THIRTYFOUR PARKING LOTS by RUSCHA, EDWARD - 1974

Italy, 1880. Book. Illus. by James Anderson. Very Fine. No Binding. 1880's James Anderson , Roma , Italy , Bromide / Chloride print . size 10"x 12" with a hard backer board by James Anderson . Printed in the photo at the bottom " 8604 - FIRENZE - Santa Cecilia - Donatello - ( da copia ) - Museo Nazionale - Anderson - ROMA ". See more of this art at : GibbsBooks..

Italy, 1880. Book. Illus. by Brogi. Very Good. No Binding. 1880's, Napoli , Itlay. Brogi , size 10" x 12" with a hard backer board. Condition: Very Good ,the mat backer board has one corner broken off ( 2") not near the image.Printed in the photo nagitive at the bottom " ( ed.ni BROGI ) 5106 . Napoli . museo Nazionale - Venere Vittoriosa ( Capua ). See more art at: GibbBooks..

London: Henry Greenwood & Co., 1911. Very Good+ condition. Clean and bright. SEE PHOTOS. Hardcover. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are unmarked but for occasional scattered foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 5.25" wide x 7.25" tall x 2.5" thick. Profusely illustrated with over 1000 photos, drawings, samples of photographic paper, etc. Comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in equipment, technique, developing, enlarging, with incredibly detailed price and product lists, advertisements for lenses, cameras, photo equipment, services and supplies, Kodak, info on manufacturers, photographic societies, camera clubs, obituaries, list of principal books on photography, etc. Incorporates the "Year Book of Photography and Amateurs' Guide." Has several indexes. Bound in the original dark green cloth, gold embossed on front and spine, within blind stamped borders.. First Edition.… Read More

Göttingen: Steidl, 2016. A fine copy. Oblong folio (36 x 29 cm) 31 color photographs. Cloth; slipcase. Additional photograph in cloth chemise. DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, number 25 of 50 copies signed by Burtynsky with an original photograph, from an edition of 150 (three sets of 50 copies, each with one of three images) plus 15 artist's proofs. The additional image is that found of p. 4 of the book. "The images in this book are not about the battles being fought on the ground. Rather, they examine this ancient method of providing one of the most basic elements of our diet; as primitive industry and as abstract two-dimensional human marks upon the landscape." - Edward Burtynsky. For this series, the photographer traveled to Gujarat, India, to make images of the Little Ranch of Kutch, a region that is home to more than 100,000 salt workers extracting around one million tons of salt from the floodwaters of the Arabian Sea each year. "Salt has been their main industry for the last four hundred years.… Read More

London: Trigraph Limited, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Brown cloth coverd boards in illustrated dustjacket. The two volumes of the first 1879 edition are combined in one in this edition. The text is reproduced in full, except for a few corrections, and so are all the photographs. The original layout has been revised for convenience. Contributions by Lady Hunt and Ialeen Gibson Cowan. Fronispiece portret of John Thomson. 59 reproductions of photographs with accompanying text by John Thomson. 3 pages with reproductions of engravings. The book is in near fine condition. Corners are sharp, pages are clean and bright. The dustjacket has light edge wear and creasing and 2 small tears to lower spine end (repaired with tape from the inside). xxiii [122 pp.], 32,5 x 25 cm. .

Los Angeles: St. Ann's Press, 2003. Signed by Bruce Davidson. First St. Ann's Press edition / First printing. Published in an edition of 3,000 case-bound copies. Ivory cloth with photographic insert. Very fine in very fine acetate dust jacket.

Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1981. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. Plates Throughout. Xii + 7 "Portfolios" Of Plates. First Published In 1977, This Is An Entirely New Design By Ann Lampton Curtis, New Printing By Gardner/Fulmer Lithograph On Centura Gloss Paper Using New Higher-Quality Laser-Scanned Separations. Signed By Ansel Adams On The Half-Title, No Inscription. As New In As New Dj.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington, Limited, 1888. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original red cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, gilt decoration lower front cover. EX-Library with library stamp on title page, library bookplate on front free end-page, library card pocket on rear free end-page, library sticker pulled from spine leaving white patch (see photo), no other library marks. The plates are clean, not damaged, and do not have any library markings or stamps. Generally a clean, sound example of the book. The end-pages are the original coated green paper. The original tissue guards are present and browned as usual. The binding is sound and not loose or cracked. There is some foxing on some of the early pages and near the end, otherwise the book is mostly free of foxing. The book is complete with all pages and plates (nothing missing). The book measures 289mm tall x 209mm and has 180 pages, 22 photogravure plates of guide portraits on heavy stock paper… Read More

Brussels: Zeebrugge Museum Book. Illus. by Brusselle, Arthur ( Photographer ). Very Good +. Card Covers Sewn. Presumed First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Oblong. About fine but for minor bumping to peripheries, and a touch of rubbing to front cover title .3 hole string stitched binding. No date, ( circa 1917 - 1918 ). 24 pages of tipped in photos in excellent condition with tissue guards. . 42 photos. A few tissue guards creased.. Complete with notice page, in French and English, which relates the history of these remarkable photos, and identifies each one. A powerful documentation of submarine warfare..

London: Akfred W. Bennett, 1866. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ernest Edwards. FIRST EDITION 1866. Original blue pebbled cloth, AEG, gilt lettering front cover & spine, gilt decoration of box camera and ice-axe on front cover, gilt title frame front, gilt rules spine ends, debossed triple borders front & rear covers. Diffuse grubbiness covers, rubbed spine ends and corners, no owner writing or marks on any pages, solid binding, paper cracked inside hinges but hinges strong and not broken (mess is solid and tight), some foxing in places but considerably less than what is frequently found for this book. The book measures 275mm tall x 215mm, and has 243 pages, 28 b/w photos, map. This is probably the earliest mountaineering book to use photographs as illustrations. Account of the author's excursion to Bernese Oberland with the purpose of photographing the mountains and the climbing. The group was comprised of 5 men and 4 women, plus the famous guide Christian Almer,… Read More