La Technique du Cameraman.
Paris: Les Editions Prisma, 1951. First edition. Cloth over Boards, plastic coated. Octavo, pp. 467, richly illustrated w b/w photographs. More
Visual Miscellaneous
Photographs.
New York: Witkin Gallery, 1993. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 48, profusely illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Remarkable photographs with surrealist, Cinema Verite and Walker Evans influences discernible, published by perhaps the country's leading photography gallery. More
Harold Lloyd's Hollywood Nudes in 3-D!
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2004. Reprint. Pictorial Boards w/ 3-D cover. Quarto (Oblong), pp. 154, delectably illustrated w/ color photographs in 3-D and regular, 3-D viewing glasses in pocket, inside cover. More
Kiss Impressions: My Love Affair with Lithography.
Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1983. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xxiv, 224, indexed, profusely illustrated w/ color and b/w photographs. More
On Photography; A Source Book of Photo History in Facsimile.
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1956. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 192, illustrated in b/w with one color reproduction. Very scarce. More
Paul Outerbridge: 1896-1958.
Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 251, richly illustrated in b/w & color. Bibliography. Biography. Text in English, French and German. Includes "A Personal Portrait" by Agha and Outerbridge's own essay "The Carbro Process" A lavishly illustrated retrospective of Outerbridge's lifelong search for the perfect form..... More
Jan Saudek Photographs 1987-1997.
Cologne: Taschen, 1998. First edition. Stiff Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 96, profusely illustrated w/ color photographs. A retrospective of Saudek's work . A biographical introduction is presented in English, French and German. Saudek constructs and photographs often in deep shimmering greens and bright oranges, along w/ realistic flesh tones, 'tableaux..... More
Aerial Photographs and their Applications.
New York: Appleton Century, 1943. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 372, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs. This book presents the elements of aerial photographic mapping and photo interpretations, and their various fields of application. Emphasis is on practical, working procedure. By including war-time uses for aerial photos..... More
Polish Theater Poster 1899-1999.
Krakow, Poland: Krzysztof Dydo Galeria Plakatu, 2000. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 334, indexed, beautifully illustrated in b/w & color reproductions of several hundred posters by 200 artists, arranged like a catalog, text in Polish & English. Scarce. More
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass. 1884 Lithograph.
Boston: Geo. H. Walker, Lithographer, 1884. First edition. N/A, stored in plastic sleeve. 14.5" x 17.5" tinted b/w lithograph. Detached from Walker, George H. & Co., "Atlas of Essex County, Massachusetts" Boston, 1884, p.113. Beautiful lithographic print of the grounds of Andover Theological Seminary and Phillips Academy Buildings. Views include..... More
Josef Scharl.
New York: Nierendorf Editions, 1945. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Original Decorated Black Cloth, expertly rebacked. Octavo, pp. 87, illustrated by b/w photos & drawings. SIgned by the author-an important association copy: "to Elizabeth & Wiliam Mayer". Mrs. Mayer had started the "Scharl Society", friends of the artist who paid..... More
Egon Schiele; Oeuvre Catalogue of the Paintings
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1966. First American edition. Original Cloth. Quarto, pp. 561, 245 works described in full & illustrated (including 17 mounted color plates) + additional illustrations in text. Includes signatures, exhibitions, bibliography, and indexes. The first edition of this book was published in 1930 under the title..... More
The Craft of the Japanese Sculptor.
New York: McFarlane, Warde, McFarlane and Japan Society of New York, 1936. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 55 plus 85 b/w plates, "Primarly a collection of plates illustrating Japanese sculpture from about A.D. 552-1867, with brief comments. An Introductory text traces the development of technique." Arntzen k234. More
Lucy M. Stanton, Artist.
Atlanta, GA: Emory University, 1975. Limited edition. Original Blue Cloth. Octavo, pp. 89, 38 illustrations, 2 in color. This is number 230 of 500 copies printed. Extremely scarce monograph on a highly acclaimed American artist. Known for her miniatures, she also did some important portraits and was active in the..... More
12 Opere di Giorgio de Chirico (Pittori Italiani Contemporanei); presentate da agnoldomenico pica
Milan: Edizioni del Milione, 1952. Fourth edition. Original Wraps. Folio, pp. xviii, with 12 mounted color plates plus 3 tipped in illus in the text, text in Italian. More
The Story of Color: From Ancient Mysticism to Modern Science.
Westport, CT: The Crimson Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 341, illustrated in b/w and color. A delightful, if dated, look at color traditions from around the world, by a man who made color a part of his study of human societies. Richly illustrated with b/w in-text..... More
American Fabrics; number 47, fall 1959.
New York: Doric Publishing, 1959. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Folio, pp 114. Illustrated in b/w photographs and renderings. Includes many tipped-in fabric swatches. Articles on fabrics for interior design, fashion, trends in patterns and colors. One article on an Edward Durrell Stone house and the textiles incorporated into that..... More
Rails to the Rising Sun.
San Marino: Golden West Books, 1965. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 135. Illustrated with historic and contemporary images of trains and locomotives. Appendices (of locomotive rosters, train configurations...). Halftones and drawings of locomotives. A very uncommon title about the business of trains in post-war Japan. Wonderful images of..... More
Admiral Richard Byrd Master's Degree Diploma.
1927. 17 X 12, Byrd received an honorary Master's Degree from Yale on June 22, 1927 (Byrd was undergraduate of Naval Academy). Bought at his estate auction and is still in the original frame in which it hung in his study. A wonderful epemeral piece on this importrant figure in..... More
Attention Getting Old Engravings; A Copyright Free Handbook.
New York: Art Direction Book Company, 1976. First edition. Original Navy Cloth. Octavo, pp.192, profusely illustated with engravings which were originally published in the US and Europe in books, magazines, and advertisments between 1850 and 1920. No index. "All of the engravings may be used in advertising editorials, or on..... More
Adja Yunkers; Prints 1942-1982.
Albion, MI: Albion College, 1982. First printing. Original Wraps, tipped on print "Sun in Exile" on cover. Octavo, pp. 18, illustrated in color, catalog of an exhibit at Albion College and Miami University Art Museum in 1982, includes chronolgy of his life (1900-1983), selected bibliography. Scarce. One of the best..... More