Oslo F (Signed Limited Edition)
by ANDERSEN, Morten
N.p.: Hit Me Books, 2005. Fine in photo-illustrated boards.. Limited edition. Small oblong octavo. SIGNED by Anderson and numbered 265 of an edition of 500 copies. A collection of 224 black-and-white photographs, mostly of the buildings and streets of Oslo.
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![Marks of Honour: Untitled (Days of Night) / Black Sun: The Eyes of Four. [Limited to 5 Copies]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/235/116/863116235.0.l.1.jpg)
Marks of Honour: Untitled (Days of Night) / Black Sun: The Eyes of Four. [Limited to 5 Copies]
by ANDERSEN, Morten / HOLBORN, Mark
[N.p. / New York: Self-published / Aperture, 2005 / 1986]. Untitled (Days of Night) is fine in cloth boards, sans jacket as issued. Black Sun: The Eyes of Four is fine in a near fine price-clipped jacket. Both books housed together in a plain cloth slipcase.. First Edition. Quartos. Set of two books, including a limited-edition artists' book by Morten Andersen and the exhibition catalogue Black Sun: The Eyes of Four by Mark Holborn. Issued as part of... Read More
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The Heart of a Woman (Signed)
by ANGELOU, Maya
New York: Random House, 1981. Small stain to front endpaper, else near fine in cloth-backed boards. In unclipped, illustrated jacket, with remnants of price sticker to inner flap and minor toning, else near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. INSCRIBED by Angelou to half-title page: "Joy! / Maya Angelou / 9/97.
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Journal of Four Days' Tour in North Wales by a Party of Five (Photographically Illustrated)
by [ANONYMOUS]
London: Privately Printed, 1877. Full leather boards, with leather lettering piece to spine and four raised bands; some wear to front joint, and general rubbing to boards and spine ends. Typical fading to albumen prints, and minor foxing to handful of pages. Overall, a pleasant copy of this privately printed travelogue; with only two OCLC records located (BL and Wales).. First Edition. Octavo. A delightful account of a party's tour of North Wales organized into four cantos; a... Read More
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3 Graffiti Artists: Exhibition of Graffiti Paintings by A-One, NOC + Toxic
by A-One, NOC, and Toxic
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1985. Minor wear to stapled wrappers; near fine.. First Edition. Thin quarto. Catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition at Sidney Janis Gallery, featuring graffiti paintings from A-One, NOC, and Toxic (New York, Mar. 14 - Apr. 6, 1985). With 8 of the exhibited works reproduced in black-and-white.
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Sniper Shot
by ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Tokyo: Mirion Shuppan, 1981. Near fine in illustrated wrappers, in near fine illustrated jacket. Publisher's pink obi present, with tear to front panel and matching tape repair to verso.. First Edition. Quarto. "A photograph is not a photograph without a woman in it." A stylish monograph on the photography of Nobuyoshi Araki, with censored genitalia.
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Ikonta Story
by ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Tokyo: Byakuya-shobo, (1981). some staining to the font and back of the jacket, else near fine. Interior is clean.. First Edition. Quarto. Photos taken with an Ikonta from his father's collection (Koharto 80). A series of small contact sheet snapshots. Uncommon Araki title.
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Photo-theater: Tokyo Elegy
by ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Tokyo: Tojusha, (1981). Just about fine in black wrappers with French flaps, almost fine white pictorial dust jacket (very lightly soiled), and scarce black obi (tad rubbed).. First Edition. Small square quarto. Many images in sequence, mostly black and white and shot between 1967-1972, with several iconic photographs interspersed among those previously unpublished. The juxtaposition of a highly charged erotic series followed by somber shots of Araki's father's funereal is indicative not only of Araki's artistic prowess, but... Read More
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Theory of Photography
by ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Tokyo: Tojusha, 1981. Fine in distinctive photo-illustrated laminated boards, fine dust jacket, publisher's black obi.. First Edition. Octavo. A wonderful presentation copy, INSCRIBED by Araki in Japanese to rock star and actor Ryudo Uzaki, complete with a full-page drawing of a penis. The book consists mostly of text, but with two extraordinary sections of eight page foldouts of Araki's contact sheets of lesbian sex and women masturbating. An uncommon title, usually unavailable outside Japan. OCLC locates a single... Read More
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Images of Violence: Actresses
by ARAKI, Nobuyoshi
Tokyo: Byakuya-shobo, 1978. Fine in photo illustrated wrappers, near fine jacket with the rare obi in near fine condition.. First Edition. Quarto. Mostly black and white images of twenty women captured in Araki's trademark style, with obscene and comic commentary in Japanese. While collectors tend to focus on Araki's earliest books, his work from 1978-1982, consisting of 15 publications, is surely due for more careful consideration.
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Arcitectuur Gebouwen Constructies
by [European Architecture]
[Antwerpen: N.p., c. 1964-1969]. Some of the tipped in photographs loose from their glue backings and lightly curled, appears a final photograph might have been removed, else near fine in vinyl album cover with embossing tape lettered labels affixed to front.. Album of twenty architectural photographs. Quarto sheets in plastic comb binding. Consists of 9 color and 11 black and white photographs, tipped in, some now loose from glue. Various sizes, ranging from 10 X 8 1/4 inches... Read More
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London
by ARMSTRONG JONES, Tony
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1958. Cloth a little spotted at front board, else close to near fine in very good jacket with a touch of unnecessary restoration at the head of the spine. Not quite a classic, but an interesting midcentury city book that should be more widely sought after.. First Edition. Quarto. Short introduction by Tony Armstrong Jones. Numerous black and white images of London people and landmarks. Cool dust jacket.
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Fotografier og digte fra U.S.A.
by ARNHOLM, Flemming and Klaus Rifbjerg
Copenhagen: Rhodos, 1969. Some rubbing to edges, with some handling to cover; else near fine.. First Edition. Oblong octavo. Artist book from Danish photographer Flemming Arnholm, with series of short texts by Klaus Rifbjerg. Great late-sixties images of New York in an unusual format that folds-out into a T-shaped structure (approximately 65 x 35 inches), for a total of 22 panels featuring 19 b&w photographic images of New York.
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The Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
by ASAWA, Ruth (illustrator) and Elizabeth McClintock
San Francisco: John McLaren Society, 1977. Fine, in illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Octavo. A guide to the oldest public Japanese garden in California—nurtured by Makoto Hagiwara after its establishment during the 1894 World's Fair in 1894; the source for one of Ruth Asawa's most long-standing civic engagements. For this guide, which features both architectural details and a list of the garden's plants, Asawa supplied 7 charming botanical drawings; two of them printed in red, to the verso of... Read More
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Ruth Asawa / Arthur Secunda (Exhibition Brochure)
by ASAWA, Ruth and Arthur Secunda
Los Angeles: Ankrum Gallery, 1962. Small bump to foot of spine, with minor toning to margins of front panel; a near fine copy of a scarce document.. Bifolium brochure from a key exhibition in Ruth Asawa's career; her first show in Los Angeles, which gained praise in the inaugural issue of Artforum—"[Asawa's is] surely among the most original and satisfying new sculpture to have arisen in the western United States." Folded sheet of laid paper (9.75 x 6.5... Read More
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Atget: Photographe de Paris
by ATGET, Eugene and Berenice Abbott
New York: E. Weyhe, 1930. A fine copy in silken boards with gilt titles; accompanied by the publisher's original cardstock slipcase. All housed in custom clamshell case, with leather lettering piece to spine. One of the key publications in photography's self-documentation, preserved in original condition.. First Edition, American version. Quarto. The influential first monograph on Eugène Atget, with its 96 images selected mostly from the collection of a young Berenice Abbott, who came to admire Atget through her... Read More
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The New York Trilogy: City of Glass / Ghosts / The Locked Room (Signed First Editions)
by AUSTER, Paul
Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1985-1986. Fine copies in blue cloth boards. In unclipped, illustrated jackets; near fine, save for mild sunning to rear panels. Complete set housed in custom clamshell case, featuring three faux spines with leather lettering pieces.. First Editions. Octavo. A lovely set of Paul Auster's postmodern detective trilogy, each SIGNED to title pages in black ink. City of Glass in the elusive first state jacket, without publisher's seal on spine.
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The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California
by BALTZ, Lewis
New York: Leo Castelli / Castelli Graphics, 1974. Near fine in a close to near fine jacket with yellowing and a closed tear to the top left corner which has been repaired to the inside with tape. Previous owners stamp to the front end-paper.. First Edition. Square quarto. Fifty one uniform black and white images of suburban industrial buildings, shot in a minimalist style, with the third picture, "Industrial Structure During Painting," looking eerily like a Mondrian. A... Read More
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The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California (Signed Limited Edition)
by BALTZ, Lewis
New York: Leo Castelli / Castelli Graphics, 1974. Short owner's inscription, top corners lightly bumped, else fine in a near fine jacket jacket with a hint of yellowing at the edges. Housed in a custom clamshell box.. Limited Edition. Square quarto. Number 48 of 100 copies; SIGNED and hand-numbered by Baltz to title page. The existence of this limited edition is little documented in the book trade. Fifty one uniform black and white images of suburban industrial buildings,... Read More
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The Nam (Signed Limited Edition)
by BANNER, Fiona
London: Frith Street Books, 1997. Negligible crimping at the spine heel and a touch of shelf wear, very close to fine in laminated boards as issued. A very nice copy, signed, of the rare hardcover edition, usually encountered in suboptimal condition.. First Edition. Thick quarto. The issue in hard cover, limited to 100 copies, of 1000 total. SIGNED by Fiona Banner and dated in the year of publication. An artwork in the guise of a book. The author... Read More
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Welcome To Earth
by BARBER, Tim
Tokyo: Yuka Tsuruno, 2011. Some shelfwear and minor scuffing to the covers, else near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Quarto. A compilation of 91 untitled and undated snapshot photographs by Tim Barber, beautifully printed in both color and black and white. Barber was the mastermind behind tinyvices, an influential website which highlighted a golden era of young film photographers from 2005-2011.
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Everything Must Go. (Signed Limited Edition)
by BARBER, Tim
New York: TV Books, 2007. A few spots of scuffing to the white covers, else near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers.. Limited edition. Quarto. Handmade edition of 50 copies SIGNED by Tim Barber; this is number 50. Photocopy zine, taped at the spine, with high-contrast black and white images of pets, signs, interiors, and cityscapes.
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Drawing Restraint: Volume IV
by BARNEY, Matthew
New York: JMc & GHB Editions, 2007. Fine in blind-stamped boards. No dust jacket, as issued.. First Edition. Octavo. Published to coincide with Matthew Barney's film Drawing Restraint 9, the ninth installment of his ongoing Drawing Restraint series. Features color film stills and drawings, inspired by the movie's central themes of whaling, the Japanese tea ceremony, and the Shinto religion.
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Swimming (Signed Deluxe Edition with 9 Photographs)
by BARNEY, Tina and Tina Howe
New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991. Spine faded, as typical, else near fine in original half morocco and lightly-scuffed cloth slipcase.. Limited Edition. Oblong folio. One of 175 copies, SIGNED by both Barney and Howe. One of the most sought-after books in the esteemed Whitney Library Fellows Series, with a play from Tina Howe paired with nine full-page chromogenic photographs (11 x 14 inches) by Tina Barney.
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Georg Baselitz
by BASELITZ, Georg
Cologne: Michael Werner, 1995. Near fine in yellow wrappers.. First Edition. Quarto. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at Galerie Michael Werner, 11 November - 22 December 1995. 10 color plates with text in German. One of the best series by Baselitz.
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