Search Results: Titles starting with M from Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd

Boston: David R. Godine & Wahington, D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1978. First edition. Bravo, Manuel Alvarez. 4to., xxiii pp., plus 82 b&w photo-plates, xv-xlv pp. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. One of 1000 hardbound copies from a total edition of 3000 copies. Issued as a monograph and the catalogue to accompany a major retrospective exhibition. With an essay on the photographer by Alex Castro. Includes catalogue of exhibition, biographical notes, exhibitions/catalogues/reviews, general bibliography.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. First ed. Paperback. Bravo. 4to., xxiii pp., plus 82 b&w photo-plates, xv-xlv pp. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. One of 2000 softbound copies. Includes catalogue of exhibition, biographical notes, exhibitions/catalogues/reviews, general bibliography.

New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1911. Hand-pulled photogravure, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches [24.13 x 16.51 cm] printed on tissue and tipped on to the original laid paper leaf, 11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches [29.85x 20.96 cm]. Archivally matted on rag board with window overmat. Fine. The image is a fine, full-tone photogravure from CAMERA WORK 34/35, 1911. Edward Steichen (Eduard Jean Steichen) was born in Luxembourg, 1879. In 1889, his family settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the 1894-1898, he served an apprenticeship with the American Fine Art Company, a lithographic firm, where he was introduced to photography, purchasing his first camera in 1895. In 1899, he began exhibiting in photographic salons, and in 1900, he met Alfred Stieglitz, who purchased three photographs. Soon after, he departed for Europe, settling in Paris, exhibiting in salons there and in London, continuing to send photographs to American exhibitions. In 1902 he was back in New York, and joined Stieglitz, as a founding member of the… Read More

New York: Museum of Modern Art; distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn, 1968. First edition. Small 4to., 216 pp., b&w and color illustrations. Color-illustrated embossed aluminum covers. Light scratches on the rear cover. A fine copy. The brightly illustrated aluminum binding adds distinction to this well-illustrated and extensive catalog of a major exhibition. The scope is quite large and encompasses the investigations into movement by Etienne-Jules Marey, Eadweard Muybridge, Jacques Henri Lartigue, the photograms of Man Ray and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, as well as the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Marcel Duchamp.

Boston & Toronto: LIttle, Brown and Co, 1975. First U.S. edition. First American ed. 4to., 304 pp., profusely illustrated with color and b&w photos. Faint spotting on the top edge. Near fine in fine dust jacket.

Paris: Berggruen & Cie, 1965. First edition. Narrow 8vo., 439 thumbnail illustrations in b&w, reproduced on a variety of colored papers. Original color lithographic illustration on the front wrapper by Marc Chagall. Moderate wear; crown slightly bumped; soiling to the blank rear wrapper. Priced catalogue of 439 contemporary art prints.

NP: Humpy Press, 1972. First edition. Krims, Les. 24mo., (6) pp., plus 28 sepia photos, (5) pp. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. A step-by-step visual guide with Krims' mother as the bare-breasted cook.

Poughkeepsie, NY: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 2000. First edition. Paperback. 4to., 31 pp., Color and tinted plates from photographs. Illustrated stiff wrapper. Near fine. Published as the catalogue for an exhibition held April 6 - June 11, 2000. Includes works by Duane Michaels, Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel, Gary Winogrand, John Heartfield, Man Ray, et al.

London: Ilford Limitied, 1929. Small 8vo., 32 pp. Decorative stiff wrappers. Near fine. Detailed instructions for exposing and processing, including chemical formulas.

Bern: Benteli Verlag und Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 4to., 413 pp., illustrated with 917 b&w reproductions. Cloth. A near fine copy. A broad historical survey of the relationship between photography and painting; with artists' biographies.

Bern: Benteli Verlag und Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1979. First edition. Paperback. 4to., 413 pp., illustrated with 917 b&w reproductions. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. A broad historical survey of the relationship between photography and painting; with artists' biographies.

New York, New York: Goethe House, 1984. First edition. 4to., 85 pp., illustration in b&w. Plain stiff wrappers with an illustrated dust jacket. Fine. The catalogue was compiled and edited by James Fraser with the assistance of Sibylle Fraser.

New York: The Camera Club of New York, 1903. Hand-pulled photogravure, 6 1/16 x 47/16 inches [15.40 x 11.27 cm]. Printed on copper plate paper, 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches [27.31 x 19.05] with printed tissue guard. There is a single library stamp beneath the image on the blank margin. Near fine. The image is a fine, full-tone photogravure from CAMERA NOTES: January 1900, Volume 3, Number 3. Eustace G. Calland (1871 - 1951) an electrician by trade, joined the Linked Ring in 1902 and took the pseudonym "Electricia." The composition of this photograph, The Mall, was considered radical - the placement of the tree bisected the frame. Stieglitz appreciated Calland's unorthodoxy, and presented it as a photogravure in CAMERA NOTES.

NY: Viking Press, 1971. First trade edition. Oblong 4to., 116 pp., 95 b&w plates from photographs. Slight nick to the bottom edge of the front board, with the photo-illustrated dust jacket that is lacking a chip from the bottom edge of the rear panel, has one short closed tear and a few creases. A near very good copy.

Tokyo: CamerArt, 1961. First edition. Hosoe, Eikoh. 4to., unpaged with 37 b&w photogravure plates. A fine, as new copy with the printed obi and the illustrated dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's printed card slipcase. SIGNED in Japanese in silver ink on the front flyleaf. The photographer's scarce first book, with texts in Japanese by Ed van der Elsken and Tatsuo Fukushima. Produced in collaboration with the dancer Hijikata Tatsumi. "Hosoe's book is a series of photographs - characterized by Hosoe's elegant and precise sense of form - recording an evolving performance by Hijikata's ensemble, which gradually becomes more abstract as it progresses. The 'dance' itself is a series of musings on the subject of sexuality." Parr and Badger, Vol. I, p. 279.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966. First edition. Man Ray. 8vo., 148 pp., 6 color photos, 101 b&w photos interspersed with text, captions and chronology. Stiff wrappers. Near fine. Catalogue prepared upon the occasion of the exhibition, a major retrospective.

Woodbury, NY: Barron's, 1980. First U.S. edition. Man Ray. Small 4to., 227 pp., 160 full-page b&w plates. A tiny bump to the lower tips of the boards; else a near fine copy in a slightly worn dust jacket. Includes detailed catalogue entries on the 160 reproduced images and reprints a series of essay by and about the artist. A very useful reference work.

New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1913. Steichen, Edward. Hand-pulled photogravure, 6 5/8 x 6 7/16 inches [15.83 x 16.35 cm] printed on tissue and tipped to the original laid paper leaf, 11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches [29.85x 20.96 cm]. Archivally matted on rag board with window overmat. Fine. The image is a fine full-tone photogravure from CAMERA WORK 42/43, 1913. Edward Steichen (Eduard Jean Steichen) was born in Luxembourg, 1879. In 1889, his family settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the 1894-1898, he served an apprenticeship with the American Fine Art Company, a lithographic firm, where he was introduced to photography, purchasing his first camera in 1895. In 1899, he began exhibiting in photographic salons, and in 1900, he met Alfred Stieglitz, who purchased three photographs. Soon after, he departed for Europe, settling in Paris, exhibiting in salons there and in London, continuing to send photographs to American exhibitions. In 1902 he was back in New York, and joined Stieglitz, as a founding member of… Read More

NY: Schocken Books, 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. Man, Felix H.. First American ed. 4to., numerous b&w photographs interspersed with text. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Man's photojournalistic essays have appeared in all the major international magazines. He is often referred to as a "Leica" photographer.

Paris: L'Auteur, 1855. First edition. 8vo., ii, 312 pp., illustrated with 90 engravings. Printed paper wrappers. A small hole in the rear wrapper has been patched; general light staining, foxing, else very good. Housed in cloth clamshell cox with printed spine label. A detailed review of electroplating techniques, including daguerreotype plates. SIGNED by the author, and additionally stamped with his name.