Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co of America, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book, in the first issue dust jacket (without the Southern Living quote) published by a small press in Baltimore. Tiny first printing. In this copy Bahr was written out a paragraph from the book and signed..... 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
Brooklyn: Powerhouse Books, (2009). First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. If Harry Benson's photos are surgical in their incisive precision, they are at the same time compassionate, poetic, moving, and frequently downright beautiful in their balanced, compositional perfection, possible Felliniesque in their empathetic embrace of the diversities, and even the grotesqueries..... 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
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1987). First edition. Hardcover. Here, the author has re-imagined the story of the Trojan War, and retells it from the point of view of Kassandra the beautiful and tormented royal princess of Troy. The story unfolds in a new and daring way, from the judgment..... More
Bussum, Netherlands: Uitgeverij Agathon, 1977. First edition thus. Paperback. A PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Brautigan to actor Margot Kidder, 1948-2018, on the title page,"This copy is for Margo Kidder / wishing you good luck / with your movie / Richard Brautigan / San Francisco / August 6, 1978." Kidder and..... More
New York: Random House, (1983). Proof copy. Paperback. Early proof copy with title and publisher handwritten to red front cover.Tiny literary agency stamp to bottom of half-title page. Page numbers originally handwritten (but reproduced here). 21 pages printed on rectos only. Perfect bound in red wrappers. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First edition thus. Hardcover. #7 of the 'Autograph Edition' this copy marked "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon page. Not signed by Cather. Blue and beige cloth with spine label in a decorated, light green dust jacket that is taller than the book. 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: Aperture, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Signed by William Christenberry. Foreword by Elizabeth Broun. Essays by Walter Hopps, Andy Grundberg, and Howard N. Fox. Since the early 1960s, William Christenberry has plumbed the regional identity of the American South, focusing his attention on Hale County, Alabama, from..... More
Santa Monica: Peter Norton Family, 2006. Peter Coffin. First edition. hardcover. From the estate of Barbara and Don Rickles. An un-titled, pop-up, photo assemblage, bound in brown leatherette, gilt ruling on the spine and front cover titled at bottom in gilt: "NORTON CHRISTMAS PROJECT". Measures 12 1/4 x 12 1/4..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1968). First edition. Hardcover. Subtitled "A Fictional Memoir" and categorized as fiction, the book is semi-autobiographical. In a brief "Note to the Reader" in the opening pages, Exley writes: "Though the events in this book bear similarity to those of that long malaise, my life...I...... 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
London: Aurum Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Signed by David Hamilton on the half-title page and dated in the year of publication. Each person's idea of a place in the sun, our personal Utopia, is quite different: it may be east of the sun or west of the moon..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2000). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. Three novellas; Westward Ho, I Forgot to Go to Spain, and The Beast God Forgot to Invent. These are stories of humans and beasts, of culture and wildness, of men driven crazy by..... 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
New York: Grove Press, (2001). First edition. hardcover. Inscribed by Jim Harrison to actor and fellow Montana resident Margot (Kidder): "To my dear / Margot / this wisdom / with love / from / Jimmy / Going to France / tomorrow." Also signed on the half title page by the..... 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
Utrecht: The University of Etrecht, (1987). First edition. hardcover. 4to. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, "To my friends Ann & Frank Conroy / as a souvenir of 6/20/99 / (signed) Jan Jaap Haspels." This book concentrates on the essentials that set tose instruments apart from all other..... More
Santa Fe: Arena, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Essay by Clark Worswick. This work springs from the artist's careful scrutiny of the genre of great nineteenth-century "exotic" photographs of Asia, the work that flourished from the banks of the Nile and Cairo to the quayside of Yokohama between 1859 and 1879..... More
San Francisco: Pomegranate Art Books, (1994). Susan Seddon Boulet. First edition. hardcover. 4to. Le Guin has an uncanny understanding of the magical. In this story, she is particularly adept at exploring the magic of animals as she shows us their wisdom, follies, spirits and personalities. The illustrations, over 20, by..... More
Universal, 1979. A/P Lithograph. Lithograph Poster. A/P. Lithograph. Signed by Mouse & Kelley 22 x 22. Printed by Tea Lautrec Litho, the leading printer of rock concert posters during San Francisco’s vibrant music scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Tea Lautrec Litho was founded and owned by Levon..... 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
