Search Results: Photography from Brillig Books

New York: Harper Weldon Owen, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Folio, (15" X 11"), green cloth covered boards with gilt title. Photo-illustrated endpapers. 256pp. including index. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color full page and double page edge to edge photographs of America's beautiful, diverse and unique farm lands from a small airplane. A photographic odyssey across farming America. Introduction by Garrison Keillor. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp sparkling dust jacket. Jacket has a razor thin cut barely penetrating the surface several inches down the front panel which is invisible beneath the dust jacket protector. Fine in near fine dust jacket. A beautiful volume..

New York: Harry N Abrams, 1984. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, black cloth covered boards with silver title and spine titles. 247 pp. including index and appendices. Very generously illustrated throughout with 332 illustrations, photographs and reproductions with 43 full color plates. A tight, clean vollume with very fresh rich cloth and sparkling titles, unmarked, unblemished and unread in a crisp, bright, glossy, sparkling unclipped very tight dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..

New York: Aperture, 1990. Book. As New. Original Wraps. First Edition. Two Volumes, quarto, teal stiff wraps with photographic illustration. 160pp. Very gernerously illustrated throughout with mostly full page black and white photographic reproductions. With a biographical profile by Anna Farovna which continues from 117 to 118. A beautiful compendium of the astounding photographs of the great Czech photographer. The two volumes are very crisp, clean, stiff, bright and unmarked with flat uncreased spine. Volume 117 has a really tiny scratch near base of spine and a virtually imperceptble bump to upper forecorner. Volume 188 is flawless. Fine. AS NEW..

New York: Aperture, 1993. Book. As New. Original Wraps. First Edition. Quarto, stiff wraps (paperback) with Joel-Peter Witkin portrait photograph on the cover. 79pp. Featuring photographs by Annie Liebovitz, Cindy Sherman, Adam Fuss, Joel-Peter Witkin, Susan Meiselas, and Jon Goodman. A very fine, square, crisp, stiff, brilliant, unmarked and unread copy with a flat uncreased spine. Flawless. AS NEW..

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1978 First Edition Stated. Tall quarto, (14.75" x 11"). With an Essay by Harold Brodkey. Published in conjunction with the retrospective show of Avedon's work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A stunning collection of black and white photographs of the fashionable and the famous. In Avedon's inimitable bold style which set the tone for fashion photography in this era. Mostly full page edge-to-edge photographs and many double page. Includes photographs of (inter alia) Lauren Bacall, Renata Adler, Joan Baez, Brigitte Bardot, Cecil Beaton, Marisa Berenson, Gabrielle Chanel, Cyd Charisse, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Lena Horne, Anjelica Houston, John Houston, Lauren Hutton, Bianca Jagger, Janis Joplin, Sophia Loren, Bette Midler, Marilyn Monroe, Jeanne Moreau, Mike Nichols, Suzy Parker, Yves Saint Laurent, Elizabeth Taylor, Tina Turner, Twiggy, Gloria Vanderbilt, Veruschka, Diana Vreeland. This copy is in flawless condition.… Read More

NY: Crown Publishers, (1978). Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, dark blue cloth covered boards with silver title and silver spine titles. 232pp. plus extensive index. Generously illustrated throughout with 600 drawings in black and white and color (over half of total in color), examples of cameras and diagrams illustrating fifteen main classes of cameras from the very beginnings of photography up to 1978. A comprehensive and beautifully produced survey. Fine in fine dust jacket. A pristine flawless copy in a brilliant crisp dust jacket. AS NEW..

New York: Bulfinch Press, 1990. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, white cloth covered boards with blindstamp title and gilt spine titles. 199pp.plus colophon. Very generously iillustrated throughout with black and white photographs of cats and their photographers and photographers and their cats! 103 black and white photographs. Pictures by Weegee, Halsman, Kertesz, Eakins, Steichen, Weston, Friedlander and many more masters of photography. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Book. Fine. Photoillustrated Wraps. First Edition. Quarto, color photo-illustrated stiff wraps. 193 pp. including section with short biographies and portraits of the contributing photographers. The result of a year long investigation and documentation of the City of Chicago and its people in the 1988. The 33 photographers who participated were pre-selected by a committe of curators from leading Chicago museums and institutions Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs. A very tight, clean, fresh square, crisp, stiff and unmarked volume. Minor rubbing at spnie edge, and light crease at rear bottom corner. else fine, Very good plus to near fine. A great copy. Uncommon..

New York: Prestel, 1995. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 108 pp. including list of illustrations, bibliography and biographical notes on the artists. TEXT IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN. A tight, clean, bright, crisp, stiff, square, glossy, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

NY: Viking Press, (1976). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Tall quarto, red cloth covered boards. No pagination. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs by the "Father of Photojournalism". Just about any mainstream and not so mainstream celebrity you can imagine from Marilyn to Harry Truman and Richard Nixon. A personal photo album. A fine, tight and brilliant volume in a crisp, sharp dust jacket with two very closed 2" edge tears (one at top of spine and one at forecorner, else fine. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket..

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1982. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, cream cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 126pp. 96 beautiful and evocative historic photographs from the early years of the art. A tight, clean, unmarked volume in a crisp, price-clipped dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket..

Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1993. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, dark turquoise cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 127 pp. including index, bibliography and notes. Generously illustrated throughout with 94 reproductions of black and white photographs by (inter alia) Marion Post Walcott, Arthur Rothstein and Gordon Parks and other photographers of the Farm Security Administration. A beautiful copy with very fresh cloth and bright gilt, clean, tight, unmarked and unread in a crisp, sharp, bright, glossy unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Pristine. AS NEW..

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Hyperion Books, 1999. Book. As New. Photoillustrated. 1st Edition. Quarto, color photo-illustrated glazed paper covered boards. 127pp. Illustrated endpapers. Generously illustrated throughout with Wegman's signature photographs of the Weimaraner "Fay". A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Pristine. AS NEW..

London: Focal Point, (1964), 1964. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, lemon yellow cloth covered boards. 176pp. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs and diagrams. Includes color wheel tipped in at rear. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and undamaged volume. Pristine. FINE. (without dust jacket)..

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1987. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. First printing of the original edition. Small quarto, white illustrated self wraps (paperback). 144 pp. A photojournalistic look at the 60s. Crisp, glossy, tight, clean, stiff, fresh, unmarked and unread with a flat uncreased spine. Very fine..

NY: Ivan Oblensky, (1962). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, grey cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 116pp. Foreword by Aldous Huxley. A compendium of the many of the most famous artists, writers and performers of the middle of the twentieth century. A really remarkable gathering of celebrities from Thomas Mann to Judy Garland. The book is primarily a series of photographs in black and white, most full page. A fine volume in a dust jacket with short closed edge tear, lightly sunned spine and superficial rubbing. A very clean and fine volume in a very good or better dust jacket..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Aperture, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Oblong quarto, tan cloth. 95pp. Generously illustrated with full page panoramic color photographs. Foreword by Laurance Wieder, afterword by Ken Snelson. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Virtually As New..

New York: Umbrage Editions Inc, 2006. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Oblong quarto in dark brown cloth with gilt spine titles. 112 pp. A tight, clean volume with fresh cloth and sparkling gilt; unmarked, unblemished and unread in a crisp, tight, sharp, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Warminster, PA: Andrea Baldeck, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). F. First Edition. Quarto, black cloth covered boards with silver title and spine title. Unpaginated. Issued to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of Hopital Albert Schweitzer. This book is a compilation of 38 full page powerful photographic portraits in black and white of the people of the Artibonite valley of Haiti. It was photographed by an obviously very talented photographer/physician from the hospital and laid in is a presentation card signed by Gwen Grant Mellon, the founder of the hospital. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1997. Book. As New. Original Wraps. First Edition. Oblong quarto, blue color photo-illustrated stiff self-wraps (paperback). 158pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with over 50 full color full page photographs. With essays by Ramon A Gutierrez, Salvatore Scalora, William H. Beezley and Amalia Mesa-Bains. A fascinating scholarly and gorgeous close look at the art and spiritual fusion of the home family altar in Mexico. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, sparkling, crisp, stiff, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. AS NEW..