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TAL UF TAL AB. 29 Fotos
by FRANK, Robert
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- (2010)
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$50.00
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(Gottingen): Steidl, (2010). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Robert Frank. Textured wraps, 8" x 9-7/8". Mostly photographs with some text.
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ONE HOUR
by FRANK, Robert
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- 1992
- Condition
- Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$937.50
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Madras & New York: Hanuman Books, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Robert Frank. Chocolate brown textured wrappers, with pictorial dust jacket; 2-3/4" x 4-1/8"; 82, [6] pages, plus 8 pages of photographs. A journal of an hour's journey through Manhattan's Lower East side. This is #48 in the Hanuman Books series which were published… Read more
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$937.50

A SEASON IN HELL
by RIMBAUD, Arthur (Robert MAPPLETHORPE)
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- 1986
- Condition
- Spine mildly sunned with a small stain. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip
- Item Price
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$1,000.00
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1986. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned with a small stain. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Robert Mapplethorpe. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") handsewn and handbound in full crimson Oasis goatskin leather stamped in black. The original French with the acclaimed English translation by Paul Schmidt on facing… Read more
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$1,000.00

DIE PERFEKTE KINDHEIT
by CLARK, Larry
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- (1993)
- Condition
- Fine in a Fine dustwrapper, still in shrinkwrap
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$125.00
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Zurich / Berlin / New York: Scalo Verlag, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper, still in shrinkwrap. Larry Clark. THE PERFECT CHILDHOOD was banned in the United States, and this German edition quickly went out of print in Europe.
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$125.00

ERNST BRUNNER. PHOTOGRAPHIEN 1937-1962
by PFRUNDER, Peter
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- (1995)
- Condition
- Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$62.50
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(Zurich): Offizin, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Ernst Brunner. Brunner's work was included in THE FAMILY OF MAN exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955.
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$62.50

THE HOMELESS: MISSING PERSONS
by BERNDT, Jerry
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- (1986)
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$75.00
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(Wollaston, MA): Many Voices Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Jerry Berndt. Small folio (11" x 12") in printed wraps. Text and photographs by Jerry Berndt. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the photographer on the title page in the year of publication.
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$75.00

EXILE'S RETURN
by COWLEY, Malcolm
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Spine quite sunned. Still Near Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Item Price
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$156.30
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Spine quite sunned. Still Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Berenice Abbott. Quarto (6-1/2" x 9-5/8") bound in cloth-backed illustrated boards with the spine a dark brown natural-finish cloth woven in Holland and the sides covered with gray Fabriano Ingres paper imported from Italy reproducing the front cover of a literary… Read more
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$156.30

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
by HEMINGWAY, Ernest (Alfred EISENSTAEDT)
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- (1990)
- Condition
- Fine in a Near Fine suede-lined linen clamshell box with leather label with some sunning and light soiling
- Edition
- First Limited Edition
- Item Price
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$1,875.00
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[New York]: Limited Editions Club, (1990). First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine suede-lined linen clamshell box with leather label with some sunning and light soiling. Alfred Eisenstaedt. Oblong folio (14-1/2" x 11") bound in blue goatskin leather and linen boards. Illustrated with five photogravures by Alfred Eisenstaedt printed from the original negatives created by Eisenstaedt… Read more
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$1,875.00

EXILE'S RETURN
by COWLEY, Malcolm
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Some wrinkling to the paper at the front joint with slight splitting, apparently a publisher's defect as the book has never been
- Item Price
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$125.00
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Some wrinkling to the paper at the front joint with slight splitting, apparently a publisher's defect as the book has never been handled. Near Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with slight bubbling to the paper. Still in the original shipping box. Berenice Abbott. Quarto (6-1/2" x 9-5/8")… Read more
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$125.00

LEAVES OF GRASS
by WHITMAN, Walt (Edward WESTON)
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- 1942
- Condition
- Very minor wear to the spine tips and corners. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase
- Item Price
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$1,562.50
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover. Very minor wear to the spine tips and corners. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Edward Weston. Two slim, tall quarto (9" x 12") volumes bound in imitation vellum reproducing in dark grass-green ink a photograph by Edward Weston who has illustrated the volume with 49 photographs specially commissioned for this book… Read more
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$1,562.50

LEAVES OF GRASS
by WHITMAN, Walt (Edward WESTON)
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- 1942
- Condition
- Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown. Just a touch of wear to the spine tips. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with fain
- Item Price
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$2,187.50
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown. Just a touch of wear to the spine tips. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with faint dampstaining to the edge of one side. Uncommon in this condition. Edward Weston. Two slim, tall quarto (9" x 12") volumes bound in imitation vellum reproducing in… Read more
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$2,187.50

THE BRIDGE
by CRANE, Hart
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase
- Item Price
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$187.50
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Richard Benson. Quarto (9" x 12") bound in a silvery gray cloth imported from the Netherlands and stamped in blind and blue; 96 pages. Introduction by Malcolm Cowley. Copy #959 of 2000 illustrated with photographs by Richard Benson printed in a tritone 300-line screen… Read more
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$187.50

THE URBAN PRISONER: PHOTOGRAPHS BY MATT WEBER
by WEBER, Matt
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- (2004)
- Condition
- Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$312.50
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(New York): Sanctuary Books, (2004). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Oblong quarto (12" x 9-3/4") bound in black cloth. First Limited Edition, copy #21 of 200 numbered and SIGNED copies with an original 8x10 SIGNED print laid in. Introduction by Ben Lifson. An impressive first collection of photographs, mostly of life in New York City.… Read more
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$312.50

SAY, IS THIS THE U.S.A.
by CALDWELL, Erskine
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- (1941)
- Condition
- Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$187.50
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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Quarto in pictorial boards. Illustrated with photographs by Margaret Bourke-White. A wonderful collaboration.
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ORIGINAL OVERSIZE SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPH OF GERTRUDE ATHERTON BY ARNOLD GENTHE
by GENTHE, Arnold (ATHERTON, Gertrude)
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Condition
- Various chips and tears, some large, along the margins of the mat, but none coming close to either the photograph or Genthe's si
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$3,125.00
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Photograph. Various chips and tears, some large, along the margins of the mat, but none coming close to either the photograph or Genthe's signature. Mat in Good condition, photograph Fine. A beautiful large (10-3/8" x 13-1/4") silver print portrait of writer Gertrude Atherton (1857 - 1948) SIGNED by the photographer in pencil "Arnold Genthe/N.Y." below the image on… Read more
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THE BOTTOM OF THE HARBOR
by MITCHELL, Joseph (Berenice ABBOTT)
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- 1991
- Condition
- Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Item Price
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$1,875.00
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1991. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Berenice Abbott. Large quarto (8-3/4" x 11-1/2") bound in black oasis goatskin leather with black Irish linen boards. Stories about the New York City waterfront. Illustrated with five photogravures by Berenice Abbott printed on handmade paper. SIGNED by the author on the colophon page. Issued in… Read more
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$1,875.00

A SEASON IN HELL
by RIMBAUD, Arthur (Robert MAPPLETHORPE)
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- 1986
- Condition
- Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Item Price
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$1,187.50
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1986. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Robert Mapplethorpe. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") handsewn and handbound in full crimson Oasis goatskin leather stamped in black. The original French with the acclaimed English translation by Paul Schmidt on facing pages. One of 1000 numbered copies illustrated with 8 hand-pulled dust-grain photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe… Read more
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$1,187.50

LADY LISA LYON
by CHATWIN, Bruce; MAPPLETHORPE, Robert
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
- Published
- (1983)
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$125.00
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New York: The Viking Press, (1983). First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Robert Mapplethorpe. Pictorial wraps, 9" x 11". A revealing portrait of the first Women's Bodybuilding Champion with text by Bruce Chatwin and photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
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$125.00