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New Bedford, MA: Reynolds Printing Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. Oblong Octavo. Oblong 8vo. 84 pp. (with cover), 8 pp. supplement by William A Clough, et al. n.d. (c. 1938). Second Edition. Light external wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean, white. 6" x 9". Original printed wrappers in protective sleeve. 0.

Denmark: Municipality of Aalborg, 1985 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 92 pp, Mostly b&w photographic reproductions. Text in English. First Edition, 1985. "Morten Bo (born 10 May 1945, Copenhagen), is a Danish photographer who has specialized in documentary work with a social impact. His 15 travelling exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s proved quite controversial. In the 1980s, he turned to more abstract photography with lines, contours and contrasts of light and shade. A member of Delta-Photos from 1967 to 1972, in 1973, he was a co-founder of the Ragnarok group. In line with his interest in promoting the art, he founded Fatamorgana, Denmark's school of art photography, in 1989. Morten Bo has had a significant impact on photography in Denmark not only through his co-founding of Ragnarok in 1983 but especially as head of the Fatamorgana school of art photography. 'This book is a photo report on life in Aalborg. An independent work of art cjonfronting the visitor with… Read More

Columbus, OH: Ward Brothers, 1888 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Oblong 12mo. Oblong 12mo. 10 pp. Accordion bound book. Lightly rubbed edge wear with loosening of fold from 1st page. No markings, pages clean. 6" x 5". Decorative red boards with decorative gilt lettering to front board. In protective sleeve..

Berlin: Globus Verlag Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated with b&w illustrations. n.d. Edgewear lightly soiled front board and age-toned endpapers, else, Near Pristine Interior with bright, white pages and tight, strong binding. Grey boards with bold gilt lettering and 2 1/1" x 4 3/4" b&w illustration of Lurlei on front board..

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1991 Book. As New. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. 4to. xii, 273 pp, acknowledgments, preface, The American Portrait by John Wood; The Alternative Aesthetic: The Langenheim Brothers and the Introduction of the Calotype in America by Dolores A. Kilgo; Landscape in Limbo by John R. Stilgoe; Sex, Death, and Daguerreotypes: Toward an Understanding of Image as Elegy by David E. Stannard; The Progress of Civilization: The American Occupational Daguerreotype by Brooks Johnson; Captured without Resistance: A Social View of the American Militia by John F. Graf; Silver Plates on a Golden Shore: "The Real Thing Itself" by Peter E. Palmquist; The Contemporary Daguerreotype by Jeanne Verhulst; The b&w Plates; notes on the plates, contributors, selected bibliography. First Edition, 1991. "Now available in paperback, America and the Daguerreotype brings together 200 previously unpublished images (28 in full color) as it examines the earliest photographic… Read More

New York: Greenwich House, 1983 Book. Illus. by Porter, Eliot - Photographer. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Reprint. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 224 pp, illus. with 89 color plates. Edited by John Macrae. Price clipped. Only the slightest wear to dj with lightly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 10.5" x 12.25". Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "An informative text by the distinguished novelist complements a collection of photographs of the American landscape in a work that depicts all aspects of American life from the Rocky Mountains to the state of Maine.".

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1967 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-Good +. ix, 135 (4) pp, acknowledgments, list of 89 illustrations (12 in full color), introduction, 1. The Daguerreian Art and Portraiture; 2. Color Comes to the Portrait; 3. The Daguerreian Scene; 4. Miniature Case for Daguerreian Art; notes to the text, biographical notes -- artists and daguerreians, selected bibliography, index. First Edition, 1967. " This book is a comprehensive and scholarly survey of the work of those often unknown artists. Starting with a generous sampling of the most popular type -- portraits -- the authors then show that some artists were actually able to introduce color into the process, including the notable career of Levi Hill, who invented a color process, is fully covered for the first time, and there are samples of his remarkable work. The authors then show a number of landscape scenes, and include exasmples of the decoration of miniature… Read More

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1967 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. ix, 135 (4) pp, acknowledgments, List of 89 color and b&w illustrations, Introduction, 1. The Daguerreian Art and Portraiture, 2. Color Comes to the Portrait, 3. the Daguerreian Scene, 4. Miniature Cases for Daguerreian Art, notes to the text, biographical notes: artists and Daguerreians, selected bibliography, index. This is a comprehensive and scholoarly survey, including a generous sampling of portrait artists, Levi Hill, who invented a color process, a number of landscape scenes, and examples of decoration of miniature cases. Price clipped with minor edgewear to tips of corners dj. Slightly rubbed spot at bottom edge near hinge of ffep, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1983 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong Quarto. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xii, 122 pp, list of 110 plates, Introduction by Robert Adams, NATURE: Space 6-18; Rocks 19-30; Trees 31-40; Waterfalls 41-48; Light 49-55. MAN AND NATURE: Indians 56-61; Man and Space 62-83; Trains 84-93; Growth 94-110; notes on the photographers, photographic processes, suggested reading. Edited and with notes by Daniel Wolf. First Edition, 1983. "These photographs were taken by some 22 amateur and professional photographers between the years 1842 and 1906. Most are of the West -- Yosemite and Yellowstone, the Colorado and Columbia rivers, Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, and California -- but included are photographs of Brooklyn and Rocheter, New York and New Hampshire. The majority of the prints are albumen; but this collections includes daguerrotypes, platinum prints, platinogypes, and bromide prints. Among the artists are Timothy O'Sullivan, William… Read More

New York: Rizzoli, 1989 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Unpaginated, Introduction by Edward Booth-Clibborn; The Jury; Editorial: Photographs for Consummer, Trade, and Technical Magazines and Periodicals, Plates 1-87; Advertising and Posters: Work for Advertising in Consumer Brochures, and Posters, Plates 88-100; Promotion: All Forms of Design Photographs, Including Technical or Industrial Literature, Annual Reports, Album Covers, and Self Promotion Pieces, Plates 101-116; Books: Photographs for Fiction and Nonfiction Books, Plates 117-124; Unpublishe Work: Commissioned But Unpublished Photographs, and Personal Work by Professionals, Plates 125-135; Photographs By Artists: Fine-Art Photographs, Plates 136-138; index. First Edition, 1989. "This fifth annual volume comprises some of the year's most imaginative and powerful images, and the resulting selection of photographs represent the best work being done in the United States and Canada. More… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1982 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 259 pp, introduction, chronology, list of 150 duotone plates. The Stated First Edition, 1982 and not the 13-digit ISBN. "This unique retrospective volume celebrates the seventy years of Kertesz' photographic career, from his native Hungary, through an exciting and fruitful decade in Paris, to his American period in Greenwich Village, where he lived for the remaining 40-five years of his life." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Grey cloth with silver lettering to front board and spine..

New York: Penguin Books, 1978. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Trade Paperback / First Printin. Oblong Octavo. 224 pp, Inscribed by the photographer to the previous owner on t.p., 10.5" x 9.4" b&w photos & white wraps. Binding tight & square, pages clean, unmarked. Wraps with very light wear to fore-corner tips. .

Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2005 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 128 pp, Introduction by Stephen Daiter; Black-And White Plates and Essays by Curators, Colleagues, Friends and Collectors: Hungary 1914-24; Paaris 1925-36; New York 1937-85; checklist, references, essay index, and acknowledgments. Scarce Title. Limited to 1/900 copies. First Printing, 2005. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago (3/11- 5/28/2005). Beautifully printed on Mohawk Superfine paper by Meridian Printing Greenwich, the vintage images assembled here address Kertesz's visual sensibility and genius. Some of the photographs are classically familiar while others are refreshingly obscure. Each of the contributors had the opportunity to choose an image and either address it directly or write more broadly on the artist. Therefore, some essays relate closely to the justaposed image, while others use an image as… Read More

Thames & Hudson, 1993 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. 159 pp, A Suspended Tragedy by Jean Lacouture; A Buddhist Presence amidst the Gods by Jean Boisslier; Serenity, Sensuality by Marc Roboud; Captions to the Photographs by Madeleine Giteau; Afterword by Marc Riboud with b&w Plates. Not Price Clipped. Signatures starting...; lightly bumped top edge spine at front board and dj, else, no wear. 13.4" x 9.75" grey cloth with grey lettering to front board and spine, and grey satin ribbon..

New York: Aperture, 2000 Book. Fine. Pictorial Cover. 4to. 78 (2) pp with articles on The photography collection of Marie-These & Andre Jammes, A small portfolio of photos by Mimmo Jodice, Love letters to Edward Weston (notably from Margarethe Mather and Tina Modotti), Photoessay on foreign-owned factories in Juarez, Marly Silverstone's life: from Magnum photographer to Tibetan Buddist Nun, The Photographic Books Of Jeff Bridges, and An album of wedding pictures introduced by Francine Prose. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Pictorial wraps..

New York: Aperture, 1982 Book. Near Fine. Pictorial Cover. 4to. 79 (1) pp. with works by Atget, Judith Mara Gutman, Nina Raginsky, Gilles Peress, and Robert Adams. Near Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Pictorial wraps..

Portland, Oregon: Graphic Arts Center Pub Co, 1979. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong Octavo. 102 pp. with color photographs by Michael Warren throughout and text by Sandra Kocher. 1,000 copies of this deluxe edition were printed for publication April 30, 1979. This is number 764. No dust jacket as published. In Fine paper covered slip case. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. 1/4 green leather over white cloth with gilt lettering and a yellow silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine..

Munchen: Schirmer Mosel, 1975 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 57 + 40 b&w Plates, Uber Landschaftsphotographie Von Wolfgagn Kemp: 1. Vorbemerkung; 2. Landschaftsmalerei; 3. Die Entstehung der Photographie aus der Landschaftsmalerei; 4. Landschaftsmalerei und Landschaftsphotographie; 5. Excursions Daguerriennes; 6. Die Entdeckung der anonymen Landschaft; 7. Einige allgemeine Uberlegungen zur Photo-Asthetik. Die Landschaftsphotographie August Sanders von Wolfgang Kemp: 1. Vergleich der Aufnahmen 32 und 33; 2. Betrachtung von Aufnahme 18; 3. Betrachtung von Aufnahme 6; 4. Sanders Portrats; 5. Biographie; 6. Rheinlandschaft. Anmerkungen; Literaturnachweis; Verzeichnis der Tafeln; Tafeln. Text in German. First Edition, 1975. "August Sander - Rheinlandschaften" (August Sander - Rhine River Landscapes), with an introduction by the art historian Wolfgang Kemp was the first Schirmer/Mosel publication (1975). The book was well received by the… Read More

Munchen: Schirmer Mosel, 1975 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 57 + 40 b&w Plates, Uber Landschaftsphotographie Von Wolfgagn Kemp: 1. Vorbemerkung; 2. Landschaftsmalerei; 3. Die Entstehung der Photographie aus der Landschaftsmalerei; 4. Landschaftsmalerei und Landschaftsphotographie; 5. Excursions Daguerriennes; 6. Die Entdeckung der anonymen Landschaft; 7. Einige allgemeine Uberlegungen zur Photo-Asthetik. Die Landschaftsphotographie August Sanders von Wolfgang Kemp: 1. Vergleich der Aufnahmen 32 und 33; 2. Betrachtung von Aufnahme 18; 3. Betrachtung von Aufnahme 6; 4. Sanders Portrats; 5. Biographie; 6. Rheinlandschaft. Anmerkungen; Literaturnachweis; Verzeichnis der Tafeln; Tafeln. Text in German. First Edition, 1975. "August Sander - Rheinlandschaften" (August Sander - Rhine River Landscapes), with an introduction by the art historian Wolfgang Kemp was the first Schirmer/Mosel publication (1975). The book was well received… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1993 Book. Illus. by Vignes, Michelle - Photographs. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition / First Printing. Oblong Octavo. 96 pages, Intro by Lee Hildebrand, b&w photos with musician/artist's name, club, and year. includes dancers as well as musicians, mostly in Oakland, but also in Berkeley & San Francisco. Clean, tight, and unworn. DJ in removable mylar protector. 10.25" x 8.8" smooth black cloth boards in illustrated DJ.