Below is a short list of some of our more interesting titles. This list is updated every week.
np: np, 2007. Hardcover. Text primarily in Chinese but with some English including the captions. Published in conjuction with a show that ran September 29 through October 7, 2007 in Beijing and then additional dates in two other locations. Includes color illustrations of 161 objects. A very near fine copy in illustrated boards and with a fine wraparound band. No dust jacket. Item #142478 More
Price: $250.00
West Hollywood, CA: St. Ann's Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Number 60 from a deluxe edition of only 65 copies. Introduction by Karen Sinsheimer. Essay by Roberto Tejada. Includes 59 plates. A fine copy in special binding with the limitation stamped into the rear panel in a fine cloth slipcase and with a fine separate folio holding the two loose platinum photographs. Each photograph is signed and numbered by Almond and are in fine condition. The prints are of "Casbah Street" and "Granddaughter with Tobacco Leaves." A beautiful production. Item #149637 More
Price: $650.00
Pawlet: Claude Fredricks/ Banyan Press, 1958. First edition. Softcover. Copy 47 from an edition of 526 copies. Berryman's uncommon second book, a slim collection of poems. An about very good plus copy in string tied wrappers that are lightly soiled and with some creasing to the top edge. Lacking the mailing envelope. Signed and inscribed: "To Henry Rago again promising the Churchill sooner or late. John Berryman Mpls 6 Mar.'59." A terrific association as Rago was a poet and the editor of Poetry Magazine at the time. Item #125750 More
Price: $950.00
New York: Arno Press Inc. 1974. Hardcover. Reprint edition. Includes numerous black and white images. A near fine copy in silver boards with some minor wear. No dust jacket. Uncommon. Item #151560 More
Price: $200.00
New York: Amphoto, 1961. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. One of the classic photography books of the 20th century with a preface by Lawrence Durrell and an introduction by Chapman Mortimer. Brandt's nudes are as powerful and beautiful now as they were fifty years ago. A tight close to near fine copy in an about very good dust jacket with some chipping and edge tears to the spine ends and some tanning to the edges. Still, a nice copy. (Parr & Badger v1, 216: Roth 160-161). Item #149682 More
Price: $400.00
Cincinnati, OH: Eaton Publishing Company, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 62 pages. The first collection of poems from this African American writer. An about very good copy with some rubbing to the edges of the boards and a small vintage bookstore stamp to the front pastedown. No dust jacket. Uncommon, with only 6 copies listed in OCLC. Item #140516 More
Price: $200.00
San Francisco, CA: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1992. First editions thus. Hardcovers. Volume I had 533 pages and Volume II is not paginated. Volume I features descriptions of 1400 illustrations and Volume II includes illustrations of all of them. Volume I is a very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Volume II is a very near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that has a few small tears and some scratches and wear to the spine. Still, a lovely set. Item #152134 More
Price: $250.00
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A collection of verse by Dunbar accompanied by photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner and decorations by Will Jenkins. A close to near fine copy in illustrated cloth boards with some slight wear to the edges, a small erasure to the rear pastedown and some minor slackness to the binding. No dust jacket. A bright copy. Item #150669 More
Price: $175.00
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. A fictionalized account of Blue Jacket who was an 18th century Native American chief. Eckert helped popularize the idea that Blue Jacket was a white boy who was captured by the Shawnee and grew up to be one of their fiercest defenders but recent scholarship and DNA testing has seemingly disproved that theory. A clean near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a tiny sliver from the base of the spine and with a few other small edge tears and very minor soiling. Signed and inscribed by Eckert on the half title page and very uncommon as such. Item #117433 More
Price: $300.00
New York: Eakins Press, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Includes twelve full-page gravure photographs along with a brief text by John Szarkowski. An about fair copy in wrappers with chipping and wear to the corners and spine and some other minor wear. Plates all in fine condition. A beautifully printed book. Item #153247 More
Price: $200.00
Koln: Snoeck, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Catalog of works based on a show in Milan. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. An as new copy. Item #153343 More
Price: $200.00
London: Silverthorne Press, 1967. First edition. Softcover. The first book, a collection of poetry from the author of such quirky classics as "Wild at Heart." A very near fine copy in printed wrappers. A very uncommon book. Item #106270 More
Price: $250.00
Tokyo: Treville, 1992. First editions. Hardcover. A beautifully printed collection of Gormans' stunning black and white nudes and portraits. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket and in a very good plus example of the scarce publisher's plastic bag. Signed and very affectionately inscribed by Gorman on the title page in 1993. Item #153644 More
Price: $250.00
Fremont, MI: Sumac Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Printed in an edition of 100 clothbound numbered copies, although this copy out of series. A collection of poems by Dan Gerber, Harrison, George Quasha, J.D. Reed and Charles Simic. A fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Gerber on the title page and uncommon as such. Item #146889 More
Price: $200.00
Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Center for the Book, 2003. First edition. Broadside printed in three colors and measuring 15.75" wide by 11.125" high. Printed in an edition of 200 copies but this is one of a small number that were out of series. Produced on the occasion of the Truman Capote Award being presented to Heaney on September 25, 2003 and was printed by Shari DeGraw and Nicole Flores. A very fine copy. Item #155775 More
Price: $250.00
New York: J. J. Augustin Publishers, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. The second book from Horst who was best known for his long career in fashion photography. This book clearly demonstrates his versatility with numerous black and white images. A clean near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket that has some small edge tears and some wear/tiny chips to the corners and spine ends. Still a much nicer than usual copy of a scarce book in any dust jacket. Item #139576 More
Price: $650.00
New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A substantial biography of this imporant American photographer. Includes a selection of some of his better images. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed on the front free endpaper: "The spirit of Gene Smith lives on in words & pictures. Jim Hughes" Item #113250 More
Price: $175.00
New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1996. First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. 335 pages. Exhibition catalog for a large show that ran October 18, 1996 through January 15, 1997 in New York and then went on to Los Angeles, London, and Munich for additional dates. Essays by Diane Waldman, Roberta Bernstein, Carter Ratcliff, Mark Rosenthal, and Clare Bell. Includes over a 150 color and black and white illustrations. A tight very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear to the rear panel. Item #155965 More
Price: $175.00
New York: J.J. Augustin, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. His first book to be published in the U.S. Produced with the assistance of photo historian Peter Pollock and legendary graphic designer and photographer Alexey Brodovitch. With their help this book has become a high spot of 20th century photography books and a consensus pick on all of the "best of lists.' A bright and clean close to near fine copy in cloth binding with some slight splaying to the binding. No dust jacket. (Parr & Badger v1, 200: Roth 114). Item #125729 More
Price: $750.00
New York: Humpy Press, 1975. First edition. Small softcover. Introduction by Hollis Frampton. A comical book of nude color photographs of women taken with a Poloroid SX-70. A clean and tight very near fine copy in illustrated wrappers. Item #146698 More
Price: $175.00
Buffalo, NY: Leslie Krims, 1971. First edition. Small portfolio. Number 2044 of 4000 copies. Includes a folded text sheet along with 24 plates. Plates and sheet in fine condition and housed in a very good plus hinged box that has some wear to the corners. Signed by Krims on the text sheet. A nicer than usual copy of a fragile production. Item #148858 More
Price: $200.00
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Advance copy with a promotional letter from the publisher laid in. His second book. A fine and tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket that has a tiny amount of rubbing and wear. A much nicer than usual copy of the much less common cloth edition. Item #109013 More
Price: $250.00
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. First edition. Softcover. The simultaneous paperback issue. Lyon's important first book, a collection of black and white photographs of the bikers from the Chicago Outlaws. A tight close to near fine copy in illustrated wrappers with some very minor wear to the spine. Signed by Lyon on the title page and dated 2012. A nice copy of this classic. (Parr & Badger v1, 256, Roth 190-191). Item #128992 More
Price: $650.00
New York: Harcourt Inc. 2002. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Martel's powerful first novel which won the Booker Prize. The basis for a brilliant movie by Ang Lee. A very near fine copy with some light bumping to the top of the spine in a very near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the top of the rear corner. Signed and inscribed by Martel on the title page to a publisher representative for Harcourt. Item #145272 More
Price: $175.00
Durham, NC: Horse & Buggy Press, 2007. First edition. Softcover. Copy 23 of 25 of the deluxe limited edition. Printed on 100lb Mohawk Superfine paper and designed by Dave Wofford. Introductory essay by McDonald. A collection of sepia toned images of birdhouses. A fine copy in wrappers in a fine dust jacket and housed in a cloth clamshell box. Signed by McDonald on the colophon page. Includes a 3" x 3" gelatin silver print of "Nestled" which is signed and numbered 23/135 along with another gelatin silver print that measures 7" x 7" and is titled "Virginia View" and is also signed and numbered 23 of 25. A beautifully printed book with laid in publisher information sheet. Priced below the published price. Item #149282 More
Price: $275.00