Berlin: Willy Römer, 1933. Photographs. Paperback. 5 x 7" original photographs depicting SA members in uniform posting anti-Jewish propaganda, patrolling by truck and standing guard with propaganda signs inciting Germans to resist and boycott Jewish businesses. One photograph showing two police officers "on the beat" passing by broken display windows..... More
Paris: "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" 1935. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 10"). [14]pp (Text), 120pp (Plates), 121-139, [1]pp (Text and advertisement). Original spiral bound decorative wrappers by Pierre Boucher. "Photographie" was an annual special issue of the magazine "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" entirely dedicated to modern photography, and..... More
[Tokyo]: Nihon Kamerasha, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 160pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This posthumous photography book by renown aerial photographer, Mitsuho Agishi, contains 77 striking color photographs depicting magnificent views of Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Shasta, Monument Valley..... More
New York: Universe Books, Inc., 1960. First American edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece. Publisher's logo on title page. This striking photo-book is an account of the authors' perilous journey deep into the forests of..... More
Moscow: Publishing House of the RSFSR, 1932. First Issue of the English language edition. Softcover. Elephant Folio (16 1/2 x 11 3/4"). Unpaginated, 38pp. Original illustrated wrappers with red, black and white lettering on front cover, protected by modern mylar. With an introduction by P. Valliant-Couturier. Photo sketches by M...... More
Moscow: Staatlicher Kunstverlag, 1933. First edition. Softcover. Folio. Unpaginated. [40]pp. Original decorative wrappers. Photo-illustrated title page. Illustrated with spectacular duo-tone photogravures, this striking issue of "USSR im Bau" (USSR in Construction) is devoted exclusively to the Makejev metallurgical plant, and to the Luhansk steam train factory. The late 1920s and..... More
Madrid: Turner Publicaciones, S.L., 2001. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/6000. Folio (13 1/4 x 12 1/2"). 245, [5]pp. Original crushed morocco with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. Half-title and title page in grey and black lettering. Published to comemorate the centennial of Manuel Álvarez Bravo's..... More
Mexico City: Editorial RM, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 93.(1)pp. consisting chiefly of color Polaroid photos. Red cloth lettered in blue, mounted color photo on front cover. A fine, as new copy. Previously unpublished Polaroid photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo reproduced in the original Polaroid's dimensions. More
Lausanne; Paris: La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1980. First French-language edition. Hardcover. Folio. 216pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over white leatherette with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. This remarkable photography book follows the journey of hundreds of thousands of Muslims arriving in the holy city of Mecca for..... More
Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, 1936. 9th edition (9. Auflage). Softcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). 16pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers with red and black lettering to both covers.. Complete with its two large folded color plates showing the various ranks, uniforms, and flags of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) as well as..... More
Berlin: Junker und Dünnhaupt, 1937. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 86, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Photographically illustrated propaganda publication glorifying the workers who, under the National Socialists, labor to reconstruct a new Germany. Early propaganda work on the Reichsberufswettkampf (National Vocational Competition) which was the annual vocational competition held in Nazi..... More
Mexico City: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 1/5000. Folio. 143, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over red cloth, with blind-stamped lettering on spine and front cover. Illustrated with numerous color photographic reproductions, this catalogue was published on the occasion of an exhibition of Latin-American..... More
New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 384pp. Original boards photo-illustrated in color with white lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, including several gatefolds. Uta Barth's photographs are represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum..... More
Genova: Associazione Fotografica Ligure, 1958. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/1500. Large octavo (8 3/4 x 6 1/4"). 41pp (Text), [24] leaves (Photographs), [10]pp (Advertisement). Original illustrated wrappers, with brown lettering to both covers. Official catalogue of the first International Photography Exhibition of Genova, which was held in the Ligurian city..... More
[Paris]: [E. Bernard], [1904]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 45 loose leaves (Plates). Contemporary 3/4 red cloth portfolio over paper covered boards, with original photo-illustrated cover pasted to front board. String ties. First issued in 1902, and sold by subscription, this monthly illustrated journal contained a large selection of photographed nude..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over pink wrappers. Frontispiece portrait of Cecil Beaton. Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) is one of the most celebrated British portrait photographers of the 20th Century and is renowned for his images of elegance, glamour and style. His..... More
Leipzig: Verlag Dr. Haus Epstein, 1929. Stone, Sasha. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 14 (1)pp., 96 plates. Original turquoise cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket showing the old Branburg Gate on front, the Berliner Bär on back cover, red lettering on spine. Dedicated to Dr..... More
Paris: Hazan, 2002. Hardcover. Quarto. 255pp. [1] Photo illustrated dust-jacket with white and baby blue lettering on cover and spine, decorative back cover. Cobalt blue boards with baby-blue lettering on spine. This fascinating book showcases the culture of the Maghreb region and its use of natural materials used in architecture..... More
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England: The John Hassall Correspondence Art School, ND. First edition. Softcover. Folio (9 7/8 x 12 1/2"). 30pp. Original illustrated string-bound wrappers. Illustrated with 15 tipped-in b/w photographic reproductions of women and men in the nude, (11 show women and 4 men) "the purpose of this work..... More
Trézélan, France: Filigranes Éditions, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Oblong octavo. 13, [1]pp (text), 21 leaves (plates), [6]pp. Original string bound photo-illustrated wrappers. The young photographer Didier Ben Loulou, based in Jerusalem, shows his own, contemporary, picture of the Orient in outstanding color photos. They appear like details of larger pictures..... More
Paris: Presses du Temps présent, 1960. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Folio (12 x 9 1/2"). Unpaginated. [70] loose pages, [38] leaves (Plates), as issued. Original printed wrappers. Book housed in an illustrated paper covered chemise, itself housed in a decorative paper covered slipcase. A collection of texts pertaining to..... More
[Paris]: Robert Delpire, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated dust-jacket over decorative grey cloth, with black lettering on spine. Selection of 76 striking b/w and color photographs by Swiss photographer Werner Bischof* depicting landscapes, people, and street scenes from Asia to North and Latin America. Moderate rubbing and..... More
Münsterschwarzach. o. J. Vier-Türme GmbH, Benedict Press, [1995]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Original printed acetate over photo-illustrated paper covered boards. This is the third and final volume in Dieter Blum's impressive Ecstasy trilogy; a series of dance photographs which not only present classical, modern, and erotic dance, but also..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 600pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over green cloth, with gold lettering on spine. This work is a splendid survey of all the significant artistic monuments of the Greek world that have come down to us. Architecture and sculpture, painting, vase..... More
Helsinki: Helsingin Taidehalli, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (13-1/4" x 10"). 86, (2)pp. Imprint and foreword in Swedish, Finnish and English, text mainly in Swedish with some English. Gray cloth, front cover lettered in black and red. Illustrated with 19 black & white double-page photographic spreads of Boltanski's exhibited..... More