Lorca, German (Photographer) & Fernandes, Ruben (Contributor)
German Lorca: Travessias

Imprint: Sao Paulo, Brasil, Galleria Millan, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 105 pages. Retrospective Exhibition Monograph. The single best introduction to the remarkable achievement of German Lorca. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that was not commercially distributed outside Brazil. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Galleria Millan: Regular-sized volume format. Black cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by German Lorca. Text by Ruben Fernandes in the Portuguese original and felicitous English translation. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Sao Paulo, Brazil to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Galleria Millan Sao Paulo in 2015. Presents German Lorca's "Travessias/Crossings". Some of the finest, most beautiful, and representative images by the great Brazilian artist/photographer, taken between 1940 and 1990, a productive fifty-year career for a figure whose spare and meticulous compositions allude to both recent Modernist painting and photography with a dramatic Latin-American inflection. "Provides proof of the coherence of a perception that adopts but a few references - Morandi, Mondrian, Geraldo de Barros - and synthesizes a virtuosic trajectory in the history of Brazilian photography. Emblematic and inspiring images that gather together ideas, cause shapes to take on bodily form, bring spaces into the real world, and experiences that reflect his strong sense of intuition based on freedom and experimentation" (Ruben Fernandes). An absolute "must-have" title for German Lorca collectors. This Retrospective Exhibition Monograph is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with tritone plates. One of the greatest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. .

Stock number: 20729.

$US 70.00

Louis, Edouard (Author) & Stein, Lorin (Translator)
Who Killed My Father

Imprint: London, England, Harvill Secker, 2019
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 192 pages. The author's third novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. 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, released on March 26, 2019, five weeks later. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Edouard Louis' "Qui sa tue mon pere" in a felicitous English translation by Lorin Stein, himself one of the most brilliant writers in the English language. An accusation, not a question, the modern "J'Accuse". That is, the state effectively killed his father. Edouard Louis' father is still alive at the time of the novel's publication, barely, being severely disabled, but forced to keep on working because if he doesn't, he loses his disability benefits. The third novel in the prodigious young writer's "Autobiography" Trilogy preceded by "The End of Eddy" (2017) and "History of Violence" (2018). "Rips into France's long neglect of the working class and its overt contempt for the poor, accusing the complacent French of negligent homicide. The author goes to visit the ugly, gray town of his childhood to see his father, barely fifty years old, who can hardly walk or breathe: 'You belong to the category of humans whom politics consigns to an early death'. Hand in hand with searing, specific denunciations are tender passages of a love between Father and Son, once damaged by shame, poverty, and homophobia. This combination makes 'Who Killed My Father' a heartbreaking book" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Edouard Louis collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and dated (one day before publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "20/02/19 Edouard Louis". 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 and pre-publication dated copy of the First British Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the American Edition, released on March 26, 2019, five weeks later. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDOUARD LOUIS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1787301222.

Stock number: 22223. ISBN: 1787301222

$US 150.00

Luster, Deborah (Photographer); Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Sebald, W.G. & Wright, C. D. (Contributions)
Tooth For An Eye: A Chorography Of Violence In Orleans Parish

Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, Twin Palms Publishers, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 64 pages. Collection of circular photographs juxtaposed with crime records, presented as an Artist Book. Deluxe Edition of 26 numbered and signed copies. Should not be confused with the Limited Edition. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Jack Woody: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Deborah Luster. Text fragments by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, W. G. Sebald, and C. D. Wright appended at the end. Original 16 X 15 inch gallery print-sized gravure print encased in its own black folio and laid into the box. Pale gray pictorial clamshell cloth box. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Deborah Luster's "Tooth For An Eye: A Chorography of Violence In Orleans Parish". The sequel and companion volume to "One Big Self". If the latter consisted of portraits of criminals/prisoners, the present collection is a record of crime scenes juxtaposed with a description of the crime that took place. If "One Big Self" gave criminals a human face, "Tooth For An Eye" gives the otherwise nondescript crime scene a human trace. Luster reproduces each photograph as every camera actually takes it: A circle that is technically called the iris (as in one's eyes), which harks back to 19th-century portraiture, reminding us that a photograph is first seen by the human eye as round before it is filled out and printed as a square or rectangle. "Explores the city in a new way, creating a compelling portrait in the form of a photographic archive of contemporary and historic homicide sites. Explores the themes of loss and remembrance in a series of photographs that offer an opportunity for the viewer to enter deeper into the idea of the city, a place where life and death coexist, neither free of the other's influence" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Deborah Luster collectors. This copy is one of the Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Deborah Luster. Laid-in is an original 16 X 15 inch gallery print-sized gravure print, also very prominently and beautifully numbered and signed in pencil on verso by the photographer. This title is a contemporary 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. A rare signed copy thus. 30 duotone plates, 1 original print. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 1931885982.

Stock number: 16493. ISBN: 1931885982

$US 700.00

Lynch, Mark
Mark Lynch: Untitled Male Nude Original Archival Print

Imprint: Austin, TX, Mark Lynch Studios, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Mark Lynch collectible item. A fine male nude black-and-white original photographic print, numbered and signed by Mark Lynch. It is untitled and shows a muscular, All-American model in a full-frontal yet discreetly elegant nude studio portrait. Print size is 8 X 10 inches. The photograph is very beautifully printed in the United States under Mark Lynch's direct supervision to the highest standards. Eminently suitable for framing. Encased in his studio's protective plastic sheet. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Mark Lynch's "Untitled" male nude. An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Mark Lynch and male erotic art photography collectors. This 8 X 10 inch original silver-gelatin print is very prominently and beautifully numbered and signed in black pen-marker on verso by Mark Lynch. It is encased in his studio's protective plastic sheet and is eminently suitable for framing. This print is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the print available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed print thus. One of the most brilliant American photographers of the male nude. A fine print. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARK LYNCH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 19553.

$US 50.00

MacDonald, Helen (Author) & Wormell, Chris (Artist)
H Is For Hawk

Imprint: London, England, Jonathan Cape, 2014
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 300 pages. The author's breakthrough classic. One of the most beloved books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the American Edition, which was published one year later. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The book has sold millions of copies and remains available in innumerable subsequent printings. The First Edition is now rare. Features the now-iconic, evocative DJ design/portrait of Mabel by Chris Wormell, one of the most brilliant artist/illustrators of our time. Presents, in its First Edition format, Helen Macdonald's "H Is For Hawk". A classic on the day it was published. "When naturalist and falconer Helen Macdonald lost her father, she thought her world was ending. Her journey from crippling grief to something resembling grace is on the wings of another (deadly) bird of prey, the notoriously prickly and murderous goshawk. In 'H Is for Hawk', you will meet Mabel, not just your typical bloodthirsty specimen, as she is trained to hunt like the goshawks of yore. It is this slightly mad undertaking that wrenches Macdonald free from despair, and brings her to a place where she can begin again. Macdonald's gorgeously wrought prose holds you in thrall from the first page, and provides something akin to the escape - and salvation - that Nature provides" (Erin Kodicek). "Mabel is described so vividly she becomes almost physically present on the page" (Time Magazine). The only book that precedes this, in terms of descriptive power and drama, is Glenway Wescott's greatest novel, "The Pilgrim Hawk" (1940). An absolute "must-have" title for Helen Macdonald collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated (shortly after publication), and inscribed ("lined") in black pen-marker on the title page by the author: " 'Over the bright horizon the sky swam like water', Helen Macdonald 10 November 2014". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The inscription is the very last line of the book (Page 283). It is also very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the same page by Chris Wormell, the artist/illustrator of the iconic DJ. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only such double-signed, publication-year dated, and inscribed ("lined") copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the American Edition, which was published the following year. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 0802123414.

Stock number: 21962. ISBN: 0802123414

$US 500.00

Mahurin, Matt
Matt Mahurin: Photographs

Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, Twin Palms Publishing, 1999
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 96 pages. The artist/photographer's second collection. One of the finest art photography books of the last decade of the 20th century. Limited Slipcased Edition of 175 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition. The Limited Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Matt Mahurin and Jack Woody: Oversize-volume format. Brown linen cloth boards with blind-stamped titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Matt Mahurin. Matching black cloth slipcase with titles on the cover and spine. Printed in gravure on thick, uncoated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Matt Mahurin". The artist/photographer's most representative and finest work thus far. "In 1989, Twelvetrees Press published the first book of Matt Mahurin's haunted, singular, and puzzling images. After working for several years in digital imagery, writing, and directing a feature film, Mahurin returned to the simplicity of the camera and darkroom. The photographs reflect the mood and vision of his first monograph and include work from America, France, Nicaragua, Ireland, and Mexico. Mahurin's vision straddles two worlds: Daytime glimpses out of the corner of the mind's eye and night visions we might spy with our eyes closed. Ordinary moments captured in mid-gesture are infused with an unexpected ritualism. The photograph becomes a frozen prayer to the perpetual rhythm of everyday life" (Publisher's blurb). At his very best, Matt Mahurin is a transcendent artist who captures the inscrutable mystery and elusive beauty of our world, a kindred spirit of Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Clarence John Laughlin, and Keith Carter. An absolute "must-have" title for Matt Mahurin collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Slipcased Edition of 175 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated (in the year of publication) in black ink-pen by the artist/photographer: "Matt Mahurin 1999". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Slipcased Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online command as much as $500. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 45 sheet-fed gravure plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MATT MAHURIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0944092616.

Stock number: 12936. ISBN: 0944092616

$US 200.00

Mahurin, Matt
Matt Mahurin: The Ram Edition

Imprint: Tokyo, Japan, Research Of Art Media (RAM), 1993
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 47 pages. Collection of black-and-white and color photographs, presented as an Artist Book. Limited Edition of 2300 copies. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Matt Mahurin and Hideyuki Taguchi: Regular-sized volume format. Black velvet cloth boards with gilt-and-red lettering design embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. The design consists of his name in Roman alphabet rendered horizontally in gold and matching Japanese hiragana ("matomahurin") in vertical red Japanese characters. Photographs by Matt Mahurin. There is no text. Printed in gravure on thick uncoated stock paper by Toppan Printing Company in Tokyo, Japan to the highest standards. As expected of Japanese publishing, the nuances, warmth, and tonal range of the reproduction quality must be seen to be believed. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Matt Mahurin". The photographer's finest and most representative work in a sumptuous collector's edition. In 1989, Twelvetrees Press published Matt Mahurin's debut collection of haunting and haunted, luminous and numinous images. After that auspicious debut, Mahurin stopped taking photographs. Working restlessly for several years in digital imagery, writing, and feature filmmaking, Mahurin finally returned to the simplicity of the camera and darkroom. The photographs reflect the mood and vision of his first monograph and include work from America, France, Nicaragua, Ireland, and Mexico. "Mahurin's vision straddles two worlds--daytime glimpses out of the corner of the mind's eye and night visions we might spy with our eyes closed. Ordinary moments captured in mid-gesture are infused with an unexpected ritualism. The photograph becomes a frozen prayer to the perpetual rhythm of everyday life" (Jack Woody). The book is presented as a triptych: The first is a series of black-and-white imagery; the second, a suite of extreme closeup portraits in color that is inspired by Japanese Classical painting; and the third, a concluding series of black-and-whites. Like the best photography books, the presentation is deceptively simple, and perfect. While Hujar evokes life's journey-unto-death, Mahurin celebrates life's perpetual cycles and the outer (black-and-white) and inner (color) worlds we all inhabit at the same time. At his very best, Mahurin is a transcendent artist who captures the inscrutable mystery and elusive beauty of our world in some of the most unforgettale photographs ever taken by a contemporary artist/photographer. An absolute "must-have" title for Matt Mahurin collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and inscribed in black pen on the title page by the artist/photographer: "For Kory & the shopgirl, Love, Matt". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipients are named. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 44 gravure plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MATT MAHURIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 4947671017.

Stock number: 13274. ISBN: 4947671017

$US 100.00

Maksik, Alexander
A Marker To Measure Drift

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 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. 230 pages. The author's breakthrough second 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. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Alexander Maksik's "A Marker To Measure Drift". His mesmerizing second novel. "A hypnotic, spellbinding novel set in Greece and Africa, where a young Liberian woman reckons with a haunted past. Visceral and gripping, extraordinary in its depiction of physical and spiritual hungers. A novel about ruin and faith, barbarism and love, and the devastating memories that contain the power both to destroy us and to redeem us" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Alexander Maksik and contemporary literature 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: "9/22/13 Alexander Maksik NYC". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in are pristine copies of the Souvenir Program and Bookmark of the Brooklyn Book Festival 2013, during which event his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed and post-publication dated 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 signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant new voices in American literature. A fine copy. . ISBN 0307962571.

Stock number: 18358. ISBN: 0307962571

$US 40.00

Malcolm, Janet
The Crime Of Sheila Mcgough

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1999
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 161 pages. The author's account on subject and the legal justice system in general. One of Janet Malcolm's finest (and most underrated) achievements. 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 that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Janet Malcolm's "The Crime of Sheila McGough". A brilliant brief on human behavior and misbehavior. As she plunges deeper into the legal labyrinth, her quest for the truth and nothing but the truth leads her to some superb insights about that other form of imaginative advocacy, writing. "Why don't more people write like Malcolm? She is cast from the mold of the Eastern European intellectual: Beholden to Modernism, as familiar with Kundera's exile as she is with Freud's Vienna. This sensibility must grant her the detachment she sometimes so mercilessly employs, but it also gives her an unassailable passion for getting to the center of things" (The Boston Globe). "Without the thinner of common sense, the law is a toxic substance" (Janet Malcolm). An absolute "must-have" title for Janet Malcolm collectors. This title is a late-modern 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 most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JANET MALCOLM TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375405089.

Stock number: 2114. ISBN: 0375405089

$US 20.00

Mamet, David
Lakeboat

Imprint: New York City, NY, Grove Press, 1981
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 111 pages. The author's seventh play. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by David Mamet. Without DJ, as issued. Presents David Mamet's "Lakeboat". The one-time poet of the working class. David Mamet was the heir of Arthur Miller as the spokesman in the theatre for the "common man", ekeing out a precarious living and trying to live a life of dignity and pride in the face of often overwhelming odds. He exposed the lie to the so-called "American Dream" with power and conviction. If that sounds portentous, one must also be reminded that Mamet was, until his recent conversion, one of our funniest writers without meaning to be funny in the way entertainers are. An absolute "must-have" title for David Mamet collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a 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. Winner of the Drama Critic's Circle Award and the Obie Award. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID MAMET TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394179250.

Stock number: 1117. ISBN: 0394179250

$US 20.00

Mamet, David
The Cabin: Reminiscence And Diversions

Imprint: New York City, NY, Turtle Bay Books/Random House, 1992
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 157 pages. The author's fourth collection of essays. One of David Mamet'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 as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents David Mamet's "The Cabin". Wonderfully and disarmingly autobiographical set-pieces. This "pleasurable amalgam of travelogue and reminiscence explores Mamet's early years in Chicago and New York, and his current life as a successful playwright" (Publisher's blurb). David Mamet mines his "Jewishness" with increasing interest and genuine pathos, these brilliant digressions being no exception. As he relives the "scenes" in his life, the care he takes in describing places and people is rich and incomparable. Anyone who thinks that the truth is in the details will soon realize that remembering and reminiscing are, or can be, the most noble acts of the writer's imagination. An absolute "must-have" title for David Mamet collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, dated, and inscribed in blue ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Best wishes, David Mamet Three Lives & Co. NYC, January 1993". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. There is no recipient named. Three Lives & Company is the legendary independent bookstore that many writers, Mamet included, regarded as a second home. Michael Cunningham describes it in "The Hours" as "a sanctuary, the center of the civilized universe". Jonathan Franzen used a photograph of the bookstore as the cover for his essay collection, "How To Be Alone". This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. It is the single most beautiful signed Mamet book we have ever seen. Please note: Mamet is a prolific writer, but only an occasional signer, who does not tour to promote his books. Signed copies of his books are quite scarce. 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 Drama Critic's Circle Award and the Obie Award. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID MAMET TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679415580.

Stock number: 8801. ISBN: 0679415580

$US 100.00

Mamet, David (Author) & Sultan, Donald (Artist)
Warm And Cold

Imprint: New York City, NY, Grove Press, 1988
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Unpaginated. The author's debut children's book. 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. A brilliant production by Donald Sultan: Regular-sized volume format. Text by David Mamet. Drawings by Donald Sultan, who is a lifelong friend of the author and frequent collaborator. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents David Mamet's and Donald Sultan's "Warm And Cold". Their fruitful collaboration. David Mamet has mined his "Jewishness" with increasing interest and genuine pathos. The combination with Donald Sultan's exquisite work is incredibly moving and memorable. An absolute "must-have" title for David Mamet and Donald Sultan collectors. This title is a late-modern 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 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. Winner of the Drama Critic's Circle Award and the Obie Award. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID MAMET AND DONALD SULTAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0802110843.

Stock number: 1376. ISBN: 0802110843

$US 20.00

Manea, Norman (Translated by Various Authors)
On Clowns: The Dictator And The Artist

Imprint: New York City, NY, Grove Weidenfeld, 1992
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 178 pages. The author's breakthrough debut collection of essays on totalitarianism. 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 scarce. Presents Norman Manea's "On Clowns" in a felicitous English translation. A great and moving testament of a book. Norman Manea lived in Romania under the Ceausescu conjugal dictatorship and explores in this book the realms of pain, anger, and fear that confront the creative mind in a tyranny. The subject is not original to Manea. Among the great modern texts on the subject of absolute tyranny, Hannah Arendt's "On the Origins of Totalitarianism" and Czeslaw Milosz's "The Captive Mind" remain definitive. Manea's unique contribution is his scrupulous and unsparing examination of the system's effect on art and the artist. In this respect, only the Hungarian Miklos Haraszti's "The Velvet Prison" comes to mind as being of comparable power, insight, and passion. An absolute "must-have" title for Norman Manea collectors. This title is a great book. 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 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 our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER NORMAN MANEA TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0802114156.

Stock number: 366. ISBN: 0802114156

$US 20.00

Mannikko, Esko (Photographer) & Simona, Segre (Contributor)
100% Cashmere

Imprint: Ballantyne, Scotland, Ballantyne Cashmere, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 80 pages. Collection of color photographs. One of the most beautiful photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Privately commissioned, the book was not widely distributed or sold. The First Edition is now rare. An elegant production by Esko Mannikko and Petri Kuokka: Oversize-volume format. Sturdy brown leatherette pictorial hard boards with photographic reproduction pasted on cover and pale blue titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Esko Mannikko. Essay by Segre Simona. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Finland to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Commissioned by The Ballantyne Cashmere Company as a commemorative photographic record. Presents Esko Mannikko's "100% Cashmere". Photographs of the Scottish factory workers of Ballantyne Cashmere in Innerleithen, Scotland. "Made In Scotland" cashmere is regarded as the finest cashmere in the world, just as cashmere itself is regarded as one of the most beautiful fabrics ever invented by Man. The words "sheer" and "pure" come to mind when one speaks of cashmere. Like genuine cotton and silk, the finished product is 100% handmade, every sweater a product of an artisanal tradition, and a labor of love. Esko Mannikko's focus is on place and people. In "Mexas", he showed how the place is characterized by its Mexican-American inhabitants, and vice versa. He does the same here, with quiet yet brilliant effect: The suite of various workers whose lips perilously hold a needle from which a colorful thread hangs amounts to one of the most moving portraiture in contemporary art photography. Most photography is inherently about travel, comfort, leisure, sensuality, relaxation, and luxury. There are very few great photography books (Bill Owens' "Working" comes to mind) about work. Mannikko is an exemplary anomaly: His work thus far is about work, specifically work that is deeply connected to rural land. Even when he is abroad, his interest there is in the place's roots, craft, and centuries-old traditions. Mannikko's lifelong subject, the decline of rural Finland, is off-putting, even depressing, something people say they do not want in their lives, as if it were ugly or toxic (an accusation that the American writer Annie Proulx had to endure all the way to "Brokeback Mountain"). This is ironic because Mannikko's work breathes whereas most contemporary art and photography are lifeless exercises in Mannerist cleverness. Mannikko is a Classicist, a rarity in our shallow "post-modern" art world. It is important to be reminded that in a world saturated and choking with derivative images from glossy magazines, he is The Real Thing, a great artist: His impeccable compositional sense and formalist use of color as well as his aesthetic rigor and faultless eye are not just "world-class". They set Mannikko apart from other living photographers, and make him an artist in a class of his own. Mainstream recognition of his genius is long overdue. An absolute "must-have" title for Esko Mannikko collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Esko Mannikko. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great photography book. 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. A rare signed copy thus. 50 color plates. Esko Mannikko's "Naarashauki: The Female Pike" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ESKO MANNIKKO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0954442504.

Stock number: 11526. ISBN: 0954442504

$US 150.00

Mannikko, Esko
Naarashauki: The Female Pike

Imprint: Oulu, Finland, Kaleva Kustannus Oy/Esko Mannikko, 2000
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 144 pages. Retrospective collection of color photographs. One of the greatest photography books 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 that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Esko Mannikko and Petri Kuokka: Oversize-volume format. Maroon leatherette pictorial hard boards with photographic reproduction pasted on the cover and pale gray titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Esko Mannikko. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Finland to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Esko Mannikko's "Naarashauki: The Female Pike". Austerely yet breathtakingly beautiful photographs of his native Finland, a dying rural Finland kept defiantly alive by Esko Mannikko's artistry. Mannikko's lifelong subject, the decline of rural Finland, that is to say, the decline of agrarian life, is off-putting, even depressing, something people say they do not want in their lives, as if it were ugly or toxic (an accusation that the American writer Annie Proulx had to endure as well). This is ironic because Mannikko's work breathes whereas most contemporary art and photography are lifeless exercises in Mannerist cleverness. Mannikko is a Classicist, a rarity in our shallow "post-modern" art world. It is important to be reminded that in a world saturated and choking with derivative images from glossy magazines, he is The Real Thing: A great artist. His impeccable compositional sense and formalist use of color as well as his aesthetic rigor and faultless eye are not just "world-class"; they set Mannikko apart from other living photographers, and make him an artist in a class of his own. An absolute "must-have" title for Esko Mannikko collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Esko Mannikko. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great art photography book. 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 of the true first (and even subsequent editions) available online command up to $800. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 108 color plates. Esko Mannikko's "Naarashauki: The Female Pike" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ESKO MANNIKKO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 9529127456.

Stock number: 11394. ISBN: 9529127456

$US 500.00

Mapplethorpe, Robert (Photographer) & Sischy, Ingrid (Contributor)
Robert Mapplethorpe: Pictures

Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, Arena Editions, 1999
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 220 pages. Posthumous collection of sex pictures. One of the most important photography books of the 20th century. Limited Edition of 2500 copies. Most of the copies were never actually printed because the publisher went out of business. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by James Crump: Oversize-volume format. Cloth boards with titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. Essay by Ingrid Sischy. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Italy to the highest standards. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Robert Mapplethorpe's "Pictures". His sex-act pictures. Because he achieved fame only towards the end of a career abruptly cut short by AIDS, many people still think of Mapplethorpe as an Eighties icon. Although he began taking photographs in 1970, he remained a cult figure for the rest of his brief life, then achieved "breakthrough" status with "Black Book" (1986), which made him notorious and world-famous, a cultural, not just a photographic, phenomenon. And then he died. A Mapplethorpe photograph is like the drawing or painting of a Master draftsman or artist: It is characterized by painstaking attention to detail, an impeccable eye, and an unerring sense of composition. The Mapplethorpe "look" is both coolly iconic, sculptural, and geometric, and warmly transcendent, spiritual, and ethereal at the same time. Ingrid Sischy argues that Mapplethorpe was never interested in showing what he saw, but rather in documenting what he experienced, believed in, and ultimately died for. He and his tirelessly inventive sexual partners practiced what Genet and the other great European eroticists could only evoke in delirious reverie. An unflinching look at sex that will shock and make even the most jaded viewer flinch. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Mapplethorpe collectors. This title is a great photography book. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws yet are priced as though they had collectible value. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 100 duotone plates. Robert Mapplethorpe's "Lady Lisa Lyon" (1983), "Black Book" (1986), and "Pictures" (1999) are regarded as three of the most important photography books of the 20th century. One of the most provocative and important artist/photographers of the 20th century. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1892041162.

Stock number: 15201. ISBN: 1892041162

$US 200.00

Marcopoulos, Ari (Photographer) & Heiss, Arianna (Contributor)
Even The President Of The United States Sometimes Has Got To Stand Naked

Imprint: Zurich, Switzerland, JRP/Ringier Publishers, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 160 pages. Exhibition catalog presented as an Artist Book. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Ari Marcopoulos and Gavillet & Rust: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the spine, as issued. Photographs by Ari Marcopoulos. Afterword Essay by Arianna Heiss. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Zurich, Switzerland to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the P. S.1/Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) Long Island from October 30, 2005 through January 23, 2006. Presents Ari Marcopoulos' "Even The President of The United States Sometimes Has Got To Stand Naked". Family album, photographs of himself, his wife, and his two sons, Cairo and Ethan, interspersed with dazzling landscape photographs taken in Japan, Europe, and the United States. The Marcopoulos family is typical and attractive. Like all families, the kids get into accidents, get sick, have nosebleeds, root canal, and scabs. Perhaps the best way to put Marcopoulos' achievement in perspective is to compare and contrast it with Nan Goldin's "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency". While the latter is about coupling and all the pain and passion that come with the territory, "Even The President of the United States Sometimes Has Got To Stand Naked" is about family life, its quotidian ups and downs. There are sexually explicit images of Marcopoulos and his wife making love, but it looks so normal and even funny compared to the anguish that is palpable on every page of Goldin's classic. As Arianna Heiss points out, Ari's family photos are about photography itself, as was once famously observed by one of its most astute critics: "Photographs are, by virtue of being photographs, touched by pathos. They express a feeling both sentimental and implicitly magical: They are attempts to contact or lay claim to another reality" (Susan Sontag). An absolute "must-have" title for Ari Marcopoulos collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Ari Marcopoulos. 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. A rare signed copy thus. 81 color plates. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ARI MARCOPOULOS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3905701359.

Stock number: 13200. ISBN: 3905701359

$US 100.00

Mark, Mary Ellen
Falkland Road: Prostitutes Of Bombay

Imprint: Gottingen, Germany, Gerhard Steidl Druckerei Und Verlag, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 124 pages. New And Expanded Edition of the photographer's classic. The First Edition Thus. Published in a small and limited print run of 1500 copies that sold out shortly after publication. Mark stated that the book is vastly superior in terms of production values to the original. The First Edition Thus is now scarce. A brilliant production by Mary Ellen Mark and Diana Hass: Oversize-volume format. Blue cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Mary Ellen Mark. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. In pictorial DJ, with a portrait of "Putla" on the cover, and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Re-presents, in a new and definitive edition, Mary Ellen Mark's "Falkland Road". A heartbreakingly beautiful book. The unflinching photographs that Mary Ellen Mark took of Falkland Road in Bombay (between October 1978 and January 1979), finally presented in the right size as well as the warm and vivid colors she sought, a major inadequacy of the original edition. The photographs' fine nuances were lost in the latter, which was unquestionably ground-breaking, but could have been printed better. Falkland Road is a microcosm of India, without the pomp and circumstance, without The Rich and Powerful. Mary Ellen Mark's identification with her subjects is absolute and unconditional. These are the only Indians she cared to know, and it took her ten years of annual visits to earn their trust before they finally permitted her to take pictures. The prostitutes are women as young as thirteen as well as stunningly beautiful "transvestites" (since they all have full-grown breasts and other body modifications, they would be called "transgender" today). Many of them did not choose to become prostitutes. They were sold off by their parents or forced into prostitution by abject poverty. They could also have left, escaped, or gone back to the rural village they called home. So why remain a prostitute? "Given the choice, I would rather have stayed in my village. But if I stayed there, I would never have known what I missed" is the complex and eloquent answer one of them gives. When the time came for Mary Ellen Mark to say goodbye, she began to cry. "You shouldn't weep. You should say goodbye with your head up and proud and then leave. You'd better not forget me" is the admonition she gets. Mary Ellen Mark died on May 25, 2015, Memorial Day, at the age of 75. An absolute "must-have" title for Mary Ellen Mark collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Mary Ellen Mark. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great photography book. This is one of few such signed copies of the New And Expanded Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies of the 1981 First Edition available online command between $500 and $1000 depending on condition. Apart from the fact that this is an infinitely superior production (according to Mary Ellen Mark herself), this is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 65 color plates. Voted by American Photo Magazine as the most important and most influential female photographer of all time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARY ELLEN MARK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3865211283.

Stock number: 9596. ISBN: 3865211283

$US 250.00

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia (Translated by Gregory Rabassa)
In Evil Hour

Imprint: New York City, NY, Harper & Row, 1979
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 183 pages. The author's fourth work of fiction to be translated into English. One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's finest achievements. 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 scarce. Presents Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "La Mala Hora" in a felicitous English translation. Written immediately before and is the precursor to the author's masterpiece, "Cien Anos de Soledad" ("One Hundred Years of Solitude"). The novel about a Colombian river town possessed by evil spirits unmistakably points to the author's eventual flowering and greatness, and is a "stand-alone" achievement in and of itself. "The colorful idiosyncrasies of character are present for us to marvel over again and again" (The New Republic). An absolute "must-have" title for Gabriel Garcia Marquez collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. 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 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. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0060114142.

Stock number: 20596. ISBN: 0060114142

$US 50.00

Martin, Dave (Photographer) & Warren, Jim (Subject/Model)
Dave Martin: American Photography Of The Male Nude, 1940-1970

Imprint: Berlin, Germany, Janssen Publishers, 2001
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 150 pages. Rare Dave Martin collectible set. A pristine copy of "Dave Martin: American Photography of the Male Nude, 1940-1970" First Edition/First Printing with original vintage photographic print of "Jim Warren 1953", titled, dated, and signed by Dave Martin. The book and the print are now rare. An austerely elegant production by Janssen: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Dave Martin. He has contributed a concise essay, "A Brief History of The Male Nude In The USA", which appears as an Afterword in this book only. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in Berlin, Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Dave Martin: American Photography of The Male Nude, 1940-1970". The pioneering work of a great photographer. Dave Martin was active for three decades, between the 1950's and 1970's. By common consensus, his best work was done during his first decade, when he set up shop in San Francisco, and somehow persuaded the athletes at nearby Stanford University to pose nude for him. Today, Stanford owns the single largest collection of Dave Martin's work (2600 prints), a proud and important part of its Permanent Photography Collection. The All-American look that remains pervasive to this day is due in large part to the efforts of pioneers like Lon of New York. Deeply influenced by the latter, Dave Martin sought to capture the look from the more casual, relaxed, and informal West Coast perspective, a brilliant counterpoint to Lon's Classically-inspired nudes, which capture the cosmopolitan East Coast and its Old World charm. That he would photograph the cream of the crop, Stanford University athletes, remains one of the major coups in the history of male nude photography. "Jim Warren 1953": Original vintage photographic print by Dave Martin, who produced his own prints, a practice that most contemporary photographers now largely consign to highly specialized print developers. The print measures 10 X 8 inches. Shows what is probably Dave Martin's single most handsome discovery, the Stanford athlete Jim Warren. Encased in its own protective plastic sheet. Jim Warren appears in the book, and is one of Dave Martin's most avidly collected models. He anticipates by more than thirty years the All-American supermodels of Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and Greg Gorman. An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, set for Dave Martin collectors. This title is now collectible. This copy of "Dave Martin: American Photography of The Male Nude" comes with an original vintage photographic print of "Jim Warren 1953", which is very prominently and beautifully titled, dated, and signed in pencil on verso by Dave Martin. Jim Warren is his real name, and he was an athlete at Stanford University. His portrait is one of the most beautiful male nudes we have ever seen. As far as we know, this is the only set available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, pristine beauties. Please note: Dave Martin signed the print, NOT the book. The print is eminently suitable for framing. Copies available online of the book command between $500 and $1000. This set is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare set thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white plates, 1 original vintage photographic print. One of the finest American photographers of the male nude of the 20th century. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO LON OF NEW YORK TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3925443673.

Stock number: 15282. ISBN: 3925443673

$US 800.00

Mason, Bobbie Ann
Feather Crowns

Imprint: New York City, NY, HarperCollins Publishers, 1993
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 454 pages. The author's third novel. 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 Bobbie Ann Mason's "Feather Crowns". A triumph. "In her longest, most ambitious work, Bobbie Ann Mason chronicles the spiritual and emotional journey taken by Christie Wheeler, a Kentucky farmer's wife who gives birth to quintuplets in the spring of 1900. The evocative physical detail, tart dialogue, wry humor and striking ability to capture the rich complexity of working people's lives that distinguished Mason's earlier books are linked to a more overtly philosophical quest for meaning that marks this novel as an exciting extension of the writer's already considerable talents. The novel is a meditation on modern celebrity culture: Hordes of people take the train to gawk at the infants, and in one truly shocking moment, a man enters through a window and disturbs the nursing Christie" (Publisher's Weekly and our comments). As long as the novel is, it goes down smoothly in one or several readings. An absolute "must-have" title for Bobbie Ann Mason collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Bobbie Ann Mason. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is 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 scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BOBBIE ANN MASON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0060167807.

Stock number: 8867. ISBN: 0060167807

$US 30.00

Massengill, Reed
Reed Massengill: "aaron In My Parlor #2" Original Archival Print

Imprint: Knoxville, Tennessee, Reed Massengill Studios, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Reed Massengill collectible set. A pristine original photographic print, titled, numbered, and signed by Reed Massengill, with lavish supplementary materials. This is one of several gallery print-sized photographs of his Hollywood-handsome model, Aaron, in a daring yet elegant nude portrait. Print size is 11 X 14 inches. The photograph is very beautifully printed in the United States under Reed Massengill's direct supervision to the highest standards. Eminently suitable for framing. Encased in his studio's protective plastic sheet. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a Limited Edition print, Reed Massengill's "Aaron In My Parlor #2". The photographer, who is also a brilliant writer/historian on photography, has received well-deserved accolades for his male nudes: "Sensational imagery, depicting every essence of male-ness. His extroverted models present themselves cheeky and playful, teasing us pleasurably with their beauty" (Lon Hanagan). One of his most beautiful nudes, this is an absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Reed Massengill and male erotic art photography collectors. This 11 X 14 inch Limited Edition photographic print is very prominently and beautifully titled, numbered, and signed in pencil on verso by the photographer: "Aaron In My Parlor #2 1/15 Reed Massengill". It is encased in his studio's protective plastic sheet and is eminently suitable for framing. It also comes with pristine copies of Reed Massengill's 4 X 5 color photographs of Aaron, whom he has photographed over many years, meticulously assembled and encased in individual protective plastic sheets. This print is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only set available online and has no flaws, pristine beauties. Please note: For a print of this size, Massengill prints command hundreds of dollars from his New York gallery. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed set thus. 1 original 11 X 14 inch photographic print, 4 X 5 inch original color prints. One of the most brilliant American photographers of the male nude of our time. A flawless collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER REED MASSENGILL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 17261.

$US 200.00

Massengill, Reed
Reed Massengill: "jon Herweg, Thanksgiving Day" Original Archival Print

Imprint: Knoxville, Tennessee, Reed Massengill Studios, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Reed Massengill collectible item. A pristine original photographic print, titled, numbered, and signed by Reed Massengill. The photographer's single most famous photograph, it shows the eponymous All-American model, in a classic nude studio portrait. The photograph appeared as Reed Massengill's Contribution to "Male Nude Now: New Visions For The 21st Century". Print size is 11 X 14 inches. The photograph is very beautifully printed in the United States under Reed Massengill's direct supervision to the highest standards. Eminently suitable for framing. Encased in his studio's protective plastic sheet. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a Limited Edition print, Reed Massengill's "Jon Herweg, Thanksgiving Day". The photographer, who is also a brilliant writer/historian on photography, has received well-deserved accolades for his male nudes: "Sensational imagery, depicting every essence of male-ness. His extroverted models present themselves cheeky and playful, teasing us pleasurably with their beauty" (Lon Hanagan). His single most iconic nude, this is a "must-have" original, not just memorabilia, item for Reed Massengill and male erotic art photography collectors. This 11 X 14 inch Limited Edition photographic print is very prominently and beautifully titled, numbered, and signed in pencil on verso by the photographer: "Jon Herweg, Thanksgiving Day 2/15 Reed Massengill". It is encased in his studio's protective plastic sheet and is eminently suitable for framing. This print is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the print available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. Please note: For a print this size, Massengill prints command hundreds of dollars from his New York gallery. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed print thus. 1 original 11 X 14 inch photographic print. One of the most brilliant American photographers of the male nude of our time. A flawless collectible print. (SEE ALSO OTHER REED MASSENGILL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 17264.

$US 200.00

Matar, Rania (Photographer); Queen Noor of Jordan; Lowry, Lois & Gersh, Kristen (Contributors)
L'enfant-femme: Photographs By Rania Matar

Imprint: Bologna, Italy, Editore Damiani, 2016
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 150 pages. Collection of portrait-photographs in color. One of the most beautiful photography books 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. A brilliant production by Rania Matar and Editore Damiani: Oversize-volume format. Pink cloth boards with full-size photographic reproduction pasted on the cover and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Rania Matar. Texts by Queen Noor of Jordan, Lois Lowry, and Kristen Gersh. Two 7 X 6 inch, large-size Souvenir Postcards laid-in and eminently suitable for framing. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Bologna, Italy to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Rania Matar's "L'Enfant-Femme". Literally, The Woman-Child, which is not quite the same thing as its closest English equivalent, The Girl. "In today's world of endless tagging and posting images online, what is a pre-teen girl's relationship to the camera? Upending assumptions of contemporary digital image-making practices, Rania Matar re-frames these young women through her poignant portraits, revealing how girls between the ages of 8 and 13 interact with the camera, and in so doing, depicts them in deeply personal and poetic ways. Addressing themes of representation, voyeurism, and transgression, these images remind us of the fragility of youth while also gesturing toward its unbridled curiosity and joy. Makes us examine our universality, beauty that transcends place, background, and religion. Conveys the confluence of angst, sexuality, and personhood that defines the progression from childhood into adulthood" (Publisher's blurb). "The journey towards womanhood, with its expectations, demands, and hopes, is difficult to express. Matar captures the essence of the struggle in these amazing photographs" (Christian Science Monitor). "Beautiful and sensitive portraits. Evoke a fundamental, cross-cultural understanding" (Art Houston). An absolute "must-have" title for Rania Matar collectors. This copy comes with two 7 X 6 inch, large-size Souvenir Postcards that are both very prominently and beautifully signed and inscribed in silver pen-marker on verso by Rania Matar. They are eminently suitable for framing. The recipient of the Postcards is Martha Schneider, the owner/curator of Schneider Gallery Chicago, who is one of the most important figures in contemporary art and photography. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing with signed and inscribed Souvenir Postcards available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates, 2 Souvenir Postcards. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER RANIA MATAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 8862084501.

Stock number: 21126. ISBN: 8862084501

$US 70.00

Matar, Rania (Photographer) & Shadid, Anthony (Contributor)
Ordinary Lives: Photographs By Rania Matar

Imprint: New York City, NY, Quantuck Lane Press, 2009
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 136 pages. Retrospective collection of black-and-white photographs. One of the most valuable documentary photography books 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. A brilliant production by Rania Matar: Oversize-volume format. Red cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Rania Matar. Essay by Anthony Shadid. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Mondadori in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Rania Matar's "Ordinary Lives". Which is surely ironic as her subject is life under the most extraordinary circumstances. "Lebanon is a country built on dichotomies. It is a blend of cultures, poised at the intersection between the Western and Arab worlds. Born in Beirut and living in the West, Rania Matar is especially attuned to those dichotomies. Here she honors the lives of the women and children of Lebanon in evocative photographs. They convey the many facets of life, acknowledging the undeniable presence of war and tragedy yet celebrating the strength, dignity, and humanity of lives lived amid the rubble, in refugee camps, or behind the veil. Universal reminders of the tender bond between a mother and a child, the cheerful camaraderie of friends, and the resilience of the human spirit. Accompanying these photographs are excerpts from the poetry of celebrated Palestinian-American Lisa Majaj" (Publisher's blurb). "No one will forget the women and children in the pages that follow" (Anthony Shadid). An absolute "must-have" title for Rania Matar collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Rania Matar. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary 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. A rare signed copy thus. 100 duotone plates. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER RANIA MATAR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1593720378.

Stock number: 20862. ISBN: 1593720378

$US 80.00