Munchen: Bahia Verlag, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Text in German. Black and white photos of the great James Dean by film studio photographer Sanford Roth with text by his wife Beulah. These shots of this famous actor and 'pretty boy' would be hard to beat. More
Corte Madera: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1983. First edition. No Binding. Folio. Large fold out (4 panels, double-sided) advertising piece for the U.S. edition of this book on James Dean. Measures 9.5 x 16.75 inches printed on slick white stock, featuring photographs of James Dean. Very uncommon, as this piece preceded the..... More
Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, (1970). Josef Scaylea. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 56 photographs. Laid into this copy is a print, measuring 10 x 11 inches of #31, "In the bronze sunset of a late Summer evening a sailboat glides homeward to its moorage on Shilshole Bay. 1969." Josef Scaylea's photographs..... More
New York: Aperture, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Tall 4to. With an illustrated biography by Ben Maddow, and an afterword by John G. Morris. The definitive book on Smith's life and work. More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at MOMA, this is the first comprehensive retrospective of Penn's work. The essay by Szarkowski follows a brilliant career, from its art-school beginnings to the provocative still lifes of recent years, photographs..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. Inscribed by Irving Penn "For old friend Bob / with warmest / greetings" (signed) "P." Below the inscription Penn has drawn a circle which he signed in the middle, at the bottom of the circle he has written..... More
Boston: Bulfinch / Little, Brown, (1994). First small format edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Watson, is a Scottish fashion, celebritry, and art photographer. He has shot over 100 covers of Vogue and 40 covers of Rolling Stone magazine since the mid-1970s, and has created major advertising campaigns for clients such as Prada..... More
London: Ward Lock & Co, 1959. Weegee. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Here, the great Weegee tells his secrets behind his highly imaginative and startling pictures. A stamp to title page (resembles a return address envelope label) with the distributor's info. 64pp. More
Millerton: Aperture, (1975). First printing. Hardcover. 4to. This book is a testament to Weston's fifty years of evolving vision. It presents the photographer before the infinite play of landscape, objects and forms, vivid, authentic, and uncompromising. 100pp. More
Boston: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park and Houghton Miffliin, 1950. First edition. softcover. Folio. Point Lobos, a wild and untouched stretch of the California coast, was a continuing emotional and aesthetic stimulus for Edward Weston. The thirty magnificent, beautifully reproduced photographs were selected by Weston from the hundreds he took..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Photographer Marlene Wallace captures the essence of Beatrice Wood, a remarkable woman, in a series of black and white portraits that spans a period of nearly twenty years. Accompanied by Ms. Wood's delightfully clever insights on everything from politics to..... More
