Below is a short list of some of our more interesting titles. This list is updated every week.
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1993. First edition and first printing. Softcover. The simultaneous paperback issue. Features a narrative by Lee Smith. Includes 50 duotone images of life in Appalachia. A clean near fine copy in photographically illustrated wrappers with some very minute wear and slight sunning to and along the spine. A powerful body of images of a segment of America that is often ignored. Item #176333 More
Price: $150.00
New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Ashbery's acclaimed collection of poetry that won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. A very good plus copy with some slight foxing in a very good plus dust jacket that has some minor wear. Signed and inscribed by Ashbery on the half title page to poet Linda Pastan. A nice association copy of this important book. Item #179499 More
Price: $750.00
Los Angeles & Hollywood, CA: The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and St. Ann's Press, 2002. Second edition, first printing. Hardcover. Limited edition of only 100 copies. Originally published in 1995 in conjunction with a show at Moca. Features an essay by Elizabeth A.T. Smith. Includes 38 color images by Barth. A fine copy in boards in a fine slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Signed and numbered by Barth. An as new copy. Item #190106 More
Price: $175.00
New York: Avalanche, 1973. First edition. Softcover. The eighth issue of this legendary arts magazine. Among the highlights of this issue are Willoughby Sharp and Liza Bear's interviews of Chris Burdy and Tina Girouard along with articles on Robert Smithson's Amarillo Ramp, Robert Morris writing "Exchange '73: From a Videotape" and an article on Gilbert & George. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some very minor wear and a small sticker shadow to the front cover. Item #181786 More
Price: $200.00
Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 107 pages. Text by Jose Luis Brea. Includes a total of 62 color illustrations. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #135906 More
Price: $150.00
New York: Rizzoli, 1991. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. 413 pages. A monograph on Belgian architect Victor Horta. Foreword by Jean Delhaye. Text by Franco Borsi and Paolo Portoghesie translated from the Italian by Marie-Helene Agueros. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Item #158592 More
Price: $200.00
San Francisco, CA: Crown Point Press, 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 143 pages. Text by Kathan Brown. Includes numerous color illustrations of works by John Cage. A fine copy in cloth boards in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. Item #184463 More
Price: $150.00
Milan, Italy: Gruppo Editorial Electa, 1982. First edition. Portfolio with 12 loose gravures of images by Carroll. Includes a 4 page text sheet with an essay by noted photo-historian Helmut Gernsheim along with information on each image. Images in fine condition, tissue sheets in find condition. Cardboard folder and outer sleeve all in very fine condition. In the original shipping carton that has Lewis Carroll written in marker. A remarkably fresh copy. Item #153359 More
Price: $175.00
Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 180 pages. Number 18 of only 25 copies of the deluxe edition. An attractive collection of images of bullfighting taken in Spain, Mexico, Ecuador and France. Text by Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa. Includes 130 four color plates. A fine copy in cloth boards in a fine cloth clamshell box and with a laid in original gelatin silver print that is signed and numbered by Crouser. The book is also signed and numbered by Crouser as well. A beautiful production. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Item #153413 More
Price: $550.00
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The first book from this acclaimed author and illustrator who won the Caldecott Medal for "White Snow, Bright Snow." Includes numerous color illustrations. A very good copy in cloth boards with wear to the corners and spine ends and some spotting to the printed paper label affixed to the front panel. No dust jacket. An internally clean copy of this uncommon book. Item #182549 More
Price: $250.00
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Dybek's first book, a collection of poetry. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Dybek on the title page. One of the nicest copies I've ever seen. Item #146463 More
Price: $350.00
New York: Aperture, 2005. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 96 pages. Features an essay by Geoffrey Batchen and text by Fontcuberta. Includes 80 four color images as well. A very near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed and inscribed by Fontcuberta to a New York gallerist. Item #185688 More
Price: $175.00
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
Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press in association with The Joy of Giving Something, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 60 pages. Number 3 of only 15 copies. Essay by Gerry Badger. Includes 42 four-color plates. A fine copy in cloth boards with a color plate affixed to the front panel in a fine clamshell box. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Fraser on the title page. Includes a laid in orignal c-print of plate 24 that is signed and numbered by Fraser on the verso. The photograph is in a 12" wide x 10" high sheet of paper and the image itself measures 11" wide x 7.25" high and is very fine condition. Item #160754 More
Price: $500.00
San Francisco, CA: Fraenkel Gallery, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Features texts by Kitaj and Maria Friedlander. A collection of black and white photographs taken over the course of the long friendship between the Kitaj and Friedlander. Includes 96 duotones. A fine copy in photo-illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Friedlander. Item #183380 More
Price: $200.00
St. Louis, MO: Saint Louis Art Museum, 1982. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for an important show on African American cinema. Features texts by Richard Gaugert and Clyde Taylor along with interviews by Oliver Franklin of directors Robert Gardner, Charles Burnett, Carlton Moss, Carl Clay, Alile Sharon Larkin, and William West. Includes biographical information about the above directors as well as on others and information about their respective films and the various programs organized around the exhibition. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with a tiny tear to the top of the front cover and some sunning to the edges. Seemingly fairly uncommon with 10 copies listed in OCLC but only 3 of which are in the United States. Item #189802 More
Price: $400.00
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition thus. Hardcover. 319 pages. A collection of work from Russian author Nikolay Gogol translated by Constance Garnett. Includes "Old-World Land-Owners," "Taras-Bulba," "Viy," and "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovitch Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovitch." A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards with a former owner signature to the front free endpaper in a near fine dust jacket that is lightly soiled, with a small shallow chip to the top of the spine and some other minor wear. A much nicer than usual copy. Item #189016 More
Price: $450.00
Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers. First edition. Hardcover. Number 3 of only 100 copies. Goicolea's third book, a collection of 100 four color plates of his drawings and photographs. A fine copy in a fine cloth slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Giocolea on the limitation page. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Item #158308 More
Price: $200.00
New York: Random House, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. His first book and a winner of the Edgar Award winner. A tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with two miniscule tears to the spine ends. A bright and clean copy. Item #114321 More
Price: $150.00
New York: Aperture, 2010. Second edition. Hardcover. First printing. 108 pages. Features text by Gerry Badger and Toby Jurovics. One of Gossage's best books, a collection of 52 duotone illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket that is dark blue on the front side and the same color as the original version on the verso. Signed by Gossage on the half title page. The original edition was featured in Parr & Badger Volume II. Item #191831 More
Price: $350.00
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1970. Second printing. Hardcover. 97 pages. A collection of letters written over the course of 20 years between the author and a bookstore in England. Adapted into a play and movie. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. Signed and warmly inscribed by Hanff on the dedication page. Uncommon signed. Item #193682 More
Price: $500.00
Toronto: Lumiere Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. The second limited edition. Number 30 of only 100 copies. This comes with a gravure print of "Washington Square, New York City, 1958." A stunning production, in many ways more faithful to Heath's original conception of the book. A very fine copy in very fine dust jacket, slipcase and with a very fine gravure. Signed by Heath in the book and on the gravure as well. Item #168064 More
Price: $1,250.00
New York: Magnum, 2020. Digital C-Print of an image from Hido's "Bright Black World Series." This print was done in a limited edition for a brief period of time as a fundraiser for Magnum and Aperture. Printed on a 6" x 6" sheet of Fuji Crystal Archive Matte paper with an image size of 5.5" wide and 3.75" high. A very fine copy. Signed by Hido on a printed label on the verso that features text by him. Item #186838 More
Price: $375.00
Seoul, Korea: Kukje Gallery, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog for the first show of Hofer's work in Korea. Text in English and Korean. Includes an essay by Sabine Lee and 19 color plates. A fine copy in white boards. No dust jacket as issued.A beautiful production. Scarce with only three copies listed in OCLC. Item #124999 More
Price: $200.00
Tokyo: Shashin Hyoronsha Publishing House, 1971. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Text in Japanese with a preface by Yukio Mishima but with some titles in English. A collection of over 60 black and white nudes beautifully printed using the photogravure process. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a very near fine cardboard slipcase. Also includes a laid in note from a later date that has been signed by Hosoe. A lovely copy of one of Hosoe's best books. Item #186304 More
Price: $850.00