Below is a short list of some of our more interesting titles. This list is updated every week.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 268 pages. Charming guide to Chicago with woodcut illustrations by Charles Turzak. A tight near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with a small chip to the base of the rear panel, a few edge tears and some other minor wear. A very attractive copy. Item #138281 More
Price: $200.00
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Introduction by Klaus Bussmann. Includes 264 duotone images of various industrial settings. A tight very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Item #146440 More
Price: $275.00
Munchen: Schirmer Mosel, 2002. First edition. Oblong hardcover. Number 93 of only 100 copies. Text in German. Includes 180 duotone plates. A fine copy of the book in a close to near fine dust jacket with a scratch to the rear panel and housed in a lightly soiled slipcase. Chemise with the original photograph, "Monceau Fountaine No. 18, Charleroi, Belgien, 1975" is in fine condition. The print, which is signed by both Bernd and Hilla Becher on the verso in pencil, is also in fine condition. The image itself measures 7.125" x 9.75."An affordable way to obtain a photograph by the Bechers, whose images can sell in the tens of thousands of dollars. Item #137242 More
Price: $3,000.00
New York & Ithaca, NY: Hudson Hills Press in association with Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 227 pages. Published in conjunction with a major retrospective of Mitchell's works. Text by Judith E. Bernstock. Includes 118 color plates along with 8 black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A fresh copy. Item #135456 More
Price: $250.00
Zurich: Scalo, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. A powerful collection of color photographs all of Billingham's family, including many of the titular Ray, his alcoholic father. A near fine copy in an about very good dust jacket that has some edge tears and rubbing. Much less common in the hardcover issue. (Parr & Badger v2 304-305). Item #145482 More
Price: $275.00
Chicago, IL and New Haven, CT: The Art Institute of Chicago / Yale University Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 148 pages. Monograph published in conjunction with a major exhibition that ran October 5, 2006 through January 7, 2007. Essay by Johanna Burton and contributions by Mel Bochner, James Meyer and James Rondeau. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A fresh copy of a seemingly uncommon book. Item #131731 More
Price: $275.00
Sudbury, MA: Water Row Press, 1985. First edition. Broadside that measures 13" x 19" Includes text and a drawing of Kerouac by Clark. One of only 26 lettered copies with this being copy S. A very near fine copy with some small creases to the top right corner. Signed by Clark. Uncommon. Item #108035 More
Price: $200.00
Paris: Edition 7L, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 408 pages. A look at this former model and important creative director of Vogue Magazine. Includes numerous color and black and white by a veritable who's who of fashion photographers such as: David Bailey, Guy Bourdin, Ellen von Unwerth, Sheila Metzner, Herb Ritts, Snowdon, Sarah Moon, Patrick Demarchelier, Helmut Newton, Horst, Norman Parkinson, Annie Leibovitz, Jurgen Teller, Peter Lindberg, Irving Penn, Arthur Elgort, Mario Testino, Bruce Weber and several others. A fine copy in a very near fine printed acetate jacket and in a very good plus slipcase that is lightly soiled and with some minor wear. A beautifully printed and designed book. Item #143591 More
Price: $650.00
New York: Random House, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. A specially bound copy for friends of the author and publisher. One of his best books, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Made into a movie by Milos Forman with James Cagney in one of his last roles. A fine copy in a near fine glassine jacket that has a chip from the top of the spine and a tear at the top back corner. Signed by Doctorow on the title page. Item #140453 More
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
Price: $250.00
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1967. First edition. Softcover. The simultaneous paperbck issue. A powerful photographic meditation on life for African-Americans in the U.S in the 1960s. A clean near fine copy in black glossy wrappers that have some very slight wear. Signed by Freed on the title page. Uncommon. Item #151124 More
Price: $175.00
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First printing A striking collection of black and white photographs. A very near fine copy with some very slight bumping to the bottom corners in a very near fine dust jacket with some very miniscule wear and a small tear to the bottom front corner. Signed by Freed on the title page. A fresh and clean copy. Item #148454 More
Price: $250.00
New York: Abrams and Seattle Art Museum, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 120 pages. Published in conjuction with an exhibition of the same name which was a terrific retrospective look at Friedlander's career up until 1987. Text by Rod Slemmons. A collection of 153 tritone images that takes works from many of Friedlander's previous bodies of work. A very near fine copy in very near fine dust jacket. Boldly signed by Friedlander on the front free endpaper. Still one of the better monographs on Friedlander. Item #135193 More
Price: $300.00
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 plus copy in wrappers with a little soiling to the front panel and rubbing and wear to the rear panel that is primarily near the spine. Still a very nice copy of this important book. (Parr & Badger v1 258: Roth 198-199.). Item #111840 More
Price: $300.00
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
Paris & New York: Zoom distributed by Landmark Book Company, 1981. First edition. Large hardcover. First printing. Text in English with an interview of Gillet by Joel Laroche and Christian Lefevre. Includes numerous color images. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny chip to the top edge of the rear panel. Please note that this book is very heavy and will require extra postage. Item #121062 More
Price: $200.00
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. 282 pages. Gordon's first novel, set in the Civil War. An about very good copy in blue cloth boards with some fading and wear to the spine but otherwise a very nice copy. No dust jacket. Item #128227 More
Price: $175.00
London: Folio Society, 1987-1994. Eleven volumes in nine slipcases of novels and stories by Thomas Hardy. All the book contain woodcuts by Peter Reddick. The following are all housed in their own slipcases: The Wessex Tales (1987), The Mayor of Casterbridge (3rd printing from 1988), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1988), Under the Greenwood Tree (1989), The Return of the Native (2nd printing from 1989), The Trumpet-Major (1990), The Woodlanders (1991), Jude the Obscure (1992). These three are together in slipcase are all from 1992: A Pair of Blue Eyes, Two on a Tower, The Well-Beloved. All the books are in near fine to fine condition housed in near fine to fine slipcases with the exception of A Pair of Blue Eyes where the book has a small stain the upper half of the spine. This set is heavier than the typical item and will require extra shipping for all domestic and international orders. Item #138662 More
Price: $350.00
Fremont, MI: Sumac, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. One of only 126 copies bound in cloth with 100 numbered and 26 lettered, this being letter I. A slim collection of his poetry. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Harrison. A real stopper in the Harrison canon. Item #102252 More
Price: $5,500.00
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. One of his best novels, a semi-autobiographical work set in WWI. A bright close to near fine copy with some minor soiling to the foredge of a few pages in a very good plus dust jacket with some small chips to the top of the spine and to the top front corner a few small edge tears and a small shallow stain at the base of the spine. Still, a very nice copy of this classic. Item #123470 More
Price: $3,500.00
Zurich, Switzerland: Nieves, 2006. First edition. Softcover. 32 pages. Limited edition. An intimate collection of color images by Homma, many of which are of his young daughter. A very near fine copy in wrappers with some very slight bumping to the bottom corner. Signed by Homma on the rear panel with a small drawing of the sun. Includes a laid in original color photograph by Homma which he has signed and numbered 11 of 50 on the verso. Item #150346 More
Price: $350.00
Knotting, Bedfordshire: The Sceptre Press, 1976. First edition. Softcover. Number 19 of 50 from a total edition of 250 copies printed on Abbey Mills laid paper. A single poem by Hughes. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Hughes on the limitation page. Uncommon. Item #147410 More
Price: $300.00
New York, Milan and Tokyo: Howard Greenberg Gallery, Galleria Carla Sozzani and Shimose Fine Art, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a traveling show that started in New York and traveled to Milan and Tokyo. A collection of dark nudes with a blue cast. A near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor edge wear and a small scratch to the front panel. Signed by Izu in silver ink. A rather uncommon catalog. Item #116794 More
Price: $200.00
Stuttgart: Cantz, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 159 pages. Text in English and German with contributions by Volker Rattemeyer, Susanne Kristiana Anna, Harald Siebenmorgen, Chrissie Iles. Produced in conjuction with Judd winning the Sankowski Foundation Prize. Includes numerous color images of his work in New York and Marfa, Texas. A near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #138751 More
Price: $350.00
San Francisco, CA: Scrimshaw Press, 1975. First edition. Two hardcover volumes. A half century of negatives by Darius and Tabitha May Kinsey with contributions by their son and daughters Darius, Jr. and Dorothea. produced by Dave Bohn and Rodolfo Petschek. Both books in near fine condition with some very slight sunning to the spine in an about very good slipcase with some edge wear. No dust jackets as issued. Signed and inscribed by Bohn on the front free endpaper of Volume 1 to photographer Ray McSavaney and additionally signed by him as well in Volume 2. Item #144049 More
Price: $200.00