Karl Wirsum: Winsome Works (some)
by WIRSUM, Karl and John Hallmark Neff
Chicago, IL: City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, 2007. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 14 through June 24, 2007 in Chicago and then traveled to Madison, Wisconsin and Indianapolis for additional dates. Essay by John Hallmark Neff. Includes numerous color illustrations. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers with a small crease to the top rear corner. A very attractive and elaborate production of this important Chicago imagist artist who was... Read More
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Portrait Theory
by WISE, Kelly (editor) - David Attie, Chuck Close, Jan Groover, Evelyn Hofer, Lotte Jacobi, Geard Malanga, Robert Mapplethorpe and James Van Der Zee
New York: Lustrum Press, 1981. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 176 pages. A collection of photographs and essays from these eight well known photographers: David Attie, Chuck Close, Jan Groover, Evelyn Hofer, Lotte Jacobi, Geard Malanga, Robert Mapplethorpe and James Van Der Zee. A clean very near fine copy and in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the base of the spine. A pleasing copy of the much less common hardcover issue.
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Still Points
by WISE, Kelly
Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1977. First edition. Softcover. 63 pages. Introduction by Duane Michals. A slim collection of color photographs. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some very minor wear and with some slight sunning to the spine.
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Photo Facts and Opinions
by WISE, Kelly (editor)
Anndover, MA: The Addison Gallery of American Art, 1981. First edition. Softcover. 44 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 9 through February 8, 1981. Features the text of responses to the same set of questions by these photographersL Thomas Barrow, Carl Chiarenza, Robrt Cumming, Judy Dater, Robert Fichter, Ralph Gibson, Robert Heinecken, Joseph Jachna, Harold Jones, Max Kozloff, Gary Metz, Duane Michals, Bea Nettles, Anne Noggle, Eugene Richard, Brent Sikkema, Eve Sonneman, and Jerry Uelsmann. A... Read More
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Still Points (Signed First Edition)
by WISE, Kelly
Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1977. First edition. Softcover. 63 pages. Features an introduction by Duane Michals. A slim collection of color photographs. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some light wear. Signed by Wise on the title page. Uncommon signed.
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Eugen Wiskovsky 1888-1964
by WISKOVSKY, Eugen and Vladimir Birgus
Prague: Ministerstvo Kultury Ceske Republiky, Prazsky Dum Fotografie, Prague House of Photography, 1992. First edition. Softcover. [28 pages.] Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 3, 1992 through January 2, 1993. Catalog on the underappreciated Czech photographer Eugen Wiskovsky. Text in Czech, English and German with an essay by Vladimir Birgus. Includes with the covers 19 black and white images by Wiskovsky, a portrait of him by Josef Ehm, a list of previous exhibitions, and bibliographic information. A... Read More
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Elfwyn's Saga (Signed First Edition)
by WISNIEWSKI, David
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1990. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. Children's book from Wisniewski who won a Caldecott Medal for "Golem." Features text and illustrations by Wisniewski. A clean near fine copy in illustrated boards with a small faint sticker shadow to the front free endpaper and in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with a two small tear to the bottom of the rear panel with a crease and some tape repairs... Read More
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An Account of the Foxglove and Some of Its Medical Ufes: With Practical Remarks on Dropsy, and Other Diseases
by WITHERING, William
Birmingham, AL: Classics of Medicine Library, 1979. Hardcover. Facsimile edition of a 1785 book by Withering. A clean near fine copy in full leather binding with all page edges gilt and with a former owner's blindstamp to the second endpaper. A clean copy.
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Isaac Witkin
by WITKIN, Isaac
New York: Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1988. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 19 through June 24, 1988. Includes 8 illustrations with 7 in color, a list of previous exhibitions, list of public collections. A clean near fine copy in French style wrappers with some slight sunning to and along the spine and edges and with laid in reception card.
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Joel-Peter Witkin: Forty Photographs
by WITKIN, Joel-Peter
San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1992. Later printing. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 6, 1985 through February 9, 1986 in San Francisco, CA and then went on to Chicago, Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and La Jolla for additional dates. Features a long introduction by Van Deren Coke. Includes 40 black and white illustrations and biographical information. A close to near fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers with some light wear but internally... Read More
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Harms Way: Lust & Madness, Murder & Mayhem
by WITKIN, Joel Peter, Stanley Burns, Eugenia Perry Janis, Aaron H. Esman, and James Crump
Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 1994. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Printed in an edition of 5000 copies. Features an introduction by Witkin and essays by Stanley Burns, Eugenia Perry Janis, Aaron H. Esman, and James Crump. A collection of over 100 black and white images. A near fine copy in black cloth boards and in a very good dust jacket with some light rubbing and some foxing to the verso.
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Disciple & Master
by WITKIN, Joel-Peter and Pierre Borhan
New York: Fotofolio, 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 120 pages. Features an introduction by Pierre Borhan. A terrific collection that pairs some of Witkin's best images with the artworks that inspired them. Includes 57 duotone and quadratone illustrations by Witkin and Walker Evans, Henri Cartier Bresson, Charles Negre, Diane Arbus, Weegee, and others. A clean very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the top of the rear panel and... Read More
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The Bone House
by WITKIN, Joel Peter and Eugenia Parry
Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, 1998. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 196 pages. Features an essay by Eugenia Parry. A retrospective collection of disturbing images that Witkin personally selected from his large body of work. Includes 92 four color plates, and lists of selected exhibitions and selected publications. A tight near fine copy cloth boards with some of the usual flaking to the spine lettering and in a near fine photo illustrated cloth slipcase. No dust jacket as... Read More
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Joel-Peter Witkin (Signed First Edition)
by WITKIN, Joel-Peter
Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. First edition and first printing.. Oblong hardcover. The first monograph on Witkin's work. Includes 44 duotones along with two drawings. A very near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with a few small edge tears and some minor wear to the top of the spine. Signed and boldly inscribed by Witkin in 1986.
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Poster (Signed)
by WITKIN, Joel Peter
Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1983. First edition. Promotional poster for the publication of the the first monograph on Witkin. Measures 20" wide by 26" high. Features the image "Sanitarium, 1983." A very near fine copy of this sheet-fed gravure poster with a very small crease to the bottom left corner. Signed by Wikin. Uncommon.
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Aperture 149 Dark Days: Mystery, Murder, Mayhem
by WITKIN, Joel Peter, Richard Misrach, E. Annie Proulx et al.
New York: Aperture, 1997. First edition. Softcover. Fall 1997. 78 pages. Photographers in this issue: Joel-Peter Witkin, Lynne Tillman, Lucas Samaras, Richard Misrach, Christian Bolanski, Cindy Sherman and others. There is also an article by E. Annie Proulx and excerpts from the journals of Jean Genet. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers.
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Joel-Peter Witkin (Signed Limited Edition)
by WITKIN, Joel-Peter
Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. First edition. Oblong hardcover. Limited edition. Number 25 of only 100 copies. The first monograph on Witkin's work. Includes 44 duotones along with two drawings. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with a miniscule bit of wear and in a very near fine cloth slipcase. Signed by Witkin.
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Joel-Peter Witkin: Forty Photographs (Signed First Edition)
by WITKIN, Joel-Peter
San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1992. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 6, 1985 through February 9, 1986 in San Francisco, CA and then went on to Chicago, Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and La Jolla for additional dates. Features a long introduction by Van Deren Coke. Includes 40 black and white illustrations and biographical information. A near fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers with some slight creasing to the bottom rear... Read More
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Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964-1977
by WITKOVSKY, Matthew S., Mark Godfrey, Robin Kelsey, Anne Rorimer, Allen Ruppersberg, Giuliano Sergio, and Joshua Shannon
Chicago, IL and New Haven, CT: The Art Institute of Chicago and Yale University Press, 2012. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 264 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 13, 2011 through March 11, 2012. Features a foreword by Donald Druick, edited and with an essay by Matthew S. Witkovsky and with additional essays by Mark Godfrey, Robin Kelsey, Anne Rorimer, Allen Ruppersberg, Giuliano Sergio, and Joshua Shannon. Includes some color and numerous black and white... Read More
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Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life: Early Twentieth-Century European Modernism
by WITKOVSKY, Matthew (editor) Jared Ash, Maria Gough, Jindrich Toman, Nancy J. Troy, and Andres Mario Zervigon
Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 160 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran June 11 through October 9, 2011. Features essays by Jared Ash, Maria Gough, Jindrich Toman, Nancy J. Troy, Andres Mario Zervigon, and Matthew Witkovsky. A look at the work of John Heartfield, El Lissitzky, Gustav Klutsis, Ladislav Sutnar, Karel Teige, and Piet Zwart. A fine copy in a fine wraparound partial dust jacket as issued.
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Nicole Wittenberg: All the Way
by WITTENBERG, Nicole and Sarah Messerschmidt
New York: Acquavella Galleries, 2025. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 88 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 16 through December 5, 2025. Features a foreword by Eleanor Acquavella and text by Sarah Messerschmidt. Includes numerous color illustrations, a list of previous exhibitions, and a list of public collections. A fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued.
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Amazon of the North: James Bay Revisited
by WITTENBORN, Rainer and Claus Biegert
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Bard College, 1995. First edition. Softcover. 25 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 30 through December 22, 1995. Includes text and several small black and white images along with an interview of Wittenborn and Biegert by Neery Melkonian. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers and from the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library with their stamp to the verso of the rear cover. Scarce.
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A Threat to Genesis and Other Poems
by WITTENBERG, Rudolf
Georgetown, CA: Dragon's Teeth PRess, 1976. First edition. Softcover. A paperback original collection of poems. A tight close near fine copy in wrappers.
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Pop. By 1940: 40,000
by WITT, Harold
Lincoln, NE: Best Cellar Press, 1971. First edition. Softcover. [20 pages.] A collection of thirteen poems by Witt. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some slight toning to the wrappers. Internally a clean copy.
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Now, Swim: New Poems
by WITT, Harold
Ashland, OH: The Ashland Poetry Press, Ashland College, 1974. First edition. Softcover. 72 pages. A very good copy in stapled wrappers that are lightly soiled on the rear panel.
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