CLICK! Our featured books for spring are photobooks, photographic artist's books, and other works of interest for their photography. Some landmarks, some outliers.
All photos are in black and white unless otherwise noted. If there's no photo here, we can easily send one. And please browse our Art topics for more related books that aren't listed here.
2010. Aronson, Judith. Likenesses: With the Sitters Writing about One Another. Manchester, UK: Lintott Press 2010. 132p, many large photos by Aronson printed in duotone. Fwd. by Charles Saumarez Smith, formerly head of the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery. Very good paperbound. Signed by the photographer. ** Compelling... More about Likenesses: With the Sitters Writing about One Another
1980. Baronio, Joyce. 42nd Street Studio. NY: Pyxidium Press 1980. Stated first edition. N.p., ca. 40 photos. Texts by Baronio and Linda Nochlin. Good hardcover (plasticized boards). A little skewed due to its size. Lacks d.j. ** Large portraits of the sex-entertainment women and men who visited Baronio's Times Square... More about 42nd Street Studio
1932. Blossfeldt, Karl. Art Forms in Nature: Second Series. Examples from the Plant World Photographed Direct from Nature. NY: E. Weyhe 1932. xiii pp. + 120 large pls. Very good to fine hardcover (blue-green cloth, stamped in gilt). In good d.j. (chipped, soiled). Small shelf label on jacket spine, From... More about Art Forms in Nature: Second Series [in d.j
1929. Blossfeldt, Karl. Urformen der Kunst: Photographische Pflanzenbilder. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, n.d. [1st pub. 1928]. No date or edition statement, but clearly an early printing. Ed. and introd. by Karl Nierendorf. xvii pp. + 120 large pls. Very good hardcover (blue-green cloth, stamped in gilt). Endpapers soiled; hinges slightly cracked... More about Urformen der Kunst: Photographische Pflanzenbilder
Capek, Karel. Daschenka oder das Leben eines jungen Hundes. Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, n.d. [1935? 1948?]. 95p, many line ills. and photos by the author. Very good hardcover in fair d.j. (soiled, torn). Translated from Czech. ** The life of Capek's engaging fox terrier puppy in words and pictures. Originally published... More about Daschenka oder das Leben eines jungen Hundes
1966. Cendrars, Blaise, and Robert Doisneau. La Banlieue de Paris. Paris: Seghers 1966 (1st pub. 1949). 142p, 24 photos by Robert Doisneau. Good paperbound (average shelf wear). ** Cendrars's evocative description of tough postwar life in the suburbs of Paris, followed by Doisneau's equally evocative photos of Aubervilliers, Montrouge, Ivry-sur-Seine... More about La Banlieue de Paris
1996. Dan, Wynn. 100 Pages: Words + Pictures. NY: Wynn Dan 1996. [100]p, many photos. No text. Very good small paperbound. ** Generally soft-focus photos of streetscapes and everyday objects, almost all of them featuring words or numbers (signs, labels, dials, etc.). Printed in a bluish-black ink. Striking design, by... More about 100 Pages: Words + Pictures
![Odella: A Hidden Survivor [presentation copy]. Carlota Duarte](/pictures/thumb/A5303.jpg?v=1553606051)
1999. Duarte, Carlota. Odella: A Hidden Survivor. University of New Mexico Press 1990. N.p., many pls. Very good paperbound. Signed by Odella Chatal; presentation from Duarte. ** A moving photographic essay about a 60-year-old woman who had lived more than half her life in institutions and now was living on... More about Odella: A Hidden Survivor [presentation copy
1991. Fessler, Ann. Art History Lesson. Baltimore [Author] 1991. [12]p, several ills. Very good stapled paperbound (light handling wear). ** Long before the Me Too Movement, Fessler juxtaposed art historian H.W. Janson's commentary on Poussin's philosophy of art ("The highest aim of painting, he believed, is to represent noble and... More about Art History Lesson
![The Boy's Alphabet Book [1 of 1000]. Ian Hamilton Finlay, Dave Paterson](/pictures/thumb/A6182.jpg?v=1553603532)
Paterson, Dave. Finlay, Ian Hamilton, and Dave Paterson. The Boy's Alphabet Book. Toronto: Coach Press 1976. [56]p, 26 pls. printed in blue-black ink. Fine paperbound. One of 1000 copies. ** An alphabet book consisting of Paterson's photographs of "actual objects" that were made by Finlay: toy boats, aircraft, guns, tanks... More about The Boy's Alphabet Book [1 of 1000
2007. Friedlander, Lee. Frederick Law Olmsted Landscapes. NY: D.A.P. 2007. N.p., 89 large photos beautifully printed by Meridian Printing [not Meriden Gravure]. Very good hardcover with mounted photo on front cover; lacks d.j. ** In 1989 Phyllis Lambert commissioned Friedlander and two other photographers to take pictures in the parks... More about Frederick Law Olmsted Landscapes
2006. Hai Bo. [The Northern Series]. NY: Max Protetch Gallery 2006. N.p., many large color photos by Hai Bo on 16p. Foreword by Leng Lin. Very good oblong hardcover (boards). Top corners bumped, light shelf rubbing. No d.j., probably as issued. Gallery press release laid in. Text in English and... More about The Northern Series
1977. Ickovic, Paul. In Transit. Boston: Odeon Editions 1977. Stated first edition. [54]p, 53 pls. Texts by Kathryn Ungerer and Patricia Griffith. Fine hardcover in fair d.j. (creased, edges torn). ** Photos of men and women passing through New York, Paris, Boston, and other cities: on the street and in... More about In Transit
1986. Ickovic, Paul. Kafka's Grave and Other Stories. NY and Nairobi: Okapi Editions 1986. [84]p, 37 large black-and-white photos printed in tritone by Meriden Gravure. The text is printed in letterpress by Stinehour Press. Fwd. by David Mamet. Mint oblong hardcover (photo mounted on cover), in original shrinkwrap and shipping... More about Kafka's Grave and Other Stories
![On Reading [1st ed. in d.j.]. Andre Kertesz](/pictures/thumb/A6183.jpg?v=1553603535)
1971. Kertesz, Andre. On Reading. NY: Grossman 1971. 1st ed. [64]p, ca. 60 pls. Fine hardcover in very good unclipped d.j. (slight shelf soil and edge wear, spine yellowed as usual). ** A book to lose yourself in, as do Kertesz's subjects. It never fails to enchant. Can be sent... More about On Reading [1st ed. in d.j
1994. Klein, William. In and Out of Fashion. NY: Random House 1994. Stated first U.S. edition. 256p, hundreds of photos by Klein, many in color. Preface by Klein; afterword by Martin Harrison. Good hardcover (plasticized boards). No d.j., as issued. A little skewed because the book is too heavy for... More about In and Out of Fashion
![A Very Young Rider [1st ed. in d.j.]. Jill Krementz](/pictures/thumb/A6184.jpg?v=1553603536)
1977. Krementz, Jill. A Very Young Rider. NY: Knopf 1977. Stated first edition. N.p., many photos by the author. Very good in very good unclipped d.j. (front flap creased). ** A photographic look at the horse show world of a young hunter-jumper equestrian, Vivi Malloy. Follows the author's bestselling A.... More about A Very Young Rider [1st ed. in d.j
1992. Meisels, Penina, and Michael Cronan. Polo. San Francisco: Collins 1992. 112p, 100 hand-tinted color photos by Meisels. Very good hardcover (plasticized boards) in very good translucent vellum d.j. (short closed tear to top front). Text also by Meisels; elegant book design by Cronan. ** Beautiful photos and evocative text... More about Polo
1958. Miller, Wayne. The World Is Young. NY: Ridge Press 1958. 192p, many gravure photos. Good hardcover (spine faded and lettering dull); no d.j. ** Loving documentation of the joys and sorrows of childhood from toddler to teenage days. Text by Miller on how he prepared the book; also quotes... More about The World Is Young
![Barierka [Barricades]. Krzysztof Pruszkowski](/pictures/thumb/A6150.jpg?v=1553605812)
1978. Pruszkowski, Krzysztof. Barierka. Paris: Contrejour 1978. N.p., many photos. Good small paperbound (cover soil; a few page corners very lightly creased or bumped; overall internally very good). ** Photos of portable police barricades in place and in various uses for pedestrian and crowd control; all or mostly in Paris... More about Barierka [Barricades
1973. Rice, Brian, and Tony Evans. The English Sunrise. NY: Quick Fox (A Flash Book) 1973. 1st U.S. ed. (1st pub. in U.K. 1972). N.p., 76 color photos by Evans. Very good paperbound (covers shelfsoiled, lightly sunned). ** Collection of colorful sunrise motifs on signs, window and door treatments, gates... More about The English Sunrise
1985. Rio Branco, Miguel; text by Jean-Pierre Nouhaud. Dulce Sudor Amargo. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Economica 1985. N.p., ca. 80 large color photos. Very good paperbound (slight shelfwear, spine faded). In Spanish. ** Haunting photographs in saturated color of daily life in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Rio Branco is... More about Dulce Sudor Amargo
1973. Sander, August. Men without Masks: Faces of Germany 1910-1938. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society 1973. Stated first U.S. edition. Introd. by Golo Mann, biographical essay by Gunther Sander. 314p, 218 gravure photos (also reproduced as small identification photos on foldout pages), 27 text photos, mounted frontispiece portrait of... More about Men without Masks: Faces of Germany 1910-1938
2012. Shook, Melissa. My Suffolk Downs. Boston and Cambridge, MA: Pressed Wafer and Kat Ran Press 2012. Ca. 60p, many black-and-white photos. New paperbound. ** An evocative look in "poems and photographs" of backstretch life at the soon-to-disappear Suffolk Downs racetrack in East Boston. The "poems" are based on the... More about My Suffolk Downs
1995. Shook, Melissa. "Streets are for Nobody": Homeless Women Speak. Boston Center for the Arts 1991. 65p, many photos. Good paperbound (light shelf wear and soil). ** Interviews with and photos of homeless, or formerly homeless, women in Boston. Ed. by Jane Peterson. As in her other books, Shook's work... More about Streets are for Nobody": Homeless Women Speak
