Chess men. An attempt to play the game. With original signed photograph by Olaf, Erwin - 1988

New York. The Aperture Foundation. 1983. Plates laid loose into sand linen cloth Portfolio which is further encased in a like linen Solander box. Gilt titled morocco Title Label inset to front cover of box. Tall Folio. 17" x 21 This Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is #120. Portfolio is accompanied by a Text Folio by noted photography critic Ben Lifson and Michael E. Hoffman, former Executive Director of Aperture and bears the stamp of the Paul Strand Archive and Limitation Colophon. Illustrated by 10 hand-pulled, dust-grain photogravures by Paul Strand made from the original glass plates in 1973. Printed by master photogravure printer Jon Goodman,these works were the subject of a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in February 1998. The collection is comprised by :Still Life, Pear and Bowls, Twin Lakes, Connecticut, 1916Paper Size 20" X 16"Image Size 10" X 11 1/4"Hudson River Pier, New… Read More

"'Varianti' è un libro-progetto interamente concepito dall'Autore, sia nella scelta delle immagini che nei testi. Guido Guidi ha immaginato il libro come la più naturale sequenza di immagini che si susseguono col ritmo di una narrazione intima, pura, come quella, semplice, delle fotografie di un album. Tutte le immagini che datano dal 1969 al 1994 sono riprodotte in grandezza originale e nella loro più totale interezza, come oggetti leggeri, con i segni che l'uso e il passare del tempo ha lasciato su di loro, appoggiati sulla pagina (dal risvolto di copertina) / "Varianti is a project book conceived entirely by the author, both as regards the choice of images and the text. Guido Guidi, one of the most sophisticated and elegant contemporary Italian photographers, visualized this book as a sequence of images unfolding with the natural rhythm of pure, intimate narration, like the simple story told by an album of photographs. All images dated from 1969 to 1994 are reproduced to their original scale in… Read More

New York: J. J. Augustin , 1945. Near Fine, slight spine lean, from the collection of noted art historian Theodore Bowie, his signature in ink front end page. In a Very Good dust jacket, 3/4" chip at base of spine, smaller chip at head of spine, small tears and edge wear at the folds. A classic of photojournalism. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Westminster London: Archibald Constable and Co, 1900. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. vittorio sella. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Rebound in green cloth to resemble the original binding with original front cover title patch cleanly mounted in original position on front cover and original spine patches similarly mounted. Overall nice condition. Tight binding with no loose pages (the text block has been sewn into page gatherings = the stitching shows at the start/end of each gathering --> see photo). Gift inscription on front pastedown. No other former owner writing or marks in book. Based on the inscription, this book was given to Smoke Blanchard prior to his 1964 expedition to Mt St Elias, possibly by Vin Hoeman, beloved climber & mountaineering historian who perished in an avalanche on the 1969 Dhaulagiri expedition along with 6 others, though the "Love Always" seems a bit melodramatic. Smoke Blanchard's St Elias expedition was a 4-man… Read More

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1976. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by William Eggleston on the title page. Publisher's faux leather with pictorial inset on front cover, titles in gilt. Near Fine, with light wear to cover, lean to spine, corner clipped from title page and previous owner name to dedication page. The catalog published in conjunction with Eggleston's 1976 exhibition a the The Museum of Modern Art, featuring images of everyday life in the American South. Roth 101.

Paris: A. Calavas, 1932. Livre. Très bon. En Feuilles. Ed. originale. Paris, A. Calavas, Librairie des Arts décoratifs, sd [1932]. 33,5 x 26 cm, 2 ff. n. ch. (titre et préface) - 54 planches de photographies en noir tirées en héliogravure - 4 ff. n. ch. (table des planches), en feuilles sous chemise rigide de demi-toile écru à rubans, titre en creux au premier plat et imprimé au dos, rhodoïd. Edition originale rare. Ces photographies ont été choisies dans un but pédagogique, elles sont à sujet scientifique (portait d'Albert Einstein, astronomie...), architectural (effet de nuit à Notre-Dame, Tombouctou, tombeau de l'empereur Minh Mang à Hué, village Habé au Soudan...), paysagier (la Seine aux Andelys, le Mont-Blanc, gorges du Seldja en Tunisie...), industriel (locomotive, la chaîne aux usines Citroën...) et ethnologique (jeune fille Man Tien au Tonkin, jeune fille… Read More

"'Varianti' è un libro-progetto interamente concepito dall'Autore, sia nella scelta delle immagini che nei testi. Guido Guidi ha immaginato il libro come la più naturale sequenza di immagini che si susseguono col ritmo di una narrazione intima, pura, come quella, semplice, delle fotografie di un album. Tutte le immagini che datano dal 1969 al 1994 sono riprodotte in grandezza originale e nella loro più totale interezza, come oggetti leggeri, con i segni che l'uso e il passare del tempo ha lasciato su di loro, appoggiati sulla pagina (dal risvolto di copertina) / "Varianti is a project book conceived entirely by the author, both as regards the choice of images and the text. Guido Guidi, one of the most sophisticated and elegant contemporary Italian photographers, visualized this book as a sequence of images unfolding with the natural rhythm of pure, intimate narration, like the simple story told by an album of photographs. All images dated from 1969 to 1994 are reproduced to their original scale in… Read More

8 X 10 photograph , Fine- Condition, SIGNATURES GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Unbound.

USA: Arthur Elgort, 1983. Book. Illus. by Elgort, Arthur. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition - Numbered Copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed, without inscription, and numbered 894/1500 by Elgort upon first blank leaf. 109 pages. Sumptuous black and white photography throughout. Book, dust jacket and slipcase clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb example of this photography classic..

Westminster London: Archibald Constable and Co, 1900. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. vittorio sella. FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Rebound in green cloth to resemble the original binding with original front cover title patch cleanly mounted in original position on front cover and original spine patches similarly mounted. Overall nice condition. Tight binding with no loose pages (the text block has been sewn into page gatherings = the stitching shows at the start/end of each gathering --> see photo). Gift inscription on front pastedown. No other former owner writing or marks in book. Based on the inscription, this book was given to Smoke Blanchard prior to his 1964 expedition to Mt St Elias, possibly by Vin Hoeman, beloved climber & mountaineering historian who perished in an avalanche on the 1969 Dhaulagiri expedition along with 6 others, though the "Love Always" seems a bit melodramatic. Smoke Blanchard's St Elias expedition was a 4-man… Read More