Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Hine, Lewis W.; Newman, Marvin E.; Siskind, Aaron; Strand, Paul
This Was The Photo League: Compassion And The Camera From The Depression To The Cold War

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2001
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 176 pages. Landmark Exhibition Monograph. One of the most important photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run (of 2000 copies) as a hardcover original only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by David W. Williams: Oversize-volume format. Gray cloth boards with silver titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors. Edited and curated by Stephen Daiter. Essay by Anne Wilkes Tucker. New Compilations of Photographer Biographies, Listings of Photo League Exhibitions, Workgroups, and Courses by Claire Cass. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark travelling exhibition in 2001. The collection has since been acquired by The Columbus Art Center Ohio University and is on display as part of its Permanent Collection. Presents "This Was The Photo League: Compassion And The Camera From The Depression To The Cold War". The enduring quality and lasting significance of the organization called "The Photo League of New York" (1936-1951). A nonprofit organization of dedicated photographers, the League wanted to have fun, create art, and also change the world in the process. Most members were united in their belief in the transformative power of photography to effect social change during what was a tumultuous period in American history. Lavishly illustrated with the now-classic work of Berenice Abbott, Morris Engel, Lewis W. Hine, Arnold Newman, Marvin E. Newman, Ruth Orkin, Aaron Siskind, Paul Strand, Max Yavno, and Weegee, among so many other great names in photography. An absolute "must-have" title for Photo League and photography book collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Marvin E. Newman. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in are several pristine copies of the Souvenir Materials of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy (with Souvenir Materials) 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. 169 plates. Some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 17234.

$US 100.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Bullock, Wynn (Photographer) & Rhem, James (Contributor)
Wynn Bullock: Listening With The Eyes, Seeing With The Heart

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Binding: With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 32 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. A brilliant production by David W. Williams: Regular-sized volume format. Plain white softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Wynn Bullock. Essay by James Rhem, one of the best photography scholars of our time. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In integral pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine and very large flaps, as issued. Published on the occasion of the photographer's centenary (1902-2002) in conjunction with the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from November 1, 2002 through January 5, 2003. Presents "Wynn Bullock: Listening With The Eyes, Seeing With The Heart". A representative sampling of his work, now regarded as among the most philosophical, sensuous, and challenging the photographic world has ever seen. "Reality for me is the known. Existence is the unknown. For no one has created existence. I experience reality. I believe in existence. Its signals of light and sound as well as all its other signals assail my senses. If I photograph in such a way that I meaningfully evoke a sense of the known and the unknown, I feel I have succeeded" (Wynn Bullock). An absolute "must-have" title for Wynn Bullock collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is the Centenary Exhibition Catalog published by The Wynn Bullock Estate and Stephen Daiter Gallery in 2002, and should NOT be confused with the 1978 Aperture Edition. Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. 28 plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER WYNN BULLOCK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 15321.

$US 30.00

Dallesandro, Joe (Subject) & Bruce of Los Angeles (A.K.A. Bruce of LA)
Joe Dallesandro: Nude Black-and-white Photograph By Bruce Of Los Angeles

Imprint: Los Angeles, CA, Bruce Of Los Angeles
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Joe Dallesandro collectible item. An original vintage photographic print of the young model/actor, as photographed by Bruce of Los Angeles. The print measures 8 X 10 inches and is encased in an archival thick plastic sheet reinforced with hard board backing. It shows Dallesandro at the absolute peak of his beauty: Young, handsome, and buffed. He is shown in the Classical supine/"lying-back" position, with his erect penis in a revealing angle. This is not a digital print or a later, contemporary print, but was printed directly from the original negative during Bruce of LA's lifetime. It is very beautifully developed, with great clarity and subtle contrasts, on Double-Weight Fiber photographic paper, the paper Bruce of LA used in his last years. "Coupled with the fact that it is unstamped but retains its white borders, it dates back to Bruce's lifetime rather than the later Kensington Road Era. Because this is one of the more erotic poses from Bruce's single session with Joe Dallesandro, it is a rare print in this large size and format" (Reed Massengill). Joe Dallesandro remains the cult icon/figure of Warhol's ground-breaking underground films, whose aesthetics and style anticipate by almost fifty years the deliberately crude and gritty sex films that appear routinely online today. Before he was discovered and turned into his very own superstar by Warhol, Joe Dallesandro was the muse of the great male-nude photographers. But it was Bruce of Los Angeles who was the very first to photograph him, in exactly one session. Warhol avidly collected all of the so-called "physique magazines". After his Warhol breakthrough, Dallesandro was photographed by Duane Michals, Jack Mitchell, Francesco Scavullo, and Richard Avedon, among many other mainstream photographers. The Avedon prints are proudly displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is the genuine article, an absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Joe Dallesandro collectors. This is an original vintage photographic print, and it is very boldly and beautifully signed and inscribed in metallic-silver pen-marker in front by the model/actor: "XXX Joe Dallesandro". The three X's stand for "love", of course, and is quite special as such. The recipient, Reed Massengill, is the leading authority on male erotic photography in America. According to Massengill, Dallesandro told him that he does not sign his "fully-erect" poses, making an exception in the case of a few of Massengill's print copies. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy of the print available online, is eminently suitable for framing, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: A collection of Dallesandro memorabilia (publicity stills, magazine covers, film outtakes; not one of them an original print) available online commands $7500. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the iconic American model/actors of the 20th century. A fine collectible print. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOE DALLESANDRO AND BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 14029.

$US 1,000.00

Danticat, Edwidge
Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist At Work

Imprint: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 190 pages. Collection of essays on subject. One of the best books on American immigrant literature ever written. 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 Edwidge Danticat's "Create Dangerously". Her Princeton University Lectures in their final published form. The title is from the famous essay by Albert Camus. "Locates the inimitable power of truth. Authorship becomes an act of subversion when one's words might be read and acted on by someone risking his or her life if only to read them. Danticat reminds us that, in a cruel twist of fate, her native Haiti gained independence in a bloody slave uprising, not long after the United States did: Our ties, usually unexamined, run painfully deep. Whether eulogizing her family, writing on leading journalist Jean Dominique's assassination and exiled author Marie Vieux-Chauvet, or discussing Madison Avenue Primitive Jean-Michel Basquiat, Danticat documents what it means for an immigrant writer to create dangerously for immigrant readers who read dangerously, awakened and no longer participants in a culture of historical amnesia" (Publishers Weekly). Every book by Edwidge Danticat is quietly enthralling. It blows away the shallow and self-indulgent life stories of her fellow American writers, and deserves to be read by anyone who still cares about writing as literature. An absolute "must-have" title for Edwidge Danticat collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Edwidge Danticat. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in are pristine copies of the Souvenir Program and Bookmark of the Brooklyn Book Festival 2013, during which event her 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. Winner of the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation Grant in 1998 for "The Farming of Bones". Finalist for the National Book Award in 2007 for "Brother, I'm Dying". Selected by The New Yorker Magazine as one of the "Twenty Writers for the 21st Century". Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2009. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWIDGE DANTICAT TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0691140189.

Stock number: 18412. ISBN: 0691140189

$US 60.00

Danticat, Edwidge
The Farming Of Bones

Imprint: New York City, NY, Soho Press, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 312 pages. The author's breakthrough second novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. 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 that was not sold commercially. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Edwidge Danticat. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Edwidge Danticat's "The Farming of Bones". Her breakthrough novel. A writer of limpid, luminous, and often achingly poetic prose, Danticat is The Real Thing: A writer without a "message", but with a sensibility, mastery of the English language, and acute powers of observation and insight distinctly her own. Every book by Edwidge Danticat is quietly enthralling. "The Farming of Bones" remains her best book thus far. It blows away the shallow and self-indulgent life stories of her fellow American writers, and deserves to be read by anyone who still cares about writing as literature. An absolute "must-have" title for Edwidge Danticat collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Edwidge Danticat. 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 Advance Reader's Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation Grant in 1998 for "The Farming of Bones". Finalist for the National Book Award in 2007 for "Brother, I'm Dying". Selected by The New Yorker Magazine as one of the "Twenty Writers for the 21st Century". Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2009. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWIDGE DANTICAT TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 1345.

$US 30.00

Danto, Arthur C.
The State Of The Art

Imprint: New York City, NY, Prentice Hall Press/Simon & Schuster, 1987
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 230 pages. Retrospective collection of essays. One of the greatest (and under-appreciated) books on art and culture 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. Presents Arthur C. Danto's "The State of The Art". The ground-breaking, inaugural collection from possibly the single most important art critic in America of our time. All of the themes that the prolific Danto has explored and written about since then, over the course of a long and brilliant career, are laid out in this book. "An art critic who weaves Nietzsche and Hegel into criticism is rare, but Danto turns out philosophically informed criticism with pungency and bite. Reminds us that most 20th-century art has been revolutionary or religious, viewed by its makers as a means of spiritual transformation. Skewers the fashionable and chic with critiques of Julian Schnabel, Jonathan Borofsky, and others. His send-ups are all the more devastating for being good-natured and philosophically anchored. Danto is equally interesting whether he is re-assessing famous masters (Chagall, Van Gogh, Durer) or unraveling contemporaries whom he admires (Robert Motherwell, Leon Golub) " (Publishers Weekly). Erudition, eclectic taste, and keen intellect are the hallmarks of Arthur C. Danto's writing, and they are deployed here, in full, magnetic force. An absolute "must-have" title for Arthur C. Danto collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed, placed, dated (before publication), and inscribed in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by the author: "New York, 4 Feb 1987, For Ben & Dorothy, In friendship, affection, gratitude, and pleasure, Arthur C. Danto". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The couple-recipients, who are named, are close friends of the author and among few recipients of an advance copy. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and pre-publication 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. One of the most important philosopher/critics of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ARTHUR C. DANTO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0137708688.

Stock number: 20610. ISBN: 0137708688

$US 150.00

Daval, Jean-Luc
Photography: History Of An Art

Imprint: New York City, NY, Rizzoli, 1982
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 268 pages. Pioneering and illuminating account on subject. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An elegant production by Rizzoli: Oversize-volume format. Cloth boards with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors. Text by Jean-Luc Daval. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Jean-Luc Daval's "Photography: History of An Art". One of the most absorbing cultural histories ever written on an inexhaustible subject. With its emphasis on the evolution of photography in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the story of photography's growth as a medium of creative expression is told by the great Jean-Luc Daval with panache and meticulous attention to detail. His critical guidepost is Walter Benjamin, the first great critic of photography, who acutely observed that: "Subtle distinctions have been pointlessly made in the effort to decide whether or not photography is an art. What has not been asked is whether this very invention has not transformed the whole character of art itself" (Walter Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"). Benjamin ultimately saw photography as the new art, not necessarily for the better, because it signalled the complete triumph of technology over the "handmade" work of art, the decisive displacement by an infinitely reproducible medium of any established art form. Daval's account is much more sympathetic and argues for the considerable and, in some instances, truly remarkable artistic breakthroughs that were achieved through photography. An absolute "must-have" title for photography book 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 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. 238 black-and-white, 90 full-color reproductions. One of the most important photography scholars of the 20th century. A fine copy. . ISBN 0847804607.

Stock number: 5435. ISBN: 0847804607

$US 50.00

Davidson, Bruce (Photographer); Lewis, John & Willis, Deborah (Contributors)
Time Of Change: Civil Rights Photographs 1961-1965: The Deluxe Edition

Imprint: Los Angeles, CA, St. Ann's Press, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 172 pages. New Edition of the photographer's classic. One of the greatest photography books of the 20th century. Deluxe Slipcased Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with St. Ann's Press' regular trade edition. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by St. Ann's Press: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with titles embossed on the cover and spine and photographic reproduction pasted on the cover's center. Photographs by Bruce Davidson. Foreword by Congressman John Lewis. Introduction by Deborah Willis. Original 10 X 8 inch photographic print of the cover image, "Mother Brown", enclosed and very beautifully presented in its own matching black cloth portfolio. Black cloth slipcase. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Trifolio in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Re-presents, in the ultimate collectible format, Bruce Davidson's "Time of Change: Civil Rights Photographs 1961-1965". Possibly the greatest photography book on the Civil Rights Movement. "Intimate and revealing portraits of Dr. Martin Luther King, John Lewis, and other leaders. Describes the mood that prevailed during the Civil Rights Movement with a lyrical imagery that is both poignant and profound. Gives testimony to the struggle for freedom, equality, justice, and human dignity" (Publisher's blurb). "Unfolds like a great political drama, beginning in New York in 1961 and ending in the South during the mid-1960's marches. The ability to enter so sympathetically into what seems superficially an alien environment remains Bruce Davidson's sustained triumph. He becomes the friendly recorder of tenderness and tragedy" (Henry Geldzahler). An absolute "must-have" title for Bruce Davidson collectors. This copy is one of the Deluxe Slipcased Edition, indicated/numbered as such. It is very prominently and beautifully numbered and signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Bruce Davidson. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It also comes with a stunningly beautiful 10 X 8 inch original photographic print of "Mother Brown", the cover image, also very prominently and beautifully numbered and signed in pencil on verso by the photographer. This title is a great photography book. This is one of few copies of the Deluxe Slipcased Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 140 tritone plates, 1 original print. One of the greatest photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BRUCE DAVIDSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0971368120.

Stock number: 17926. ISBN: 0971368120

$US 1,000.00

Davis, Lynn (Photographer); Smith, Patti & Wurlitzer, Rudolph (Contributors)
Monument: Photographs By Lynn Davis

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

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 160 pages. Retrospective collection of landscape and landmark photographs. 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. An austerely elegant production by James Crump and Elsa Kendall: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Lynn Davis. Poem by Patti Smith. Introduction by Rudolph Wurlitzer. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Lynn Davis' "Monument". Her ambitious attempt to leave her mark on the landscape and landmark genre. She has succeeded brilliantly. The concept behind the collection is that a monument is a natural or a man-made structure whose motif is ascension. The greatest landmarks by Man, as Lynn Davis sees and presents them, rival, and often surpass, those of Nature, as breathtaking as the latter can be. Her images have a global reach: Egypt, Australia, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen, Lebanon, Greenland, and the United States. They include the Pyramid of Giza, Buddhist temples, the icebergs of Greenland, among other stupendous pinnacles of Nature and Man. "Davis articulates both the omnipotent forces of Nature and the most resolute building endeavors ever undertaken by Man. Davis's aesthetic is cool and refined; her sparse composition, and controlled modeling of light evoke solitude and contemplation" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Lynn Davis collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. A scarce copy thus. 60 plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1892041073.

Stock number: 21462. ISBN: 1892041073

$US 70.00

Davis, Claire
Winter Range

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

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 262 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most notable 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. "Autographed Copy" round sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Claire Davis' "Winter Range". The New West, the setting for an old-fashioned power struggle in Davis' entrancing debut. "Sheriff Ike Parsons, 42 and married to fiery redhead Pattiann, patiently patrols a small Montana town whose cattle outnumber its residents. Pattiann, who always loved the ranching life, was reluctant to settle into her role as a townie's wife, and is bitter over her father's decision to pass on the family ranch to her younger brother. It seems a modern Western woman is powerless, except in the sexual realm, which Pattiann discovered as a rebellious, promiscuous teen. Chas Stubblefield was one of the many boys she drunkenly coupled with in her youth, and 16 years later, when Chas comes to her for sympathy, she fools herself into thinking that she and the down-and-out rancher might still strike sparks. A lonely bachelor, Chas lacks business savvy and can't afford enough feed for his livestock during a particularly harsh winter. Compassionate (but ignorant of Chas' past with Pattiann), Ike offers to help Chas, fully expecting the stubborn, explosive man to swallow his pride. Chas' situation is indeed horrifying: His cattle are already dead or starving, and bankrupt Chas lives off the meat. Ike conceives a plan to mercy-kill the surviving animals, provoking Chas, now helpless to stop the law from taking everything he owns, to settle the score, even if it means hurting the woman he loves. Crisp details establish place and characters with authoritative clarity. As the characterization deepens, so do the suspense and the reader's empathy for decent people trapped by human flaws and fate. The narrative, moving surefootedly toward its denouement, raises serious questions about the law, love, and ethics in a tough rural community. With prose as crystalline and clean as snow on the Montana prairie, Davis establishes herself as a writer to watch" (Publishers Weekly). An absolute "must-have" title for Claire Davis collectors. This Autographed Copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Claire Davis. It is signed directly and vertically (as is her custom) 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 writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0312261403.

Stock number: 10952. ISBN: 0312261403

$US 30.00

Day, F. Holland (Photographer); Roberts, Pam; Havinga, Anne E. & Other Contributors
F. Holland Day

Imprint: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Waanders Publishers, 2001
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 144 pages. Exhibition Monograph. One of the most handsome monographs ever produced on the artist/photographer. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An elegant production by Pam Roberts: Regular-sized volume format. Ribbed gray cloth boards with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Duotone photographic reproduction pasted on the cover. Photographs by F. Holland Day. Essays by Pam Roberts, Anne E. Havinga, Verna Posever Curtis, and Edwin Becker. Collectively, the essays give an insightful introduction and in-depth critical assessment of F. Holland Day's place in the history of photography. The photographs are reproduced in miniature with accompanying Captions and appended at the end. Invaluable Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Printed on pristine-white, thick stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of a travelling exhibition that commenced at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and went on to the Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam and Museum Villa Stuck Munich in 2001. Presents "F. Holland Day". The artist/photographer's finest and most representative images. Brings the beautiful and controversial work of F. Holland Day back to the serious attention of the international audience, which was both thrilled and scandalized by the very same images in 1900. F. Holland Day was born in South Dedham, Massachusetts into a family of wealth and social responsibility. By 1900 he was, with Alfred Stieglitz, the most influential champion and practitioner of art photography in America and Europe. Because of the challenging nature of much of his subject matter (sacred religious themes, adult male nude figures), Day enjoyed a slightly edgier and more heightened reputation at the time. Influenced by William Morris, he established a publishing house in Boston in 1893, encouraged young and unusual authors, among them Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde, and was, in effect, a pioneer of what we would today call "networking", in the most positive sense of the word. At the same time, he became ever more involved in photography, sometimes using as models the talented immigrants whose education he sponsored, most notably the Lebanese immigrant/mystic writer-to-be Kahlil Gibran, who was an angelic-looking and handsome man. In 1904, Day's studio burned down, destroying his negatives. The photographs in museums today are from Day's home or friends' collections, especially Stieglitz and the British photographer Frederick Evans. A long-overdue critical re-assessment. An absolute "must-have" title for F. Holland Day collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. 95 duotone plates. One of the finest artist/photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER F. HOLLAND DAY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 9040095256.

Stock number: 12586. ISBN: 9040095256

$US 50.00

De Falla, Manuel (Composer); Berganza, Tereza; Carreras, Jose & Pons, Juan (Performers)
Manuel De Falla: La Vida Breve

Imprint: Hamburg, Germany, Deutsche Grammophon, 1992
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 2 pages. Rare Manuel De Falla, Tereza Berganza, Jose Carreras, and Juan Pons collectible item. A pristine copy of the Deutsche Grammophon Classical Compact Disc (CD) recording of the opera, "La Vida Breve". The recording was made in 1978 and re-issued in this double-disc CD set in 1992 as part of DG's "Espana '92" celebration. An absolute "must-have" collectible item for Manuel De Falla collectors. This copy of the Deutsche Grammophon Classical Compact Disc (CD) recording of "La Vida Breve" is now collectible. This is one of few copies of this historic recording still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Although the CD is listed, discussed, and lavishly praised online, we have found very few copies of the disc itself. A rare copy thus. Three of the greatest operatic singers of our time performing the music of one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. A fine copy. .

Stock number: 17255.

$US 40.00

De Middel, Cristina
Cristina De Middel "self Publish, Be Happy" Volume 3: Artist Book

Imprint: London, England, Self Publish/Be Happy Book Club, 2013
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 60 pages. Artist Book. Volume 3 of the critically acclaimed "Self Publish, Be Happy" Photography Book Series. The First Hardcover Edition. Published in a small and limited print run of 250 copies, simultaneously with the Limited Edition. This April 2013 First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Cristina De Middel: Regular-sized volume format. Red hard boards with black spine and hand-painted art on the cover, as issued. Each copy has unique, graffiti-inspired art on the cover. Color photographs by Cristina De Middel. "Add-ins" (the USCIS Immigration Form, New York Jets Game Card, and a tiny film negative in a small brown envelope) inserted within the book. Printed on thick archival stock paper in London to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Cristina De Middel's Artist Book contribution to the "Self Publish, Be Happy" Series. Challenges the archetype of street photography. "Embodying the notion of the American Dream and the tingling sensation of collective fascination with such an iconic place, the book is something of an enigma and hints at a multilayered story. Through signifiers and visual clues, the viewer is invited to piece together the sum of its parts, as in a game or a puzzle" (Publisher's blurb). The puzzle, if it is one, is the immigrant dream of a stable, prosperous, and fulfilling life, which is also the American Dream. That an idealized America is the physical epicenter of this global dream (despite its undeniable racial, social, and cultural problems, which street photography at its best often captures) is not America's fault. Surely, there is a reason that no one in the world dreams of moving to Russia or China as an immigrant. All of Cristina De Middel's Artist Books are tender, loving, and yet unflinching re-imaginations of nationalist, immigrant-internationalist, and all other utopian dreams. Although we may find her Artist Books funny and parodistic, they are, strictly speaking, neither humor nor parody. Cristina De Middel celebrates the greatest ideas and ideals, however imperfect, that people everywhere believe in, live by, and if necessary, are also willing to die for: Nationalism (nation/states that people now identify with as the very essence of their being, whether they be American, Jewish, or Zambian), the United Nations (the most abstract and unrealizable of ideals), and socially conscious, humane societies. Hers is a hopeful vision rather than a nihilistic or skeptical one, and as such, is very rare indeed among all-knowing contemporary artists. An absolute "must-have" title for Cristina De Middel collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Cristina De Middel. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with the "add-ins" (the USCIS Immigration Form, New York Jets Game Card, and a tiny film negative in a small brown envelope) that are randomly inserted within the book. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 60 color plates. Cristina De Middel's "The Afronauts" is widely regarded as one of the greatest photography books of our time. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CRISTINA DE MIDDEL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 18706.

$US 150.00

De Middel, Cristina
The Afronauts: The Editions Bessard Limited Edition

Imprint: Paris, France, Editions Bessard, 2014
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 38 pages. New Rendition/Edition of the artist/photographer's classic. Limited Edition of 300 numbered copies. Published as Volume 12 of Editions Bessard's "Zine Collection" Photography Book Series. Comes with an original color print (whereas the 2012 First Edition does NOT). The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Cristina De Middel: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with overlay, as issued. Photographs by Cristina De Middel. 5.5 X 6 inch original color print tipped-in. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in France to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Re-presents Cristina De Middel's "The Afronauts". After all is said and done, her breakthrough and her masterpiece. "Zambia 1964: The eccentric schoolteacher Edward Makuka Nkoloso single-handedly started a space program to put the first African on the moon, thereby joining the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States. Due to a lack of funding, from both the Zambian Government and the UN, and because one of the astronauts, a teenage girl, got pregnant, the program came to an early end. It is a lesser-known part of an African history that has been dominated by wars, violence, and hunger". The abortive Zambia Astronaut Project becomes the basis for Cristina De Middel's evocatively beautiful images fifty years later. "The images are beautiful and the story is pleasant at a first level. But it is built on the fact that nobody believes that Africa will ever reach the moon. It hides a very subtle critique to our position towards the whole continent and our prejudices" (Cristina De Middel). Why, indeed, can't Africans dream of going to the moon? Why should we identify Africa with under-development and barbarism? Among Cristina De Middel's re-imaginations of utopian dreams, "The Afronauts" (2012) is her most beautiful realization. Cristina De Middel celebrates the greatest ideas and ideals, however imperfect (and at times, contradictory), that people everywhere believe in, live by, and if necessary, are also willing to die for: Nationalism (nation/states that people now identify with as the very essence of their being, whether they be American, Jewish, or Zambian), the United Nations (the most abstract and unrealizable of ideals), and socially conscious, humane societies. Hers is a hopeful vision rather than a nihilistic or skeptical one, and as such, is very rare indeed among contemporary artists. An absolute "must-have" title for Cristina De Middel collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Edition of 300 copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It comes with a beautiful 5.5 X 6 inch original color print, tipped into the Front Limitation Page, that is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on verso by Cristina De Middel. Because the signed print is tipped-in on the very first page (rather than laid-in its own sleeve), De Middel did not need to sign the book itself. This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies of the 2012 First Edition available online command as much as $4000, perhaps rightly so. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 30 color plates, 1 original color print. Cristina De Middel's "The Afronauts" is widely regarded as one of the greatest photography books of our time. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CRISTINA DE MIDDEL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 8460877310.

Stock number: 21907. ISBN: 8460877310

$US 400.00

Deaver, Jeffery
Garden Of Beasts: A Novel Of Berlin 1936

Imprint: New York City, NY, Simon & Schuster, 2004
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 405 pages. The author's 19th novel. One of Jeffery Deaver'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 Jeffery Deaver's "Garden of Beasts". A delicious, unputdownable tale set in Nazi Berlin. The book's hero is a mob hit man, Paul Schumann, who is nabbed in the act in New York City, but given an alternative to the electric chair: Go to Berlin undercover, as a journalist writing about the upcoming Olympics, in order to assassinate Colonel Reinhard Ernst, the chief architect of Hitler's militarization. "Deaver weaves three manhunts, Paul after his target, Kohl after Paul, and the Nazi hierarchy after Paul, with a deft hand, bringing to frightening life the Berlin of 1936, a city on the brink of madness. Top Nazis, including Hitler, Himmler, and Goring, make colorful cameos, but it's the smart, shaded-gray characterizations of the principals that anchor the exciting plot. An affecting love affair between Paul and his German landlady goes in surprising directions, as do the main plot lines, which move outside Berlin as heroes become villains and vice versa. This is prime Deaver, which means prime entertainment" (Publishers Weekly). An absolute "must-have" title for Jeffery Deaver collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Jeffery Deaver. 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 thriller/novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JEFFERY DEAVER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0743222016.

Stock number: 10263. ISBN: 0743222016

$US 30.00

DeGraff, Andrew (Artist) & Harmon, Daniel (Contributor)
Plotted

Imprint: San Francisco, CA, PULP Books, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 126 pages. Collection of original maps, inspired by literary classics. One of the most beautiful literary-cum-art 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. "Autographed Copy" round sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Andrew DeGraff's "Plotted". Interpretations of literary masterpieces as dazzling maps. "Offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from 'The Odyssey', 'Hamlet', 'Pride And Prejudice', 'Invisible Man', 'A Wrinkle In Time', 'Watership Down', 'A Christmas Carol', and more. Provides a unique, new way of appreciating the lands of the human imagination" (Publisher's blurb). "Paired with essays by Daniel Harmon, these maps illuminate classic works of literature in fun and appealing new ways. Many of the stories depicted are from classic works of children's literature (such as 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and 'A Wrinkle In Time'), and all are plotted intricately with vibrant colors. DeGraff also includes sophisticated renderings from the works of Shakespeare, Kafka, Borges, Homer, Austen, and Verne. Some representations are maps in the common sense: DeGraff tracing the movements of Odysseus around the Mediterranean, Scrooge around London, Hamlet through the rooms of Elsinore Castle. Some feature diagrams: The depiction of the Pequod from 'Moby Dick'. Others are more abstract: DeGraff plots the romantic courses of the characters of 'Pride And Prejudice' in an intertwined rollercoaster-like structure. Harmon's ruminations on these works add an additional dimension to the maps. A rewarding excursion across the literary landscape that will be cherished by map enthusiasts as well as bibliophiles" (Publishers Weekly). An absolute "must-have" title for Andrew DeGraff collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the artist's specially-designed bookplate by Andrew DeGraff. The latter is neatly pasted on the half-title page. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy (with signed bookplate) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: DeGraff did not make a single public appearance to launch the book. Instead, he (through his publisher) issued a very limited number of copies with signed bookplates to satisfy public demand. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant artist/illustrators of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1936976862.

Stock number: 20181. ISBN: 1936976862

$US 50.00

Deitrick, Kurt (Photographer) & Unidentified Athlete/Model (Subject)
Male Nude: "athlete With White Sock" Color Photograph By Kurt Deitrick

Imprint: Los Angeles, CA, Kurt Deitrick Studios, 1986
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Kurt Deitrick and male erotic photography collectible item. An original vintage color photographic print of an unidentified blond athlete, as photographed by Kurt Deitrick. It is one of Deitrick's most (inadvertently) inspired male nudes ever. The print measures 5 X 7 inches and is encased in an oversize thick protective plastic sheet. It shows the handsome, hirsute yet clean-cut model in one of Deitrick's single most beautiful images. It is a conventional nude pose, except for one brilliant touch: His right foot is raised and his white sock is visible. It is unconscious on the part of the photographer that a male nude which shows a sock (just one, not the pair) alludes to two erotic elements: The single-letter difference between "sock" and "cock" and the almost-identical sound of "sock" and "suck". All three words have multiple meanings, the sexual ones being slang. This is not a digital print or a later, contemporary print but was printed directly from the original negatives in the 1980's, at the time of first publication. Beautifully developed, with great clarity and warm tones, on Kodak photographic paper. This is the genuine article, an absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Kurt Deitrick and male erotic art photography collectors. This original vintage color photographic print is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the print available online, is eminently suitable for framing, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. One of the best American male-nude images of the 20th century. A fine print. (SEE ALSO OTHER KURT DEITRICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 16539.

$US 100.00

DeLillo, Don
Cosmopolis

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

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 209 pages. The author's thirteenth 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 Don DeLillo's "Cosmopolis". The first serious literary attempt to come to terms with the so-called "dotcom bubble" financial debacle at the turn of the 21st century. It was the precursor that eventually led to the sub-prime mortgage global meltdown of the first decade, whose after-shocks will reverberate for a long time to come. Takes place entirely in one day as Packer, the protagonist, gradually then volcanically unravels while he is driven across Manhattan to get a haircut, a dramatic "set-up" only DeLillo could pull off convincingly. The novel is ultimately an extended meditation on what it means to be human in an inhuman Digital Age. Since DeLillo's allegorical novel is, as expected, scathing and ruminates a good deal, the novel has received some of the most mixed reviews of his long and brilliant career, a misunderstanding on the part of an audience and critics rather than a shortcoming on DeLillo's part, whose target is always on the mark. If only die-hard Don DeLillo admirers read this novel, it would be a shame because the writer always has something arresting and important to say, in exquisite language that few other living American writers possess today. The novel is dedicated to Paul Auster, who has dwelled on the dark side of the American Dream in his own work. The basis of the fine film adaptation by David Cronenberg, with Robert Pattinson in the lead role. This comes with a pristine copy of the film version on Blu-ray. An absolute "must-have" title for Don DeLillo collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the front free endpaper by Don DeLillo. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Program, "Traffic", published to commemorate the one-time-only event held at the Steppenwolf Theatre Chicago, during which the author performed an excerpt of "Cosmopolis" with two Steppenwolf actors. The Souvenir contains a full-page account by DeLillo on how he came to write his novel, which has not appeared in published form anywhere else. This also comes with a pristine copy of the film version on Blu-ray. 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: DeLillo seldom does public signings, and limits the number of books he signs when he does. Most signed copies are pre-signed through the publisher on a tipped-in page, which does not have the same collectible value. 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. Regarded by the literary critic Harold Bloom as one of the canonical writers of the 20th century. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize in 1999, the first American writer to be so honored, among numerous other literary prizes. "Underworld" was selected as the second most important work of American fiction of the last 25 years by The New York Times panel of writers, editors, and critics. "Libra" and "White Noise" were included in the Top 20 list. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DON DELILLO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0743244249.

Stock number: 10306. ISBN: 0743244249

$US 150.00

DeLillo, Don
Running Dog

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1978
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 250 pages. The author's sixth novel. One of the greatest American novels of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Don DeLillo's "Running Dog". A beautifully written and wise novel. "Don DeLillo has, as they used to say, class. He is original, versatile, and in his disdain of last year's emotional guarantees, fastidious. Into our technology-riddled world and daily lives, he reads the sinister ambiguities, the floating ugliness of America's recent history" (John Updike). The fastidious Updike wrote that in 1978, and with characteristic perceptiveness, identified DeLillo's themes as a writer. DeLillo's body of work has since grown significantly in quantity and quality. In his case, quantity is quality, as each new DeLillo novel challenges and rewards the discriminating reader as few American writers can. "The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. The writer is the man or woman who automatically takes a stance against his or her government. There are so many temptations for American writers to become part of the system and part of the structure that now, more than ever, we have to resist. American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous. Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail" (Don DeLillo). An absolute "must-have" title for Don DeLillo collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Don DeLillo. 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: DeLillo seldom does public signings, and limits the number of books he signs when he does. Signed copies of his books are usually available from the publisher, pre-signed on a tipped-in page, which does not have the same collectible value. 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. Regarded by the literary critic Harold Bloom as one of the canonical writers of the 20th century. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize in 1999, the first American writer to be so honored, among numerous other literary prizes. "Underworld" was selected as the second most important work of American fiction of the last 25 years by The New York Times panel of writers, editors, and critics. "Libra" and "White Noise" were included in the Top 20 list. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DON DELILLO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394501438.

Stock number: 9572. ISBN: 0394501438

$US 300.00

DeLillo, Don
The Body Artist

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

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 124 pages. The author's twelfth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Don DeLillo's "The Body Artist". Immediately after his monumental "Underworld", an exquisite and spare erotic novella. "Focusses on the relation between Eros and Thanatos, with the writer's inimitable keenness of insight and observation. At this stage of his career, a slender book is nothing less than an adventure for the capacious DeLillo. So is his willingness to risk sentimentality, to immerse us in personal rather than national traumas. A real, raw accomplishment" (James Marcus). Singled out by Susan Sontag (in "Where The Stress Falls") as DeLillo's most perfect achievement, joining the small shelf of American masterpiece-novellas that include Glenway Wescott's "The Pilgrim Hawk" (1940), Elizabeth Hardwick's "Sleepless Nights" (1979), and Rachel Ingalls' "Mrs. Caliban" (1982). Less is often, if not always, more. An absolute "must-have" title for Don DeLillo collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Don DeLillo. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, as copies available online are. This title is a contemporary classic. 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: DeLillo seldom does public signings, and limits the number of books he signs when he does. Signed copies of his books are usually available from the publisher, pre-signed on a tipped-in page, which does not have the same collectible value. A rare signed copy thus. Regarded by the literary critic Harold Bloom as one of the canonical writers of the 20th century. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize in 1999, the first American writer to be so honored, among numerous other literary prizes. "Underworld" was selected as the second most important work of American fiction of the last 25 years by The New York Times panel of writers, editors, and critics. "Libra" and "White Noise" were included in the Top 20 list. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DON DELILLO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 074320395X.

Stock number: 20474. ISBN: 074320395X

$US 150.00

DeMille, Nelson
Up Country: The Uncorrected Proof

Imprint: New York City, NY, Warner Books, 2001
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 140 pages. The author's eighth novel. The sequel to "The General's Daughter". One of Nelson DeMille's finest achievements. Uncorrected Proof. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a tiny print run as a softcover original only for the exclusive use of the publisher and author. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Nelson DeMille's "Up Country". Relentless in its brilliance and energy. "Revives the army career of Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, the cynical, hardworking Criminal Investigation Division man who was forcibly retired after solving the high-profile killing in 'The General's Daughter'. Brenner is called back to investigate the murder of a young army lieutenant by his captain. The catch is, the crime took place during the heat of the Tet Offensive, and the only living witness is a North Vietnamese soldier who described the incident in a 30-year-old letter that has only recently come to light. The trip immediately turns dangerous as he heads up country to search for the letter writer, accompanied by a gorgeous American businesswoman. Intersperses historical facts and chilling political possibilities with enough local color to provide some serious flashbacks for his fellow veterans. The payoff at the end is worth a couple of hundred extra pages" (Barrie Trinkle). An absolute "must-have" title for Nelson DeMille collectors. This copy of the Uncorrected Proof is very prominently and beautifully signed and inscribed in blue pen on the title page by the author: "For Ron, Best wishes, Nelson DeMille". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient is named. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the Uncorrected Proof still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American mystery novelists of our time. A fine copy. .

Stock number: 10774.

$US 30.00

Denny, Frances F. (Photographer) & Locascio, Lisa (Contributor)
Let Virtue Be Your Guide: Photographs By Frances F. Denny

Imprint: Sante Fe, New Mexico, Radius Books, 2016
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 108 pages. Debut 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. A brilliant production by David Chickey: Oversize-volume format. Pink cloth boards, as issued. Photographs by Frances F. Denny. Original piece, "Primer", by Lisa Locascio. The latter beautifully complements the evocative portraits of contemporary descendants of the original Mayflower/Puritan settlers of America. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In integral protective plastic covers with white titles printed in front and on the spine, as issued. Presents Frances F. Denny's "Let Virtue Be Your Guide". Her award-winning sequence of portraits of women-descendants, and their surroundings, of the very first white settlers of America. "Examines the author's family and their deeply-rooted history as early settlers of New England (one ancestor, John Howland, was a deckhand aboard The Mayflower). Unearthing the idea of feminine virtue from the confines of its historical meaning, Denny's photographs of the women in her family have a watchful quality, as if she is defining for herself what it means to be a woman. Her subjects, and the domestic spaces they inhabit, together evoke a distinct and well-worn privilege. But Denny finds the places where seams pull apart, exposing the shifts occurring across generations of women. A search for meaning in heritage, a challenge to the notion of legacy, and the artist's reckoning with a traditional version of American femininity" (Publisher's blurb). The title is a nod to The Past, the modernized version of "Let Virtue Be A Guide To Thee" (1730), a series of books published during the Colonial Period, instruction manuals for women on needlepoint and other crafts. The work speaks for itself: Its luminous, understated palette draws you in, making you (somehow) feel at home. Even if you will always be an outsider to this self-contained world, Denny does not make you feel like an unwelcome tourist. An absolute "must-have" title for Frances F. Denny collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (two months before publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the photographer: "April 1, 2016 Chicago Frances F. Denny". It is also very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on her Contribution by Lisa Locascio. It is signed directly on the pages themselves, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Exhibition Material of the event during which their signatures were obtained. This title is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such double-signed, placed, and pre-publication dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is an Advance Signed Copy, obtained in person. The book was not released to the public until end-May 2016. A rare signed copy thus. 36 color plates, 1 fold-out photographic insert. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 1942185006.

Stock number: 20361. ISBN: 1942185006

$US 150.00

Derrida, Jacques (Author) & Fort, Jeffrey (Translator)
Copy, Archive, Signature: A Conversation On Photography

Imprint: Palo Alto, CA, Stanford University Press, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 112 pages. Posthumous translation of the author's transcribed commentary on subject. One of the most fascinating and illuminating texts on photography ever published. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. The book was first published in German and has not yet appeared in France (the conversation was conducted in French). Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original by a University Press. Without DJ, as issued. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jacques Derrida's "Copy, Archive, Signature: A Conversation On Photography " in a felicitous English translation. Reflections on photography, which represent an attempt to take up where Roland Barthes' seminal "Camera Lucida" leaves off. The book is best appreciated as a fruitful discussion, a tentative, promising, meandering, and frequently tantalizing beginning rather than The Last Word. An extremely prolific writer, Derrida did not pursue the insights in this one-off conversation any further mainly because he saw photography in the much larger context of "memory", going so far as to say that his real life-work has been as a "memorialist" (rather than thinker or philosopher). "Makes available for the first time in English, and for the first time in its entirety in any language, an important yet little-known Interview on photography that Jacques Derrida granted in 1992 to the German theorist of photography Hubertus von Amelunxen and the German literary and media theorist Michael Wetzel. Their conversation addresses questions of presence and its manufacture, the technicity of presentation, the volatility of the authorial subject, and the concept of memory. Derrida offers a penetrating intervention with regard to the distinctive nature of photography vis-a-vis related technologies such as cinema, television, and video. Questioning the all-too-facile divides between so-called old and new media, original and reproduction, analogue and digital modes of recording and presenting, he provides stimulating insights into the ways in which we think and speak about the photographic image today" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Jacques Derrida collectors. This title is a modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JACQUES DERRIDA TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0804760969.

Stock number: 19080. ISBN: 0804760969

$US 70.00

Deruytter, Wouter (Artist/Photographer) & Wood, John (Contributor)
Cowboy Code

Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, Arena Editions, 2000
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 148 pages. The photographer's fourth collection. Wouter Deruytter's very first title to be published in the United States. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by James Crump and Elsa Kendall: Oversize-volume format. Brown cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Wouter Deruytter. Essay, "Youthful Elegance and The Masks of Destiny", by the great photography critic and scholar John Wood. Printed on pristine-whtie, thick uncoated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy 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 Wouter Deruytter's "Cowboy Code". The immensely talented Belgian photographer's homage to the American Cowboy and his way of life. The great American writer Annie Proulx ("Brokeback Mountain") has convincingly suggested that the cowboy may have a steady girlfriend or full-fledged wife, but his deepest bonds are with other cowboys. Wouter Deruytter studied with Nan Goldin, Duane Michals, and Bruce Weber, and has steadily gained a considerable reputation in Europe. This book was intended in part to gain recognition for him in the United States. "Well-known for his images of people in the masks and costumes of their identities, from the time-traveling duo McDermott & McGough to drag queens to circus performers, Deruytter has turned his attention to the American West. For the past three summers, he has been photographing cowboys and small town rodeos in Montana. The rodeo cowboy is an omnipresent image in American culture, a modern-day folk hero and the subject of plays, movies, television, novels and all the other arts. But in these photographs from small, non-commercial rodeos, Deruytter brings to light a more homemade image than what we have become accustomed to. Deruytter's cowboys are not one-dimensional anachronisms: They tell a great mythic tale but they also suggest several historical parallels and force us to remember vanishing things we like to think of as permanent American values. They carefully document the small-town rodeo and ultimately they exude a sensuality and youthful elegance these cowboys may not be aware of. These are eloquent and sensual images that bring to light another side of the cowboy myth in America" (John Wood). An absolute "must-have" title for Wouter Deruytter collectors. This copy is very boldly, elaborately, and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (in the year of publication) in blue ink-pen on the title page by the photographer: "Wouter Deruytter NYC 2000". 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, placed, and publication-year dated copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 70 duotone plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER WOUTER DERUYTTER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1892041340.

Stock number: 11471. ISBN: 1892041340

$US 80.00

Desai, Kiran
Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard

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

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 209 pages. The author's debut novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The DJ design by Charles Rue Woods is splendid, utilizing an adaptation of traditional Indian figurative art by John Martinez. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Kiran Desai's "Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard". An unqualified pleasure. "A wild, sad, humorous story about the oldest son of an eccentric family in a small Indian village. Born at the moment a crash of thunder signals the end of a long, hot drought, Sampath grows into a disappointing young man. After he loses a job, Sampath's mother attempts to comfort him with a guava, but it explodes as Sampath is admiring its green coolness, compelling him to flee his family and village to an abandoned orchard, climb into a guava tree, and stay there" (Library Journal). "Lush and intricately imagined" (Salman Rushdie). Critical praise deemed Desai's beautifully written first outing worthy of comparison with the work of such giants as Salman Rushdie, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and Shashi Tharoor. If her name rings a bell, it's because it does: Kiran is the daughter of Anita Desai. An absolute "must-have" title for Kiran Desai collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Kiran Desai. 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 her signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have all kinds of inexplicable flaws for a relatively new book: Creasing, soiling, tears, bumps, you name it even if the dealers themselves do not. Yet they are priced as though they had collectible value. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize in 2006 and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2007 for "The Inheritance of Loss". One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER KIRAN DESAI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0871137119.

Stock number: 20625. ISBN: 0871137119

$US 50.00