New York: Random House, (1999). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Signed by both Annie Leibovitz and Susan Sontag on the half-title page. With full page color, and black and white photographs encompassing a broad spectrum of subjects; a rap artist, an astronaut, two Supreme Court justices, farmers, coal miners, movie stars..... More
New York: Viking Press, (1965). "First published in 1965 " Paperback. Oblong 12mo. Special Museum of Modern Art Edition, the first paperback edition. Levitt, 1913-2009, was particularly noted for "street photography" around New York City, and has been called "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time." 78pp..... More
Clintondale: Bleak Beauty Books, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Signed by Danny Lyon. Bound in illustrated wrappers, as issued. More
Bernalillo: Bleak Beauty, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Signed by the photographer. Bound in illustrated wrappers with a minor bump to the front corner. More
Millerton: Aperture, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Photographs & Text by Danny Lyon. Oblong 4to. The jacket is price-clipped. More
Sante Fe: Twin Palms, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. One of only 25 copies signed by Mahurin with an original signed print, "Belfast" laid into a special envelope. The book is bound in brown cloth and laid into the publisher's clamshell black cloth case. A nice production. More
New York: Aperture, (1997). First Aperture edition. Hardcover. Signed by Janet Malcolm on the half-title page, her first book. Expanded to include new essays that explore the last work of Diane Arbus, Sally Mann's family pictures, E. J. Bellocq's famous 1912 nudes, Andrew Bush's richly detailed interiors, and the relationship..... More
Danbury: Addison House, (1978). Duane Michals. First edition. Hardcover. #42 of 100 numbered copies, signed by the photographer. Bound in light grey cloth, with stiff parchment-like printed dust jacket (irregular sunning and darkening) housed in the publisher's matching slipcase with spine label. All edges silver. More
Seattle: Decode Books, (2009). SIgned limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. #119/500 copies signed by Miller on the colophon page. Also signed by Miller on the title page. Illustrated from black and white photographs (including one to the front cover). The camera documented the immediate emotional reactions of 60 individuals being doused..... More
Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Folio. Large perfect bound wrappers, with french flaps, slick illustrated covers, as issued. No hardback issue. 214 pp, illustrated from color photographs by Miyake with a few in black and white. All stylized fashion shots, and all about clothes. Preface by Diane Vreeland. The..... More
Los Angeles: Nash Publications, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Photographer Bill Owen's copy, with his ownership signature. A 71 page catalog, self-published by rock & roll singer Graham Nash that highlights his collection of photographs, his first such catalog. In the original illustrated, perfect bound wrappers. One indentation to back cover..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. A biography of Ansel Adams, that starts when he was a teenager, and a summer custodian, of sorts, of a small building provided by The Sierra Club. His hikes in the Nevada mountains taught a young Adams a respect for the..... More
Bologna: Damiani, (2007). First edition. Hardcover. 4ro. Inscribed by Bill Owens and dated 2014. A catalog raisonne bound in pictorial cloth. 223 pages. In 9 sections, spanning 40 years. Includes: RIOTS, San Francisco University (1967-68), Altamont (1968), Shots From the Taxi Cab (1967-68), Suburbia (1970-1972), Our Kind of People (1969-1975)..... More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Signed by Bill Owens and dated 1977. His follow up book to Suburbia. "For the past six years my daily routine as a newspaper photographer has brought me into contact with every type of civic, social, and fraternal organization in the..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1968). First edition. Hardcover. As Lawrence Durrell puts it in his perceptive introduction, "one senses two strong flavors which complement each other. Firstly, that of his sharply selective yet tender treatment of light and dark; secondly, the flavor of the capital city which he..... More
Millerton: Aperture, (1984). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Minor White's achievement and significance extend further than the influence of his roles as photographer, teacher, and editor, to the creative source he nurtured in the work of his many students. This book is a remembrance from those who influenced Minor White (1908-1976)..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Edited and with an introduction by John G. Mitchell, designed by Charles Curtis. Black and white images, with some color shots of the Great Plains. Two stickers from a photographic business. More
Riverside: The Chatham Press, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Stark black and white images in five sections: Space, The Land Possessed, Habitat, A Rage Upon the Land, Neglect and Solitude. Also a reference section. 75 pp. A personal coherent statement about our man-made America. Plowden works in the best documentary tradition..... More
Munchen: Bahia Verlag, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 115-pp of black and white photographs of James Dean, both on and off film sets. Roth was a film studio photographer. Text in German. Bound in red cloth. Agency sticker to dust jacket and first blank page. More
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
Beverly Hills/New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Includes an article by Dave Hickey titled Mean Streets. This black, hardbound, embossed book was produced as the catalogue for the 1998 show of recent paintings and drawings by the artist. 20 illustrations, in color, including 8 folding plates..... More
New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 1991. David Salle. First edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Henry Geldzahler, edited and designed by John Cheim. Best known as a painter, Salle is quite accomplished as a photographer. Printed by the Stinehour Press. 54 images. Bound in illustrated boards in the original acetate dust wrapper..... 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
