Collection: Photography

San Francisco: Idlewild Publishing Company, 1967. 79pp. 4to; saddle-stapled in illustrated card wraps. Front wrap rubbed and lightly creased; rear soiled; one spot of soiling to bottom fore-edge of the textblock. About very good. Photobook documenting the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene at the height of its... More

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First edition. Quarto; black cloth; white spine titles; dust jacket. 221pp. Mild sunning to spine ends; toning and light soiling to textblock edges; black endpapers lightly faded. Unclipped ("$15.00") jacket with moderate wear to spine ends, tips & along top... More

Tokyo: Media Factory, 2000. [96]pp.; color illus. Tall 4to. Signature-bound in photo illustrated wraps; matching dust jacket; belly band. Spotting to belly band, bookseller’s stamp on first page; else fine. Japanese photobook featuring color images of hand-built sheds in mostly rural locations around Japan; echoes... More

Tokyo: Aaaka Art Publishing, 2010. [108]pp.; color illus. 8vo. Signature-bound in glossy photo- illustrated wraps; belly band. Very near fine, with light edge wear and bookseller stamp on first page. Belly band folded flat and laid in, with creasing, wear, and short closed tears. Uncommon... More

Los Angeles: The Guild of Tutors Press, 1978. First edition. 4to. Perfect-bound in printed red wraps. 120pp., with index of titles and first lines. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photo reproductions. Very good (+), with light wear to edges and ends of the very lightly faded... More

First edition of this lavishly illustrated book of American skiing locales, as photographed by Helene Fischer, featuring text by New Directions founder James Laughlin and book design by legendary American designer Alvin Lustig. NY: Hastings House, 1946. First edition. Quarto, 12-1/2 x 9-5/8 in. [108]... More

A grouping of five signed self-published artist’s books by American photographer and book artist Todd Walker (1917-1998). In the mid-1960s, after receiving an offset press as a gift from his wife, Walker began publishing his own works, which show an increasing mastery of the various... More

Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1978. First trade edition (as distinct from the limited slipcased edition). 8vo. Signature-bound in glossy white wraps, in printed parchment jacket. Unpaginated (~43pp.) Signed and briefly inscribed by Michals on the title-page: "For Richard, OK!" Ten captioned photographs by Michals accompany ten... More

NY: Grossman Publishers, 1972. First edition. 4to. 128pp. Brown cloth, white spine titles. About fine in a very good, unclipped "$8.95" jacket with two 1" closed tears at head of rear panel, light general rubbing. A photographic portrait of life in the early 70s ghettos... More

Gillian McCain and James Marshall: 2010. 4to. 111pp, indexed. First edition. Gluebound in plain black cloth boards. Fine in a fine jacket with a couple of short closed tears at top rear tip. Collects fifty found photos from the collection of McCain, a poet and co-author... More

Chaville, France: Natives, 2003. 4to. 117pp. First edition. Black cloth, gilt spine titles. Inscribed by Aull on front endpage. One dog-eared page corner, else fine in a very good (+) jacket with light wear and laminate curling at spine ends. Full color NYC photographs by Aull,... More