Autographed Platinum Print of Edward Coley Burne-Jones by Frederick Hollyer - 1885

Paris, Arts et métiers graphiques, [1933]. . Erste Ausgabe (des ersten Fotobuchs Brassais). - Brassaď (d.i. Gyula Halász, 1899-1984), französischer Fotograf ungarischer Herkunft, kam nach Studien in Ungarn und Deutschland 1924 nach Paris. Sein Freund, der ungar. Fotograf André Kertész überredete ihn, die Faszination des Pariser Nachtlebens in Fotos einzufangen. 1933 erschien sein Bildband "Paris de Nuit", der ihn sofort berühmt machte: "Brassai, der Pariser aus Transsylvanien, erscheint als Engel der Dunkelheit. Seine Sensibilität genießt das Ursprüngliche, das Fantastische, das Zweideutige und sogar das Bizarre" (John Szarkowski, Museum of Modern Art, New York). - Deckelkanten gering berieben

1935. Darrow at Banquet in Honor Of Lincoln Steffens. Darrow at Banquet in Honor Of Lincoln Steffens. Darrow Attends a Banquet in Honor Of Lincoln Steffens [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. [Steffens, Lincoln (1866-1936)]. [12" x 20" Photograph of a Banquet Honoring Steffens, Party Includes Clarence and Ruby Darrow] New York: Standard Flashlight Company, 27 April 1931. [With] [11" x 6" Printed List of People Who Attended the Banquet]. [And] Darrow, Clarence. [Filene, Edward A. (1860-1937)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Filene, On the Letterhead of the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, New York, April 17, 1931]. Single 9-1/2" x 6" sheet. Some edgewear to photo, upper left corner of image repaired, light toning and fold lines to list, early annotations to photograph, a few chips and nicks to edges of both. Items mounted on 16" x 32" foam-core board. Letter, which is not mounted, has some toning, two horizontal fold lines, a few light pencil lines (offsetting from another document) and glue residue to verso,… Read More

Paris: Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs, 1927. First Edition . Chemise. Very Good +. 235 x 175 Mm. [12], 24. Plates are 225 x 165 mm. Introductory text, in French, folded sheets, with 24 loose plates, in a paper-covered salmon chemise with off-white paper label, white cloth spine and cloth ties [spine and ties a little aged]. Light wear at corners, tiny area of bumping to upper tips, interior paper of spine is split, but exterior is sound; plates are immaculate and undamaged. No names or marks. Scarce.

With a preface by Théophile Homolle. Translated from the French by Charles Frederic Hardy. First english language edition. 132 pp.+ 40 full-page photogravure plates with printed tissue guards and 86 illustrations in the text. 39x31 cm. Éditions d'Art Fred. Boissonnas, Genève, 1920. There are printed of this work on fine hand-made paper, prepared specially for this edition, 300 copies, of which this copy is No. 15. (Additional postage due to heavy weight) --- François Frédéric Boissonnas, nicknamed Fred (1858-1946) came from a Swiss family of photographers. An enthusiastic trekker, he started out on his journey from Geneve together with his inseparable friend and travel companion, Greek scholar Daniel Baud-Bovy, rector in the Geneva school of Fine Arts. From their first journey in 1903 until 1920, carrying a baggage of stereotypes on Greece passed on by travellers of the previous centuries, they toured and took photographs everywhere, from Epirus to the Peloponnese and from Ithaca to Olympus and… Read More

Paris: Carjat, 1860. Fine. Carjat, Paris s.d. (circa 1860), 6,3x9,1cm, une photographie. - Rare photographie originale sur papier albuminé, au format carte de visite, contrecollée sur carton. Résidus de colle et papier un peu frotté au dos, sans gravité. Gustave Courbet fait la connaissance d'Etienne Carjat en 1859 en Allemagne et les deux hommes lieront une amitié très forte. ""Mon cher Carjat, je t'aime comme tu sais, tu es mon confident d'amour, tu es mon biographe, tu es mon ami"" (Lettre de Courbet, février 1863) Nous n'avons pu trouver aucun exemplaire de cette photographie dans les collection publiques. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Photographic Portrait of Gustave Courbet with a cane Carjat | Paris n. d. [ca 1860] | 6.3 x 9.1 cm | one carte-de-visite photograph Rare original photograph on albumin paper, in visiting card format, laid down on card. Remnants of glue, paper slightly rubbed on verso, but not seriously. Gustave Courbet met Etienne… Read More

New York. The Limited Editions Club. 1997. Bound in full crimson cloth with imprinted paper label laid-on to Front Cover. Matching Suede-lined Solander box with imprinted black titles to spine. Large Square Folio. 16.25" x 15 inches. This Edition Limited to only 300 numbered copies of which this is #142. Boldly signed byHenri Cartier-Bresson to Colophon. LEC Letter laid-in. Illustrated with four spectacular full-page photogravure prints, printed on hand- made paper by Cartier-Bresson and selected by him especially for this Edition. Cartier-Bresson's only published nude studies to date. Spine of Box mildly and evenly sunned with a tiny, short scratch. Small patch of mild sunning to top front cover of Box. A Very Fine, Pristine, apparently unread copy of this most rare and exquisite production in a Near Fine+ Box.

New York: The Library Fellows at the Whitney Museum of American Art [by Michael and Winifred Bixler Press and Letter Foundry], 1991. Spine faded as often with this book, a few scuffs to cloth, some minor soiling to slipcase. Oblong folio (32.9x42 cm; 13x16½ inches). Beautifully printed in letterpress. [16] pages With 9 mounted chromogenic photographic prints by Tina Barney: 27.7 x3 5.9 cm (11x14¼"). Original turquoise three quarter morocco over cloth; endpapers designed by Sage Reynolds; slipcase. One of an edition limited to 175 copies signed by Barney and Howe. An artist book collaboration between American playwright Tina Howe and American photographer Tina Barney produced as a benefit for the library of the Whitney Museum. An edition in the Artists and Writers Series. The text is a four-person dialogue written by Tina Howe, set on an Atlantic Coast beach in late August. The large-format images manipulate depth of field, and capture people on or around the beach, making the… Read More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. RARE Review Copy of this groundbreaking behind-the-scenes look into the New York art scene of the 1960s. With four 8" x 10" B&W glossy photos from the book laid in; George Segal's "Couple at the Stairs"; Andy Warhol in his studio; Marcel Duchamp in his Manhattan apartment; and Lee Bontecon, relaxing in her studio ( first 3 photos Fine, last photo small faint spot bottom margin and faint bottom corner crease). The book is Near Fine, small prior owner name 2nd front end page, slight bowing to boards. In a Very Good dust jacket, 1/4" chip across head and 1 1/2" chip base of spine, narrow chip at top edge front flap fold, several small closed edge tears. Original photographs from this New York collection are uncommon at auction.(RBH). While these four are not originals, they would be striking framed as a set. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Tall 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Review Copy.

Saint Petersbourg: Vezenberg, 1880. Fine. Vezenberg, Saint Petersbourg s.d. (circa 1880), 6,4x10,7cm, une photographie au format carte de visite. - Rarissime photographie originale sur papier albuminé, au format carte de visite, contrecollée sur un carton du studio Vezenberg à Saint Petersbourg. Cachet en russe en bas du cliché indiquant en cyrillique ""L. Tolstoï"". Nous n'avons pu trouver aucun exemplaire de cette photographie dans les collections publiques. Les photographies de ce géant de la littérature russe sont rares et recherchées. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Photographic portrait of Leo Tolstoy Vezenberg | Saint Petersburg n. d. [ca 1880] | 6.4 x 10.7 cm | one carte-de-visite photograph Extremely rare original photograph on albumen paper, carte-de-visite size, laid on a cardboard of the Vezenberg studio in Saint Petersburg. Stamp in Russian at the bottom of the photograph indicating in Cyrillic ""L. Tolstoy"". We have not fond any… Read More

1te. - (4te.) Lieferung. 4 instalments (= all published). Basel und Genf, H. Georg's Buch- und Kunsthandlung (1864 ?). 20 original photographs (albumen – various sizes ca 110 x 180 mm to 225 x 280 mm) mounted onto white cardboards. Loosely contained in publisher's lithographed wrappers, with calligraphed title on front cover and contents on back cover. Folio (450 x 310 mm). Spine of fourth instalment restored, wrappers lightly dust-soiled and with a few short tears in margins. Cf. ADB XL, 460-465 (for Wackernagel) ; not in Heidtmann. Bibliographie der Photographie. Jakob Hoeflinger (1819-1892), was a native from the Black Forest region who emigrated to Swiss and became a photographer around 1853. He established his very successful business in Bale in 1857. His son Albert (1855-1936) took over the company in 1885. In 1896 he sold it to his cousin August Höflinger (1867-1939), who had joined the management the same year as he. From then on, August himself devoted himself to portrait painting. Until… Read More