Photography & Photographers

Abrahms, Marc C. Traveling Light: The Photography of Marc C. Abrahms. Edited by Lorraine Greenfield. Foreword by Marvin Hamlish. Vermont: Distributed by Apple Press, a Division of Applejack Limited Editions of Vermont, Inc., 1995. Square folio (very large book). 75, [11] pages. Color photographs. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. #25105. $25
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Allard, William Albert. Portraits of America. Foreword by Richard Ford. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Insight, 2001. 1st printing. Oblong 4to (large book). 253, [2] pages. Color photographs. Signed by the author. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0792264185. #27795. $55
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Arbus, Doon. Diane Arbus: The Libraries. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2004. 1st printing. Oblong 4to (medium-large book). Accordion fold. No pagination. Color illustrations. Inserted in rear pocket: 'A bibliography of Diane Arbus: The Libraries,' published by Fraenkel Gallery in 2004. [5] pages. 'The book and other objects documented were assembled from the collection of Diane Arbus and constitute a significant portion of the contents of her library. They are pictured here as they were displayed in several rooms of the international museum retrospective 'Diane Arbus Revelations,' which was organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and traveled to seven other institutions between October 2003 and October 2006.' - Colophon. Very good hardcover. ISBN 1881337197. #27566. $60
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Arthus-Bertrand, Yann. The Aarde vanuit de hemel / Earth from above / La Terre vue du ciel. Copenhagen, Denmark: Forlaget Jorden / Earthmatters International, 2006. Oblong 4to. No pagination. Color photographs. The 2006 Exhibition 'Earth from Above' in Amsterdam was made possible by Stichting Doen. The only text in this book is on the front and rear jacket panels and inside the front and rear covers. Otherwise a book of full-page color photographs. Text in Dutch, English, and German. Very good stiff pictorial self-wrappers (soft cover). Unrelated small gift inscription on lower edge inside front cover. ISBN 9788791238109. #26047. $35
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Auer, Michele, and Michel Auer. Encyclopedie Internationale des Photographes de 1839 a Nos Jours. / Photographers Encyclopaedia International 1839 to the Present. Volume 2: L-Z. Hermance, Switzerland: Editions Camera Obscura, 1985. Square small 4to (medium-large book). Volume 2 of 2. 837 pages. Index. Bibliographies. Photographs. Text in French and English. Very good pictorial hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top and bottom edges, title page, Contents page; stamps, barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. ISBN 2903671060. #24046. $250
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Barnbaum, Bruce. Visual Symphony: A Photographic Work in Four Movements. Introduction by Bill Jay. New York: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1986. 1st printing. Folio (very large book). No pagination. 91 Plates. Notes on Selected Photographs. First Movement--Allegretto: The Landscape. Second Movement--Adagio. Ma Non Troppo: The Cathedrals of England. Third Movement--Scherzo: Urban Geometrics. Fourth Movement--Adagio--Andante--Allegro--Presto: The Slit Canyons. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, half-title and title pages, dedication page; stamp, barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. ISBN 0912383305. #24030. $125
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Benson, Harry. Harry Benson's People. Foreword by Richard B. Stolley. Edinburgh, U.K.: Mainstream Publishing Company, 1990. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 168 pages. Index. Color and black-and-white photographs. Inscribed and signed, 'To Jane, With best wishes, Harry Benson, 1990'. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 185158370X. #23386. $35
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Bial, Raymond. Common Ground: Photographs of Rural and Small Town Life. Edited by Linda LaPuma Bial. Urbana, Illinois: Stormline Press, 1986. 1st printing. [53] leaves. Photographs. Preface by Linda Z. Beebe. 'This collection of photographs has grown out of my love for the farms and small towns of America, particularly around my home in east central Illinois.' - Introduction. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0935153012. #23694. $12.50
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Bial, Raymond. Stopping By: Portraits from Small Towns. Photographs. Foreword by Robert Bray. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). [13] pages, 85 photographic plates. Visions of Illinois: A Series of Publications Portraying the Rich Heritage of the State through Historical and Contemporary Works in Photography and Art. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0252015878. #23695. $10
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Bonicatti, Alan. Imago. Afterword by Alfred Borrello. New York: Alan Bonicatti Photography, 1991. Folio (large book). 17 large page-size photographs of male nudes. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0927200090. #27007. $25
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Brassai, and Henry Miller. Brassai. Paris: Editions Neuf, 1952. No pagination. Photographs. A book of Brassai drawings and photographs that includes essays by Henry Miller, 'L'oeil de Paris,' and 'Souvenirs de Mon Enfance,' par Brassai. Text in French. Good hardcover; red cloth-covered boards with a Brassai photograph mounted on front cover. Slight discoloration along rear edge, binding weak. #27512. $350
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Cameron, Nigel, Historical Commentary. The Face of China, as Seen by Photographers & Travelers, 1860-1912. Preface by L. Carrington Goodrich. New York: Aperture Books, 1978. 1st printing. Oblong 4to (medium-large book). 159 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Frontispiece. Endpaper photographs. Published in conjunction with an exhibition presented by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 15-June 25, 1978, and later at other museum. Good hardcover, edges slightly worn. ISBN 0893810290. #22671. $22.50
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Caponigro, Paul. Sunflower. New York: Filmhaus Inc., 1974. 56 unnumbered pages. Photographs. A book of black-and-white photographs of sunflowers. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #27076. $25
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Coke, Van Deren, with Diana C. Du Pont. Photography: A Facet of Modernism. Photographs from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1986. 1st edition. 4to (large book). 196 pages. Index. 25 color plates, 130 duotone, and 65 black-and-white illustrations. Biographies of the Artists. Documentation of Portraits and of Text Illustrations. '[This book] is, in effect, a history of 20th century photography and of the relationship of photography to 20th-century art.' - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, title page, Contents page; barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. ISBN 0933920733. #24039. $17.50
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Coleman, A. D. Lee/Model/Parks/Samaras/Turner: Five Interviews before the Fact. Boston, Massachusetts: Photographic Resource Center, 1979. 40 pages. 'This suite of 'imaginary interviews' was created to function as the introductory lecture in a series sponsored by the Photographic Resource Center of Boston, MA. Presented in the spring of 1979, the series included - in addition to A.D. Coleman - Russell Lee, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, Lucas Samaras, and Pete Turner.' - Laid in explanation. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #27074. $30
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Danziger, James. American Photographs, 1900/2000. New York: Assouline, 2000. 1st printing. Folio (very large book). [vii], 228 pages of color and black-and-white photographic plates with facing text. Index. 'This book is derived from a series of exhibitions put together over three years at the Danziger Gallery in New York. Originally entitled 'The American Century' when the series began in 1997, the title changed for this book when the flow of subsequent 'American Century' exhibitions, books, television programs, etc. became overwhelming.' - Introduction. Good hardcover, with bi-fold cover. Upper right-hand corner of front, side, and lower rear covers are bruised, torn, frayed and worn. Internally very good. ISBN 2843231558. #24804. $40
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Davis, Thulani. Malcolm X: The Great Photographs. Photographs researched and edited by Howard Chapnick. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1992. 4to (large book). 166 pages. Index. Photographs. Includes a chronology of Malcolm X's life. 'The face of Malcolm X, 1925-1965, has become a cultural icon. Depending on who is looking, his image conjures up various men: moral leader, black separatist leader, Black Muslim teacher, radical leader, pan-Africanist leader, pioneer in the spread of orthodox Islam. This book is an extensively researched collection of historical photographs of Malcolm X beginning with his childhood and focusing on the critical years 1959 to 1965, when he was in the public eye.' - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, half-title page, contents page; barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. ISBN 1556703120. #24041. $95
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Greenough, Sarah. Paul Strand: An American Vision. Foreword by J. Carter Brown. Afterword by Michael E. Hoffman. Bibliography by Megan Fox. New York: Aperture Foundation, in association with The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990. Attached with tape inside rear cover: 'Paul Strand: The Limited Edition Prints.' 16 page sales brochure from the Aperture Foundation. Folio (very large book). 171 pages. Plates. Bibliography. Chronology. List of Works Exhibited. Notes. Sources. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held in a number of museums, 1991-1992. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: spine labels, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, title page, Contents page; stamp, barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. Small tear on bottom margin of pages 11/12 not affecting photographs. ISBN 0893814423. #24031. $45
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Grill, Tom. Jux-Ta-Pose. Stock Photography by Tom Grill. New York: AGE Fotostock, 2003. Square 8vo (regular size). 240 pages. Color photographs. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. #22636. $40
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Groover, Jan. Photographs. Acknowledgments and Foreword by Laurence Shopmaker. Essay by Alan Trachtenberg. Purchase, New York: State University of New York at Purchase, Neuberger Museum, 1983. 1st printing. 48 unnumbered pages. Bibliography. Photographs. Catalog of an exhibit of the photographer's palladium-platinum prints held at the Neuberger Museum 10 April to 12 June 1983, and subsequently at other museums. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0934032076. #27077. $20
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Haas, Ernst. In America. New York: Viking Press, 1975. 1st printing. Oblong folio (very large book). 144 pages, including 105 color and black-and-white photographs. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author. A Studio Book. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. Former owner's name-to whom the book is inscribed, on the blank front flyleaf. ISBN 0670394637. #27081. $100
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Izu, Kenro. Kenro Izu: Photographs in Platinum. Essay by Alison Devine Nordstrom. Afterword by Howard Greenburg. New York: Howard Greenburg Gallery, 1995. Edition of 1000 copies. 44, [1] pages. 23 photographs, including one double-page. As new hardcover. Cloth spine and paper-covered boards with pasted-on photograph on front cover. #27082. $250
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Japan Advertising Photographers' Association. Advertising Photography in Japan 4. Tokyo: Japan Advertising Photographers' Association, 1988. 1st edition. Folio (very large book). No pagination. 580 numbered color and black-and-white identified images. Text in English, photographic identifications in Japanese and English. Very good hardcover in Very good dust jacket. ISBN 0870118986, 4770013981. #21393. $22.50
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Kennedy, Rory. American Hollow. Photographs by Steven Lehman. Interviews by Mark Bailey. Foreword by Robert Coles. Boston: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown, 1999. 1st printing. No pagination. Bibliography. Photographs. American Hollow profiles Kentucky's Bowling family and its seven generations in Appalachia. - Front jacket panel. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0821226312. #27509. $30
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Kertesz, Andre. Andre Kertesz, Fotografier 1913-1971. Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1971. 4to (large book). 24 pages. Photographs. Fotografiska Museets utstallningskatalog, 1. Exhibition held 4 September - 10 October, 1971. Text in Swedish. Good pictorial wrappers (soft cover), covers slightly wrinkled and worn. #26337. $30
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Lupino, Stephan. Stephan Lupino: En Avant. Introduction by Annie Flanders. Munchen: Graphics-Photos-Art Verlag, 1988. Folio (very large book). No pagination. Large black-and-white photographs. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and creased dust jacket. #26841. $20
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Nadeau, Luis. History and Practice of Platinum Printing. Translated from the French by the author. Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: Atelier Nadeau, 1984. 1st printing. iv, 98 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Original title: Histoire et pratique de la platinotypie. A book on platinum palladium printing. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0969084129. #27075. $20
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Novotny, Ann. Alice's World. The Life and Photography of an American Original: Alice Austen, 1866-1952. Foreword by Oliver Jensen. Old Greenwich, Connecticut: Chatham Press, 1976. 4to (large book). 222, [2] pages. Photographs. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0856991287. #27366. $75
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Paterson, Ian. Le Jardin du Luxembourg. Paris: Musee Carnavalet, Paris Musees, 1989. 1st printing. Oblong small 4to (medium large book). 71 pages. Bibliography. Photographs. Based on an exhibition held in Musee Carnavalet, 31 October 1989-7 January 1990. Text in French. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Unrelated gift inscription inside front cover. ISBN 2901414370. #24651. $90
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Photonica E36. Photonica E 36. London: Photonica Europe, 1998. 4to (large book). 270 pages. Mainly color photographic images. 'Content: Imagery reflecting current photographic trends in the U.K. and Europe' - Rear cover. Very good pictorial softcover with self-wrappers. #22270. $25
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Sotheby's. Early Photographs of India: The Archive of Dr. John Murray. Auction Friday 18 June 1999. Sale L09311. London: Sotheby's, 1999. Small 4to (medium-large book). 112 page black-and-white and sepia plates. Lists 224 lots. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Some dampwrinkling on lower edges of pages. #25498. $40
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Strand, Paul. Paul Strand: A Retrospective Monograph, the Years 1915-1946. New York: Aperture, 1971. 4to (large book). 155 unnumbered pages. Plates. The photographs were selected by Paul Stand, Hazel Strand, and Michael Hoffman. Published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and several other art museums. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on front flyleaf, Contents page; stamps, barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. Front hinge weak. #24036. $30
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Thesiger, Wilfred. A Vanished World. Introduction by Alexander Maitland. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 192 pages. Photographs. The author took these photographs between 1930 and 1965 and includes Muslim tribes in Northern Darfur, pagan Nuer in the Western Nile swamps and magnificent Nuba wrestlers, Ethiopia's Danakil, and Arabia's Bedu. As new hardcover in as new dust jacket. ISBN 0393050866. #26698. $30
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Trager, Philip. Echoes of Silence. Danbury, Connecticut: Scroll Press, 1972. Copy 252 of 100 printed. Folio (very large book). 12 photographic plates. Good hardcover. Tan boards with title label on front cover. Front cover slightly soiled and stained, paper label rubbed; lower right-hand corner of rear cover slightly frayed. #25571. $25
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Vance, David. The Ultimate Book of Nudes. No place: David Vance & Associates & Greenleaf Dupont Corp., 1976. No pagination. Color and black-and-white photographs. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Covers and edges slightly scratched, worn and rubbed. Internally very good. #24107. $30
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Werner, Don. Reflections of Winter. Poetry by Joyce Teichner Garrett. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. 1st printing. 4to (large book). No pagination. Includes 58 photographs. A book of photographic landscapes and poetry about winter. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0030449812. #22223. $20
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Weston, Edward. The Daybooks of Edward Weston - Volume I: Mexico. Edited by Nancy Newhall. Rochester, New York: George Eastman House, 1961. 1st printing. Square small 4to (medium-large book). xviii, 214 pages of text and 40 pages of photographs. George Eastman House Monograph 2. Very good hardcover in dust jacket with frayed and worn edges, and chipped at top and bottom of backstrip. #17964. $35
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Witkin, Joel-Peter. Gods of Earth and Heaven. Essays by John Yau and Gus Blaisdale. Altadena, California: Twelvetree Press, 1991. 2d edition. Limited to 5,000 copies. Folio (very large book). No pagination. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0942642392. #24108. $75
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Wolfe, Art. Tribes. With Deirdre Skillman. Introduction by David Maybury-Lewis. Foreword by Iman. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1997. 1st edition, 1st printing. Folio (very large book). 160 pages. Index. Bibliography. Color photographs. 'Preeminent nature photographer Art Wolfe now focuses his lens on the indigenous peoples of the world in this portfolio of more than 120 striking portraits. His intimate studies of 35 tribal groups from New Guinea to Africa to the American Southwest not only capture their vanishing customs, cultural rituals, and ornamentation, but also illuminate their universal humanity.'- Rear dust jacket. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket, with small tear in upper edge of rear jacket. ISBN 0517703688. #25707. $25
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Wu, Norbert. Splendors of the Seas: The Photographs of Norbert Wu. Southport, Connecticut: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1994. 1st printing. Square 4to (large book). 252 pages. Color photographs. Very good hardcover. Exlibrary. No labels or marks on outside covers; stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, title page, Acknowledgments page; rear free endpaper removed. ISBN 0883635941. #24383. $30
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