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ABBOTT, Berenice, & Malcolm Cowley.
Exile's Return. A Literary Odyssey of the 1920's. 1981
£75
First edition thus. One of 2,000 numbered copies signed by Abbott and Cowley.
Octavo. Original brown cloth-backed taupe boards, decorated in brown, titles to spine in silver, taupe endpapers. With the publisher’s matching card slipcase.... Read more
ADAMS, Ansel.
The Negative. 1981
£50
First Edition, First Printing.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Read more
ADAMS, Ansel, & Mary Austin.
The Land Of Little Rain. 1950
£175
First edition, first printing with these illustrations. Austin’s famous text first appeared in 1903. Its reissue here was primarily a vehicle for Adams wonderful photographs.
Quarto. Original yellow cloth, titles to upper board and spine in orange, map endpapers. With the photographic dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with 48 plates by... Read more
ADAMS, Ansel, & Mary Austin.
The Land Of Little Rain. 1950
£175
First Edition with these illustrations, First Printing. Austin’s famous text first appeared in 1903. Its reissue here was primarily as a vehicle for Adams wonderful photographs.
Quarto. Original yellow cloth, titles to upper board and spine in orange, map endpapers. With the photographic dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with 48 plates by... Read more
ALBERS-SCHÖNBERG, Heinrich Ernst (ed.)
Röntgen-Atlas der Kriegsverletzungen 1916
£1,250
First edition of this ground-breaking work, both in the field of medical X-ray photography and of plastic surgery, showing German soldiers wounded on the battlefields of France.
Quarto. Original green cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, green endpapers. 280 photographic illustrations, comprising 53 plates of X-rays printed mostly 4... Read more
ALCOCK, C. W., & Rowland Hill.
Famous Footballers. [1897]
£950
First edition. Originally issued in 12-page weekly parts, or as single sheets in the News of the World, this is the first book issue, bound without a title page, but in what appears...
Folio, ?publisher’s black skiver-backed, matching sand-grained cloth, title and footballer device gilt to the upper board. 224 full-page half-tone illustrations... Read more
ANGER, Kenneth.
Hollywood Babylone. 1959
£1,500
First Edition, First Printing. With Anger’s long presentation inscription to the first blank. Text in French.
Small quarto. Original buff wrappers, with the photographic dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Top of backstrip a little chipped but an excellent copy in the torn... Read more
ANTHONY, Gordon.
Ballet, camera studies. With an Introduction & Notes by Arnold Haskell. 1937
£300
First edition.
Quarto. Original cream quarter buckram, red buckram sides, spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed. With the silver dust jacket printed in black. 96 photographic... Read more
ARBUS, Diane.
Diane Arbus. 1972
£2,500
First Edition, First Printing. This copy is the first printing with the plate titled "Two Girls in Identical Raincoats, Central Park, N.Y.C, 1969" which was supressed in subsequent...
Quarto. Original white boards, photographic illustration to upper board, titles to spine in black. With the photographic dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated throughout.... Read more
ARBUS, Diane.
Untitled. 1995
£50
First UK Edition, First Printing.
Large quarto. Original boards, photographic illustration and titles to upper board and spine in white, grey endpapers. With the photographic dust jacket. Lavishly... Read more
ARNOLD, Eve.
In America. 1983
£45
First edition, first printing.
Quarto. Original blue boards, titles to upper board in blind and to spine in silver, buff endpapers. With the photographic dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in full... Read more
ARNOLD, Eve; Jill Freedman; Ernst Haas; André Kertész; Duane Michals; Inge Morath; Barbara Morgan; Eva Rubinstein; Nea
Ten Photographers. 1978
£5,000
First Edition. Limited to 75 copies. Each photograph signed and numbered below the image by the artist.
Folio. Clamshell portfolio bound in fawn linen, titles to spine and upper board in grey. 10 individually matted original silver prints, each signed and numbered by the... Read more
AVEDON, Richard.
An Autobiography. 1993
£3,250
First edition, first impression. No 238 of 250 of the Special Edition numbered, signed and dated by Richard Avedon. With an engraver's proof photograph (10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches)...
Quarto. Original white cloth, titles to upper board and spine in grey and black, self portrait to lower board. With the blindstamped slipcase. Housed in the original... Read more
AVEDON, Richard, & Doon Arbus.
The Sixties. 1999
£75
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original pictorial boards, titles to spine in black and grey. With the dust jacket. Photography by Richard Avedon. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
AVEDON, Richard, & James Baldwin
Nothing Personal. 1964
£350
First Edition, First Printing.
Quarto. Original white boards, titles to boards in black on silver ground, titles to spine in black. With the printed slipcase. Boards lightly finger rubbed, slipcase... Read more
AVEDON, Richard, & Truman Capote.
Observations. 1959
£300
First edition, first printing.
Quarto. Original white boards, titles to front cover and spine in grey. With the original glassine dust jacket and housed in the original card slipcase. Illustrated... Read more
BACH, Richard.
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, photographs by Russell Munson. 1970
£1,800
First edition, stated first printing, presentation copy, with the author's inscription on the list of his previous titles: "For Michael! Trusting there's a word here about your...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in white, seagull outline blocked in blind to front cover, photographic endpapers. With the printed dust jacket. Many... Read more
(BACON, Francis.) Carl A. Schmitz.
The Acanthus History of Sculpture: Oceanic Sculpture; Sculpture of Melanesia. 1962
£1,000
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist Francis Bacon on the front free endpaper, “To John, with all best wishes, Francis Bacon”. Also inscribed in another...
Folio. Original lemon boards with fawn cloth spine, titles to upper cover and spine gilt. 33 black and white photographs by F. L. Kennet. Edges of boards rubbed, light... Read more
(BACON, Francis) David Sylvester.
Interviews with Francis Bacon. 1975
£2,000
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper “For Isabel with love and best wishes Francis.” A series of interviews with Bacon from...
Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers, titles to front cover and spine in white. With 94 illustrations. Head and foot of spine rubbed, corners a little creased, white... Read more
(BACON, Francis) LEIRIS, Michel.
Francis Bacon. 1987
£2,000
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper “For Pierre Richard very best wishes Francis Bacon 12/7/89.” Text in French. Together with...
Quarto. Original grey boards, titles to spine in black. With 155 illustrations. Foot of spine bumped otherwise near fine in near fine dust jacket. Read more
BAILEY, David.
Bailey’s Democracy. 2005
£145
First edition, first impression. Signed and dated by David Bailey on the front free endpaper.
Folio. Original grey cloth, blank photograph and titles to front cover in white and black, titles to spine in black. No dust jacket issued. Light discolour to margin... Read more
BAILEY, David.
Beady Minces. 1973
£200
First edition, first impression. Signed by David Bailey on the front free endpaper.
Folio. Original white laminated boards, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Small owner’s label to front free endpaper, white dust jacket with very... Read more
(BAILEY, David.) MUIR, Robin.
Chasing Rainbows. 2001
£50
First edition, first impression.
Folio. Original red cloth, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
BAILEY, David, & Peter Evans.
Goodbye Baby & Amen. 1969
£200
First Edition, First Impression.
Quarto. Original grey boards, titles to upper panel and spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Many photographic illustrations. Spine bumped, owner’s name to... Read more
(BATES, H. E.; intro.) BRADLEY, B. J. (ed.)
In England Now: Spring. 1950
£65
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original blue cloth, titles to front board in blind, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. 68 evocative camera studies. Light fading to edges, very light... Read more
(BEATLES.) KIRCHHERR, Astrid, & Klaus Voormann.
Hamburg Days. 1999
£550
First edition, first impression. Limited to 2500 copies. This is no. 316 signed by Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus Voormann. Together with the original prospectus. Contains the complete...
2 vols. Quartos. Original quarter bound rich italian cloth boards with lithographs to front and back covers, titles to spine of Hamburg Days in white. Both housed in a... Read more
(BEATLES.) MARTIN, George & William Pearson.
Summer of Love. The Making of Sgt. Pepper. 2006
£1,250
First edition, first impression. Limited to 2000 copies. This is no. 144 of 350 deluxe copies signed by George Martin. With an additional photographic print of the Beatles with...
Quarto. Original full pink morocco, portrait of Martin by Peter Blake laid onto front cover, titles to spine gilt, all edges gilt. Housed in the custom made printed... Read more
(BEATLES.) PETO, Michael
Now These Days Are Gone. 2006
£1,800
First edition, first impression. Limited to 2500 copies. This is no. 144 of 350 deluxe copies signed by Alan Langlands (Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee) and...
Quarto. Original full red leather, titles to front cover in white and gilt, all edges gilt. With the red leather tipped slipcase inset with four portraits of The... Read more
(BEATLES.) SCHELER, Max, & Astrid Kerchherr.
Liverpool Days / Golden Dreams. 1994
£450
First edition, first impression. Limited to 2500 copies. This is no. 144. Signed in each volume by Max Scheler and Astrid Kirchherr. Together with the original prospectus. Scheler...
2 vols. Quartos. Original grey art canvas boards with original photographic portrait of John Lennon to front cover, titles to front cover and spine in black. Housed in... Read more
(BEATLES.) VOLLMER, Jürgen.
From Hamburg to Hollywood. 1997
£300
First edition, first impression. Limited to 1750 copies. This is no. 144 signed by Jürgen Vollmer, with an additional photographic print of George, Paul and John signed by...
Quarto. Original grey boards with black spine, titles to front cover in silver, all edges silver. Housed in a printed presentation box. With the original packing box.... Read more
BEATON, Cecil.
Ballet. 1951
£200
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original yellow boards, titles to spine and front board in silver. With the dust jacket. With the Beaton designed dust jacket and illustrated throughout with... Read more
BEATON, Cecil.
Indian Album. 1945-46
£50
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine and front board in royal blue. With the dust jacket. Boards lightly marked, owner’s name to front free endpaper,... Read more
BECKETT, Samuel.
Inszeniert Das "Endspiel" 1969
£150
First Edition Stated. “1 bis 2 Tausend”. Prints the text used for the definitive German production famously directed by Beckett himself. On a purely aesthetic level -...
Oblong quarto. Original photographic boards, with folding side panels. Titles to upper board. Illustrated with many production shots by Rosemary Clausen. Minor... Read more
BENKARD, Ernst.
Undying Faces. 1929
£500
First UK edition, first impression. Illustrations include those of the death masks of Lenin, Trotsky, Nietzsche, Hugo, Wagner, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Thackeray, Goethe, Pushkin,...
Octavo. Original linen-backed burgundy boards, titles to spine gilt. With the photographic dust jacket. Illustrated. Ownership inscription to front pastedown but an... Read more
BIDERMANAS, Izis.
Paris Des Rêves. 1950
£50
First Edition. With text by Audiberti, Jean Richard Bloch, Gaston Bonheur, Andre Breton, Henri Calet, Francis Carco, Blaise Cendrars, Jean Cocteau, Lise Deharme, Paul Eluard, Maurice...
Quarto. Original photographic wrappers, titles to upper cover in white, titles to spine in white and grey. Complete with the french translations of the Henri Miller... Read more
BITESNICH, Andreas H.
On Form. 1938
£60
First Edition, First Printing. One of 5000 copies.
Quarto. Original white boards, titles to spine in blue. With the dust jacket. Many photographic illustrations. Spine bumped otherwise near fine in near fine dust jacket. Read more
BLOSSFELDT, Karl.
Art Forms in Nature. 1929
£2,500
First Edition, First Impression, English Issue with the new preliminaries. One of the greatest and most influential photographic books ever to have been published. The artist was by...
Quarto. Original green cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine gilt. With the photographic dust jacket and publisher’s card slipcase printed on the... Read more
BLOSSFELDT, Karl.
Wunder In Der Natur. Bild-Dokumente Schöner Pflanzenformen. 1929
£800
First edition, first printing. The third and final book in Blossfeldt's acclaimed series of nature photographs.
Quarto. Original blue boards, decoration and titles to front board and spine gilt. 120 full page photogravures by Blossfeldt. Minor rubbing to spine, a bright, clean... Read more
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret.
Portrait of Myself. 1964
£45
First UK edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original green boards, titles to spine gilt on black ground. With the photographic dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Near fine in lightly... Read more
(BRADY, Mathew B.)
Mr. Lincoln’s Camera Man. Mathew B. Brady. By Roy Meredith. 1946
£125
First Edition, First Printing.
Quarto. Original blue buckram, titles to spine gilt on a black ground. With the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Foxing to the top edge extending in patches into... Read more
BRANDT, Bill.
Portraits. 1982
£60
First UK edition, first printing.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine in silver. With the photographic dust jacket. 104 full page photographic illustrations. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Read more
BRANDT, Bill.
Shadow of Light. 1966
£350
First Edition, First Impression.
Quarto. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the photographic dust jacket. Book near fine, dust jacket has small chip to head of upper panel. Read more
BRANDT, Bill.
The English At Home. 1936
£500
First Edition, First Impression. This marvellous photographer’s first book contrasting the English classes.
Quarto. Original glazed photographically illustrated boards, titles to front board and spine in red. 63 photographs - full page - by Brandt. Small gift inscription to... Read more
BRASSAÏ [Gyula Halász].
The Secret Paris of the 30’s. 1976
£975
First UK edition, first impression. Signed by Brassai on the title page.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Illustrations from photos by Brassaï. An excellent copy in the verly lightly rubbed... Read more
BRASSAI.
Henry Miller 1975
£475
First Edition, First Printing. With the author’s signed presentation inscription to the half title page, “Pour Maitre Harry Torczyner bien amicalement Brassai New York, le...
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black and red. With the photographic dust jacket. 16 photographic illustrations by Brassai. A fine copy in the dust jacket. Read more
BRAVO, Manuel Alvarez.
Photographies. Photographs. Fotografias 1928–1968. Mexico 68 Programa Cultural De La XIX Olympiada. 1968
£2,500
First edition, first printing. Text in French, English and Spanish. Inscribed by Bravo in Spanish on the title page explaining the preface and poetry selection are by Juan Garcia...
Quarto. Original photographic boards, titles to front cover and spine gilt. White boards lightly rubbed, small rubber stamped name of Peter C. Burnell to front free... Read more
BURRI René.
Les Allemands. 1963
£350
First Edition, First Printing.
Oblong quarto. Original laminated boards, printed in black, green, purple and white. Photographically illustrated by René Burri. Laminate at the joint cracked as... Read more
BURRI René.
Photographs. 2004
£1,500
First Edition, First Printing. Limited to 100 copies signed by Burri with a silver gelatin print of Pablo Picasso signed and numbered by Burri.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to upper board in red. No dust jacket issued. Housed in the original clamshell box. With the original printed mailing carton.... Read more
BUTCHER, Tony.
Studies in Black. 2002
£50
First edition, first impression. Published to coincide with Butcher’s exhibition at the Luke & A Gallery, Mayfair. A glorification of the black male.
Quarto. Original black boards. With the dust jacket. Spine bumped otherwise near fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
CALDWELL, Erskine, & Margaret Bourke-White.
Say, is this the U.S.A. 1941
£200
First Edition, First Printing. Photography by Margaret Bourke-White with text by her husband Erskine Caldwell, documenting the many cultural regions of the country. Their third...
Quarto. Original pictorial boards, titles to spine and upper cover red. With the dust jacket. Preliminaries spotted, a little edge rubbed, dust jacket chipped and... Read more
