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Imprint: Ostfildern, Germany, Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2017 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 240 pages. Retrospective collection of portraits and immigration documents, presented as an Artist Book. One of Taryn Simon's finest achievements. 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. An austerely elegant production by Taryn Simon: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Taryn Simon. Printed on thick coated and uncoated stock papers in Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Taryn Simon's "An Occupation of Loss". The quietly provocative Conceptual artist/photographer on the public handling of death and loss: Its rituals, politics, and contradictions. "Professional mourners from different cultural circles strike up dirges simultaneously in Taryn Simon's installation. Viewers are directly confronted with these performances. The artist not only addresses the public handling of death and loss, but also the tension between artificial and genuine emotion. Assisted by scientists, Simon systematically investigates the marginalized practices of these grief rituals and initiated the performers' travels. However, some of them were refused entry into the country. The documentation of the immigration procedure is also part of the work" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Taryn Simon collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Taryn Simon. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is an art photography classic. 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 scarce signed copy thus. 175 plates. One of the most brilliant American Conceptual artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 3775743197. Stock number: 21843. ISBN: 3775743197
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 167 pages. The author's fourth novel. One of Mona Simpson'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 Mona Simpson's "Off Keck Road". So closely and tightly written that it has been mistakenly labeled as a novella by some commentators. It is a novel, near-perfect, and proof that brevity is the soul of wisdom. "Should not be read in public places, against the certainty of tears. Continually moving in a wry, Chekhovian way" (The Atlantic Monthly). An absolute "must-have" title for Mona Simpson collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and inscribed in red fountain pen on the title page by the author: "To Don, With best wishes, Mona Simpson Oak Park". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient is named. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, 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 copy by Mona Simpson we have ever seen. 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 MONA SIMPSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375410104. Stock number: 3053. ISBN: 0375410104
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1992 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 506 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a contemporary 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. Presents Mona Simpson's "The Lost Father". A dark sequel to her luminous debut novel, "Anywhere But Here". In her highly acclaimed first novel, Mona Simpson created one of the most astute yet vulnerable heroines in contemporary fiction, Mayan Atassi, formerly Mayan Stevenson. Simpson returns with a powerful novel about love and loveless-ness, fathers and fatherless-ness, and the loyalties that shape us even when they threaten to destroy us. "A breathtaking piece of fiction. Simpson is a writer who can break our heart and mend it in the same sentence" (The Cleveland Plain Dealer). While she has strenuously denied it, there is no question that both novels (and a third one) are autobiographical, that this fact is relevant to her fiction, and that "The Lost Father" mirrors the estranged relationship Mona Simpson has had with Abdulfattah John Jandali, the Syrian-born father who abandoned her and her mother. The latter and Simpson's mother, Joanne Carole Schieble, were graduate students when she became pregnant with their first child. Schieble's father threatened to disown her if she married a Syrian so she gave her son up for adoption. Her father died shortly thereafter, and the couple were finally able to marry. The son they gave up for adoption was Steve Jobs, the legendary founder of Apple. Mona Simpson and Steve Jobs, who are biological siblings, eventually found out about each other, and became close as adults, close enough for her to write "A Regular Guy" (1996), which is closely (according to some commentators) or loosely (according to others) based on the Steve Jobs she came to know very well. Prodigious talent was obviously in the siblings' genes. What is even more startling is how different their talents were, as if determined by yet another genetic factor: Gender. One was scientific/technological/masculine, the other, the exact opposite, artistic/literary/feminine. It is precisely this "wired" pre-determinism that a self-created writer like Simpson instinctively rejects even though genetics is an undeniable part of the truth about our lives. An absolute "must-have" title for Mona Simpson collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in red fountain pen on the title page by Mona Simpson. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Simpson's signature on this copy is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen: Clean, flowing, and elegant. 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 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 MONA SIMPSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394589165. Stock number: 1217. ISBN: 0394589165
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Imprint: London, England, Faber & Faber, 1992 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 506 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. 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. The First British Edition is now scarce. Presents Mona Simpson's "The Lost Father". A dark sequel to her luminous debut novel, "Anywhere But Here". In her highly acclaimed first novel, Mona Simpson created one of the most astute yet vulnerable heroines in contemporary fiction, Mayan Atassi, formerly Mayan Stevenson. Simpson returns in a powerful novel about love and loveless-ness, fathers and fatherless-ness, and the loyalties that shape us even when they threaten to destroy us. "A breathtaking piece of fiction. Simpson is a writer who can break our heart and mend it in the same sentence" (The Cleveland Plain Dealer). While she has strenuously denied it, there is no question that both novels (and a third one) are autobiographical, that this fact is relevant to her fiction, and that "The Lost Father" mirrors the estranged relationship Mona Simpson has had with Abdulfattah John Jandali, the Syrian-born father who abandoned her and her mother. The latter and Simpson's mother, Joanne Carole Schieble, were graduate students when she became pregnant with their first child. Schieble's father threatened to disown her if she married a Syrian so she gave her son up for adoption. Her father died shortly thereafter, and the couple were finally able to marry. The son they gave up for adoption was Steve Jobs, the legendary founder of Apple. Mona Simpson and Steve Jobs, who are biological siblings, eventually found out about each other, and became close as adults, close enough for her to write "A Regular Guy" (1996), which is closely (according to some commentators) or loosely (according to others) based on the Steve Jobs she came to know very well. Prodigious talent was obviously in the siblings' genes. What is even more startling is how different their talents were, as if determined by yet another genetic factor: Gender. One was scientific/technological/masculine, the other, the exact opposite, artistic/literary/feminine. It is precisely this "wired" pre-determinism that a self-created writer like Simpson instinctively rejects even though genetics is an undeniable part of the truth about our lives. An absolute "must-have" title for Mona Simpson collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in red fountain pen on the half-title page by Mona Simpson. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Simpson's signature on this copy is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen: Clean, flowing, and elegant. 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 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 MONA SIMPSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0571161499. Stock number: 1218. ISBN: 0571161499
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Vintage Contemporaries, 1993 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 506 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The first appearance of the title in the Softcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent printings. Published in a small and limited first print run. Presents Mona Simpson's "The Lost Father". A dark sequel to her luminous debut novel, "Anywhere But Here". In her highly acclaimed first novel, Mona Simpson created one of the most astute yet vulnerable heroines in contemporary fiction, Mayan Atassi, formerly Mayan Stevenson. She returns in a powerful novel about love and loveless-ness, fathers and fatherless-ness, and the loyalties that shape us even when they threaten to destroy us. "A breathtaking piece of fiction. Simpson is a writer who can break our heart and mend it in the same sentence" (The Cleveland Plain Dealer). "A breathtaking piece of fiction. Simpson is a writer who can break our heart and mend it in the same sentence" (The Cleveland Plain Dealer). While she has strenuously denied it, there is no question that both novels (and a third one) are autobiographical, that this fact is relevant to her fiction, and that "The Lost Father" mirrors the estranged relationship Mona Simpson has had with Abdulfattah John Jandali, the Syrian-born father who abandoned her and her mother. The latter and Simpson's mother, Joanne Carole Schieble, were graduate students when she became pregnant with their first child. Schieble's father threatened to disown her if she married a Syrian so she gave her son up for adoption. Her father died shortly thereafter, and the couple were finally able to marry. The son they gave up for adoption was Steve Jobs, the legendary founder of Apple. Mona Simpson and Steve Jobs, who are biological siblings, eventually found out about each other, and became close as adults, close enough for her to write "A Regular Guy" (1996), which is closely (according to some commentators) or loosely (according to others) based on the Steve Jobs she came to know very well. Prodigious talent was obviously in the siblings' genes. What is even more startling is how different their talents were, as if determined by yet another genetic factor: Gender. One was scientific/technological/masculine, the other, the exact opposite, artistic/literary/feminine. It is precisely this "wired" pre-determinism that a self-created writer like Simpson instinctively rejects even though genetics is an undeniable part of the truth about our lives. An absolute "must-have" title for Mona Simpson collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in red fountain pen on the title page by Mona Simpson. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Simpson's signature on this copy is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen: Clean, flowing, and elegant. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Softcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is 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 signed copy thus. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MONA SIMPSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679733035. Stock number: 1404. ISBN: 0679733035
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Imprint: Hannover, West Germany, Deutsche Grammophon, 1980 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Guiseppe Sinopoli collectible item. A fine copy of the Deutsche Grammophon (DG) Souvenir Portrait Postcard, signed by Guiseppe Sinopoli. The postcard measures 4 X 6 inches. It is vintage (circa early-1980's), produced and released by Deutsche Grammophon BEFORE the reunification of West and East Germany, as evidenced by the information provided at the back (although no specific date is given). Presents "Giuseppe Sinopoli: Souvenir Portrait Postcard". In his typically magisterial pose. After all these years and despite all the controversy and heartache he generated among some musicians, why has Sinopoli remained a cult figure with a loyal global following? He was that very rare thing, a genius, intimidatingly so. He trained to be a doctor, wrote a dissertation on forensic anthropology, studied avant-garde composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen, became a serious composer, became a prominent Egyptologist, and then finally became a world-class conductor, who rose to the highest ranks of his true calling. He remained at the top until the very end, when his career was abruptly cut short by his sudden death in 2001 at the age of 54 (the former doctor suffered a massive heart attack while conducting "Aida"). He has been gone for some time now (almost twenty years as of 2019, an eternity in our contemporary life-cycle), but his music remains and can be heard with infinite pleasure through his definitive and spectacular recordings, particularly the operatic repertoire. Aristocratic, eccentric, radical, awe-inspiring, incomparable, he is sorely missed. An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Guiseppe Sinopoli collectors. This vintage DG Souvenir Postcard (of a portrait taken by Sabine Keck) is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker in front by Guiseppe Sinopoli. It is signed directly on the postcard itself, not on a tipped-in page. This item is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed Souvenir Postcard available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Sinopoli did NOT sign liberally during a busy career that was abruptly cut short by his sudden death in 2001. A rare signed item thus. One of the greatest musical geniuses of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO RICCARDO MUTI AND GUSTAVO DUDAMEL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 19873.
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Imprint: New York City, NY, New York Graphic Society, 1982 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 283 pages. Book-length account on subject, accompanied by photographic plates. The single most important volume on the photographic art of Aaron Siskind published in his lifetime. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Aaron Siskind and The New York Graphic Society: Oversize-volume format. Brown cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Aaron Siskind. Foreword by James L. Enyeart. Text by Carl Chiarenza. Printed in duotone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Center For Creative Photography Tucson, Arizona in 1982. Presents Aaron Siskind's "Pleasures And Terrors". The one indispensable book on the great photographer. It is also one of very few titles that the reclusive Siskind actively participated in. After a long and restless search, Aaron Siskind finally found his vocation when he was given a camera as a wedding present in 1930. His social-documentary breakthrough, "Harlem Document" (not published until 1981), remains one of the most important works in the photographic canon. An incorrigible experimenter, his work resulted in substantial changes to his style, nourishing and sustaining one of the longest and most productive careers of the 20th century. Siskind's idea of people and place was, as Thomas B. Hess points out, formal and essential rather than specific and accidental, universal expressions of art's significance. Hess also underscores Siskind's seminal contribution to the history of modern Western art: "It's in the formalist area that Siskind's particular genius obtains, his ability to make photography a matter of transcendent aesthetic import. This is what true art is about" (Thomas B. Hess). "To a large degree, he has been responsible for bringing photography into the twentieth century" (Henry Holmes Smith). An absolute "must-have" title for Aaron Siskind collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the publisher's Front Presentation Page by Aaron Siskind. This title is a late-modern photography 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 yet command as much as $700. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 74 duotone, 198 half-tone plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AARON SISKIND TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0821215221. Stock number: 22022. ISBN: 0821215221
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Imprint: Providence, RI, Matrix Publications, 1981 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 80 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most important and beautiful photography books of the 20th century. The First Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run simultaneously with the Hardcover Edition as a softcover original. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Charles Traub: Regular-sized volume format. Pristine-white softcovers with brown titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Aaron Siskind. Foreword by Gordon Parks. Text excerpts gathered and edited by Ann Banks from the landmark study, "Federal Writer's Project". Printed in duotone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with large flaps and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Aaron Siskind's "Harlem Document: Photographs 1932-1940". His breakthrough collection, a quietly eloquent portrait of Harlem, and one of the most influential documents emanating from The Photo League. "All in all, a labor of love, care, and devotion, worthy of its great subject. The comparisons that have been made to 'The Sweet Flypaper of Life' (by Roy de Carava and Langston Hughes) are entirely justified" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Aaron Siskind collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Aaron Siskind. 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 Edition/First Printing (Softcover) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: The Softcover Edition was issued simultaneously as the Hardcover. 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. Lavishly illustrated with duotone plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AARON SISKIND TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 093655407X. Stock number: 22023. ISBN: 093655407X
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Imprint: New York City, NY, PowerHouse Books, 2003 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 176 pages. Commemorative Retrospective Monograph. One of the most beautiful books on the photographic art and achievement of Aaron Siskind ever published in 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 Daniel Power and Blind Spot: Oversize-volume format. Red cloth boards with full-size photographic reproduction pasted on the cover and black titles embossed on the spine, as issued. Photographs by Aaron Siskind. Except for Siskind's personal credo, there is no text. Tritone separations by Thomas Palmer. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper by Hatje Cantz in Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the great American photographer's 100th-Birthday Anniversary. Presents "Aaron Siskind 100". A sublime collection. "One of the most important and influential artists, Aaron Siskind is being celebrated with the publication of this sumptuous and comprehensive monograph, bringing together both well-known and never-before-published images. Siskind's prolific career spanned six decades and has left its mark on both photography and art history. In 1932, at age twenty-nine, Siskind began his career as a photographer and spent the next nine years, under the auspices of the New York Photo League, working on social documentary photography. Around 1940, Siskind made a shift towards abstraction and suddenly entered an art world populated by painters and sculptors. During the course of the decade, Siskind began to explore a vision that depended on the shallow plane, and utilized delicate, minimal designs" (Charles Traub). The Photograph became The Object: Siskind's style of gesture and nuance, a new form of visual calligraphy, dominated his work for the next forty years, and ran parallel to the developments of his colleagues, the Abstract Expressionists. Siskind was not only a key figure to the development of modern photography, but also influenced the work of painters of that period, including Willem De Kooning, Franz Kline, and Robert Rauschenberg. "For the first time in my life, subject matter, as such, had ceased to be of primary importance. Instead I found myself involved in the relationships of these objects so much so that the pictures turned out to be deeply moving and personal experiences" (Aaron Siskind). An absolute "must-have" title for Aaron Siskind collectors. This title is a 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. Please note: Copies available online command many hundreds of dollars. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 104 tritone plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AARON SISKIND TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1576871940. Stock number: 22209. ISBN: 1576871940
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Light Gallery/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 112 pages. Landmark collection of photographs. One of the most important art photography books of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Both editions were published in a total print run of 7500 copies. Should also not be confused with copies signed on a tipped-in page ("first front endpaper"). The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Malcolm Grear Designers: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Aaron Siskind. Essay by Thomas B. Hess. Printed in duotone on Warren Cameo Dull Paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "Places: Aaron Siskind Photographs". The sequel to his seminal "Aaron Siskind: Photographs", further showcasing his productive dialogue with Abstract Expressionism and thereby making his body of work among the most influential in the history of both photography and art. At the time, Siskind was the only photographer whose work was considered a "must-see" by artists (who otherwise did not take photography seriously). The places where these photographs were taken include Rome, Viterbo, Corfu, Lima, Cuzco, the Gulf cities of Mexico, Boston, Providence, Woonsocket, and Martha's Vineyard. But anyone looking for picturesque landscapes will not find any here. Siskind's idea of place is, as Hess points out, formal and essential rather than specific and accidental, universal expressions of art's significance in the most rigorous manner possible. Hess underscores Siskind's significant contribution to the history of Western art itself: "It's in the formalist area that Siskind's particular genius obtains, his ability to make photography a matter of transcendent aesthetic import. This is what art is about" (Thomas B. Hess). "To a large degree, he has been responsible for bringing photography into the twentieth century" (Henry Holmes Smith). An absolute "must-have" title for Aaron Siskind collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Aaron Siskind. 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: Should NOT be confused with the Softcover Edition. Both editions were published in a total print run of 7500 copies. Should also NOT be confused with copies signed on a tipped-in page ("first front endpaper"). A rare signed copy thus. 89 duotone plates. "Aaron Siskind Photographs" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest artist/photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AARON SISKIND TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374232059. Stock number: 22021. ISBN: 0374232059
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Imprint: Prague, Czech Republic, Kant Publisher, 2004 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 100 pages. Retrospective collection of female nudes. One of the most beautiful erotic art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. The book was not commercially distributed outside of the Czech Republic. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Petra Skoupilova and KANT: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Petra Skoupilova. Essays by Anna Farova, the leading authority on Czech photography, who was instrumental to Josef Sudek's global renown, and Michel Metayer. The pieces are in the Czech and French originals and felicitous English translations. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Prague, The Czech Republic to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Petra Skoupilova's "Zeny/Les Femmes/Women". Elegant female nudes in the Classical tradition. Celebrates the beauty of the female form, from the feminine perspective: This is how women see themselves, how they would like to be seen as such by other women, and of course, by their fellow men. Instead of the Artist Portfolio format, Skoupilova has adapted the private journal, what the French call the "journal intime", a visual diary that documents the complicity and trust between photographer and subject. Like her Czech and European predecessors, Skoupilova is clearly engaged in thinking about the genre: What we see is both a sensuous image and a visual idea, visceral in its appeal and precisely pitched in its register. As the great Anna Farova points out in her Essay, Skoupilova is a "mistress-master" of composition, with few equals when it comes to framing her images. The way they are cropped is an integral part of what she has to say. When we look at these beautiful images of beautiful bodies, we are forced to think about ourselves - and our stances - as human beings: How do we feel about OUR bodies and by extension, ourselves (instead of the other way around, given the pervasive cultural notion of beauty being an "inner" matter) ? Petra Skoupilova is still largely unknown in America. But her stature in her native Czech Republic (and in Europe) is well-established. Paul Berlanga, the Chicago-based photography expert, painter, and connoisseur of the artistic nude, regards her as a world-class photographer. When we think of the Czech nude, we think of Jan Saudek, the world-famous Czech photographer, with whom Skoupilova has nothing in common aesthetically. One day, we will think as highly of her, too. This lovely collection is a good place to start. An absolute "must-have" title for Petra Skoupilova collectors. This title is a contemporary erotic art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This title was not commercially distributed outside of the Czech Republic. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with photographic plates. One of the most brilliant photographers of the nude of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO JAN SAUDEK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 808621771X. Stock number: 21988. ISBN: 808621771X
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Abbeville Press, 1994 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Unpaginated. The artist/photographer's collection of photographs on subject. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover 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 Victor Skrebneski: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by Skrebneski. Text by John Von Rhein and Andrew Porter, the former music critic of The New Yorker Magazine, and the greatest writer on opera of our time. Glossy red endpapers, which brilliantly emulate the opera house's legendary red carpet. Printed on thick coated stock paper in Hong Kong to the highest standards. In matching pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Skrebneski's "Bravi!". His loving tribute to the ardor, beauty, and glamor of opera. The artist/photographer's homage to art-as-ecstasy celebrates in particular one of the world's greatest opera companies, The Lyric Opera of Chicago. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white photographs of eleven opera stars as well as conductors, designers, directors, and a magnificent portfolio of production photographs taken between 1981 and 1994. "When you look at these wonderful pictures, I believe you can still hear the music, and you can still feel the electricity that must have existed in the house when the curtain went up. One of the most beautiful books about opera ever created" (Placido Domingo). Skrebneski's devotion to his adopted city is profound: He has also published books on its Film Festival ("Moving Pictures", 2004), its legendary theatre company ("Steppenwolf 25", 2004), and its legendary night life ("Richard's Bar", 2007), all of them iconic Chicago/American institutions. At his very best, Skrebneski is ranked with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn as a fashion, lifestyle, and portrait photographer. As a male and female nude photographer, he is firmly grounded in the great tradition of Horst and George Platt Lynes. The late great fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy paid Skrebneski the ultimate tribute anyone could hope for when he called the latter "an artist, not just a photographer". An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski collectors and opera lovers. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and dated (in the month and year of publication) in metallic-silver pen-marker on the back endpapers by the artist/photographer: "Skrebneski XII '94". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It glows beautifully against the light. His signature on the Back Page and the special marker he uses have become Skrebneski trademarks. This title is a photography 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. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with photographic plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1558597719. Stock number: 14308. ISBN: 1558597719
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Abbeville Press, 1994 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Unpaginated. The artist/photographer's collection of photographs on subject. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover 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 Victor Skrebneski: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by Skrebneski. Text by John von Rhein and Andrew Porter, the former music critic of The New Yorker Magazine, and the greatest writer on opera of our time. Glossy red endpapers, which brilliantly emulate the opera house's legendary red carpet. Printed on thick coated stock paper in Hong Kong to the highest standards. In matching pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Skrebneski's "Bravi!". Loving tribute to the ardor, beauty, and glamor of opera. The artist/photographer's homage to art-as-ecstasy celebrates in particular one of the world's greatest opera companies, The Lyric Opera of Chicago. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white photographs of eleven opera stars as well as conductors, designers, directors, and a magnificent portfolio of production photographs taken between 1981 and 1994. "When you look at these wonderful pictures, I believe you can still hear the music, and you can still feel the electricity that must have existed in the house when the curtain went up. One of the most beautiful books about opera ever created" (Placido Domingo). Skrebneski's devotion to his adopted city is profound: He has also published books on its Film Festival ("Moving Pictures", 2004), its legendary theatre company ("Steppenwolf 25", 2004), and its legendary night life ("Richard's Bar", 2007), all of them iconic Chicago/American institutions. At his very best, Skrebneski is ranked with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn as a fashion, lifestyle, and portrait photographer. As a male and female nude photographer, he is firmly grounded in the great tradition of Horst and George Platt Lynes. The late great fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy paid Skrebneski the ultimate tribute anyone could hope for when he called the latter "an artist, not just a photographer". An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski collectors and opera lovers. This title is a 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. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with photographic plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1558597719. Stock number: 14354. ISBN: 1558597719
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Cinema/Chicago, 2004 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 244 pages. The artist/photographer's retrospective collection on subject. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Victor Skrebneski and Michael Kutza: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards, which feature one of the most celebrated Festival posters, with red and black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Victor Skrebneski. Introduction, "Forward Moving Pictures!", by Roger Ebert. Essays by John Russell Taylor and Michael Kutza. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the Festival's 40th Anniversary. Presents Skrebneski's "Moving Pictures! : 40 Yearof Moving Pictures From The Chicago International Film Festival". If Cannes is about glamor; New York, intellectual seriousness; and Sundance, the "indie-film" spirit, Chicago is about the sheer diversity of global cinema. Many of the world's greatest films were first shown here. It is a tribute to Skrebneski's merchandising genius that he created posters which deliberately emphasized sex appeal, to draw attention to the Festival and get people interested in the films screened: It's cool and sexy to watch "foreign" films. For his posters, Skrebneski picked only the best models: Dolph Lundgren, Iman, Marcus Schenkenburg, The Brewer Twins, and David Sojka, in solo, duo, trio, and group nude portraits. Skrebneski's devotion to his adopted city is profound: He has also published books on the world-class Lyric Opera of Chicago ("Bravi!", 1994), its legendary theatre company ("Steppenwolf 25", 2004), and its legendary night life ("Richard's Bar", 2007). At his very best, Skrebneski is ranked with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn as a fashion, lifestyle, and portrait photographer. As a male and female nude photographer, he is firmly grounded in the great tradition of Horst and George Platt Lynes. The late great fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy paid Skrebneski the ultimate tribute anyone could hope for when he called the latter "an artist, not just a photographer". Cinema is the art of the 20th century, and it is celebrated by Skrebneski with love and reverence. An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski 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: Copies available online have serious flaws because they have been pored over. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with photographic plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0976326507. Stock number: 14310. ISBN: 0976326507
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Cinema/Chicago, 2004 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 244 pages. The artist/photographer's retrospective collection on subject. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Victor Skrebneski and Michael Kutza: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards, which feature one of the most celebrated Festival posters, with red and black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Victor Skrebneski. Introduction, "Forward Moving Pictures!", by Roger Ebert. Essays by John Russell Taylor and Michael Kutza. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the Festival's 40th Anniversary. Presents Skrebneski's "Moving Pictures! : 40 Yearof Moving Pictures From The Chicago International Film Festival". If Cannes is about glamor; New York, intellectual seriousness; and Sundance, the "indie-film" spirit, Chicago is about the sheer diversity of global cinema. Many of the world's greatest films were first shown here. It is a tribute to Skrebneski's merchandising genius that he created posters which deliberately emphasized sex appeal, to draw attention to the Festival and get people interested in the films screened: It's cool and sexy to watch "foreign" films. For his posters, Skrebneski picked only the best models: Dolph Lundgren, Iman, Marcus Schenkenburg, The Brewer Twins, and David Sojka, in solo, duo, trio, and group nude portraits. Skrebneski's devotion to his adopted city is profound: He has also published books on the world-class Lyric Opera of Chicago ("Bravi!", 1994), its legendary theatre company ("Steppenwolf 25", 2004), and its legendary night life ("Richard's Bar", 2007). At his very best, Skrebneski is ranked with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn as a fashion, lifestyle, and portrait photographer. As a male and female nude photographer, he is firmly grounded in the great tradition of Horst and George Platt Lynes. The late great fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy paid Skrebneski the ultimate tribute anyone could hope for when he called the latter "an artist, not just a photographer". Cinema is the art of the 20th century, and it is celebrated by Skrebneski with love and reverence. An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated (on the day of publication), and inscribed in metallic-silver pen-marker by the artist/photographer: "For my Joe, I know that we love pictures! ! Love Victor 15 XI 04". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, who is named, is unmistakably a close friend of Skrebneski. This title is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, publication-day dated, 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. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws because they have been pored over. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with photographic plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0976326507. Stock number: 18836. ISBN: 0976326507
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Cinema/Chicago, 2004 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 244 pages. The artist/photographer's retrospective collection on subject. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Victor Skrebneski and Michael Kutza: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards, which feature one of the most celebrated Festival posters, with red and black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Victor Skrebneski. Introduction, "Forward Moving Pictures!", by Roger Ebert. Essays by John Russell Taylor and Michael Kutza. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the Festival's 40th Anniversary. Presents Skrebneski's "Moving Pictures! : 40 Yearof Moving Pictures From The Chicago International Film Festival". If Cannes is about glamor; New York, intellectual seriousness; and Sundance, the "indie-film" spirit, Chicago is about the sheer diversity of global cinema. Many of the world's greatest films were first shown here. It is a tribute to Skrebneski's merchandising genius that he created posters which deliberately emphasized sex appeal, to draw attention to the Festival and get people interested in the films screened: It's cool and sexy to watch "foreign" films. For his posters, Skrebneski picked only the best models: Dolph Lundgren, Iman, Marcus Schenkenburg, The Brewer Twins, and David Sojka, in solo, duo, trio, and group nude portraits. Skrebneski's devotion to his adopted city is profound: He has also published books on the world-class Lyric Opera of Chicago ("Bravi!", 1994), its legendary theatre company ("Steppenwolf 25", 2004), and its legendary night life ("Richard's Bar", 2007). At his very best, Skrebneski is ranked with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn as a fashion, lifestyle, and portrait photographer. As a male and female nude photographer, he is firmly grounded in the great tradition of Horst and George Platt Lynes. The late great fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy paid Skrebneski the ultimate tribute anyone could hope for when he called the latter "an artist, not just a photographer". Cinema is the art of the 20th century, and it is celebrated by Skrebneski with love and reverence. An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated, and inscribed in metallic-silver pen-marker by the artist/photographer: "Paul, Thank you for liking my photographs - Victor 'I 06". Beneath his personal dedication, he also very boldly and beautifully signed the copy as "Skrebneski". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, Paul Berlanga, who is named, is a Chicago-based artist and photography expert. This title is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, dated, 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. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws because they have been pored over. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with photographic plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0976326507. Stock number: 20233. ISBN: 0976326507
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Skrebneski Studios, 2007 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 350 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. Skrebneski's single most beautifully produced book. Limited Edition of 2500 numbered copies. The first and only edition. The book was not commercially sold. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Skrebneski: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards with white titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Skrebneski. Text by Anthony Jones of The Art Institute of Chicago. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In matching pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents, in a Limited Edition format, "Skrebneski Seduced". His third - and possibly final - retrospective volume. It updates and magnifies his two previous collections, "Black White And Color" (1989) and "Skrebneski: The First Fifty Years" (1999). While it reproduces some of his now-classic images, the collection is replete with never-before-published, brilliantly sustained work. "Throughout his life, Victor Skrebneski has had an enduring love for the big Modern Movements in the visual arts - Surrealism, Realism, Cubism, Dada - and for the individual artists and photographers whose work was part of those Movements. He was happy to be seduced by them. Honors and celebrates the artists whose work he cherishes, and pays homage to them for the inspiration they provided" (Anthony Jones). While he is celebrated for his Classical use of light and shadow, his images, not just his nudes, are erotic, brimming with Modernist playfulness, sensuality, and vitality in a way that contemporary art photography consciously avoids (because it cannot be faked, you are either a sexual being or not), and is therefore the latter's self-inflicted loss. Skrebneski turned 85 in 2014 and published a memento of his long life and nearly just-as-long, 65-year-old career, "Ageing". In it, he shows photographs of himself through the years with some of the Beautiful People he photographed, whom he, in effect, seduced, an intimate journal of priceless "selfies". "The art of Victor Skrebneski is sublime, provocative, and completely beautiful" (Hubert de Givenchy). An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Edition, indicated/numbered as such in red pen on the Front Limitation Page. It is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated, and inscribed in metallic-silver pen-marker at the back by the artist/photographer: "Skrebneski 2008". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, a Chicago society figure, is named (but cannot be named here). This title is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, dated, and inscribed copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is Skrebneski's rarest book because it was not commercially sold. It is also his most beautifully produced book. Skrebneski did NOT sign most copies of the book. A rare signed copy thus. 200 plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER VICTOR SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 22244.
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Art Institute Of Chicago, 1989 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Landmark Exhibition Catalog. One of the least well-known and most beautiful books on the art and achievement of Skrebneski. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Victor Skrebneski: Oversize-volume format. Black ribbed softcovers with "Skrebneski" printed on top in red, as issued. Photographs by Victor Skrebneski. Essay, "Skrebneski: An Appreciation", by Anthony Jones, President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the photographer's exhibition at the Gallery of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from June 9 to August 11, 1989. The exhibition went on to the Charles Cowles Gallery in New York and Galerie Bleue in Paris in 1990. Presents "Skrebneski". Juxtaposes in a brilliant and arresting manner the artist/photographer's images of Paris with male nude studies. Skrebneski's photographs of Paris are deliberately blurred and emit not just the city's famous lights but their radiant beauty. They are deeply evocative, nostalgic, and resonant (Skrebneski trained, studied, and worked in the great city before moving permanently to Chicago), suggesting the evanescence of memory. The male nudes are dramatically lit, erotic, and strongly sculptural in style, an approach which has influenced a whole generation of photographers. At his very best, Skrebneski is ranked with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn as a fashion, lifestyle, and portrait photographer. As a male and female nude photographer, he is firmly grounded in the great tradition of Horst and George Platt Lynes. The late great fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy paid Skrebneski the ultimate tribute anyone could hope for when he called the latter "an artist, not just a photographer". An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, inscribed, placed, and dated (in the year of publication) in black pen-marker on the last page by the artist/photographer: "Jean Pierre, My Special Friend - Love You, Victor Paris 20 Jul 89". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The artist/photographer signs his books on the Back Page as a trademark. As the dedication unmistakably indicates, the recipient, who is named, is more than just a friend. Skrebneski also signed his portrait of the Eiffel Tower on recto, using his personal metallic-silver pen-marker, which glows beautifully against the light. This title is a late-modern photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such double-signed copy of the Limited Edition available online, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: This copy is quite special because it is signed by the artist/photographer with both his less-well-known first ("Victor") and famous last ("Skrebneski") names , and with a dedication that alludes to an intimate friendship. A rare signed copy thus. 25 duotone plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 7425.
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Imprint: Boston, MA, Bulfinch Press, 1989 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 225 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of Skrebneski's finest 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. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Skrebneski: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 3 pounds. Glossy pictorial hard boards, as issued. Photographs by Skrebneski. Text by Frank Zachary and Anthony Jones of The Art Institute of Chicago. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ, which beautifully reproduces the actual photographs whose negatives are shown on the front and back boards, and red titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Skrebneski's "Black White & Color". Definitive artistic statement in mid-career. Runs the whole gamut of Skrebneski's oeuvre and achievement spanning four decades (1950-1989). His finest and most representative images are sumptuously reproduced and brilliantly sequenced as a visual symphony (Prologue; First Movement; Second Movement; Third Movement; Fourth Movement; and Coda) : Homage-images of Europe and her artistic legacy, iconic Hollywood celebrity portraits, ground-breaking global fashion photographs, provocative experimental compositions in the overtly Surrealist and Modernist veins, palpably erotic male and female nudes, and previously unseen portraits from his personal collection. Skrebneski's photographs of Paris are deliberately blurred and emit not just light but radiance. They are deeply evocative, nostalgic, and resonant (he trained, studied, and worked in the great city before moving to the United States), suggesting the evanescence of memory and desire. The male and female nudes (the collection ends with a long sequence of austere male nudes) are dramatically lit and sculptural (rather than painterly), an approach to the nude that has influenced a whole generation of photographers. The point of the title is quite simple: Unlike most photographers, Skrebneski was equally a Master of black-and-white and color. At his very best, Skrebneski is ranked with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn as a fashion, lifestyle, and portrait photographer. As a male and female nude photographer, he is firmly grounded in the great tradition of Horst and George Platt Lynes. The late great fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy paid Skrebneski the ultimate tribute anyone could hope for when he called the latter "an artist, not just a photographer". An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the very last page by Skrebneski. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The artist/photographer usually signs on the back of his books as a trademark. This title is an erotic art photography 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 ("Very Good"), are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 67 duotone, 42 color plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0821217488. Stock number: 15023. ISBN: 0821217488
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Imprint: Hamburg, Germany, Photogalerie The Compagnie, 1982 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 77 pages. Exhibition Catalog. Retrospective collection of black-and-white photographs. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited one-time-only print run as a softcover original only. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Skrebneski: Oversize-volume format. White softcovers with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Skrebneski. There is no text. Printed on glossy stock paper in Germany to the highest standards. The pages have not aged one bit after all these years. In two front covers: The first has a linen cloth spine, the second is an overlay. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the photographer's landmark eponymous exhibition held from October through November 1982 in Hamburg, Germany. Presents "Skrebneski". The artist/photographer's work in reverse chronology, beginning with the most recent (1982) and ending with his early breakthrough collection (1967-1970). It is a carefully selected overview of Skrebneski's achievement, with emphasis on his dramatically lit male and female nudes and celebrity portraits. It also includes images that appear in book form for the very first time, notably a closeup photograph of the great artist Erte's hand and two male nudes. The exhibition is in four parts: a) the experimental series that preoccupied Skrebneski in the 1980's and became the core of "Black White & Color"; b) a sequence of nude photographs of an African-American model, which anticipated (by more than a decade) and influenced Robert Mapplethorpe's "Black Book"; c) a selection of full-frontal nude photographs of Joe Dallesandro, Dennis Wayne, Joe McDonald, Tony Stephano, and the model known as Akt; and finally, d) the celebrity portraits of Vanessa Redgrave, Bette Davis, Truman Capote, Orson Welles, Andy Warhol, Diana Ross, and Francois Truffaut, among others, which immediately established Skrebneski's reputation in the late-1960's and early 1970's. The late great fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy paid Skrebneski the ultimate tribute anyone could hope for when he called the latter "an artist, not just a photographer". While he is celebrated for his masterly use of light and shadow, his images, not just his nudes, are erotic, brimming with sensuality and vitality in a way that contemporary art photography consciously avoids (because it cannot be faked, you are either a sexual being or not) and is therefore its self-inflicted loss. "The art of Victor Skrebneski is sublime, provocative, and completely beautiful" (Hubert de Givenchy). An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated, and inscribed in black pen-marker by the artist/photographer: "For Marc, Skrebneski 20 X 93". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient is named. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, dated, and inscribed copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: This Catalog has not faded or aged at all after almost forty years. A rare signed copy thus. 37 plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN B003YVRWE4. Stock number: 18838. ISBN: B003YVRWE4
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Skrebneski Studios, 2007 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 350 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. Skrebneski's single most beautifully produced book. Limited Edition of 2500 numbered copies. The first and only edition. The book was not commercially sold. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Skrebneski: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards with white titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Skrebneski. Text by Anthony Jones of The Art Institute of Chicago. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In matching pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents, in a Limited Edition format, "Skrebneski Seduced". His third - and possibly final - retrospective volume. It updates and magnifies his two previous collections, "Black White And Color" (1989) and "Skrebneski: The First Fifty Years" (1999). While it reproduces some of his now-classic images, the collection is replete with never-before-published, brilliantly sustained work. "Throughout his life, Victor Skrebneski has had an enduring love for the big Modern Movements in the visual arts - Surrealism, Realism, Cubism, Dada - and for the individual artists and photographers whose work was part of those Movements. He was happy to be seduced by them. Honors and celebrates the artists whose work he cherishes, and pays homage to them for the inspiration they provided" (Anthony Jones). While he is celebrated for his Classical use of light and shadow, his images, not just his nudes, are erotic, brimming with Modernist playfulness, sensuality, and vitality in a way that contemporary art photography consciously avoids (because it cannot be faked, you are either a sexual being or not), and is therefore the latter's self-inflicted loss. Skrebneski turned 85 in 2014 and published a memento of his long life and nearly just-as-long, 65-year-old career, "Ageing". In it, he shows photographs of himself through the years with some of the Beautiful People he photographed, whom he, in effect, seduced, an intimate journal of priceless "selfies". "The art of Victor Skrebneski is sublime, provocative, and completely beautiful" (Hubert de Givenchy). An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Edition, indicated/numbered as such in red pen on the Front Limitation Page. It is very boldly and beautifully signed and dated (in the year of publication) in metallic-gray pen-marker at the back by the artist/photographer: "Skrebneski 2007". 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 and publication-year dated copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is Skrebneski's rarest book because it was not commercially sold. It is also his most beautifully produced book. Skrebneski did NOT sign most copies of the book. A rare signed copy thus. 200 plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER VICTOR SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 19698.
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Abbeville Press, 1995 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 176 pages. Retrospective collection of color photographs, with accompanying text. The artist/photographer's definitive book on high fashion. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Softcover 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 Abbeville Press: Oversize-volume format. Gray cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and printed in metallic-silver on spine, as issued. Photographs by Skrebneski. Text by the great fashion journalist Laura Jacobs. Invaluable Index appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick glossy stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Skrebneski's "The Art of Haute Couture". Some of the most magnificent fashion photographs ever taken: High Fashion in all its beauty and glory. Skrebneski goes through every element as if he were a couturier himself: Line, texture, drape, pleat, sweep, and volume as well as ornament, illusion, theater, and drama. Cristobal Balenciaga, perhaps the greatest couturier of the 20th century, once said that anyone can be a fashion merchandiser/designer, even a very good and successful one. But not everyone (who is a fashion designer) can be a couturier (in fact, most fashion people are not). A couturier is a different creator altogether: He (or she) is someone who maintains an atelier, conceives, and then realizes one-of-a-kind dresses, evening gowns, and matching accessories. He (or she) makes them the old-fashioned way: By hand, using the richest fabrics, and harnessing the expertise of a perfectionist team of artisans, the end result being clothes characterized by the most exquisite craftsmanship and elegance of design, a testament to a now-vanished art that museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York are trying to preserve for posterity through its Permanent Collections and lavish, annual retrospective exhibitions. Skrebneski and Laura Jacobs examine the ways a great couturier actually works: Balenciaga, Chanel, Hubert de Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vera Wang, among a few others, are this great artist/photographer's exemplars of haute couture, that is to say, the transformation of mere fashion into high fashion. An absolute "must-have" title for Skrebneski and fashion 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. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SKREBNESKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0789200228. Stock number: 21072. ISBN: 0789200228
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2003 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 417 pages. The author's twelfth 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 Jane Smiley's "Good Faith". A contemporary classic. "Opening a Jane Smiley novel is like slipping into a warm bath. Here are people we know, places where we grew up. But the comforting, unassuming tone of her work allows Smiley incredible latitude as a writer, and her books are full of surprises. Penetrating, readable fiction by one of our best writers and social critics" (Regina Marler). An absolute "must-have" title for Jane Smiley collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Jane Smiley. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern 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. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for "A Thousand Acres". One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JANE SMILEY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375412174. Stock number: 10683. ISBN: 0375412174
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 319 pages. The author's second novel. One of April Smith's finest achievements. Uncorrected Proof/Advance Reader's Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a tiny print run as a softcover original only for the exclusive use of the publisher and author. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Text by April Smith. Without DJ, as issued. Presents April Smith's "Be The One". Fulfills the great promise April Smith showed with her debut novel. "Smith's characters are sharply drawn, and she is firmly in command of her milieu: The day-to-day life of a baseball scout is brilliantly explicated, the pacing is expert, and the back-stories are well told in flashback. Cassidy is a fascinating woman: Hard-working, hard-drinking, and wholly human and vulnerable. Even if you're not a baseball fan, you'll root for her to win" (Jane Adams). An absolute "must-have" title for April Smith collectors. This copy of the Uncorrected Proof/Advance Reader's Edition is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by April Smith. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the Uncorrected Proof still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER APRIL SMITH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 10519.
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 319 pages. The author's second novel. One of April Smith's finest 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. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents April Smith's "Be The One". Fulfills the great promise April Smith showed with her debut novel. "Smith's characters are sharply drawn, and she is firmly in command of her milieu: The day-to-day life of a baseball scout is brilliantly explicated, the pacing is expert, and the back-stories are well told in flashback. Cassidy is a fascinating woman: Hard-working, hard-drinking, and wholly human and vulnerable. Even if you're not a baseball fan, you'll root for her to win" (Jane Adams). An absolute "must-have" title for April Smith collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by April Smith. 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 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 novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER APRIL SMITH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679450963. Stock number: 10520. ISBN: 0679450963
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Imprint: New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1997 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 720 pages. Massive account on subject. One of the most valuable 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 by a University Press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Rogers M. Smith's "Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U. S. History". The definitive and indispensable book on what it takes and means, legally and politically, to be an American. "Is civic identity in the United States really defined by liberal, democratic political principles? Or is citizenship the product of multiple traditions, not only liberalism and republicanism, but also white supremacy, Anglo-Saxon supremacy, Protestant supremacy, and male supremacy? In this powerful and disturbing book, Rogers M. Smith traces political struggles over citizenship laws from the Colonial Period through the Progressive Era, and shows that throughout history, most adults were legally denied access to full citizenship, including political rights, solely because of their race, ethnicity, or gender. Basic conflicts over these denials have driven political development in the United States. These conflicts are what truly define civic society to this day. Concludes that today, the United States is in a period of reaction against the egalitarian civic reforms of the last generation, with nativist, racist, and sexist beliefs regaining influence. Suggests ways that proponents of liberal democracy should alter their view of citizenship in order to combat these developments more effectively" (Publisher's blurb). The struggle between blacks (African-Americans) and whites (European-Americans) underpins, mirrors, and extends to the struggle between immigrants (ALL would-be immigrants, not just Hispanics) and those "natural-born" (mostly whites). In Smith's exhaustive account, it often amounts to nothing less than the existential struggle between self and the unassimilable, alien Other. An absolute "must-have" title for Rogers M. Smith collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and inscribed in black pen on the front free endpaper by the author: "A great reason why this story doesn't have to have an unhappy ending! Best, Rogers [M. Smith]. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient is named, and is unmistakably known to the author. This title is a great book. 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. 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. Pulitzer Prize Finalist for "Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizienship in U. S. History" in 1998. One of the finest American political historian/thinkers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0300069898. Stock number: 21550. ISBN: 0300069898
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2003 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 356 pages. The author's third novel. One of April Smith's finest 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. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents April Smith's "Good Morning, Killer". In many ways, her best book. "While many authors who feature the same protagonist in all their mysteries simply serve up the same character in different scenarios in each new outing, April Smith expertly illuminates aspects of her heroine's psychological life and devotion to justice that deepen our understanding about who she is: A complicated, brave, multi-dimensional woman it is a pleasure to meet in this engrossing and powerful novel" (Jane Adams). An absolute "must-have" title for April Smith collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by April Smith. 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 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 novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER APRIL SMITH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375412409. Stock number: 10523. ISBN: 0375412409
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Imprint: London, England, Hamish Hamilton, 2014 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 372 pages. The author's seventh novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published as two variant editions in small and limited first print runs as hardcover originals only. The narrative-texts are the same. But by switching their parts (Part One and Part Two), the editions breathe new life to their (intentionally banal) title. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Ali Smith's "How To Be Both". A Modernist masterpiece of playful, brilliant, and thoughtful storytelling. The novel has been issued in two editions that will be savored and experienced by the captive reader somewhat differently from each other, depending on which variant he or she reads. The experience becomes even more complex and tantalizing when one reads both variants, one after the other. " 'Which comes first? ' Depending on which version you pick up, this conversation comes either late in the book or somewhere in the middle. The novel consists of two parts, both numbered One. You can read the two parts of 'How To Be Both' in either order, which underlines the point about the layering and simultaneity of experiences separated by time" (The Independent). Despite our own best efforts to subvert it (through fantasy or science or even literature), we live, inescapably, in linear time, "one after the other", and this fact affects what we call experience. Do things simply go away or do they somehow linger and stay? Do things that already happened not exist anymore because we can't see them before our eyes? Will one ever be anything other than what one has always been known to be? These are the simplest, most basic questions about what it means to be, "existential" in the best sense of the word, that Ali Smith's triumphant novel revives and asks again, and answers both ways. An absolute "must-have" title for Ali Smith collectors. These copies of "How To Be Both" Edition Variants are both very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (shortly after publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Ali Smith 16 September 2014 in London". They are 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 one of only two such signed, placed, and post-publication dated sets of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, pristine beauties. Please note: Do not short yourself. The British Edition precedes the American by six months. The latter appeared in December 2014 as a paperback original only. A rare signed set thus. One of the most brilliant novelists of our time. A fine collectible set. . ISBN 024114521X. Stock number: 19075. ISBN: 024114521X
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 293 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. Now considered a contemporary classic in the mysterty/thriller genre. 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 April Smith's "North of Montana". Her first book. "Smith has produced a crime thriller distinguished by an unflagging pace, authoritative use of detail, and an appealing heroine. In vigorous, literate prose, Smith delivers characters of depth and dimension who inhabit the wildly diverse worlds of Southern California, each rendered with a cinematic eye. Wisely leaving some ends untied, Smith resolves the central themes of this seamless narrative in this smashing story" (Publishers Weekly). An absolute "must-have" title for April Smith collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by April Smith. 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 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 novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER APRIL SMITH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679431977. Stock number: 10521. ISBN: 0679431977
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Imprint: London, England, Institute Of Contemporary Arts, 2001 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 144 pages. Collection of graphically erotic short stories. Now considered a contemporary classic. The first and only edition. Limited Edition of 2500 copies. Published with funds provided by the British Government's Arts Council as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by the Institute of Contemporary Arts: Small-size volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Introduction by Zadie Smith. Contributions by five writers. Printed on archival stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Piece of Flesh". Pornographic short stories by some of the most brilliant British writers of our time. Edited with an Introductory Essay by Zadie Smith, the project is the result of her stint as writer-in-residence at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London. Smith has since held various prestigious residencies in the United States (including the University of Chicago and Harvard). She can rest assured that the book would never have been published here with public funds. The contributors are James Flint, Daren King, Toby Litt, Rebecca Ray, and Matt Thorne. The so-called "bawdy" tale has a long and great literary history, with Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" and James Joyce's "Ulysses", both of which are explicit in the extreme, being perhaps the most celebrated masterpieces. Nicholson Baker's oeuvre is unapologetically pornographic (published with private funds); his most recent novel, "House of Holes" (2011), a national bestseller, has been hailed as "Chaucerian" by its admirers. As Baker points out (and contrary to what most people think), original, imaginative eroticism is much harder to create than one would think precisely because predictable, genre-formulaic pornography is now so pervasive. Here are five delicious bits from daring, lascivious Brits. An absolute "must-have" title for Zadie Smith and contemporary literature collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Edition, and it is very prominently and beautifully signed in pen on the title page by Zadie Smith, Matt Thorne, and James Flint. Flint also drew a penis above his signature. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such multi-signed copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Six of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ZADIE SMITH AND "DIRTY WORDS" TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1900300303. Stock number: 16734. ISBN: 1900300303
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Little, Brown & Company, 2000 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 389 pages. The author's breakthrough debut 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 Peter Moore Smith's "Raveling". Unputdownable. "The novel's strength lies in the deftness with which Peter Moore Smith captures Pilot's schizophrenia. The reader follows Pilot in each unsteady attempt to negotiate the ever-fluctuating boundary between reality and illusion. Weaves the fragile threads that bind families and selves into a tapestry that both cloaks its characters and leaves them starkly vulnerable" (Kelly Flynn). "Eyes closed, I was in a bed upstairs, my arms under the covers so they wouldn't float away. Outside the window a single branch was reaching toward the room, unfurling itself to tap against the glass, warning me" (Peter Moore Smith). An absolute "must-have" title for Peter Moore Smith collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Peter Moore Smith. 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 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 mystery writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0316442178. Stock number: 10694. ISBN: 0316442178
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Pegasus Publishing Company, 2001 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 64 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most beautiful photography books of its kind in 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. An austerely elegant production by Larry Snider and Sam Silvio Design: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Larry Snider. Essay by Sylvia Wolf. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Meridian Printing Rhode Island to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Larry Snider's "A World Away". Evocative black-and-white photographs of peoples and places very faraway: The roads not taken of China, Tibet, Bhutan, and Ladakh. "Snider's interest in the people he encountered during his travels was equalled only by his love of photography itself and by his command of light, composition, and design" (Sylvia Wolf). These luminous images speak eloquently for themselves. An absolute "must-have" title for Larry Snider collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and inscribed in black pen on the title page by the photographer: "With best wishes and many fond memories, Larry Snider". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipients are named, and they are unmistakably known to the photographer. 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. 45 plates. One of the most remarkable American traveller/photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0970938802. Stock number: 19212. ISBN: 0970938802
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Pegasus Publishing Company, 2001 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 64 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most beautiful photography books of its kind in 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 austerely elegant production by Larry Snider and Sam Silvio Design: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Larry Snider. Essay by Sylvia Wolf. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Meridian Printing Rhode Island to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Larry Snider's "A World Away". Evocative black-and-white photographs of peoples and places very faraway: The roads not taken of China, Tibet, Bhutan, and Ladakh. "Snider's interest in the people he encountered during his travels was equalled only by his love of photography itself and by his command of light, composition, and design" (Sylvia Wolf). These luminous images speak eloquently for themselves. An absolute "must-have" title for Larry Snider 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. A scarce copy thus. 45 plates. One of the most remarkable American traveller/photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0970938802. Stock number: 19339. ISBN: 0970938802
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Scribner's, 2012 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 962 pages. The author's book-length account on subject. One of the greatest 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 scarce. Presents Andrew Solomon's "Far From The Tree: Parents, Children, And The Search For Identity". THE magisterial account on its all-important subject: What identity really means. Compulsively readable (despite its intimidating, 962-page length), it seeks to answer, as definitively and exhaustively as is humanly possible, what it means to be a human being, from the singular point-of-view of The Many Others. "Solomon's startling proposition is that diversity is what unites us all. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down Syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, multiple severe disabilities, with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, who are transgender. While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, the experience of difference within families is universal as are the triumphs of love Solomon documents in every chapter. Elegantly reported by a spectacularly original thinker, this crucial and revelatory book expands our definition of what it is to be human" (Publisher's blurb). Andrew Solomon has emerged as one of our "wisdom" writers, thinking lucidly and rationally, writing beautifully, and provoking more serious thought. His theme as a writer is the necessary yet elusive relation between Self and The Other. He shows us, without appearing to be a condescending scold, that all human beings (especially but not just Americans in particular) have too much Self-consciousness, not enough Other-awareness. Solomon has no illusions about awareness of The Other being perhaps the most difficult lifelong project we must undertake as human beings. He also sees it as the only lasting solution to persistent universal miseries such as war and other seemingly insoluble problems that pragmatists, not utopian idealists, must make their life-work. An absolute "must-have" title for Andrew Solomon collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Andrew Solomon 1. V. 2016 Chicago". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Solomon was one of the "headline" artists of the Chicago Humanities Festival 2016 during which event his signature was obtained. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the National Book Award in 2001 for "The Noonday Demon". One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ANDREW SOLOMON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0743236718. Stock number: 20394. ISBN: 0743236718
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 315 pages. The author's debut book. One of Andrew Solomon's finest 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. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Andrew Solomon's "The Irony Tower: Soviet Artists In A Time Of Glasnost". His single rarest book, His ground-breaking account on the collapse of the Soviet Union from a singular vantage point, its banned artists and their subversively beautiful work. "Sotheby's auction of avant-garde Soviet art, held in Moscow in 1988, introduced to the West a generation of painters and sculptors who for years had been unable to exhibit their works in public. Solomon offers an intimate, thoughtful glimpse of Moscow's and Leningrad's artistic vanguards, walking on ice in the unpredictable thaw of Glasnost. The works range from Ilya Kabakov's obsessive re-creation of a Moscow communal apartment, citadel of misery, to painter Larissa Zvezdochetova's witty, kitschy demolition of Communist propaganda. This community of artists realizes that the new freedom may be rescinded overnight. To Solomon, their work is a warning, a sustained message that says simply, 'Beware, and remember' " (Publishers Weekly). "Solomon's observations are keen, particularly when he describes seeing the art in the Western context. He writes extremely well about art and its relation to society" (Library Journal). That is to say, from an explicitly anti-Marxist and anti-materialist perspective: "As for their work, when stripped of context, it was stripped of its immediacy and much of its meaning. Seeing their work was like seeing the artifacts of a lost or distant civilization" (Andrew Solomon). An absolute "must-have" title for Andrew Solomon collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Andrew Solomon 1. V. 2016 Chicago". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Solomon was one of the "headline" artists of the Chicago Humanities Festival 2016 during which event his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the National Book Award in 2001 for "The Noonday Demon". One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ANDREW SOLOMON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394585135. Stock number: 20396. ISBN: 0394585135
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Imprint: Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press, 1994 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 64 pages. Artist Book. One of the most beautiful art photography books of the 20th century. Limited Edition of 1000 numbered copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the Second Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a boxed set only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Frederick Sommer and Chris Pichler: Clear lucite box. Photographs by Frederick Sommer. The box contains sixty-four 4 X 4 inch photographic-reproduction cards, which can be viewed and enjoyed in no particular order. The randomness allows the collector to create his or her own personal exhibition of the images. Printed on stiff, heavy stock paper by Druckerei Karl Braunstein Munich in Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Frederick Sommer's "The Box". Some of his finest and most representative images in a playful, collectible format. The ingenious, innovative, and austerely beautiful Book Boxes created by Nazraeli Press (Michiko Kon and Masao Yamamoto also contributed to the Series while the success of Sommer's Box led to a sequel called "Son of The Box") are among the best things the publisher has ever produced. "Frederick Sommer first became renowned for his austere desert landscapes and portraits: A flattened jackrabbit from 1939, a portrait of Max Ernst merged with the side of a weathered building. He later turned his fascination with what he termed 'elegance of form' in surprising directions: A series of dramatically lit paper cutouts from the late 1970's and his photo-collages from the 1990's, meticulous works incorporating anatomical drawings" (Publisher's blurb). Working throughout the entire spectrum of photography with a Surrealist/Modernist sensibility (the Real, Classical thing, not the Mannerist, contemporary one), Sommer produced a body of work that is as disturbing as it is exquisite, and the other way around. An absolute "must-have" title for Frederick Sommer collectors. This copy is one of the First Limited Edition, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Card. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Limited Edition/First Printing 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 copy thus. 64 plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER FRDERICK SOMMER TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3923922205. Stock number: 14469. ISBN: 3923922205
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Imprint: Los Angeles, CA, The Getty Museum, 1994 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 6 pages. Rare Frederick Sommer collectible set. Fine copies of "Poetry And Logic" Exhibition Catalog and "The Poetic Logic of Art And Aesthetics", both signed by Frederick Sommer. "Poetry And Logic": Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at The Getty Museum Los Angeles in 1994-1995. Presents Frederick Sommer's "Poetry And Logic". A sequence of haunting animal "still-life" carcasses that perfectly capture the artist/photographer's singular aesthetic. Accompanied by an illuminating Essay by Winston Naef, Curator of Photography. "The Poetic Logic of Art And Aesthetics": The first and only edition. The pamphlet was self-published in 1972 as a softcover original only. Contains the full text of what is, in effect, his Artistic Manifesto, supplemented with the eulogy, "Words Spoken In Memory of Richard Nickell At A Gathering of His Friends". Both texts are unsurpassed in the history of photography in their delineation of what art photography can and should be. For Frederick Sommer, all true art, especially what he believed the mission and future of photography to be, is direct experience mediated by both thinking ("logic") and feeling ("poetry"). It is never just about beauty, technique, or even mastery. Some artists tend to emphasize thinking at the expense of feeling (like, for example, many Conceptual artists). Others emphasize feeling at the expense of thinking (like far too many landscape photographers). The task is to achieve a delicate balance between the two, which has been Sommer's own lifelong quest. Frederick Sommer initially worked for his architect father. He earned his MFA at Cornell University, moved to Arizona, and restlessly pursued various creative activities: Photography, drawing, collage, and painting. He cultivated deep friendships with Edward Weston, Charles Sheeler, Max Ernst, and Aaron Siskind. Inspired by landscape, the human figure, and music, Sommer was profoundly intrigued with the laws of Nature, specifically death, decay, and regeneration, which he explored in photographs of animal carcasses merging with the desert. Sommer deserves fuller mainstream recognition for the mysterious yet crystalline precision of his work, his uncanny ability to discern - to see through - things, and thereby re-define photographic art as a process of intellectual understanding and emotional response. An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, set for Frederick Sommer collectors. These copies of "Poetry And Logic" Exhibition Catalog and "The Poetic Logic of Art And Aesthetics" Pamphlet are both very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Frederick Sommer. They are signed directly on the pages themselves, not on a tipped-in page. These titles are late-modern classics. As far as we know, this is the only such signed set available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, pristine beauties. A rare signed set thus. 4 plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER FREDERICK SOMMER TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 21518.
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Imprint: New York City, NY, PowerHouse Books, 2000 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 80 pages. Artist Book. Collection of photographs that are individually rubber-stamped with words. 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 Eve Sonneman and Lawrence Weiner: Small-sized volume format. Hard boards with red titles embossed on the cover and spine and linen cloth overboards, as issued. Photographs by Eve Sonneman and Lawrence Weiner. There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Eve Sonneman's and Lawrence Weiner's "How To Touch What". One of the most moving, witty, and beautiful Conceptual Artist Books ever published. Here is their modus operandi: Sonneman and Weiner take snapshots and portraits in black-and-white and color, pair them, and then give their juxtapositions new meaning by stamping the images with the simplest words and expressions that people use: "Sticks And Stones", "Tits + Asses", "Concrete + Twine", "Sky & Glass", and so on. All of the words are printed on the photographs in a uniform-size, black rubber stamp, like "Confidential" on an envelope or important piece of document. In the process, they make us aware of the relation between images, between image and text, and the fruitful new meanings that these engender. The creative possibilities are endless, and is finally what makes their project so valuable and so much fun at the same time. Sonneman and Weiner have shown only some of the possible "applications" of their simple yet original concept. We can create our own to continue the dialogue between viewer and artist. An absolute "must-have" title for Eve Sonneman and Lawrence Weiner collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page (on top of their printed names) by Eve Sonneman and Lawrence Weiner. 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 one of only two such double-signed copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Two of the most brilliant American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1576870790. Stock number: 9336. ISBN: 1576870790
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Imprint: London, England, Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, 1989 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 95 pages. The author's book-length essay on subject. The sequel to the author's classic, "Illness As Metaphor". 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 as a hardcover original only. The British Edition is now scarce. Presents Susan Sontag's "AIDS And Its Metaphors". A scathing, extended critical essay on the invented and punitive uses of AIDS as a metaphor in Western culture, and a thoughtful reappraisal of the Gay Liberation Movement's remarkable successes and inevitable failures at the same time. Widely praised, debated, and criticized at the same time, it is to Susan Sontag's credit that she stood by her controversial positions and refused to be bowed by the surprisingly indignant criticism the book received, especially from the American gay community. Sontag wrote "Illness As Metaphor" in response to what would be the first of her three successive bouts with cancer. While its tone is coolly intellectual, every word is underlined by her illness and is one of her most autobiographical works. "AIDS And Its Metaphors" was also necessary writing. She lost many friends and colleagues to AIDS, and the book is dedicated to one of them, the artist Paul Thek, to whom Sontag also dedicated her debut collection of essays and masterpiece, "Against Interpretation". "You have to know when to let the old life go, and go on and not look back and have regrets. Otherwise you will always be sad, because you are always losing something. That's the way life is if you let misfortunes strike you too hard, you won't see the new chance coming" (Susan Sontag). An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This title is a great book. This is one of few 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: 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 MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0713990252. Stock number: 17438. ISBN: 0713990252
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 95 pages. The author's book-length essay on subject. The sequel to the author's classic, "Illness As Metaphor". 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 Susan Sontag's "AIDS And Its Metaphors". A heartfelt yet scathing critical essay on the invented and punitive uses of AIDS as a metaphor in Western culture. As such, and more controversially, it is also a thoughtful re-appraisal of the Gay Liberation Movement's remarkable if hard-won successes over a relatively short period of time as well as its inevitable (and fully human) failures. Widely praised, debated, and criticized at the same time, it is to Sontag's credit that she stood by her positions and refused to be bowed by the surprisingly indignant criticism the book received, especially from some quarters of the gay community. Sontag wrote "Illness As Metaphor" in response to what would be the first of her three successive bouts with cancer. While its tone is coolly intellectual, every word is underlined by her illness, and is one of her most autobiographical works. "AIDS And Its Metaphors" is also necessary writing: Like many others in the New York artistic community, Sontag lost many friends and colleagues to AIDS. In the case of Paul Thek (to whom the book is dedicated), she lost a former lover, a lifelong friend, and perhaps THE love of her life. A ground-breaking artist whose work is only now being belatedly recognized, Thek (also the dedicatee of "Against Interpretation", her career-defining, debut collection of essays) is also the inspiration for "The Way We Live Now" (1991), Sontag's single best story, the finest American short story on AIDS. "You have to know when to let the old life go, and go on and not look back and have regrets. Otherwise you will always be sad, because you are always losing something. That's the way life is if you let misfortunes strike you too hard, you won't see the new chance coming" (Susan Sontag). An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by Susan Sontag. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and despite its imperfection (A publisher's flaw: Red ink-mark on top page edges, NOT a remainder mark or dampstain) is still in fine condition: Every single internal page is clean, crisp, and bright. The cloth boards are sharp, no bumping at all. The white DJ is pristine. It is priced accordingly. 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 MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374102570. Stock number: 20595. ISBN: 0374102570
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 117 pages. The author's debut play. Now considered a late-modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Susan Sontag's "Alice In Bed: A Play In Eight Scenes". Her first and only published play. A meditation on what it means to be a woman in the Modern Age. The subject is seen through the historically accurate portrait of its main character, Alice James, the genius-sister of Henry and William James. It was written by the author for the great Italian actress, Adrianna Asti, who commissioned Sontag to write a "challenging and unusual" theatrical role that would require her to be onstage the whole time. Sontag's utterly simple and brilliant solution: Keep her lying in bed onstage for all eight scenes, a dramatic way of capturing the predicament of Alice James, immensely talented but perennially ill, who spent most of her brief life bed-ridden. "Alice In Bed" has been staged by some of the world's greatest directors, including Robert Wilson, the cutting-edge American theatre visionary, and Ivo Van Hove, the innovative Dutch stage director, among others. Sontag's commitment to the theatre was (almost) as passionate as her devotion to films. She directed plays and opera, participated in multi-media theatrical events, wrote and narrated a pioneering documentary on Pina Bausch, the greatest European modern dance choreographer of our time, and adapted such classic plays as Henrik Ibsen's "The Lady From The Sea". An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Susan Sontag. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern 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 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 MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374102732. Stock number: 22239. ISBN: 0374102732
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 117 pages. The author's debut play. Now considered a late-modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Susan Sontag's "Alice In Bed: A Play In Eight Scenes". Her first and only published play. A meditation on what it means to be a woman in the Modern Age. The subject is seen through the historically accurate portrait of its main character, Alice James, the genius-sister of Henry and William James. It was written by the author for the great Italian actress, Adrianna Asti, who commissioned Sontag to write a "challenging and unusual" theatrical role that would require her to be onstage the whole time. Sontag's utterly simple and brilliant solution: Keep her lying in bed onstage for all eight scenes, a dramatic way of capturing the predicament of Alice James, immensely talented but perennially ill, who spent most of her brief life bed-ridden. "Alice In Bed" has been staged by some of the world's greatest directors, including Robert Wilson, the cutting-edge American theatre visionary, and Ivo Van Hove, the innovative Dutch stage director, among others. Sontag's commitment to the theatre was (almost) as passionate as her devotion to films. She directed plays and opera, participated in multi-media theatrical events, wrote and narrated a pioneering documentary on Pina Bausch, the greatest European modern dance choreographer of our time, and adapted such classic plays as Henrik Ibsen's "The Lady From The Sea". An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and inscribed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by the author: "With best wishes, Susan Sontag". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. There is no recipient named. 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. 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 MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374102732. Stock number: 17092. ISBN: 0374102732
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 525 pages. The second volume of the author's private journals, published posthumously. One of the most important literary texts of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Susan Sontag's "As Consciousness Is Harnessed To Flesh: Journals And Notebooks, 1964-1980". The second of her projected three-volume journals. While "Reborn" contains memorable one-liners from the prodigious writer/intellectual, "As Consciousness Is Harnessed To Flesh" has a brilliant aphorism on nearly every page, and definitively shows Sontag to be the writer-as-aphorist par excellence. Sontag was aware of this and struggled (in vain) against it because it left her deeply unsatisfied, and worried that she may never attain true greatness. It also helps explain why she often championed the most demanding, most difficult, and quite literally, longest works of art throughout her life (Wagner as well as Canetti, Syberberg's "Our Hitler" as well as Bela Tarr's "Satantango"). The sustained "long line" was what she yearned to achieve in her own work, which she always saw as work-in-progress. As soon as she achieved something worthwhile, the first thing she needed to do was surpass it, particularly her own immense natural talent for the aphorism, the fragment, "Notes on Camp". Her marathon-runner's project was to keep on changing and pushing herself, transcending the work-already-published. The imperatives of change, of keeping an open and ever-changing mind, of being able to experience the world-at-large in order to keep growing are the central themes of her published work and her journals: "Two kinds of people: Those who are interested in self-transformation and those who are not. Both require the same amount of energy. It takes as much energy to remain the same as to change" (Susan Sontag). These aphoristic sentences sum up accurately, and in a way that could not be improved upon, not just Sontag, but the American experiment-dilemma-struggle itself. And for all her attachment (and indebtedness) to Europe, Sontag was deeply, profoundly American. An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag 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. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374100764. Stock number: 18547. ISBN: 0374100764
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Imprint: London, England, Hamish Hamilton, 2007 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 235 pages. Posthumous collection of essays and speeches. Now considered a contemporary classic. 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. The British Edition is larger-sized than the American and superior in terms of production values. Presents Susan Sontag's "At The Same Time". Sixteen essays that she wrote between 2001 and 2004, towards the end of a life tragically cut short by cancer. "Literature and politics are inextricably intertwined and unified by moral purpose in this powerful collection of pieces by the iconic critic and novelist. Susan Sontag was a dedicated champion of literature in translation, and the book opens with several introductions to such works, led by a meditation on beauty. But most striking is to read the pieces she wrote in the wake of 9/11 and the Abu Ghraib Scandal. Sontag's controversial attack on the Bush Administration immediately after 9/11 may have been an act of courage or of folly, but from a distance of five years, her critique seems on the mark. Sontag's brilliance as a literary critic, her keen analytical skill, and her genius for the searingly apt phrase (like her damning 'the photographs are us' in relation to the Abu Ghraib photographs) are all fiercely displayed here" (Publishers Weekly). "She never failed to celebrate the work of others or protest injustice and brutality, and in these, she was both artist and hero" (Donna Seaman). An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few 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: 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 MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0241143713. Stock number: 14455. ISBN: 0241143713
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 129 pages. The author's screenplay. One of Susan Sontag's finest - and most underrated - achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Susan Sontag's "Duet For Cannibals". The screenplay of her first film. She wrote and directed two full-length feature films in Sweden: "Brother Carl" and "Duet For Cannibals", both of which have earned a considerable cult following. Sontag once said that she would have accepted an invitation to direct a film in Afghanistan if that was the only chance to make her own contribution to the one art (other than literature) that she cared most passionately about. Her gratitude to her Swedish sponsors is unmistakable in the films themselves: "Brother Carl" is an homage to the films of Carl Theodor Dreyer whereas "Duet For Cannibals" is redolent of Strindberg, Ingmar Bergman, and even Vilgot Sjoman, whose conflation of political and sexual liberation is echoed in the film. The "message" of Sjoman's "I Am Curious Yellow" is that in order for it to succeed and endure, a political revolution must be a cultural one as well, especially in the realm of sex, clearly implying that all 20th-century revolutions were tragic failures whereas California's Counter Cultural Movement, which was ruthlessly suppressed by American corporate culture in collusion with the media, remains influential to this day, the same conclusion Sontag arrived at ambivalently in "Trip to Hanoi" and somewhat less ambivalently in "On Photography". Even the acerbic Pauline Kael, the New Yorker Magazine's resident critic and the most influential American film critic of the 20th century, found "Duet For Cannibals" eerily disturbing, particularly a brilliant extended scene between a homeless person and the wealthy patrons of a restaurant. "A witty, bone-dry serio-comedy that fascinates and disturbs in turn" (Frederic Tuten). An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by Susan Sontag. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It also comes with an unusually fine copy of the original 4.5 X 3.0 inch Film Poster, the first such copy we have ever found of an otherwise ephemeral piece. This title is a cult classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy (with Souvenir Film Poster) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, pristine beauties. A rare set thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white stills from the film. Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine set. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374144249. Stock number: 12472. ISBN: 0374144249
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 246 pages. The author's first and only collection of short stories. One of Susan Sontag's finest achievements. Review Copy. Review Materials laid-in. 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 Susan Sontag's "I, etcetera". Her first and only collection of short stories. Includes such autobiographical pieces as "Unguided Tour", which she later made into a film for Italian television, and "Debriefing", her poignant story on suicide. As a short-story writer, Sontag is a committed Chekhovian: She believes that the form is not about character "development" (as the novel is), but about "stable" characters confronting unstable situations, life-altering as well as minute, nuanced changes of time, place, and mood. Her stories are extensions of her essays (the best of which resemble stories) in the sense that she is able to express otherwise inexpressible feelings, not just thoughts, in a more fluid and "subjective" way than she could in her more "objective" essays, about the fragmentation of identity (the "I" of the title). Autobiography is always mediated in Sontag's writing (that's why, for example, she never actually wrote her memoirs, as so many other major writers have), mediated, that is, by her pained and acute consciousness. As such, there is nothing like these stories in American literature: "Debriefing", "Unguided Tour", and "Project For A Trip To China" are masterworks. An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This is a Review Copy. The Review Materials are laid-in, notably a beautiful 5 X 7 inch single-weight silver-gelatin print of her portrait by Thomas Victor, which appears on the back of the DJ. It is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by Susan Sontag. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only such signed Review Copy (with original photographic print) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing 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 rare signed copy thus. Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374174024. Stock number: 22256. ISBN: 0374174024
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 246 pages. The author's first and only collection of short stories. One of Susan Sontag's finest 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. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Susan Sontag's "I, etcetera". Her first and only collection of short stories. Includes such autobiographical pieces as "Unguided Tour", which she later made into a film for Italian television, and "Debriefing", her poignant story on suicide. As a short-story writer, Sontag is a committed Chekhovian: She believes that the form is not about character "development" (as the novel is), but about "stable" characters confronting unstable situations, life-altering as well as minute, nuanced changes of time, place, and mood. Her stories are extensions of her essays (the best of which resemble stories) in the sense that she is able to express otherwise inexpressible feelings, not just thoughts, in a more fluid and "subjective" way than she could in her more "objective" essays, about the fragmentation of identity (the "I" of the title). Autobiography is always mediated in Sontag's writing (that's why, for example, she never actually wrote her memoirs, as so many other major writers have), mediated, that is, by her pained and acute consciousness. As such, there is nothing like these stories in American literature: "Debriefing", "Unguided Tour", and "Project For A Trip To China" are masterworks. An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This title is a great collection. 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 MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374174024. Stock number: 22257. ISBN: 0374174024
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 88 pages. The author's book-length account on subject. One of the most valuable books of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Susan Sontag's "Illness As Metaphor". Her sustained reflection on the very real dangers of using illness as a metaphor. This landmark study was Sontag's ferocious yet coolly intellectual response to her first bout with cancer at the age of 35. Diagnosed as a terminal case and given only a few months to live, the writer survived, by her own account, partly by writing the book in her head during her long treatment. She could have written a first-person, "I-fought-and-survived" account in the bestseller manner. It is not surprising that she did not. All of Susan Sontag's work is autobiographical, but its poignant beauty lies in the fact that her personal experience is always mediated (by thinking as much as feeling) in her writing. Even though she insisted all her writing life that the point of being a writer is to give pleasure and to shake things up (rather than to give comfort), "Illness As Metaphor" reflects her genuine concern to help other cancer patients - as well as the rest of us, who are presumably healthy and cancer-free - overcome false and oppressive "thinking" about illness. The durable popular "thinking" (in other words, not thinking at all) to this day of ALL societies in the world is that cancer is a form of punishment by God and Nature to evil Man, which makes Sontag's feisty little book relevant and indispensable. Sontag died on December 28, 2004 at the relatively young age of 71, after a third and final bout with cancer, her work unfinished, a one-of-a-kind writer who is a heartbreaking, irreplaceable loss to contemporary life and literature. One of the ironies about her career is that despite her fame, readers and collectors never fully appreciated the magnitude of her achievement, and that she will endure long after currently fashionable and hopelessly provincial American writers are forgotten. An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Susan Sontag. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great 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 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 MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America" and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374174431. Stock number: 21412. ISBN: 0374174431
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 88 pages. The author's book-length account on subject. One of the most valuable books of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Susan Sontag's "Illness As Metaphor". Her sustained reflection on the very real dangers of using illness as a metaphor. This landmark study was Sontag's ferocious yet coolly intellectual response to her first bout with cancer at the age of 35. Diagnosed as a terminal case and given only a few months to live, the writer survived, by her own account, partly by writing the book in her head during her long treatment. She could have written a first-person, "I-fought-and-survived" account in the bestseller manner. It is not surprising that she did not. All of Susan Sontag's work is autobiographical, but its poignant beauty lies in the fact that her personal experience is always mediated (by thinking as much as feeling) in her writing. Even though she insisted all her writing life that the point of being a writer is to give pleasure and to shake things up (rather than to give comfort), "Illness As Metaphor" reflects her genuine concern to help other cancer patients - as well as the rest of us, who are presumably healthy and cancer-free - overcome false and oppressive "thinking" about illness. The durable popular "thinking" (in other words, not thinking at all) to this day of ALL societies in the world is that cancer is a form of punishment by God and Nature to evil Man, which makes Sontag's feisty little book relevant and indispensable. Sontag died on December 28, 2004 at the relatively young age of 71, after a third and final bout with cancer, her work unfinished, a one-of-a-kind writer who is a heartbreaking, irreplaceable loss to contemporary life and literature. One of the ironies about her career is that despite her fame, readers and collectors never fully appreciated the magnitude of her achievement, and that she will endure long after currently fashionable and hopelessly provincial American writers are forgotten. An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (in the month and year of publication) in black pen on the front free endpaper by the author: "Susan Sontag 6/29/78 Chicago". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and publication-month dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing 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 rare signed copy thus. Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America" and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374174431. Stock number: 22217. ISBN: 0374174431
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 287 pages. The author's fourth novel. Now considered a contemporary 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. Presents Susan Sontag's "In America". Her novel-length story of America from the point-of-view of an outsider/immigrant, sadly more relevant than ever in our time, and yet is THE story of America for Sontag. A rewarding and deeply moving novel about the whole idea of self-transformation, which the author considers to be the essence of what it means to be an American: "Newness, emptiness, pastlessness, this dream of turning life into a pure future that colored many immigrants' view of America. Because: You have to know when to let the old life go, and go on and not look back and have regrets. Otherwise you will always be sad, because you are always losing something. That's the way life is if you let misfortunes strike you too hard, you won't see the new chance coming" (Susan Sontag). An absolute "must-have" title for Susan Sontag collectors. This title is a contemporary 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. Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for "On Photography", the National Book Award in 2000 for "In America", and the Jerusalem Prize in 2001. Shimon Peres, in awarding the Jerusalem Prize, described Sontag as "one of the world's finest writers and greatest minds". One of the most influential and important writer-intellectuals of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSAN SONTAG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374175403. Stock number: 7568. ISBN: 0374175403
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