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

Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art,. 1965.. First Edition. The folded poster invitation to Andy Warhol's first museum show at the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art, October 8 - November 21, 1965. Offset printed in a reported edition of 6000 copies, a ridiculous number given the gallery could hold only 300 people. Yet Sam Green, who organized the show and had recently been appointed director of the ICA, was keenly aware of Warhol's growing celebrity and was himself cashing in on an ... more information

[Japan]: Publisher undetermined,. n.d.. First Edition. Octavo. Bondage photos and film stills from Oniroku Dan, including two images which also appear in Kishin Shinoyama's Sadistic Play of Bondage. Precursor to Araki. No copies in OCLC. Near fine in red boards, illustrated slipcase (worn and sunned on the spine). ... more information

Tokyo: UCA. (1991).. First Edition. Large quarto. Exhaustive color catalogue raisonné of the works of innovative Japanese artist Shinro Ohtake. Fine in illustrated wrappers, publisher's obi. ... more information

Madrid: Comunidad de Madrid / Para Medicos Sin Fronteras.. 1988.. First Spanish Edition. Quarto. Documentary photographer Sebastiao Salgado's first book, a look at the poverty and devastation of Saharan Africa, published under the auspices of Doctors Without Borders. Salgado's later books, Workers and Migrations, are documentary classics. A small crease to the very top edge of some pages, else near fine in photo- illustrated wrappers with French flaps as issued. ... more information

N.p.: Woodstock Editions,. 2001.. Limited Edition. Folio. One of 500 press-stamped copies SIGNED by Hans Gissinger. Illustrated with 60 portraits of Gissinger's seductive Italian salamis. Essays on salami in French by Gérard Oberlé and translated to English by Richard Pevear New in salami-patterned boards. ... more information

New York: Whitney Museum and Pace Editions. (1971).. First Edition. Quarto. Edition of 2000 copies. With hundreds of Samaras' multimedia Polaroids in both color and black and white. (Roth 212-213). Near fine in patterned photo-illustrated boards with photo inset. ... more information

Tokyo: Kenko-sha,. 1967.. First Edition. Tall quarto. Four page blue technical booklet laid in. Little-known book of Brazil images by Japanese photographer Jun Miki: from the shantytowns of Rio, to postmodern Brasilia, to the Amazon. Shot in a cross-section of styles, with echoes of Sam Haskins and Sebastiao Salgado. A little bumped and worn at the head of the spine, else near fine in wildly illustrated boards and similar cardboard slipcase (worn). A killer! ... more information

Düsseldorf: Sampa Textil GmbH,. N.d.. First Edition. Folio. Company book for German fashion house Sampa Textil, photographed by Hannes Schmid, best known for his Cowboy images which Richard Prince appropriated. 24 pages including the covers, printed on a heavy card stock, with color and black and white images of models. Compelling publication: fashion photography meets artist's book. No copies in OCLC and no information online. Fine in laminated boards, color card slipcase. ... more information

Tokyo: Shinsensha,. 1971.. First Edition. Quarto. Excellent book documenting protests surrounding the building of Narita Airport. Edited by Kayoshi Awazo and photographed by Tadao Mitome, among others. A little shelfwear, almost near fine in a like jacket, a little worn at the extremities. ... more information

Tokyo: Shinsensha,. 1971.. First Edition. Quarto. Excellent book documenting protests surrounding the building of Narita Airport. Edited by Kayoshi Awazo and photographed by Tadao Mitome, among others. Near fine in a near fine jacket, complete with the publisher's scarce orange obi, faded at the spine. ... more information

Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama. (1977).. First Edition. Square quarto. Number 3 in the Asahi Sonorama Series. Fine in a near fine jacket with a single small tape repair. ... more information

New York: Multiples, Inc.,. 1970.. First Edition. Printed photographic collage in envelope. 5 1/8 X 12 3/8. LeWitt's homage to Muybridge in the form of 10 small shots of a woman's torso, from small to big. Originally included in the "Artists and Photographers" box, but also sold individually. Just about fine in the original publisher's printed envelope. ... more information

Munich: Rogner & Bernhard. (1978).. First German Edition of Christopher Makos's iconic first book, White Trash. Quarto. Paperback original. A fine association copy, INSCRIBED by Makos to photographer Ralph Gibson in the year of publication: "NYC 1978 / To Ralph / (?) / with lots of champagne / xx Christopher Makos." With a postcard for Makos' 1978 Bonn exhibition laid in. Fine in wrappers with French flaps. ... more information

Neuchatel: Editions du Grifffon,. 1963.. First Edition. Quarto. Number 90 of 150 press-numbered copies issued with an original silkscreen print, numbered and signed by the artist; 45 rpm record laid in to folder in the rear of the book as issued. Illustrated with 211 prints mostly b&w with some color and some with acetate overlays. Accompanied by illuminating texts by Guy Hebasque and Jacques Menetrier. Introduction by Jean Cassou. Lovely book on the father of cybernetic art. Fine in a fine jacket with ... more information

New York: Curt Valentin Gallery,. 1953.. First Edition. 12mo. Catalog published for an exhibit of Matisse's bronzes, drawings, and aquatints at the Curt Valentin Gallery, February 10- 28, 1953. With 12 pages of 33 black and white images. Just about fine in very lightly soiled stapled wrappers. ... more information

München: Süddeutsche Zeitung,. 1992.. Special edition of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, published on November 11, 1992, and given over mostly to the work of Jeff Koons. Quarto in folder. Numerous illustrations of Koons' babies, with an interview in German by Christian Kämmerling. Fine in illustrated stapled wrappers in the rare red folder, which lists Anselm Kiefer and Francesco Clemente as the other artists who were published in this series. ... more information

Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama. (1978).. First Edition. Square quarto. Number 21 in the Asahi Sonorama Series. Small numerical ink notation rear pastedown, else fine in a fine jacket. ... more information

New York: Pantheon Books. (1976).. First US Edition. Quarto. Nicely INSCRIBED by Brassai and dated in the year of publication. Fine in a fine jacket. Crisp copy. ... more information

New York: Pantheon Books. (1976).. First US Edition. Quarto. A fine association copy, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Brassaï to pioneering photo gallerist Lee Witkin and dated in the year of publication: "Pour / Lee Witkin / bien amicalement / Brassaï / New York, le 11 Oct. 1976." Witkin estate stamp to the front pastedown; fine in a fine jacket. ... more information

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