Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. First edition. Paperbound. 272p, many ills., some in color. The first major survey of the Surrealist magazine Documents (1929-30), edited by Bataille. It "combined an eclectic mixture of art, archaeology, ethnography, and popular cultue." Published in conjunction with the Hayward Gallery exhibition "Undercover Surrealism: Picasso..... More
No place [Buffalo?]: No stated publisher, 1987. First edition. Soft cover. Six reproductions of photographs, printed in duotone on glossy card stock, laid in folder. Short texts by Reyner Banham, Anthony Bannon, and the photographer. Ca. 6 x 9 inches. Folder lightly soiled; price sticker removed from back; photos are..... More
Frankfurt: Societats-Verlag, 1930. First edition. Soft cover. 16p, several ills. + 200 ills., mostly full-page plates. They are numbered to 199; the 200th is the half-title photo. Half-title page detached. Original covers chipped. Text in German; captions in German, French, and English. Short survey of the first 30 years of..... 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
New York (?): unstated, n.d. [1983]. First edition. Soft cover. 40p (including covers), many photos and line ills. Published as the catalogue for the "Preparing for War" section in the pioneering Terminal New York exhibition, which was held in the Brooklyn Army Terminal in 1983. Opening with an epigraph from..... More
![The Paintings of Eduard Steichen [with 2 menus]. Anne Cohen DePietro, Mary Steichen Calderone](/pictures/thumb/30265.jpg?v=1625748638)
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
1972. Galerie Klihm (Munich) and Galerie Rudolf Zwirner (Cologne). Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: Fotogramme. 1972. [24]p, 8 pls. Good paperbound (thumbed). ** Pamphlet checklist of 24 photograms that were part of an exhibition of Moholy-Nagy's photographic work, which was shown at the Galerie Klihm, the Bauhaus-Archiv, and another site. With a short..... More
1989. Hirschl & Adler Folk. But Were They Good Likenesses? NY, 1989. 42p, many ills., many in color. Text by Colleen Cowles Heslip. Good paperbound (shelfwear to covers). ** Interesting loan exhibition catalogue, which pairs 19th-century American portraits and landscapes with daguerreotypes or photographs of the actual subjects. Can be..... More
1992. Holly Solomon Gallery; Pace/MacGill Gallery. William Wegman. NY, 1992. [24]p, 12 pls., many in color. Fine paperbound in good original mailing envelope. ** Catalogue for 2 shows: New Paintings, Polaroids, and Drawings at Holly Solomon, and Early Black & White Photographs at Pace/Macgill. Laid in: announcement for performances of..... More
1977. Ickovic, Paul. 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..... More
![Kafka's Grave and Other Stories [1 of 2000]. Paul Ickovic, David Mamet, photographs, text](/pictures/thumb/26202.jpg?v=1615216385)
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
New York: Iolas Gallery, 1959. Man Ray. First edition. Unbound sheet. Announcement of the May Ray exhibition at the Iolas Gallery in New York, November 9, 1959. One large sheet, folded into a gatefold format. Paper browned, handling wear, light edge wear and chips. Photo is fine. Ca. 17 x...... More
![Katalog 88, 92, and 93 [3 catalogues]. Jurgen Holstein Antiquariat](/pictures/thumb/30178.jpg?v=1622053332)
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 Acquisitions..... More
![News [1 of 60 signed copies]. Rosa Lachenmeier](/pictures/thumb/30102.jpg?v=1619009272)
Basel: BookART, 1993. Lachenmeier, Rosa. Limited Edition. Bolt-bound boards. N.p., many color ills., printed by photo-offset. No text except the front and back matter and month part-titles. No. 8 of 60 signed copies. The artist presents a monthly chronicle of world and other events via news photos collaged within global..... More
Paris: Prisma, 1943. First edition. Hardcover (original boards). 30p + 49 pls. followed by fold-out captions. No. 715 of 1590 copies. Ink name of previous owner, a Boston-area photographer. No d.j. (as issued?). The first book on Hippolyte Bayard, the early French photographer of the 1840s. Reproduces his portraits (including..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1945. Strand, Paul. Second [revised] edition. Hardcover. 32p,. 23 plates. No d.j. The first monograph on Strand, and MOMA's first monograph on a photographer. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
1998. Quaritch, Bernard. The Science of Art: Optics, Perspective, Colour (Catalogue 1250). London 1998. 94p, many line ills. + several color pls. Very good paperbound (slight external handling wear). ** Bookseller's catalogue of 88 extraordinary European and British books of the 15th-19th centuries: Alberti, Durer, Chevreul, Euclid, Newton, Kepler, Fosse..... More
London: Anthony d'Offay, 1989. Richter, Gerhard. Privately printed. Hardcover (paper-covered boards) in original corrugated cardboard mailing enclosure, with address label. N.p., 12 color ills. Desk calendar featuring 12 works based on landscapes or buildings: "all works are acrylic on original photographs reproduced actual size." Laid in: New Year's greeting slip..... More
1909. San Francisco. Souvenir-Portola. Public Work of San Francisco Since 1906. Supplement to Municipal Reports, 1908-9. Ca. 60p, many photos of buildings built after the 1906 earthquake. Fair paperbound (covers detached, internally very good except one small corner chipped away from bottom of one page). ** Surveys the post-earthquake building..... More
1974. Stokes, Telfer. Spaces. London: Weproductions 1974. N.p., many photos. No text except for front matter and captions at the end. Very good small paperbound (light shelf rubbing). Trompe-l'oeil dogear to upper corner of cover created by clipping off the corner. ** Everyday objects, buildings, and landscapes photographed and combined..... More
