New York: Random House, 1993. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A massive retrospective monograph with 284 photographs from his Avedon's long career. A clean near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards in a very near fine printed acetate jacket.. A clean and tight copy of one the best books on Avedon. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Item #191104 More
Price: $150.00
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. First edition. Softcover. [12 pages.] Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 13 through November 5, 1978. Features text by Rosamond Bernier. Includes with the covers 6 black and white images and a checklist. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some foxing and some other minor wear. Uncommon. Item #204911 More
Price: $50.00
Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran July 2 through August 30, 1970. Elaborate production with a large folded poster that has 240 thumbnail photographs of the images in the show along with 10 loose cardstock images and a stapled catalog all housed in an embossed cardstock folding envelope. Internal elements are in near fine condition and housed in a very good folder that has edge wear and a tear to the right edge. Item #202503 More
Price: $75.00
New York: Random House, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Attractive monograph dedicated to Avedon's photographs of the fashion work of Versace. Includes 69 four color and 49 duotone images. A very near fine copy with photo illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Item #195923 More
Price: $85.00
Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970. First edition. Poster for an exhibition that ran July 2 through August 30, 1970 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Measures 32.25" x 18.75" when opened. Includes Avedon's black and white portraits of Humphrey Bogart and President Dwight D. Eisenhower. A very fine copy that is machine folded as issued. Seemingly fairly uncommon. Item #195198 More
Price: $125.00
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2005. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 246 pages. A look at the photographs of women by Avedon taken throughout his long career. Features an essay by Anne Hollander. Includes 125 tritone and 10 full color illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in white cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #205154 More
Price: $75.00
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1978. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features an essay by Harold Brodkey. A collection of some of the best images from the first 30 years of Avedon's long and illustrious career. A clean near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards in a near fine printed acetate jacket that has some very minor wear. This remains one of the better and more attractive books on Avedon. Item #214372 More
Price: $200.00
Paris: Chene, 1976. First French edition. Hardcover. Text in French with an essay by Harold Rosenberg. A collection of black and white photographs of various celebrities and the various people who posed for Avedon. Includes several gatefolds. A clean and tight very near fine copy in white cloth boards in a very near fine dust jacket. A nicer than usual copy. Item #182347 More
Price: $125.00
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1976. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features an essay by Harold Rosenberg. A collection of black and white photographs of various celebrities and the various people who posed for Avedon. Includes several gatefolds. A very good copy in cloth boards with slight foxing and in a near fine price clipped dust jacket dust jacket. Item #203627 More
Price: $100.00
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1976. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features an essay by Harold Rosenberg. A collection of black and white photographs of various celebrities and the various people who posed for Avedon. Includes several gatefolds. A clean and tight very near fine copy in white cloth boards in a clean near fine dust jacket with a faint scratch to the front panel. Still, a very nice copy. Item #214362 More
Price: $150.00
New York: Atheneum, 1964. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Avedon's second book, a collaboration of these two childhood friends. Features text by Baldwin and black and white photographs by Avedon. An about very good copy with a former owner signature to the front pastedown, some staining to the base of the spine and to the front panel and in a very good slipcase with some soiling and stains and some other light wear. No dust jacket as issued. Internally a clean copy. Despite the flaws a solid copy of this increasingly uncommon book in acceptable condition. Item #207835 More
Price: $300.00
Minneapolis, MN: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1995. First edition. Softcover. 12 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran July 9 through September 17, 1995. Essay by Jane Livingston. Includes 12 small black and white photographs. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Seemingly uncommon. Item #174485 More
Price: $25.00
San Francisco, CA: Fraenkel Gallery, 2001. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. One of 5000 copies, but never a common book as it wasn't well distributed. Features text by Judith Thurman. A fascinating look at Avedon's work for Harper's Bazaar in the 1950's that includes 40 quadratone images. A very near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards made to look they have been marked up in the printing process. No dust jacket as issued. Item #203505 More
Price: $450.00
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. One of Avedon's best and most cohesive book, a look at "regular" people. Avedon traveled extensively taking a portable studio with him to and photograph his subjects in front of a white background which' resulted in stark and striped down images. Features background text by Laura Wilson. A very near fine copy in cloth boards with black and white plates affixed to the front and rear covers and in a near fine acetate dust jacket with a slight crimp to the top of the spine. A lovely copy. (Parr & Badger v2, p38). Item #214346 More
Price: $350.00
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Avedon's landmark first book, a collaboration with Capote who supplies the text. A striking collection of full-bleed black and white images. An about very good copy with a small stain to the base of the front board, some wear to the spine ends and some bumping to the bottom front corner in an about very good paper slipcase that has some wear, soiling and some staining as well. No dust jacket. Despite the flaws a solid copy of a poorly made, but beautiful book. (Roth 148-149). Item #160297 More
Price: $350.00
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 151 pages. Avedon's landmark first book, a collaboration with Capote who supplies the text. A striking collection of full-bleed black and white images. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards in a very good acetate dust jacket with some large chips/chunks missing and in a near fine slipcase with some light wear. Still a much nicer than usual copy of a book that is inherently fragile. (Roth 148-149). Item #196363 More
Price: $450.00
New York: Random House, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 183 pages. Edited by Mary Shanahan. A monograph published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Whitney Museum that traveled to Minneapolis. A fifty-year retrospective look at Avedon's long career. Features essays by Jane Livingston and Adam Gopnik. Includes many of Avedon's most iconic images along with many lesser seen ones as well. A clean and tight very near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. Item #207582 More
Price: $75.00
New York: Random House, 1994. First edition. Softcover. First printing of the simultaneous paperback issue. Edited by Mary Shanahan. A monograph published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Whitney Museum that traveled to Minneapolis. A fifty-year retrospective look at Avedon's long career. Essays by Jane Livingston and Adam Gopnik. Includes many of Avedon's most iconic images. A fine copy in wrappers. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Item #180008 More
Price: $65.00
Gottingen, Germany and Washington, DC: Steidl and Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2008. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 295 pages. Published in conjunction a major exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Features an introduction by Renata Adler and with essays by Paul Roth and Frank Goodyear. Features numerous black and white images from throughout Avedon's long career taken from various bodies of his work. Also includes a bibliography by Sarah Campbell and Amanda Maddox and a checklist. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket and with a laid in signed letter from Paul Roth, the senior curator, presenting this book to photographer and longtime photo editor John Loengard and also with the 16 page exhibition program. Item #207256 More
Price: $150.00
Chicago, IL: Columbia College, 1992. First edition. Softcover. 20 pages. Features a brief foreword by Lynn Sloan-Theodore. A critical comparison between these two important photographers Includes 6 black and white images. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some very minor wear. Uncommon. Item #173870 More
Price: $75.00
Lucerne, Switzerland: C. J. Bucher Ltd., 1974. First edition. Softcover. 56 pages. November 1974. Includes images by: Richard Avedon, Bernard Descamps, Arthur Elgort, and Pablo Larreta. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Item #213301 More
Price: $25.00
New York: American Society of Magazine Photographers, 1965. First edition. Softcover. 30 pages. March 1965. Volume XIV No. 3. Cover image by Andre Kertesz. Features a portfolio images by Andre Kertesz along with a review of a The Museum of Modern Art by Dan Budnik. Also includes Sammy Davis Jr.'s review of Richard Avedon and James Baldwin's classic book "Nothing Personal" that has three images from the book. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some very faint foxing. Item #208740 More
Price: $30.00