Millerton: Aperture, (1971. First editions. Hardcover. Volume 1 covers Strand's early years: the images for Camera Work and early portraiture, the industrial photographs, landscapes and natural forms, Gaspe, New Mexico, Mexico and New England. Photographs and text by Paul Strand; texts by Leo Hurwitz, Alfred Stieglitz, Helmut Gernsheim, Harold Clurman... More
Rochester: George Eastman House, (1965). First edition. Hardcover. Prepared on the occasion of a comprehensive exhibition of Aaron Siskind's photographs which opened at the George Eastman House in March of 1965. The exhibition contained 200 photographs made between 1933 and 1963. Edited with an introduction by Nathan Lyons. Essays by... More
New York: Horizon Press, (1959). First edition. Hardcover. Tall 4to. The photographer's first book. The dedication reads, "Homage to Charles Egan who first exhibited many of these photographs at his New York gallery during the years 1947-1954". Blank sheet tipped-in opposite the stark, bold title page (so no offsetting). "These... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. These are Walker Evans' photographs of people in New York City, with James Agee's eloquent and restrained introduction. These images were made available for the first time in this book. Stark images, yet powerful and beautiful, all at the same time. 178pp. Erratum... More
New York: Abrams, (1982). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Features 150 duotone illustrations, with text by Ben Lifson. Grey cloth with silver stamping, crisp copy. More
New York: Grossman, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Sm 8vo. Unpaginated. Features 47 exquisite black and white photographs (including frontispiece). More
New York: Harper & Row, (1980). First edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. A stunning portfolio of 134 images (chosen from thousands) of nude men and women, many of which are published here for the first time. This collection ranges from delicate hand-colored daguerreotypes, made in the nineteenth century as working aids... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1973). First edition. Hardcover. The signed limited edition, #184/275 copies printed from the original type on special paper, specially bound, numbered and signed by the author. An autobiographical novel, the last novel written by Thornton Wilder. In 1988 it was adapted for the big screen... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1967). First edition. Hardcover. #223 of 500 copies printed from the original type, on special paper, specially bound, numbered and signed by the author. Winner of the National Book Award (1968), The novel is set in a mining town in Southern Illinois, and concerns a.... More
London: Heinemann, (1960). First edition. Hardcover. Published posthumously in the year of the author's passing. The plot of the novel hinges on the actions of a modest technical journalist, Keith Stewart, whose life has been focused on the design and engineering of small and scale-model precision machinery. Stewart writes serial... More
New York: Dim Gray Bar Press, 1992. Deborah Norden. Signed limited edition. Hardcover. #61 of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Cloth and boards, issued without dust jacket. Illustrations by Deborah Norden. The type was set in Centaur monotype by M & H Type, hand-printed on Arches MBM at... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1998). First edition. Hardcover. The author's first novel since Dalva (10 years). One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author on the colophon page. This novel continues the story of Dalva and her peculiar and remarkable family. Ribbon marker. 446pp. With silver signed sticker... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1977). Earl Thollander. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. A tale, truly recorded, magnificently told, of four families who settled up and down the East Coast of America three centuries ago and subsequently migrated west. From Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, they trundled their Conestoga wagons... More
Sedro-Woolley: Grey Spider Press, 2000. First edition thus. single sheet. This poem is from Harrison's book, The Shape of the Journey published by Copper Canyon Press (1998). One of 300 copies, this one signed by Jim Harrison, designed and printed letterpress on the occasion of a reading by the author... More
New York: Dutton/Seymour Lawrence, (1988). Second edition. Hardcover. Though a second printing, this copy is inscribed by Harrison to a lady well known to the circle around him. The author has added his 'eye' drawing underneath his inscription; "To _______ / from / her little / Jimmy." Laid into this... 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: Mysterious Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. Author's sixth book. 320 pp. More
New York: Random House, (1977). First edition. One of America's most famous book publisher's tells fascinating tales about the book biz and his candid opinions of authors, including; Moss Hart, Theodore Dreiser, Eugene O'Neill, James Joyce, George Gershwin, Sinclair Lewis, William Faulkner, James A. Michener, Truman Capote, John O'Hara, Samuel... More
New York: Doubleday, (1992). First edition. Hardcover. One of 500 signed by the author. Publisher promo letter laid in, dated December 6, 1991. Signed by the author on a bound in colophon page (front of the book). 209pp. Red tied ribbon laid in. More
New York: Knopf, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. This novel takes you on the trade route for marijuana. Money goes out, and dope comes back. This was Crichton's ninth novel. An amazing feat in such a short time. 222pp. He had his first hit with the next book, The Adromeda Strain... More
New York: Crown Journeys, (2003). First edition. Hardcover. This book may be the closest thing the author may ever write to an autobiography. Palahniuk provides answers to these questions and much more; where do his tonsils currently reside, where to locate a naked mannequin to use in your kitchen cabinets... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2000). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. These are stories of humans and beasts, of culture and wildness, of men driven crazy by longing and of men who dream they are becoming bears. A man near the end of his... More
New York: The Dial Press, (1979). First edition. Hardcover. One of 500 specially printed, bound and signed by the author. This copy is #291. The author's sixth novel that tells the life story of a group of friends, from preaching in Harlem, through to experiencing 'incest, war, poverty, the civil-rights... More
Winston Salem: Palaemon Press Limited, (1981). First edition. Paperback. 4to. One of 140 numbered and signed copies, of which 40 were numbered I-XL (for private distribution) and 100 were numbered 1-100. This copy is #71 and is signed by Shelby Foote on the colophon page. First separate publication. Foote, famous... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1987. Duchamp. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Prospectus laid in. Between 1946 and 1966, when the world at large had long since considered that Duchamp had given up "art," Marcel Duchamp worked quietly in his New York studio, on the top floor of a building at... More
