Steele-Perkins, Chris
Fuji: Images Of Contemporary Japan

Imprint: New York City, NY, Umbrage Editions Book, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 132 pages. Landmark collection of color photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Chris Steele-Perkins: Oversize-volume format. Red cloth boards with black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Chris Steele-Perkins. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Steele-Perkins' "Fuhi: Images of Contemporary Japan". Photographs of the dynamic and complex country that is modern Japan. Unlike any other documentary, landscape, or street photography (all of which he draws upon), Steele-Perkins has struck upon an arrestingly simple and unrepeatable idea for his portrait of a whole nation: Every single one of the photographs has Mount Fuji in it, visible in the background, looming over Japan, whether it's Tokyo, Kyoto, or a small town, village, and ricefield. It is easy to overlook what Chris Steele-Perkins has pulled off in these photographs, and his achievement therefore deserves to be emphasized: He has made us keenly aware once again of the background, which we have come habitually to ignore, especially when looking at photographs. His approach is subtle, cunning, and instructive in every image: Mount Fuji is the background in varying degrees of recession, sometimes looming over the horizon and too close for comfort, sometimes remote and distant, omnipresent yet never the foreground or main subject of the image. While the Eiffel Tower is the concrete visual symbol of Paris, it does not symbolize France whereas to every Japanese (and every tourist), Mount Fuji is the enduring symbol of Japan. The idea is unrepeatable because there is no other mountain that any other people have vested with such symbolism. Mount Fuji (its proper names are Fuji-san and Fuji-no-yama) was a central aspect of Japan's imperial (and ultimately disastrous) ambitions in the 20th century, remains a part of every important ceremony and sacred ritual to this day, and continually reminds the Japanese people that they have once risen mightily, fallen shamefully, and risen triumphantly again, an economic powerhouse and the most advanced artistic culture in Asia today. The British Steele-Perkins was born in Burma and has had a lifelong love affair with Asia. The idea for his book was inspired by Hokusai's masterpiece, "The Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji". Hokusai discovered the Western notion of perspective through Dutch etching and radically transformed the Japanese wood-block print. As strange as it may sound, his resulting prints have a depth of field that is best described as photographic, and part of Steele-Perkins' achievement is to show precisely that fact in his own images. "Hokusai would have welcomed him as a worthy successor" (Ian Buruma). An absolute "must-have" title for Chris Steele-Perkins collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Chris Steele-Perkins. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great art photography book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 105 color plates. One of the greatest photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HOKUSAI AND CHRIS STEELE-PERKINS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1884167128.

Stock number: 21465. ISBN: 1884167128

$US 150.00

Steiner, Ralph (Artist/Photographer) & Van Dyke, Willard (Contributor)
Ralph Steiner: A Point Of View

Imprint: Middletown, CN, Wesleyan University Press, 1978
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 144 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most important and beautiful photography books of the 20th century. Deluxe Slipcased Edition of 20 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Limited Edition of 100 copies and the regular trade edition. There is no ISBN. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Ralph Steiner: Oversize-volume format. Gray cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on the spine, as issued. Photographs by Ralph Steiner. Essay by Willard Van Dyke. 10 X 8 inch silver-gelatin print. Matching gray hard board slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its ultimate collectible format, Ralph Steiner's "A Point of View". His "summing-up". Selected, sequenced, and annotated by the photographer himself. Steiner is a rarity among photographers: His prose is as eloquent as his images. A seminal - but unpretentious and therefore underrated - multi-media artist, Steiner recounts his career in photography, film, and the arts. Born in 1899, Steiner is a key figure of the "threshold" moment in photographic history, namely its move away from its Pictorialist past, when it consciously mimicked painting, toward its alignment with Modernism, when it found its own voice. As such, he is rightly seen as the critical link between Alfred Stieglitz and Walker Evans, who credited him as a major influence. When commentators refer to his images as having "unusual angles", "weird subject matter", and "feverish abstractions" (which all anticipate Aaron Siskind), they mean Modernist aesthetics in practice. The single greatest photographic genre, "street photography", which Steiner helped jumpstart, is inherently and indeed purely "photographic" (as opposed to "painterly"). A major Photo League figure, Steiner is also closely identified with film: He began by making gravure plates for Robert Flaherty's "Nanook of The North". His first film, "H2O", a poetic evocation of water, is now considered a classic. Together with Paul Strand, he was the cinematographer of the definitive documentary on The Great Depression, "The Plow That Broke The Plains". Steiner co-directed "The City" with Willard Van Dyke, famously scored by Aaron Copland. "His pictures glowed with the juxtaposition of rich blacks and luminous whites" (Willard Van Dyke). An absolute "must-have" title for Ralph Steiner collectors. This is a copy of the Deluxe Slipcased Edition, indicated/numbered as such in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by the artist/photographer: "5/20 Milwaukee Center For Photography Limited Edition". It is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated (in the year of publication) in black ink-pen by the photographer: "Ralph Steiner February 8th, 1978 (my 79th birthday) ". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. He also drew a lovely self-portrait, "Man With Camera", beside his birthday signature. This comes with a 10 X 8 inch silver-gelatin print (reproduced on Page 52) that is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and annotated in pencil on verso by the photographer. This title is a great photography book. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Deluxe Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Should NOT be confused with the Limited Edition of 100 copies and the regular trade edition. A rare signed copy thus. 100 plates, 1 original silver-gelatin print. One of the greatest artist/photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. .

Stock number: 21651.

$US 2,500.00

Steinmetz, Mark (Photographer) & Tucker, Anne Wilkes (Contributor)
The Players: The Deluxe Edition

Imprint: Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 92 pages. Retrospective collection of black-and-white photographs. One of Mark Steinmetz's finest achievements. Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 25 numbered and signed copies. As such, it is one of the smallest limitations by Nazraeli Press. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition, which has the same ISBN. An austerely elegant production by Mark Steinmetz and Chris Pichler: Oversize-volume format. Khaki cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted in front and black titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Mark Steinmetz. Introductory Essay by Anne Wilkes Tucker. 12 X 10.5 inch original photographic print laid-in. Matching cloth clamshell box. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its ultimate Deluxe Edition format, Mark Steinmetz's "The Players". His most evocative collection. "Photographs of adolescent and teenaged baseball players, on the field and in the dugout, focused on the game and lost in their own worlds. Made between 1986 and 1990, the photographs are classic Steinmetz: Tenderness, humor, and humanism are all present here, as is Steinmetz's exquisite use of natural light and attention to poetic detail. The kids are ages 6 to 13, with a few older boys. Steinmetz must remember how awkward and uncoordinated bodies that age can be. His empathy is evident throughout the series. Most of these kids are too young to have the grace, skill, or concentration required and are too 'green' to experience the sheer pleasure of knowing they are good, maybe really good, ball players in an unforgiving sport. These kids run into each other in pursuit of a fly ball. Hope drives their swings more than their awareness of the art of hitting. Steinmetz concentrates less on the players in the field than those outside the base lines who are waiting to play or cooling off. He observes the managers as well as the spectators who love the game or one of the players or who just have a free afternoon. He sees 'high fives' as well as the 'what were you thinking' moments" (Anne Wilkes Tucker). According to today's great players themselves, every Major League Baseball (MLB) player started out like one of these hopeful and talented kid-dreamers. The photograph of the little boy, his hands clasped together in prayer, is one of Steinmetz's most beautiful images. An absolute "must-have" title for Mark Steinmetz collectors. This copy is one of the Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 25 copies, indicated/numbered as such by the publisher. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Mark Steinmetz. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This is the very last, and therefore the most collectible, copy of the Deluxe Edition, indicated/numbered as such on the 12 X 10.5 inch photographic print that is encased in its own protective plastic sleeve. The print is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully numbered and titled in pencil on verso by the photographer: "Mark Steinmetz Jacksonville, Illinois 1988 25/25". This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 73 plates, 1 original print. Mark Steinmetz's "South" Trilogy is now widely regarded as one of the greatest photographic projects of our time. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARK STEINMETZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1590054180.

Stock number: 19831. ISBN: 1590054180

$US 800.00

Sterling, Joseph (Photographer) & Travis, David (Contributor)
The Age Of Adolescence: Joseph Sterling Photographs 1959-1964

Imprint: Los Angeles, CA, Greybull Press, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 133 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the best photography books of our time. Limited Clamshell Box Edition of 25 numbered and signed copies. None of the copies was commercially sold. The Limited Edition has the same ISBN as the regular trade edition. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Joseph Sterling and Dimitri Levas: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted on the recessed center in front, metallic-silver titles embossed on the spine and back, as issued. Photographs by Joseph Sterling. Introduction by David Travis. Original 10 X 14 inch photographic print laid into the box. Matching black cloth clamshell box. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its most collectible format, Joseph Sterling's "The Age of Adolescence". One of the best photographic records of The American Teen-ager. "This Age sparkles with the promise of what's to come, hides its insecurities under the cover of bravado, and trembles with excitement about the here and now. From 1959 to 1964 (arguably the Adolescence of America itself), Joseph Sterling photographed teenagers, hanging out after school, at drive-ins, in fast cars. As Sterling himself defined it, 'the world of the adolescent is totally interlaced within itself and incapable of freeing itself. It whirls, rolls, and engulfs what it is allowed to engulf' "(Publisher's blurb). The "Age of Adolescence" shows American kids to be both playful and serious, friendly and menacing, cheerful and pensive. Some images anticipate the work of many contemporary photographers without their necessarily being aware of it. Their remarkable simplicity and effortless grace have re-appeared in so many images of young people ever since. Still, few photographs have the timeless appeal as Joseph Sterling's work. Closely identified with the Institute of Design (ID), Sterling has done work characterized by the technical perfection and formal experimentation identified with the Bauhaus-inspired Institute. Here, he lets go, and the result is simply wonderful. The design by Dimitri Levas, the designer of Bruce Weber's books, gives this book a contemporary look and feel that are compatible with the photographs. It is also, sadly, the last book published by Sterling, who died unexpectedly on November 12, 2010. An absolute "must-have" title for Joseph Sterling collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Clamshell Box Edition, indicated, stamped, and hand-numbered as such on the front free endpaper. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Joseph Sterling. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with a stunningly beautiful 10 X 14 inch original photographic print that shows two teen-agers in a public beach shower (it appears on Page 90 of the book). The print is very prominently and beautifully archived, numbered, and signed in pencil on verso by the photographer: "486-25 Joseph Sterling Limited Book Edition T. A. O. L. 11/25". This title is a great photography book. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Limited Edition With Original Print available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: There is a second print selection available online. This is the better one. A rare signed copy thus. 128 duotone plates, 1 original print. One of the finest American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSEPH STERLING TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0972778853.

Stock number: 15522. ISBN: 0972778853

$US 1,000.00

Sternfeld, Joel (Photographer) & Crary, Jonathan (Contributor)
Idubai: Photographs By Joel Sternfeld

Imprint: Gottingen, Germany, Gerhard Steidl Druckerei Und Verlag, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 160 pages. Retrospective collection of color photographs. One of the most important documentary photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a tiny first print run as a hardcover original only. A brilliant production by Joel Sternfeld and Gerhard Steidl: Small-size volume format in wide oblong shape. Orange cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on the cover and spine and shimmering glitter, as issued. Photographs by Joel Sternfeld. Essay by Jonathan Crary. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Joel Sternfeld's "iDubai". Cell-phone images. Every page consists of three, actual-size reproductions of digital pictures that Sternfeld took using his Apple iPhone (hence the title). Since he is not just another iPhone user, his images capture a phenomenal social reality as no other photographer has thus far (except perhaps for Martin Parr, who has not, however, adopted the iPhone camera) : An exhaustive and exhilarating mobile gaze of a wholly man-made, artificial Paradise on Earth, fully realized in the desert cosmopolis of Dubai. There is nothing else in the world quite like Dubai: A wholehearted, total embrace of Western capitalism (in its most advanced consumerist phase) by a Middle Eastern/Arab kingdom whose values and culture remain, at least officially, orthodox Muslim. That more and more of Dubai's inhabitants are self-transplanted, permanent-resident Westerners is a testament to its magnetic allure (they help run the country efficiently). "What Parisian shopping arcades were to the nineteenth century and early-capitalism, Dubai's luxurious mega-malls are to the new millennium and late-capitalism. The Baudelairean flaneur, who patrolled the avenues as a detached observer, is today replaced by the 'phoneur', a wired wanderer who uses a cell phone to text, call, surf, and snap digital images on the fly" (Publisher's blurb). Sternfeld does show some of the workers who have made all of this possible, contract labor imported from Third World countries (just as all of the luxury goods are imported from the West), thereby offering a powerful visual critique of Dubai as the Persian Gulf's Disney World, "locating subtler social strata and interactions". An absolute "must-have" title for Joel Sternfeld collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated in black pen on the title page by the photographer: "Joel Sternfeld 10/19/15". 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 dated 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. 70 color plates. Joel Sternfeld's "American Prospects" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the finest American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOEL STERNFELD TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3865219160.

Stock number: 20151. ISBN: 3865219160

$US 50.00

Stivers, Robert (Artist/Photographer) & Coleman, A. D. (Contributor)
Robert Stivers: Photographs

Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, Arena Editions, 1997
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 147 pages. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. Now considered a contemporary art photography classic. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by James Crump and David Skolkin: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Stivers. Essay by A. D. Coleman. Printed in Novatone on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Robert Stivers' " Photographs". His brilliant debut. It is a suite of Pictorialist-inspired photographs that register and evoke our time. "Stivers extends, deepens, and complicates the themes of mystery and movement, sensuality and spirituality, and the search for individual identity. He juxtaposes the human figure with architectural images, thus pointing to the reciprocity between consciousness and a sense of place that is central to an understanding of the self. A collection of breathtaking images that are wonderfully coherent and at once haunting and mysterious, deeply spiritual, and perfectly choreographed" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Stivers collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed, dated, and inscribed in black ink-pen on the title page by the artist/photographer: "Martha, Happy Reunion! Love, Robert Stivers, 11/98". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, Martha Schneider, who is named, is an important figure in the art and photography world, and is unmistakably known to the photographer, who presented her the copy in person. This title is a contemporary art photography 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 despite its imperfection (slight rubbing on the DJ) is still in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. 44 plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0965728005.

Stock number: 19346. ISBN: 0965728005

$US 50.00

Stokstad, Marilyn (Editor) & Other Contributors
Art History: The Revised Hardcover Edition

Imprint: New York City, NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1999
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1312 pages. Revised And Expanded Edition of the modern classic. Massive and ambitious history of art in two volumes. The First Edition Thus. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. As huge and expensively produced a set that it is, it quickly went into subsequent printing, particularly a Second Edition in 2001. Published in a small and limited print run as a slipcased hardcover original only. The First Edition Thus is now rare. A stupendous production by Harry N. Abrams: Oversize-volume format. The set weighs 20 pounds. Mustard cloth boards with titles embossed on spine, as issued. Art by various artists throughout the ages. Edited by Marilyn Stokstad. Essays by various art expert/scholars. Special Sections on the varieties of artistic techniques. Pictorial slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ's, as issued. Presents, in its Revised Hardcover Edition, Marilyn Stokstad's "Art History". The best book on its subject, and the only one you will ever need for both reference and reading pleasure. Traces the beginnings, evolution, and rise of the arts in all world civilizations. This is a complete and comprehensive history, covering the Western tradition as well as the cultures of the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas. Written by a team of experts writing in an accessible manner about painting, sculpture, architectural designs and drawings, photographs, works in metal, ceramics, and textiles, among many other works and media. Possibly the definitive, and surely an indispensable, reference book on its rich, diverse, and fascinating subject. An absolute "must-have" title for art book collectors. This title is a contemporary art book classic. This is one of few copies of the First Revised And Expanded Edition/First Printing (1999) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws, are susbequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated on every page with photographs of sites, works, artists, and other pertinent visual aids. Hundreds of black-and-white and color reproductions and illustrations. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 0810906104.

Stock number: 2313. ISBN: 0810906104

$US 200.00

Stone, Oliver (Subject/Filmmaker); Seitz, Matt Zoller (Author) & Other Contributors
The Oliver Stone Experience

Imprint: New York City, NY, Abrams, 2016
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 480 pages. Biography And Critical Appreciation on subject. One of the most important cinematic events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. A brilliant production by Abrams: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 8 pounds. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Oliver Stone and Matt Zoller Seitz. It is presented in an accessible and riveting interview format all throughout. Contributions by other leading film experts. Art, film footage, outtakes, photographic plates, and other archival materials by and from Oliver Stone. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the film artist's 70th Birthday (on September 15, 2016) and the release of his major film bio-pic, "Snowden" (2016). Presents, in a dazzling, collectible format, Oliver Stone's and Matt Zoller Seitz's "The Oliver Stone Experience". The definitive retrospective and summing-up of the film director's immense, ground-breaking, and influential body of work. "As daring, intense, and provocative as Stone's films, an Oliver Stone movie in the form of a book. An extremely candid and comprehensive monograph of the renowned and controversial writer, director, and film historian: Over the course of five years, Academy Award-winning Oliver Stone ('Midnight Express', 'Scarface', 'Platoon', 'JFK', 'Natural Born Killers', 'Snowden', among others) and author Matt Zoller Seitz discussed, debated, and deconstructed the arc of Stone's outspoken, controversial life and career with extraordinary candor. Collects these conversations, including anecdotes about Stone's childhood, Vietnam, his struggles with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), and his continual struggle to reinvent himself as an artist. Illustrated by hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and documents from Stone's personal archive: Personal snapshots, private correspondence, annotated script pages, storyboards, behind-the-scenes photography, and production files from all of his films, including Stone's epic Showtime mini-series, 'The Untold History of The United States'. Critical commentary on each of Stone's films is joined by original essays from filmmaker Ramin Bahrani; writer, editor, and educator Kiese Laymon; writer and actor Jim Beaver; and film critics Walter Chaw, Michael Guarnieri, Kim Morgan, and Alissa Wilkinson" (Publisher's blurb). "This lavish, beautiful book is as much a piece of serious criticism as it is an expression of pure movie love" (The Miami Herald). An absolute "must-have" title for Oliver Stone collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Oliver Stone. It is also very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the same page by Matt Zoller Seitz. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Announcement of the event during which their signatures were obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such double-signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online were damaged because the huge book was shoddily packed by the publisher. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of color plates. One of the greatest American film artists of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1419717901.

Stock number: 20697. ISBN: 1419717901

$US 100.00

Strauss, Darin
Chang And Eng

Imprint: New York City, NY, Dutton, 2000
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 336 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. Published to enormous critical acclaim, it remains Darin Strauss' finest achievement. 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 Darin Strauss' "Chang And Eng". A brilliant debut. Born attached at the chest, Chang and Eng Bunker were the first to be called Siamese Twins. They were one of the 19th century's most legendary human oddities. "Narrated by Eng during the final moments of his life, 'Chang and Eng' follows the extraordinary lives of the twins from poverty to wealth, from hopeless solitude to boundless love, from the court of the King of Siam to the crowded bedroom of their North Carolina home. An unforgettable and sublimely moving story that reveals the longings and humanity of these remarkable twins" (Publisher's blurb). There is a whole library on the real-life characters. Darin Strauss seems to have read and sifted through them all, and found the true story. "One of the most riskily imagined and successfully realized novels I've read in years" (Joyce Carol Oates). An absolute "must-have" title for Darin Strauss collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Darin Strauss. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. He also crossed out his printed name. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0525945121.

Stock number: 9854. ISBN: 0525945121

$US 30.00

Strout, Elizabeth
Amy And Isabelle: A Novel

Imprint: New York City, NY, Random House, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 304 pages. The author's debut novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a tiny first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" round white sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Elizabeth Strout's "Amy And Isabelle". Her quietly triumphant debut. "Offers up a moving yet resolutely unsentimental portrait of people coming to terms with their lives, finding unsuspected nobility in themselves and unexpected kindness in others. A gem of a novel" (Alix Wilber). Elizabeth Strout began publishing very late in life. She was a lawyer for many "utterly miserable" years before she finally decided, "No more law! I would rather fail miserably in life as a writer than be successful as a lawyer" (Elizabeth Strout). As such, she is a "mature" writer, the only writer worth reading, rather than a "flash-in-the-pan" prodigy although she has been writing all her adult life, her many lawyer years included. An absolute "must-have" title for Elizabeth Strout collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Elizabeth Strout. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Unlike her more recent signatures, it is signed in full instead of slightly abbreviated (although the latter signature is still very clear and legible, unlike most other authors'). Given the significant demand for signed copies of all her books, this is probably what the future holds. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. It is, quite simply, one of the most beautiful signed copies we have ever seen. Please note: Signed copies of the First Edition will always be rather scarce because according to the author herself, the first print runs of her first three novels were "tiny" (her word) and the books immediately went into paperback thereafter. Random House indicated its true firsts at the time of publication (1998) with a number line that began with 2. This practice did not change until 2005/2006, and even then on a very inconsistent basis. So this is a copy of the true first. Copies available online are remainder-marked or have serious flaws. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for "Olive Kitteridge". One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ELIZABETH STROUT TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375501347.

Stock number: 21730. ISBN: 0375501347

$US 100.00

Strout, Elizabeth
My Name Is Lucy Barton

Imprint: New York City, NY, Random House, 2016
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 200 pages. The author's fifth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic (by the New Yorker Magazine). The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Elizabeth Strout's "My Name Is Lucy Barton". Her critically acclaimed bestseller. "Much of the joy comes from piecing together the hints and half-revelations in Strout's unsentimental but compelling prose, especially as you begin to grasp the nature of a bond in which everything important is left unsaid. Strout paints an indelible, grueling portrait of poverty and abuse that's all the more unnerving for her reticence. She reminds us of the power of our stories, and of our ability to transcend our troubled narratives" (The Miami Herald). Writing at her absolute peak, Elizabeth Strout has done it again: A reliable contemporary master of creating unforgettable characters, she opens up her novel to the reader in a way that seems familiar and "relatable", that pop-culture expectation. Then she aims and lands zingers that, after recovering from the hit, one can only marvel at and relish. An absolute "must-have" title for Elizabeth Strout collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and inscribed in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "For Maggie, with warm wishes, Elizabeth Strout". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, as copies available online are. The recipient, who is named, is personally known to the author. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed and inscribed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is Strout's very first bestseller upon publication. "Olive Kitteridge" became a national bestseller only AFTER its Pulitzer win, and all of her novels have had very small first print runs. So most copies available online are now subsequent printings. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for "Olive Kitteridge". One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ELIZABETH STROUT TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1400067693.

Stock number: 21817. ISBN: 1400067693

$US 50.00

Struth, Thomas (Photographer) & Loock, Ulrich (Contributor)
Thomas Struth

Imprint: London, England, MACK Publishers, 2014
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 42 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of Thomas Struth'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. An austerely elegant production by MACK: Oversize-volume format. Purple cloth boards with white titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Thomas Struth. Essay by Ulrich Loock in the German original and felicitous English translation appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper (for the images) and archival, purple-color stock paper (for the text) in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Published as part of the travelling exhibition, "This Place", held in 2014, curated by Frederic Brenner and participated in by twelve photographers, in order to document contemporary Israel and the West Bank. Presents "Thomas Struth". An eponymously titled (and indispensable) suite of photographs about a contentious subject, seen through the photographer's relentlessly detached gaze. "Brings together sixteen photographs of Israel and Israeli-occupied West Bank. Continues his practice of creating singular images, each within one of the strictly segregated subject-fields he has developed throughout his career: Street photographs, portraits, landscapes, and high technology. Each image carries the enduring complexity and visual distillation of human experience for which Struth is known. Approaching the sheer diversity and quiddity of the inhabited world, he attempts to represent what he has referred to as 'a particle of the conflict of the region', to photograph the political and social landscape" (Publisher's blurb). "Unified by strata of antitheses which reveal themselves as a matrix running through the work, as Struth attempts to grasp the circumscribed reality of a region where co-existence has failed, a reality that is, however, inaccessible to photography" (Ulrich Loock). It is easy to miss Loock's important point: Given what we have come to expect of the "cool" Struth-ian eye, the self-aware modesty of Struth's project is precisely what makes it unexpectedly moving - and a genuine contribution to Frederic Brenner's ambitious, multi-photographer project. He shows us Israel and the West Bank, but coolly and steadfastly refuses to make an overbearing or didactic comment on this very "hot" subject (as a "concerned" photographer might have done). An absolute "must-have" title for Thomas Struth collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in pencil by Thomas Struth. 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. A rare signed copy thus. 16 color plates. "Thomas Struth: Museum Photographs" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER THOMAS STRUTH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1910164127.

Stock number: 22069. ISBN: 1910164127

$US 100.00

Suter, Gerardo (Artist/photographer) & Various Contributors
Gerardo Suter: Labyrinth Of Memory: The Retrospective Exhibition Monograph

Imprint: New York City, NY, Distributed Art Publishers (DAP), 1999
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 111 pages. Exhibition Monograph. One of the best retrospectives on the photographic art of Gerardo Suter. The first and only edition. Published in a tiny print run as a softcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The Exhibition Monograph is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Gerardo Suter: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine and large flaps, as issued. Art photographs by Gerardo Suter. Essays by Mary Schneider Enriquez and Olivier Debroise, the renowned scholar of 20th-century Mexican photography. Printed on glossy stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the travelling retrospective exhibition of the same name, which was organized by the Americas Society New York, and commenced at the Americas Gallery New York City on February 10, 1999. Presents Gerardo Suter's "Labyrinth of Memory". His very first solo exhibition in the United States. In his photographs and mixed-media installations, Suter employs themes and subjects, drawn from pre-Columbian myths and cultures, in order to create powerful and haunting metaphors of contemporary Latin-American personae. The exhibition ranges from early compositions of enigmatic landscapes and ruins to more dramatic male and female nude figures (wearing sado-masochistic masks and other ritualistic props) to monumental installations that combine photography with video and performance art. Born in Argentina in 1957, Gerardo Suter has lived in Mexico since 1970. Largely self-taught as an artist, he emerged as one of Latin America's most original voices in the early 1980's. Suter has become an influential figure for his move away from documentary photography towards a more expressive art that now includes innovative combinations of photographic images with video, installation, and performance. "His work explores themes of memory, nostalgia, and the persistence of the past in mysterious scenes of pre-Columbian architectural remains. These startling and compelling images seem to suggest the simultaneously fearful and tantalizingly sensual immediacy of Latin America's pre-Hispanic inheritance. Gerardo Suter has pushed the boundaries of straight photography, printing on sheets of transparent acetate, which are often combined to create enormous multi-panel images. He has incorporated these into room-sized installations along with sound and video elements, encompassing the viewer in enclosed, multi-sensory, and ritual environments. The depicted figures, less explicitly pre-Columbian in their references than those in the earlier series, have become more universal in their emotional charge. Evokes the primal forces of life and death and the dualities of human existence" (Elizabeth Ferrer). An absolute "must-have" title for Gerardo Suter collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (on the day of the exhibition and book launch) in black ink-pen on the title page by the artist/photographer: "Gerardo Suter N. Y. February 10, 1999". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great Exhibition Monograph. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Based in Mexico, Suter seldom ever signs his books. This is the only one we have ever found. A rare signed copy thus. 30 plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1879128187.

Stock number: 19091. ISBN: 1879128187

$US 100.00

Sutkus, Antanas (Photographer) & Jurenaite, Raminta (Contributor)
Nostalgia For Bare Feet/basukoju Nostalgija: 1959-1979: Photographs By Antanas Sutkus

Imprint: Vilnius, Lithuania, Maketavo R. Sutkiene/Soros Centre For Contemporary Arts, 1995
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 70 pages. Retrospective Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Antanas Sutkus: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and large front inside flap, as issued. Photographs by Antanas Sutkus. Essay by Raminta Jurenaite. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Moscow, Russia to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the George Soros Centre For Contemporary Arts Lithuania in 1995. Presents Antanas Sutkus' "Nostalgia For Bare Feet". Humanist photography at its very best. A Classicist in the great tradition of 20th-century street photography, Antanas Sutkus is regarded as perhaps Lithuania's greatest photographer, her Cartier-Bresson. His focus on children will remind viewers of Cartier-Bresson and also, Helen Levitt, the crucial difference being one of place: Levitt captures New York City's grit and melancholy whereas Sutkus depicts Lithuania's rural, small-town charm, innocence, and natural beauty. Starting with the lovely cover portrait, every photograph in the collection is about a child or has a child in it. Of course, the camera loves children. Still, Sutkus' photographs of children are not sentimental. They are, instead, genuinely affecting, and will leave one moved upon first encountering them. Through them, Sutkus captures everyday life in his beloved Lithuania with clarity of vision and profound empathy. That his work is well-served by the stunning reproduction standards of Slavitch Printing Moscow needs to be said. Recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize, Antanas Sutkus was one of the founders and President of the Photography Art Society of Lithuania (Lietuvos fotografijos meno draugija). His work is quietly subversive: "Working at the time when Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union, Sutkus focussed on black-and-white portraits of ordinary people in their everyday life rather than the model citizens and workers promoted by Soviet propaganda". One of the most wonderful photobook discoveries for our paradoxical time of plenty-yet-empty photography, "Man's essence coincides with his vision in a way that can be rendered in a photograph" (Raminta Jurenaite). An absolute "must-have" title for Antanas Sutkus collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with duotone plates. One of the finest photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21440.

$US 30.00

Suzuki, Yoshikazu (Photographer); Shohachi, Kimura (Author) & Hiroshige (Contribution)
Ginza Kaiwai/ginza Haccho: The 1954 First Edition

Imprint: Tokyo, Japan, Toho-Shuppan Publishing, 1954
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 364 pages. Two-volume book on subject. One of the greatest book discoveries of our time. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run in this unique format only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Toho-Shuppan: Boxed Set consisting of two volumes, both of which are encased in the publisher's original cardboard box. Volume One, "Ginza Kaiwai", is a book-length account on the world-famous Tokyo district. The text by Kimura Shohachi is interspersed with "ukiyo-e" woodblock print reproductions by Hiroshige, black-and-white photographs by Yoshikatsu Kanno, maps, and reproductions of original drawings. Publisher's original promotional leaflet laid-in. Publisher's original rice-paper-wrapped slipcase with pictorial labels pasted in front and on the spine. In publisher's original rice-paper DJ, as issued. Volume Two, "Ginza Haccho", consists of Yoshikazu Suzuki's photographic re-construction of Ginza in an accordion foldout format. A marvel of publishing ingenuity: Two continuous plates present Every Building On Ginza Street, one across the top, the other across the bottom, with text in the center. The accordion is encased in pale green hard boards with red titles in front. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Ginza Kaiwai/Ginza Haccho". Ostensibly, the precursor of Ed Ruscha's "Every Building On The Sunset Strip" (1966). "Ginza Kaiwai/Ginza Haccho" is first of all, two books, both of them realized to the superior standards that one has come to expect of Japanese publishing. Second, the concept and realization of "Ginza Haccho" is the same as Ed Ruscha's most celebrated Artist Book, except that the former precedes the latter by thirteen years. Calling "Ginza Haccho" the "Japanese Every Building On The Sunset Strip", as some commentators have done, is racist-wrong, as the appellation suggests that "Ginza Haccho" followed rather than preceded Ruscha. Whether Ruscha was aware of "Ginza Haccho" or not is irrelevant. Yoshikazu Suzuki did it first, brilliantly so. Just as important, its precedence does not in any way diminish Ed Ruscha's achievement either. An absolute "must-have" title for Yoshikazu Suzuki, photography, and Artist Book collectors. This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online, is enclosed in a hand-made protective black cloth slipcase for posterity, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. It is the single most beautiful copy we have ever seen. Please note: The few copies that have turned up online all have serious flaws: Heavy foxing, staining, soiling, and wear as well as intrusive repairs. As collectors realize the importance of "Ginza Kaiwai/Ginza Haccho" in the history of modern book-making, its value will increase accordingly. A rare copy thus. One of the greatest Artist Books of our time. A fine collectible copy. .

Stock number: 15563.

$US 10,000.00

Swain, James
Sucker Bet: A Tony Valentine Novel

Imprint: New York City, NY, Ballantine Books, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 304 pages. The author's third "Tony Valentine" novel. One of James Swain'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 James Swain's "Sucker Bet". Brilliantly imagined and realized. "In the mystery genre, there's always room for a new premise, and Swain has come up with a doozy: His hero, Tony Valentine, is an ex-cop who specializes in catching casino cheats. The downside of the job is that Tony must work for casino owners, which is why he is on the lam, enjoying a romance with a lady wrestler and even participating in the odd tag-team match. But when the romance founders and Tony gets a summons from the head of security at Florida's Micanopy Indian Reservation Casino, he heads for the Everglades. The scam is several layers deep: Crooked blackjack dealers and fixed basketball games play roles, along with a couple of nasty alligators eager to test Tony's wrestling skills. The gambling details are a treat, the banter is worthy of a place at Elmore Leonard's table, and the Floridian sense of absurdity draws on Hiaasen without seeming derivative" (Bill Ott). An absolute "must-have" title for James Swain collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue pen on the title page by James Swain. 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 finest American mystery writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0345461754.

Stock number: 10941. ISBN: 0345461754

$US 30.00

Swedlund, Charles (Photographer); Berlanga, Paul (Contributor) & Daiter, Stephen (Gallerist)
Firefighters, Chicago 1955: Photographs By Charles Swedlund

Imprint: Berlin, Germany, Only Photography, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 61 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs, presented as an Artist Book. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. Limited Edition of 300 copies. The first and only edition. The book was distributed mainly in Europe, not sold commercially in the United States. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Roland Angst: Regular-sized volume format. Black hard boards with titles embossed on the cover, as issued. Elegant exposed spine. Photographs by Charles Swedlund. Text by Stephen Daiter. Artist Interview by Paul Berlanga. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Berlin, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a Limited Edition format, Charles Swedlund's "Firefighters, Chicago Circa 1955". One of the most dramatic real-life, unposed photographic sequences of the 20th century. Some of the images first appeared in "Circa 55", a brilliant overview of the photographer's body of work and achievement. "Firefighters", which was Volume Two of "Circa 1955", is re-presented here in a different image-sequence (the publisher is well-known as an exemplary photography book-maker), a larger format, and with even more dazzling images, beautifully reproduced, of Swedlund's masterwork, published at last for the very first time. As such, "Firefighters" is unsurpassed in the history of the medium: Dynamic and powerful studies in chiaroscuro that are worthy of comparison with "Old Master" artists, but with an immediacy, even urgency that is entirely their own. "There are charms made only for distant admiration. Yet no spectacle is nobler than a blaze" (Samuel Johnson). Swedlund gets as close to the action as one could possibly be without becoming engulfed in flames, the lethal possibility that his firefighters confront with every conflagration, including those captured for posterity in these stunning images (that Dr. Johnson would surely have admired). "Swedlund shows himself to be THE quintessential photographer, dedicated to technical care and precision, harnessed to disciplined imagination, and aimed at seeing the world around us through what is revealed distinctively by the photograph" (Michael Weinstein). An absolute "must-have" title for Charles Swedlund collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Edition, indicated as such on the Back Limitation Page. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Charles Swedlund. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is an art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Swedlund did NOT sign most copies of the book. The latter was distributed mainly in Europe, not sold commercially in the United States. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with tritone plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CHARLES SWEDLUND TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21642.

$US 200.00

Szarkowski, John
Photography Until Now

Imprint: New York City, NY, Museum Of Modern Art, 1989
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 344 pages. Massive Exhibition Monograph. One of the most important and most beautiful books on photography ever published in the 20th century. 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. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Michael Hentges: Oversize-volume format. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, a Who's Who of the whole history of photography. Text by John Szarkowski, then as now, the greatest photography curator/scholar of our time. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. We do not make books like this any longer: The reproduction quality is outstanding in its warmth, tonal range, and crispness. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) New York in 1989. The show travelled on to other major venues in the United States in 1990. Presents John Szarkowski's "Photography Until Now". The author's indispensable and single most valuable contribution to photographic scholarship, more important than even his ground-breaking "Looking At Photographs" (1973). "No other book on photography describes so clearly the development of the medium, and specifically the pictorial implications of a series of inventions that have shaped the art and craft of photography and the cultural role of the photographer" (Publisher's blurb). "Szarkowski's exquisite eye is matched by prose whose grace is equal to its deep seriousness. Essential for anyone with an interest in photography or culture in larger terms" (Publishers Weekly). "I have attempted to map out a history of photographic pictures, organized according to patterns of technological change. It is my hope that this approach will allow the art of photography to be seen not as a special case, peripheral to the larger story of the medium's broad concerns and instrumental functions, but rather, simply as work that embodies the clearest, most eloquent expression of photography's historic and continuing search for a renewed and vital identity" (John Szarkowski). The book brilliantly showcases MOMA's Permanent Collection, the greatest in the world, which Szarkowski was singularly instrumental in putting together. An absolute "must-have" title for John Szarkowski and photography collectors. This title is a great photography book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws because they have been pored over. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. 161 tritone, 126 duotone, 17 color plates. John Szarkowski's "Looking At Photographs" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographic figures of the 20th century. A fine copy. . ISBN 0870705733.

Stock number: 20817. ISBN: 0870705733

$US 100.00

Tahimik, Kidlat (A.K.A. Eric C. DeGuia)
Turumba: A Film By Kidlat Tahimik

Imprint: El Cerrito, CA, Flower Films, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. The filmmaker's second film classic. One of the most important films of the 20th century. Manufactured in NTSC in a small and limited press run. Original DVD plastic case with front and back pictorial covers and titles on the cover, back, and spine, as issued. Both the case and the disc are in pristine condition. Manufactured in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Kidlat Tahimik's "Turumba". His sequel-of-sorts to "Perfumed Nightmare". His real name is Eric C. DeGuia; his Filipino pseudonym literally means "Lightning Silence". "The ironies of capitalism on the margins make easy targets for Kidlat Tahimik's wit. But his sharp eye never makes him seem bitter. Demonstrates great affection for his subjects, without stooping to romanticism" (The Village Voice). Made before the advent of the Digital Revolution, the message of all his films is even more urgent and relevant today. Formally rigorous and ingenious, they anticipate the work of the great Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Kidlat Tahimik's aesthetic is probably best described as affectionate ambivalence. He is not a Luddite who rejects high-tech. After all, his chosen art is film, itself a technological invention that depends on constant innovation and breakthroughs, and his cult following is the cosmopolitan, international film audience (his films have never been released commercially in the Philippines). He is instead a visual poet, whose goal is self-expression ("roots") and self-transcendence ("progress"). An absolute "must-have" title for Kidlat Tahimik collectors. This title is a great film. As far as we know, this is the only copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. Winner of the International Film Critics Award of the Berlin Film Festival and the American Film Festival Blue Ribbon in 1978 for "Perfumed Nightmare". One of the most brilliant filmmakers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER KIDLAT TAHIMIK TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0933621884.

Stock number: 21348. ISBN: 0933621884

$US 50.00

Tan, Amy
Saving Fish From Drowning

Imprint: New York City, NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 474 pages. The author's fifth novel. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Amy Tan's "Saving Fish From Drowning". Features a dazzling DJ design by the legendary Honi Werner. "Delivers another highly entertaining novel, narrated from beyond the grave. San Francisco socialite and art-world doyenne Bibi Chen has planned the vacation of a lifetime along the notorious Burma Road for twelve of her dearest friends. Violently murdered days before takeoff, she is reduced to watching her friends bumble through their travels from the remove of the spirit world" (Publisher's blurb). "Tan, marvelously liberated, attains new heights with her piquant humor and ship-of-fools cast of charmingly cranky characters. Writing with stinging irony about oppression, genocide, culture clashes, religion, media spin, and corruption, she slyly considers the unintended consequences of everything from a thwarted seduction to a war based on lies" (Donna Seaman). An absolute "must-have" title for Amy Tan collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Amy Tan. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AMY TAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0399153012.

Stock number: 8786. ISBN: 0399153012

$US 30.00

Tan, Amy
The Kitchen God's Wife

Imprint: New York City, NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 415 pages. The author's second novel. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. This is more desirable than the kitschy Franklin Mint Edition. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Amy Tan's "The Kitchen God's Wife". Featuring a dazzlingly beautiful design by Gretchen Shields (who did the wonderful illustrations for Amy Tan's "The Moon Lady", her children's-book adaptation of "The Joy Luck Club"). "Beautifully written, heart-rending, sometimes violent, with strong characterization, it will captivate one's interest to the very last page. This is more than a story about family relationships at a crossroads: It captures the essence of Chinese heritage and culture" (Midwest Book Review). Within a very short period of time, Amy Tan has become a living symbol of literary success and identity: Possibly the most visible (and most active) Asian-American writer/icon, she is justly celebrated for the abundance of her talent, a writer of effortlessly and lyrically limpid prose whose abiding subject is the "push" of identity and exile and the "pull" of tradition and family, from a singularly and sentimentally (in the best sense of the word) Chinese-American perspective. An absolute "must-have" title for Amy Tan collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Amy Tan. 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. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AMY TAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0399135782.

Stock number: 8771. ISBN: 0399135782

$US 30.00

Taylor, Benjamin
Tales Out Of School

Imprint: New York City, NY, Turtle Point Press, 1995
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 283 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most important literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only by a small, independent press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Benjamin Taylor's "Tales Out of School". An ambitious historical drama and a coming-of-age narrative at the same time, an epic (succinctly told in a mere 283 pages) compared to Andre Aciman's lyric, "Call Me By Your Name" (2007). "Affectingly introduces members of a genteel, wealthy German-Jewish family living in early 20th-century Galveston, Texas. Felix, scholarly and loyal, works his way through 'The Aeneid' and adolescent stirrings of desire, which he acts upon with Wick Frawley, once a bully, now a friend. Taylor's spare, supple prose easily accommodates effective forays into Magical Realism as well as nuanced evocations of the desire, religious doubt, and affection that animate his memorable characters. It is a measure of his skill that even those met briefly in this bewitching novel continue to resonate in the reader's imagination" (Publishers Weekly). Benjamin Taylor is well-known as a scholar, literary critic, editor, and essayist, which multi-faceted achievement may have (negatively) affected his reception as a novelist. As a "nonfiction" writer so-called, he is a major figure: "Into The Open: Reflections On Genius And Modernity" (1995) and "Proust: The Search" (2015), among others, are regarded as masterpieces. But as a serious novelist, he is unjustly underrated, a so-called "writer's writer" with an esoteric following, admired by Philip Roth. An absolute "must-have" title for Benjamin Taylor collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Benjamin Taylor. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Material of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First 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. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BENJAMIN TAYLOR TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1885983042.

Stock number: 21688. ISBN: 1885983042

$US 50.00

Taylor-Wood, Sam (Artist/Photographer); Taylor-Johnson, Sam & Visser, Hripsime (Contributor)
The Passion Cycle

Imprint: Vienna, Austria, BAWAG Foundation, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Exhibition Catalog, presented as an Artist Book. One of the most beautiful erotic art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now rare. A brilliant production by Sam Taylor-Wood and FUEL: Oversize-volume format. Red cloth boards with black titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Sam Taylor-Wood. Afterword by Hripsime Visser. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Vienna, Austria to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the BAWAG Foundation Vienna from September 19 through November 30, 2003. Presents Sam Taylor-Wood's "The Passion Cycle". A feverish sequence of a couple having sex. The images are presented as postcard-size "souvenirs". Arranged in a non-linear, anti-narrative order, Sam Taylor-Wood makes us view the images randomly rather than sequentially, in keeping with the "collecting" aspect of the project. Now, the one thing about sex, whether routine or extreme, is that it always happens in a narrative-like, beginning/middle/end sequence: Pre-coitus, coitus, post-coitus. And while every photographic image is discrete, photography books make some kind of narrative possible, that is, a sequence that yields a storyline (as in the work of Robert Frank or Nan Goldin). Artist/photographer/film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood's approach in "The Passion Cycle" is about photography's fundamentally opposite possibility: The photograph as a sensory experience, as a performance, and as a cycle that comes full circle (rather than a linear story that has a beginning, middle, and end). After all, people still look at photographs randomly, going from this image and that. "Inspired by shunga, which depicts sexuality in a frank and unvarnished manner, the small format of the images refers to the voyeuristic relation that the collector has with shunga prints, comparable to that of the late 19th-century European collector of erotic photographs" (Hripsime Visser). The point of collecting is the same as looking at photographs: One does it in no particular order. Sam Taylor-Wood (she has remarried and now goes by Sam Taylor-Johnson) has explored her fascination with sex further, this time for a huge global audience: She directed the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey" (2015), for which she hand-picked Jamie Dornan, an impeccable choice, in his breakthrough role as the eponymous hero. An absolute "must-have" title for Sam Taylor-Wood collectors. This title is an erotic photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog/Artist Book available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. 25 color plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SAM TAYLOR-WOOD TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 18399.

$US 200.00

Teller, Juergen
Zwei Schauferle Mit Klob Und Eine Kinderportion Schnitzel Mit Pommes Frites ("two Schauferle With Glue And A Child's Portion Of Schnitzel With French Fries")

Imprint: Gottingen, Germany, Gerhard Steidl Druckerei Und Verlag, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 76 pages. Collection of photographs. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Juergen Teller and FUEL: Oversize-volume format. White cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted in front and titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Juergen Teller. There is no text. Printed on glossy stock paper in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In pristine-white DJ with black titles printed on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Jurgen Teller's impossibly long-titled collection. One of his most interesting collections. "The Teller family business produces small parts for string instruments. Juergen Teller has taken photographs of company employees, his uncle, and his uncle's collection of hunting trophies. He has also shot pictures in dripstone caves, of Kate Moss during her pregnancy, and of himself. In the world of Juergen Teller, it somehow all fits together. 'Werkstatt', a studio or creative environment, collects, as Juergen Teller does, people and places. It combines scenes from the world he grew up in with selections from the world of beautiful images that he travels in today. Candid, subjective, and completely without superficial effect, Teller offers a peek or two into his world" (Publisher's blurb). It is unlikely then that he asked his uncle's permission to take his self-portraits, which are all full-frontal nudes. Teller's apparent self-image as a sex symbol (a sly dig at Mapplethorpe) is touching, if that's the right word, because he is not, as sex symbols go, a prize trophy. An absolute "must-have" title for Juergen Teller 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 rare copy thus. 36 color, 11 duotone plates. Juergen Teller's "Tracht" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JUERGEN TELLER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 3882438991.

Stock number: 14498. ISBN: 3882438991

$US 50.00

Temkin, Brad (Photographer) & Slemmons, Rod (Contributor)
Private Places: Photographs Of Chicago Gardens

Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, The Center For American Places, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 70 pages. The photographer's breakthrough collection of color photographs on subject. One of the most beautiful photography books of our time. Limited Edition of 2750 copies. The first and only edition. Published as a hardcover original only by The American Center for American Places as part of the ongoing series to document for posterity valuable natural and man-made environments in the United States. A brilliant production by Brad Temkin and David Skolkin: Regular-sized volume format. Mustard cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Brad Temkin. Essay, "Green Thoughts", by Rod Slemmons. List of Plates appended at the end. Printed on 170 gsm Silk Gallery thick coated stock paper by the legendary Oddi Printing in Iceland to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Brad Temkin's "Private Places". A warmer, sunnier, and more radiant view of Chicago, which has a well-deserved reputation as the "dead-of-winter". People with chilly scenes of winter in mind can be forgiven if they think that this sun-drenched view of Chicago is sheer fantasy, literally impossible. Impossible to imagine perhaps, but here they are for real: Luxuriant and glorious gardens in Wicker Park, Lakeview, Pilsen, Edgewater, Ravenswood, Skokie, and Bucktown, among other places. "Brad Temkin has captured something poignant and wonderful about the human urge to be in harmony with Nature even in the bleakest and most urban circumstances" (Corcoran Gallery of Art). If you have a green thumb or love gardens, you will pore and linger over every image in this book again and again. Still, its greatest achievement is that you do not have to have a garden to be captivated by and become addicted to it. An absolute "must-have" title for Brad Temkin collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Brad Temkin. 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 one of only two such signed copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 52 color plates. One of the finest American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BRAD TEMKIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1930066414.

Stock number: 19924. ISBN: 1930066414

$US 70.00