freedman’s signature, address, and phone number, written on another’s business card. Front free-end paper wrinkled, dustjacket darkened, rubbed and wrinkled. $250

  1. FRIEDLANDER, Lee. Lee Friedlander, Self Portrait, New City, New York: Haywire Press, 1970. Softcover, 8 ½ x 9 ¼ inches, 88 pages, 43 duotone illustrations. Signed.

Friedlander’s first solo book, published by his own Haywire Press, only in soft and perhaps his signature publication. Includes many of his now classic self-portraits, like the one where his shadow falls on the back of a woman, implying stalking, and his hair is rendered spikey by the subject’s fur collar. In his brief introduction, Friedlander claims that he did not make the pictures as a project, instead finding them among his other work. “They began as straight portraits but soon I was finding myself at times in the landscape of my photography. I might call myself an intruder.” A modestly sized book that packed great influence. This copy signed by Friedlander. Light rubbing to covers, with tiny wear to the top and bottom of spine. $950

  1. FRIEDLANDER, Lee. Lee Friedlander: Photographs, New City, New York: Haywire Press, 1978. Hardcover (silver-stamped blue cloth), 10 ¾ x 11 ½ inches, 106 pages, 137 duotone illustrations. Signed.

This catalog for a show at the Hudson River Museum, in Yonkers, New York, was issued without a dustjacket and contains very little text—only acknowledgements and a quotation by Marcel Proust. The reproductions cover work from the early 1960s to mid-1970s; still lifes, landscapes, party pictures, and images that appeared in Friedlander’s previous books Self Portrait and The American Monument. This copy signed by Friedlander.   Light rubbing to cloth and spine ink. $500

  1. FRIEDLANDER, Lee. Lee Friedlander, Flowers and Trees, New City, New York: Haywire Press, 1981. Hardcover (black-stamped purple cloth, with internal spiral binding), 15 x 12 inches, 88 pages, 40 tritone illustrations. Signed.

An elegant, oversize production, issued without a dustjacket. Features Friedlander’s attractive and sometimes challenging images, all dating from the 1970s. The minimal text is in letterpress and the inside covers sport a dark green cloth that compliments the outside purple. This copy signed by Friedlander. Near mint condition, in opened shrink wrap. $1,250

  1. FRIEDLANDER, Lee. Lee Friedlander: Portraits, Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1985. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 10 ¼ x 11 inches, 96 pages, 73 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

An array of previously little-known portraits by the great street photographer, spanning thirty years. Primarily seen in each subject’s personal space are such individuals as musician Count Basie, artist Jim Dine, curator John Szarkowski, collector Arnold Crane, photographers Helen Levitt and Walker Evans, and the photographer’s children and wife. British painter R. B. Kitaj provides an insightful foreword and himself is pictured with a nude woman draped over his knees. This copy signed by Friedlander. Fine condition, in opened shrink wrap. $500

  1. FRIEDLANDER. Rod Slemmons, Like a One-Eyed Cat: Photographs by Lee Friedlander, 1956-1987, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. Hardcover (gold-stamped yellow cloth), 11 ¾ x 12 ¼ inches, 120 pages, 154 tritone illustrations, dustjacket, with poster. Signed.

Book accompanying a thirty-year retrospective on Friedlander organized by the Seattle Art Museum. The high-quality reproductions begin with his images of black jazz musicians (late 1950s), end with his female nudes (1980s), and touch all of his major bodies of work in between. Curator Rod Slemmons’s biographical portrait “A Precise Search for the Elusive” concludes the volume. Printed in an edition of 5,000 copies. Accompanied by a poster for the show, featuring the book’s cover image of Friedlander’s shadow on a desert surface. This copy signed by Friedlander. Fine condition, in a dustjacket with tiny fraying and one short tear. $350

  1. FRIEDLANDER, Lee. Lee Friedlander, Letters from the People, New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 1993. Hardcover (blind-stamped black cloth), 14 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches, 88 pages, 213 tritone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This large-scale book, similar in page size to Walker Evans’s Message from the Interior (1966), highlights Friedlander’s fascination with signs and graffiti, like his predecessor. He begins with the alphabet, moves on to numbers, then words, sayings, and sentences. With the keen eye of a witty street walker, he both isolates and compounds examples of found language, reveling in missing elements, misspellings, and other unique findings. Most of the pages comprise multiple images, making for a compendium similar to the cataloging nature of his earlier book The American Monument. Printed in an edition of 3,000 copies. This copy signed by Friedlander. Near fine condition in a dustjacket that is lightly rubbed and wrinkled. $450

  1. GATEWOOD, Charles. Spider Webb, X, New York: R. Mutt Fine Art Publishers, 1977. Softcover, 8 x 8 inches, 52 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed, with ephemera.

This artist’s book concerns Spider Webb’s tattooing his one-thousandth “X” on a man’s leg, comprised of 1,000 tiny X’s. Gatewood photographed the operation at various stages and included portraits of those involved; Webb, Gatewood, Marco Vassi, and the unidentified man receiving the tattoo. Taped in is a small piece of blotter paper with human blood. Printed in an edition of 1,000 (naturally), individually numbered and signed by the three artists. In addition, this copy inscribed by Gatewood to Ramon Muxter. Laid into this copy is an announcement for Spider Webb’s 1982 book Tattooed Women. Covers lightly browned and rubbed. $250

  1. GATEWOOD, Charles. Forbidden Photographs, Woodstock, New York: Flash Publications, 1981. Hardcover (silver-stamped black leatherette), 11 x 8 ½ inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations. Signed, with ephemera.

As the title suggests, challenging photographs that together form a “compassionate record of the grotesque.” Among the subjects are a tattooed fetus and penis, a severed finger, and semi-nude female mud wrestlers. Sex star Annie Sprinkle makes a few appearances, including one where she is shown photographing a man masturbating. Fun stuff. Printed in a signed, numbered edition of one thousand. Laid into this copy is an announcement for the book. Tiny tip and edgewear. $100

  1. GATEWOOD, Charles. Photographs: The Body & Beyond, Woodstock, New York: Flash Publications, 1993. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 12 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 50 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

Another selection of Gatewood’s unique take on the weird of the world. Nudity abounds in sections such as “Mardi Gras: Carnival in New Orleans,” “Tattoo: Dermagraphic Pleasures & Terrors,” and “Primitives: Tribal Body Art & the Left-Hand Path.” Introduction by photography critic A. D. Coleman. Numbered and signed edition of two-thousand copies. Laid into this copy is a flyer for the book and Gatewood’s business card. Near fine condition. $100

  1. GELLERT, Vance. Carlvision, Portland, Oregon: Blue Sky Gallery, 1987. Softcover (plastic spiral binding), 8 x 10 ½ inches, 54 pages, color halftone illustrations. Signed.

These pictures, often with vibrant colors, document Gellert’s first few years with his son, Carl, after becoming a househusband with a camera. Carl, usually naked, interacts with his father, television, raw meat, toys, broken glass, and other everyday objects. He even appears in Gellert’s darkroom, in a playful image that shows him simultaneously under an enlarger and in a developing tray (an original print of this image is also available; please inquire). Gellert (American, born 1944) is a Minneapolis-based photographer who ran such non-profit spaces as Parts Photographic Arts and the Minnesota Center for Photography, during the 1980s and 1990s. This copy signed by Gellert. Near fine condition. $25

  1. GIBSON, Ralph. Days at Sea, 1974. Softcover, 12 x 8 ½ inches, 72 pages, duotone illustrations. With signed ephemera.

The last of the books in Gibson’s ground-breaking “Black Trilogy,” named for the predominance of darkness on the covers and in the images. The pictures are variously grainy, formalistic, erotic, and, by intent, do not provide an obvious narrative. The cover features his suggestive photograph of a woman caressing her buttocks with a feather of variegated tones. Laid into this copy is a prospectus for a portfolio of original prints of the same name, signed by Gibson. Light rubbing to covers. $100

  1. GIBSON, Ralph. Tropism: Photographs by Ralph Gibson, New York: Aperture, 1987. Softcover, 14 x 10 ¼ inches, 150 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed ephemera.

This publication accompanied a major retrospective of Gibson’s work. It covers nearly twenty group of pictures, beginning with student work, 1960-1962, and ending with Rome, 1973-1986. Includes an artist’s statement and a detailed bibliography. Laid in are exhibition announcements for showings in New York and Minneapolis, the latter signed by Gibson. Covers rubbed and one corner lightly bumped. $50

  1. GIBSON, Ralph. Overtures: Diptychs and Proportions, Switzerland: Edition Stemmle, 1998. Hardcover (blind-stamped black cloth), 8 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations. Signed ephemera.

Herein, Gibson “advances his theory of ‘Visual Overtones,’ a phenomenon that is well known in musical experience wherein two or more tones combine to produce another tonality. Visual overtones function in much the same way; the enhanced impression experienced by the viewer is a result of the two images that produce it.” Among those contributing texts that accompany the diptychs are Miles Barth, A. D. Coleman, Eric Fischl, and Weston Naef. Laid in is the original shrink wrap with a handwritten Post-It note from Gibson, and accompanied by the original mailing envelope from Gibson. A few bumped corners. $50

  1. GIBSON, Ralph. Coda, Paris: Editions Au Pont des Arts, Charles Zabler, 2010. Softcover, 12 x 8 inches, 48 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

A selection of Gibson’s images, which are variously formalistic, abstract, and enigmatic. Text in French and English. This copy signed by Gibson. Near fine condition. $35

  1. GIBSON, Ralph. Music–Mask [Empirical Thesis], New York: Ralph Gibson, c. 2010. Softcover, 12 x 8 inches, 24 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

This publication, nearly void of text, has the appearance of an artist’s book, with designs (“graphics”) by John Gibson and photographs by Ralph. There are ten pairs, with most of the photographs showing musical objects, such as a metronome, a horn, and guitars. In a numbered edition of 250 copies, signed by both Gibsons. Near fine condition. $35    

  1. GIBSON, Ralph. Diptych, New York: Cygnet Foundation, 2011. Softcover, 12 x 8 inches, 32 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color). Signed.

Comprises a number of paired images that often defy obvious interpretation. As an example, one diptych presents a color image of a woman’s breasts upon which have been laid some bananas, along with a black-and-white photograph of a hand strumming an acoustic guitar, apparently shot on television.  Includes short texts by Ray Merritt, curator Sarah Greenough, museum director Adam D. Weinberg, art historian Max Kozloff, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the former secretary-general of the United Nations. This copy signed by Gibson. Near fine condition. $35

  1. GILPIN, Laura. The Rio Grande: River of Destiny, New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949 (second printing). Hardcover (brown-stamped green cloth), 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches, 244 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This book is the result of Gilpin’s self-assigned, multi-year investigation of the 1,800 mile length of the epic Rio Grande River. Beginning at its source in Colorado she trekked with her cameras through its New Mexican midstream and finally along the Texas-Mexican border, until it spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. Her straightforward pictures essay the landscape, wildlife, livestock, farms, and peoples of the region. In the course of her work, she “had to be pioneer, auto mechanic, missionary to the Indians and goodwill ambassador to the Mexicans, naturalist, and economist.” This copy is signed by Gilpin. Tiny bump to one corner, in torn dustjacket that is missing a little at top of spine. $125

  1. GOHLKE, Frank. Landscapes from the Middle of the World: Photographs, 1972-1987, San Francisco: Friends of Photography, 1988. Softcover, 9 ¾ x 11 inches, unpaginated, duotone and color halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

Features Gohlke’s “New Topographics” photographs, made mostly in Texas (his home state), the Midwest, and showing the aftermath of the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington. With an introduction by Ben Lifson, this was issued as the Friends’s Untitled 46. This copy inscribed and dated 1988 by Gohlke. Covers rubbed and wrinkled. $50

  1. GOHLKE, Frank. The Sudbury River: A Celebration, Lincoln, Massachusetts: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 1993. Softcover, 8 x 10 ¾ inches, 48 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color). Inscribed.

This was a collaborative project, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Sudbury Valley Trustees. The Sudbury River, which winds through about 30 miles of exurbs and suburbs, was observed by Gohlke, at various times of day and season. Includes comments by the photographer along with a history of the non-profit trustee organization. This copy inscribed and dated 1994 by Gohlke. Covers lightly rubbed. $35

  1. GOLDEN, Judith. Cycles, a Decade of Photographs, San Francisco: Friends of Photography, 1988. Softcover, 11 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches, 52 pages, color halftone illustrations. Signed, with ephemera.

Covers primarily her manipulated portraits from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s. Sometimes the figures themselves have painted faces and other times handwork is performed on the prints. Her most successful images feature her own face interacting with magazine cut-outs. Essay by Claire V. C. Peeps. Laid in is a card notice for the publication, which appeared as the Friends’s Untitled 45. This copy signed by Goldin. Near fine condition. $35

  1. GONZALEZ PALMA, Luis. Luis González Palma, Buenos Aires, Argentina: La Azotea, 1993. Hardcover (paper over boards), 9 ½ x 10 inches, 84 pages, color halftone illustrations. Signed.

This was the first monograph on González Palma, the most well-known contemporary Guatemalan photographer. It includes text (in Spanish) by Maria Cristina Orive, listing of solo and group shows, bibliography, and museum collections (among them the Art Institute of Chicago, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art). The collage-like work, all dating from 1989 to 1992, is spiritual, theatrical, and metaphorical. They frequently depict solitary figures that seem to transcend the individual and capture the essence of a race and its culture. This copy signed by González Palma. Near fine condition. $150

  1. GONZALEZ PALMA, Luis. A Silent Unity of Gazes: The Photographic Vision of Luis González Palma, Duluth, Minnesota: Tweed Museum of Art, 2009. Softcover, 9 ½ x 10 ½ inches, 40 pages, 26 color halftone illustrations. Signed.

This exhibition catalog surveys González Palma’s work, from 1988 to 2005. It features his renowned early pictures of Guatemalan natives and more recent images that place figures in nebulous environments. Includes an interview with the artist, an introduction by museum director Ken Bloom and essay by critic Patricia Briggs. This copy signed by the two authors and González Palma. Near fine condition. $35

  1. GOSSAGE, John. Berlin in the Time of the Wall, Chicago: Stephen Daiter Contemporary, 2004. Softcover, 13 x 10 inches, 72 pages, 60 duotone illustrations. Signed.

This represents a portion of the large-scale book of the same title, which ran to over 450 pages. It accompanied an exhibition at the Daiter Gallery that was “about a book and its photographs.” Includes a list of all of Gossage’s previous publications and an essay by Gerry Badger. This copy signed by Gossage. Two corners lightly bumped. $100

  1. GOSSAGE, John. Here, Rochester, Minnesota: Rochester Art Center, 2010. Unbound (as issued), 22 ¼ x 12 ½ inches, 80 newsprint pages, bellyband, in original plastic sleeve. Signed.

This “catalog” accompanied an exhibition at the art center of photographs it commissioned Gossage to take in Rochester. After an introduction by curator Kris Douglas, come 72 large-scale, full-page halftones of typical street images by Gossage, showing yards, telephone poles, houses, and people, in both detail and from afar. Indicative of the inclusive nature of the project, the entire guts of this catalog was inserted in an issue of the city’s daily paper, the Post-Bulletin. This copy from the signed edition, limited to 500 copies. Fine condition. $150

  1. GOSSAGE, John. Here, Rochester, Minnesota: Rochester Art Center, 2010.

This copy is from the special limited edition of only 15 that includes a mounted silver print (measuring 8 x 6 ½ inches), signed and numbered 11/15. The image is of a small clapboard house with a picket fence and American flag that Gossage shot from the driver’s seat of a car, suggesting a surveillance photograph. Both the cover page and the photograph are signed. Fine condition. $1,500

  1. GOWIN, Emmet. Emmet Gowin: Photographs, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Hardcover (blind and silver-stamped black cloth), 10 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 102 pages, screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This was the first monograph on Gowin, comprising what is still his best body of work—primarily pictures of family members, made in the late 1960s and early 70s. His wife, Edith, figures prominently, seen at their rural Virginia house. Nicely designed and well printed by Rapoport, it includes an afterword by the photographer. This copy signed by Gowin on the dedication page. Small damp stain effecting the last few pages, in dustjacket with tiny edgewear. $500

  1. GOWIN, Emmet. Petra: In the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordon, New York: Pace/McGill Gallery, 1986. Softcover, 14 x 11 inches, 40 pages, 14 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This elegant, oversize publication chronicles the ancient capital of a pre-Islamic Arab culture that flourished from the fourth century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. Subsequently lost to the outside world until 1812, it was photographed by Gowin between 1982 and 1985. With a large-format camera and a keen eye, he examines the passageways, rock formations, tombs, and palaces of the “city of rose-red stone.” Features an introduction by Gowin, an historical essay by anthropology professor Phillip C. Hammond, and a dustjacket with a tipped-on reproduction. A hard-to-find title, this copy is discretely signed by Gowin after his text. Faint scuff to front cover, in opened shrink wrap. $650

  1. GOWIN, Emmet. Emmet Gowin: Aerial Photographs, Princeton University Art Gallery, 1998. Softcover, 9 ½ x 7 ½ inches, 36 pages, duotone illustrations dustjacket. Signed.

Accompanied an exhibition of work from the 1980s and nineties, in states in the Southwest and Northwest. Subjects include missile silos, mines, weapons disposal sites, agricultural fields, and the Salton Sea. This copy signed by Gowin. Two very faint creases to dustjacket. $75

  1. GUDMUNDSON, Wayne. A Considered View: The Photographs of Wayne Gudmundson, Fargo, North Dakota: Plaines Art Museum, 2007. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 10 ¼ x 12 ½ inches, 104 pages, duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed.

Consists of Gudmundson’s understated images of his native Iceland and the American prairie planes. There is much open space in these photographs, with the horizon line often a significant visual element. Texts are contributed by curator Rusty Freeman, professor Tom Isern, critic Ben Lifson, photographer Frank Gohlke, along with Gudmundson himself. This copy warmly inscribed by the photographer. Tiny wrinkling to top of dustjacket. $50

  1. HAZ, Nicholas. Image Management (Composition for Photographers), Cincinnati: Nicholas Ház Books, 1946. Softcover (plastic spiral binding), 10 x 7 inches, 140 pages, 31 line-drawing illustrations. Inscribed.

Ház was so keen on emphasizing art and composition in this book that he did not include a single photographic reproduction, opting instead for diagrams and hand-rendered images. Among his many short lessons are those on shape, line, tone, color, edge, surface, texture, depth, motion, balance, unity, clarity, rhythm, and harmony. This copy inscribed by Ház to a fellow teacher. Light wear to covers. $35

  1. HEATH, Dave. A Dialogue with Solitude, Culpepper, Virginia: Community Press, 1965. Hardcover, 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, 100 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

According to the front flap, the book is “a paean to life—tragic, comic, and lyrical. It begins with a photographic prologue that sets the theme: the solitude of the individual. Photographs of lovers pursue the theme, suggesting that even this relationship may not be enough to alter the essential loneliness of the soul. A series of photographs taken in Korea shows the frustration, hardship, and ennui of Army life. A group of Negro portraits and another group exploring the bewilderments of youth, further reveal the undeniable and haunting aspects of alienation. In seeking to probe the meaning of the world around him and his relation to it, Dave Heath has transmuted into photographic images his intense feeling and concern for the world. He concurs with W. B. Yeats’s assertion that creative expression is the social act of the solitary man.” A groundbreaking and influential book in American photography. This copy boldly signed on the title page by Heath. Light shelf wear, in a dustjacket that is lightly rubbed, creased, and with one short tear. $2,500

  1. HEATH, Dave. Extempore: Reflections & Ruminations on Art & Personal History, Toronto: Lumiere Press, 1988. Hardcover (black-stamped paper and linen spine, with printed label), 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches, 36 pages, halftone illustrations and 2 copy gelatin silver prints. Inscribed, with ephemera.

Comprises Heath’s recollections of his development as a photographer and his artistic theories over thirty years. Working in Korea, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York, Heath is best known for his searing personal book A Dialogue With Solitude (see above). The present volume is part of the Lumiere Press’s elegant series of letterpress-printed books (in a numbered edition of 150), with the previously unpublished photographs tipped-in. Laid in are the original prospectus and order form. This copy inscribed and dated 1989 by Heath. Fine condition, in original sleeve. $450

  1. HEINECKEN, Robert. Heinecken, Carmel, California: Friends of Photography, 1980. Hardcover (silver and blind-stamped black cloth), 9 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches, 160 pages, 92 halftone illustrations (some in color). Signed, with ephemera.

This was the first major monograph on Heinecken, issued without a dustjacket. It was edited by James Enyeart, with contributions by Marvin Bell, Carl Chiarenza, Candida Finkel, Charles Hagen, John Upton, and William Jenkins. According to Jenkins, “Nearly all of Heinecken’s work is directed at synthesizing the information disseminated by modern culture concerning the elevation and selling of beauty, sex, and money. Advertising and pornography are neither condemned nor revered, but recognized as significant.” Includes a statement by the artist, an extensive bibliography, plus other back matter. Edition of 2,000 copies, signed and machine-numbered. Laid into this copy is a large, six-panel prospectus for the book. Near fine condition except for a few smudges to the covers. $250

  1. HEINECKEN, Robert. Studiesnineteenseventy, Tucson, Arizona: Nazraeli Press, 2002. Hardcover (printed paper over boards), 7 ½ x 5 ¾ inches, 16 pages, 12 halftone illustrations and one original photograph. Signed.

Heinecken made these combination images, rendered in negative tones, from pornographic magazines. Originally created in 1970, they were part of his ongoing investigation of printed imagery and the female nude. This title is from the Nazraeli Press’s “One Picture Book” series, all issued without dustjackets. The original tipped-in photograph is signed and dated 2002 by Heinecken, and numbered 32/500. Robert Heinecken, a major force in Los Angeles photography as both an artist and teacher, died four years later. Fine condition. $375HERNANDEZ, Anthony. Pictures for Rome, Santa Monica, California: Smart Art Press, 2000. Hardcover (black-stamped rust cloth), 10 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, 90 pages, color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed, with ephemera.

Comprises a series of square-format images that Hernandez made in Rome, Italy, during 1998 and 1999. “These elegantly disturbing color photographs examine what could be considered a series of unofficial urban monuments composed from the destressed architectural elements and detritus found inside abandoned buildings.” Essay by Ralph Rugoff, with and an extensive bibliography. Hernandez was born in 1947 in Los Angeles, where he still lives and works. Laid in is an announcement for a show of the same title and another exhibition notice. This copy inscribed to curator Fred R. Parker. Near fine condition. $50

  1. HOSOE, Eikoh. Killed by Roses, Tokyo: Shueisha, 1963. Hardcover (printed cloth), 16 ¾ x 11 inches, unpaginated, screen-gravure illustrations, acetate jacket and cardboard box. Signed.

This is one of Hosoe’s most elaborate books, over-sized, richly printed, and featuring some gatefolds. His collaborator was the author Yukio Michima, who is the subject of most of the pictures, rendered surrealistically and with strong graphic impact. Issued in an edition of 1,500 numbered copies (this one 586), signed by both Michima and Hosoe. Light scuffing and folds to some pages, in worn (as usual) box. $4,000

  1. HOSOE, Eikoh. Betty Jean Lifton, Taka-chan and I: A Dog’s Journey to Japan, Tokyo: Chihiro Ishizu, 1997. Hardcover (black-stamped red paper over boards), 10 ¼ x 8 ½ inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations, dustjacket and bellyband, with ephemera. Signed.

A children’s book about a Weimaraner that digs a hole all the way through the earth, to Japan. The dog befriends a young Japanese girl and rescues her from a dragon. This is the first Japanese edition of Taka-chan, which was originally published in the United States in 1967. Though slightly smaller, it largely follows the layout of the first. Eikoh Hosoe (born 1933), better known for his figurative work, produced another book with Lifton on a dog in Japan. Text in Japanese. This copy is signed by Hosoe in gold ink on the half-title page. Fine condition. $175

  1. HOSOE, Eikoh. Kamaitachi, New York: Aperture, 2005. Hardcover (printed cloth), 15 x 12 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 34 tritone illustrations, glassine dustjacket, box. Signed.

Another oversize and deluxe publication illustrated by Hosoe. This one was a collaboration with the dancer Tatsumi Hijikata, who performed a series of “happenings” in the Japanese countryside, invoking the aura of the Kamaitachi, legendary Japanese tricksters. The book features 34 gatefold bleed images, hidden by dense blue pages. Issued in a signed, numbered edition of 500 in Japan and 500 in the U.S., in a Pop-Art-designed clamshell box. Mint condition, in original plastic bag. $750

  1. JACHNA, Joseph D. Joseph D. Jachna: Or Water Is, Chicago: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2000. Softcover, 10 ¼ x 8 ½ inches, 16 pages, 16 duotone illustrations. Inscribed.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of photographs by Jachna in which water was a key element. Most of the images are quite abstract and date from the 1950s and 60s. With a “Photographic Meditation” written by the photographer. Inscribed by Jachna. A few mild dents to covers. $25

  1. JACOBI, Lotti. Menschen von Gestern und Heute: Fotographische Portraits, Skizzen und Dokumentationen, Essen, Germany: Museum Folkwang, 1973. Softcover, 10 ¾ x 7 ½ inches, 46 pages, 90 halftone illustrations. Inscribed, with original photograph.

Catalog for an exhibition of over 150 portraits by Jacobi. Introduction by Otto Steinert and essay by Hellmuth Karasek. Among those pictured are Marc Chagall, Albert Einstein, and Alfred Stieglitz. Text in German. German-American Jacobi (1896-1990) is best known for her portraits of famous figures in the arts and sciences. She joined the family studio in 1927, made four films, and in 1933 photographed in the Soviet Union. In 1935 she fled Nazi persecution with her son and opened a studio in New York. Twenty years later she relocated to New Hampshire, where she continued to make portraits. The gelatin silver print, of a cathedral in Germany, is on postcard stock (not mailed), titled and signed by Jacobi, with a 1980 written message from her on the back. Both near fine condition, except the book has a few loose pages. $250

  1. KAPLAN, Sid. Sid Kaplan: 1950s to the Present, New York: Deborah Bell Photographs, 2006. Softcover, 10 ½ x 8 ½ inches, 24 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This catalog accompanied an exhibition at the Bell gallery, and features street photographs by Kaplan (born 1938), mostly from the 1950s in New York. Essay by Stuart Alexander. Kaplan printed for Robert Frank for many years and the selection of images here includes a picture of Frank outdoors at his Nova Scotia house from about 1975. This copy signed by Kaplan. Near fine condition. $35

  1. KAPLAN, Sid. Sid Kaplan: New York City 1950s, Paris: Track Artwork Factory, 2009. Softcover, 6 ½ x 9 ½ inches, unpaginated, 49 halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

Another grouping of Kaplan’s photographs in his native city, showing primarily fellow citizens and the built environment. Introduction by Richard Gordon, in both French and English, printed in a limited edition of 300 copies. Laid in is an announcement for a 2013 show in Minneapolis and a postcard reproducing one of Kaplan’s images, with a 2012 handwritten note on the back. In the original shipping envelope. This copy of the book signed by Kaplan. Near fine condition. $50

  1. KASTEN, Barbara. Barbara Kasten: 1986-1990, Tokyo: RAM, 1991. Hardcover (black and silver-stamped cloth with mounted color reproduction), 12 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 23 color halftone illustrations. Signed.

Includes primarily images of buildings, both inside and out, at night, dramatically and colorfully lit by Kasten. Her subjects include the Equitable Building (New York), High Museum of Art (Atlanta), and museums in Los Angeles. Essays by Deborah Irmas and two others. This copy signed and dated 1991 on the title page. Near fine condition, except for two very lightly bumped corners. $50

  1. KEIGHLEY, Alexander. Alexander Keighley, Vienna: Die Galerie, 1936. Hardcover (printed paper and gray cloth), 12 ½ x 11 ½ inches, unpaginated, 24 halftone illustrations. Signed.

This is a deluxe publication, one of three that the Austrian gallery produced on pictorial photographers (the others were Leonard Misonne and Rudolf Koppitz). It features a short foreword by Keighley and full-page quality reproductions, each of which has a tissue guard. The book was issued in an edition of one thousand, each machine-numbered (this one 158), and signed by the photographer. Keighley (1861-1947), whose name is pronounced “KEETH-lee,” preferred to photograph in the Middle East, to help make his images more exotic. He received an honorary fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society (Hon. FRPS). Light rubbing and small bumps to otherwise unusually clean covers. $350

  1. KEPPLER, Victor. The Eighth Art: A Life of Color Photography, New York: William Morrow & Co., 1938. Hardcover (black and silver-stamped brown cloth), 12 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 266 pages, 31 color halftone illustrations. Signed.

This substantial volume preceded (by two years) Paul Outerbridge’s book Photographing in Color. It easily matches the latter in heft, scope, and technical detail. The only thing missing are the revealing nudes, although Keppler does include a modest one made for Palmolive. Keppler covers the history of color photography, engraving and printing, and a multitude of processes, such as carbro, Finlay, Dufacolor, and Kodachrome. The full-page, bleed plates feature figures and commercial products. Signed on the front free endpaper, as in the whole edition. Missing is the fragile, plain cardboard slipcase. Tiny wear to top and bottom of spine. $50

  1. KLEIN, William. Tokyo, New York: Crown, 1964. Hardcover (white and red-stamped black cloth), 14 x 10 ¼ inches, 184 pages, screen-gravure illustrations. Inscribed.

The publisher proclaimed that this was a “book of magnificent photographs. Here is Tokyo. Not Tokyo for the tourist or Tokyo for travel posters, but everyday Tokyo in all its contradictions, discords, beauty, and appeal.” This copy inscribed by Klein. Lacking the dustjacket, with covers light struck and marked. $1,000

  1. KLEIN, William. Moscow, New York: Crown, 1964. Hardcover (black and red-stamped white cloth), 14 x 10 ¼ inches, 184 pages, screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed.

Klein’s exuberant examination of the Soviet Union’s capital city. Comprises primarily images of its people, seen close up and in a myriad of activities—the plates in rich gravure and bleeding off the page edges. With a preface by Harrison E. Salisbury and comments on many of the pictures by the photographer. This copy inscribed, signed, and with Klein’s drawing of the hammer and sickle, in red ink. Tiny wear to tips, in price-clipped dustjacket with a few tears and chips. $1,250

  1. KLEIN, William. New York: 1954.55, Manchester, England: Dewi Lewis, 1995. Hardcover (paper over boards), 13 ½ x 10 inches, 256 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed ephemera.

This is the reprint of Klein’s first book from 1956. Laid into this copy is a 1996 announcement for an exhibition of related material, signed by Klein. Mint condition, in opened shrink wrap. $500

  1. KRAUSE, George. George Krause – 1, Haverford, Pennsylvania: Toll & Armstrong, 1972. Hardcover (white-stamped black cloth), 9 x 8 inches, unpaginated, 60 halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

According to fellow photographer Mark Power, who wrote the book’s essay, “His work is like the obverse side of Cartier-Bresson’s coin; his strongest photographs capture those indecisive moments when man’s persona takes over, moments when the spirit transcends the flesh.” Krause’s images generally depict individuals out in the world, when a sense of fantasy comes to play with them. Perhaps his most recognizable image is that of a black boy standing under a sheet of cascading water. This copy is signed and dated 1988 by Krause. Near fine condition, in price-clipped dustjacket. $50

  1. KRAUSE, George. I Nudi, Philadelphia: Mancini Gallery, 1980. Softcover, 10 ½ x 8 ½ inches, 24 pages, 22 duotone illustrations, with original photograph.

Catalog for an exhibition of studio nudes, mostly made in Rome around 1980. Tipped onto the first page is a color Polaroid print of a woman holding open her robe. It is signed, dated 1980, and number 159/500. George Krause (American, born 1937) taught photography at the University of Houston for many years. Near fine condition. $75

  1. KRIMS, Les. The Incredible Case of the Stack O’Wheats Murders, Buffalo: Les Krims, 1972. Box (paper over boards with printed label), 10 loose plates, 5 x 5 ¾ inches each, 2 printed sheets. Signed.

Small folio of staged crime scenes that Krims created, with nude female victims usually in indoor domestic settings. He used Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup to simulate blood, as its viscosity and color (in black and white) was a good match. Some of the images are grizzly, with the victims seemingly stabbed, bound, or gagged. In every case the murderer left behind a stack of pancakes, as his mysterious calling card. Perhaps the most memorable image appears on the cover of the box, showing a body on a bathroom floor, her underwear soaking in the sink, and the word “wheats” spelled out in “blood” next to her. Text by Eastman House curator Robert Sobieszek. Inserted sheet signed by Krims. The best of three limited-edition boxes he issued in 1972 (see other entry here). Normal minor wear to corners of box. $250

  1. KRIMS, Les. The Deerslayers, Buffalo: Les Krims, 1972. Box (paper over boards with printed label), 23 loose plates, 5 x 5 ¾ inches each, printed sheet. Signed.

Small folio of images Krims made of successful deer hunters with their prey secured to their cars. The images, some shot at night, are high contrast and brown toned. Text by Alex Sweetman on a folded sheet, with Krims’s signature. One of three limited-edition boxes he issued in 1972. Normal minor wear to corners of box. $250

  1. LANDWEBER, Victor. Victor Landweber Photographs: 1967-1984, San Diego: Museum of Photographic Arts, 1985. Softcover, 9 x 11 ½ inches, 24 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color). Signed, with ephemera.

Exhibition catalog that covered Landweber’s career to date. Based in Los Angeles, Landweber taught, photographed, and published group portfolios of fellow photographers’ work. Among his conceptual series are “My High School Colors,” “American Cameras,” and “Treasure Tones.” Introduction by museum director Arthur Ollman and essay by curator James R. Hugunin. This copy signed and dated (1985) by Landweber, with his business card laid in. Minor edgewear. $35

  1. LEE, Wellington. Artistic Photography, New York: Wellington Lee, 1968. Hardcover (red and gold-stamped purple cloth), 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, 170 pages, 147 halftone illustrations (some in color). Signed.

This is the first and most entertaining book that Lee self-published of his own work. It includes bilingual text (in English and Chinese) on his importance and working methods, plus reproductions of hundreds of medals and trophies he won. The photographic illustrations feature primarily urban scenes, figure studies, and high-contrast pictures. Most striking, however, are his nudes, which he places in fabricated studio settings of over-sized objects and fantasy-laden backdrops. Wellington Lee (1918-2001) operated a portrait studio in New York’s Chinatown during the 1950s to 1970s. As a pictorialist he was the world’s all-time most exhibited photographer, beginning in the 1940s and continuing for decades longer than his compatriots. This copy signed by Lee. Near fine condition. $50

  1. LEIBOVITZ, Annie. Olympic Portraits, Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1996. Hardcover (paper over boards), 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, 190 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

A large group of Leibovitz’s strong images of athletes training for the 26th Olympiad held in Atlanta during the summer of 1996. Invited by the Olympic committee, she relished the assignment because of the freedom she was granted and the subject being new to her. She shot individuals in about two dozen disciplines, from aquatics to yachting. This copy boldly signed on the title page by Leibovitz. Near fine condition. $50

  1. LEO, Vince. Timetable Project: Mao Prints Kept, Over Objections, Minneapolis: First Bank, 1989. Softcover (spiral bound), 15 x 9 ¾ inches, 38 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

This oversize item juxtaposes various chronologies, including the history of the First Bank System, the relationship of the bank with the People’s Republic of China, the lives and careers of Andy Warhol and Chairman Mao, and changes in U.S. foreign policy toward China. First Bank owned and displayed some Mao portraits by Warhol in two branches, and the ensuing controversy is covered. Photographer Vince Leo (born 1949) is a professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where he teaches photographic history and theory. This copy signed and dated by Leo. Near fine condition, in original mailing envelope. $100

  1. LEVITT, Helen. James Agee, A Way of Seeing, New York: Viking Press, 1965. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 7 ¾ x 9 ¼ inches, 80 pages, 50 screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

The outstanding collaboration between Levitt and author James Agee, published a decade after his death. Levitt’s lyrical photographs, presented in rich gravure, picture primarily poor children in Harlem and include some of her most revered images. Agee declared in his text that the project was a “major poetic work” and “an uninsistent but irrefutable manifesto of a way of seeing.” Laid into this copy is the New York Times obituary for Levitt, dated March 30, 2009, on original newsprint. Additionally, this copy signed by Levitt on the title page. Near fine condition. $2,000

  1. LEVITT, Helen. Helen Levitt: Color Photographs, El Cajon, California: Grossmont College, 1980. Softcover, 8 ¾ x 8 inches, 42 pages, 23 halftone color illustrations. Signed, with ephemera.

A selection of Levitt’s seemingly offhand but insightful New York street scenes of adults and children. Text by Roberta Hellman and Marvin Hoshino. Laid in is an announcement for the catalog. This copy signed by Levitt. Near fine condition, with two small label marks on the covers. $350

  1. LEVITT, Helen. Photographs by Helen Levitt, New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1980. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 12 pages, 8 halftone illustrations. Signed.

Exhibition catalog listing 137 photographs, from Mexico (1941), New York (1940s), and New York subways (1970s). Excerpted text by James Agee and Jane Livingston. This copy signed by Levitt. Covers rubbed, worn, and bent. $35

  1. LIEBLING, Jerome. A Century of Minnesota Architecture, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1958. Softcover, 10 x 8 inches, 64 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

Catalog for a traveling exhibition, with text by Donald R. Torbert, University of Minnesota professor. While there are some historical photographs, the vast majority are by Liebling, who is credited on the title page. Among the architects represented by domestic and commercial buildings are Marcel Breuer, Cass Gilbert, Philip Johnson, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Jerome Liebling (1924-2011) taught photography and filmmaking most of his life at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) and Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts). Printed in an edition of 1,000 copies. This copy signed by Liebling. Fine condition. $25

  1. LIEBLING, Jerome. Don Morrison, The Face of Minneapolis, Minneapolis: Dillon Press, 1966. Hardcover (green-stamped blue cloth), 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, 138 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Signed.

Issued a decade after John Szarkowski’s Face of Minnesota, this book takes a similarly honest and wide-ranging look at its subject. In words and pictures, it presents facets of the Mill City’s history, education, government, architecture, arts, seasons, and citizens. Don Morrison was a local newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. This copy inscribed by Morrison and signed by Liebling. Fine condition, in price-clipped dustjacket with a few tears, chips, and creases. $50

  1. LIEBLING, Jerome. The People, Yes, New York: Aperture, 1995. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth and white paper over boards), 11 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches, 128 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

Titled after Carl Sandburg’s epic poem, this book includes a foreword by Carroll T. Hartwell, curator of photographs at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and an introduction by Ken Burns, a former student of Liebling’s. It features humanistic pictures of people such as slaughterhouse workers and handicapped individuals. Accompanied by a press packet for a show of the same name at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This copy signed by both Hartwell and Liebling. Fine condition. $50

  1. LIEBLING, Jerome. Jerome Liebling: The Minnesota Photographs, 1949-1969, St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1997. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 11 ¾ x 10 inches, 130 pages, duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

During two decades marked by social, political, and cultural change, Libeling traveled the state and found his largest subject—the depiction and interpretation of commonplace human experience. The images range from the grain elevators and skid row of Minneapolis to slaughterhouses in Saint Paul, from the Iron Range and the Red Lake Indian reservation in the north to the farming towns of the south. With an essay by Yale University professor Alan Trachtenberg. Laid in is an announcement for the book. This copy signed by Liebling. Near fine condition. $50

  1. LOUIE, Reagan. Toward a Truer Life: Photographs of China, 1980-1990, by Reagan Louie, New York: Aperture, and Friends of Photography, 1991. Softcover, 9 ½ x 11 inches, 96 pages, 80 color halftone illustrations. Inscribed ephemera.

This book documents both Reagan’s journey of self-discovery of his parent’s native land and of China’s surge toward Western values and building construction. The photographer ventured to remote villages and into the streets of major cities, observing the “first tentative experiments with democracy to the tragic regression of Tiananmen Square.” Features essay by both Louie and Sinologist Jonathan Spence. Laid in is a 1997 handwritten card from Louie. Light rubbing to covers. $35

  1. LYON, Danny. The Destruction of Lower Manhattan, Toronto: Macmillan, 1969. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 10 ¾ x 9 ½ inches, unpaginated, 75 screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

Commissioned by the new York State Council of the Arts, this is Lyon’s personal documentary of the razing of one of New York’s oldest and most historical neighborhoods, located around the West end of the Brooklyn Bridge. Lyon sensitively photographed elegant facades, deteriorating interiors, and workmen and machines knocking down his subjects. He ends his brief preface by bluntly stating, “The buildings and rooms pictured on the following pages have been demolished.” Laid in is a 2005 New York Times article about the work (on original newsprint). This copy signed by Lyon. Endpapers lightly browned, in price-clipped dustjacket with tiny edgewear. $500

  1. LYON, Danny. Conversations with the Dead, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Hardcover (black-stamped white and gray cloth), 8 ½ x 11 ¼ inches, 196 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

In 1967 Lyon gained nearly unfettered access to the inside of Texas penitentiaries, an unimaginable feat today. He proceeded to befriend many inmates and captured them working in fields, eating, showering, and being strip searched. The final section features the compassionate letters and drawing of Billy McCune, inmate #122054. This copy boldly signed by Lyon on the title page. Small sticker marks to front pastedown, otherwise in near fine condition (unusual in this shape, in hardcover, and signed). $1,000

  1. LYON, Danny. I Like to Eat Right on the Dirt: A Child’s Journey Back in Space and Time, Clintondale, New York: Bleak Beauty Books, 1989. Softcover (spiral bound), 11 x 15 ¼ inches, unpaginated, duotone illustrations. Signed.

This is a large, family-album style book, with handwritten commentary on the pictures by Lyon’s two sons, Raphe and Noah. The pictures are largely snapshots from their youth, plus historic studio portraits of their ancestors in pre-war Germany and Czarist Russia. The first page features an eight-line poem that begins, “I like to eat right on the dirt, and let the food fall on my shirt, and wipe my hands upon my pants, and feed the little crumbs to ants.” This copy signed by Lyon. Tiny edgewear, in opened shrink wrap. $100

  1. LYON, Danny. Knave of Hearts, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Twin Palms, 1999. Hardcover (black-stamped blue cloth), 12 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, 148 pages, duotone and color illustrations. Signed.

This is Lyon’s autobiography, comprising both text and montages of his photographs. The pictures, often a central large one ringed by others, touch on all of his major bodies of work, beginning with the Civil Rights movement in the South in 1962. It also features family snapshots from before Lyon’s birth and information about his European Jewish heritage. Printed in an edition of 3,000 copies, this one is signed by Lyons. Near fine condition. $150

  1. LYONS, Nathan, Syl Labrot, and Walter Chappell. Under the Sun: The Abstract Art of Camera Vision, New York: George Braziller, 1960. Hardcover (tan-stamped brown cloth), 8 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 26 halftone illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Signed.

This early examination of creative photography, comprises abstract work very much in the tradition of Minor White, a friend of all three photographers. Includes the introduction, “Intuitions of Reality,” which is unsigned but probably by Chappell, and comments by each photographer. Printed by the German firm J. J. Augustin, which fifteen years earlier published Alexey Brodovitch’s innovative book, Ballet. This copy signed by Lyons. Fine condition, in an unusually clean dustjacket that is price clipped and with two small tears. $350

  1. LYONS, Nathan. Notations in Passing, Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974. Softcover, 8 x 8 ¾ inches, 124 pages, 96 halftone illustrations. Signed.

Lyons’ contribution to the social landscape aesthetic. “Snapshots—a series of images—cool—haunting—a modern iconography—a compendium of images by one of the most significant teachers of visual arts—a careful exploration in perception—a series with its own continuity and time relationships—commonplace juxtapositions—sequences—notations in passing.” This copy signed by Lyons. Covers lightly rubbed with tiny edgewear. $35

  1. MACIJAUSKAS, Aleksandras. My Lithuania, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991. Hardcover (gold-stamped blue cloth), 10 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches, 144 pages, 116 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed ephemera.

Macijauskas’s four main bodies of work, made from the mid-1960s to mid-1980s and selected by Czech photo-historians Daniela Mrákova and Vladimir Remeš (with an afterword by them). Insightful images of Lithuania, grouped: “Village Markets,” “Summer,” “The Veterinary Clinic,” and “Parades.” Includes perhaps his most recognizable image of a donkey being strapped to a wall for treatment at the vet clinic. With the photographer’s own 1990 commentary, written shortly before the small Baltic state declared its independence from Russia. I can’t pronounce his name either, but Aleksandras Macijauskas (1915-2004) is Lithuania’s most well-known contemporary photographer, working primarily on the street. He was a founding member of his country’s Photographic Art Society under Soviet rule. In 1972, he was invited to exhibit at the Arles Festival in France, initiating a number of successful solo shows in Europe and the U.S. Laid in is an announcement for the book, on the back of which Macijauskas has written his name and address and a card reproducing one of his images inscribed and dated 1992 by him, both in a mailed envelope from him in Lithuania. This is the only book on the photographer, with great ephemera. Fine condition, in opened shrink wrap. $125

  1. MANDEL, Mike. The Baseball-Photographer Trading Cards, published by the photographer, 1975. Box (with label), complete with 36 unopened packs of ten cards each (3 ½ x 2 ½ inches) and gum. Signed.

Undoubtedly Mandel’s most wide-ranging and uproarious project, these cards lampoon the newfound fame of artistic photographers during the 1970s. Each features a casual portrait of the shooter (or occasional curator), with “statistics” on the back, such as height, weight, favorite photographer, and favorite camera. Mandel photographed a total of 134 individuals, including himself. It is unknown how many boxes he issued, but this one is signed and dated 1992 (the year I bought it directly from Mandel). There was only one printing of the cards. Near fine condition. $6,500

  1. MARK, Mary Ellen. Falkland Road, London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. Hardcover (copper-stamped blue cloth), 11 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, unpaginated, color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Mark’s moving look inside the brothels of the internationally famous street in Bombay, India. She obviously gained her subjects’ trust and pictures them dressing, soliciting, working, washing, and with both their children and clients. This copy signed by Mark. Near fine condition, in dustjacket with light wear and a few tears. $175

  1. MARK, Mary Ellen. Photographs of Mother Teresa’s Missions of Charity in Calcutta, India, Carmel, California: Friends of Photography, 1985. Softcover, 10 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches, 48 pages, 36 duotone illustrations. Signed.

This is issue number 39 of the Friends of Photography’s periodical Untitled, with an essay by David Featherstone. It is made up of Mark’s compassionate pictures of individuals that Mother Teresa and her fellow sisters nursed—lepers, the blind, poor, dying, and “retarted.” This copy signed by Mark. Near fine condition. $75

  1. McDARRAH, Fred W. Greenwich Village, New York: Corinth Books, 1963. Softcover, 9 x 6 inches, 96 pages, halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

This is native New Yorker McDarrah’s guide to the Village, at the end of the Beat Generation. In words and pictures he covers its sections, such as Washington Square and the East and West Villages. He also provides a map and lists specific places (with addresses), such as art galleries, coffee houses, off-Broadway theatres, and restaurants. Among those pictured are Norman Mailer, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, and a happening in Claes Oldenburg’s studio. McDarrah (1926-2007) was a longtime staff photographer for the Village Voice and was known for his images of the New York Beats. This copy was inscribed in 1995 to Christian A. Peterson “with best wishes from an old beatnik from Greenwich Village.” Covers rubbed and tiny wear along spine. $50

  1. MEISELAS, Susan. Nicaragua: June 1978 – July 1979, London: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative, 1981. Hardcover (white-stamped black cloth), 9 ¾ x 11 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 71 color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Magnum photographer Meiselas’s important chronicle of the Nicaraguan revolution in the late 1970s. She photographed the Somoza regime, the insurrection, and the final offensive. Includes interviews with principle figures and a chronology of the country beginning with its founding in 1524. This copy signed and dated 2001 by Meiselas. Near fine condition. $500

  1. MERTIN, Roger. Plastic Love Dream, Davis: University of California, Memorial Union Art Gallery, 1969. Plastic box (with label), 4 x 4½ x 1¼ inches, 7 inserts. Signed.

This is a rare and unusual exhibition “catalog” created by curator Fred R. Parker, who was partial to such productions. “Plastic Love Dream” was Mertin’s earliest successful body of work, depicting female nudes outdoors, with mirrors, and under plastic. The inserts include halftone illustrations, biographical information, text from an interview, and an essay by Eastman House curator Robert Sobieszek. This and a few other interesting catalogs by Parker are pictured in the 2006 book The Collectible Moment (Norton Simon Museum, p. 43). This copy bears the signatures of both Mertin and Parker (not called for in the edition). Near fine condition. $750

  1. MERTIN, Roger. Roger Mertin: Records, 1976-78, Chicago: Center for Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, 1978. Softcover, 8 x 9 inches, 48 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

Exhibition catalog of Mertin’s detailed, dry images of mostly vernacular architecture, one of his loves. They were made mostly in Upstate New York, as Mertin taught at the University of Rochester. Afterword by museum director Charles Desmarais. This copy signed by Mertin, with a signed letter from Desmarais laid in. Tiny wear to spine and small crease to back cover. $35

  1. METZNER, Sheila. Objects of Desire, New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1986. Hardcover (copper-stamped brown cloth), 11 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 55 color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed.

This is probably Metzner’s most successful book and body of work. All dating from the early 1980s, her images of women and still lifes are highly stylized and pointillistic, due to the Fresson color process in which she prints. Both her photographs and her subjects, human and inanimate (like Art Deco vases), are steeped in pure beauty. Preface by Mark Strand. Metzner (born 1939) was also a designer and art director, whose photographs appeared frequently in Vogue, Vanity Fair, and House & Garden magazines. Inscribed by Metzner. Near fine condition, in opened shrink wrap. $125

  1. MICHALS, Duane. The Journey of the Spirit after Death, New York: Winter House, 1971. Softcover, 8 ½ x 8 ½ inches, unpaginated, 27 halftone illustrations. Signed.

This sequence presents a man dying in a fall and various phases of his spirit’s subsequent journey. He is consumed by white light, visits living humans, and, finally, reappears as a baby in a crib. This copy signed by Michals. Edgewear and creases to back cover. $100

  1. MICHALS, Duane. Things Are Queer, Cologne, Germany: Fotogalerie Wilde, 1972. Softcover, 8 ½ x 8 ½ inches, 24 pages, 9 halftone illustrations. Signed.

One of Michals’s most well-known sequences, which plays on scale and perception. What appears to be real bathroom fixtures turn out to be miniatures, then an image in a book, then a framed picture, which turns out to be in the original bathroom, taking the viewer full circle. This copy signed by Michals. Near fine condition. $75

  1. MICHALS, Duane. Chance Meeting, Cologne, Germany: Fotogalerie Wilde, 1973. Softcover, 8 ½ x 8 ½ inches, 16 pages, 6 halftone illustrations. Signed.

In this six-part sequence two men walk by each other in an alley. They both seem to recognize the other man only after passing, and, at different times, turn around for a second look. This copy signed by Michals. Near fine condition. $75

  1. MICHALS, Duane. Real Dreams: Photo Stories by Duane Michals, Danbury, New Hampshire: Addison House, 1976. Hardcover (blue-stamped tan cloth), 11 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, 148 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Perhaps the photographer’s most important book, unusual in hard and in such good condition. This copy signed by Michals. Near fine condition, with one short tear to the dustjacket. $350

  1. MICHALS, Duane. Homage to Cavafy, New York: Addison House, 1978. Softcover, 8 ¼ x 6 inches, 48 pages, 11 halftone illustrations, glassine dustjacket. Signed.

This homage comprises ten short poems by the Greek writer Constantine Cavafy, who was working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, paired with images by Michals. The photographer introduces the book by stating that Cavafy “was a man of great feeling and even greater courage. His poetry was his life. And because he was a man who loved other men, he demonstrated his courage by making public these private passions.” The photographs generally show pairs of men in domestic rooms, and end with a self-portrait with his camera and a younger man. This copy signed by Michals. Near fine condition in darkened dustjacket (as is normal). $125

  1. MICHALS, Duane. Sleep and Dream, New York: Lustrum Press, 1984. Softcover, 8 ¼ x 6 inches, 64 pages, halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

Comprises various poems and photographs by Michals that deal with sleeping and dreaming, as the title suggests. His staged images usually depict figures and are sometimes double exposures. Among the specific poems are “Awakeland,” “Earth Dreams,” and “The Sandman.” This copy inscribed by Michals. Light edgewear. $50

  1. MISRACH, Richard. [a photographic book], San Francisco: Grapestake Gallery, 1979. Softcover, 12 x 9 ¾ inches, 58 pages, 56 halftone illustrations. Signed.

This is the desirable early monograph of Misrach’s important series of split-toned photographs of the desert, taken at night. This copy signed and dated 1983. Light rubbing to covers and one corner lightly bumped. $1,250

  1. MOFFATT, Tracey. Laudanum, Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 1999. Hardcover (paper over boards), 7 ¾ x 10 inches, 80 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color). Signed.

A short series of pictures that suggest the use of opium (thus the title) and captivity in a domestic environment. Moffatt’s images, almost exclusively of women, are melodramatic, softly focused, and replete with Victorian-era interiors and clothing. The book, which was issued without a dustjacket, includes essays by Stephan Berg, Bridgette Reinhardt, and Alexander Tolnay, in German and English. Tracey Moffatt (born 1960) is an Australian artist who works primarily in photography and video. This copy inscribed, “Ms. Moffatt/Las Vegas/2002.” Near fine condition. $35

  1. MOON, Sarah. Still, Minneapolis: Weinstein Gallery, 2000. Folded cardboard cover, 7 x 9 ¾ inches, unpaginated, 32 halftone illustrations, in original cardboard slipcase and black paper wrapper. Signed.

Moon’s moody images are primarily of dolls and figures, softly focused, closely cropped, and darkly printed. Includes her explanation of the title of the book and additional text by artist Ilona Suschitzky. Sarah Moon (born 1940) is a French fashion and commercial photographer. Produced without a dustjacket, in a numbered, signed edition of 200 copies. Fine condition. $325

  1. MORELL, Abelardo. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1998. Hardcover (black-stamped gold cloth), 10 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches, 116 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Undoubtedly inspired by Morell’s interest in books as subject matter, he here illustrates the classic tale by Lewis Carroll, who himself was a photographer. His still lifes usually include cut-out figures from a hand-illustrated edition of Alice and books, indeed, are frequently included. The cover photograph shows Alice drawing back a curtain to reveal pages of a book upon which her shadow falls. This copy signed by Morell, who added the commentary “Bad Book/Bad Printing !!!” Near fine condition. $75

  1. MORIYAMA, Daido. Shinjuku, Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2002. Softcover, 9 ¾ x 7 ¼ inches, 608 pages, 608 screen-gravure illustrations, dustjacket, folder, and slipcase. Signed.

Shinjuku is a dense, trendy, and gritty section of Tokyo that Moriyama has photographed for years. His high-contrast street pictures are often dense and disorienting, printed in rich gravure and bleeding off the pages. Moriyama (born 1938) is one of Japan’s most influential photographers from the late twentieth century. Includes the original folded sheet with text by the photographer in Japanese and English. This is one of the first printing of 500 copies, each signed in silver ink by Moiryama, in original slipcase. Fine condition, in shrink wrap. $250

  1. MORRIS, Wright. Photographs & Words, Carmel, California: Friends of Photography, 1982. Hardcover (black-stamped white cloth), 12 x 9 ¾ inches, 120 pages, 64 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This is a nicely produced monograph on the quintessential photographer/author of the American Midwest. He turns his camera primarily on vernacular architecture, both inside and out. With an introduction by Friends director James Alinder and Morris’s own substantial essay on “Photography in My Life.” This copy signed by Morris. Minor bump at bottom of spine, dustjacket with tiny wear. $125

  1. NAGATANI, Patrick. Nuclear Enchantment, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Softcover, 9 x 12 inches, 140 pages, color halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

“To see these photographs is to be in the presence of a master of constructed photo-dramas. Patrick Nagatani’s tableaux are remarkably elaborate meditations about the landscape and the people of New Mexico, the state that contains the most extensive nuclear-weapons research, management, training, and testing facilities and organizations in the United States.” With a long essay by art historian Eugenia Parry Janis. One light bend to front cover. This copy inscribed by Nagatani. $35

  1. NEWMAN, Arnold. Bravo Stravinsky, Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1967. Hardcover (silver and blind-stamped black cloth), 12 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

The renowned portrait photographer Arnold Newman captures Stravinsky, then the “greatest living musician,” composing, practicing, and conducting. Includes a foreword by Francis Steegmuller and text by Robert Craft. This copy signed and dated 1999 by Newman. Fine condition, in a dustjacket with a crease and a tape-repaired tear. $75

  1. NEWMAN, Arnold. One Mind’s Eye: The Portraits and Other Photographs of Arnold Newman, Boston: David R. Godine, 1974. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 9 ½ x 11 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 192 halftone illustrations. Signed.

The first major book on Newman, featuring a foreword by Beaumont Newhall and introduction by Robert Sobieszek. Includes a chronology, bibliography, and index to sitters. This copy signed by Newman. Near fine condition, in dustjacket with tiny wear to top of spine and a tear. $75

  1. NEWMAN, Arnold. The Great British, Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. Hardcover (gold-stamped red cloth), 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, unpaginated, 60 halftone illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Signed.

The esteemed American portrait photographer’s collection of leading English figures from politics, religion, theater, music, painting, and literature. Among the subjects are Francis Bacon, Cecil Beaton (on the cover), Bill Brandt, Sir Alec Guinness, George Harrison, David Hockney, and Henry Moore. This copy signed by Newman. Fine condition, in lightly creased dustjacket. $50

  1. NEWMAN, Arnold. Arthur Ollman, Five Decades, San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. Softcover, 11 ¼ x 10 ½ inches, 124 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

Catalog for a traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego. Contains work by Newman from the late 1930s through the mid-1980s, most of it his accomplished environmental portraits. Among the most recognizable are those of Piet Mondrian, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Igor Stravinsky. This copy boldly signed by Newman. Near fine condition. $50

  1. OHARA, Ken. One, Tucson, Arizona: Nazraeli Press, 2005. Hardcover (paper over boards), 7 ½ x 5 ¾ inches, 16 pages, 10 halftone illustrations and one original photograph. Signed.

These images are a tiny representation of the more than five hundred that comprised Ohara’s innovative 1970 book of the same title. They show people’s faces tightly cropped to just outside of the eyes and mouth. This title is part of Nazraeli Press’s “One Picture Book” series, all issued without dustjackets. Ken Ohara (born 1942 in Japan), worked with New York fashion photographers Hiro and Richard Avedon, and remains known for his various bodies of portrait work. The book was printed in a numbered edition of 500. The tipped-in original print is signed on the back by Ohara. Fine condition. $125

  1. OKUHARA, Tetsu. Tetsu Okuhara, Los Angeles: Tetsu Okuhara, 2005. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 8 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches, 48 pages, duotone illustrations. Signed ephemera.

This is the only monograph on Okuhara, published without a dustjacket, in conjunction with an exhibition at the Freddie Fong Gallery in San Francisco. It includes his most recognizable image, “Susan,” which presents her nude, in a mosaic of hundreds of small images; this picture appeared in the 1978 book and exhibition “Mirrors and Windows” (John Szarkowski, Museum of Modern Art, New York). There are variations on this image, plus other subjects that Okuhara also rendered in multiple imagery. Features an introduction by art historian Nancy Malloy. Laid into this copy is a handwritten and signed letter from Okuhara, dated 2005. Fine condition, except for one bumped corner, in opened shrink wrap. $100

  1. OLD, Toby. Times Squared, Chesterfield, Massachusetts: Chameleon Books, 2002. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth), 10 ½ x 9 ¾ inches, 120 pages, 114 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed.

Images made by Old over 25 years in the vicinity of New York’s Times Square, “the cross-roads of the world.” Working both at night and day, he captured the spectacle of the street, the banter of boxing, the fiction of fashion, and the sex of disco. Essay by author/photographer Richard Gordon. According to Norman Mailer, Old’s photographs made him think of “Toulouse-Lautrec and Hieronymus Bosch, which is not a bad day’s work for a photograph.” This copy warmly inscribed and dated in the year of publication. Near fine condition. $50

  1. ORTIZ-ECHAGUE, José. España: Castillos y Alcázares, Madrid: Publicaciones Ortiz-Echagüe, 1960. Hardcover (gold-stamped red cloth), 12 ½ x 10 ¾ inches, 384 pages, 396 screen-gravure and 16 color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Third edition, inscribed.

This is the final volume of a set of four that the photographer published on various aspects of Spanish culture. In it Ortiz-Echagüe presents a vast selection of the castles and fortresses of Spain, in locations from Alava to Zaragoza. He frequently captures them from below, producing dramatic compositions with billowing cloud formations. All the color images are full bleeds, resulting in oversize reproductions. Text by the photographer and Fray Justo Pérez de Urbel. This copy is inscribed by Ortiz Echagüe in the year of publication. A few lightly bumped corners, in dustjacket that is worn, chipped, and torn. $75

  1. OWENS, Bill. Suburbia, San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. Softcover, 10 x 10 inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations. Second printing (July 1973), signed.

The results of a personal project pursued by Owens, when he was working for a suburban newspaper in Northern California. The subjects (almost exclusively white) proudly pose with their houses, cars, TVs, and other domestic possessions. Owens smartly allowed them to make their own comments, such as the couple who are grilling in the book’s first picture: “Sunday afternoon we get it together. I cook the steaks and my wife makes the salad.” This is an amusing and haunting publication. This copy signed and dated 1978 by Owens. The cover is worn, internal signatures are separated from the cover and are a little loose. $75

  1. OWENS, Bill. Our Kind of People: American Groups and Rituals, San Francisco: Straight Arrow, 1975. Softcover, 10 x 10 inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations. Signed.

         This was the photographer’s follow-up book to the successful above title. It presents people in various group rituals such as dancing, drinking, protesting, marrying, eating, and meeting. This copy signed and dated 1978 by Owens. Covers, rubbed, folded, and lightly worn. $50

  1. PARKEHARRISON, Robert. The Architect’s Brother, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Twin Palms, 2000. Hardcover (black-stamped black cloth with mounted reproduction), 13 ¾ x 11 ¼ inches, unpaginated, full-color illustrations, slipcase. Signed.

This book includes selections from seven of ParkeHarrison’s earliest successful series, dating from 1993 to 2000 ; “The Architect’s Brother,” “Cardboard Sky,” “Witnessland,” “Exhausted Globe,” “Industrial Land,” “Promisedland,” and “Earth Elegies.” These highly fabricated images generally show the photographer himself (?) interacting with nature and primitively made mechanical devices. They suggest, in varying degrees, fantasy, dreams, experimentation, and Armageddon. Printed in an edition of 4,000 copies, 150 of which were numbered, signed, and slipcased (this is number 125/150). Fine condition, in opened shrink wrap. $500

  1. PARKER, David L. By These Hands: Portraits from the Factory Floor, St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2002. Softcover, 10 x 10 inches, 128 pages, duotone illustrations. Signed.

This book presents photographs that Parker shot of factory workers at twenty locations throughout Minnesota. They include a Ford plant in St. Paul, the Potlach paper mill in Cloquet, and the Toro engine manufacturer in Windom. Parker writes on “The Genius of Work” and professor Peter Rachleff essays “To See the Invisible.” David L. Parker (born 1951) is an occupational health physician and has exhibited his work at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This copy signed by Parker. A few spots to the front cover. $25

 PARKS, Gordon. A Poet and His Camera, New York: Viking, 1968. Hardcover (gold-stamped cream cloth), 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, 92 pages, color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

A selection of poems and color reproductions by Parks. Preface by Stephen Spender and introduction by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr. This copy signed by Parks. Light foxing to title page and front free endpaper, cloth near fine condition, in price-clipped dustjacket that has light edgewear. $35

  1. PARKS, Gordon. Whispers of Intimate Things, New York: Viking, 1971. Hardcover (gold-stamped maroon cloth), 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, 80 pages, color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Another grouping of Parks’s color photographs and short poems. Introduction by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr. This copy signed by Parks. Near fine condition, in dustjacket with tiny edgewear. $35

  1. PARKS, Gordon. In Love, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1971. Hardcover (gold and blind-stamped white cloth), 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, 80 pages, color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

Poems and impressionistic photographic reproductions that trace the course of a love affair. Laid in are two cards from the publisher. This copy signed by Parks. Near fine condition, in dustjacket that is chipped, lightly worn, and with plastic coating separating. $35

  1. PARKS, Gordon. Arias in Silence, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Hardcover (black and blind-stamped tan cloth), 10 x 11 inches, 128 pages, 71 color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Here, Parks depicts leaves, flowers, feathers, and other small natural objects, presented against abstract watercolor backgrounds. These still lifes are quiet and evocative, and represent what he called a “rummaging through my imagination.” Accompanying the photographs are about 25 of the artist’s previously unpublished poems. This copy signed by Parks. Near fine condition except for remainder mark, in dustjacket with tiny wrinkles to top and bottom of spine. $75

  1. PARR, Martin. From Our House to Your House, Stockport, England: Dewi Lewis, 2002. Hardcover (soft-padded printed paper), 7 x 7 inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations (some in color). Signed.

Like other Parr publications, this one exhibits his sense of humor. It comprises actual-size reproductions of family holiday greeting cards of photographs of families, adults and children, or sometimes just the little ones. Occasional inscriptions appear, usually the names of those pictured. Most seem to date from the latter half of the twentieth century. Pure camp. This copy signed by Parr on the title page. Near fine condition. $35

  1. PICKETT, Keri. Love in the 90s: B.B. & Jo, The Story of a Lifelong Love, New York: Warner Books, 1995. Hardcover (printed paper over boards), 6 ¾ x 9 inches, 108 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed.

This is Pickett’s intimate observation of the close relationship between one set of her grandparents. Historical snapshots of the couple are interspersed among her moving images that are accompanied by years of letters between the two. Most of Pickett’s photographs were made around 1990 and end with the death of her grandfather and her grandmother residing in a nursing home. This copy warmly inscribed by the photographer. Keri Pickett (born 1954) is a Minneapolis-based documentary photographer, who regularly contributed to People magazine and whose work is always focused on the human condition. Fine condition. $35

  1. PLACHY, Sylvia. Sylvia Plachy’s Unguided Tour, New York: Aperture, 1990. Hardcover (printed paper over boards), 11 ½ x 10 ¾ inches, 114 pages, 130 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed ephemera.

This is the first compilation of Plachy’s street photographs. Made during the 1980s primarily in New York and her native Budapest, they are poignant, intimate, humorous, and revealing. Many of them appeared in her weekly picture contributions to the Village Voice, also titled “Unguided Tour.” The book includes an essay by Village Voice columnist Guy Trebay and a flexible record featuring an original composition by musician Tom Waits (making this also a collectible Waits item). The book accompanied an exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Laid in are postcard announcements for two shows of the same title and a portion of a Village Voice envelope with Plachy’s signature. Fine condition, except for lightly rubbed and sunned dustjacket. $150

  1. POLIDORI, Robert. Selected Works, 1985-2009, Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2013. Hardcover (paper over boards), 12 ¾ x 11 ½ inches, unpaginated, 107 color halftone illustrations. Signed.

This weighty volume, issued without a dustjacket, presents photographs from a variety of Polodori’s projects. Among the places his worked was Egypt, India, Brazil, Cuba, Versailles, and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Text by David Dorenbaum and Daniel Strong. This copy signed by Strong and Polidori in the year of publication. Near fine condition. $100

  1. PURCELL, Rosamond Wolff. Half-Life: Photographs by Rosamond Wolff Purcell, Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. Hardcover (gold-stamped orange cloth), 9 ½ x 10 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 47 halftone illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Signed, with ephemera.

According to the photographer’s own preface, “Many of the beings in these photographs belong to states of mind rather than to reality. The term ‘half-life’ refers, in many cases, to hybrid or interrupted identity.” Laid in is a review copy notice describing the book; in addition this copy is signed by Purcell. Fine condition. $50

  1. ROSS, Richard. Museology, New York: Aperture, 1989. Hardcover (gold-stamped maroon cloth spine and paper over boards), 12 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, 80 pages, color halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed.

Comprises Ross’s look at museums in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. His subjects include dioramas, stuffed animals, antiquities, plaster castings, sculpture, and paintings, mostly at museums of natural history and art. Most are presented in a very straightforward manner, except for a section of triptychs that are blurred and impressionistic. Texts by art historian David Mellor and three other scholars. This copy inscribed to curator Fred Parker in the year of publication. Light shelf wear, in dustjacket that is rubbed and a little wrinkled.

  1. RUSCHA, Edward. Every Building on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha, 1966 (second printing). Softcover, 7 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches, unpaginated, halftone illustrations, original silver slipcase. Signed.

Ruscha’s most important artist’s book, presented accordion-style, with the cars, buildings, and intersections on both sides of the street facing each other, along the top and bottom of the pages. This copy signed by Ruscha. Spine slightly wrinkled, mild tape residue, and light wear to two inches along bottom of slipcase. $2,500

  1. RUSCHA, Edward. Real Estate Opportunities, Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha, 1970. Softcover, 7 x 5 ½ inches, unpaginated, 25 halftone illustrations. First edition, with original glassine sleeve, signed.

A small compendium of Ruscha’s deadpan pictures of empty lots with “For Sale” signs, and identified by their address in Los Angeles. This copy signed by Ruscha. Near fine condition, in glassine that is browned on the spine, with two tears. $1,500

  1. RUSCHA, Edward. Edward Ruscha (Ed-werd Rew-shay) Young Artist, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1972. Hardcover (printed paper over boards), 4 ½ x 3 ¾ inches, 436 pages, halftone illustrations. Business cards of the curator (signed) and artist laid in; book signed.

This little publication, issued without a dustjacket, accompanied an exhibition at the museum of Ruscha’s prints, drawings, and books, his first major retrospective. Co-designed by museum curator Edward A. Foster and Ruscha, it mimics the format of the Big Little children’s books of the 1930s-1960s. Like them, it consists entirely of newsprint pages and has a thick spine. It reproduces images of the artist, works of art, lists of words chosen by Ruscha, and a checklist. Printed in an edition of 2,000 copies, with some of its pages left intentionally blank. Both business cards must be present for this item to be complete, as here. This copy with the added signatures of Foster and Ruscha. Free endpapers are beginning to separate (as usual), and covers lightly rubbed. $1,250

  1. SCHEEL, Frederick B. A Search to See II, Fargo, North Dakota: Fred Scheel, 1995. Hardcover (silver-stamped gray cloth), 13 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches, 120 pages, duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed, with ephemera.

Features work that Scheel made, with various format cameras, in Europe and the United States, starting in 1951 but primarily from the 1980s and nineties. There are pictures made on the street, landscapes, urban scenes, and portraits. With a statement by the photographer and curator Carroll T. Hartwell. Fred Scheel (born 1921) studied with Brett Weston and Ansel Adams and adopted their classic approach to photography. This large-scale book, printed in an edition of 350, accompanied an exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts that included both pictures by Scheel and photographs from his collection of work by others. Laid in is an announcement for the show, a press release, and related installation and copy prints. This copy signed by Hartwell and inscribed by Scheel on the day the exhibition opened. Near fine condition. $100

  1. SCHOTT, John. Middle School: Photographs by John Schott, Northfield, Minnesota: Carleton College, 2011. Softcover, 8 x 11 inches, 44 pages, duotone and color illustrations. Signed.

Schott explored with his camera the Northfield Middle School shortly before it was renovated as an art center for Carleton College. His pictures, often showing a sense of geometry, picture the school’s exterior, classrooms, hallways, blackboards, cafeteria, theater, gymnasium, and maintenance areas. Curator Laurel Bradley provides a short essay, and there is a small group of color images made after the Weitz Center for Creativity opened. Work by John Schott (born 1944) was included in the important 1975 exhibition “The New Topographics,” and he is about to retire as a professor of history and theory from Carleton. This copy signed by Schott. Fine condition. $25

  1. SHAMBROOM, Paul. Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power, Minneapolis: Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, 2008. Hardcover (gray-stamped paper over boards), 11 ½ x 9 inches, halftone illustrations (most in color). Signed.

This book, issued without a dustjacket, accompanied a mid-career retrospective exhibition that began its tour in Shambroom’s home city. It covers his five major bodies of work to date, from the mid- 1980s to about 2005: Factories, Offices, Nuclear Weapons, Meetings, and Security. Shambroom shoots in a straightforward manner, producing images such as the one on the cover of a man in a yellow Hazmat suit posed among seemingly healthy trees but looking as if he should be on a planetary wasteland. Includes an interview with the photographer and essays by five scholars, among them Weisman curator Diane Mullin. Shambroom (born 1956) is the senior professor of photography at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. This copy signed by Shambroom. Fine condition, in opened shrink wrap. $50

  1. SISKIND, Aaron. Carl Chiarenza, Aaron Siskind: Pleasures and Terrors, Boston: New York Graphic Society, and Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, 1982. Hardcover (silver-stamped maroon cloth), 11 ¼ x 9 ½ inches, 284 pages, 272 halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This remains the major scholarly volume on Siskind, written by photographer/historian Carl Chiarenza and published a decade before the photographer died. Covers Siskind’s life and photographs, decade by decade, beginning in the 1930s. In addition to largely photographing abstract surfaces such as walls and torn billboards, he worked in Harlem in the 1930s and shot divers in mid-air in the 1950s (calling that series “Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation”). This copy signed by both Chiarenza and Siskind. Near fine condition, in a bright dustjacket (the spine of which is sunned, as usual). $250

  1. SLAVIN, Neal. Portugal, New York: Lustrum Press, 1971. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, unpaginated, duotone illustrations. Signed.

The first book by Slavin (born 1941) and one of Lustrum’s earliest publications, issued that same year as Larry Clark’s Tulsa and Danny Seymour’s A Loud Song. A somewhat oblique look at the people of Portugal, such as soldiers, shop keepers, and café inhabitants. With Mary McCarthy’s “Letter from Portugal,” which originally appeared in 1955 and 1961. This copy signed by Slavin. Miniscule wear to spine. $100

  1. SMITH, Michael A. Landscapes 1975-1979: Photographs by Michael E. Smith, Revere, Pennsylvania: Lodima Press, 1981, two volumes. Signed, with ephemera.

Volume I. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth with mounted gelatin silver print), 11 ¼ x 13 inches, 110 pages, 42 duotone illustrations, mylar dustjacket. Includes an introduction by James L. Enyeart and a statement by the photographer, printed in elegant letterpress. The highly-detailed tipped-in plates were made from 8-x-10-inch negatives.

Volume II. Hardcover (silver-stamped black cloth with mounted reproduction), 11 ¼ x 23 ½ inches, 52 pages, 15 duotone illustrations, mylar dustjacket. Similar letterpress printing and tipped-in plates, this time made from 8-x-20-inch negatives.

Originally planned in an edition of one thousand copies, only 600 were realized. Each is signed and numbered; this set is #568. It was awarded the best photography book of the year at the Rencontres Internationales de al Photographie (Arles, France). Laid in is a handwritten and signed letter from Smith, dated 1999, a prospectus for the book set, and a few other Smith items. Both books in fine condition, in original shipping box. $1,250

  1. SOLOMON, Rosalind. Earth Rites: Photographs from Inside the Third World, San Diego: Museum of Photographic Arts, 1986. Softcover, 12 x 12 inches, 16 pages, 12 duotone illustrations. Inscribed.

Exhibition catalog with an introduction by museum director Arthur Ollman. The well-reproduced, large-scale reproductions depict the people of India, Guatemala, Brazil, and Nepal, and include her often seen image of a Peruvian woman breast-feeding a sheep. This copy inscribed and dated by Solomon. Two corners lightly bumped. $25

  1. SOLOMON, Rosalind. Rosalind Solomon: Photographs, 1976-1987, Tucson, Arizona: Etherton Gallery, 1988. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 32 pages, 43 duotone illustrations. Inscribed.

Catalog for a traveling exhibition, with text by Arthur Ollman. The images comprise Solomon’s straightforward portraits of individuals in the United States, Asia, and Central and South America. This copy inscribed by Solomon. $25

  1. SONNEMAN, Eve. Real Time: 1968-1974, New York: Printed Matter, 1976. Softcover, 8 x 15 inches, 96 pages, 46 halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

This elongated-format artist’s book was Sonneman’s first publication, and features the work for which she is best known. Each reproduction is a pair of images shot a few seconds apart, sometimes from a slightly different camera position and always addressing time and change in the real world. Her human subjects perform everyday activities such as talking, walking, and smoking. This copy warmly inscribed and dated 1980. Near fine condition. $250

  1. SOTH, Alec. Sleeping by the Mississippi, Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2004. Hardcover (black-stamped pictorial cloth), 11 x 11 ½ inches, unpaginated, 47 color halftone illustrations. First edition, signed.

This is Soth’s tremendously successful breakout book, issued without a dustjacket. Photographed in the straightforward aesthetic of his mentor Joel Sternfeld, Soth essays the ordinary people, humble interiors, and the backwater landscape along the Mississippi River, which appears only peripherally in some of the images. With essays by Minnesota author Patricia Hampl and Texas curator Anne W. Tucker. A handsome book that has been reprinted twice (with different covers and the second edition mistakenly indicating it’s a first). One of the best-known images pictures a man in a flight suit holding two model airplanes; it also appeared on the cover of the book’s second edition and the poster for the 2004 Whitney Biennial. This copy signed by Soth on the title page. Fine condition. $1,250

  1. SOTH, Alec. Fashion Magazine by Alec Soth: Paris/Minnesota, Paris: Magnum, 2007. Softcover, 12 x 9 ½ inches, 188 pages, color halftone illustrations. Signed.

A strange mash-up of Soth photographing both professional European models and normal Minnesotans in high fashion couture. Among the houses represented by both finished images and “packshots” (blurry details) are Lacoste, Dior, Baccarat, and Polo Ralph Lauren. Texts include separate interviews with the photographer and Karl Lagerfeld. This copy signed by Soth. Covers lightly rubbed, one tiny corner bump, and small piece of plastic coating separating. $100

  1. SOTH, Alec. From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America, Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2010. Hardcover (black, green, blue, and red-stamped yellow cloth, with card mounted on back), 10 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches, 224 pages, full-color illustrations. Signed, with booklet and ephemera.

This thick volume accompanied a major exhibition of Soth’s work and features an unusual, busy cover of type that even includes Soth’s contact information, as he was “available for hire.” Features an interview with the photographer and essays by Siri Engberg, Britt Salveson, and others. Accompanied by nine (9) pieces of ephemera related to the exhibition, such as a ticket stub for the opening-day talk with Soth, a brochure of events, two newspaper reviews, and the Walker’s member’s magazine. This copy of the book signed and with a drawing of a road by Soth. Near fine condition. $500

  1. SOTH, Alec, and Brad Zellar. House of Coates, St. Paul, Minnesota: Little Brown Mushroom, 2012. Softcover (spiral bound), 8 ¾ x 6 ¾ inches, unpaginated, color halftone illustrations. Signed, with ephemera.

Though the title page claims the photographs are by a Lester B. Morrison, they are, in fact, by Alec Soth. He took these Eggleston-like, banal color images inside and in the vicinity of the House of Coates, a suburban Twin-Cities bar, restaurant, and motel. Minnesota writer Brad Zellar provides a fictional account of Lester’s activities. “You know Lester as a man and a boy you refused to see or acknowledge. There are, from the time of childhood, Lesters all around you and, try as they might, they never entirely disappear as adults, even if you still persist in not seeing them.” First edition of one thousand copies, this one signed by both Zellar and Soth. Laid in is a press release for a book signing at a St. Paul resident hotel, along with a registration card additionally signed by the two. Near fine condition. $100

  1. SOTH, Alec. Alec Soth: Gathering Leaves, London: Mack Books, 2015. Box, 9 x 9 inches, 4 booklets and 29 cards. Signed.

This inventive item includes small replicas of Soth’s four major books to date: Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004), Niagara (2006), Broken Manual (2010), and Songbook (2014). Each measures about 5 x 4 inches and includes the full text and pictures. The cards measure 8 ¾ x 9 inches, each reproducing an image from one of the books and with commentary by Soth and others on the back. This box accompanied a traveling exhibition in Europe that focused on Soth’s book work, and includes a statement by Kate Bush, the director of London’s Media Space, the opening venue for the show. This copy of the box and all four title pages signed by Soth. Fine condition, in opened shrink wrap. $350

  1. SOTH, Alec. The Last Days of W., St. Paul, Minnesota: Little Brown Mushroom, 2008. Softcover, 16 ½ x 12 inches, 48 pages, color halftone illustrations. With placemat, signed.

Self-published on quality newsprint, this selection of images presents Soth’s take on the American psyche in the final year of George W. Bush’s tenure as President of the United States. About half of the pictures were made in Soth’s native Minnesota and further his interest in everyday people and vernacular architecture. The newsprint is signed and dated. However, this one is from the special edition, with placemats, each of which features a digital print of an image of a mockup of the President’s Oval Office desk. This copy is numbered 100/100 and signed by Soth. Fine condition. $500

  1. SOTH, Alec. Ephemera.

         Alec Soth: Portraits, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2005. Brochure, 10 x 11 ¼ inches, 6 panels, 3 color halftone illustrations. This item, with text by Cynde Randall, accompanied Soth’s show in the museum’s Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program. The images show a young girl with pink hair, a young woman in Beijing, and the photographer Boris Mikhailov. This copy signed by Soth. One tear.

Jason Polan, The Little Brown Mushroom Coloring Book, St. Paul, Minnesota: Little Brown Mushroom, 2011. Softcover, 24 pages, hand-drawn illustrations. The outline drawings include ping-pong (on the cover), a bear, candy bar, book, hand, and Ethan & Joel Coen (native Minnesota filmmakers), and other mostly everyday objects. This copy signed on the cover by Soth.

“The Wondering Eye: Visual Journeys by Seven Photographers,” New York Times Magazine, September 27, 2015. Admiring the movie “Lost in Translation,” Soth stayed at the Tokyo hotel where it was filmed and brought Japanese subjects into his room to photograph, rather than venturing out into the city. Among those who appear here are dancers, singers, a tea ceremony master, and sushi chef. Soth himself appears in four of the seven images reproduced, including on the cover, where he is seen lying on his bed with the lights of Tokyo superimposed. This copy signed by Soth on the cover.

Sam Anderson, “Unselfie,” New York Times Magazine, October 11, 2015. The last page of the magazine, “Endpaper,” features six self-portraits by Soth, none in which he is recognizable. In them he intentionally obscured his face, by snow, mist, motion, and a glass of water. Anderson states, “In his unselfies, Soth balances right on the mirrored edge of the selfie paradox. He gives in to the urge as he undermines it.” This page signed by Soth. Group of 4: $100

  1. STEINER, Ralph. A Point of View, Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1978. Hardcover, 10 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches, 144 pages, halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Most of the text is by Steiner himself, but fellow straight photographer Willard Van Dyke contributes an introduction. The reproductions, covering fifty years of work, are organized into the following sections: “The Early Twenties,” “Post-Strand,” “Earning a Living,” “What Light Can Do,” “Trees,” “Summers on a Maine Island,” “People Under Stress and People Doing All Right,” and “Late Work.” This copy signed and dated (in year of publication) by Steiner. Tiny wear to tips and spine, in dustjacket that is lightly rubbed with tiny edgewear. $150

  1. STERNFELD, Joel. American Prospects, New York: Times Books, 1987. Hardcover (blind and silver-stamped gray cloth), 10 ¼ x 12 inches, unpaginated, 55 color halftone illustrations. Inscribed, with ephemera.

This important and influential book comprises Sternfeld’s look at the American landscape and urban scenes, from the 1970s to early eighties. With wit and discovery he surveys both the mundane and the exalted. The now-famous image of a fireman choosing a pumpkin while a farmhouse burns in the background appears on the cover of the book. With an introduction by critic Andy Grundberg and an afterword by curator Anne W. Tucker. Indicative of its stature, American Prospects appears in both Andrew Roth’s The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century and Parr and Badger’s The Photobook: A History. This copy is inscribed by both Sternfeld and Tucker and dated in the year of publication. In addition, an invitation to the accompanying exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is laid in, making for a fabulous package. Near fine condition. $1,500

  1. STIMSON, Abbie Ann. Unique book of original photographs, c. 1950s. Spiral binding with clear hard plastic covers, 11 x 9 inches, 12 pages, 10 gelatin silver prints. Inscribed.

This seemingly one-of-a-kind item praises Stimson’s teacher Ed Kaminski, whom she studied under at Pasadena’s Art Center. It pictures a young man, with his camera, in class with Kaminski, and photographing, along with a full-page negative-image photogram. The full text, which is presented one sentence per page and photographically printed in the images reads: “You take the average photographer. He’s loaded with gadgets. Then you put him in Kaminski’s class. Where he learns to think. Gradually he grows. He emerges with new eyes to create. Rather than imitate.” After attending the Art Center, Abbie Ann Stimson (1916-1988) married Stewart W. Purcell, who supervised the installation of microwave relay stations in California from the 1950s to 1970s. This copy is inscribed by Stimson. A revealing piece on photographic instruction, Los Angeles culture, and visual thinking. Covers rubbed. $350

  1. STRAND, Paul. Nancy Newhall, Paul Strand: Photographs, 1915-1945, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1945. Hardcover (black-stamped green cloth), 10 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches, 32 pages, 23 halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Accompanied Strand’s first major exhibition and was the museum’s initial critical monograph on a photographer. This copy signed and dated 1946 (one year after publication) by Strand. Cloth sunned along edges, in dustjacket that is worn, torn, and missing a piece. $350

  1. SUTKUS, Antanas. Vilnius on Weekdays, Vilnius: Leidykla Mintis, 1965. Hardcover (red and black-stamped gray cloth), 10 ½ x 9 ¼ inches, unpaginated, 258 screen-gravure and 2 color halftone illustrations. Signed ephemera.

This book, produced during the era when Lithuania was part of Soviet Russia, presents the people, buildings, activities, work, and weather of the country’s capital city. “Read Vilnius like a book: square after square, street after street. Look at its features closely as you would look at the face of a person dear to you. You will come to love it.” About half of the photographs were supplied by Romualdas Rakauskas (born 1941) and the other half by Antanas Sutkus (born 1939), a leading photographer of his generation. He is best known for his long-term documentation of the common folk of Lithuania, begun in 1976. Includes the booklet with text and captions in no less than six languages, including Russian and English. Importantly, laid into this copy is a Russian banknote signed by Sutkus and his address handwritten on a piece of paper. Previous owner’s inscription, corners bumped, and missing dustjacket. $125

  1. SZARKOWSKI, John. The Face of Minnesota, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1958. Hardcover (pictorial cloth), 10 ¼ x 7 ½ inches, 304 pages, 203 halftone illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Signed.

This book was published on the occasion of the centennial of Minnesota statehood in 1958. Szarkowski had been the staff photographer at the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and was soon to become curator of photographs at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. He arranged his photographs and text about Minnesota’s people, places, and events, in four groups; the setting of the state’s story, settlement and life on the land, social institutions, and commerce. Not surprisingly, his photographic style is decidedly straightforward, the aesthetic he persistently championed at MOMA. Reportedly, the first edition consisted of ten thousand copies and the 1964 reprint was 4,000. Laid into this copy is the text of the 1956 memorandum of agreement between the author and the publisher. This copy boldly signed by Szarkowski. Light edge wear to boards, in a dustjacket that is lightly chipped, torn, and edgeworn. $75

  1. TICE, George. Martin Dibner, Seacoast Maine: People and Places, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1973. Hardcover (gold and blind-stamped black cloth), 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, 208 pages, 100 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

Tice and writer Dibner’s collaborative look at the people, landscape, and mood of Maine, in text and photographs. This “unforgettable portrait” presents lobstermen, boat-builders, and other long-time residents, along with the woods, rocks, and coast of the country’s most Northeastern state. Tice’s photographs, printed one per page, are descriptive and understated. This copy boldly signed by Tice. One corner bumped, in dustjacket with one tear and light wear and chipping. $75

  1. TILLMAN, Ulrich, and Wolfgang Vollmer. Meisterwerke der Fotokunst, Colgne, Germany: Weinend Verlag, 1985. Hardcover (gold-stamped red cloth with mounted reproduction), 8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches, 104 pages, halftone illustrations (a few in color), slipcase. Signed.

This is a sendup on collecting fine-art photographs, in which Tillman and Vollmer allegedly find unknown predecessors to iconic images. Among those spoofed are Edward Weston’s “Pepper No. 30,” Ansel Adams’s “Moonrise over Hernandez,” and images by Cameron, Frith, Sander, Outerbridge, Kertesz, Man Ray, Penn, Warhol, Mapplethorpe, and others. Includes text by the “collectors,” Friedrich Heubach, and L. Fritz Gruber, who writes on “Outranked Masterpieces”. Glassine envelope pasted in with a silver of wood, described as an “original fragment of Klaus Peter Schnuettger-Webs’ plate camera, which he threw out of the studio window at the Bauhaus in Dessau following an argument with Herbert Bayer in 1925.” Fabulously funny for those who know the history of photography. Bilingual text in German and English. The numbered edition of 1,000 is signed by the two authors. Near fine condition, except for two scuffs to back of slipcase. $750

  1. VERBURG, JoAnn. Susan Kismaric, Present Tense: Photographs by JoAnn Verburg, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2007. Hardcover (white-stamped tan cloth), 11 x 9 ¼ inches, 184 pages, halftone illustrations (some in color), dustjacket. Signed ephemera.

This monograph accompanied a mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. It nicely covers all of Verburg’s major bodies of work to date: black-and-white multi-print portraits and swimmers, intimate color pictures of her husband, poet Jim Moore, and selectively-focused color images of Italian olive trees. An attractive and well-written book. JoAnn Verburg (born 1950) was the artist liaison for Polaroid’s 20-x24-inch camera, worked on the Rephotographic Survey Project, and now lives and works in Minneapolis. Laid in a postcard with one of her images, warmly inscribed by Verburg. Near fine condition. $50

  1. VISHNIAC, Roman. Polish Jews: A Pictorial Record, New York: Schocken Books, 1965. Softcover, 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches, 80 pages, 31 halftone illustrations. Signed, with ephemera.

Though modest in size, this is Vishniac’s leading title on the subject. The publisher first released it in 1947 and it was so popular that it went through at least six printings. The pictures, made mostly in Poland and Lithuania in 1938, are split between street and shop scenes in the Jewish ghettos and boys and men undertaking religious study. Introductory essay, “The Inner World of the Polish Jew,” by Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Laid in is a flyer for a 1983 exhibition of Vishniac’s work in Minneapolis. This copy inscribed by Vishniac. Previous owner’s label on half-title page, light wear and folds to covers. $50

  1. WELPOTT, Jack. Driving to Stony Lonesome: Jack Welpott’s Indiana Photographs, 1936-1959, Bloomington, Indiana: Quarry Books, 2006. Softcover, 8 ½ x 11 inches, 168 pages, halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

Comprises Welpott’s visual chronicle of post-Depression Southern Indiana, when the photographer was studying photography under Henry Holmes Smith. Sections include Kids; Indiana University; Jefferson City, Missouri, Workshop; Friends and Relations; People and Places; and the Land. Features an introduction by Jo Ann B. Fineman and running commentary by Welpott. This copy inscribed and dated in year of publication by Welpott. Covers rubbed and one corner bent. $35

  1. WESTON, Brett. Merle Armitage, Brett Weston Photographs, New York: E. Weyhe, 1956. Hardcover (black cloth), 13 ¼ x 11 inches, 104 pages, 28 duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Inscribed.

This was the first major monograph on Weston, with text by the great designer and friend of Brett’s, Merle Armitage. It’s an oversize production, with letterpress text and large-scale reproductions on heavy, glossy stock. The images are primarily landscapes from the 1950s, but “range without limit in the subject matter, from the most evanescent subtleties through every nuance to the powerful mutations of nature and the monuments of men.” This copy is signed twice, once on the dedication page and then inscribed to “my good friend Fred” (dated 1982). This copy belonged to Fred W. Parker, the first director of the Friends of Photography, thus an association copy. Previous owner’s name on flap, small stain to outer page edges, with light edgewear to cloth, in a dustjacket that has a small stain, rubbing, and edgewear. $2,500

  1. WESTON, Brett. Brett Weston: Photographs From Five Decades, Millerton, New York: Aperture, 1980. Hardcover (gold-stamped brown cloth), 13 ¾ x 12 inches, 132 pages, halftone illustrations, slipcase. Signed.

With a profile of the photographer by R. H. Cravens, this book covers most of Weston’s career as a leading Western landscape photographer. The work, spanning the 1930s through the 70s, in fact, also includes some nudes, urban scenes, and abstract close-ups. Issued without a dustjacket, this copy is from the special, numbered edition of 400 copies that was slipcased and signed by Weston (and accompanied by an original photograph, which is not present here). Near fine condition. $250

  1. WESTON, Edward. Edward Weston, New York: E. Weyhe, 1932. Hardcover (white and black paper over boards), 13 ¾ x 10 ½ inches, 90 pages, 39 halftone illustrations. Signed.

The first monograph on Weston, edited and designed by the great Merle Armitage. Features large-scale reproductions of the first ten years of Weston’s career. Text contributed by Armitage, Charles Sheeler, Lincoln Stefffens, Arthur Millier, Jean Charlot, and Weston himself. The edition was limited to 550 numbered copies (this one #428), all boldly signed by Weston. Light wear and rubbing to cover, lacking the slipcase. $4,000

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  1. WILLIAMS, Jonathan. Portrait Photographs, Frankfort, Kentucky: Gnomon Press, 1979. Softcover, 8 ¼ x 7 ½ inches, 72 pages, 30 color halftones, dustjacket and glassine jacket, in original slipcase. Signed.

         This item comprises thirty color portraits by Williams of English and American authors, artists, and photographers, made mostly with a Rolleiflex in a straightforward manner. Opposite each tipped-in plate is a letterpress-printed paragraph describing the subject and the photographer’s interaction with him or her. Includes a preface by the critic/author Hugh Kenner. Among those pictured are Alvin Langdon Coburn, Allen Ginsberg, David Hockney, Claes Oldenburg, Ezra Pound, Aaron Siskind, and Minor White. Jonathan Williams (1929-2008) was a poet, writer, and photographer who published the work of avant-garde poets and other artists at his Jargon Society, in remote North Carolina. This book was issued simultaneously by Gnomon and London’s Coracle Press, in a total numbered edition of 1,800. This copy signed by Williams. Fine condition. $75

  1. WITKIN, Joel-Peter. PhotoVision, Issue 19, 1981. Softcover, 11 ½ x 8 ¼ inches, 74 pages, halftone illustrations. Signed.

The entire issue of this Spanish photographic periodical is devoted to Witkin. It features thirty full-page plates and many smaller reproductions of his work. Witkin contributes a statement and scholar Lee Fontanella wrote the essay “From Matters of Fact to Matters of Value.” Both appear bilingually, in Spanish and English. This copy boldly signed by Witkin. Two corners bumped. $35

  1. WITKIN, Joel-Peter. Joel-Peter Witkin, Pasadena, California: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. Hardcover (blind-stamped black cloth), 12 x 12 inches, unpaginated, duotone illustrations, slipcase. Signed.

This was the first monograph on Witkin, printed in Switzerland in an edition of 4,000 copies. It features his earliest successful body of work, made between 1975 and 1984, among them “Women Breastfeeding an Eel” and “Woman Masturbating on the Moon.” The Bosch-like images are variously horrific, explicit, and challenging. The artist, contrary to appearances, is methodical and deliberate in the making of his photographs, often inspired by masterpiece paintings and making preparatory drawings (two of which are reproduced here). Acknowledging the unusual nature of most of his models, he incudes an appeal to some specific types to help him make future photographs, such as pre-op transsexuals, people with tails or missing or additional limbs, and “all manner of extreme visual perversions.” The book and pictures are not for the faint hearted. This special edition copy is signed and numbered (79/100), housed in a slipcase. Fine condition, in slipcase with opened shrink wrap. $1,000

  1. WITKIN, Joel-Peter. Gods of Earth and Heaven, Altadena, California: Twelvetrees Press, 1989. Hardcover (silver and gold-stamped black cloth), 13 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, duotone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed.

This book, Witkin’s second, features new work and three color images that include substantial handwork. The latter are “Siamese Twins,” a maquette for a crucifix, and the title piece, a triptych. Includes a poem by John Yau and essay by Gus Blaisdell. This copy signed by Witkin. Near fine condition. $250

  1. WITKIN, Joel-Peter. The Bone House, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Twin Palms, 1998. Hardcover (black-stamped green cloth), 10 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, 196 pages, duotone illustrations, slipcase. Signed.

Features a handful of early images, including his “first photograph,” made in 1950 in Brooklyn. The bulk of the book comprises a substantial amount of his mature work, from 1976 to 1998, the year of publication. It includes an essay by scholar Eugenia Parry and was published in an edition of 5,000 casebound and slipcased copies. This one is boldly signed by Witkin across the front pastedown and endpaper. Near fine condition, except for slight ink loss to type on spine, in opened shrink wrap. $250

  1. WOLCOTT, Marion Post. FSA Photographs, Carmel, California: Friends of Photography, 1983. Softcover, 11 x 9 ¼ inches, 48 pages, 37 halftone illustrations. Inscribed.

This is issue number 34 of the Friends’s periodical Untitled, with an essay by critic Sally Stein. Wolcott’s pictures, all dating from 1938 to 1941, show the poor living and working conditions of the Deep South, made for the government’s Farm Security Administration. Among them is her known image “Negro Boys Waiting Inside Plantation Store to be Paid for Picking Cotton, Mileston, Mississippi.” This copy inscribed and dated 1984 by Wolcott. Light edgewear to covers. $50

  1. YTSMA, Petronella J. Legacy of an Ecocide: Agent Orange Aftermath, Minneapolis: Alifrom Publishing, 2009. Softcover, 7 ¾ x 7 ½ inches, 18 halftone illustrations, dustjacket. Signed special edition, with original photograph and additional ephemera.

Ytsma’s sensitive portraits of three generations of Vietnamese who were affected by the lingering poisons of the agent orange that the United States dropped on their country during the Vietnam War. Includes portraits of soldiers and civilian adults and children, born between 1940 and 2008, recently photographed. Statements, in addition to the photographer’s, by the directors of the War Legacies Project and the Special Initiative on Agent Orange. Born in Holland in 1948, Nel Ytsma is based in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches and photographs as both an artist and professional. Laid in are three signed cards in envelopes from 2006, 2011, and 2012. This copy of the book is inscribed and dated 2009 by Ytsma. Additionally, this is number 51/200 in the edition produced with a gelatin silver print (also signed). Fine condition. $375

 

This catalog features books, catalogs, and smaller items that are signed by the photographers. Note that some are inscribed, occasionally to people of note, and I am happy to provide further details on any of these. In some cases the book itself is not signed, but accompanied by a piece of ephemera that is, so please read my entries carefully. One of the most flamboyant signers is Peter Beard, who frequently adds his handprints and collages in paper items, making for what I like to call “customized” results. I have additional signed or inscribed copies of some of these titles that are latter printings or softcover versions and usually priced lower.

All items are subject to prior sale. Customers known to me will be invoiced. Others add shipping ($5 for each book within the U.S.) and write your check to “Christian Peterson.” Books may be returned within ten days, with prior notice and if received in the condition sent. I am always interested in hearing about specific books, photographers, or topics that you are seeking, and also any items you may wish to sell.

Catalog 12
April 2016