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

Tokyo: Xaravel,. 1981.. First Edition. Thick octavo. A collaborative artists' book featuring the photography of Tadanori Yokoo and Tadashi Kurahashi. Series of chronological images; two per page. Just about fine in photo-illustrated textured wrappers, pink obi, original printed plastic bag. Cool book. ... more information

Tokyo: Shoeisha,. 1995.. First Edition. Quarto. An artist's book with New Orleans as the central theme. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, sketches, cutouts, etc. Illustrated boards a little bumped at the top corners, else fine in the publisher's near fine printed plastic jacket and black obi. ... more information

Tokyo: Kodansha. (1974).. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Text by Hajime Kijima. The second book by acclaimed female Japanese photographer Ruiko Yoshida, whose early seventies images of Harlem capture both the time and place with uncanny virtuosity. That this book has remained nearly completely unknown in the West is a testament to the great breadth of postwar Japanese photobooks. Despite numerous references and a torrent of free information online, it is still possible to find gems in the rough. The search c... more information

Tokyo: Kodansha,. 1993.. First of this edition of a book originally published in a different format in 1972. Octavo. Much of the book is text, but there are numerous shot in New York when Yoshida worked at MoMA. Fine in wrappers in a fine photo- illustrated jacket . ... more information

Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz. (2007).. First Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by the photographer and dated in the year of publication. The reissue of Kohei Yoshiyuki's now famous book documenting nighttime sex acts and voyeurism in a Tokyo park. Published on the occasion of Yossi Milo's exhibition, but unimaginable without Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, and John Gossage, who recontextualized this hitherto obscure technical manual of infrared photography, and turned it and the photographer into a cause celebre... more information

New York: Covici Friede. (1935).. First Edition. Quarto. A sequel to Young's 1927 study of advertising layout. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of period ads, and annotated by Young's analysis of their layout and design. Near fine in a very good jacket with a few small tears, creases, and a small chip at the spine head. Uncommon in any jacket. ... more information

Chicago: Pascal Covici,. 1928.. First Edition. Quarto. The first comprehensive book on advertising layout, with numerous reproductions (some in color) of the most innovative ads of the era, with editorial explaining why they work. A Mad Men special. Fine in a near fine jacket, lightly soiled. Copies in nice jackets are exceedingly uncommon. ... more information