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New York: E.P. Dutton, (1978). Hardcover. First edition. Large quarto. Light foxing on the first couple of pages else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a short tear at the crown. More
It only took us 135 printed catalogs, but we're finally pleased to offer one devoted exclusively to photography. This selection runs the gamut from mid-19th Century portraits to early-21st Century avant-garde works, and from affordable retrospectives to limited edition, not-as-affordable portfolios of hand-pulled gravures.
Download PDF of PhotographyNew York: E.P. Dutton, (1978). Hardcover. First edition. Large quarto. Light foxing on the first couple of pages else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a short tear at the crown. More
Boston: New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown, (1987). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of age-toning at the extremities. A lovely copy. More
Exeter: Henry Eland, 1869. Hardcover. First edition. Green cloth decorated and titled in gilt. Illustrated with twelve mounted photographs of the notables of Devonshire. Very lightly rubbed, near fine. The photos are of paintings, statues and engravings; one, of Rev. John Russell, is from life. Includes pictures of Sir Thomas..... More
(West Islip, NY): ULAE, (1982). Hardcover. First edition. Folio. Full white goatskin. Fine in cloth slipcase as issued. One of 375 numbered copies Signed by the artist. A truly beautiful book, a collection of the artist's photographs of the New York City environs. More
New York: Pantheon, (1981). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a couple of short tears. More
Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1934. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Wrappers as issued. Frontispiece portrait by Man Ray. Modest erosion to the paper at the spine ends, a little smudging to the front wrap, a very good copy in wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies on vélin de Montgolfier. A nice..... More
Lausanne: La Guilde du Livre, 1952. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper with fine, unprinted tissue overjacket. A beautiful copy. Parr and Badger, *The Photobook Volume I*, p. 207; Hasselblad. *The Open Book*, pp. 158-159; Roth. *The Book of 101 Books*, p. 136-137. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1929). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Black cloth stamped in gold. Slight rubbing at the spine ends and corners, else a very near fine copy, lacking the original flimsy cardboard slipcase, usually either lacking or badly damaged. One of 925 numbered copies Signed by both..... More
(New York): Aperture, (1980). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy. More
(Hamburg): Sigbert Mohn, 1962. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper, and in a fine example of the usually absent publisher's slipcase. A beautiful copy. More
London: The Autotype Company, 1898. Hardcover. Fourth revised edition. 12mo. Brown cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. 104pp., 12pp. price list, 11(1) ads pp. Frontispiece autotype from negative by Henry Spink, foldout plate. Modest wear at the extremities, else near fine. More
Peacham, VT: The Perpetua Press, (2004). Hardcover. First edition. Oblong quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper, an as new copy. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by the photographer. Remarkable landscapes. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1998). Hardcover. First edition, hardcover issue. Small oblong quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy of the very uncommon hardcover issue, and one of the definitive statements on the critique and art of photography. More
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, (1908). Hardcover. First edition. Thick quarto. 642pp., extensively illustrated from photographs, paintings and drawings. Corners very slightly bumped, still easily fine. A lovely copy of this desirable and exhaustive photographic study of the human form, usually found well-worn. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2000). Hardcover. Wrappered edition. Small smudge on bottom edge, still fine in selfwrappers. Nicely Inscribed by the editor to photographer and contributor Danny Lyon: "Dear Danny Lyon – thank you so much for your wonderful contribution to this book! I hope you will enjoy it. Best..... More
Rochester, NY: George Eastman House, (1965). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Slight wear at the crown, very good or better lacking the dustwrapper. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2004). Hardcover. First American edition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. *The Burial at Thebes* as translated by Seamus Heaney premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on March 31st, 2004. More
Unbound. Quarto sheet. On Navy Department stationery dated 30 October 1943 to Catherine McCarthy. A brief letter written when Steichen was a Commander in the Navy Reserve thanking McCarthy for a John Sanford book, and expressing his solidarity with her as a friend of Carl Sandburg. From the papers of..... More
Gordonsville, GA: Aperture, 1981. Hardcover. First edition. Folio. Cloth covered portfolio in slipcase. Fine. Twelve hand-pulled gravure prints with tissue guards, in chemise laid into a portfolio, accompanied by a separate text by Beaumont Newhall and Mary Steichen Calderone, each Signed by the author at their contributions, the whole in..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1955). Hardcover. First edition (stated "Deluxe edition" on the jacket flap). Quarto. Fine in dustwrapper with a small disturbance to the lamination on the front flap fold, else near fine. More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1978). Hardcover. First edition, trade issue. Fine in a modestly rubbed, very good or better dustwrapper, with a short tear on the front panel. More
(New York): National Gallery of Art / Callaway Editions, (1983). Hardcover. First edition. Folio. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy. More
New York: Boni and Gaer, (1948). Hardcover. First edition. Photographs by Robert Capa, Jerry Cooke, and Tim Gidal. Foreword by Bartley C. Crum. Quarto. Near fine in an attractive, very good or better dustwrapper, with a scraped tear on the rear panel. A handsome copy, seldom found thus. More
(New York): Aperture, (1972). Hardcover. First edition. Large quartos. Two volumes. Each volume is fine in fine dustwrapper but for two small creases on the front flap of Volume 2, and a tiny tear on the front panel of Volume 1. Very nice copies of this two volume retrospective. More