New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features the text from Baum's classic book and accompanied by numerous pop-ups by Robert Sabuda. A very good plus copy in illustrated boards with a tiny tear to the top of the rear panel at the spine and a small tap to the bottom rear corner. No dust jacket as issued. A very nice copy. Item #186068 More
Price: $30.00
Paris and New York: Robert Delpire and Universe Books, 1956. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features an introduction by Manuel Tunon de Lara translated by James Emmons. A collection of black and white photographs by Werner Bischof in Peru who died before the project was completed and includes numerous additional black and white images by Robert Frank and Pierre Verger. A near fine copy with some slight foxing to the cloth boards and a small vintage bookstore sticker to the rear pastedown in a very good dust jacket that has a horizontal crease a tear to the top of the rear panel and a small stain there as well and some other wear as well. Item #184249 More
Price: $55.00
Chicago: Choice Magazine, 1962. First edition. Softcover. Issue 2 of this terrific literary journal which features portfolios of photographs by Robert Frank and Harry Callahan along with poems by Charles Bukowski, Richard Wilbur, A.R. Ammons, Galway Kinnell, Richard Hugo and many others. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some creasing and minor wear to the spine but internally a clean copy. Item #175462 More
Price: $35.00
Urbana, IL: The College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, 1961. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran February 27 through April 2, 1961. Brief text by photographer Art Sinsabaugh. Includes information about each photographer along with 1 black and white image from each and a checklist of the works in the show. A close to near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some very minute wear. Item #164888 More
Price: $50.00
New York: Blind Spot Inc., 2004. First edition. Softcover. Issue features numerous color and black and white images by Alec Soth, Frank Gohlke, Robert Kelly, Victor Schrager, Stephen Shore, Jem Southam, and Joel Sternfeld. Also includes the text of a conversation between Shore and Tim Davis. A fine as new copy in wrappers. One of the better issues of this terrific magazine. Item #178719 More
Price: $20.00
Culpeper, VA: Contemporary Photography, Inc., 1968. First edition. Oblong softcover. Features text by Cornell Capa, Don Underwood, Frank Gibney, and Minor White. Includes numerous black and white images by Werner Bischof, Robert Capa, Andre Kertesz, David Seymour, Dan Weiner, and Leonard Freed. A fine copy in wrappers. Item #182414 More
Price: $20.00
Zurich, Switzerland: Scalo Publishers, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition. Features the text of a conversation between Frank and Ute Eskildsen along with an essay by him and additional essays by Wolfgang Beilenhoff and Christoph Ribbat. Includes numerous black and white images some of which hadn't been published before. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #158187 More
Price: $50.00
New York: Aperture, 1969. First revised and enlarged edition. Small oblong softcover. This remains one of the most important and influential photography books of the 20th century. Along with the classic body of black and white photographs from the Grove edition this was the first version to feature several pages of film strips from Frank's work in movies during the 1960s. A near fine copy in wrappers with some of the expected creasing to the spine and with the usual Grossman Publishers' label on the rear panel. Item #177959 More
Price: $250.00
Manchester and Washington, DC: Cornerhouse Publications in association with National Gallery of Art, 1993. First Cornerhouse edition. Small oblong hardcover. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. A collection of Frank's classic black and white photographs taken on his tour of America. Simply put, this is one of the most important photography books of the 20th century and it's influence can't be overstated. A fine copy in boards in a fine dust jacket. An as new copy of this classic that is still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. (Parr & Badger 247; Roth 150-151). Item #185368 More
Price: $150.00
New York: Aperture - Grossman Publishers, 1969. First edition thus. Small oblong hardcover. The first revised edition of Frank's iconic book. Features the brilliant introduction by Jack Kerouac which was in the Grove edition but not the Delpire version. Includes the full complement of black and white images from the original edition but also with the first appearance of black and white stills from Frank's movies. A close to near fine copy in black cloth boards with an area of discoloration to the bottom rear corner and a with a previous owner's ink name and date of acquistion at the the upper corner of the front free endpaper in a very good dust jacket with a few edge tears and other minor wear. Still, a pleasing copy of this terrific book. Item #186959 More
Price: $250.00
New York: Grove Press, 1959. First edition and first printing. Small oblong hardcover. First published in France in 1958 as "Les Americains" this was the first edition to include Jack Kerouac's terrific introduction. Sixty years later Frank's images seem every bit as fresh now as they were a revelation then. A tight close to near fine copy in black cloth boards with some slight rubbing to the lettering on the spine and with a contemporary gift inscription to the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. A solid copy of easily one of the most important and influential photography books of the 20th century. (Parr & Badger v1, 247; Roth 150-151). Item #188070 More
Price: $1,250.00
Washington, D.C. and Zurich: National Gallery of Art and Scalo, 1994. First edition. Softcover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition, "Robert Frank: Moving Out" that ran October 2 through December 31, 1994. Originally done as an artist book of three copies that was spiral bound and contained original photographs, one copy is held by The Museum of Modern Art, one copy went to Frank's parents and he donated the third copy to the National Gallery of Art from which this book is derived. A collection of black and white images by Frank taken in the years 1948 to 1952 and in Valencia, London, Paris, Barcelona, Peru and New York. A very fine copy in wrappers. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Item #180004 More
Price: $75.00
Gottingen: Steidl, 2006. First edition. Softcover. A facsimile of an artist book by Robert Frank that includes Polaroid images taken while he was in Beirut. A fine copy in spiral bound wrappers in a fine cardstock slipcase and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Item #182490 More
Price: $35.00
Zurich: Tages Anzeiger, 2002. First edition. Softcover. Text in English and German by Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and others. Essentially a follow up to the 1962 issue of Du, this issue again turns it's focus to the work of Robert Frank. Includes numerous black and white and some color images. A fine copy in wrappers and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. An as new copy. Item #182090 More
Price: $25.00
Boston: Little, Brown and Company & The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 111 pages. Published on the occasion of an exhibition in Houston with the same title. Edited by Anne W. Tucker the book compiles numerous photographs by and of Frank as well as letters from him to his relatives and friends. Includes 21 duotones, 5 halftones and 4 color images. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket that has some minor rubbing and edge wear. Item #102213 More
Price: $85.00
Paris: Robert Delpire, 1958. First edition and first printing. Small oblong hardcover. Edited by Alain Bosquet and includes numerous brief texts in French by Simone de Beauvoir, Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and other on pages facing the stunning group of black and white images by Frank. A clean and tight very near fine copy in Saul Steinberg illustrated boards with some slight toning to the spine and a tiny tap to the bottom front corner and to the top of the spine. No dust jacket as issued. A much nicer copy than usual of an inherently fragile book. (Roth p. 150). Item #182688 More
Price: $4,000.00
New York: Lustrum, 1972. First edition. Softcover. A paperback original in the United States, which was preceded only by the uncommon Japanese limited edition. Includes a wide range of Frank's work prior to his seminal book "The Americans" along with images from that period and his later film work. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with some minor wear and from the library of New Topographics photographer Joe Deal with his rubber stamp to the front free endpaper. A nice copy with an interesting provenance. Item #163995 More
Price: $350.00
New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. The third iteration of this monograph by Frank. Preceded by a Japanese limited edition and a paperback edition by Lustrum. This revised edition offers a further look at Frank's work before, during and after the release of his seminal book "The Americans." Includes a look at his later work in film as well. A near fine copy in illustrated paper covered boards in a close to near fine printed acetate dust jacket that has some edge tears, tiny chips and slight soiling. Still a pleasing copy of a book with an inherently fragile dust jacket. Item #174531 More
Price: $150.00
New York: Lustrum, 1972. First edition. Softcover. A paperback original in the United States, which was preceded only by the uncommon Japanese limited edition. Includes a wide range of Frank's work prior to his seminal book "The Americans" along with images from that period and his later film work. An about good copy in photo-illustrated wrappers with some creasing to the top front corner and to the rear panel and with some staining to the front cover and to the bottom of the rear cover and to the bottom edge of the last few pages. Despite the flaws a solid copy of this classic. Item #178982 More
Price: $85.00
Washington, D.C. and Zurich: Corcoran Gallery of Art and Scalo, 2003. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Published in conjunction with a show that ran May 10 through July 14, 2003 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. A collection of 90 tritone images taken before his seminal book "The Americans." A clean very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket and with laid in booklet. Item #174182 More
Price: $45.00
Akron, OH: Akron Art Museum, 1985. First edition. Oblong softcover. 28 pages. A slim exhibition catalog from a show that ran November 8, 1985 through January 5, 1986. Introduction by Barbara Tannenbaum and an essay by David B. Cooper. Includes sixteen black and white photographs by Frank. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers Uncommon. Item #173843 More
Price: $75.00
Zurich, Switzerland: Scalo, 1998. First edition. Softcover. A collection of letters and postcards sent to Robert Frank from the likes of Jack Kerouac, Keith Smith, Bill Burk, Allen Ginsberg, Risaku Suzuki, Jim Goldberg, Walker Evans, Louis Faurer, Yuichi Hibi, Jno Cook, Ed Grazda (who along with Frank edited this book), Ralph Gibson, Toshi Ueda, and numerous others. A fine copy in wrappers in fine integral dust jacket. Item #178467 More
Price: $35.00
New York: The New York Times, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. "Published for the fun of it by The New York Times and dedicated to the American Bookseller June, 1963." A humorous collection of photographs by Frank of the inimitable comedian /actor Zero Mostel. A very clean near and tight near fine copy in a very good plus example of the original fragile unprinted glassine jacket. Item #162822 More
Price: $200.00
Gottingen: Steidl, 2008. Small oblong hardcover. Text in German with the essay by Kerouac. Frank's classic book of black and white photographs which was originally published in 1958 in France and then 1959 by Grove Press. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Surprisingly uncommon in this version. Item #172710 More
Price: $150.00
Goteborg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center & Scalo, 1997. Second edition. Hardcover. 52 pages. Published on the occasion of Frank winning the 1996 Hasselblad Award. Foreword by Gunilla Knape. Essay by Mikael van ReisIncludes numerous black and white images, some of which are gatefolds. Also features a chronology and bibliography. A near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear and a small sticker shadow to the rear panel. Item #173689 More
Price: $20.00