Japan: Miyake Design Studio, 2009. 4to. 119 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial wrappers; wrap-around band. "A beautifully produced book for the exhibition of Lucie Rie’s work held at the Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka in 1989" (the publisher).
Hong Kong: MCCM Creations, 2008. 8vo. 191 pages. Black-and-white illustraions and photographs. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. A collection of Chinese garments, with illustrations of their construction.
Germany: DruckVerlag Kettler, 2006. In German. Folio. 165 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. Monograph on the work of Markus Linnenbrink. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held in 2006-2007.
UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2016. 8vo. 182 pages. Black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Cloth; dust jacket. "In this study of Victorian jewels and their representation, Jean Arnold explores the role material objects play in the cultural cohesion of the West" (the publisher).
Germany: Holzwarth Publications, 2015. 8vo. 120 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "This catalogue accompanies a vast survey of the work of Mona Hatoum (born 1952) at Kunst-haus St.Gallen in Switzerland. The pieces range from the artist's body-centered early performances of the 1980s, through large sculptures of threatening household...
Stockholm: Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing, 2015. 8vo. 413 pages. Color illustrations. Printed cloth. FIRST EDITION. One of 500 copies. "Collects over 400 pages of commissioned texts and transcribed conversations gathered during numerous artist studio visits on the uneasy relationship between painting and the contemporary institutional and theoretical art scene" (the publisher).
Prague: Jako Svou Privni Publikaci, 2000. In Czech. 4to. 95 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Printed boards with mounted tile on front cover. FIRST EDITION. A monograph detailing Opocensky's sculptures.
Hollywood, CA: Capitol Records, 1992. Oblang 4to. 219 pages. Color photgraphs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, a limited edition for promotional use only, not for sale.
Taipei: My Humble House Publications, 1996. Text in English and Chinese. 4to. 243 pages. Cloth; slipcase. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Aperture Inc, 1980. Folio. 131 pages. Black and white photographs. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Brett Weston (1911-1993) was generally acknowledged as one of the finest printers in his time. In this monograph, the plates of Weston's pictures are reproduced virtually to facsimile quality. Among the selections from...
New York: The Grolier Club, 1964. 8vo. 449 pages. Cloth; acetate; slipcase. FIRST EDITION, one of 1000 copies.
France: Hazan, 2014. Folio. 400 pages. Text in French. Boards; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. "Ce sont des milliers de grottes qui furent aménagées au cours des cinq derniers siècles selon des échelles extraordinairement variées allant de la simple niche abritant une petite fontaine à l'immense chaos naturel transformé en paysage sublime.....
London: Thames and Hudson, 1997. Folio. 256 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "The decoration of the human body is one of the oldest art forms known to man. As primitive cave paintings show, its history dates back at least 10,000 years, and it has remained with...
Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1994. 8vo. 353 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "George Nelson (1908-1986), a pioneering modernist, ranks with Raymond Loewy, Charles Eames, and Eliot Noyes as one of America's outstanding designers. Nelson's office produced some of the twentieth century's canonical pieces of industrial design (including the ball clock...
New York: powerHouse Books, 2013. Folio. 252 pages. Color photographs. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. " Girls in the Windows is the first book to survey the work of Ormond Gigli and escorts the viewer behind the façade of that incredible photograph--to understand its genesis and to celebrate its remarkable...
Zurich: Werner Weber, 2012. Folio. 256 pages. Color photographs. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Over the course of the past two decades a previously unrecognized genre of startlingly modern looking large flatwoven hangings and covers (gelims) has emerged from an isolated highland region in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. No...
New York: B Five Studio, 2015. Folio. 155 pages. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION. "Limited Edition of 1250 copies. This book explores an extraordinary family compound from the first-person perspective of the architect, Salvatore LaRosa: the landscape architect, Douglas Reed: and the photographer, Scott Frances. The design chronicled here in words...
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.