Search Results: Photography from Carnegie Hill Books

Barcelona: Lunwerg, 1996. Small folio. Unpaginated; loaded with color photographs, many full page; bibliography. Text in Spanish and English. Cloth with dj in pictorial slipcase. Fine/Fine/VG+.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Zurich: Parkett Publishers, 1991. Oblong quarto. [150] pp; color photographs throughout. Pictorial boards in matching dustjacket. #4/35 copies with original signed, numbered drawing on blank page preceding title page. A fine, unused copy in fine jacket. CD of film music by Sergey Kuryokhin in rear pocket. Buster's Bedroom is a 1990 independent German comedy film directed by Rebecca Horn. The film follows a young woman with an infatuation for Buster Keaton. The film was shown at the Marché du Film of the Cannes Film Festival in May 1990. Later that year it was shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles together with Horn's exhibition. The objects of the exhibition were connected to the film, as themes, character references and props. The film was released in Germany on 9 May, 1991.The film stars Amanda Ooms, Donald Sutherland, and Geraldine Chaplin. The location is Nirvana House, south of Santa Barbara, which Keaton himself frequented over his alcohol problems and was even detained in a… Read More

NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1984. First American edition. Quarto. 240 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minimal edgewear. Review Copy - Publisher letter & five press photos laid in. Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) worked for Vogue for more than 50 years as photographer, fashion illustrator, social columnist, war correspondent, and travel writer. His photos offer an intimate perspective and social commentary on the lives of the rich and famous - Coco Chanel, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Twiggy, Greta Garbo, Mick Jagger, Audrey Hepburn, Mae West, to name a few.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Paris: Musee Carnavalet, 1985. Quarto. 59 pp; full of b/w photographs. Text in English & French. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy, edges of cover & page edges lightly yellowed or toned; no wear to covers. Charles-Nicolas Ledoux was the most prolific French architect between 1762 and 1788, yet by the publication of this catalogue, only 6 or 7 of the 80 Paris buildings that Ledoux conceived remain.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Encens, 2011. Quarto. Not paginated. Profuse b/w photographs, some color. Text in French & English. Grey paper-covered boards. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; covers clean & unmarked. This issue features: Gerard Pipart, Mary McFadden, Deorah Turbeville, Zoran, Yvonne Sporre, Mako Yamzaki, Axl Jansen, Christa de Carouge, Comme de Garcons, Francesco Brigida, Hans Feurer, Issey Myake, Olivier Jacquet, Paolo Roversi, Peter Lindbergh, Samuel Drira, Sybille Walter, Takao Fujikawa, Toscani, Yohji Yamamoto, Yves Saint Laurent, and more - beautifully styled fashion shoots.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. First American edition. Oblong quarto. 160 pp; profuse color photographs; bibliography; index. Publisher's blue cloth with unclipped dustjacket. VG{/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; edges of jacket flaps yellowed, else VG. An interesting photographic tour of England's Lake District and its range of landscapes. The book features Ambleside & the Central Lakes, Keswick & the Northern Lakes, Kendal & the Eastern Lakes, Windermere & the Southern Lakes, Ravenglass & the Western Lakes, and Buttermere & the North-Western Lakes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Washington, DC: American Institute of Architects Press, 1990. Second printing. Quarto. xiii, 216 pp; b/w & color photographs; catalog; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book documents one of the most photographed architectural landmarks of the 20th century through the author's collection of photographs, which spans nine decades, from 1901 to 1990. Included are classic depictions by photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz and Karl Struss and contemporary ones by Joel Meyerowitz, George Tice, Lee Friedlander, and others.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Paris: A.C.E., 1981. Quarto. 117 pp; b/w & color photographs by Janine Niepce. Text in French. Paperback. VG. Photographs of Paris's fountains and pools by Janine Niepce.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Janine Niepce.

Paudex, Switzerland: Bonvent & Fontainemore, 1973. Quarto. 336 pp; illustrated in color and b/w; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG to near fine in VG to near fine unclipped jacket. Nicely presented survey of public fountains in Switzerland, that were, in the past, a source of water and the social hub of town life.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Callaway Editions, 2000. Oblong octavo. 94 pp; 90 b/w photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. VG in VG dustjacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Macmillan, 1977. First American edition. Quarto. 136 pp; 8 color plates, 167 b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG. Contributions from Elizabeth Longford, Helmut Gernsheim, Roger Taylor, Frances Dimond, Cecil Beaton, Tom Hopkinson, and Richard Cawston.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: J.J. Augustin Publishers, 1944. First edition. Quarto. 133 pp, nearly all full-page b/w photographs. Original cloth with scarce dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, binding firm; price-clipped jacket has small loss at top of spine & corners with a few tape repairs on the reverse of jacket. Horst's first book and uncommon in jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Granada: Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife, 2003. Quarto. 205 pp; full of photographs; index of authors. Paperback with flaps. Near Fine, former owner name at top of ttle page, else clean & unmarked. A 2003 exhibition of a century of photographs of the Alhambra, including photographs taken by the British photographer Charles Clifford.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1992. Oblong quarto. 112 pp; 77 b/w halftones by well-knows photographers; Cocteau chronology; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket shows mild shelfwsear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

NY: R&B/Grove, 1982. First printing. Octavo. Unpaginated. Full of b/w photographs by Roswitha Hecke. Paperback. VG, light wesr to extremities; former owner writing on half title page.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Gottingen: Steidl, 2006. Quarto. 183 pp; illustrated throughout with color plates. Cloth with illustrated pastedown. Signed by Marc Joseph 11.1.06 at Strand Books, NYC, one of the stores captured in his photos. Growing up in Ohio in the 1970s, photographer Marc Joseph was first exposed to art, writing and music in the eccentric smaller book and record shops of downtown Cleveland. Most Saturday afternoons were spent combing through the stacks in anticipation of a major future purchase--like his first, London Calling by the Clash--or studying certain talismanic book covers like George Orwell's Animal Farm or Allen Ginsberg's Howl. This was the beginning of Joseph's permanent fascination with books and records--both as public artworks and as formative private experiences.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New.

London: Fountain Press, 1947. Fifth printing. Octavo. 136 pp; b/w illustrations. Cloth in price-clipped dustjacket. VG in G jacket. moderate edgewear and chips to jacket, missing top portion of jacket spine. Text block cocked.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Thames & Hudson, 2007. Oblong octavo. 223 pp; full page color photographs throughout. Illustrated boards. Near fine. Photographs of eclectic New York City shop windows and interiors along with an image of each establishment's business card on the facing page.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

NY: Thames and Hudson, 1991. First edition. Quarto. 159 pp; 104 duotone illustrations; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. The author offers a narrative history of Surrealism, and also analysis of the major works of Surrealist literature, all of which are imbued with the essence of Paris.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Lausanne: Editions J. Marguerat, 1943. First edition. Quarto. 102 pp; 81 gravure photographs by Maurice Blanc. Text in French. Tan cloth with title on cover & spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket lightly chipped at top of spine with several short edge tear, minor wear at base of spine & corners. Photographs of the architecture, landscape, and people of Vaud, Switzerland by Maurice Blanc. Part of the series: "Merveilles de la Suisse.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Maurice Blanc.