Ryan McGinley by McGinley, Ryan - 2002

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

1932. unique album. Photo album. The photographs were taken by a doctor stationed at Sternberg General Hospital in Manila,. 130 silver gelatin photographs on 14 leaves. (95 of the Philippines and 36 of China). Oblong quarto, original black lacquered boards with pictorial inlay on front cover, leather spine. Extremities worn, front cover chipped, front joint cracked, spine no longer attached to front; front hinge broken; photographs fine; very good.Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade. -- . Most photographs are of the Manila area but there are numerous images of Shanghai after the Japanese bombing of Chapei. An interesting chronicle of American military experience in the Philippines and China during the early 1930s. Images show the hospital in Manila, the dock area, the bay, and a spindly Christmas tree set up in the medical lab. There follow street scenes in Manila, views of churches and Spanish ruins, shots of Old Manila, and views of the countryside. The author documents a train… Read More

Venice: Linea d'acqua, 2010. Limited edition Facsimile. Hardcover. very good. Linea d'acqua, Venezia, 2010. No. 213 of a limited edition of 250. size 20 x 14 x 2.5 inches, weight 20lb. Fernando Ongania published TWO large format volumes of brilliant photos of Venice. This facsimile combines all 185 photos of both volumes (read more below) --- Introduction Italian, 20pp, 185 plates. Includes a laid-in index of all 185 plates with the names of the buildings/locations and a brief description (in Italian) The condition.of the book and the plates is very good. The white cover has some spots and smudging. No slipcase. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within the US (a $75-$100 value!). Fernando Ongania published TWO large format volumes of brilliant photos of Venice. The first in 1891 titled 'Calli e Canali in Venezia" (with 100 photographic plates) and in 1895 'Calli e canali e isole della laguna' ((with 85 photographic plates of Venice and the islands in the lagoon. There are also 15… Read More

Gottingen: Steidl, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Yellow decorated linen as issued. True first edition, first printing. Signed by Alec Soth on the title page. 46 photographic plates. Essays by Patricia Hampl and Anne Wilkes Tucker. Parr & Badger, The Photobook, vol 2. 29 x 28 cm. Scarce photobook in collectible condition. .

Paris: Monograph and The Platinum Image, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Bound in grey cloth with silver lettering on front cover and spine. In photo-illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with over 190 original black & white prints made by Michael Trevillion and Ron Oliver. Essay 'Scenes from Childhood' by Paul Ryan. From the library of Donald H. Mader with his bookplate pasted on the front paste down. Light tanning to page edges. 205 pp., 32 x 25 cm. .

NY: Viking, 1965. First Edition, first printing. Hard cover in original dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1965. 78pp. Illus. w/ 51 b/w photos by Levitt. Black cloth w/ white lettering, colored end papers. Oblong 8vo., 7 3/4" x 9 1/4." Photographs of scenes she witnessed in the streets of Harlem, Yorkville, and the Lower East Side, in New York City. Mild ex-office copy. "Department of Education" rubber stamp on front and rear f.l., "duplicate" written over front stamp. Small, blank pocket neatly glued to rear pastedown. No other markings. Book is clean, straight and tight with no signs of wear. Cloth and pages clean, no smudges or marks. Cover lettering bright and sharp. Minor bump curl to tips of fr. cover. Minute rubbing spot to lower tip. DJ is Very Good, NOT price clipped (price of $6.50) w/ mild fraying at crown/ heel, sl. edge curl, very light foxing spots on interior side with two areas of sweating at the interior front panel edge fold, some visible on inside… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood And Company, 1882. Book. Illus. by Eadweard Muybridge - Photographer. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original Brown Cloth With Gilt Pictorial Stamping. The Book Has Bumped Corners..

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2002. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Limited edition, one of 110 copies for private distribution none of which were for sale; this copy is unnumbered and out of series. Near Fine, in a Near Fine publisher's white slipcase, which is lightly soiled and wit ha touch of shelf-wear. A lovely collection of Montfort's candid photographs of Bukowski.

s.l.: S.n., 1955. Fine. S.n., s.l. s.d. (circa 1955), 5x8cm, une photographie. - Photographie originale en noir et blanc représentant Vladimir Nabokov. Tirage argentique d'époque. Mention manuscrite postérieure au stylo bille au dos du cliché : ""photo Clayton-Smith mention obligatoire"". La photographie servit d'illustration au catalogue de l'année 1959 d'Olympia Press, éditeur de Nabokov, dans le cadre de la réédition de Lolita. Beau portrait de profil de l'un des écrivains les plus sulfureux du XXème siècle. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Original black and white photograph representing Vladimir Nabokov n. p. [ca 1955] | 5 x 8 cm |one photograph Contemporary silver print. Handwritten note in ballpoint pen at the back of the photograph: ""Photo Clayton-Smith mention obligatoire"". The photograph was used as an illustration for the Olympia Press catalog 1959, Nabokov's publisher, in the context of the re-edition of Lolita.… Read More

Budapest: Magyar Helikon, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 25x21 cm. . Black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering in bright, photo-pictorial dustjacket. Illustrated throughout with 96 black and white reproductions of photographs and 2 blue transparent pages. Missing 1,7 mm. at top of spine strip. Dust jacket with light edge wear and professionally restored chip to upper spine end. Unpaginated [97 pp.] The Photobook Parr & Badger, Vol.1. Dust jacket now protected by mylar cover. .