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Women, Heroes, and a Frog
by Leen, Nina
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- Used - VG+
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- First Softcover Edition 1st Printing
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- 1970
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- Soft cover
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- 9780393086249
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W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1970. First Softcover Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. VG+. Leen, Nina. A whimsical, often strange, collection of "human situations in pictures,'' by photographer & native New Yorker Nina Leen, who originally took the black-and-white photos while working at Life magazine. Also published in hardcover, this is the First Edition, First Printing, in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Many Faces
by Birch, Margaret; Kenyon, Karen; Rodriguez, Josie; Schaffroth, Nancy; Rodriguez, Al (Photographer)
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- First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing
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- 1972
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- Soft cover
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San Diego, California, U.S.A.: Calendula Graphics, Inc., 1972. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Good+. Oblong. Rodriguez, Al. A intimate of 4 women in the early 1970s exploring themselves & their friendship in naturalistic settings, with sepia-toned photographs (y Al Rodriguez) interspersed with verse & line drawings. 199 pp. A FIRST EDITION, third printing, from 1972,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hoofs, Claws and Antlers of the Rocky Mountains by the Camera
by Roosevelt, Theodore (Introduction); Wallihan, A. G. (Photographer); Wallihan, Mrs. (Photographer)
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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£226.83
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Denver, Colorado: Frank S Thayer, Publisher, 1894. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. Wallihan, A. G.; Wallihan, Mrs.. Contains 43 plates representing black-and-white "photographic reproductions of wild game from life,'' with an Introduction by the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, then governor of New York. The photographer-authors, Mr. A. G. & Mrs. Wallihan, had moved to Lay, CO,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beatles '64: A Hard Day's Night in America
by Rayl, A. J. S.; Gunther, Curt (Photographer)
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- Fine
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780385245838
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Doubleday, 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Gunther, Curt. Journalist Rayl & photographer Gunther take you back in time to "the year of the Beatles--1964" when the Fab Four made their debut on the American continent & changed the music world & society in general forever. In 232 pages, lavishly illustrated with candid, many never-before-seen… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Beatles: Recording Sessions
by Lewisohn, Mark; McCartney, Paul
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- First American Edition 3rd Printing
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780517570661
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Harmony Books/Crown, 1989. First American Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. This is an astounding, comprehensive look behind-the-scenes with the world's foremost rock group across their career together, drawn from the official day-to-day diaries kept by EMI Records to provide a one-of-a -kind snapshot of EVERY single recoding session that the Beatles did with that label from 1962-1970,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Untitled 42
by Friends of Photography; Hosoe, Eikoh (Photographer); Hill, Ronald J. (Afterword)
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- 1986
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- Soft cover
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- 9780933286467
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Carmel, California: Friends of Photography, 1986. Soft cover. Fine. Hosoe, Eikoh. Another (#42) in a collection of books on "serious photography" published by the Friends of Photography in Carmel, California, a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1967. This volume, featuring Japanese photographer-filmmaker Eikoh Hosoe, includes a cross-section of his work, beginning with the "Man and Woman" project from… Read more about this item Item Price
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Concentration Camp Dachau 1933-1945
by Distel, Barbara (Editor); Jakusuch, Ruth (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1978
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- Soft cover
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- 9783874905282
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Munich, Germany: Comite International de Dachau, 1978. Soft cover. Very Good. Catalogue designed to guide visitors through the Dachau Memorial Museum, opened in 1965 in Bavaria to commemorate the victims of the atrocities perpetrated at the concentration camp of that same name, 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945, when the camp was liberated. A… Read more about this item Item Price
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Carrie Mae Weems
by Kirsh, Andrea; Sterling, Susan Fisher
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Revised Edition
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- 1994
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- Soft cover
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- 9780940979215
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£88.42
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Washington, D. C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1994. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Catalogue designed to accompany a 1993-1995 traveling exhibition of the photographic works of Carrie Mae Weems, the first such widespread public showing for this Black American woman artist just then entering her '40s. First published in 1993, this is the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinai (Booklet & Record)
by Merom, Peter; Alon, Azaria (Introuction)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1969
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- Soft cover
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£46.13
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Jerusalem, Israel: Israel Tourist Information Services, 1969. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Lesser-known publication from the self-taught & award-winning Israeli photographer Peter Merom (1919-2022), who established Kibbutz Hulata. Commemorative or tourist booklet published in the immediate aftermath of the Arab-Israeli Six Day War in June 1967, documenting both the eternal beauty of the Sinai… Read more about this item Item Price
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Heart of the Rockies in Colorado
by Crisp, J. Douglas
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1906
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- Soft cover
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Denver, Colorado: Williamson-Haffner Engraving Co., 1906. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. Take a train-ride across Colorado in the first decade of the 20th century via these 24 stunning color lithographs, with descriptive commentary inside both covers by Dr. J. Douglas Crisp. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1906 (could be 1904 or 1908, date is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror (Memorial Edition)
by Fallows, Rt. Rev. Samuel (Introduction); Linthicum, Richard; White, Trumbull
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- No Jacket
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- First Thus
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
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£26.91
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1906. First Thus . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Designed to be the most comprehensive work ever produced on this event, the publishers hired the best historical writers & photographers to document the devastating effects of the April 18th, 1906, earthquake that virtually leveled the city of San Francisco, "having no parallel outside of Dante's Inferno." Countless first-person accounts… Read more about this item Item Price
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Take One and See Mt. Fujiyama, and Other Stories
by Michals, Duane
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1976
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- Soft cover
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- 9780916614003
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Rochester, New York: Stefan Mihal/Light Impressions, 1976. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. A collection of short, short stories, designed to be erotic, featuring both nude & semi-nude males & females, told in a single sentence matched to a single black-and-white photograph per time. Unpaginated, approx. 72 pages. Oblong softcover 16 mo (6" x 8")… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kiss the Joy as It Flies
by Pearson, John
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- Used - Very Good+
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1970
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- Soft cover
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Berkeley, California: Bookworks, 1970. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Collection of intimate (some full nudes) black-and-white photographs of everyday people & nature by the author, augmented with lines of poetry & prose from authors like Anais Nin, Loren Eiseley, & others. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from Sept. 1970, this softcover quarto (8.5"… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Summer of Love: Haight-Ashbury at Its Highest
by Anthony, Gene; McClure, Michael (Foreword)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Thus
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- 1996
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- Soft cover
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- 9780867194210
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Last Gasp , 1996. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. Anthony, Gene. Thousands of people flocked to the corner of Haight and Ashbury during the Summer of Love, but few saw the unfolding phenomenon as clearly as did Gene Anthony" (trps.org). This book is SIGNED by the celebrated photographer on the title page. Here, at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tao Te Ching: A New Translation
by Tzu, Lao; Feng, Gia-Fu (Translator); English, Jane (Translator)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First, Thus
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- 1972
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- Soft cover
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- 9780394718330
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books/Random House, 1972. First, Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. The ancient Chinese from the 6th century BCE in a brilliant new translation by Fia-Fu Feng & Jane English. Elegant Chinese calligraphy & stunning black & silver photographs by English complement the beautiful verses. Unpaginated. First published in this format in 1972,… Read more about this item Item Price
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An African Trailer Safari
by Plant, Philip M.
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1939
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- Soft cover
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£61.51
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1939. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. Description of an expedition carried out 1938/39 for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, tasked with collecting specimens for the Leopard & Colobus Monkey groups for the new Akeley Hall of African Mammals at the museum, which had just completed construction a few years earlier… Read more about this item Item Price
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Book of the Dead: Celebrating 25 Years with the Grateful Dead
by Greene, Herb; Hunter, Robert (Foreword)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1990
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- Soft cover
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- 9780385299473
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press/Delta, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Greene, Herb. Lavishly illustrated with renowned Haight-Ashbury photographer Greene's black-and-white that he took over a quarter of a century while traveling with the band. Foreword by Robert Hunter, in 159 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from Mar. 1990,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Maui Vacation: Homemade Scrapbook 1960s
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Homemade scrapbook of a trip to "the Valley Island Maui of the Hawaiian Group" full of mid-century photos, postcards, maps, & other ephemera, depicting the island's scenery, including many of its luscious plant life. Housed in a black 3-ring binder, an elderly couple from Ventura, CA, document their travels, landing in Hana, then traveling… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bodies: Boris Vallejo His Photographic Art
by Vallejo, Boris
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Thus
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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- 9781560251262
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thunder Mouth Press, 1996. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Vallejo, Boris. The master of fantastic art & illustration turns his eye to photographing beautiful, powerful subjects, many in fantasy attire, the majority women, all beautifully sculpted examples of the human form at its finest. Orig.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rivington School: 80s New York Underground
by Kantor, Istvan (Editor); Tsuchiya, Toyo (Photographer)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
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- 2020
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- Soft cover
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- 9781570273711
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New York, New York: Autonomedia, 2020. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Tsuchiya, Toyo. Documents, in words & photographs, the origins & evolution of the legendary Rivington School on New York's Lower East Side, created by a disparate band of "street artists, sculptors, welders, performers, noise bands, trouble makers, & Neoists" who took over… Read more about this item Item Price
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