Titles starting with D from Harper's Books, Inc.

Berlin: J.J. Heckenhauser. (2000).. First Edition. Octavo. Number 238 of 750 numbered copies. Although uncalled for, this copy SIGNED by the photographer (Parr / Badger, v2, 312- 313). Fine in green boards. ... 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

New York: New York Graphic Society.. (1961).. Second Edition. Quarto. Lengthily INSCRIBED by Newhall to photographer Arnold Crane with an explanation of the differences between the first and second edition. A history of the daguerreotype in America, with 83 plates of people and places around mid-19th century America (including an image of Abraham Lincoln from 1860). Near fine in a very good plus jacket. ... more information

London: Grafton Books. (1987).. Later printing. INSCRIBED by Danziger. One of the great travelogues of the last 20 years. Small gift inscription, else fine in a fine jacket. ... more information

New York: Boni & Liveright. (1920).. First Edition. Early book by Waldo Frank. A wonderful association copy, INSCRIBED by Frank to his close friend, the writer/photographer Dorothy Norman: "She is flesh moving through flesh / she is spirit / Dorothy / Waldo Frank." Fine copy in green boards (lacking the scarce jacket). ... more information

Konigstein i Taunus and Leipzig: Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche,. 1931.. First Edition. Quarto. Preface by Dr. Eugen Diesel (appropriate name). Anthology of images by German photographers of zeppelins, planes, ships, gondolas, bridges, electrical wiring, etc., some by Dr. Paul Wolff and Albert Renger-Patzsch. Looks like a cross between New Objectivity and Becher. Tiny nick to the bottom edges of a few pages, else fine in purple wrappers, photo-illustrated card jacket. Nice copy. ... more information

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.,. 1979.. First US Edition. A design bible, with a wide variety of topics: from offices to symbols. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped jacket. ... more information

London: Britwell Books,. 1971.. First Edition. Quarto. David Hicks' bible on fabric design. Tape shadows to the pastedowns and endpapers from an old jacket protector, else near fine in a near fine jacket with tape shadows to the flaps. ... more information

Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers,. 1965.. First Edition. Quarto. 150 photo-reproductions with text by S. Carmiggelt in Dutch. Images of the Jordaan district of Amsterdam. Under-appreciated city book. Little bumped at the spine heel, else near fine in an almost near fine jacket, lightly edge worn, with a few tiny tears. ... more information

New York: Harry N. Abrams. (n.d., c. 1973-1974).. First Edition. Large square quarto. 226 illustrations, 65 color plates. Text by Harold Rosenberg. The definitive monograph on de Kooning; SIGNED by him on the half-title page. Copy belonging to Wes Herschensohn, who has signed his name on the first blank, along with a date of August 16, 1979. Herschensohn was an animator and layout artist who worked for Disney, Filmation, and Hanna Barbara over the course of a thirty-year career. In addition to credits on su... more information

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. (n.d., c. 1973-1974).. First Edition. Thick square quarto. 226 illustrations, 65 color plates. Text by Harold Rosenberg. The definitive monograph on de Kooning. Small blemish to the rear board, else fine in a fine jacket. ... more information

London: The Studio Yearbook. (1930).. First Edition. Quarto. Top edge gilt. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations of new influences in architecture, British domestic architecture, the modern home and its decoration, interiors and furniture, pottery and glassware, metalwork, electric light fixtures; six lovely color illustrations complete this exceptional design annual. Some minor foxing (at edges, pastedowns, and end papers), tiny nick to the edges of a few back pages still a beautiful fine co... more information

Buffalo: Lesslie Krims,. 1972.. First Edition. Small portfolio. Number 1092 of 4000 numbered copies SIGNED by Krims on a folded sheet of text laid into the box. Complete with 24 images (one on the cover of the box) of fresh kill. Plates fine; box near fine with one small edge split. ... more information

Cologne: Wolfgang Hake Verlag,. 1975.. First Edition. Square quarto. One of 350 copies. Tipped-in photographs of facsimiles of newspaper clippings of a bank robbery gone awry. One of the seminal European artists' books of the 70s. (Parr / Badger, v2, 157). Tape shadow (or something like it) evident on the back panel, else near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. ... more information

Nontron: Imprimerie de T. Ravnaud,. 1871.. First Edition. Octavo. 78pp. A.e.g. Silk ribbon. INSCRIBED by the author to his cousin and dated in the year of publication. With a small albumen print of a soldier crouched behind a bush. OCLC locates a single copy at the BNF. A touch of light foxing to the rear endpaper, else a fine copy in gilt-stamped and tooled full morocco. ... more information

New Haven and London: Yale University Press,. 1961.. First Edition. Square quarto. SIGNED by Albers. Errata slip laid in. Statements and poems by Albers accompanies examples of his geometric drawings. Francois Bucher's text provides additional information, supplementing Albers' contributions. A few spots of foxing, covers lightly soiled, else very good in boards with pieces of the belly band laid in. (There was no printed jacket, only a clear acetate overlay, missing from this copy.) ... more information

New York: The Viking Press,. 1958.. First Edition. Octavo. A review copy, with a vintage gelatin silver publicity photograph of Kerouac by Robert Frank laid in. From the library of Kerouac's friend, the New York artist and Beat associate, Nell Blaine, with her ownership name, Riverside Drive address, and a 1961 date penned on the front endpaper. Blaine's group of artist and musician friends intersected with Kerouac's Beat entourage during the writing of On the Road. Fine in an almost near fine j... more information

Millerton, NY: Aperture. (1972).. First Edition. Quarto. First issue with "Two Girls in Identical Raincoats". Designed and edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel, and championed by John Szarkowski, who organized the retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art for which this book was commissioned. With a 1973 SIGNED letter from Szarkowski to curator and museum director Thomas Garver tipped-in. The letter talks about Szarkowski's astonishment at the success of the show, and includes a two-page xer... more information

New York: Aperture. (1987).. First U.S. Edition. Folio. 152 full-page tripletone plates. Limited to 3000 copies. Foreword by Cornell Capa, essay by Hal Hinson, edited by Susan Harder with Hiroji Kubata. As new, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. ... more information

Paris and Leipzig: Henri Jonquieres. (1931).. First Edition. Quarto. 19th-century photography. 144 sepia-toned plates of European portraits and landscapes from the medium's early years; foldout pamphlet of captions bound inside the rear cover. Forward by Iwan Goll. Edges of the front and back covers worn, light foxing on the pastedowns and prelims, else very good in gilt-stamped burgundy boards. ... more information