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

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

[Phonecia, NY]: Woodstock Editions,. 2000.. First Edition. Thick quarto. Two volumes in slipcase. Number 1045 of 2000 press-stamped copies SIGNED by Gissinger. One volume is entirely text and consists of an annotated conversation between Meneau and Gissinger, with English translation by Richard Pevear; the other, thicker volume, features Gissinger's luminous black and white photographs of all aspects of contemporary cooking, from the sublime to the shocking. Light wear to the spine ends, else just about... 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

Lausanne: Editions Clairefontaine. (1952).. First Edition. Quarto. Strand's images of rural France accompanied by the text of French poet Claude Roy. (Parr / Badger, v1, 207; Roth 136; Open Book 158). Ownership signature of photographer Arnold Crane; near fine copy in wrappers and wraparound jacket, lacking publisher's glassine. ... more information

Mexico City: Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo. (2006).. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Published in conjuction with Ruscha's exhibition at Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, March 16 - July 16, 2006. Nicely illustrated in color. Fine in glit-stamped quarter cloth boards, sans jacket as issued. ... more information

Tokyo: Shinchosa. (1999).. First Edition. Small quarto. SIGNED by the photographer in English. Erotic Paris photographs of actress Noriko Hamada. Fine in laminated black boards as issued. ... more information

Madrid: Caballero Audaz,. 1936.. First Edition. 12mo. Over 100 photographs of the Spanish Civil War by P.G., "Alfonso", Kaulak", Diaz Casariego, Campúa, etc. preface by "El Caballero Audaz". Two ownership stamps, else very good in the original wrappers (edgeworn) now bound in full spine-tooled burgundy leather. ... more information

Paris: l'Association Hispanofile de France,. 1937.. First Edition. Small octavo. 32pp. Text in French. One gripping image of a dead or badly injured man on the front cover. Tiny tear to the fore edge of the front cover; very good in photo-illustrated wrappers. ... more information

Paris: Flammarion,. c. 1930.. First Edition. Octavo. 265 images of Russia: a fine example of the industrial documentary style that dominated European photobooks of the 30s. Near fine in integral wrappers with some small edge tears reinforced by thin strips of tape at the verso. ... more information

Cambridge: The Riverside Press,. 1950.. First Edition. Quarto. Text by Mary Austin. With 48 images by Ansel Adams. Fine in a near fine jacket with a few tiny edge tears. Very nice example of a fragile jacket. ... more information

Wien: Wilhelm Andermann Verlag. (N.d.).. First Edition. Quarto. 80 pp. with text in German and numerous early color photographs of former Soviet regions along the river Don. A gift copy, presented to an unknown recipient by several friends or colleagues, dated in 1944, with 9 signatures. Near fine in a very good jacket, scarce, with a few tape repaired tears and chips. ... more information

New York: D. Appleton and Company,. 1902.. First Edition. Octavo. With 73 illustrations, about 1/4 of which are photographic. Near fine in a very good jacket with a long closed tear along the spine gutter. Uncommon in jacket. ... more information

New York: Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin),. 1949.. First Edition. Thin octavo. With 12 reproductions of lithographs and a short essay by Masson. Published on the occasion of a André Masson solo exhibition, November 8 - 26, 1949, at the Buchholz Gallery. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. ... more information

Dusseldorf / Berlin: Achenbach Kunsthandel / Galerie Max Hetzler. (1994).. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 900 copies and illustrated with 31 color images of Struth's landscape work. 12 pp. English text pamphlet laid in. Fine in silver-stamped boards, without jacket as issued. (Pamphlet has a small ding). Scarce book. ... more information

Marseille: AGEP,. 1980.. First Edition. Square quarto. Text by Roland Barthes. A fine association copy, SIGNED by Clergue and inscribed and dated in the year of publication to photo-gallerist Lee Witkin: "For Lee / to remember a / beautiful walk on / the beach of the campagne / and to celebrate our friendship, / most sincerely / Lucien Clergue / ____ / Arles / Noel 1980." Black and white photographs of shapes made on sand. Uncommon book. Tiny bump at the spine heel, else fine in a very good jacket... more information

New York / Koln: Thea Westreich / Gisela Capitain,. 1992.. First Edition. Quarto. Limited to 1000 copies; now quite uncommon. Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. ... more information

[Saint Paul]: Little Brown Mushroom / Alec Soth,. 2008.. Limited Edition. Unbound folio with placemat print. One of 100 copies SIGNED by Soth (unnumbered as published), issued with a SIGNED photograph, number 37 of 100, titled, dated, and with a thumbnail of the photographer, all on the verso. The print has been laminated and is presented as a placemat, measuring 11 1/4 X 15 7/8 inches. A series of American photographs taken during the Bush years, and presented in newspaper format. Poem by Lester B. Morriso... more information

Wallasey: Promenade Press. (1986).. First Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by Martin Parr and dated in 2008. Text by Ian walker. The photographer's first book in color, and the collection that sets the tone for Parr's work to date, with images that convey the subtle juxtaposition of the humorous, the desperate, the banal, and the offbeat in today's society. A fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers of one of Parr's scarcest and most desirable titles. ... more information

Paris: Le Crapouillot. 1929. First Edition. Thin tall quarto. Special issue of this magazine focussed on Paris, illustrated with numerous Atget photographs, including a reproduction mounted on the front cover. Near fine in wrappers. ... more information

Paris: Les Éditions Arthaud,. 1980.. First Edition. Quarto. A fine association copy, lengthily INSCRIBED in French by Doisneau to pioneering photo gallerist Lee Witkin. Roughly translated, the inscription says: "Artificial flowers and museum-like cities give with their make-up a feeling of malaise. There is but fleeting beauty: that's why one can only have tenderness for this disappearing Paris. Good bye Lee Witkin. Robert Doisenau." Translation by Evelyne Daitz on Witkin letterhead fro... more information