Tuscon: Center for Creative Photography, 2003. 4to. 112 pages. Printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. "Heinecken's work with its wit, know-how, and focus on media materials, is as relevant now as when he made it. The Robert Heinecken Archive at the Center for Creative Photography, with its extensive collection of fine prints...
Flammarion, 2016. In French. Folio. 176 pages. Printed boards. Catalogue of the exhibition held at Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, 23 November 2016 to 2 April 2017.
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1981. 8vo. 225 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Color is Gerstner's essential medium. In this book, he presents the pure sensation of color with great precision. He explores color physically, sumptuously, yet with cool, formal clarity in the book's seventy color plates" (the publisher).
New York: Abrams, 1985. Folio. 108 pages. Color illustrations. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Work by the artist Jennifer Bartlett, which was first shown at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York, in 1976, is presented in this volume. It consists of 987 baked-enamel plates, and uses as its...
New York: Sedition, 2017. 4to. [100] pages. Printed pictorial wrappers. The first issue of Sedition. Founded by Lana Lackey and Tyler Kohlhoff, Sedition is a mix of fashion, documentary images, and subversive sexual collage. The magazine is currently on its third issue (as of Spring 2019).
New York: Gagosian, 2006. 8vo. Color photographs. Printed wrappers. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held 11 March to 21 May 2005.
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1977. 4to. 255 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. A study of Max Bill's works up until 1977.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. 4to. 142 pages. Color photographs and illustrations. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Takes an in-depth look at how unique and creative Japanese architecture can be.
London: White Cube, 2014. 8vo. 125, [3] pages. Color photographs. White printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. "Travel explores Steinbach's recent exhibition at White Cube Mason's Yard, London and is comprised of two new series of works that trace a trajectory in the artist's practice that stretches from the 1970s to today...
Cambridge: MIT Press, 2014. 8vo. 564 pages. Black-and-white illiustrations and photographs. Boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "The bicycle ranks as one of the most enduring, most widely used vehicles in the world, with more than a billion produced during almost two hundred years of cycling history. This book offers an...
Tokyo: Takarajimasha, 2010. 4to. 80 pages. Original wrapper with integrated box containing a Light Laboratories tote bag. An excellent-e-MOOK featuring Undercover's Spring/Summer 2010 collection, folding color photographs and a Light Laboratories tote.
Buffalo: Matthew-Northrup Works, 1909. 8vo. 179 pages. Color and black-and-white illustrations. Printed boards. FIRST EDITION. An encyclopedia for spices, with everything from black pepper to nutmeg.
Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2002. Folio. 192 pages. Color photographs. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "In the early 1990s the design and creation of the Central Garden at the Getty Center were entrusted to the distinguished contemporary visual artist Robert Irwin. Irwin-a member of California's "light and space" movement-was...
Exeter: J. and B. Williams, 1836. Small 8vo (4.75 x 2.75 inches). 188 pages. Contemporary sheep.
Zurich: Jrp Ringier, 2015. 4to. 206 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "This publication celebrates the tenth anniversary of Studio Wieki Somers, a design studio established by Dutch designer Wieki Somers (born 1976) and her partner Dylan van den Berg. The studio's products are remarkable for their narrative...
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, ca 1910. Oblong (8.5 x 10 inches). Full-page black-and-white illustrations. Original cloth. Provenance: Friedrich Eberhard Zeuner (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Max von Brandt (1910-1920) was one of German's foremost diplomats in the Far East. The present text attempts to characterize Chinese customs and politics by discussing 82 news-items...
Tokyo: Shiseido Co., Ltd., 1987. In Japanese. 4to. 175, [1] pages. Extensively illustrated with color photographs. Cloth-backed boards; slipcase. Superb catalogue with extensive essays from the Shiseido Company, one of the oldest cosmetics companies in the world. Not published for sale. The concept of iki, the aesthetic of looking effortlessly...
Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers, 1998. Folio. 318 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Printed cloth. FIRST EDITION. A comprehensive survey of Zumthor's work. Scarce.
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2014. 4to. 80 pages. Includes 5 sheets of punchcards in pocket at end. Color illustrations. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. Signed by author on the title-page. "In 1884, a remarkable twelve-year-old girl made a paper doll's house. While these were fashionable enough at the time, they...
New York: Assouline, 2005. 4to. 347 pages. Color illustrations and photographs. Boards; dust jacket. Includes CD-ROM inside back cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. "Representing Jean-Paul Goude's life and work from the late 1960s up to the present, the book spans Goude's years at Esquire; his revolutionary work with Grace Jones, his...
Taipei: Chinese Association for the Advancement of Science, 1960. 4to. 168 pages. Illustrations in text. Fukuro toji binding, sewn along spine; brocade folding portfolio. The text is an illustrated history, from ancient times through Chang Kai-shek.
Colorado: Baldwin Gallery, 2014. 4to. 96 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. One of 500 copies.
London: Thames & Hudson, 2013. Folio. 216 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "While admired for their lucidity of appearance and unadorned dials, Daniels's watches feature a raft of exquisite complications, such as chronographs, thermometers and power reserve indicators" (the publisher).
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1998. 4to. 104 pages. Color illustrations. Silver board-backed patterned cloth. FIRST EDITION, signed by Cara McCarty, the fiber artist Sheila Hicks (to whom the book is dedicated), and five Japanese artists: Chiyoko Tanaka, Naomi Kobayashi, Wakae Nakamoto, Yasuhisa Kohyama, and one unidentifed (M. Kokyushu?)...
London: Prestel Publishing, 2016. Folio. 272 pages. Color photographs. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "This fully illustrated book accompanies one of the most comprehensive exhibitions dedicated solely to three centuries of men's fashion. The fashionable male may be making a comeback, but early fashion trends centered around what men--not...