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
San Francisco & New York: Straight Arrow & Simon Schuster, 1973, 1975, 1977. paperback. 3 volumes, all in wrappers, each volume signed by Bill Owens and dated 1978. All housed in a black cloth slipcase. Each volume measures 10 x 10 inches. Bill Owens is an American photographer, photojournalist, brewer..... 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
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
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
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
Garden City: Hanover House, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. The world famous photographer reveals, for the first time, the well guarded secrets behind his highly imaginative and startling pictures. New techniques and creative ideas for photography enthusiasts. 128pp that include sections on Photocaricature, Kaleidoscope, Designs and Patterns, Mood Photography, Painting..... 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
New York: Da Capo Press, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. A folio size reprint of the first edition of this famous photo book originally published in 1950. Weston first met Point Lobos on a day in 1915 when friends, traveling with him along the California coast, said he must see this place..... 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
