Kernville, California: Sierra Trails, 1973. Limited edition. 1/1000. 4to. Portfolio. 15 stunning b/w photographs on glossy paper each in a fold-out with Haiku on opposite page. Haiku is an expression of a seventeen-syllable verse which was mastered by such poets as Basho, Buson, and Issa. Eunice Tetjens has said of..... More
Pekin (Beijing): Ediciones en Lenguas Extranjeras, 1962. First edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto (9 1/2 x 10 1/4"). [4]pp (Title and Introduction); [48]pp (Plates); [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Illustrated with 48 striking photogravures (13 in full color) depicting some of the most spectacular and dizzying views of China, this..... More
Paris: Adam Biro; Bordas, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 775, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over orange cloth, with brown lettering to spine and front cover. Book housed in its photo-illustrated paper covered slipcase. Edited by Michel Frizot (researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris) and published..... More
Zurich: Gebr. Fretz AG, [1927]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 x 9 1/2"). [8]pp (Text), 28 leaves (Photographs). Original tan cloth, with embossed lettering on gilt to front cover and spine. Splendid collection of 28 landscape photographs taken in the Engadine, where renown Swiss photographer Albert Steiner* lived and worked..... More
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Oblong. Unpaginated. Blue cloth with light blue lettering to spine in original dj. One tiny gray stain to front board. Minor rubbing to bottom edges. Some creasing, discoloration and slight chipping to dj. Frontispiece. A wonderful pictorial look..... 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
Praha: Nase Vojsko, 1947. First edition. 1.-5000. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated (98pp). Original photographic paper-covered boards. Pictorial title-page. Rare photographic postwar account of a Czech Army ski-unit. Profusely illustrated with reproductions in photogravure of soldiers in practice and at play. Includes images of stunning landscape winter scenery. Photographs by Major Jiri..... More
Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. Unpaginated [20]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Exhibition catalogue published to accompany an exhibition at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1967. This work is a visual history of Klein's long and varied career. Including iconic images, magazine covers and previously unseen images, the..... More
Tokyo; Los Angeles; New York; London: Office Focus, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. [64]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over black-stamped full-cloth. On August 12, 1985, the largest number of deaths in a single commercial airplane crash occurred when a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed into Mt. Ogura in Japan..... More
Batavia: NP, n/d. Hardcover. Sm. folio. Unpaginated. Gilt stamped green cloth. Head and tail of spine bumped and slightly frayed. Corners rubbed. Spine sunned. Small stamp of previous owner to title page. Pen writing "Charles & Pauline Greter - Bogor, Java July 27, 1950" on top of title page. Impressions..... More
Praha: Melantrich, (1946). First edition (1 - 10.000). Hardcover. Sm. folio. 64pp. Light brown cloth with red lettering on cover and spine in original photographic dust jacket. Striking work by Czech photographer Jan Lukas, profusely illustrated with reproductions in photogravure of landscapes and everyday life in the Czechoslovakian countryside. Along..... More
Chanterelle - Cantal: L.P.A.M., 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 101pp. Original pictorial wrappers over green cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Fascinating photographic work on one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the World. It is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photogravures depicting the various..... More
Berlin: Terramare Office, 1941. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. [29] leaves. Original string bound wrappers, with a color photographic reproduction pasted on front cover. This rare WWII-era Terramare Press calendar for the year 1942 contains a poem of Goethe on rice paper (first leaf), and 30 captioned photographic reproductions (29..... More
Paris: Editions Paris-Photos, 1930. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Original green glassine over photographic wrappers. Collection of over 70 b/w photographic reproductions of Parisian beauties showing their legs in explicit positions. Upper front corner bumped, thus slightly affecting pages throughout. Glassine partly chipped along edges. Text in French. Glassine in overall..... More
Łódź: Centralne Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, 1956. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/2"). [6]pp (Text), [12]pp (Photographs), [6]pp (Text). Original printed wrappers, with grey lettering to front cover. Official catalogue of the Third Regional Photography Exhibition held in Lodz, Poland, in November and December 1956. The photographs featured in..... More
Friedrichssegen/Lahn: Folkwang-Auriga, 1925. First edition, second state binding. Hardcover. Quarto (9 3/4" x 7 1/4"; 24,5cm x 18cm). Original printed paper covered boards. First book published by Albert Renger-Patzsch, the renown German photographer associated with the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit.) Having practised photography since his teens, he took it up..... More
Aperture Books, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 380, [2]pp. Original pictorial dust-jackets over cloth. Published on the occasion of a major retrospective exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the City Art Museum of St. Louis, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County..... More
Boston: Bullfinch, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Original pictorial wrappers over cloth, with black lettering on spine. Ribbon marker. Decorative title-page. This is an insight into the idiosyncratic flourishes which make a house into a home. Photographer Bruce Weber takes the reader around the world, looking at how creative..... More
Prague: Odeon, (1970). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 132,4]pp. Cream cloth with black lettering within black border on front cover in original photographic dust jacket. Frontispiece of Funke. Profusely illustrated with full-page and some in-text reproduction in photogravure of work by Czech photographer, Jaromir Funke (1896-1945). Funke was a leading figure..... More
[Stuttgart]: [Roma Kunstverlag], ND [1926]. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (10 1/4 X 7 7/8"). 1 loose poem of H. Lingg on heavy cardstock, and 19 loose sepia-tone photogravures on heavy cardstock, as issued. Original printed paper portfolio. Exquisite collection of nineteen photogravures by Adolf Lazi, depicting the following Roman ruins: -..... More
Paris: Paul Montel, N.D. Softcover. 8vo. 58pp. Photographic illustrated wrappers in original glassine jacket. A fine copy of Dulovits' work on the mastery of contrast in photography. Each carefully printed image is analyzed and Dulovit explains the proper lighting, the correct lens and the appropriate settings. Illustrated with 18 reproductions..... More
Hamburg: Verlag Heinrich Ellermann, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 13, [3]pp (text), 96pp (plates). Original cloth with dark red lettering on front cover and spine. First edition of this exquisite work compiling 96 stunning b/w photographic reproductions by Alfred Ehrhardt, German photographer and outstanding representative of the New Objectivity movement..... More
Basel: Edition Cantz, ca. 1992. Second edition. Softcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Original pictorial wrappers. Second edition of this photographic work published to accompany the exhibition tour of 1992-1994 within the Kodak Cultural Program. This fascinating work is profusely illustrated with 39 full-page b/w photographic reproductions of portraits and views, taken between..... More
Antwerp: Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 485, [3]pp (text vol.), 86pp (plates). Original publisher's cloth in matching slipcase. Tipped in photograph on each front cover. This remarkable 2-vol. set contains data on over 5400 photographers (professional and amateur) who were active in Belgium from 1839 till..... More
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Tucson, Arizona: Nazraeli Press, 2004. First and only printing. Hardcover. 1/1000. Elephant folio. Unpaginated. Black cloth in original dj. Signed by Onodera on title-page. "The series title 'Transvest' is a decoy, ironically shifting our attention to the clothes and whether they cover a male or female body. Rather than costume..... More