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 about Joan Almond: The Past in the Present (Signed Limited Edition

Price: $650.00

Manchester: Contemporary Bookshop, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 10 pages. Includes a single poem along with a tipped in black and white illustration. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some fading to the spine, light soiling and minor edge wear and tears. Uncommon. Item #148870 More about Elegy on Spain

Price: $175.00

Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1963. First edition. Softcover. Text of a lecture given by Bellow. An about near fine in stapled wrappers with an owner signature to the title page and a tiny bit of wear. Signed by Bellow on the title page and rather uncommon as such. Item #111940 More about Recent American Fiction (Signed First Edition

Price: $250.00

New York: Targ Editions, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Limited edition of only 250 copies. A short piece from the author of "The Baron in the Trees," and "Invisible Cities." Author John Barth's copy with his ownership signature to the half title page and with a signed typed note from publisher William Targ stating - "This book is sent to Mr. Barth with the compliments of Italo Calvino. Kindly forward or hold." A near fine copy with some slight foxing to the page edges in a very good plus glassine that has some small edge chips and tears. Errata slip laid in. Signed by Calvino on the colophon page. A very attractive edition with a nice association. Item #130030 More about The Silent Mr. Palomar (Signed Limited Edition

Price: $500.00

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1937. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. An early novel from Compton-Burnett. A very good plus copy with some bumping to the top corners in a very good dust jacket that is spine darkened and with some minor edge wear and some soiling. Still, a very nice copy of an uncommon book in any jacket. Item #135083 More about Daughters and Sons

Price: $400.00

Chicago, IL: The Ravine Press, 1976. First edition. Broadside. Copy 26 of 150 numbered copies. Broadside Number 6 of the No Mountains Poetry Project. Printed on Rives heavyweight paper with a silkscreen by Darcie Sanders. Measures 13" x 19.75." A very near fine copy. Signed by di Prima. Surprisingly uncommon. Item #155845 More about The Bell Tower (Signed Broadside

Price: $150.00

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 128 pages. Introduction by Wilfrid Sheed. An early collection of Erwitt's black and white images. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Erwitt on the title page in the year of publication. A nicer than usual of the much less common cloth issue. Item #143921 More about Recent Developments

Price: $250.00

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1962. Second edition Hardcover. 196 pages. Introduction by Lincoln Kirstein. Foreword by Monroe Wheeler. One of the truly most important and influential photography books of the 20th century. Includes 87 black and white plates. A close to near fine copy in black cloth binding with some very minor foxing to the topedge in an about very good dust jacket that a number of edge tears, some soiling and some chips to the top of the rear panel. (Parr & Badger v1, 114-115, Roth 98-99). Item #125419 More about American Photographs

Price: $250.00

New City, NY: Haywire Press, 1970. First edition. Softcover. Friedlander's self published first solo book preceded only by a collaboration with Jim Dine. This slim monograph collects 42 self-portraits of Friedlander, in many of which only his shadow or his reflection appear. A very good copy in wrappers with some wear and minor loss along the front and rear gutters, some minor scratches and a tiny tear and crease at the base of the front panel. Internally a very clean copy. Still a very presentable copy of this important book. (Parr & Badger v1 258: Roth 198-199.). Item #117590 More about Self Portrait

Price: $200.00

London: Faber & Faber, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 51 pages. An early collection of poems. A close to near fine copy with some tanning to the front endsheets in an about very good dust jacket, with a few edge tears, some soiling and with some tanning to the spine and edges. Signed by Gunn on the title page. Item #129870 More about My Sad Captains and Other Poems (Signed First Edition

Price: $175.00

New York: Summit Books, 1990. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. of the uncommon second novel from the author of the bestseller "Plainsong." A near fine in pale blue wrappers with some light bumping to the bottom corner. Signed by Haruf on the title page. Item #112869 More about Where You Once Belonged (Signed Uncorrected Proof

Price: $175.00

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 463 pages. Monograph that looks at this American artist and architect. Edited by Kim Shkapich. Introduction by Daniel Libeskind. Includes numerous color and black and white images. A tight near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the base of the rear panel where there is also a sticker shadow and some other minor wear as well. Still very nice copy of the much less common cloth bound copy of this important monograph. Item #162280 More about Mask of Medusa: Works, 1947-1983

Price: $500.00

New York: Aperture, 2005. First edition thus. Hardcover. A limited edition of 500 numbered copies. A truly faithful reissue of this classic book with powerful black and white images by Hosoe. A very fine copy in a very fine acetate jacket and in a fine clamshell slipcase specially designed by Tadanori Yokoo. Signed by Hosoe in Japanese on a label affixed to the front pastedown. A stunning production. Item #162821 More about Kamaitachi (Signed Limited Edition

Price: $600.00