Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut AG. 1930. Hardcover. Oblong folio. 95 leaves (printed on recto and verso) resting in tan cloth portfolio with folding flaps & blue lettering on front cover and spine. Portfolio protected by modern mylar. Over 300 b/w photographic reproductions on 181 pages plus contents and title-, and section..... More
Berlin: Auriga-Verlag, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 56pp. Original photo-illustrated paper-covered boards with black and white lettering on cover, first state. Profusely illustrated with 40 reproductions of b/w photographs by Albert Renger-Patzsch, this work is the photographer's first published book. Renger-Patzsch will later become famous for "Die Welt ist Schön."..... More
NP, n/d. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/750. Folio. Unpaginated (28pp). Gold-illustrated stiff black wraps with folding flaps. Magnificent reproductions of b/w photographs by Werner Bischof as well as textured colored full-page plates. "Diese Bilderauswahl von Werner Bischof wurde als Privatdruck für die Geschäftsfreunde der Basler Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Ende des Jahres..... More
Dresden: VEB Verlag der Kunst Dresden, 1974. Portfolio. Thirty-three 19" x 25.5" photomontages in gray paper covered cardboard box. Tears to parts of edges on box. Five inches of top edge on box cover missing. In addition to the 33 plates are 3 plates of which 2 list the names..... More
Original photographs. 1. "Berliner Redensart" (8 x 7"), published in "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" by Kurt Tucholsky, Neuer Deutscher Verlag, Berlin, 1929. 2. John Heartfield (6 3/4 x 4 7/8"), Portmouth, 1948. Foto-Knoll, Leipzig. 3. "John Heartfield geht zur Dekorationsprobe" (9 1/8 x 7 1/16"), 1956. Copyright Gerhard Kiesling, Bildjournalist VDJ. Photographs in..... More
Berlin: Brunnen Verlag, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 12pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Rare and fascinating weekly tourist guide for visitors in Berlin. This booklet shows on its cover a view of the famous Wohnsiedlung, in Berlin-Grunewald, and contains articles on the "natural beauties of Eastern Berlin", and the reopening of..... More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, ca. 1911. Softcover. 4to. Unpaginated (16pp). Gold and white illustrated black wrappers with decoration string. Wraps protected by modern mylar. Near fine copy of one of the first published works with color photographs. Illustrated with 12 stunning color reproductions of photographs of winter scenery and landscapes by..... More
München: F. E. Krauß, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. (2) 53 (1) leaves. Original illustrated gold paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine. Publication celebrating the 50th anniversary of Krauß Manufacturers with its 25th privately printed work (Zum 50jährigen Bestehen der Kraußwerke als fünfundzwanzigster Privatdruck im Auftrag von F...... More
Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, (1934). First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. [4],320,[1]pp. Pistachio cloth with title in black on cover and spine, French title on rear board. Map front and rear endpapers. Profusely illustrated 1930's Japanese propaganda publication. The Manchu State was a constitutional monarchy in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia. In 1931..... More
Tokyo: Little More Co., Ltd., 2001. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. [132]pp. Original bellyband over photo-illustrated dust-jacket and blind wrappers. Illustrated with 129 color photographs, "Utatane" is Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi's first book which led to her national and international breakthrough, and for which she received the prestigious Kimura Ihei..... More
Paris: Edité par "SOC" pour la Société Générale de Fonderie, 1931. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/1000. Folio. Unpaginated. Uncut. Original gilt decorated green wrappers. Exquisite trade catalogue printed on filigraned Montval paper, and edited for the French Société Générale de Fonderie. This work is profusely illustrated with 4 color tipped-in..... More
Berlin: Rudolf Haufe, 1943. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 132 pp. Original tear-off calendar with color photograph on cover. Complete with mostly b/w photographs with circus and entertainment motives from various European photographers and circus archives. Few stills from film productions, some in color. One b/w portrait of Adol Hitler by..... More
NP: NP. Softcover. Oblong Quarto. 20, 20 plates. Original illustrated string-bound heavy and textured mauve, uncut wraps with mauve lettering on cover. Collection of 80 postcard size (3 1/2 x 5 1/2") color and b/w reproductions of photographs and artwork depicting trains from the mid 19th century into the 2000s..... More
![Splendid Meiji Era Japanese album [WITH 50 HAND-COLORED COLLOTYPES]. N/A](/pictures/thumb/45955.jpg?v=1568854337)
NP: NP, ND (ca 1895-1905). First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto (10 x 14"). [50] tissue-guarded leaves. Original string bound decorative grey silk. Spectacular turn of the century Nippon album containing no less than 50 striking hand-colored collotypes depicting various views of Japanese landmarks, as well as Japanese people in their..... More
Frankfurt: Kohlkunstpresse, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Folio (9 1/2 x 12 3/4"). Unpaginated. [200]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of double-, and full-page b/w photographic reproductions of a woman's bare rear by Gunter Rambow. This work was privately published by Gunter and its release was possible since the..... More
München: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1928. Second edition without introduction. Hardcover. Quarto. (4)pp., 100 plates of b/w photographs. Peach paper boards with b/w photo-illustrated dustjacket. Renger-Patzsch's best known book with photographs of his early close-ups, capturing flora and fauna, landscape, art and architecture, advertising with a hint of his own revolutionary..... More
![Instruction Manual No. 1 21. May 1995 [SIGNED]. Terri Weifenbach](/pictures/thumb/46093.jpg?v=1570067636)
Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 1995. Limited First edition. Numbered, 431/500, and signed on colophon. Octavo. Unpaginated wit original print. Original grass green paper-covered boards with white lettering on cover and spine. First book in the series. More
South Dennis, MA: Steven Albahari, (2004). Numbered, limited first edition (Trade edition). Hardcover. Number 154 of 915 Classic Series copies signed, numbered and boxed. Folio. 171, [2]pp. Original red silk with illustrated paste-down on cover and black lettering on spine. Book housed in its original cream cloth clamshell box. Red..... More
Berlin & Frankfurt: Im Gemeinschaftsverlag von Volk und Reich Verlag G.M.B.H. und H. Bechhold Verlagsbuchhandlung, (1937). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 23,200,25-29,[3]pp. Paper-covered boards with blind-stamped name of author, and title in black on cover and spine. With original photographic dust jacket. Dr. Paul Wolff's most famous and best work on..... More
![Studies in Black [SIGNED WITH AN ORIGINAL SILVER GELATIN PRINT]. Tony Butcher, Peter Adam](/pictures/thumb/38908.jpg?v=1434442544)
London: Tony Butcher, 2002. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/100. Large quarto. 134pp. Original black cloth, with silver lettering on spine. Book housed in its matching publisher's slipcase. An original 9 1/2 x 7 1/2" silver gelatin print resting at pocket on inside of front cover. Half-title blind-stamped and hand-signed by..... More
![Wien; Die Perle des Reiches [3-D]. Dr. Ernst Holzmann](/pictures/thumb/10841.jpg?v=1434441256)
München: Raumbild - Verlag Otto Schönstein, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 126 pp. Cream cloth with Vienna code of arms stamped in red, black and gold on front cover. Gold lettering on cover, red and black lettering on spine. 100 b/w stereographs and a stereoscope resting in lowered pockets inside..... More
![Kamaitachi Photographs [SIGNED]. Eikoh Hosoe](/pictures/thumb/46114.jpg?v=1570067641)
New York: Aperture, 2005. Limited edition. Numbered 414/500 and signed on publisher's template on inside front cover. Elephant Folio. Unpaginated. Original illustrated cloth with original mylar jacket with blue lettering, housed in illustrated paper-coverd clamshell box. More
Worms: Verlag von Christian Herbst, Hofphotograph Worms, ca. 1913. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. Oblong. Unpaginated. Original green wrappers with decorative string binding. Full page b/w reproductions of photographs of the 'Old Jewish Cemetery' in Worms, Germany. Text in German. Binding with very small white smudge on cover. Minor foxing and..... More
Stuttgart: von Klemm & Beckmann, 1904. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Uncut. Original string bound wrappers with a photographic reproduction affixed to each front cover. Text pages within a decorative frame. Each volume contains 20 tissue-guarded captioned plates, with tipped-in toned photographic reproductions of female nudes in artistic study scenes..... More
Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. Blind-stamped 'watered silk' cloth with title in gold on cover. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated with 16 (mainly full-page) photogravure prints in sepia tone. Each plate protected by tissue guard. Evidently a memory-book for a sports rally held in Sokol in 1912. The photos show the stadium, sporting..... More