1934. Hardcover. Forty-two issues of the magazine 'Leica Photography' published in New York, bound in three sturdy volumes. These offer wonderful documentation of the early twentieth-century photography, with advertisements, announcements of new technology, correspondence and, of course, photographs. These early issues include the magazine's first color covers (May 1937). During.....
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1913. Hardcover. Wonderfully written narratives of all of the missions and sepia tone photos mounted to heavy card stock, with the very scarce dust jacket. DESCRIPTION: The dust jacket is heavy dark green paper with the title in darker green to the front panel.....
C.P. Heininger, 1888. Soft cover. A collection of very nice early photos of California and The West from the late 1800's, a special focus on Yosemite, but many of Oregon, Utah, and destinations in California. Dark green cloth boards, blind debossed designs on the front board and the Great Seal.....
New York: U.S. Camera, 1944. Soft cover. A collection of photographs and writings by Ansel Adams from the Manzanar concentration camp in Inyo County, California where Japanese-Americans were relocated from 1942-1945. Light wear to top and bottom of spine (see photos), light wear to cover. Sunned spine, title and publisher.....
Boston, MA: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park, and Houghton Mifflin, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. A collection of 30 photographs by Ansel Adams, with interpretative text and informative material on the Parks and Monuments and photographic data. Comb binding. Cardboard covers. Grey mark on bottom back cover (see photo). Light.....
Thames & Hudson, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Like new softcover with reproductions and description of a series of wall paintings from the Lukhang, the private meditation chamber of the Dalai Lamas. With 180 illustrations, 150 in color. 216pp. 12.5 x 9.5". As a larger book, this item might require.....
San Francisco, California: California Historical Society, 1960. Hardcover. We are pleased to offer this volume which shows some of the iconic buildings that have survived the Gold Rush period in California history. It is a limited edition and this copy is #368/1000, it has been inscribed by the author/photographer on.....
Harry N. Abrams, 2003. Hardcover. Intimate look at the Beatles through the lens of Harry Benson. There is minor wear and bending to the edges of the cover. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked and the book is in very good condition overall.
MFA Publications, 2008. Soft cover. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked.
Black Sparrow Press, 1995. Montfort, Michael. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No. 269 of 326 deluxe copies signed by photographer Michael Montfort, with a laid in original photographic print. Bukowski's account of his 1978 European trip, blending travelogue, poetry and photography. 9 x 10.75"
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second Printing, SIGNED by Cosindas to a previous owner, dated June 12, 1982. With an essay by Tom Wolfe. Price clipped jacket, with minor sunning of spine. 143pp. 12 x10.5"
Dorsoduro Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 9.25" x 8.25". With an inscription from the author ("Jan, Thanks for your support on this project. I hope you enjoy your investment, Dennis') and a card reading 'This stamp signifies that this copy is on the first 350 copies distributed to the original.....
Channel Photographics, 2006. Special Edition. Hardcover. 11.5" x 14.5" Housed in publisher's original box with shrink wrap.
Ministerio da Cultura, 1999. Hardcover. Dust Jacket has some minor shelf-wear. Otherwise, book is almost like new with clean and unmarked pages.
Studio Vista, 1989. Hardcover. A history of the Cinecitta studios, with text and commentary by Fellini, translated by Graham Fawcett. Unclipped jacket with $50 price sticker. Minor scuffs and wear to the corners, head and tail of the jacket. The grey covers with silver lettering are clean and unmarked, as.....
Santa Barbara: El Mochuelo Gallery, 1964. Hardcover. 13"x11.5". A beautifully printed collection of photographs, selected by Callahan and reproduced using 300-line screen offset process on Warren's Offset Enamel paper by the Meriden Gravure Company. The collection is included by Andrew Roth in 'The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books.....
Assouline, 2011. Hardcover. A richly illustrated history of the famous venue, including a selection of recipes. Red cloth cover. A previous owner has dog-eared a number of pages.
University Press of Colorado, 2009. Hardcover. 11" x 9" "Lane Ryo Hirabayashi was an innovator in the field of Asian American Studies, a historian and storyteller who dedicated his life to deepening public knowledge of Japanese American WWII incarceration."
Boo-Hooray. Limited Edition. Soft cover. 14.5" x 11" Curated by Jonas Mekas and Johan Kugelberg, the Jack Smith exhibit at Boo-Hooray opened on February 14th, 2003. This book contains annotations and illustrations of artwork, photography, ephemera, short stories, poetry and correspondence. It is one of only 300 copies.
Hong Kong: 2010. Soft cover. Intimate behind the scenes, black and white photos, taken by the actor Jeff Bridges, on the set of the movie True Grit. This is 1/1550 printed copies. Front cover has a black and white photo from the set with the title in brown cursive print.....
Yugensha, 1978. Hardcover. Collection of hauntingly beautiful photographs by the Japanese photographer Jun Morinaga. The book also includes several essays including one by the esteemed American photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. Jun's always had a fascination with water, a large focus of the photographs in this collection.The book is cloth-bound with.....
Light Squared Media, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is a photographic journey from the time Ken Light turned 18, through President Nixon's resignation, capturing a portrait of American during this time. Ken Light's signature can be found on the title page (see photos). Book is almost like new with clean.....
Twelve Trees, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, limited to 5,000 casebound copies. SIGNED by Mapplethorpe. From Susan Sontag's introductory essay: "I once asked Mapplethope what he does with himself wen he poses for the camera, and he replied that he tries to find that part of himself that is.....
Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 1998. Hardcover. Very good in a very good jacket. Very slight toning to the edges of the pages. 313 pp., 4 page index, 2 pages publisher's ads. 9 x 10"
Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. Hardcover. A collection of photographs from esteemed San Francisco landscape artist Andrea Cochran. A great showcase of her talent as well as inspiration for your own backyard design. Book is almost like new with clean and unmarked pages.