Paris: Calavas Freres Editeurs, ca. 1875-80. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Original marbled paper boards rebacked in red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Binding protected by modern mylar. Marbled front and rear endpapers. Total of 560 original French nude photographs featuring children, women, and men in allegorical poses. Each photographic plate..... More

Hamburg: Verlag H. v. Seggern & Sohn, 1923. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [2]pp (Title), [6]pp (Introductory text), 12 loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original photo-illustrated paper portfolio. Rare portfolio of twelve photogravure plates of nude photography by Jozsef Pecsi (1889-1956), an influential Hungarian photographer whose Budapest studio was one of..... More

Paris: Editions Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1933. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 20 loose leaves (title-page + nineteen plates numbered 2 to 20, some coated and some un-coated), as issued. Original photo-illustrated paper portfolio. Cover photograph mounted on stiff paper portfolio. Book housed in a custom-made green cloth clamshell-box, with title..... 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

Verlag "Geist und Schönheit" 1940. 3 of 3 albums. Hardcover. Folio. Paper-covered portfolio with pictorial paste-down and gilt lettering on cover. Folding flaps. Title-page in black and red. 16 beautiful mounted b/w photographs of women in the nude. Photos by A. Binder, Dr. Hans, Rich. Heinz, Reinhold Leßmann, G. Riebiecke..... More

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

New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1997. Limited Edition. Box. 1/5000. 42 plates + title plate and subscription card. 15x12.5" hinged clamshell wooden box with gilt-stamped illustrations and lettering over a grey label on front cover. The box is closed with gold clasps and has a leather strap carrying handle mounted on..... More

Chicago: Art Photography Magazine, n.d. [ca. 1951?]. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 64pp. Spiral-bound, glossy photo-illustrated sepia-toned wrappers, with white lettering on the front cover. This is volume two of the Figure Photography Annual special issue, published by Art Photography Magazine. Profusely illustrated throughout with the gorgeous b/w nude photography of..... More

Wien: Gottschammel und Hammer, nd (ca. 1939). First edition. Folio. 12 loose plates, as issued. Original black paper portfolio containing 12 duotone photographic reproductions of female nude studies. Portfolio housed in original publisher's illustrated slipcase. Photographs by Dr. Alfred Grabner, Michael Neumüller, Kálmán Szöllösy, Gyula Ramhab, J. Meienberg, and Oskar..... More

New York: Greenberg, (1936). Softcover. 4to. Unpaginated (2,54pp). Original illustrated spiral-bound wraps protected by modern mylar. Profusely illustrated with 54 full-page b/w reproductions of photographs by John Mc Sherry of women in the nude. Mc Sherry's unique use of light and shadow creates warm, sensual images of his 'natural' looking..... More

Leipzig: Ernst Oldenburg Verlag, 1931. First German edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 205, [3]pp. Orange cloth in original photographic dust jacket. Publisher's device on title-page. Illustrated with 32 full-page b/w photographic reproductions of nude women, men and children in nudist camps. Originally published in America in the same year under the title..... More

Berlin: Verlagsgruppe Vis-à-Vis; Borderline, 1989. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original pictorial wrappers. Mysterious and appealing, India is a land full of dreams and bright colors. In a compelling way, the young men of today's India are the embodiment of these charms and temptations. Wolf Nikolas has taken a series..... More