No place [San Francisco?]: Privately printed, 1978. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Unbound folded sheet. 9 x 12 inches, folded.  Edges worn and soiled.  Not yellowed as the photo seems to show.  The reproduction is fine.  Printed on coated stock by Pacific Lithograph Company, supervised by George Waters (Adams's longtime printer)..... More

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Advocate, 2008. Ashbery, John. First edition. Soft cover. 72p, many ills. and photos. Laid in: DVD with animation, claymation, and other films by 5 artists (6 tracks total). This issue of The Harvard Advocate was published in anticipation of Ashbery's reciving the Harvard Arts Medal in Spring..... More

London / Liverpool: Barraud Studio, n.d. [ca. 1890]. No stated edition. Mounted photograph. Image is ca. 7 x 10 inches on damaged cardboard mount (ca. 10 x 14 inches). On the mat are printed Barraud's name and addresses plus "W & S Ltd" and "Permanent."  Image has trivial wrinkles (from..... More

Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987. Burke, Bill. Limited edition. Hardcover. N.p., many duotone photos by Burke and other ills., some in color. Plasticized pictorial boards; no jacket, as issued. One of 1000 copies (unstated). The first edition of this remarkable artist’s book. Via photographs, diary entries, and collaged ephemera, Burke documented..... More

Cambridge, MA: Charles B. Wood III, n.d. [2000]. First edition. Soft cover. 79p, many ills. Bookseller catalogue, continuing Wood's pioneering catalogues of books about and containing photographs.  203 entries, all scrupulously described.  Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More

Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1998. Cratsley, Bruce. First edition. Hardcover. 170p, 143 duotone photos. Back of jacket rubbed, chipped; bottom of back of jacket torn. Definitive monograph of Cratsley's moving body of work, published in the same year that he died of HIV/AIDS. Sculpture and other objects, street scenes..... More

Paris (printed in Vannes): Vogue, January 1945. First edition. Soft cover. 162p, hundreds of photos, drawings, and ads, many in full or two colors. Covers scrappy and detached, as shown. Light marginal dampstaining to opening pages, else internally overall good and complete. Haute couture, perfumes, and jewelry swirl confidently and..... More

Huntington, NY: Heckscher Museum, 1985. Steichen. First edition. Stapled paperbound. 48p, many ills., some in color.  Laid in: erratum sheet; also 2 copies of the menu for The Lenders Dinner, June 28, 1985, catered by Frank Allison, Northport, NY. The menus are tried with lavender ribbon. Text by DePietro, and..... More

Frankfurt am Main: Societats-Verlag, 1930. Furhmann, Ernst. First edition. Hardcover. [8]p + 200 photos. Lacks dust jacket. Owner's old acquisition date of "Sep. 1931" in pencil on front endpaper. Introduction and captions by Fuhrmann. The close-up photos, which recall those of Karl Blossfeldt, illustrate the structure and life cycle of..... More

Munich: Eigenthum und Verlag von Jos. Albert, n.d. [1866?]. Schnorr von Karolsfeld, Jos. Albert. First edition. Portfolio. 16p + 20 loose plates (mounted photographs). Scattered foxing and spotting, but the photos are overall clean, very crisp, and richly printed. Cover wear (front cover is detached). Ex-library (long ago), with title..... More

Boston: Odeon Editions, 1977. Ickovic, Paul. Stated first edition. Hardcover. [54]p, 53 pls. Texts by Kathryn Ungerer and Patricia Griffith. D.j. is creased, edges torn. Photos of men and women passing through New York, Paris, Boston, and other cities: on the street and in restaurants, parks, bus stations, etc. The..... More

Pocking bei Munchen: Jurgen Holstein, [1983]. First edition. Soft cover. Cat. 88: Illustrierte Bucher Graphik und Plakate aus einem halben Jahrhundert, 1892-1942.   1983.  40 items with long descriptions and illustrations + 3 pages of additional books.  Without the "Faltblatt" (brochure) on Russian children's books.  Corners bumped. Cat. 92: New..... More

Boston: C. Kimball, n.d. [ca. 1890-1900?]. Kimball (photographer). No stated edition. Mounted albumen print. With the photographer's monogram CK on back. Kimball, "Instantaneous Photographs," was located at 140 Court Street, Boston. Studio portrait of a young lady in her finest finery--elaborate lace collar, fitted jacket, embroidered diamond-shaped lappets, box-pleated skirt..... More