Recent Arrivals from Purpora Books

Gottingen, Germany: Steidlmack, 2009. Large format, 9" x 11". Bound in sky blue shiny cloth with fluorescent pink lettering on upper board and on spine. 375 pages with essays by David Chandler, Russell Ferguson and Michael Almereyda and photos by Paul Graham. Heavy and will require additional postage.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Vendome, 1996. Large format, 9 1/2" x 12 1/4". Reproduction of Deakin's photos, mainly portraits of actors, poets, painters, etc. 144 page, 111 duotones and 7 colour plates. Heavy and probably will require additional postage.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

Kansas City, MO: Tin Roof Press, 2008. Large format, 10" x 11 1/2". Bound in burgandy cloth titles in silver on upper board and spine. Introduction by Edith Gowin. B&W plates of photos by Emmet and Elijah Gowin. 55 pages. Signed by Emmet, Elijzah, and Edith (signatures only) on title page.. Signed by Photographer. First… Read more about this item

Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 1999. Large, 11 1/2" x 11 1/2". Bound in orange cloth with photo affixed to upper board. The only defect to this copy is that the photo on upper board has a small sticker scar and there are places where the photo has not printed, leaving white marks. Photos by Eggleston, postscript by Bruce… Read more about this item

New York: Aperture / Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Large format, 10 1/2" x 12". Reproduction of B&W photographs by Harry Callahan. 203 pages. Large and heavy and may require additiional postage depending on destination.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

(Madrid, Spain): Ministerio De Cultura / Centro De Arte Reina Sofia , 1988. Bound in black cloth with stylized cross impressed on upper board. Spine cloth slightly faded. Reproduction of photographs grotesque in nature. Each full page plate has a caption sheet and sketch of the proposed photograph. Text in Spanish. 107 pages. . First… Read more about this item

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2002. Large format, 9 1/2" x 12". With 192 illustrations of Deakin's photos in duotone and few in colour. 208 pages with index. Large and heavy and probably will require additiional postage.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2009. Large format oblong, 13" x 9 1/2". Colour and B&W photos by Killip taken over repeated trips to Ireland between 1993 and 2005. 95 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

Cardiff: Ffotogallery Wales, 2010. Large oblong, 12 1/2" x 11 1/2". Bound in bright blue cloth with silver lettering on upper board and on spine. Essays by David Drake and Mark Durden, in English and Welsh. Colour photos by Fraser. 73 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued.

Munchen: Schirmer / Mosel, 1999. Large format, 11 1/2" x 11 1/2". Photos of industrial structures: water towers, gas tanks, blast furnaces, workingmen's housing, coal elevators, cooling towers, and mineheads. Text in German and English. Unpaginated.. Reissue. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

Gottingen, Germany: Steidl, 2002. Large oblong, 15 1/2" x 12". Illustrated boards rubbed along the edges; internally fine. Reproduction of photos taken in the Ukraine in 1986 which document summer days and bathing pleasures at a lake of high salt content near Slavjansk. Text in English. Unpaginated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus./No Dust Jacket as Issued.… Read more about this item

Keremeos, BC: Self-Published, 1996. Large format, 8 1/2" x 11". Very descriptive account of waterwheel technology developed in other places and adapted in British Columbia for generating power, milling, mining, and irrigation. Pages: vii + 163, with many B&W illustrations and photographs.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Birmingham: Ikon Gallery, 2000. Oblong, 10 3/4" x 7 1/4". Illustrated covers; illustrated endpapers (both different). Plates (some fold-outs) of family, plus a selection of urban landscapes, and video stills. 93 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket as Issued.

Vancouver / Boston / Lethbridge: Douglas & McIntyre / David Godine / Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 2002. Oblong, 10 1/2" x 8". Presents 46 of James's superbly expressive and evocative photographs, reproduced in rich tritone, accompanied by Wiebe's eloquent stories. 127 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Gottingen: Steidl, 2007. Lage format, 9" x 12". bound in heavy black paper with cloth backstrip. Photos and text by Robert Frank. Script and B&W photo stills of movie with Peter Orlovsky, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and others. DVD of movie (1968) in plastic pocket attached inside of rear cover.. First Edition. Large Trade Paperback. Fine..

New York: Aperture, 1991. Large oblong, 12 1/2" x 9 3/4". Colour photographs of two large working class families living in subsidized council estates in Nottingham, England. Waplington's first book.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

London: Davenport Associates, 1991. Large format, 10" x 13". Trace edge wear to covers. Phase 11 of the Broadgate development on the northern fringe of the City of London. Colour and B&W photographs (29 plates) taken during the construction of this large office building.. First Edition. Large Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus..

New York: Aperture, 1996. Large format, 9 1/4" x 13". Dust jacket has a 1/2" tear top of rear panel and associated creases, and a 1 1/2" tear bottom of front panel next to spine fold. New colour photographs from the continuing "Living Room" series. Essay by Irving Welsh.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust… Read more about this item

Altadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1989. Lage format, 10" x 13". Black dust jacket has rub marks. The perverse, and morbid portrait photography of Witkin. Photographer actively seeks out his models of physical marvels and freaks of nature. Plates are printed in four colour, though subtley so, as most appear B&W. Essay by Gus Blaisdell. Unpaginated..… Read more about this item

China: China Photgraphic Publishing House, 2007. Large format, 11 1/2" x 11 1/2", and heavy. The west, meaning western China: Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan. Reproduction of Jianguo's B&W photographs. Text in Chinese and English. 125 pages. Signed and dated (2009) by photographer on front free endpaper.. Signed by Photographer. First Edition. Hard Cover in… Read more about this item