Karadaglic, Milos
Milos Karadaglic: Mediterraneo

Imprint: Hamburg, Germany, Deutsche Grammophon (DG), 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Milos Karadaglic collectible item. A pristine copy of his CD Debut Recording with Deutsche Grammophon, signed by Milos Karadaglic. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents Milos Karadaglic's "Mediterraneo". The stunning, now-classic "breakthrough" recording by the beloved guitarist known to his fans simply as "Milos". "Listening to the debut album by guitarist Milos Karadaglic, you find yourself wondering where on earth the classical guitar has been lately. As he moves from haunting compositions by Tarrega, Albeniz, and Granados to the more abstract shapes of Carlo Domeniconi's 'Koyunbaba' Suite, it's as if Karadaglic is shining a brilliant light on the entire heritage of his instrument" (Geoffrey Norris). An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Milos Karadaglic collectors. This copy of the CD of "Mediterraneo" is very boldly and beautifully signed in gold pen-marker in front by Milos Karadaglic. It is signed directly on the cover itself. It comes with a pristine copy of the 2018 Ravinia Festival Souvenir Magazine, which features Milos' recital event, during which his signature was obtained. This title is a great CD classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant guitarists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MILOS KARADAGLIC TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 22035.

$US 60.00

Karadaglic, Milos
Milos Karadaglic: Latino Gold

Imprint: Hamburg, Germany, Deutsche Grammophon (DG), 2013
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Milos Karadaglic collectible item. A pristine copy of his CD Recording with Deutsche Grammophon, signed by Milos Karadaglic. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents Milos Karadaglic's "Latino Gold". From the beloved guitarist known to his fans simply as "Milos": His innovative and deeply moving foray into Latin America and what "Latinity" really means, spiritually more than just geographically. "His horizons seem limitless" (Adam Sweeting). "The guitar needs a renaissance. There isn't a more accessible or beautiful instrument, and I want to bring it to a new generation of listeners" (Milos Karadaglic). An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Milos Karadaglic collectors. This copy of the CD of "Latino Gold" is very boldly and beautifully signed in (but of course) gold pen-marker in front by Milos Karadaglic. It is signed directly on the cover itself. It comes with a pristine copy of the 2018 Ravinia Festival Souvenir Magazine, which features Milos' recital event, during which his signature was obtained. This title is now collectible, and will become a CD classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant guitarists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MILOS KARADAGLIC TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 22037.

$US 40.00

Karadaglic, Milos
Milos Karadaglic: Aranjuez

Imprint: Hamburg, Germany, Deutsche Grammophon (DG), 2014
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Milos Karadaglic collectible item. A pristine copy of his CD Recording with Deutsche Grammophon, signed by Milos Karadaglic. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents Milos Karadaglic's "Aranjuez". That is, Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez", the greatest guitar concerto of the 20th century. Coupled with other lesser-known (though no less perfect) music by Rodrigo, plus transcriptions of works by Manuel de Falla. You cannot be considered a serious guitarist unless you can play "Aranjuez" - and leave your personal stamp on it, as your great predecessors in Julian Bream, Christopher Parkening, and John Williams, among others, have. Andres Segovia never performed it, but he did record Rodrigo's "Fantasia para un gentilhombre", which the beloved guitarist known to his fans simply as "Milos" also performs, with understated elegance, in this emotion-packed recording. An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Milos Karadaglic collectors. This copy of the CD of "Aranjuez" is very boldly and beautifully signed in gold pen-marker in front by Milos Karadaglic. It is signed directly on the cover itself. It comes with a pristine copy of the 2018 Ravinia Festival Souvenir Magazine, which features Milos' recital event, during which his signature was obtained. This title is now collectible, and will become a CD classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant guitarists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MILOS KARADAGLIC TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 22039.

$US 50.00

Katz, Noe (Artist) & Lozano, Luis Martin (Contributor)
Noe Katz: Paintings

Imprint: Mexico City, Mexico, Epic Grupo Publishers, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Retrospective Monograph. One of the most beautiful books on the art of Noe Katz. The first and only edition. Published in a tiny print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Monograph is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Noe Katz: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Art by Noe Katz. Essay by Luis Martin Lozano in both the Spanish original and felicitous English translation. The piece is one of the most illuminating Introductions to Noe Katz's recognizable-yet-unclassifiable art. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Mexico to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a lovely collectible format, "Noe Katz: Paintings". A virtuoso multi-media artist who works in sculpture, installation, and prints, one of the most brilliant Mexican artists of our time. Still, Noe (pronounced as two syllables, "No-e") Katz is best-known and celebrated for his exquisitely rendered paintings, which remain his foundational achievement. Katz studied at the School of Design Mexico City before pursuing further studies at the legendary Academy of Fine Arts Florence. He is often inevitably compared to the artists of Latin-American Modernism in that his work is multi-disciplinary and representative of two- and three-dimensional art forms. His body of work, which now spans painting, drawing, print-making, sculpture, and murals, are blendings of figures with objects and landscapes. The lapidary finesse (indeed, perfection) of Katz's paintings looks beyond Modernism towards Post-Modernism. What is especially fascinating is that his Cubist-inspired (but not Cubist), geometrically precise renderings of human beings as humanoid figures do not allude to the future, as they normally do in other artists' works and in science-fiction films, but rather to the present, in the most eerily beautiful way, and insistently so. "A personal imagery that reveals itself very slowly, with tints of mystery and irony. It is about a hidden discourse - not from the subconscious - that comes from the reasoning of a different logic, sublime messages that spring from everyday events and have nothing to do with belated surrealisms. Anticlerical, political, critical, and anarchistic all at once" (Luis Martin Lozano). His works are in the Museo de Arte Moderno Mexico City, the Museum of Latin-American Art Long Beach, California, and the Tokoro Museum of Modern Art Japan, among other major venues. An absolute "must-have" title for Noe Katz collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, dated (in the month and year of publication), and inscribed in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by the artist: "To Andy Bluhm, With my best regards, Noe Katz 13/VIII/98 Mexico". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, who is a well-known American figure himself, is named. This title is a contemporary art monograph classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Retrospective Monograph available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 25 color plates. One of the most brilliant Latin-American artists of our time. A fine copy. .

Stock number: 19354.

$US 50.00

Kava, Alex
A Perfect Evil: The Uncorrected Proof

Imprint: Ontario, Canada, Mira Books, 2000
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 378 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. Uncorrected Proof. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a tiny print run as a softcover original only for the exclsuvie use of the publisher and author. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Alex Kava. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Alex Kava's "A Perfect Evil". A chilling look into the mind of a serial killer which prompted critical comparisons of the writer (Alex Kava is a woman) to Thomas Harris and Patricia Cornwell. An absolute "must-have" title for Alex Kava collectors. This copy of the Uncorrected Proof is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated (in the month and year of publication) in black pen on the title page by the author: "Alex Kava June 3, 2000". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the Uncorrected Proof still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American mystery writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALEX KAVA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 10816.

$US 30.00

Kawakami, Hiromi (Translated by Allison Markin Powell)
The Nakano Thrift Shop

Imprint: London, England, Portobello Books, 2016
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 260 pages. The author's second novel to be translated into English. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the American Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. "Signed By Author" round red sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Hiromi Kawakami's "Furudogu Nakano Shoten" in a felicitous English translation. Her follow-up to her sensational, global debut in English, "Strange Weather In Tokyo" (2014). "A generous-hearted portrayal of human relationships by one of Japan's most beloved authors. Objects for sale at the Nakano Thrift Shop appear as commonplace as the staff and customers that handle them. But like those same customers and staff, they hold many secrets. If examined carefully, they show the signs of innumerable extravagances, of immeasurable pleasure and pain, and of the deepest mysteries of the human heart" (Publisher's blurb). Kawakami is one of a rich crop of young Japanese writers meteorically ascendant in the post-Haruki Murakami Age. They include such now well-established writers as Banana Yoshimoto, Osamu Hashimoto, and Shuichi Yoshida. Kawakami is regarded by her readers, critics, and admirers as the contemporary Japanese Jane Austen. Very high praise indeed, but it's because her subject - romantic relationships intertwined with other life issues such as money - and her writerly empathy are in pure Austen territory. It's quite obvious that she has not only read the greatest novelist in the English language of the 19th century (according to Lionel Trilling and Harold Bloom, both of whom should know), but assimilated Austen's piercing insight into the otherwise impenetrable human heart. Transporting Austen to the chaos called modern life illuminates as follows: Love is eternally mysterious and problematic yet we will crave it more than anything else if we are fully human. We may never find definitive answers (much less happiness or fulfillment), but the mystery must be confronted and the problem resolved, one way or another, happily or heartbreakingly. An absolute "must-have" title for Hiromi Kawakami collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed twice, in Japanese characters and Roman alphabet ("English"), in black pen-marker on the publisher's specially-designed bookplate by Hiromi Kawakami. This title will become a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First British Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Kawakami did not make a single public appearance in the West to launch the book. She signed for her British publisher only. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant Japanese writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO HARUKI MURAKAMI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1846276004.

Stock number: 21117. ISBN: 1846276004

$US 50.00

Kawauchi, Rinko (Photographer) & Chandler, David (Contributor)
Rinko Kawauchi: Illuminance

Imprint: New York City, NY, Aperture Foundation, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 352 pages. Retrospective collection of color photographs, presented as an Artist Book. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. Advance Signed Copy of The First Aperture Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Rinko Kawauchi: Oversize-volume format. Blue cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted in front and titles embossed with glitter on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Rinko Kawauchi. Text by David Chandler. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Rinko Kawauchi's "Illuminance". A photographic meditation on the magic of radiance that is emitted by natural light. Kawauchi began her career in 2001 with the proverbial Big Splash: She published not one but three photography books at the same time: "Utatane", "Hanabi", and "Hanako". Her serenely beautiful, contemplative images immediately established her as a leading artist/photographer. Now, ten years later, she's back with her first book to be published in English and the United States. "Her photography is lauded for its nuanced palette and compositional mastery as well as its ability to incite wonder via careful attention to tiny gestures and the incidental details of her everyday environment. Continues her exploration of the extraordinary in the mundane, drawn to the fundamental cycles of life and the seemingly inadvertent organization of the natural world into formal patterns" (Publisher's blurb). "Just when it seems that everything has been photographed in every possible way, along comes a photographer whose work is so original that the medium is renewed. Such a photographer is Rinko Kawauchi" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger on "Utatane"). "The year's most beautiful photobook" (Vince Aletti). An absolute "must-have" title for Rinko Kawauchi collectors. This Advance Signed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed (in Japanese characters) and dated (two months before official publication) in black pen-marker on the title page by the artist/photographer: "Rinko Kawauchi May 18". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Material of her exhibition in New York City, also very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker by the artist/photographer. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and pre-publication dated copy (with signed Souvenir Material) of the First Aperture Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 130 color plates. Rinko Kawauchi's "Utatane" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER RINKO KAWAUCHI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1597111449.

Stock number: 17457. ISBN: 1597111449

$US 200.00

Kazin, Alfred
Writing Was Everything

Imprint: Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1995
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 152 pages. Collection of literary/memoir essays. Now considered a late-modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original by a University Press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Alfred Kazin's "Writing Was Everything". Delivered as the William E. Massey Sr Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Consists of a Prologue and three pieces: "Before The War", "During The War", and "After The War". A summing-up of a great and noble life, not without its mischiefs and adventures, devoted to the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of literature. More than any other literary scholar and critic, Alfred Kazin made it his lifework to read and write about American literature, producing at least three masterpieces on the subject: "On Native Grounds", published when he was an astonishing 25 years old and prodigious in its breadth, erudition, and insight; "An American Procession", published at the peak of his career; and "God And The American Writer", his last book, published at the end of his life. This little book distills everything he thinks and believes about the long pilgrimage he has undertaken: A deft blend of autobiography, history, and criticism, Kazin shows how great writing matters and how it involves us morally, socially, and personally at the deepest level. It is also an immensely entertaining reminiscence of the writer's colorful life. It is strange that many people think writers live dull lives. On the contrary, they have the most fun, even the most solitary and reclusive ones. Kazin's encounters with such figures as Hart Crane, Allen Ginsberg, Simone Weil, Flannery O' Connor, Hannah Arendt, Robert Lowell, Edmund Wilson, George Orwell, Richard Wright, Saul Bellow, and John Cheever, to name just some of the most celebrated figures, make for absorbing reading. "Literature is not theory. At its best, it is the value we can give to our experience, which in our century has been and remains beyond the imagination of Mankind" (Alfred Kazin). An absolute "must-have" title for Alfred Kazin collectors. This title is a classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALFRED KAZIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0674962370.

Stock number: 6073. ISBN: 0674962370

$US 20.00

Kellner, Thomas (Artist/Photographer) & Wendorf, Richard (Contributor)
All Shook Up: Thomas Kellner Photographs The Boston Atheneum: The Limited Edition

Imprint: Boston, MA, The Boston Atheneum, 2008
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 96 pages. Exhibition Monograph, presented as an Artist Book. One of the most beautiful art photography books ever published in our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run of 500 copies as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Thomas Kellner: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Thomas Kellner. He designed each photograph, through lapidary sketches, before actually shooting and assembling it. Each sketch/design is meticulously reproduced on glassine sheet paper, preceding the finished photographic image. Introductory Essay by Richard Wendorf. Printed on pristine-white, glossy stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Boston Atheneum in 2008. Presents Thomas Kellner's "All Shook Up". Grid-photographs of the Boston Atheneum. "Known worldwide for his deconstructive/reconstructive architectural photographs, Kellner was invited to be the Atheneum Bicentennial Artist-In-Residence in 2006. Kellner painstakingly took multiple photographs of fragments of a single image and then assembled the fragments into a new representation of the subject. His previous subjects have included such architectural icons as the Eiffel Tower, the London Tower Bridge, the Arc de Triomphe, Stonehenge, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Thomas Kellner's vision animates these interior spaces in a new way. The Classical symmetrical rooms are 'all shook up' with light and energy. With subversive irony, Kellner's architectural photographs do not appear as the postcard-esque pictures of iconic monuments we carry in our minds nor can they be seen as images documenting perfect form. His buildings are de-constructed into multiple fragments and re-constructed to assume an entirely new form. Kellner's photographs ask us to perform a variety of operations simultaneously as we attempt to fuse these dancing images into a more stable, more readily identifiable whole" (Richard Wendorf). An absolute "must-have" title for Thomas Kellner collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Thomas Kellner. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: According to Kellner himself, he does NOT do public signings. This copy comes directly from him. A rare signed copy thus. 16 color plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER THOMAS KELLNER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0934552746.

Stock number: 19204. ISBN: 0934552746

$US 100.00

Kellner, Thomas
Facades: The Limited Edition

Imprint: Berlin, Germany, Thomas Kellner Studios, 2004
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 70 pages. Collection of color photographs of building facades, presented as an Artist Book. According to the artist/photographer himself, he created only a handful of copies of the book, five in all, none of which were sold commercially. There is no ISBN. The Artist Book is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Thomas Kellner: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with white titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Thomas Kellner. There is no text. 8 X 6 inch original color print tipped-in. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Thomas Kellner's "Facades". Altered/"pixilated" photographs of building facades. "I want to break manifold ways of perception to my audience. My main interests have always been in finding strong visual languages that are powerful enough to tell us something about their subjects that more 'realistic' images cannot do. Right from the beginning of my studies, my basic interest was in experimental and conceptual photography. I created different pinhole series, photogram work, and printings in alternative techniques, such as cyanotype, saltpaper, and others. When Kodak Germany awarded me the Young Professionals Prize, I decided on a life in art and photography. In 1997, I finally started working on the contact sheet method to visually deconstruct architectural icons. My trademark style was born. Since then, I have been shooting prominent monuments all over the world. My images are asking to challenge usual perspectives: The buildings seem to be broken apart, dancing and remind us of the vulnerability of our values and creations. My intention is to bring the material into the image itself, as in a painting, where you see the stroke of the brush and the pigment on the canvas" (Thomas Kellner). An absolute "must-have" title for Thomas Kellner collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Thomas Kellner. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with an 8 X 6 inch original color print that is tipped into the first page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: According to Kellner himself, he does NOT do public signings. This copy comes directly from him. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates, 1 original color print. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER THOMAS KELLNER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 19207.

$US 200.00

Kellner, Thomas (Artist/Photographer) & Various Contributors
Genius Loci: The Exhibition Monograph

Imprint: Berlin, Germany, Seltmann + Sohne Publishers, 2013
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 144 pages. Retrospective collection of color photographs on Russia. One of Thomas Kellner's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run of 1000 copies as a hardcover original only. At the time of publication, there was no ISBN. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Thomas Kellner: Oversize-volume format. Maroon hard boards with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Thomas Kellner. Text by various contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Berlin, Germany to the highest stnadards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Thomas Kellner's "Genius Loci". Inspired by Russia. In 2012, Thomas Kellner received an offer from Yekaterinburg (in the Russian Urals) to organize a project (with both exhibition and book commissions) for the city's anniversary in 2013. Kellner was chosen not just because of his unique deconstructive approach, but also because Yekaterinburg was founded almost 300 years ago by Georg Wilhem Henning, a Siegen citizen, just as Kellner is today. "During his years of study, Thomas Kellner began to work with pinhole cameras, which became the basis for the approach he is following to the present day. In his early works experimenting with material, photographic methods and contents were crucial. It included building pinhole cameras himself in order to adopt them to the purpose he was aiming at. The results reflect a diversity of styles and subjects. They range from multiple perspectives within one photograph to documentary to photograms. Then, Kellner focussed on the analog camera and 35 mm film. He developed a visual language and method that deconstructs and constructs objects at the same time. Today, he works in a unique style of contact sheets, photographing the object in numerous singular shots until in the end the object is visible in its entirety again. The film-material Thomas uses is transparent for the recipient as well because the single shots are assembled together as negatives. Therefore perforation, codification, and numbers of the film material are part of the positive" (Publisher's blurb). The contact sheet is inherently a grid that Kellner has perfected as his photographic art's method and subject. An absolute "must-have" title for Thomas Kellner collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Thomas Kellner. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: According to Kellner himself, he does NOT do public signings. This copy comes directly from him. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER THOMAS KELLNER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 19203.

$US 100.00

Kellner, Thomas (Artist/Photographer) & Castro, Fernando (Contributor)
Mexiko/mexico: The Deluxe Edition

Imprint: Berlin, Germany, Seltmann + Sohne Publishers, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 80 pages. Collection of color photographs on Mexico. One of Thomas Kellner's finest achievements. Deluxe Edition of 200 numbered and signed copies (and 5 Artist Proofs). Should not be confused with the Limited Edition, which was published simultaneously with it. None of the Deluxe Edition copies was commercially distributed or sold. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Thomas Kellner: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray hard boards with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Thomas Kellner. Essay by Fernando Castro in the Spanish original with accompanying English and German translations. 8.5 X 11.5 inch original color print laid into the book. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Berlin, Germany to the highest strandards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents, in its ultimate collectible edition format, Thomas Kellner's "Mexiko". Grid-photographs of Mexico. The project was inspired by Mexican students who submitted designs for Kellner to comment on and judge. The winning artworks are beautifully reproduced in the book. "The grid is one of the most powerful formats available to, yet seldom effectively used by, art photographers. The grid is Modernism itself and resulted in some of the greatest works of art of our time. By discovering the grid, Cubism, De Stijl, Mondrian, and Malevich landed in a place that was out of reach of everything that went before. Which is to say they landed in the Present, and everything else was declared to be the Past" (Paul Wombell). In short, The Grid = The New. What better way to celebrate the cosmopolis that is based on the grid, the city as a work of art, as a modern utopia? Most cities, including the greatest ones, grew organically, the accidental outcome of competing visions and vested interests. Cerebral, rigorous, even severe, grid art remains an acquired taste even for connoisseurs (for being "cold", which ridiculously implies that all art should be "warm"). Kellner's photographs are not just effective use of the grid, but are exceptionally beautiful because they capture the essence of the city. An absolute "must-have" title for Thomas Kellner collectors. This copy is one of the Deluxe Edition. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Thomas Kellner. It also comes with an 8.5 X 11.5 inch original color print that is very prominently and beautifully titled, placed, numbered, and signed in black ink-pen by the artist/photographer on verso: "Thomas Kellner 66#03 Mexico Palacio National 2006 [Number/200 + 5 [Artist Proofs]". The print is a keeper, not a "throwaway". This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Deluxe Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: According to Kellner himself, he does NOT do public signings. This copy comes directly from him. Prints by Kellner command thousands of dollars. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates, 1 original color print. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER THOMAS KELLNER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 394283121X.

Stock number: 19264. ISBN: 394283121X

$US 300.00

Kertesz, Andre (Photographer) & Brassai (Contributor)
Andre Kertesz: The Galerie Wilde Collection

Imprint: Cologne, Germany, Galerie Wilde, 1982
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 50 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most beautiful books on the photographic art of Andre Kertesz. Limited Edition of 1000 numbered and signed copies. The first and only edition. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Galerie Wilde: Regular-sized volume format. Cream cloth boards with brown titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Andre Kertesz. Introduction by Brassai. List of Plates, Chronology, Selected Bibliography, and Major Exhibitions appended at the end. Printed on cream, uncoated stock paper in Cologne, Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in an exquisite Limited Edition format, Andre Kertesz's "The Galerie Wilde Collection". Some of the photographer's finest and most representative images. Each of the photographs is presented on the right-hand page only. "His combination of Modernist vision and poetic wit defined a vocabulary that generations of photographers have continued to use" (Brassai). "His photographs reveal a whole world at once expected and unexpected to anyone who examines them" (Carol Kismaric). An absolute "must-have" title for Andre Kertesz collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Edition of 1000 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such in pencil on the Back Limitation Page. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Andre Kertesz. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are NOT signed because Andre Kertesz did not finish signing the entire print run. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 23 plates. Andre Kertesz's "Day of Paris" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ANDRE KERTESZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ASIN B00USBXUH.

Stock number: 13120. ISBN: B00USBXUH

$US 250.00

Kertesz, Andre (Photographer); Ducrot, Nicolas (Editor) & Kramer, Hilton (Contributor)
Distortions: Photographs By Andre Kertesz

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 224 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Andre Kertesz and Nicolas Ducrot: Oversize-volume format. Gray cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Andre Kertesz. Edited by Nicolas Ducrot. Introductory Essay by Hilton Kramer. Printed in gravure on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Spain to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect, and as can only be obtained through the now-interred Gravure Process. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Andre Kertesz's "Distortions". His sublime, Surrealist-inspired Series, in its entirety: The female nude as seen through a specially-designed mirror that causes distortions to its reflections. As such, they re-present the nude in a whole new - and breathtaking - dimension of sensuality and splendor, with the pull of a dream. Reproduced in rich gravure, the images become palpable, and unbearably beautiful. They created a sensation on their first showing in Paris in 1932, but Kertesz waited very long before he published them, forty-four years later, in 1976. An absolute "must-have" title for Andre Kertesz collectors. This title is a great art photography book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and despite its imperfection (mainly on the DJ, which has wear, closed and open tears, and one scrape) is still in especially fine condition: Every single page is clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. The cloth boards are sharp, no bumping at all. The DJ, while flawed, is NOT price-clipped. The book is NOT remainder-marked. Please note: Every copy of the book available online has serious flaws yet commands as much as $1200 because of its rarity and beauty. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 120 gravure plates. Andre Kertesz's "Day of Paris" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A near-fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ANDRE KERTESZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 039440890X.

Stock number: 21323. ISBN: 039440890X

$US 200.00

Kesavan, Mukul
Looking Through Glass

Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 375 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most important literary debuts of our time. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Mukul Kesavan's "Looking Though Glass". The novel that immediately established Mukul Kesavan's reputation as an important new voice in fiction. A tantalizing novel, it blends vivid realism, fantasy, sexual comedy, and political commentary as only a prodigious writer can. An absolute "must-have" title for Mukul Kesavan collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0374190852.

Stock number: 717. ISBN: 0374190852

$US 20.00

Kezys, Algimantas
Cityscapes Ii: Untitled Impressions By Algimantas Kezys

Imprint: Stickney, IL, Galerija, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 166 pages. The photographer's second retrospective collection on subject. The companion volume to his first collection, "Cityscapes". The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only by a small art gallery. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Vincas Lukas: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Algimantas Kezys. The images are divided into seven wordless thematic chapters. Except for his brief Preface, there is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Algimantas Kezys' "Cityscapes II". Photographs taken throughout the world (none of them named), "fragmented abodes", which is Algimantas Kezys' poetic description of place. Man creates space to achieve inner peace: "Contemplation is what we are talking about here, pure vision, delightful seeing. We do not have to ask questions, reason, puzzle or discourse. It is enough to behold, to be quiet, to admire. And from this seeing, our own vision is enriched, our own spirit is enlarged" (George A. Lane). Born in Lithuania, Algimantas Kezys came to the United States as a young man and then travelled all over the world again as a photographer. His work is in the Permanent Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, among other major museums. By the time of this book's publication, Algimantas Kezys had left the priesthood to devote himself full-time to photography, enjoying national and international success as the founder of Galerija, which promoted the art of Lithuania and Eastern Europe throughout the world. Life had come full circle for the priestly traveller. Only someone of his background and training could take these photographs everywhere and yet feel that, wherever he is, he is never Abroad but always Home. Algimantas Kezys died on February 23, 2015 at the age of 87, after a life lived to the fullest. An absolute "must-have" title for Algimantas Kezys collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue pen on the half-title page by Algimantas Kezys. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 100 plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALGIMANTAS KEZYS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1886060045.

Stock number: 8527. ISBN: 1886060045

$US 50.00

Kezys, Algimantas (Photographer) & Edwards, Hugh (Contributor)
Form & Content: Photographs By Algimantas Kezys

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Loyola University Press, 1979
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

Second Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 128 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. The companion volume to his eponymous debut collection. The Second Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only by a University Press. An austerely elegant production by Zina Morkunas: Oversize-volume format. Linen cloth boards with white titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and Introduction by Algimantas Kezys. Foreword by Hugh Edwards. List of Plates appended at the beginning. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Algimantas Kezys' "Form & Content". Some of the finest and most representative photographs by a man who has pursued an unusual twin vocation: As a Jesuit priest and as a full-fledged photographer. To his credit, he is reticent about his religious beliefs except to say that any mode of expression offers a glimpse of the inner life, which we all possess, and which both convention and social pressure suppress. He is more outspoken as a photographer: "The world is so full of beauty and meaning that there is enough of it for everybody, to explore, to relish and to transform, each in his own way. My way is that of a photographer who gets excited by sunsets, shadows, reflections, and sometimes by faces. There is nothing to prove, nothing to boast about, except the plain fact that a spark of beauty has been found in some remote corner of the globe" (Algimantas Kezys). This is Walt Whitman's vision of art-as-democracy. Born in Lithuania, Algimantas Kezys came to the United States as a young man and then travelled all over the world again as a photographer. His work is in the Permanent Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, among other major museums. Algimantas Kezys died on February 23, 2015 at the age of 87, after a life lived to the fullest. An absolute "must-have" title for Algimantas Kezys collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Second Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 64 plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALGIMANTAS KEZYS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0829402802.

Stock number: 21161. ISBN: 0829402802

$US 40.00

Kim, Suki
The Interpreter

Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 304 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most important literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Suki Kim's "The Interpreter". Her first novel. "A spare and often terrifying novel that centers on New York City's Korean community. Rich in detail and grim in outlook, it introduces Suzy Park, a 29-year-old interpreter, whose work involves her in agencies throughout the five boroughs. A routine translating job reveals that her parents were not murdered by random violence, as the police had indicated, but instead had been shot by political enemies. The novel tracks her investigation into what really happened. As she delves, she discovers Korean gangs, gambling and prostitution rings, and an insular culture with its own rules and practices" (Library Journal). "As Park's investigations lead closer to the truth, the novel's gloom becomes a luminous darkness and the latter-half has an almost hypnotic effect" (Publishers Weekly). An absolute "must-have" title for Suki Kim collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and placed in black pen on the title page by the author: "Suki Kim NYC". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with the FSG promotional card, also very prominently and beautifully signed, dated (shortly after publication), and inscribed in black pen by the author: "Thank you for your lovely note. It makes me tremendously happy knowing that the book is finding its readers out there, such as yourself. Best wishes to you. Sincerely, Suki Kim, March 21, 2003". This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing and publisher's promotional card available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, pristine beauties. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed set thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine set. . ISBN 0374177139.

Stock number: 18528. ISBN: 0374177139

$US 30.00

Kincaid, Jamaica
See Now Then

Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2013
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 182 pages. The author's fifth novel. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Jamaica Kincaid's "See Now Then". Her best book since her breakthrough, "At The Bottom of The River" (1983). "This piercing examination of the manifold ways in which the passing of time operates on the human consciousness unfolds gracefully, and Kincaid inhabits each of her characters - a mother, a father, and their two children living in a small village in New England - as they move, in their own minds, between the present, the past, and the future. Kincaid attempts to make clear what is unclear and to make unclear what we assumed was clear" (Publisher's blurb). What does her puzzling, Zen-like title mean, or suggest? "The present will be now then and the past is now then and the future will be a now then" (Jamaica Kincaid). A riveting Zen answer, Kincaid suggests that Time is flow, with no beginning (Past), middle (Present), and end (Future). There is only "now then". An absolute "must-have" title for Jamaica Kincaid collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, dated (shortly after publication), and placed in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Jamaica Kincaid 25th February 2013 New York City". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, as copies available online are. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and post-publication-dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMAICA KINCAID TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374180563.

Stock number: 17908. ISBN: 0374180563

$US 30.00

Kingston, Rodger (Photographer) & Jussim, Estelle (Contributor)
Rodger Kingston: Larger Than Life The Celebrity Series

Imprint: St. Petersburg, FL, Museum Of Fine Arts, 1989
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 44 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now scarce. A glittering production by Rodger Kingston: Small-size volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on cover, as issued. Photographs by Rodger Kingston. Essay by Estelle Jussim. Complete List of the Cibachrome prints and brief Biography appended at the end. Printed on glossy stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg Florida from May 30 through July 9, 1989. Presents Rodger Kingston's "Larger Than Life". The most important project undertaken by Rodger Kingston. He graduated from Harvard University, embarked on a career as a poet under the strong influence of William Carlos Williams, and then gave up writing altogether to become what he calls a "visual poet". As such, Kingston has created visual poems by photographing the most ordinary objects, people, and landscapes of everyday life, following modern poetry's dictum that "there are no ideas but in things". Then Kingston became fascinated by the fact of mass-media celebrity's omnipresence and what it meant for art-making in the early 1980's. He began the "Larger Than Life: Celebrity Portraits" Series in 1983 and completed it six years later, in 1989. He took photographs of iconic celebrities' photographs as he found them in movie posters, advertisements, memorabilia, newspapers, book covers, magazine covers, and features as well as celebrity souvenirs like towels, scarves, buttons, postcards, you-name-it. Each of the resulting photographs is a composite/collage and in some of the most brilliant combinations, Kingston juxtaposes different celebrities in one seamless and powerful image. "It's wonderful how pop culture questions everything we take for granted about Art: Its uniqueness, its commercial value, its dignity, and high seriousness, its exclusiveness, and inaccessibility and how Pop Art takes its subject matter from the most universal aspects of popular culture" (Rodger Kingston). Kingston is implicitly repudiating the Alfred Stieglitz model of art photography and openly celebrating the beauty (his word) of the world we live in, advertisements, souvenirs and all. Kingston also mimics the obsessiveness of popular culture by devoting a significant portion of the Series to the same celebrity over and over again, specifically Marilyn Monroe, whom he considers the greatest icon Hollywood has ever created. About half of the images are Marilyn composite/collages. The rest are tantalizing and truly exciting images of such celebrities as Chairman Mao, Gregory Peck, Kevin Costner, Charlie Chaplin, Richard Nixon, JFK, Carly Simon, Lionel Ritchie, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Isabella Rossellini, Tina Turner, and Andy Warhol. Art is about discovery and openness to new things and experiences. In this sense, the best of Rodger Kingston's celebrity composite/collages is hard to resist. He has transformed the most banal into something truly intriguing and beguiling. An absolute "must-have" title for Rodger Kingston collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and inscribed in black pen on the title page by the photographer: "For Vera, fellow-traveller and new friend Rodger". He also signed his name in full above his printed name: "Rodger Kingston". This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 56 Cibrachrome-reproduction plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. .

Stock number: 4487.

$US 30.00

Kis, Danilo (Subject) & Thompson, Mark (Author)
Birth Certificate: The Story Of Danilo Kis

Imprint: Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2013
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 355 pages. Book-length biography on subject. The single most important book on the brief, tragic life and sublime literary art of Danilo Kis. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the regular trade softcover edition. Published in a tiny first print run as a hardcover original only by a University Press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Mark Thompson's "Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kis". The first critical biography on Kis. "A Yugoslav novelist, essayist, poet, and translator whose work generated storms of controversy in his homeland, but today holds classic status. Kis was championed by prominent literary figures around the world: Joseph Brodsky, Susan Sontag, Milan Kundera, Philip Roth, Nadine Gordimer, and Salman Rushdie. As more of his works become available in translation, they are prized by an international readership drawn to Kis' innovative brilliance as a storyteller and to his profound meditation on history, culture, and the human condition. A subtle analysis of a rich and varied body of writing, 'Birth Certificate' is also a careful and sensitive telling of a life that experienced some of the last century's harshest cruelties. His writing pioneered Modernist techniques, fulminated against kitsch, and sketched out a literary heritage 'with no Sun as its Center and Tyrant' " (Publisher's blurb). Kis' influence has been enormous and trans-continental: For example, it is not possible to fully understand Roberto Bolano's roots and "breakthrough" achievement without tracing his lineage back to Borges, who also influenced Kis. As the triumph (rather than anxiety) of influence goes, both Borges and Kis "infiltrated" Bolano, the greatest Spanish-language novelist of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Danilo Kis collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Danilo Kis' "Hourglass" is regarded by Joseph Brodsky and Susan Sontag as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DANILO KIS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0801448883.

Stock number: 20170. ISBN: 0801448883

$US 40.00

Kis, Danilo (Translated by Ralph Manheim)
Hourglass

Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 274 pages. The author's third novel. One of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Review Copy. Review Materials laid-in. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Danilo Kis' "Hourglass" in a felicitous English translation. Widely considered to be his greatest novel. "Describes the external and internal worlds of a railway clerk called ES whose quotidian concerns include antagonism toward his well-to-do sister Netty, quarrels with her son George about a piece of jointly owned property, and futile, indignant inquiries to the authorities about why his pension has been reduced. But Kis uses this life of a victim as a counterpoint to his second storyline, which matter-of-factly reveals an exploding, horrific world in which Jews are murdered in countless mundane or outlandish ways, commit suicide, or simply disappear while the general population goes mad" (Publisher's blurb). The novel is an homage to an earlier masterpiece, Bruno Schulz's "Sanatorium Under The Sign of The Hourglass" (first published in English in 1978). Schulz was a murder victim of the most arbitrary kind, shot in the street by a Nazi officer who wanted to kill someone else (but could not) because he was a fellow Nazi officer. But the latter happened to admire and collect Schulz's drawings and so became his protector. In this "life-versus-death" game of one-upmanship, there was no possible way Schulz's Nazi protector could up the ante. Despite his talents, Schulz was just another Jew after all, inferior to him and all other Nazis. Kis' fictional re-creation of Schulz's pathetic life is one of the most sublime and moving gestures, artistically and morally, by one great writer to another very great writer. An absolute "must-have" title for Danilo Kis collectors. This is a Review Copy. The Review Materials are laid-in. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only Review Copy of the First American Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. "Hourglass" is regarded by Joseph Brodsky and Susan Sontag as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DANILO KIS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374172870.

Stock number: 18415. ISBN: 0374172870

$US 70.00

Kissin, Evgeny (Author); Arshinova, Marina (Editor) & McMillin, Arnold (Translator)
Memoirs And Reflections

Imprint: Lebanon, New Hampshire, Fore Edge/University Press of New England, 2017
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 190 pages. The author/performing artist's memoirs. One of the most beautifully written memoirs of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only by a University Press. Although originally written in Russian, there is NO Russian Edition, only British and American in translation. The First Edition is now scarce. The book is very beautifully produced, profusely illustrated with vintage photographs, a comprehensive, seventeen-page Bibliography of his recordings (an unsurpassed thirty-years' worth for a still-very-young pianist who first performed both Chopin Concertos at the age of 12), and printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Evgeny Kissin's "Memoirs And Reflections" in a felicitous English translation. His idiosyncratic, deeply felt, and eloquent reminiscences and world-views, which set him apart from his fellow pianists (and for that matter, ALL other performing artists, Classical or Pop) as a moral voice for our time. At the outset, it needs to be said: Evgeny Igorevitch Kissin is a genius. The concert-going audience, in New York and Chicago as much as in Tokyo and Taipei, senses and indeed, realizes this as an objective fact; his book merely confirms it. With the exception of Grigory Sokolov, there is no other contemporary pianist like him, emotionally stunted, dissenting critics and reviewers be damned. "The intensity of Kissin's thinking animates this candid memoir, illuminating his astonishing memory, his fondness for his family and teachers, and his artistic sense of self. Infused with his lifelong engagement with music: An obsessive love that captured, challenged, and nurtured him from a young age. Recounts fortuitous events and serendipitous encounters with remarkable musicians and conductors. Writes of his family and friends with tender affection and touching detail" (Publisher's blurb). Kissin's views on such apparently controversial topics as what it means to be human, to be Russian-born (but deeply alienated), and to be Jewish are as "eccentric - and as honest - as those of us who know him would expect" (BBC Music Magazine). An absolute "must-have" title for Evgeny Kissin collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the front free endpaper (his preferred page) by Evgeny Kissin. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on tipped-in page. Kissin's signature fills up the page. It comes with a pristine copy of the Souvenir Program of his Chicago 2018 recital, during which event his signature was obtained. This title is now collectible, and will become a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: There is NO Russian Edition, only British and American in translation. A rare signed copy thus. The greatest pianist of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EVGENY KISSIN, LEIF OVE ANDSNES, MAURIZIO POLLINI, ARCADI VOLODOS, LANG LANG, YUNDI, JON NAKAMATSU, JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, AND LARS VOGT TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1512602604.

Stock number: 21839. ISBN: 1512602604

$US 100.00

Klanten, Robert & Peyerl, Andreas (Editors)
Surreality: Localizer 1.2

Imprint: Berlin, Germany, Die Gestalten Verlag, 1997
Edition: First Edition
Binding: With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 160 pages. Pioneering collection of photographs by a group of avant-garde artists. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a gilt softcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Robert Klanten and Andreas Peyerl: Oversize-volume format. Shiny orange thick plastic covers with wavy design, as issued. Circular die-cut in the middle which reveals the image of a Medusa-like figure. Photographs by various contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Berlin, Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents and catalogues "Surreality Localizer 1.2". The exciting, erotic, and enchanting world of photographic trick effects. Through a selection of the work of contemporary photographers such as Floria Sigismondi, Jim Rakete, Ali Kepenek, Ralf Schmerberg, Daniel Josefsohn, and Joachim Gern, among many others, the medium of photography itself is redefined as being beyond the boundaries of fashion, journalism, and even art photography. Both the presentation and realization of a new photographic genre that uses digital effects for maximum aesthetic effect. Since the camera was invented in Europe (France), it is fitting that its future course is also being explored there by a motley group of very talented artists and photographers. Blurring the distinction between reality and fantasy, the result is a sensuous and sensual delight. An absolute "must-have" title for photography book collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crsip, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Some of the most brilliant European photographers of our time. A flawless copy. . ISBN 393112603X.

Stock number: 5570. ISBN: 393112603X

$US 40.00

Klay, Phil
Redeployment

Imprint: New York City, NY, The Penguin Press, 2014
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 291 pages. The author's breakthrough debut collection of short stories. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Iraqi veteran Phil Klay's "Redeployment". His first book. Described by the New Yorker Magazine as "the best literary work thus far" on the Iraq War, it tells a different - and deeper - truth about the American involvement in Iraq than any journalistic account published on the subject. It is a direct descendant of one of our greatest literary traditions: The "war" novel and short story. Hemingway ("A Farewell To Arms"), Gore Vidal ("Williwaw"), Norman Mailer ("The Naked And The Dead"), Kurt Vonnegut ("Slaughterhouse-Five"), and Joseph Heller ("Catch-22") are just a few of the canonical authors and their debut titles about various "American" wars in our time, over which Vietnam looms largest. War fiction, particularly "Vietnam literature", is a genre unto itself; Iraq and Afghanistan are its contemporary successor-wars, whose human cost is the subject of literature because it can never be captured by the distanced, impersonal, "third-person" voice of journalism. Phil Klay's collection is surely most notable, and irresistible, for its "first-person" voice: Palpable, a living, breathing, aching voice. It was something that needed to be told by someone who experienced it firsthand, somehow survived, and has now written to tell the rest of us all about it. Almost all of the greatest war fiction is a first book (by a very young man, of very large promise and talent) that, once written, could never be repeated, a "stand-alone" achievement that may or may not be the harbinger of a great body of work. There are critics and readers who believe that Mailer, Vonnegut, and Heller never quite surpassed their war novels whereas "A Farewell To Arms" became the basis of Hemingway's Nobel-winning oeuvre and "Williwaw", an underrated Vidal work, was simply the signal arrival of a major writer. An unforgettable book about what our politicians routinely call "our men and women in uniform", never ever calling them what they are, "soldiers", thereby glossing over and inuring us to what they do (they are paid, deployed, and redeployed to die, "for us, our values, and our way of life"), it is dedicated to "My Mother and My Father, who had three sons join the military in a time of war". An absolute "must-have" title for Phil Klay collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and placed in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Phil Klay NYC". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Klay launched the book in New York City. It also comes with a pristine copy of the First Softcover Edition/First Printing, also very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed by the author. This title will become a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the National Book Award in 2014 for "Redeployment". One of the most brilliant new voices of American literature. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO ELLIOT ACKERMAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1594204993.

Stock number: 19683. ISBN: 1594204993

$US 150.00