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

New York: Oxford University Press,. 1951.. First U.S. Edition. A fine association copy, INSCRIBED by Eberhart to Glenway Westcott: "Glenway Westcott / remembering a hot week / at Indiana in the summer / of 1951 / with best wishes / Richard Eberhart." Copyright information blacked out as was common with American editions of books shot from British sheets and printed in England; near fine in a very good jacket with tape reinforcements at the verso of the spine ends. ... more information

New York: Museum of Modern Art. (1976).. First Edition. Square quarto. Szarkowski essay. Eggleston's first book and the first MOMA monograph to feature color photography. The photographer's famous tricycle photograph is affixed to the front board. (Parr / Badger, v1, 265; Roth 238-239; Open Book 308-309; Auer 598). A fine copy in gold- stamped leatherette boards with the aforementioned photograph mounted on. ... more information

(N.p.): Kunstverein grafschaft bentheim. (n.d.).. First Edition. Oblong octavo. SIGNED by Eijkelboom. Fine in photo- illustrated wrappers. ... more information

Utrecht: Gamma,. 1978.. First Edition. Small quarto. Edition of 150 copies; SIGNED by the artist. The second book by Dutch conceptual artist Hans Eijkelboom, consisting of reproductions of newspaper articles in which Eijkelboom managed to get himself photographed. Although not well-known in the U.S., Eijkelboom's photographs and small artist's books have been widely admired and collected in Europe. Martin Parr wrote the introduction to Eijlkelboom's 2007 Aperture hit, Paris, New York, Shanghai.... more information

Amsterdam: Hans Eijkelboom,. 2002.. Limited Edition. Number 5 of 15 SIGNED copes of the 17th book in Eijkelboom's Photonotes series. With an original SIGNED 4 x 6 color photograph laid into an envelope in the front of the book. Images shot in Manhattan, 2002. Fine in boards with burlap spine. ... more information

Amsterdam: Hans Eijkelboom. (2004).. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Edition of 1000 copies; this copy SIGNED by Eijkelboom. A comprehensive catalogue of Eijkelboom's Photo Notes, published on the occasion of the photographer's exhibition at the Netherlands fotomuseum, Rotterdam: 18 September - 5 December, 2004. Near fine in white printed wrappers. ... more information

Amsterdam and New York: Photonotebooks En Under Construction Artprojects,. 2000.. First Edition. Oblong octavo. SIGNED by Eijkelboom. Limited to 1350 copies. Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. ... more information

[Amsterdam]: Uitgave Photonotebooks,. 2006.. First Edition. Small oblong quarto. Limited to 500 copies. SIGNED by Eijkelboom. Numerous color images in the photographer's trademark typological style. Trace sticky residue on the bottom edge of the pages; fine in photo-illustrated wrappers as issued. ... more information

Harderwijk: Flevodruk Harderwijk,. 2007.. First Edition. Thin quarto. 16pp. SIGNED by Eijkelboom. Small exhibition catalogue of New York 'Photo Notes," with a surly looking image of the photographer in Times Square on the front cover. Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers as issued. ... more information

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press,. 1965.. First Edition. Folio. Number 132 of 487 numbered copies SIGNED by Elkus and the book's designers and publishers, Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Four page prospectus laid in. Foreword by Barnaby Conrad. 24 original black and white silver prints of Mexico mounted to paper and paired with short aphorisms by the photographer. Bumped at the bottom edges of the boards and text, else clean and near fine in quarter native leather with orange and brown linen boards, hand-lo... more information

Beirut / London: Arab Image Foundation / Mind the Gap / The Photographers' Gallery,. 2004.. Deluxe Edition. Octavo. Number 174 of 200 numbered copies; SIGNED by El- Madani with his studio stamp. Published on the occasion of the photograher's exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery, London, 14 October - 28 November, 2008. An artist's book of sorts, reproducing over 50 years of images from El-Madani's studio in Saida, Lebanon. From naked baby boys on sheepskin blankets, to Palestinian fr... more information

Amsterdam: De Bilt,. [1959-1960].. First Editions. Three volumes. (Red, purple, and black covers. Different images in each book.) Small octavos. Promotional publications for Dutch dance performances, photographed by Ed Van der Elsken. Remarkable little books with wonderful images shot by the photographer at the beginning of his career. Van der Elsken's talent is evident. Very good overall (the copy in red wrappers has a small edge crease; the one in black wrappers has a few negligible stains). ... more information

Amsterdam: Proost en Brandt.. 1958.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. 52pp. With photographs by Ed van der Elsken, Carel Blazer, Aart Klein, Cas Oorthuys, and a host of other Dutch photographers. Very good in photo-illustrated wrappers, tan belly band. ... more information

Paris: Editions Cercle D'Art. (1968).. First French Edition. Large square quarto. Text in French, translated by Elaine Brau. Van der Elsken's tour de force photo travelogue, a series of images shot around the world as Van der Elsken and his wife traveled by freighter. One of the true avant garde masterpieces of the sixties, a wild mixture of grainy, sublime, and intensely evocative pictures that conjures up the layouts William Klein and would seem to segue into the Provoke movement of Japanese phot... more information

London: White Cube. (2009).. First Editions. Slim square quartos. Two volumes, both SIGNED by the artist and dated 2009, one of which reproduces blue monoprints originally created in 1991, the other reproducing black monoprints, also 1991. 49 illustrations total. Never distributed in the United States. Fine in printed stapled wrappers. ... more information

London: White Cube,. 2005. First Edition. Thin quarto. SIGNED on the front cover by the artist and dated in the year of publication. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Emin's drawings, embroideries, appliqués, and watercolors at White Cube Gallery, London, 27 May - 25 June, 2005 Very light handling; just about fine in printed stapled wrappers. Uncommon. ... more information

Stockholm: Bökförlaget DN,. 1997.. First Edition. Quarto. The photographer's first book. Engstrom received great critical acclaim for his second book, Trying to Dance, and is widely regarded as one of the leading talents in contemporary photography. This book consists of 54 black and white images of women at the Klaragarden shelter in Stockholm. Fine in a fine jacket. ... more information

New York: Twice a Year Press,. 1939.. First Edition. One of 100 numbered copies. SIGNED by the author. A play by the painter Angna Enters (illustrated by her). An archive copy from Dorothy Norman's Twice a Year Press housed in the original mailing box. Box unopened; presumably fine in a fine jacket with glassine overlay. ... more information

Tours: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours,. 1956.. Limited edition of this little 16pp. catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition at Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, France, November 10 - December 16, 1956. Number 11 of 100 numbered copies. SIGNED by Max Ernst, Man Ray, and Dorothea Tanning. Near fine in stapled illustrated wrappers with original tissue-guards protecting the single image of each artist. ... more information

[Denmark]: Opus 33 / Self-published,. 1997.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Edition limited to 800 self-published copies. Photographs by up-and-coming Danish photographer Joakim Eskildsen, text in English and Portuguese by Cia Renne; a study of the seafaring inhabitants of the Portuguese village of Apulia, which is being slowly swallowed by the Atlantic Ocean. Beautifully photographed, designed, and printed. OCLC locates a single copy. Fine in stiff card wrappers, photo- illustrated card wrappers, cardboard ... more information