Search Results: Photography from Astro Trader Books

[ANGENIEUX BROCHURE]. Angenieux, Saint-Heand, France, 1986. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Full color photos front and verso with much of the original gloss present, minor corner creases and nicks to extremities. Scarce French camera lens technical advert brochure for the Angenieux 180mm f2.3 APO lens, for the Leica R 35mm camera system. Also available in Nikon, Canon FD and Contax lens mounts. One of the fastest lenses ever designed in the 180mm focal length. Angenieux is a world famous French motion picture cinema lens manufacturer that also made lenses for still photography for several decades until the mid 1990s. Angenieux lenses are highly prized today by professional photographers, cinematographers, camera collectors for their color saturation, vibrant color rendition and bokeh. Original full color brochures of the still lenses from Angenieux are scarce. Stored in professional collector archival plastic sleeve protector. Suitable for wall display or reference for the professional… Read More

[HASSELBLAD BROCHURE]. Victor Hasselblad AB, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1996. First Edition. Condition: Fine. Appears unread near white pages, minor indent on front, with much of the original gloss on photo illustrations of brochure. Camera advert brochure for the last of the iconic Hasselblad V System cameras, the Hasselblad 503CW medium format camera first released in 1996 with new ground breaking features specifically improved for wedding, fashion as well as studio photographers. The new camera features include; the Winder CW automatic film winder, TTL OTF flash metering sensor compatible with the Hasselblad D-Flash series and a new Gliding Mirror System that does not vignette in the viewfinder when using 100mm or longer focal length lenses. Original camera brochure from Hasselblad not a facsimile copy and not a reprint. Uncommon Hasselblad brochure of a important medium format camera. 6 pgs. tri-fold. 4to.

[PETER GOWLAND]. HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH WOMEN. DELUXE EDITION. Crown Publishers, New York, 1954. First Edition Thus with new cover art. Book Condition: Very Good+. Appears barely read, in dark green cloth boards, rubbing to corner edges, pages are clean, bright and binding good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good -. Numerous half-inch chips and creases to extremities, unclipped with original price on inner flap, intact in mylar professional collector jacket. A rare DJ in any condition with a uncommon title. Scarce autograph, inscription to a photographer and fan on the half-title by legendary glamour photographer Peter Gowland. Includes provenance letter laid-in to the previous book owner and photographer from a model. Uncommon. 128 pgs. 4to.

[VICKI GOLDBERG]. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE. HarperTrade, New York, 1986. First Edition, First printing. True first edition stated with full number line. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust jacket Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Not price clipped with the original price of $25.95, mild shelf wear and micro-creases to extremities. Overall a near pristine fine copy. Cover art photography by Sunil Janah. Uncommon first edition biography of a major 20th Century documentary photographer, collectible. 413 pgs +[11]. 8vo.

[DAVID DAVIS]. PLAY BY PLAY: LOS ANGELES SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY 1889-1989 FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION OF THE LOS ANGELES LIBRARY. Angel City Press, Santa Monica, 2004. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, light shelf wear, pages are clean and binding tight. 100 years of sports photography from the Los Angeles Public Library Archives by award winning journalist David Davis. Signed by the author on the half title. 160 pgs 4to.

[ROBERT SHECKLEY]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR). PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, March 1970. Vol. 17 No. 3. Softcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good+. Appears unread, micro-chips to extremities, minor rubbing to covers, centerfolds intact as originally issued, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. First appearance ever by author Robert Sheckley of the science fiction short story "The Same To You Doubled". Centerfold photography by William and Melba Figge of the 1970 Miss March Playmate Christine Koren, pin-up illustration by Alberto Vargas. Cover art photography of model Barbi Benton by Dwight Hooker. Classic science fiction short story first appearance, vintage Playboy collectible.

[LEN DEIGHTON]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR). PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, February 1967. Vol 14., No., 2. First Edition. Condition: Very Good / Good. Appears unread, a few scattered soiling stains to front cover, minor bumping to corners, else pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Centerfold and all pages intact. First appearance ever from author Len Deighton of the spy novel, An Expensive Place to Die, this is the third part in the series. Centerfold photography of model Kim Farmer by Stan Malinowski and cover art photography of model Helen Kirk by Pompeo Posar. Pin-up illustration by Alberto Vargas. Classic vintage Playboy magazine collectible.

[MICHAEL CRICHTON]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR). PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, February, 1971. Vol. 18, No. 2. Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Appears unread, scuffs, light scratches, mild rubbing mostly near spine and cover, chips and creases to extremities typical of vintage magazines of this age, else pages are clean, bright and binding tight. All pages, covers and centerfolds intact. First appearance ever and early second novel by authors Michael Crichton and Douglas Crichton in magazine form of, Dealing: or the Berkley-to Boston Forty-Brick Lost- Bag Blues. This is the third part of the novel in the magazine series. The movie of the same name was released in 1972 by Warner Bros. studios and starred actors John Lithgow and Barbara Hershey. Centerfold photography by Mario Casilli of Miss Playmate February 1971, pin-up illustration by Alberto Vargas.Willy Rey was made famous for being on the illustration of the official Playboy Stock Certificate. Classic vintage Playboy… Read More

[P.G. WODEHOUSE]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR).PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, February, 1964. Vol 11., No. 2. Softcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good +. Appears unread, micro-chips, light scratches to covers, extremities, minor rubbing to corner edges, covers typical of vintage magazines of this age, centerfolds intact as originally issued, pages are supple, clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. First appearance ever by author P.G. Wodehouse of the novel Biffen's Millions also titled as Frozen Assets (this is Part I of II). Centerfold photography by Pompeo Posar of the 1964 Miss February Playmate Nancy Jo Hooper, pin-up illustration by Alberto Vargas. Modern first appearance romantic comedy novel by a major author, vintage Playboy collectible.

[RAY BRADBURY, ROBERT SHECKLEY]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR). PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, August 1971. Vol. 18, No. 8. Softcover. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, micro-chips to extremities, minor rubbing to covers, centerfolds intact as originally issued, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. First appearance ever by author Ray Bradbury of the mystery thriller short story "My Perfect Murder" retitled later as "The Utterly Perfect Murder" and short story by Robert Sheckley "Three Sinners in the Green Jade Moon" which appeared in Sheckley's 1971 hardcover Sci-Fi collection published later the same year retitled as " Pas De Trois of the Chef and the Waiter and the Customer" in "Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?". Centerfold photography by Mario Casilli of the 1971 Miss August Playmate Cathy Lynn Rowland, pin-up illustration by Alberto Vargas. Classic science fiction first appearance short stories, vintage Playboy collectible.

[ELLERY QUEEN]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR). PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, March 1971. Vol.19, No. 3. Softcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good +. Appears unread, rubbing, scuffs to covers, creases, micro-chips to extremities typical of vintage magazines of this age, else pages are clean, bright and binding tight. First appearance ever by Ellery Queen (pseudonym for authors Frederic Danny and Manfred Lee) of the rare short story "The Three Students". This was the last short story from author Manfred Lee. Centerfold and cover art photography by David Chan, featuring models Cynthia Hall as Miss March Playmate 1971 and Peggy Smith on the cover. Pin-up illustration by Alberto Vargas. Classic vintage Playboy magazine collectible.

[ARTHUR C. CLARKE]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR). PLAYBOY. HMH Publishing Co. Inc., Chicago, December 1971. Vol. 18 No. 12. Softcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good +. Appears unread, micro-chips to extremities, minor rubbing to covers, centerfolds intact as originally issued, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. First appearance ever by author Arthur C. Clarke of the science fiction novelette "A Meeting with Medusa", winner of the 1972 Nebula Award for Best Novella. Centerfold photography by Pompeo Posar of the 1971 Miss December Playmate Karen Christy, pin-up illustration by Alberto Vargas. Modern science fiction novelette first appearance, vintage Playboy collectible

[BUNNY YEAGER, LAWRENCE BLOCK]. HUGH M. HEFNER. (EDITOR). PLAYBOY. Playboy Enterprises, Chicago, May 1994. Vol. 41, No. 5. Softcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good +. Appears unread, micro-chips, rubbing to corner extremities, minor creases to covers, centerfolds intact as originally issued, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Scarce signature, inscription and "Lipstick Kiss" by Bunny Yeager on the editorial of Bunny's Honeys with models; Betty Page, Myrna Weber, Cindy Fuller, Joyce Nizzai, Lisa Winters and more. Additional second autograph laid-in from Bunny Yeager with inscription on her photography studio stationery letterhead. First appearance story ever by Lawrence Block of "Dogs Walked, Plants Watered" . Cover photography by Herb Ritts of Elle Macpherson, centerfold photography by Arny Freytag of the 1994 Miss May Playmate Shae Marks. Modern pulp fiction / crime detective mystery first appearance with rare autograph from the legendary pin-up photographer and model Bunny… Read More

[JOHN ENGSTEAD]. STAR SHOTS: FIFTY YEARS OF PICTURES AND STORIES BY ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHERS. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1978. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust Jacket is unclipped with mild shelf wear. John Engstead was a Hollywood glamour and portrait photographer who started out in publicity stills department of the movie studios. Includes photos of actors; Clint Eastwood, Lauren Bacall, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, Carole Lombard, Rosalind Russell, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman and many more of the most famous actors of the 20th century. Front cover, back panel photos with numerous interior photo illustrations in both color and B/W though out by photographer John Engstead. 250 pgs. 4to.