New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 112 pp, 91 Illustrations. In this book, published in conjuction with the Museum's retrospective exhibition of her work (cc. 1920-1963), George P. Elliott, a close friend of the photographer for more than twenty years, recreates Miss Lange's career within the..... More
Munchen: Schirmer/Mosel, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by both Bernd and Hilla, their third book. Text in German. 240 pages with 223 duotone black and white plates. Bernd and Hilla Becher are best known for their austere, elegiac, and widely influential photographs of industrial architecture in their native Germany. The..... More
Prague: Kant, 2000. Second revived and enlarged edition. Hardcover. Frantisek Drtikol (1883-1961) together with those of Jaromir Funke, Jaroslav Rossler and Josef Sudek, constitute the most significant Czech contributions to world photography in the first half of the 20th Century. Drtikol's photographs remain exceptionally impressive today for their originality, depth..... More
Berlin: Verlag, (1932). First edition. hardcover. 4to. The second book in Blossfeldt's trilogy. Lacking the dust jacket but otherwise complete with all 120 full page photogravures of plants. Blossfeldt, never formally trained in photography, made many of his photographs with a camera that he altered to photograph plant surfaces with..... More
New York: Random House, (1977). First edition. Hardcover. An Advance Copy bound in white cloth with copper stamping to spine and front cover housed in the original publisher's cardboard slipcase. Laid in is a note on Random House stationery, A Personal Note, signed by Bob Bernstein, presenting this advance copy..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's tenth book. Essays. Seventeen pieces that were all published, with the exception of "A Night at a Waterfall." The stellar piece, in my opinion, is "A Walk in the Country." The first printing was 6500 copies..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Eggleston on the title page. This volume provides a sequence of images (150) which form an almost autobiographical narrative, beginning with pictures of Eggleston's home territory in the Mississippi Delta and radiating out across the USA. More
New York: Random House, (1975). First edition. Hardcover. Author's second book (Fan's Notes was his first). The death of Edmund Wilson precipitates an odyssey through the distorted literary landscape of America in search of Wilson's essence as the pre-eminent man of letters and the author's own creative wellsprings. More
New York: Knopf, 1974. Herbert L Fink. First edition. Hardcover. Magic, madness, menace and romance are all woven together in this Gardner collection. Nine tales depict ministers and college students, strange medieval countries full of demented royalty, and whaling ships. More
New York: Taschen, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Signed by Gibson on the title page. Text in English, German, and French. 767 pages. Loaded with black and white and color photographs. Perfect bound in the original illustrated wrappers issued sans jacket. More
New York: Dutton/Seymour Lawrence, (1988). First edition. Paperback. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Perfect bound in the original illustrated brown printed wrappers. 324pp. Press release/promotional letter laid in. The story of a woman of the west, told in her voice. She shares with us her great determination to find the illegitimate son..... More
New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. According to the Orr/Torrey Jim Harrison bibliography 1964-2008, this advance copy, A14.a. states, "This state of the proof, white pad-bound binding with black lettering. Cover of this proof is paper and is a photocopy..... More
Seattle: Wynn Books, 1986. Russell Chatham. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jim Harrison on the half-title page. A book of poetry. Includes 5 relief prints, measuring 14 x 18 inches, each marked; "AP 8/40" and each pencil signed by Russell Chatham. Though lacking the folder, the 5 prints are all..... More
New York: Knopf, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Author's second novel. Laid in is a card signed by Humphrey. Set in a small Texas town that is poised on the frontier where two myths meet, those of the South and those of the West. In following the Ordway clan through four..... More
London: Cassell, (2021). First edition thus. Hardcover. 4to. Signed by the photographer Kevin Cummins. Originally released as a limited run of 226 copies, this one-of-a-kind portrait is now in wider print (this edition a stated 'First Edition'), bringing Cummins' iconic monochrome images of the band together with expanded imagery and..... More
New York and Cleveland: World, (1955). First edition. Hardcover. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book interweaves the stories of real and fictional characters. It is told from many points of view, including that of Henry Wirz, the camp commandant, who was later executed. It also features..... More
New York: Abrams, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. This retrospective volume celebrates the seventy years of Kertesz' photographic career, from his youth in his native Hungary, through an exciting and fruitful decade in Paris, to his American period in Greenwich Village. It presents 150 insightful and penetrating images, including 60 photographs..... More
Burlington (MA): Focal Press, (2003). First edition. softcover. 4to. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "For Barbara and Don / with so much admiration / DNL (who has drawn a heart next to her signature." Provenance: From the estate of Don and Barbara Rickles. An inside look at..... More
Los Angeles: The American Jewish Committee, (2000). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Briefly inscribed and signed by George Lucas "Shawn " (signed) George Lucas on the title page. Full page dedication by Bruce M. Ramer, National President, American Jewish Committee. Followed by a page on the history of the Committee. The..... More
Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, (1980). One of 1500. Hardcover. 4to. Mardersteig, 1892-1977, moved to Switzerland in 1922, founded a hand press, the Officina Bodoni, and began producing books. In 1927 he moved his press to Verona, Italy, partly in order to print a state-funded edition of the complete works of Gabriele..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Lacking the dust jacket, but a first edition of the author's first book. Frontispiece by A. I. Keller. Bookplate and blindstamp of writer/producer and voice actor, Carey Wilson, whose screenplays include Ben-Hur (1925), Mutiny on The Bounty (1935), and The Great..... More
New York: Viking Press, (2004). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Gus Van Sant to Todd Haynes on the front endpaper; "To Todd from Gus Jan 2, 2005." Laid in is a hand-written note on Pic Films, Inc letterhead (with Gus Van Sant printed at bottom) "Todd---/ happy / birthday!!! /..... More
New York: Faber and Faber, (2003). First Edition. hardcover. 4to. This book gives details about the script and production of the Broadway adaptation of the John Waters film. It has been signed by the authors Mark O'Donnell, Thomas Meehan, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, lead actress Marissa Jaret Winokur, and producer..... More
Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 2000. Third Printing. hardcover. Small folio. This copy signed by both on the title page. Third printing, limited to 2500 copies. Fantastical images beautifully reproduced in this, their first book. Robert and Shana Parke-Harrison creates constructed photographs which tell stories of loss, struggle, and personal exploration..... More
New York: Scribner's, (2016). First edition. Hardcover. A novel that tells the story of two immigrants to New France, René Sel and Charles Duquet, and of their descendants. It spans over 300 years and witnesses the deforestation of the New World from the arrival of Europeans into the contemporary era..... More
