Authors starting with B from Harper's Books, Inc.

N.p: Privately published. [1909].. First Edition. Quarto. Illustrated with 66 tipped-in photographs (likely gelatin silver prints) of the great Sicilian earthquake at Messina, December 28, 1908. Most of the images are 3X4, six are 3 3/4 X 5 3/4. A little foxing or staining to the front board, else a very good copy (fine internally, although some images are slightly oxidized) in drab bevel- edged linen boards with the title neatly stamped in blue on the front cover. ... more information

Paris: Delpire Editeur,. 2006.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by the author. Preface in French by Alain Jouffroy. Numerous black and white photographs. Compelling book, shot mostly in Paris. Fine in photo-illustrated boards. ... more information

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker,. 1925.. Thirty-third edition, 1925. With 47 fold-out maps and 50 printed maps. Near fine in a very good jacket, complete, with a little wear at the spine ends and edges, and a few small tape repairs at the verso. Scarce in jacket. ... more information

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker,. 1938.. First Edition. Small octavo. With 60 folded maps. Near fine in a very good plus jacket, lightly nicked at the top of the spine. Uncommon in jacket. ... more information

New York: Coward-McAnn,. 1969.. First U.S. Edition. Folio. 60s highspot. (Open Book 246-247; Auer 498). Tiny bump at the spine heel, else fine in a near fine jacket. Lovely copy of a book prone to wear. ... more information

Stockholm: Bokomotiv. (1982).. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Text in Swedish by Baitel and Françoise Riss, with a foreword by Arne Ruth. Designed by Anders Ljungman. Chilling images of French skinheads and neo-Nazis, shot between 1977 and 1981 in the combustible suburbs of Paris. Baitel hid his Jewish roots while photographing this project. (Auer 641). Trace wear, else fine in matte photo-illustrated boards sans jacket as issued. As nice a copy of this book as I have seen. ... more information

Zurich: Scalo. (1993).. First German Edition. Large quarto. A fine association copy, INSCRIBED by Baltz to photographer Ralph Gibson. One corner tad tapped, else fine in just about fine jacket. ... more information

[New Mexico] / Des Moines: New Mexico University Press / Des Moines Art Center. (1990).. The correct First Edition. Large quarto. A fine association copy, INSCRIBED by Baltz to photographer Ralph Gibson. An ambitious book published to coincide with a traveling exhibition that spanned five institutions, starting at PS 1 in Long Island City (December 16, 1990 - February 10, 1991), and ending at LACMA (March 26 - May 31, 1992). A frenetic design and cacophonous layout amplify the subtle unease of Baltz's g... more information

New York: Leo Castelli / Castelli Graphics. (1974).. First Edition. Square quarto. 960 copies printed. SIGNED by Baltz, and inscribed by the book's designer, Thomas F. Barrow, to New York gallerist Susan Harder. Fifty-one uniform black and white images of suburban industrial buildings, shot in a minimalist style, with the third picture, "Industrial Structure During Painting," looking eerily like a Mondrian. A book celebrated for its intentional boring beauty, and one of the highlights of the N... more information

Albuquerque and New York: Artspace Press / Castelli Graphics. (1980).. First Edition. Square quarto. 3000 copies printed. SIGNED by Baltz. Essay by Gus Blaisdell. Photographs of a development outside Salt Lake City, with an emphasis on the evolving desecration of the American West. Images of the insides of half-finished houses are particularly disturbing. (Parr / Badger, v2, 34). Fine in a fine jacket, removed from the publisher's shrinkwrap so that the photographer could sign the book. ... more information

New York: Anthony Barboza. (1980).. First Edition. Quarto. One of an unspecified number of artist's proofs, marked "AP" in Barboza's hand, and dated 1980. A fine association copy, briefly INSCRIBED by Barboza to photographer Ralph Gibson. Images of African American musicians, poets, artists, photographers, etc. Poetry by Ntozake Shange and Steven Barboza. Near fine in wrappers (small sticker ghost back cover). ... more information

Paris: Galerie Enrico Navarra. (1996).. First Edition. Two volumes in slipcase. Quartos. Rare first edition of Basquiat's catalogue raisonné. Text in French and English. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of the majority of Basquiat's major pieces. Spine ends a little bumped, else near fine in illustrated laminated boards, illustrated slipcase, itself bumped with a split at the bottom edge. Later editions of this work have different covers and slipcases. ... more information

Tokyo: Akira Ikeda Gallery. (1987).. First Edition. Thin quarto. 28pp. catalogue published on the occasion of Basquiat's exhibition at Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Feb 7-28, 1987. Seven full-page color illustrations. Fine in printed white wrappers. Uncommon catalogue. ... more information

New York: Kleemann Galleries,. 1956.. First Edition. Thin octavo. Small exhibition catalogue published in concert with an exhibition that was shown shortly after Baumeister's sudden death. Two small stickers affixed to the front cover, else near fine illustrated wrappers. ... more information

San Francisco: Chronicle Books. (1990).. First of this Edition. Quarto. With photographs and captions by Isak Dinesen. Fine in a fine jacket. ... more information

1972.. Vintage silver gelatin print. 10 1/2 X 9. Initialed and annotated by Peter Beard, dated 1972. A few light surface creases. Very nicely framed. ... more information

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.,. 1977.. First of this revised edition. Quarto. An invitation to a 1999 Spanish exhibition has been tipped into the book. The invitation is INSCRIBED: "Salaams / from Peter Beard / 4 your end-game / 12.25.99". Beard has added a green hand-print painting to the invitation. Very good in photo- illustrated wrappers. ... more information

Koln: Schaden. (2005).. First Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by Becker who has additionally taped to the title page a baggage claim stub with his name, and a receipt from an airport shop in Keflavik. Luminous color photographs of Iceland and Greenland. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Under dem Licht des Nordens" in the Rotonda Koln, organized by Galerie Zander as part of the ISLANDBILDER festival Koln 2005. Fine in gray cloth boards with embossed color plate on front. Unaccountably s... more information

Paris: Editions Denoel. (1968).. Presumed First Edition. Quarto. Preface in French by Constantin Lelenski. Over 90 bw plates of Bellmer's drawings. Bottom rear corner bumped, else near fine in a near fine jacket, publisher's acetate overlay. ... more information

London: The Studio. N.d. (but c. 1930).. First Edition. Quarto. Numerous black and white images and tipped-in color plates illustrated for children. Two publisher's advertisements laid in. Strips of offsetting to the endpapers, else a fine, fresh copy in a fine jacket with an illustration mounted on. Remarkably well-preserved. ... more information