Search Results: Photography from Conover Books

Urbana, Illinois: Stormline Pr, 1986. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black lettering. Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated with black and white photographs! "It has been eight years since that fall day I traveled my first two-lane blacktop down a section line in east central Illinois, through the tunnels of corn that brought to my mind the subways of the city. Born and raised in Chicago, I had no idea that corn grew so high, no understanding of life on the prairie. I have since discovered how quiet 'quiet' can be in the evening, watching the sun go down over miles of farmland........" ------- from the Preface.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bulfinch Press, 1992. Edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; large chip out of the dj near the head of the spine; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a nice used first edition! Gray cloth with silver lettering on the spine. 216 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and artistic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Cornell Cjapa, world famous for his photojournalism as well as for his founding of New York's International Center of Photography, has had a long and productive working life. His career has spanned several key decades of the twentieth century, and his work has taken him around the globe to cover political events and chronic social problems, to photograph the famous and the unsung." 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition. Gray Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Cornell Capa. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Woodstock, Illinois : Friends of MCC Foundation, 2009. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased as well as the upper corner of the front of the wrapper; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used SIGNED copy! Full-color pictorial wrapper with white lettering. Inscribed by the author on the title page! 114 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "This is an introductory level text book. The technological as well as the philosophical directions are for those who have little or no experience with photography as well as those who may have technical skills but who have not approached photography as a medium of the fine arts............." (SIGNED COPY).. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: The Museum of Historical Arms, 1983. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is creased as well as the outer edge of the front of the wrapper, some shelf wear, small liquid stain at the top of the title page, overall a nice used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Black and white pictorial wrapper with yellow lettering. 72 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "The Museum of Contemporary Art observes its 15th Anniversary with the 1982-1983 exhibition season, which has included the first U.S. retrospectives of the sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz and pioneering video artist Nam June Paik. It is appropriate that as part of this very special season the MCA is also able to present a major showing, indeed, the first comprehensive retrospective, of the photographic works of Kenneth Josephson." ---- from the Preface by John… Read More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1982. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, magazine article is taped to the first page, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 168 very clean, unmarked and uncreased pages wonderfully enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs! "This book is not an exhaustive how-to-manual, nor is it merely a photographer's field guide to nature. In Photography of Natural Things, Freeman Patterson demystifies the techniques of photographing nature and guides us to make fine images of the subjects we find wherever we are----whether a crowded metropolis or untouched wilderness. 'Through the photography of natural things, we can explore freely our interests and our relationships to the natural world, the vast system of which each of us is a tiny part.'". First Edition / First Printing. Hard Cover.… Read More

New York: Time- Life Books, 1972. very nice copy of an older book on photography!. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. Hint of edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed, corners are very gently rubbed, no dj (dj is included with the book; it has been trimmed and the flaps have been cut off and trimmed) , signed by the former owner on the first page, newspaper clipping about Capa's death attached with tape to the half-title page as well as some tape on the inner front cover and first pages, overall a very clean, collectible, signed first edition! Very very rare signed copy, extemely scarce and hard to find! 243 very fine, unmarked and uncreased extremely collectible pages! Inscribed by the author on the first page: "'If your pictures are no good you're not close enough' Bob Capa". Orange cloth with black lettering on the spine. "Slightly Out of Focus is a contradiction in terms, being the natural climax of a special kind of publishing achievement at the same time that it is a completely different sort of book. With it Henry Holt and Company will have… Read More

U.S.A.: Ediciones Polígrafa, 1974. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! White cloth covered boards with black lettering on the spine. 144 historical and artistic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Being born means leaving the comforting nest of the coiled serpent in which we have huddled for nine months and going out into the unpeopled light, the neutral cold; into what we call space ---- though it is really nothing but an immense vertigo until we have some yardstick to measure it by, some guide that will help us to place ourselves in the world thus opening out before us..............." ------- from Point One (page 9).. First Edition. White Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by F. Catala-Roca. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

U.S.A.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page! Full-color pictorial wrapper with white lettering. 132 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical moving pages of full-color photographs! "Color photos and stories from a 3-year back packing journey around North Carolina. My name is Marty Harris and I was a photojournalist during the 1980's. I shot many of these photos on a wonderful cross state hiking trip that started on a beautiful autumn day in 1987 and ended in May of 1991. This was a 3-year odyssey across one the most beautiful and exhilarating states in the country. The photographs from this book were all made as I discovered these unique people and places where I had never been to before. I hope you enjoy this trip across the mountains, the piedmont and the… Read More

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: International View Co. , 1901. Edge and corner worn, scuffed, scratched and stained along the edges, some fraying in the top and base of the spine, corners are bumped and rubbed, former owner's name and a date in ink on the ffep, former owner's library label is affixed to the inner front cover, a couple of loose pages in the front and back, light stain in the base of about the first half of the pages (not affecting captions or readability), text block is removed from the case but still attached in the rear, overall a poor to fair copy with the photographs and captions being in good condition (very crisp and bright and all there). This is a very very rare title and a must have even in this condition! Prolificly illustrated with vintage full-color photographs! Extremely scarce! Tan cloth with blue and red lettering on the front cover and a blue military illustration. "Nothing like them ever before undertaken. Many photographs, secured at fearful risk to the… Read More