Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classic Tradition.
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 2004. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 231, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs and reproductions. More
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 2004. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 231, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs and reproductions. More
Paris: Amyot, 1859. First edition. Professionally repaired leather spine over marbled boards. Large Octavo, pp. 527, illustrated w/ 10 photographs of the renowned actress Rachel in her most important roles (photographs of Rachel, and in fact any published photographs this early, are extremely scarce). These are albumen photographs by Henri..... More
Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 165, profusely illustrated w/ b/w photographs. More
Chicago, IL: Edward Stern & Co., 1939. Original edition. Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, Fold-out pamphlet with pp 8. b/w photographs of architectural exteriors and interiors. An interesting look at photographic murals used at the New York World Fair Eastman Kodak building, residential interiors, a country club, a tea room and other..... More
New York: Bulfinch, 1996. First edition thus (miniature). Paperback. 12 Mo (4 x 3.5), pp. 126, powerfully and beautifully illustrated w/ b/w photographs. More
Marvin Conrad, 2002. 11" x 14" b/w photographic print, signed and matted. This is a photograph of the east side of St. Margaret's Church in Norfolk, UK. This is a nearly intact Norman church, and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The photograph was..... More
Marvin Conrad, 2002. 11" x 14" b/w photographic print, signed and matted. This is a luminous image of a lancet window in St. Margaret's Church in Norfolk, UK. This is a nearly intact Norman church, and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. These windows..... More
Tokyo: CREO, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Square quarto, pp. 100, illustrated with b/w photographs. Minimal text in Japanese and English. The history of the development of the city of New York is engraved on the street of Broadway, which slants north up Manhattan. Collected here are photographic spaces..... More
Waldoboro, ME: Maine Antique Digest, 1977. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Oblong Octavo, pp. 96. Illustrated with b/w photos. Introduction by Berenice Abbott. A brief biography and collection of the work of Maine photographer Chansonetta Emmons, whose photographs captured family scenes, workers, children, and other everyday subjects in Victorian era..... More
N.D. circa 1945. First edition. Original photograph. Westphalia, snow-covered landscape, signed by the photographer on the back, from the collection of Renger-Patzsch's friend and colleague, Lotte Jacobi. Very lovely and rare original by internationally renowned photographer, and important figure in the history of photography, Albert Renger-Patzsch. This fine print was..... More
Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1971. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong Quarto, pp. 271, indexed, profusely illustrated w/ b/w photographs and examples. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 249, profusely illustrated w/ b/w plates. Classic and beautiful book in quite presentable copy, nice opportunity at lower than usual price. More
Paris: Tajan, 2006. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 54, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Beautiful new auction catalog including works by and about: Felix Nadar, Leni Riefenstahl, Maison Braun, Pierre-Louis Pierson, Adolph Braun. Cartier-Bresson, Nadar, Dali, Delvaux, Ernst, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Frida Kahlo, and more. More
Madison, NJ: The Library, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1983. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong Octavo, pp. 17, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Exhibition catalog of early work by major German photographer Hans Schiff. Schiff was influenced by greats such as August Sander and Albert Renger-Patzsch. More
Boston: Charles Wood, varying, 1986 and ca. 1990s. limited edition. 1 staplebound, 2 in colorful wraps. 3 individual volumes: Catalogue 84, The Photograph and the Book III. Catalogue 96, The Photograph and the Book IV, List 1992 No. 1. Beautifully illustrated. Include listings of thousands of obscure photographic titles. scarce..... More
Cambridge: Charles Wood, 1995, 2000, 2003. First edition. Original Wraps. Catalog 87: Small Octavo, pp. 123, 96; Catalog 105, Oblong Octavo, pp. 79; Catalog 114, Oblong Octavo, pp. 83. All four volumes richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs important in the history of photography. Fascinating as price catalogs, even more so..... More