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[202] pages, 210 copies printed under the supervision of the designer C.S. Ricketts.

Foreword by Harwell Hamilton Harris.

Vintage gelatin silver print measuring 7 x 13 inches dry mounted to Hi-Art Illustration Board measuring 9 x 15 3/8 inches, signed in pencil by the photographer on the mount below image, lower right. Illustrated on page 93 of The San Francisco Book, (1948) and plate 26 in The Photographs of Max Yavno, (1981). Yavno, a student of documentary photography and the social landscape, started his career in photography during the late 1930s working for the Works Progress Administration in New York City. Like many young photographers in New York during the late 1930s, Yavno was drawn to the meetings of the Photo League where he became close friends with fellow members Consuelo Kanaga and Aaron Siskind. He was president of the League between 1938 and 39. After World War II, Yavno moved to Los Angeles. In 1947 he received a book contract from Houghton Mifflin to photograph the urban scene of San Francisco. The publisher decided to publish a book on San Francisco inspired more by the traditions of the WPA Guide… Read More

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1821. Some soiling and foxing to plates and text leaves, untrimmed. 9 x 5 1/2 inches, boards with leather spine, discoloration and wear to boards and leather, Xii, 300, 4 pages of advertisements plus 2 engraved plates.

Michael Dawson Gallery, Los Angeles, 2005. Fine. Limited edition: 1 of 25 copies numbered and signed by the photographer in the colophon 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches, unnumbered pages, cloth with cloth slipcase, An artist book project containing one hundred and thirty images from the photographers extended visual investigation of the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria. The book was designed and printed digitally by Kaucyila Brooke using archival inks. In her introduction the photographer notes that, "The Natural History Museum in Vienna was inaugurated in 1889. Its palatial architecture, its systematic arrangements of natural objects, and its furnishings have remained virtually unchanged. It was not until the mid 1990s that electric light was added to the exhibition halls; until then the museum would often close as early as two o'clock in the afternoon during the winter months because it was no longer possible to see. However, contemporary circumstances and trends toward… Read More

Imperial Press, Cleveland, 1902. Very good: expert restoration to spine ends; top corner of text block and front cover slightly bumped. First Edition 9 x 6 1/4 inches, 251 pages, tan cloth lettered in black on front cover and spine, 11 pages of ads for photographic products at end, numerous full-page and smaller halftone reproductions of photographs in pagaination. An important account dealing with the nineteenth century American photographic trade. Included with the book are two portraits by Ryder, both with his Cleveland studio imprint. One photograph is in the carte-de-visite format while the other is a cabinet card.