John Thomas, 1838-1905: Photographer
Wales: Gomer Press, 1977. 8.75 x 7 inches. 81 pages. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Pictorial wrappers.
Wales: Gomer Press, 1977. 8.75 x 7 inches. 81 pages. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Pictorial wrappers.
Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1977. 4to. Original printed wrappers. First edition of Kroll's first book. From the collection of NYC galleriest Marjorie Neikrug, and inscribed to her by Eric Kroll.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. 8vo. 207 pages. Original grey cloth, white lettering on spine; pictorial dust jacket designed by Jacqueline Schuman. First edition, first printing of Sontag's landmark investigation of the nature and role of photography, oft reprinted but here in its original edition just as it.....
New York: Violet Press, 1977. 11 x 11 inches. 72 duotone illustrations. Original pink printed wrappers, lettered on front cover, the rear cover with self-portrait by Rexroth. First edition. Printed by Thomas Todd Company; designed by Katy Homans. With brief texts by Rexroth and Mark Power along with a poetic.....
New York: Violet Press, 1977. 11 x 11 inches. 72 duotone illustrations. Original pink printed wrappers, lettered on front cover, the rear cover with self-portrait by Rexroth. First edition. Printed by Thomas Todd Company; designed by Katy Homans. With brief texts by Rexroth and Mark Power along with a poetic.....
Greenbrae, CA: Clatworthy Colorvues, 1977. First edition, first printing. 9 x 9.5 inches. Black-and-white photolithographic reproductions. A fine copy in the original blue cloth boards; no dust jacket as issued. A landmark debut, collecting images culled from various institutional archives. "One of the most beautiful, dense and puzzling photobooks in.....
New City, NY: Haywire Press, 1978. First edition, signed by the photographer on the front flyleaf. 10.5 x 11 inches. 137 black-and-white reproductions made by Richard Benson from half-tone negatives and printed by Meriden Gravure Co. Original blue cloth.
Yonkers, NY: Heliodor, 1979. 4to. Original wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Signed by both Dituri and Soichi.
New York and London: Harcourt, Brace, 1979. Oblong 4to. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Original black cloth; pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy in a worn jacket with some nicks/tears/creases at edges. FIRST EDITION.
Paris: Editions Seesam, 1979. 4to. [60] pages. Original pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION of this very scarce photobook by Dominique Lauga, a relatively obscure photographer who documented Le Palace and the club's clientele. Includes stunning images of Karl Lagerfeld, Amanda Lear, Andy Warhol, Kenzo, Paloma Picasso, Paco Rabanne, Yves Saint Laurent.....
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. 8vo. 255 pages. Color and duotone photographs. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, first printing, inscribed by Morath and Miller (signed by both) on the title-page. Documenting their trip to China right after the death of Mao and the fall of Jiang Qing and.....
New York: Amphoto, 1979. 4to (11.25 x 8.5 inches). 128 pages. Black and white photographs. Original black silver-lettered cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition of the first survey of the photojournalist's work.
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. 11 x 8.75 inches. 120 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Original red cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition.
New York: International Center for Photography, 1979. Small 4to. 127 pages. Black-and-white photographs. Pictorial wrappers. Includes an introduction by Cornell Capa, an essay by A.D. Coleman, and Aigner's essay "A Life with the Camera."
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1979. First edition. 12.5 x 9.5 inches. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Original brown cloth; pictorial dust jacket.
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1980. Oblong (5.25 x 8 inches). Color reproductions of six of Heinecken's SX-70 Polaroid images of couples; the text on lined paper mimicing index cards. Spiral bound. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER RALPH GIBSON on the title, and with Gibson's ex-libris stamp on inner.....
Chicago: Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography / Columbia College, 1980. Edited and with an introduction by Steven Klindt; essay by Jim Enyeart. 4to. 75, [2] pages. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Uelsmann on the title-page. This exhibition was held from 18 January to 1 March 1980. Illustrates 75 of.....
Australia: Mancini Gallery, 1980. 10.5 x 8.5 inches.22 pages. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Original staple-bound wrappers. First edition. With Polaroid laid in on the half title, labled 219/500, and signed by Krause.
Los Angeles: Hand Press, 1981. 4to. 102 pages. Reproductions of Stoumen's black-and-white photographs. Original printed wrappers. Published to accompany the touring exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum, Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery, and ICP.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. 11.25 x 9.75 inches. 282 pages. With a foreword by James L. Enyeart and with a lengthy text by Carl Chiarenza. Includes 74 duotones and 198 halftones. Original brown cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition, signed by Siskind on the printed presentation page, designating.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. 11.25 x 9.75 inches. 282 pages. With a foreword by James L. Enyeart and with a lengthy text by Carl Chiarenza. Includes 74 duotones and 198 halftones. Original brown cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Carl Chiarenza on the title-page.
New York: A Studio Book / Viking Press, 1982. 4to. 224 pages. Original cloth; dust jacket. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. Includes Brassaï's photos of Braque, Dali, Dufy, Giacometti, Léger, Matisse, Miró, Picasso, Rouault, Maillol, and a dozen others.
Mississippi State Historical Museum, 1983. 9 x 8.5 inches. 30 black-and-white photos. Stapled in printed wrappers. Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Mississippi State Historical Museum, 3 April to 15 May 1983. Carole Thompson studied photography under Dr. Henry Holmes Smith and worked on the Choctaw portfolio from.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company / New York Graphic Society, [1983]. 4to. 178 pages. Copiously illustrated. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition, third printing. Signed by Ansel Adams on the half-title. An insightful work, in which Adams shares the circumstances that lead to 40 of his most celebrated photographs.....
New York: Abbeville, 1983. 4to. 120 pages. Black-and-white photographic reproductions. Original blue cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First American edition, signed by Kertész on the title-page. "This combination of revealing, often charming text and sparkling duotone reproductions forms a unique, 120-page self-portrait of the man and artist of his years in.....