New York: The Viking Press, 1982. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 223 pages. Features text by Brassai translated from the French by Richard Miller. Brassai reminisces about his friends: Braque, Dali, Dufy, Giacomett, Leger, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Rouault, Maillol and more. Includes numerous black and white images. A clean and tight copy in brown cloth boards in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some light wear. Item #189241 More
Price: $40.00
New York: Marlborough Gallery Inc., 1979. First edition. Softcover. 12 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 8 through October 6, 1979. Includes, with the covers, 8 black and white images, a list of previous exhibitions, list of books, and a checklist of the show. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Item #194575 More
Price: $40.00
New York: Marlborough Gallery Inc., 1979. First edition. Softcover. 12 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 8 through October 6, 1979. Includes, with the covers, 8 black and white images, a list of previous exhibitions, list of books, and a checklist of the show. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some light wear and from the library of the Marlborough Gallery with their marks. Item #214590 More
Price: $25.00
Paris: Drouot Montaigne, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 467 pages. Massive auction catalog dedicated to the work of Hungarian born French photographer. Includes numerous illustrations. A near fine copy in paper covered boards that are lightly rubbed and with a slight lean and some pencil price notations throughout. No dust jacket as issued. Item #206445 More
Price: $65.00
New York: Pantheon, 1976. Later printing. Softcover. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. An interesting study of the nightlife of paris in the 30's that includes some of Brassai's iconic black and white photographs. A clean and tight near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear and some slight sunning to the spine. Item #211987 More
Price: $20.00
New York: Pantheon, 1976. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. An interesting study of the nightlife of Paris in the 1930s and includes numerous black and white images. A very good copy in black cloth boards with some slight foxing to the page edges and in a near fine dust jacket with some slight foxing as well and with a laid in gallery announcement from a 1976 Marlborough exhibition of Brassai's photographs. Signed and inscribed by Brassai on the title page in the year of publication. Item #203347 More
Price: $500.00
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First edition. Softcover. 79 pages. Features an introductory essay by Lawrence Durrell. Includes 61 black and white photographs, many of which are some of his more iconic images. Also includes a selected bibliography compiled by Bruce K. MacDonald. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with some very minute wear and a vintage price sticker to the verso of the front cover. A bright and clean copy. Item #179834 More
Price: $20.00
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 79 pages. Introductory essay by Lawrence Durrell. Includes 61 black and white photographs, many of which are some of his more iconic images. A clean very near fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of this terrific small book on one of the more important photographers of the 20th century. Item #192251 More
Price: $35.00
London: Photographers Gallery, 1979. First edition. Softcover. 16 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 1979. Features a foreword by Sue Davies and a short text by photographer Bill Brandt. Includes 13 black and white images by Brassai and several other illustrations as well. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Seemingly fairly uncommon. Item #191878 More
Price: $35.00
Houston, TX: Museum of Fine Arts, 1999. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran April 13 through July 3, 1999. Single sheet folded three times to create 8 pages. Text by Julian Cox. Includes 5 black and white images. A very good plus copy. Uncommon ephemera. Item #145992 More
Price: $15.00
Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1933. First edition. Softcover. First printing. Text by Paul Morand in French. A collection of 62 full bleed photogravures that represent the height of printing and imagery of France at night. A likely unique copy that includes two examples of the front cover. A close to near fine copy in spiral binding with some of the usual minor rubbing and edge wear to the front and rear covers but with the second front cover much brighter and largely free of wear. Internally a clean copy. A very nice copy of one of the true high spots of 20th century photography books and on virtually every best of lists. (Parr & Badger v1, 134 , Roth 76). Item #204269 More
Price: $3,000.00
Lucerne, Switzerland: C. J. Bucher Ltd., 1963. First edition. Softcover. 60 pages. April 1963 issue. Text in English. The highlight of this issue is an article by Brassai on his friend Andre Kertesz that includes numerous black and white images. Also includes a color photograph by Saul Leiter long before he got he gained traction late in his life. A good only copy in wrappers with splitting and wear along the spine and with an institutional rubberstamp to the front cover but otherwise a clean copy. Uncommon. Item #210355 More
Price: $50.00
Lucerne, Switzerland: C. J. Bucher Ltd., 1969. First edition. Softcover. 58 pages. January 1969. This issue is features articles on Brassai with text and images by him, an article on Lee Friedlander with text by Steve Katz. A near fine copy in wrappers. Item #181653 More
Price: $35.00
New York: Evergreen Review, 1962. First edition. Softcover. 125 pages. Literary journal with contributions by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, John Rechy, Philip Whalen, James Broughton, Bill Berkson and Frank O'Hara. But the highlight of the issue is the inclusion of the collaboration with photographs by Brassai and text by Henry Miller: "Paris La Nuit." A clean near fine copy in wrappers that feature an image by Brassai. Item #185468 More
Price: $20.00
London: B.T. Batsford Limited, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 264 pages. Text by Russell. Includes numerous black and white images by Brassai. A tight very good copy with a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper and some minor internal foxing and a slight bit of mustiness in a close to near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minor wear. Item #151339 More
Price: $20.00