Pamuk, Orhan (Translated by Erdag M. Goknar)
My Name Is Red

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 417 pages. The author's breakthrough historical novel, the fourth to be translated into English. One of the greatest novels of our time. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the British Edition, which is a softcover original only. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. Presents Orhan Pamuk's "Benim Adim Kirmizi" in a felicitous English translation by Erdag Goknar. The author's single most accessible and successful title, reissued in 2010 as a permanent "Everyman's Library" selection. "In 16th-century Istanbul, master miniaturist and illuminator of books Enishte Effendi is commissioned to illustrate a book celebrating the Sultan. Soon he lies dead at the bottom of a well. How he got there is the crux of the novel. A number of narrators give testimony to what they know about the circumstances surrounding the murder. The stories accumulate and become more detailed as the novel progresses, giving the reader not only an unconventional murder mystery but insight into the mores and customs of the time. Creatively casts the novel with colorful characters and provides a palpable sense of atmosphere of the Ottoman Empire that both history buffs and literary fans will appreciate" (Marc Kloszewski). Pamuk's books are censored and often banned outright in his native Turkey, a culture that has to strike a delicate balance between (Eastern) Islam and (Western) secularism. The threat to one's freedom makes writing even more urgent and turns talented writers into great ones. His most passionate critic/admirer in America, the late great novelist John Updike, chose "Snow" as the best novel of the year 2004, bar none. An absolute "must-have title for Orhan Pamuk collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and dated in blue ink-pen on the title page by the author: "2018 Orhan Pamuk". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Pamuk's signature on this copy is spectacular, one of the best we have ever seen. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed and dated 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 command hundreds of dollars. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003 for "My Name Is Red". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, the first Turkish writer to be so deservedly honored. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ORHAN PAMUK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375406956.

Stock number: 22083. ISBN: 0375406956

$US 200.00

Pamuk, Orhan (Translated by Ekin Oklap)
A Strangeness In My Mind

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 605 pages. The author's eighth novel to be translated into English. Now considered a contemporary classic. 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 book is magnificently realized, not just designed, by Chip Kidd: Wraparound pictorial hard boards, a drawing by Orhan Pamuk himself on the DJ, and four round die-cuts on the latter to alert you to the stunning boards underneath. Presents Orhan Pamuk's "Kafamda bir tuhaflik" in a felicitous English translation. A complex psychological drama and a tremendous concatenation of voices and places and politics and culture, gathered around a melancholy hero. It is beautifully written, with dazzling virtuosity, intellectual riches, emotional subtlety, and "a feeling of freedom that comes from a narrative that finds its most meaningful moments in the side streets of storytelling. Wrestles with the complexity of an ever-changing city. For Pamuk, the vision of life as a complex web of knowable things provides a terrifically interesting way to write a novel" (The New York Times). "He has enlarged the roots of the contemporary novel through his links to both Western and Eastern culture. This means that he has stolen the novel, one can say, from us Westerners, and has transformed it into something different from what we have ever seen before" (Horace Engdahl, Nobel Prize Committee). An absolute "must-have" title for Orhan Pamuk collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and dated (two days after publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Oct 22 2015 Orhan Pamuk". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Pamuk's signature on this copy is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Program of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and post-publication dated 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 signed copy thus. Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003 for "My Name Is Red". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, the first Turkish writer to be so deservedly honored. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ORHAN PAMUK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0307700291.

Stock number: 20127. ISBN: 0307700291

$US 150.00

Pamuk, Orhan (Translated by Nazim Dikbas)
The Naive And Sentimental Novelist: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures

Imprint: London, England, Faber & Faber, 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. 200 pages. Collection of essays originally delivered as lectures. One of the most important literary texts of our time. The first appearance of the title in the United Kingdom. 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. In terms of production values, the British Edition is superior to the American in every respect. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Orhan Pamuk's "The Naive And Sentimental Novelist" in a felicitous English translation. Subtle and eloquent reflections on reading, writing, and the novel. The essays cumulatively amount to Pamuk's profoundly personal and idiosyncratic Writer's Manifesto, just as similar meditations by figures as diverse as Jorge Luis Borges, Milan Kundera, Mario Vargas Llosa, and V. S. Naipaul do. It is therefore fitting that they allude to Schiller's canonical text, "On Naive And Sentimental Poetry". It is just as fitting that Pamuk (this time in the manner of Rainer Maria Rilke's "Letters To A Young Poet") has dedicated the book to the much younger, Booker Prize-winning novelist, Kiran Desai ("The Inheritance of Loss"). "The power of Pamuk's book lies less in his theorizing about the novel than in his professions of faith in it. Pamuk still believes that creating worlds is the novelist's real task and exploring them the best reason for reading fiction. To read in this way - almost desperately, in search of the wisdom and aid we need to navigate our own lives - often seems like a dying discipline. Pamuk's book is a reminder that without this almost metaphysical faith, great fiction cannot be truly appreciated or written" (Adam Kirsch). "One of the more formidable attempts by a practitioner to articulate a theory of the novel since E. M. Forster's 'Aspects of the Novel'. It has such a dynamic sense of the life of fiction, and the way the novel makes us see the world, that it will be treasured by readers and writers" (Peter Craven). "He has enlarged the roots of the contemporary novel through his links to both Western and Eastern culture. This means that he has stolen the novel, one can say, from us Westerners, and has transformed it into something different from what we have ever seen before" (Horace Engdahl, Nobel Prize Committee). An absolute "must-have" title for Orhan Pamuk collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Orhan Pamuk. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Pamuk's signature on this copy is fabulous, one of the most beautiful we have ever seen. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Material of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a great text. As far as we know, this is one of only two 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: In terms of production values, the British Edition is superior to the American in every respect. Copies available online command as much as $400 and up. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003 for "My Name Is Red". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, the first Turkish writer to be so deservedly honored. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ORHAN PAMUK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0674050762.

Stock number: 21557. ISBN: 0674050762

$US 250.00

Pamuk, Orhan (Translated by Guneli Gun)
The New Life

Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 296 pages. The author's third novel to be translated into English. One of the greatest novels 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 rare. Presents Orhan Pamuk's "Yeni Hayat" in a felicitous English translation. A masterpiece from a writer who seems incapable of writing a bad book. The single most successful modern novel to be published in Turkey. The title refers to the way a book transforms the protagonist's life in a magical way, a metaphor for the power of reading to change lives. Pamuk's books are censored and often banned outright in his native Turkey, a culture that has to strike a delicate balance between (Eastern) Islam and (Western) secularism. The threat to one's freedom makes writing even more urgent and turns talented writers into great ones. His most passionate critic/admirer in America, the late great novelist John Updike, chose "Snow" as the best novel of the year 2004, bar none. "I read a book one day and my whole life was changed" (Orhan Pamuk). An absolute "must-have" title for Orhan Pamuk collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Orhan Pamuk. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Pamuk's signature on this copy is spectacular, the single most beautiful signed copy we have ever seen. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed 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: Signed copies of Pamuk's books are scarce and as such, have always been collectible. 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 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003 for "My Name Is Red". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, the first Turkish writer to be so deservedly honored. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ORHAN PAMUK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374221294.

Stock number: 20511. ISBN: 0374221294

$US 500.00

Pamuk, Orhan (Translated by Ekin Oklap)
The Red-haired Woman

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A Knopf, 2017
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 255 pages. The author's tenth novel to be translated into English. One of Orhan Pamuk'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, 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 Orhan Pamuk's "Kirmizi sach kadin" in a felicitous English translation. About the inevitable collision between personal history and History. "A fable of fathers and sons, and the desires that come between them" (Publisher's blurb). "Saturated with sympathy and sense of place, the book charts a boy's journey into manhood and Turkey's into irreversible change. But it is above all a book of ideas. Pamuk's work promotes the fact that we should always interrogate the past, but never deny or bury it. History - personal, imagined, actual - reminds us to remember, to think better" (The Financial Times). "An ending that makes you immediately start the book all over again speaks for itself" (The Times of London). "He has enlarged the roots of the contemporary novel through his links to both Western and Eastern culture. This means that he has stolen the novel, one can say, from us Westerners, and has transformed it into something different from what we have ever seen before" (Horace Engdahl, Nobel Prize Committee). An absolute "must-have" title for Orhan Pamuk collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Orhan Pamuk. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, as copies available online are. Pamuk made a one-time-only appearance, in New York City, to promote the book. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Announcement of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed 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 rare signed copy thus. Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003 for "My Name Is Red". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, the first Turkish writer to be so deservedly honored. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ORHAN PAMUK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0451494423.

Stock number: 21893. ISBN: 0451494423

$US 100.00

Panas, Lydia (Photographer) & Meloy, Maile (Contributor)
The Mark Of Abel: Photographs By Lydia Panas

Imprint: Berlin, Germany, Kehrer Heidelberg Berlin, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 96 pages. Retrospective collection of color portrait-photographs. One of the most beautiful art 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. An Import title, it was not commercially distributed in the United States. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Lydia Panas and Kehrer: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Lydia Panas. Essay by Maile Meloy. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper using the most advanced digital technology in Berlin, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Lydia Panas' "The Mark of Abel". Her breakthrough collection of portraits. "For three years in hot weather and cold, Lydia Panas invited families to stand before her lens. She was curious to see what would happen. These groups stood graciously before her as the series unfolded. Lydia Panas has exhibited widely throughout the United States, and is gaining attention in Europe and Asia. Her work is included in numerous collections including those of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Brooklyn Museum; and the Center for Photography Woodstock" (Publisher's blurb). "Lydia Panas' ability to capture and convey the complexity of human relationships has made her a rising star in contemporary portraiture" (Photo District News). "The work is intensely beautiful" (Jorg M. Colberg). Reminiscent of the work of Sally Mann on the one hand and Jock Sturges on the other, the imagery is ultimately Lydia Panas' own. They are presented by Kehrer in exquisite reproductions that capture the sublime atmosphere, not just the nuances, of Panas' images. An absolute "must-have" title for Lydia Panas collectors. This title is a contemporary photography 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: This is an Import title and was not commercially distributed in the United States. Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with 50 full-page color plates. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3868282297.

Stock number: 19343. ISBN: 3868282297

$US 40.00

Parke, Trent
Bedknobs And Broomsticks

Imprint: St. Paul, MN, Little Brown Mushroom, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 40 pages. Artist Book. One of Trent Parke's most beautiful art photography books. Limited Edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies. The first and only edition. Published as the inaugural volume of "Children's Books For Adults" by Alec Soth's Little Brown Mushroom (LBM) imprint. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Trent Parke and LBM: Small-size volume format. The book is patterned after classic children's books. Black hard boards with brown cloth overboards and metallic-silver titles printed on the cover, as issued. There is a circular die-cut in front and on the back. Photographs by Trent Parke. Whimsical text. Printed on glossy stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a Limited Edition format, Trent Parke's "Bedknobs And Broomsticks". The artist/photographer's charming homage to the Little Golden Books For Children from the 1940's. Actually, what Parke has directly appropriated, for his own purposes, is the "Bedknobs And Broomsticks" film adaptation (1971) by Walt Disney, which conflates two classic children's books: "The Magic Bedknob, Or How To Become A Witch In Ten Easy Lessons" (1943) and "Bonfires And Broomsticks" (1945), both written by Mary Norton. "With his own fierce and inimitable photographic style, Parke takes the reader along on a magic bed of free association from Down Under" (Publisher's blurb). Trent Parke has put Australia on the map as a vital center of art photography, that is to say, of the most serious and ambitious contemporary art itself, which has become more, not less, photographically-based. An absolute "must-have" title for Trent Parke collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Edition of 1000 copies, indicated/hand-numbered as such, on the Front Limitation Page. Although not called for, it is very boldly and beautifully signed in gold pen-marker on the Inside Back Cover by Trent Parke. It is signed directly on the board 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 Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This Limited Edition sold out shortly after publication and was not reissued by the publisher. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with tritone plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER TRENT PARKE TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0615375502.

Stock number: 20256. ISBN: 0615375502

$US 400.00

ParkeHarrison, Robert & ParkeHarrison, Shana
Counterpoint

Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, Twin Palms Publishers, 2008
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 72 pages. Artist Book. Limited Slipcased Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition of 3000 copies. The Limited Slipcased Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison and Jack Woody: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 3 pounds. Red cloth boards with black titles embossed on the spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. There is no text. Black cloth slipcase. Printed on thick glossy stock paper in Korea to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Robert ParkeHarrison's and Shana ParkeHarrison's "Counterpoint". Poetically beautiful images. "Revisits themes explored in their first book, including Man's destruction and healing of the planet. Shot in color, the photographs also utilize the ParkeHarrisons' technique of applying pigment by hand, directly to their large-scale prints. Robert ParkeHarrison once again appears as the Everyman of the book's visual narrative, one who, despite the will to effect change, is all too often rendered impotent and ineffectual. The ParkeHarrisons also explore the epic landscape as a metaphor for the state of Mankind, particularly alluding to recent natural disasters and their aftermath" (Publisher's blurb). It is not an exaggeration to allude to Ingmar Bergman, the greatest film artist of the 20th century, on the one hand, and to Cormac McCarthy, the greatest American novelist of our time, on the other: Like Bergman, their move to color has led to a darker, less whimsical work than "The Architect's Brother". Like Cormac McCarthy, they have arrived at an apocalyptic vision in the same nihilistic vein as "The Road". "I want to make images that have open, narrative qualities" (Robert ParkeHarrison). An absolute "must-have" title for Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Slipcased Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by both Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. 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: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the regular trade edition of 3000 copies. A rare signed copy thus. 33 color plates. Two of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 1931885818.

Stock number: 14409. ISBN: 1931885818

$US 200.00

Parr, Martin (Photographer) & Aslan, John (Contributor)
A8: Photographs By Martin Parr

Imprint: London, England, JMP Journal, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of Martin Parr's finest achievements. The first and only edition. Published in a one-time-only print run of 500 copies as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by John McAslan and Associates: Oversize tabloid format. Pristine-white softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Martin Parr. Brief text by John McAslan. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Martin Parr's "A8". Some of his most evocatively beautiful photographs, of a place that is several things simultaneously. "A motorway, a dual carriageway, and finally a local road connecting Post Glasgow to Greenock, Gourock, and Dunoon. I grew up there, and retain a great affection for the raw and intense beauty of the place. For some time, I've wondered how I might express this. So I asked Martin Parr to collaborate on a project to record these towns and the people who live and work there. The result is here. A celebration of life along the A8 corridor" (John McAslan). "A8" is a mellowing (in the positive sense) of Martin Parr's saturated colors and matching astringent sensibility. It shows that the latter does have a more lyrical, even sentimental side. The formal use of color, a Parr trademark, is deployed using a less intense, more muted, and more subdued palette that people familiar with Parr's work in the same vein, particularly "West Bay", will find unexpectedly moving. An absolute "must-have" title for Martin Parr collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the Back Cover by Martin Parr. 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 First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 28 color plates. The most influential and most important British photographer of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARTIN PARR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0014742853.

Stock number: 21536. ISBN: 0014742853

$US 100.00

Parr, Martin
Bliss: Perfect For Couples! Ideal For Families! : Martin Parr Postcard Collection

Imprint: London, England, Chris Boot Limited, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. The photographer's selections from his postcard collection on subject. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. Part of an ongoing and extremely popular Series. The First Edition is now scarce. An elegant production by Martin Parr and Frost Design London: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with colorful titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Postcards from various sources. All of the original postcards are part of the photographer's personal collection. Preface by Martin Parr. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Martin Parr's "Bliss". Say cheesy. "A wonderfully outdated vision of domestic happiness in shamelessly idealised images of romantic lovers and perfect families. Celebrates the postcard and the end of an era of innocence". Apart from having one of the largest private collections of photography books, Parr is also known for his huge postcard collection. He is the photographer-as-collector par excellence. But even the most cursory glance at the images in this collection, with their bright colors, nostalgic glow, and genuinely felt emotion will see the similarity, not just the connection, with Martin Parr's singular aesthetic of affectionate ambivalence. Roland Barthes once called photography as the nostalgic art and as such, it is inescapably "kitsch" (Barthes' word) in the best sense of the word. Martin Parr clearly shares Barthes' complex feelings for and understanding of his chosen art. Parr's oblique, indirect, and witty approach leaves a strong aftertaste. An absolute "must-have" title for Martin Parr collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Martin Parr. 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 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 signed copy thus. The most influential and most important British photographer of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARTIN PARR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0954281330.

Stock number: 12097. ISBN: 0954281330

$US 30.00

Parr, Martin
From Our House To Your House: Martin Parr Postcard Collection

Imprint: Stockport, England, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 96 pages. The photographer's selections from his Christmas card collection. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. Part of his continuing Series on postcards ("Boring Postcards") and other memorabilia items that he has patiently collected over the years. The First Edition is now scarce. An elegant production by Martin Parr: Small-size volume format in square shape. Red hard boards with colorful titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Christmas cards from various sources. All of the original cards are part of the photographer's personal collection. There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Martin Parr's "From Our House To Your House". So cheesy it's great. "Martin Parr has put together another wonderful book from his personal collection. This time he shows us the American Christmas card. This is a fascinating eye-opener into American culture, as proud families everywhere (pets included) pose before the camera to send their Christmas greetings across the nation" (Publisher's blurb). In many ways, Martin Parr's aesthetic of affectionate ambivalence is most evident in his picture collections, that is, that he would lovingly keep what everyone else would discard, the archaeological work of the photographer-as-collector par excellence. "Warm, funny, and frequently hilarious, a wonderful collection of cards celebrating the American Christmas". Parr's oblique, indirect, and witty approach leaves a strong aftertaste. An absolute "must-have" title for Martin Parr collectors. This title is now collectible. 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 or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. The most influential and most important British photographer of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARTIN PARR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1899235345.

Stock number: 7680. ISBN: 1899235345

$US 20.00

Parr, Martin
Life's A Beach

Imprint: New York City, NY, Xavier Barral/Aperture Foundation, 2012
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Retrospective collection of color photographs, presented as an Artist Book. One of Martin Parr's finest achievements. Limited Slipcased Edition of 1000 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the regular trade edition, which is different from and inferior to this Artist Book. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Martin Parr and Xavier Barral: Oversize-volume format. Pale yellow cloth boards with titles printed on pink paper that is pasted in front. The book design is that of a full-fledged photo album, complete with black string-tied spine, tissue-paper overlay on each page, and scrapbook hinges upon each photograph within. Photographs by Martin Parr. Apart from each photograph's caption, there is no text. Cardboard Slipcase with titles on pink paper pasted on one side. Printed by Xavier Barral to the highest standards. In publisher's original plastic wrappers. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a Limited Edition format, Martin Parr's "Life's A Beach". One of the prolific photographer's best books. "In the United Kingdom, one is never more than seventy-five miles away from the coast. With this much shoreline, it's not surprising that there is a strong British tradition of photography by the seaside. American photographers may have given birth to street photography. But according to Martin Parr, 'in the UK, we have the beach'. There, people can relax, be themselves, and show off all those traces of mildly eccentric British behavior. Parr has been photographing this subject for many decades, documenting all aspects of the tradition. This obsession has led Parr to photograph beaches across the world: Photos of beach-goers on far-flung shores, including Argentina, Brazil, China, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Japan, the United States, Mexico, Thailand, among others. Immersing us in the rituals and traditions associated with beach life the world over" (Publisher's blurb). Martin Parr's breakthrough was "The Last Resort" (1986), which depicts the seaside resort of New Brighton. He has photographed many other subjects since then. But he keeps coming back, inescapably, to his true subject because it is his original inspiration: In case you hadn't noticed, the saturated colors of Parr's entire body of work, now identified with him/is his "trademark" as our colorist-photographer, derive from the beach, in all its sunburned intensity. "The British approach to sunburn was simple: Get out there and upgrade yesterday's patchy burns into something of more uniform severity" (Jonathan Lee on New Brighton). An absolute "must-have" title for Martin Parr collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Slipcased Edition, indicated/serial-numbered as such on both the Cardboard Slipcase and the Back Limitation Page. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in green pen-marker in front by Martin Parr. This title is an indispensable Parr collection and a great photography book. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online, is still in the publisher's original plastic wrappers, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online command as much as $700. This is offered at the Aperture Foundation's original list price (which the publisher itself no longer does, having raised its price to $450). As such, it is an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 98 color plates. The most influential and most important British photographer of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARTIN PARR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1597112240.

Stock number: 20306. ISBN: 1597112240

$US 300.00

Parr, Martin
Saddam Hussein Watches

Imprint: London, England, Chris Boot, 2004
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 36 pages. Collection of watch photographs. One of Martin Parr's finest achievements. Limited Edition of 500 copies. The first and only edition. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Chris Boot Limited Design SMITH: Oversize-tabloid format. Pictorial softcovers with bold red titles on the cover and enlarged image of Saddam Hussein on back, as issued. Photographs conceived and directed by Martin Parr. There is no text. Shiny gold bag with black titles and luxurious wrinkling on the cover and back, as issued. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. The quality of the whole production is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Published in conjunction with the D'Arles Photography Festival in 2004, of which the photographer was the main attraction. Presents Martin Parr's "Saddam Hussein Watches". Luxury wrist watches and other time pieces bearing the image of Saddam Hussein, souvenir-reminders of a corrupt and brutal regime whose time finally ran out. As a collection, it is best seen in light of Parr's other published collections of postcards, vintage photographs, and Christmas cards. Like much of the latter, Saddam Hussein's taste is generously described as kitsch, of the most expensive kind. And for someone who appeared to despise the West so much, he nevertheless coveted, and appropriated for his own use, what he perceived to be her status symbols (so there are also a few, cheaply produced American rip-offs of the watches, produced as souvenirs of the Iraq War and Saddam Hussein's fall). Meanwhile, Parr's oblique, indirect, and witty approach leaves a strong aftertaste. An absolute "must-have" title for Martin Parr collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the back of the original gold bag by Martin Parr. It is signed on the bag itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The shiny gold bag is unopened and integral to the book. In order to see the actual content, it must be opened very carefully so as not to ruin the book's collectible value. A rare signed copy thus. 35 color plates. The most influential and most important British photographer of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARTIN PARR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 22012.

$US 70.00

Parr, Martin (Photographer/Curator/Author) & Badger, Gerry (Writer/CuratorAuthor)
The Photobook: A History Volume 2

Imprint: London, England, Phaidon Press, 2006
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 340 pages. Landmark historical survey and reference guide on subject. Volume Two of three consecutive volumes, published in over a decade (between 2004 and 2014). Now considered a contemporary photography classic. 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. An austerely elegant production by HDR Visual Communication: Oversize-volume format. Black hard boards with pale gray titles on cover and spine, as issued. Selected, edited, written, and directed by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger. Photographs by Ian Bavington Jones. Supplemented with archival materials from various sources. Notes, Selected Bibliography, and invaluable Index appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Hong Kong to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ, which is a dazzling collage of selected photobook DJ's, with white and gray titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Martin Parr's and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume 2". The second, "follow-up", and in some ways, even more riveting volume of surely the most comprehensive history thus far of the photobook, the catchy name the authors have given to their subject. "Brings the fully illustrated history of the photobook fully up-to-date. Featuring over 200 photobooks, this lush survey offers a fresh approach to photographic history and is a celebration of the medium's diversity. Broadly thematic in structure, each chapter features an Introductory Essay followed by detailed discussion of the individual photobooks alongside images of the book covers and spreads. While the first volume stressed the subjective nature of the history of the medium and how that history was molded by the influences of curators and historians, the second volume brings a new perspective from the viewpoint of the photographer and the editor. A secret web of influences and inter-connections between photographers and photographic movements around the world is revealed, producing a global network of ideas" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger). "The most important contribution to the field since modern histories of photography began to appear in the early twentieth century. It dwarfs previous publications in both its scope and the information it provides" (Photoeye). The photograph is itself a medium, and has re-defined the work of art in our time as medium. The whole idea of the photobook, as articulated by Parr and Badger, is interesting and provocative precisely because it attempts to re-define photography (and the photographic vision itself) through another medium, the book. As such, it is an indispensable guide. An absolute "must-have" title for Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, and photography book collectors. This title is a contemporary photography book 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 are subsequent printings or have serious flaws because the copies have been pored over again and again. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of color plates. Some of the most important and influential photographers and their photobooks. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER "THE PHOTOBOOK: A HISTORY" TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0714844330.

Stock number: 20235. ISBN: 0714844330

$US 150.00

Part, Arvo (Composer/Author) & Korver, Kristina (Contributor)
Lieder Aus Den Kindheit/songs From Childhood For Children's Choir And Piano

Imprint: Vienna, Austria, Universal Edition, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 62 pages. Full Score of the composer's masterpiece, with accompanying text and complete recording on Compact Disc (CD). The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only by Universal Edition. The First Edition is now rare. The production values are outstanding: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Music score by Arvo Part. Text by Kristina Korver. CD appended at the back. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Vienna, Austria to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a commemorative and collectible format, Arvo Part's "Lieder Aus Den Kindheit". His "Songs From Childhood For Children's Choir And Piano". The full score of all fifteen songs is preceded by an illuminating Essay by Kristina Korver in the German original and felicitous English translation. The CD is enclosed in its own plastic sleeve that is appended at the Back Cover. The songs are performed by the Children's Music Studio of Estonian Radio, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Teet Kehlmann. It was subsequently released on its own in 2016 as a "stand-alone" CD (the very moving performance by the children's choir can be viewed on YouTube). An absolute "must-have" title for Arvo Part collectors. This copy of the Universal Edition is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Arvo Part. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a 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: Should NOT be confused with the 2016 release of the "stand-alone" CD. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest composers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ARVO PART TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3702473483.

Stock number: 21552. ISBN: 3702473483

$US 300.00

Patterson, Christian (Photographer); Sante, Luc & Irvine, Karen (Contributors)
Redheaded Peckerwood: The First Edition

Imprint: London, England, MACK Publishers, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 164 pages. Artist Book. One of the most beautiful photographically-based Artist Books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Second and Third 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 Christian Patterson and MACK: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the spine, as issued. Photographs by Christian Patterson. Essays by Luc Sante, one of the greatest writers of our time, and Karen Irvine. Printed on archival stock paper in London to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Christian Patterson's "Redheaded Peckerwood". A rigorous and highly charged photographic narrative of the Starkweather/Fugate mass murders, perhaps the single most iconic mass murder committed in modern American history. Revisits "the story of 19-year-old Charles Starkweather and 14-year-old Caril Ann Fugate, who murdered ten people, including Fugate's family, during a three-day killing spree across Nebraska until their capture in Douglas, Wyoming. The images record places and things central to the story, depict ideas inspired by it, and capture other moments along the way. The photographs incorporate the techniques of photo-journalism, forensic photography, image appropriation, re-enactment, and documentary landscape photography. On a conceptual level, they deal with a charged landscape. Utilizes and plays with a pre-existing archive of material, deliberately mixing fact and fiction, past and present, myth and reality, as it presents, expands, and re-presents the various facts and theories surrounding the story. While photographs are the heart of the work, they are complemented by documents and objects that belonged to the killers and their victims, including a map, poem, confession letter, stuffed animal, hood ornament, and various other items. In several cases, these materials are discoveries first made by the artist and presented here for the first time. In book form, the work is presented as a visual crime dossier, including pieces of paper which are inserted into the book. There are connections that are left for the viewer to be made and mysteries that are left to be solved" (George Slade). Since the meaning of the title is often asked, here goes: A "redheaded peckerwood" is the reversal of red-bellied woodpecker, which has a patch of red on the back of its head and neck; the popularly-used shorthand is "redneck". Both are the most derogatory synonyms for "white trash": Desperately poor, uneducated, rural white Southerners. The heinous crime was the basis of at least two cinematic landmarks: Terrence Malick's debut (and best) film, "Badlands" (1973), and Oliver Stone's feverish "Natural Born Killers" (1994). "Redheaded Peckerwood" is their powerful photographic counterpart. An absolute "must-have" title for Christian Patterson collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Christian Patterson. 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. Please note: Copies available online are the Second and Third Editions. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CHRISTIAN PATTERSON TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1907946144.

Stock number: 20248. ISBN: 1907946144

$US 500.00

Paz, Octavio (Translated by Michael Schmidt)
Octavio Paz: On Poets And Others

Imprint: New York City, NY, Seaver Books, 1986
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 219 pages. Landmark collection of the author's literary essays. Now considered a late-modern classic. 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 Octavio Paz's "On Poets And Others" in a felicitous English translation. Writings of the great Mexican poet and essayist from the past three decades: Acute and penetrating critical pieces on Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams as well as such great figures as Luis Bunuel, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Charles Baudelaire, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Andre Breton. "Each chapter is an adventure of the mind" (Publisher's blurb). The Renaissance Man of Mexican literature, Paz was considered its greatest poet as early as the 1950's. Paz became a world figure with his elegiac study of Mexico, "The Labyrinth of Solitude", still the single best book on his beloved country. Paz was also a statesman who served in the Mexican government's diplomatic service. The author of more than 30 books, he is regarded as a hero in all of Latin America, despite - perhaps, because of - the fact that he resigned as Ambassador to India when Mexican police opened fire on a group of protesting students. Paz spent much of the rest of his life writing and teaching at Harvard and other universities in the United States and Europe. An absolute "must-have" title for Octavio Paz 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 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. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER OCTAVIO PAZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0805000038.

Stock number: 419. ISBN: 0805000038

$US 20.00

Pearlman, Edith (Author) & Patchett, Ann (Contributor)
Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories

Imprint: Wilmington, North Carolina, Lookout Press/University of North Carolina, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 375 pages. Retrospective collection of short stories. One of the greatest short-story collections of our time. The true 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 by a University Press. The First Edition does NOT have the NBA Award and all other seals that subsequent printings do. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by the Lookout Press: Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Edith Pearlman. Publisher's original 4 X 6 inch Souvenir/Promotional Postcard laid-in. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Edith Pearlman's "Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories". Her finest and most representative short stories, including new pieces that appear in book form for the very first time: Chekhovian domesticity punctuated by sudden, violent, life-changing irruptions. The collection, which was personally selected and edited by the author, is preceded by a "rave review" of an Introductory Essay by fellow writer and lifelong admirer, the American novelist Ann Patchett. "Spanning four decades, these twenty-one vintage selected stories and thirteen scintillating new ones take us around the world, from Jerusalem to Central America, from Tsarist Russia to London during the Blitz, from central Europe to Manhattan, and from the Maine Coast to Godolphin, Massachusetts, a fictional suburb of Boston. These charged locales, and the lives of the endlessly varied characters within them, are evoked with a tenderness and incisiveness found in only our most observant seers. No matter the situation in which her characters find themselves, Edith Pearlman conveys their experience with wit and aplomb, with relentless but clear-eyed optimism, and with a supple prose that reminds us, sentence by sentence, page by page, what our greatest verbal innovators can bestow. Reveals a true American original, a master of the story, showing us, with her classic sensibility and lasting artistry, the cruelties, the longings, and the rituals that connect human beings across space and time" (Publisher's blurb). In other words, a writer's writer who will elude (because she will not pander to) mainstream taste, but whose time has nevertheless finally come. An absolute "must-have" title for Edith Pearlman collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Edith Pearlman. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the publisher's 4 X 6 inch Souvenir/Promotional Postcard, which features the book's front cover, also very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed by the author. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy (with Signed Postcard) of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: The First Edition does NOT have the NBA Award and all other Seals that subsequent printings do. Copies available online are subsequent printings as the First Edition sold out shortly after publication. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDITH PEARLMAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0982338295.

Stock number: 20497. ISBN: 0982338295

$US 300.00

Peck, Dale
Fucking Martin

Imprint: London, England, Chatto & Windus, 1993
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 228 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of the last decade of the 20th century. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First British 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 rare. Presents Dale Peck's "Fucking Martin". His still-controversial first novel, and still his best book. Published when he was twenty-five years old, the British Edition retains the original title, which was considered unacceptable at the time (although this was, by then, the end of the 20th century) by his American publisher. Just as the great British novelist Hanif Kureishi's and film director Stephen Frears' "Samie And Rosie Get Laid" (1988) could not find an American distributor until the title was changed to "Samie And Rosie", Dale Peck's astonishing debut could not otherwise be published. Peck's brilliant conceit is the juxtaposition of Art-Imitates-Life ("representation") with Life-Imitates-Art ("artifice"), which are fantasy-inversions of each other rather than reality itself, and indeed hinder one's understanding of reality. John, a male prostitute, embarks on a torrid romance with Martin in the first part of the novel. He then writes stories based upon their brief life together (cut short by Martin's death from AIDS) in the second part. "A new talent with vast ambitions and a voice like an angel chewing on rope and glass" (Michael Cunningham). "The somber lyricism, the fresh conception of form, the profoundly human grasp of character all suggest this touchingly young writer will have a great future" (Edmund White). An absolute "must-have" title for Dale Peck collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Dale Peck 3/6/01". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Peck's signature is one of the most elaborately beautiful we have ever seen. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed and dated copies of the true First Edition/First Printing (British) 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. One of the most brilliant new voices of American literature. A fine copy. . ISBN 0701156732.

Stock number: 16051. ISBN: 0701156732

$US 70.00

Pelecanos, George P.
The Sweet Forever

Imprint: New York City, NY, Little, Brown & Company, 1998
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 seventh novel. The Signed First Edition of 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. "Autographed Copy" sticker pasted on DJ cover. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents George Pelecanos' "The Sweet Forever". One of his best outings. Pelecanos' novels are set in Washington, DC, prompting his most ardent followers to call him the Emile Zola of the nation's capital. The present narrative involves $25, 000 stolen from a drug dealer, several children in peril, smart adults who screw up their lives in stupid ways, and the speed with which violence festers and explodes in unexpected directions. "Pelecanos is that rare bird among Washington novelists, a writer who loves and knows the city he writes about" (Publishers Weekly). One of about five American thriller writers of our time who completely inhabit and transcend the genre at the same time. An absolute "must-have" title for George P. Pelecanos collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by George P. Pelecanos. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Signed 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, 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 GEORGE P. PELECANOS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0316691097.

Stock number: 10089. ISBN: 0316691097

$US 30.00

Penn, Irving (Photographer) & Liberman, Alexander (Contributor)
Passage: A Work Record

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991
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 photographer's third retrospective collection. Now considered a late-modern photography classic. 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. An austerely elegant production by Irving Penn and Nicholas Callaway: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 5 pounds. Cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Irving Penn. Essay by Alexander Liberman. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Irving Penn's "Passage: A Work Record". Some of the most iconic, moving, and beautiful photographs ever taken in the 20th century by one of its greatest photographers. The book is aptly titled: The passage of time, place, unique cultures, and beautiful men and women was Irving Penn's greatest subject - and remains as such for photography itself. The portrait of two shabbily dressed American-Indian children shyly posing for the camera, their hands resting on an ornate European colonial-period table, is classic Irving Penn, a testament to his greatness and humane-ness as a photographer. It is everything the 20th century is about in one simple yet stunning image: Imperial colonialism and indigenous culture, The Old and The New, Rich and Poor, North and South, East and West. Irving Penn died on October 7, 2009 at the age of 92, his place in photographic history permanent and secure. An absolute "must-have" title for Irving Penn collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and dated (in the year of publication) in black pen on the half-title page by the photographer: "Irving Penn 1991". 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 and publication-year 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 rare signed copy thus. 470 plates. Irving Penn's "Moments Preserved" 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 IRVING PENN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679404910.

Stock number: 16694. ISBN: 0679404910

$US 300.00

Peress, Gilles (Editor); Shulan, Michael; Traub, Charles & Contributing Photographers
Here Is New York: A Democracy Of Photographs

Imprint: Zurich, Switzerland, Scalo Publishers, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 864 pages. Memorial collection of 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 regular first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Gilles Peress and Yolanda Cuomo: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 10 pounds. Photographs by professional and amateur contributors. There is no text. Conceived and edited by the great photojournalist Gilles Peress. Matching hard board pictorial slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on September 11, 2002 to commemorate the First Anniversary of 9/11. Presents "Here Is New York: A Democracy of Photographs". "Bleed" photographs of New York before, during, and after 9/11. A great city's people reflecting upon and mourning their - and America's - grave loss one year later. The exhibition attracted thousands of submissions and tens of thousands of visitors, and toured the US and Europe, including the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) New York and the Corcoran Gallery Washington DC. "The pictures convey an array of different responses, personal and political, to the tragedy. This book really does, in Whitman's words, contain multitudes" (Publishers Weekly). The very last image, a doublespread in color of the summit of the Twin Towers on a bright summer day, was used as the wraparound DJ design of Don DeLillo's great novel on 9/11, "Falling Man" (2007). The act of mourning and remembering, art as elegy, is the most difficult art of all. Aside from the fact that we are afraid to die, we expect our artists (and ourselves) to be heroes rather than victims, and so they (and we) fail miserably when the time comes to mourn. Yet elegy is the one necessary art, all other art is superfluous; because we're not very good at it, elegy can easily descend into bathos and sentimentality. Despite the small consolation that 9/11's evil perpetrator is dead and gone, remembering and "never forgetting" matter, and always will. An absolute "must-have" title for photography book collectors. This title is a great book. 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 (used, soiled, worn, and damaged) or are remainder-marked (even if their dealers don't say so). This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 720 color, 160 duotone plates. "Here Is New York: A Democracy of Photographs" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GILLES PERESS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3908247667.

Stock number: 22404. ISBN: 3908247667

$US 150.00

Peress, Gilles (Photographer) & Stover, Eric (Author)
The Graves: Srebrenica And Vukovar

Imprint: Zurich, Switzerland, Scalo Publishers, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 334 pages. Landmark collection of photographs. One of the most important 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 print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Gilles Peress: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with bold red titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Gilles Peress. Text by Eric Stover. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Zurich, Switzerland to the highest standards. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Gilles Peress' "The Graves: Srebrenica And Vukovar". The most valuable photographic record of the Bosnian genocide. Gilles Peress has become world-famous as the restless, on-the-scene photojournalist par excellence. His mission as a photographer takes him everywhere and makes him the risk-taking photographer people have come to call the "concerned" or "militant" photographer, like Robert Capa, his predecessor, James Nachtwey and the courageous members of Magnum, his peers. Whereas a photographer like Sebastiao Salgado is concerned with the displacement of large numbers of Mankind because of globalization, Peress' concern is the permanent displacement of large numbers of Mankind because of war, in all its unprecedented violence, unbelievable savagery, and unbearable tragedy. Many photographers captured the Bosnian genocide perpetrated by the Serb majority against the Muslim minority, which the world watched unravel, helpless and unable to stop the butchery and bloodshed. Peress was there, risking his own life once again, to commit to posterity an atrocity that was nothing less than yet another crime against humanity. The tragedy of Srebrenica and Vukovar is that it happened with the unwitting cooperation of the United Nations: It is now an established fact that UNPROFOR, under its Dutch commander, handed over to the Serbs 5000 boys and men, who were all promptly buried alive, shot, tortured, "disappeared", and never heard from again. The graves into which their bodies were dumped remain the only "witness" to the genocide, and Peress was determined to record them. An absolute "must-have" title for Gilles Peress collectors. This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce copy thus. Gilles Peress' "Telex Iran" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photojournalists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GILLES PERESS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3931141764.

Stock number: 13581. ISBN: 3931141764

$US 40.00

Petterson, Per (Translated by Charlotte Barslund)
I Curse The River Of Time

Imprint: London, England, Harvill Secker, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 233 pages. The author's fourth 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 copies that are signed on a bookplate. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Per Petterson's "Jeg forbanner tidens elv" in a felicitous English translation. The fourth novel by Per Petterson to be translated into English. A prequel to his second novel, "In The Wake" (2006). "Examines lives half-lived, ending and perhaps beginning anew. In 1989, 37-year-old Arvid Jansen's marriage is ending and his mother is dying of cancer. Hoping to leave his marital woes behind in Oslo, Jansen follows his Danish-born mother to her home country, to the beach house where the family spent summers. During the ferry ride and the following days in Denmark, Jansen recalls his childhood bond with his mother and his decision, after two years of college, to leave school and join his fellow Communists in the factories. He struggles with his commitment to Communism - the title is a line from a poem by Mao Tse Tung - and with his place in his family and the larger world. Petterson blends hope with gorgeously evoked melancholy to come up with a heart-breaking and cautiously optimistic work" (Allison Block). An absolute "must-have" title for Per Petterson collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Per Petterson. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a bookplate, as signed copies of the book are. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) 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 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2007 for "Out Stealing Horses". One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PER PETTERSON AND GERBRAND BAKKER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1846553008.

Stock number: 15898. ISBN: 1846553008

$US 70.00

Petterson, Per (Translated by Charlotte Barslund)
I Curse The River Of Time: The Limited Edition

Imprint: Minneapolis, MN, Graywolf Press, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 238 pages. The author's fourth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The Limited Slipcased Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a bookplate. Published in a small and limited print run whose number is not specified as part of Powell's valuable "Indiespensable" Series. The edition is beautifully produced, uses the original archival sheets of Graywolf Press, comes in an austerely elegant black cloth slipcase, and includes supplementary materials that are available only through the edition. The Limited Slipcased Edition is now scarce. Presents Per Petterson's "Jeg forbanner tidens elv" in a felicitous English translation. The fourth novel by Per Petterson to be translated into English. It is a prequel to his second novel, "In The Wake" (2006). "Examines lives half-lived, ending and perhaps beginning anew. In 1989, 37-year-old Arvid Jansen's marriage is ending and his mother is dying of cancer. Hoping to leave his marital woes behind in Oslo, Jansen follows his Danish-born mother to her home country, to the beach house where the family spent summers. During the ferry ride and the following days in Denmark, Jansen recalls his childhood bond with his mother and his decision, after two years of college, to leave school and join his fellow Communists in the factories. He struggles with his commitment to Communism - the title is a line from a poem by Mao Tse Tung - and with his place in his family and the larger world. Petterson blends hope with gorgeously evoked melancholy to come up with a heart-breaking and cautiously optimistic work" (Allison Block). An absolute "must-have" edition for Per Petterson collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the Front Limited Edition Page by Per Petterson. It should not be confused with copies that are signed on a bookplate. In addition to the black cloth slipcase, it comes with supplementary materials that are available only through this edition. This title is a contemporary 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 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 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2007 for "Out Stealing Horses". One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PER PETTERSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1555975569.

Stock number: 18585. ISBN: 1555975569

$US 100.00