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(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Zurich, SWITZERLAND & Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: Nieves & Someday Gallery, 2006. First Edition 1/200 Artist Proofs. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (160pp), 78 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "This is Ari Marcopoulos' ironically titled, compelling mix of new and old images - a collection of his works like you have never experienced before. The book is published by Nieves for the exhibition "Under Penalty of Perjury" at Someday Gallery in Melbourne, where Ari’s works are shown for the first time as large scale black and white photocopied prints on paper. Ari’s long-standing collaboration with Nieves and his choice of using xeroxed reproductions for the exhibition have made it a natural step to produce this new book together. It comes with two different covers and is published in an edition of two hundred copies". A most handsome example of what is arguably the most sought after of Mr. Marcopoulos' many fine books from the one hundred unnumbered copies with the image of skateboarder Frank Natiello on the front cover additionally BOLDLY SIGNED TWICE by the photographer in black ink across the title page. Inventory Number: 023068

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2007. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "What's Happening?" is artist/photographer supreme Ari Marcopoulos' slender little artist's book of black and white views of the natural world between late 2006 and early 2007 - though there is a single image of two skateboarders pictured here at the rear. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in a numbered (76/150) edition limited to one hundred and fifty copies. Inventory Number: 023066

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2007. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "What's Happening?" is "Zine Master of the World" Ari Marcopoulos' slender little artist's book of black and white photographs of the natural world taken between late 2006 and early 2007 - though there is a single image of two skateboarders pictured here at the rear. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in an edition of one hundred and fifty NUMBERED (77/150) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in black ink on the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 022556

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari, Jeremy Sigler, Angelique Spaninks, Kate Fowle & Will Bradley. Eindhoven & Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Mu & Veenman Publishers, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Whether photographing his wife and two young sons - sometimes sleeping tenderly together in a sun-drenched bed, other times spacing out by the pool or in the car - the international snowboarding scene, from Japan to Iran; or his peers in the world of outsider creativity, Ari Marcopoulos brings us all the way to the inside of an insider's world. This tight collection of sexy documentary portraits bites off exactly as much as it wants to chew, and features original writing by Will Bradley, Jeremy Sigler and Angelique Spaninks." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition with the "Craig Kelly, Fernie BC, 1999 " image cover variant. 90-8690-005-4 Inventory Number: 026846

(MARCUS, KEN). Marcus, Ken. Tokyo, JAPAN: Wanimagazine Co., Ltd., 1996. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Erotic Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English and Japanese. "California Club" is the first feature length book to feature noted Playboy and Penthouse Magazine photographer Ken Marcus' explicit bondage images. Shot in 1995 in sunny Southern California, Marcus employed both the Japanese Kinbaku master Nagaike Takeshi and his American counterpart Ernest Greene (credited here as "Ira") to tie, gag, and suspend a bevy of erotic models and adult film actresses. Featuring hundreds of yards of multi-colored rope, corsets, lots of latex, and leather collars, belts and restraints aplenty, the very early in their careers Chasey Lain, Jenna Jameson, and Dita Von Teese appear in more than a dozen images each as part of this "East Meets West" fusion. A brand new, most handsome example of the first and only edition of this exceedingly uncommon (unsurprisingly only a single copy in a Tokyo library is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) item published only in Japan. 4-89829-240-2 Inventory Number: 027496

(MARKOSIAN, DIANA). Markosian, Diana. New York, NY: Aperture, I00250219. 2024. First Edition. 9 x 6 1/2", 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Flocking Over Boards. Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued. 978-1597115896

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF FATHER HERE! MS. MARKOSIAN WILL BE SIGNING COPIES AT ARCANA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd FROM 4:00 UNTIL 6:00 PM. ORDERS WILL BEGIN SHIPPING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th.

144pp. 70 color illustrations. "Diana Markosian’s "Father" is an intimate and engrossing diaristic portrayal of estrangement and reconnection, recounted through documentary photographs, family snapshots, text, and visual ephemera. The book presents the photographer’s journey to another place and another time, where Markosian attempts to piece together an image of a familiar stranger - her long-lost father. The book explores her father’s absence, her reconciliation with him, and the shared emptiness of their prolonged estrangement. The images, made over the course of a decade, take place in her father’s home in Armenia. In Markosian’s first monograph, Santa Barbara (Aperture, 2020), the photographer recreates the story of her family’s journey from post–Soviet Russia to the US in the 1990s. Father uses both documentary photographs and archives of objects, letters, and vernacular images to probe the fifteen years of absence and separation from the photographer’s childhood. In this voyage of self-discovery, Markosian touchingly renders her longing for connection to a man she barely remembers and who asks her, when she finds him, “Why did it take you so long?” A brand new example of this exquisite and poignant production additionally SIGNED by Diana Markosian.

Inventory Number: E000DMF

(MCCLOSKEY, RICK). McCloskey, Rick. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Sturm and Drang, I00200717, 2020. 3rd Printing. 9 x 11 in., 132 pages. Hardbound. Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

American car culture at its vibrant best

Wednesday night was Cruise Night in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles. The stretch on Van Nuys Boulevard between Ventura Boulevard on the southern end, and well past Sherman Way to the north, teemed with kids and cars from all over Southern California on Wednesday nights. It was a terrific place to both see and be seen, and to show off your ride as well.

Gas was cheap, times were great, and the boulevard hummed with life during the evenings. Even the draft during the Vietnam War did not dampen the street scene. By 1972, the year Rick McCloskey went to Van Nuys to shoot his series of photographs, the culture on the boulevard had become an amalgamation of divergent lifestyles, automobiles – used and new – and some very different looks and styles. There were tribes of van kids – surfers mostly – low-riders, muscle cars, street racers, Volkswagen owners, and many more, and of course, thousands of young people. The idea of retro had arrived as well, with some young people emulating the look and style of the 1950s. Of course, there were individuals who had to be there for work. In making these images, Rick McCloskey set about portraying the young people, their cars, and the iconic background settings.

Today, young people no longer have anything similar to the past boulevard gathering places, where so many people can enjoy just being there together. Akin to starlight still trickling in from a long vanished world, these photographic images are what we have left. 978-1910164761 Inventory Number: I00200717

(McCOLLUM, ALLAN). McCollum, Allan & Thomas Lawson. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the very first monograph on the iconoclastic, conceptually-inflected work of Los Angeles-born, New York-based artist Allan McCollum. It address his earliest works, collaborations with Louise Lawler and Laurie Simmons, the "Surrogates", "Perpetual Photographs", "Perfect Vehicles", "Individual Works", "Drawings", "The Dog From Pompeii", and "Natural Objects" series - often in detailed gallery installation photographs - as well as the transcript of a lengthy interview between McCollum and artist Thomas Lawson. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 1996 hardbound first edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-923183-04-0 Inventory Number: 024437

(McDERMOTT, DAVID & McGOUGH, PETER). Durant, Mark Alice, David McDermott & Peter McGough. Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 143pp, 74 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the first monograph on the photographic work of the artist team of David McDermott & Peter McGough. With biting irony and an unmistakably camp sensibility, they have long mined the history of aesthetics as a means to illuminate the present condition of art and culture. The duo's portraits, nudes, still-lifes, and architectural pictures utilize archaic processes such as gum-bichromate, cyanotype, platinum palladium and salt printing - seeking a future through the past. A brand new, most handsome example of this beautifully produced book. 0-9657280-2-1 Inventory Number: 000415

(MCFADDEN, JOSHUA RASHAAD) Contributions by LaCharles Ward and Lyle Ashton Harris. George Eastman Museum and Yale University Press, I00220511, 2022. 10 x 12 inches, 304 Pages. Hardcover. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

American artist Joshua Rashaad McFadden (b. 1990) makes photographs that explore and celebrate Black life in the United States. Published in conjunction with his first solo museum exhibition, Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I’ll Run On demonstrates his mastery of a wide range of photographic genres—social documentary, reportage, portraiture, and fine art—and his use of the medium to confront racism and anti-Black violence. Like Black photographers before him, such as Gordon Parks, Roy DeCarava, Carrie Mae Weems, Dawoud Bey, and LaToya Ruby Frazier, McFadden documents the beauty of Black life and illuminates the specificity of Black living in our historical present, including a series of impactful photographs devoted to the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

Along with a candid conversation between McFadden and artist Lyle Ashton Harris and an essay that traces McFadden’s meteoric career, this catalogue offers an overview of and insight into a poignant and deeply personal body of work, asserting McFadden’s key role in shaping the art and visual culture of the United States. 9780300264265 Inventory Number: I00220511

(MEISELAS, SUSAN). Meiselas, Susan. Göttingen, GERMANY & New York. 1976 (2003).: Steidl & The International Center of Photography, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "In her most recent body of work, acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas pieces together verbal and visual traces of encounters with the Dani - an indigenous people of the West Papuan highlands of New Guinea from the nearly six decades since their "discovery" by the West. In this subjective, fragmentary history, Meiselas draws from the experiences of missionaries, colonists, anthropologists and modern-day ecotourists, all of whom have come to the Dani's Baliem Valley and transformed the conditions under which they live. The ambiguous relations between power and representation - whether in the form of Dutch colonial patrol notes from the 1930s, the sensationalized media accounts of the survivors of a downed U.S. army plane in "Shangri-La" from the 1940s or a tourist’s snapshots from the 1990s - become visible in Meiselas's book, through both the contradictions and unexpected continuities of the gathered materials". Published in conjunction with the 2003 exhibition "Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video", this is a beautifully produced collage-like companion to the photographer's 1997 work; "Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History". A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 first edition (cited on page 245 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally SIGNED AND DATED by Susan Meiselas in silver marker on the title page. 3-88243-930-0 Inventory Number: 007334

(MERICLE, DANIELLE). The Ice Plant, I00211222. 8 x 12 inches, 88 Pages. Softcover. New.

The Dark Wood explores broad questions of history and our collective ability to document and learn from the past. Through intertwined images of abandoned Greco-Roman casts, an ancient Sequoia forest and the artist’s own texts, Mericle invites us to consider history as a fluid process rather than a static truth.


The once highly valued casts – which appear in the book as original and archival photographs – were rejected as worthless copies during the early part of the 20th century, under the belief that they lacked the artistry and aura of the originals, despite the fact that many of the ‘originals’ were in fact Roman copies of Greek artifacts. During the two World Wars, many of these ‘originals’ were damaged or destroyed, and the casts are now considered some of the most authoritative versions available. A Sequoia forest in Northern California offers two important counterpoints. Ancient Sequoia tree rings chart the rise and fall of civilizations over the last 3000 years, including those that created the Greco-Roman artifacts. The tree rings position human history within a broader geological timeframe, lending an adjusted perspective to the human enterprise. The rings also reveal the complex history and shifting perspectives on the significance of fire in the region, with the dissonant histories of expansive logging practices, the conservation movement, Indigenous knowledge, and climate change playing out against the troubled fate of the ancient Sequoias.

Though we attempt to understand and preserve our past, the endeavor is subject to inevitable shifts in knowledge, the whims of ideology, and the vagaries of historical truth. With an epilogue that grounds the complex sequence of images in personal elegy, The Dark Wood re-calibrates our sense of scale by allowing us to locate a sense of mourning, loss and the specifics of our own narratives within the broad and unfixed framework of history. 9781922545022 Inventory Number: I00211222

(METINIDES, ENRIQUE). Metinides, Enrique, aka Charalambos Enrique Metinides Tsironides. Introduction by Alfonso Morales. Mexico City, MEXICO: Gobierno Del Distrito Federal & Ortega y Ortiz Editores, 2000. First Edition 1/5000. Oblong Small 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good.. 240pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in Spanish. "El Teatro De Los Hechos" is Mexican cult photographer Enrique Metinides' autobiographical 2000 survey of his more than forty years of capturing mayhem, murder, death, and destruction on the streets of Mexico City for the tabloid newspaper "La Prensa". Often referred to as the "Mexican Weegee", for decades Metinides was the first photojournalist on the scene of automobile accidents, plane crashes, industrial fatalities, fires, explosions, dismemberments, murders, and more - all documented with a grisly artistry. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon and desirable document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Enrique Metinides" twice - once in block printing and once in cursive - in black marker on the title page. This copy bears the discreet ownership inscription of Mexico City-based filmmaker Trisha Ziff - who edited the 2012 Aperture monograph "Enrique Metinides: 101 Tragedies", and who is currently directing a documentary on the photographer. It shows some underlining in red ink throughout the text by Ziff, from whom we acquired this directly. It has been priced accordingly. 968-816-313-9 Inventory Number: 024546

(MEYER, PEDRO). Meyer, Pedro. Mexico City, MEXICO: Petroleos Mexicanos, 1988. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. "Los cohetes duraron todo el dia" is noted Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer's 1988 socially conscious photo essay commissioned by the national petroleum company Pemex to coincide with its fiftieth anniversary. Due however to Meyer's dedication of the volume to Lazaro Cardenas, the socialist-leaning former president who established Pemex in 1938 as part of his nationalization of Mexican oil production (whose son also happened to be an opposition candidate to then-current president Carlos Salinas earlier in the year), the newly elected government seized nearly all the copies printed to put a stop to the book's distribution. A bright. most handsome example of this uncommon and desirable document (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") acquired directly from Pedro Meyer. 968-6164-35-9 Inventory Number: 023060

(MEYER, PEDRO). Meyer, Pedro. Mexico City, MEXICO: Petroleos Mexicanos, 1988. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. "Los cohetes duraron todo el dia" is noted Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer's 1988 socially conscious photo essay commissioned by the national petroleum company Pemex to coincide with its fiftieth anniversary. Due however to Meyer's dedication of the volume to Lazaro Cardenas, the socialist-leaning former president who established Pemex in 1938 as part of his nationalization of Mexican oil production (whose son also happened to be an opposition candidate to then-current president Carlos Salinas earlier in the year), the newly elected government seized nearly all the copies printed to put a stop to the book's distribution. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon and desirable document (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") acquired directly from the photographer additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Pedro Meyer" in black ink beneath the frontispiece image on the second preliminary. 968-6164-35-9 Inventory Number: 018260

(MILLS, JOSEPH). Mills, Joseph. Tucson, AZ & Washington, DC: Nazraeli Press, Hemphill Fine Arts & JGS (Joy of Giving Something), 2002. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Ostrich over Velvet Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (32pp), 26 color illustrations. "The Loves of the Poets", featuring Joseph Mills' beautifully raw, disturbingly seductive collages, is a work of art unto itself. This gorgeous artist's book published in 2002 by Nazraeli Press, Hemphill Fine Arts, and Joy of Giving Something features twenty-six collages that seem to be on the verge of complete revelation but time and again leave the viewer on a suspended note. The success of these images, in the words of photographic historian and curator Anne Tucker, "lies in the fact that they are anchored in reality just enough so that we are on the edge between surreality and reality." Beautifully reproduced with antique paper backgrounds and a rich double varnish, "The Loves of the Poets" brings the marriage of artist and book to a new level". A brand new, pristine example from the deluxe edition limited to one hundred copies with full gilt edges and gilt-stamped green velvet covers NUMBERED AND SIGNED "Joseph Mills" in black ink on the rear colophon accompanied by a SIGNED AND NUMBERED PHOTOGRAPH laid down on a printed cardstock sheet both housed in the publisher's debossed black velvet clamshell box. 1-59005-127-0 Inventory Number: 025784

(MILLS, JOSEPH). Mills, Joseph. Tucson, AZ & Washington, DC: Nazraeli Press, Hemphill Fine Arts & JGS (Joy of Giving Something), 2002. First Edition 1/10 Deluxe. Large Folio. Ostrich over Velvet Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (32pp), 26 color illustrations. "The Loves of the Poets", featuring Joseph Mills' beautifully raw, disturbingly seductive collages, is a work of art unto itself. This gorgeous artist's book published in 2002 by Nazraeli Press, Hemphill Fine Arts, and Joy of Giving Something features twenty-six collages that seem to be on the verge of complete revelation but time and again leave the viewer on a suspended note. The success of these images, in the words of photographic historian and curator Anne Tucker, "lies in the fact that they are anchored in reality just enough so that we are on the edge between surreality and reality." Beautifully reproduced with antique paper backgrounds and a rich double varnish, "The Loves of the Poets" brings the marriage of artist and book to a new level". A brand new, pristine example from the exceedingly uncommon deluxe edition limited to ten copies NUMBERED (2/10) AND SIGNED "Joseph Mills" in black ink on the rear colophon with full gilt edges, gilt-stamped green velvet covers, and green ostrich skin spine in which each of the twenty-six full page illustrations is an ORIGINAL VARNISHED COLOR PHOTOGRAPH laid down on the book's printed cardstock pages. This is housed in the publisher's black wooden box accompanied by its original cardboard shipping carton. 1-59005-127-0 Inventory Number: 025783

(MILSTEIN, STANLEY). Milstein, Stanley & Viggo Mortensen. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 92pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. From Viggo Mortensen's Perceval Press, "Furlough 55" takes us back to the relatively innocent time and place that was post-World War II Europe through the eyes of photographer Stanley Milstein, U.S. Army Specialist, Second Class. A creative and inquisitive young man leaving his native Brooklyn for the first time, he captured in carefully-composed black and white portraits and landscapes an ephemeral historical moment, bearing witness to a largely-vanished era of European-American fellowship and hope. Now, fifty years later, his original negatives have been lovingly restored and used to make the captivating images that his son, printer Hugh Milstein, has provided for this book. Included is a dialogue between Viggo Mortensen and Hugh Milstein during the conceptual stages of Furlough 55". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-2-3 Inventory Number: 013659

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard. San Francisco: Grapestake Gallery, 1979. First Hardbound Edition. 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (112pp), 54 color illustrations + cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition held at San Francisco's Grapestake Gallery, Richard Misrach's eponymously titled second book features fifty-five beautifully reproduced images from his haunting "Night Desert Photographs" series. A handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first cloth edition (cited on page 32 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 51 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Richard Misrach" in black ink on the front pastedown showing just a bit of mild soiling to the white cloth along with a slight crimp through the lower foredge tips. According to the photographer, fewer than one hundred copies of this beautiful undertaking were ever bound in cloth. 0-917986-13-X Inventory Number: 027373

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard & Myriam Weisang Misrach. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press (Creating the North American Landscape), 1990. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lisa Miriski. With a bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1999 traveling exhibition, this beautiful catalogue is the documentation of Richard and Myriam Weisang Misrach's proposal to turn the illegal Nevada bombing range known as "Bravo 20" into a National Park. Using the unique strategy of filing a mining claim to allow access to a section of the range, the photographer spent eighteen months capturing the devastated, bomb-cratered desert wasteland in a series of striking, often disquieting images. A brand new, most handsome example (cited on page 33 of "From Fair to Fine 3") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Richard Misrach" and "Myriam Wiesang Misrach" in black ink on the half title page. 0-8018-4065-1 Inventory Number: 027365

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard & Myriam Weisang Misrach. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press (Creating the North American Landscape), 1990. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lisa Miriski. With a bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1999 traveling exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue is the documentation of Richard and Myriam Weisang Misrach's proposal to turn the illegal Nevada bombing range known as "Bravo 20" into a National Park. Using the unique strategy of filing a mining claim to allow access to a section of the range, the photographer spent eighteen months capturing the devastated, bomb-cratered desert wasteland in a series of striking, often disquieting images. A brand new, most handsome example (cited on page 33 of "From Fair to Fine 3") of the uncommon 1990 first hardbound edition. 0-8018-4064-3 Inventory Number: 012499

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard & Rebecca Solnit. Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 2000. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (132pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Elsa Kendall. "Richard Misrach has redefined contemporary landscape photography with his images of the splendor and destruction of the American West. Each of his "cantos" considers another chapter in the epic story of humankind and the land. Far from portraying the pristine landscapes of early practitioners such as Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge, or Ansel Adams, Misrach's compelling and often troubling images of the American West pose important questions about the human impact on the natural world. Beneath the remarkable beauty of Misrach's color photographs are scenes of floods, fires, nuclear testing grounds, dead animals, and the debris of society. The photographs in "The Sky Book" comprise the photographer's most ambitious series to date, which transposes his narrative from the land to the sky. The images mediate between document and abstraction, reality and metaphor. Drawing on photography's documentary tradition, Misrach contextualizes each photograph with respect to time and place, rooting the celestial realm firmly in the earthly and political one. In this way, his images are reminiscent of the efforts of nineteenth-century expeditionary photographers to record the natural resources of the frontier. At the same time, Misrach's Sky pictures also evoke a tradition of abstraction in art and photography that includes Alfred Steiglitz's "Equivalents" and the paintings of Mark Rothko." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2000 Arena Editions first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Richard Misrach" in black ink on the title page. 1-892041-28-6 Inventory Number: 027371

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard & Reyner Banham. Albuquerque, NM. 1987 (1990).: University of New Mexico Press. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 106pp, profusely illustrated in color. With a biography, bibliography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with traveling 1987 exhibition, Richard Misrach's third book "Desert Cantos" features achingly beautiful photographs of the "man-mauled" American desert, including many of the great "Event" and "Desert Fire" images. The prescient essay is by the late, great Reyner Banham. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Richard Misrach" in black ink on the title page below the printed facsimile signature. 0-8263-0928-3 Inventory Number: 027368

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard & Susan Sontag. New York: Aperture Inc., 1992. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 95pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Roger Gorman. This beautifully designed and printed book collects three bodies of work from Richard Misrach's "Desert Cantos" series accompanied by Susan Sontag's work of short fiction entitled "The View From the Ark". The photographs of Southwestern desert areas include the decaying remains of Utah's Wendover Air Base, wherein 1945 "bomb components were modified, assembled, and flight-tested for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings"; county designated dead-animal pits in the West filled with the mummified and decaying carcasses of cattle and horses; and a startling series of images of the bullet-riddled pages of two "Playboy" magazines that had been used for target practice found by the photographer at a Nevada Nuclear Test site. It also includes a transcribed 1992 interview with the photographer by Melissa Harris. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Richard Misrach" in black ink on the half title page showing a small remainder mark on the bottom edge of the textblock at the heel of the spine. 0-89381-519-5 Inventory Number: 019741

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard, T.J. Clark & Richard Walker. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2005. First Edition Thus. Oblong Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 164pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Elsa Kendall. "In 1997, Richard Misrach began a three year project photographing the Golden Gate Bridge at all times of day and night, in every season, from a single vantage point on his front porch. Within this simple framework, in which the subject and its framing remain fixed in every photograph, an alchemy occurs. An astonishing range of atmosphere, light, and color unfolds, bringing fresh revelation and interpretation to a familiar view - a unique and beautiful photographic meditation on place and time. This special album commemorates one of the most iconic and lasting symbols of American progress and ingenuity." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2005 Aperture first edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Richard Misrach" in black ink on the title page. 1-931788-51-0 Inventory Number: 027372

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard, T.J. Clark & Richard Walker. New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc., 2007. First Edition. Oblong Elephant Folio. Boards in Acetate Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 80pp, 38 color illustrations. Designed by Fabio Cutro and Dana Faconti. "Richard Misrach, one of today's contemporary masters, is renowned for his carefully considered, beautifully rendered epic works. "On the Beach" - a lavishly produced, oversized monograph, is the long-awaited publication of this spectacular series. The photographer hones in on our delicate relationship to the sea, using a gorgeous, slowly shifting color palette gleaned from changes in depth and tide; abstract patterns of waves and rippling water, and beaches both empty and cluttered. He carefully balances the minutiae of human gesture against the massive scale of the sea. In some images, a lone figure floats in a liquid field of brilliant turquoise - or in others, lies beached and partially buried. The details in the images are frequently ambiguous - are the figures relaxed or drained of life? Cavorting in the surf or panicking in the riptide? The balance is a fragile one between control and surrender to the elements. As Misrach says, the work is "suffused with a sense of the sublime, but it also begins to expose our vulnerability and fragility as human beings." A brand new, most handsome example of this spectacular production additionally SIGNED "Richard Misrach" in ink still in the publisher's printed shipping carton. 1-59711-048-5 Inventory Number: 027367

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard, T.J. Clark & Richard Walker. New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc., 2012. First Edition Thus 1/800. Oblong Elephant Folio. Boards in Acetate Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 84pp, 50 color illustrations. Designed by Emily Lessard. "This deluxe album presenting a selection of fifty of the finest photographs from Richard Misrach’s acclaimed "Golden Gate" series has been assembled for publication on the historic occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the iconic bridge. In 1997, Misrach began a three year project photographing the Golden Gate Bridge at all times of day and night, in every season, from a single vantage point on his front porch. Within this simple framework, in which the subject and its framing remain fixed in every photograph, an alchemy occurs. An astonishing range of atmosphere, light, and color unfolds, bringing fresh revelation and interpretation to a familiar view - a unique and beautiful photographic meditation on place and time. This special album commemorates one of the most iconic and lasting symbols of American progress and ingenuity." A most handsome example of this spectacular production limited to eight hundred copies additionally SIGNED "Richard Misrach" in ink still in the publisher's printed shipping carton. 1-59711-203-8 Inventory Number: 027366

(MORIMURA, YASUMASA). Morimura, Yasumasa. Santa Monica, CA: Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1995. First Edition. Artists' Multiple. Fine.. "Each year the Norton Family commissions an original artwork as a greeting for the holiday season. This year's is by Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura. Morimura-san photographs himself in re-creations of important Western cultural images. His work explores the issues of meaning, identity, authenticity, and viewpoint: issues that have become key themes in contemporary cultural dialogue". For 1995's Christmas Project, Morimura contributed "Ambiguous Beauty" - the artist/photographer's rather unsettling, gender bending self-portrait as Marilyn Monroe (in Tom Kelley's iconic 1949 full-length nude against a red background) photomechanically reproduced on the face of an inexpensive Japanese hand-held folding fan. The fan is housed in a paper sleeve inside a silkscreened wooden case. A most handsome example of this charming object issued hors commerce in 1995, and never commercially available for sale. Inventory Number: 027556

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 104pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "New black and white photographs and words that look directly at loss, change, and renewal. In making Linger, he strives to find a still place from which to see and interpret the world around him. The imagery in this book deals frankly with family, strangers, and landscape that Mortensen has recently been able to spend extended time with, rather than hurriedly observe as just one more passing ghost with a camera and a notebook. Although we might occasionally find in these newer images hints of the chaotic abstractions that have recently dominated his work, Linger evidences a patience with things as they come to be and, consequently, a tranquility long-absent from both his photography and writing". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2005 first hardbound edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-3-1 Inventory Number: 018347

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 104pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "New black and white photographs and words that look directly at loss, change, and renewal. In making Linger, he strives to find a still place from which to see and interpret the world around him. The imagery in this book deals frankly with family, strangers, and landscape that Mortensen has recently been able to spend extended time with, rather than hurriedly observe as just one more passing ghost with a camera and a notebook. Although we might occasionally find in these newer images hints of the chaotic abstractions that have recently dominated his work, Linger evidences a patience with things as they come to be and, consequently, a tranquility long-absent from both his photography and writing". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2005 first hardbound edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-3-1 Inventory Number: 018346

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA & Reykjavik, ICELAND: Perceval Press & The Reykjavik Museum of Photography, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Boards with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 118pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Michele Perez. "This book functions as a partial companion to the photography exhibit entitled "Skovbo" (which roughly translates from Danish as "home in the forest") by Viggo Mortensen at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography (Ljosmyndasafn Reykjavikur), opening on 31st May, 2008 and running until 31st August, 2008. In this new collection of images and poems are trees and the memory of trees, ghosts, words, nights, days, lives, deaths, and safe haven for them all in the place where "...the twigs become branches, / And the mist becomes make-believe... (Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam)". Dedicated to Howard Zinn and Dennis Kucinich, this substantial hardbound publication from actor/artist/musician/poet/activist Viggo Mortensen combines his recent images of foliage and greenery with the occasional prose-poem to create one of the loveliest surveys of his photography to date. A brand new, pristine example of the now unavailable first hardbound printing. 0-9763009-7-4 Inventory Number: 015447

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA. 2003 (2007).: Perceval Press. Third Printing. Tall 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika/For Wellington" is a book to accompany the joint exhibitions currently on at Massey University and the Wellington City Gallery, in New Zealand. Photographer Viggo Mortensen says "I've seen and learned a great deal so far in that beautiful country, and am glad to have been able to return many of the images made during my time there and share them with the people of Aotearoa". A brand new, pristine example of the third printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9721436-8-8 Inventory Number: 014890

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA. 2003 (2007).: Perceval Press. Third Printing. Tall 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika/For Wellington" is a book to accompany the joint exhibitions currently on at Massey University and the Wellington City Gallery, in New Zealand. Photographer Viggo Mortensen says "I've seen and learned a great deal so far in that beautiful country, and am glad to have been able to return many of the images made during my time there and share them with the people of Aotearoa". A brand new, pristine example of the third printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9721436-8-8 Inventory Number: 014419

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2003. First Edition. Tall 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika/For Wellington is a book to accompany the joint exhibitions currently on at Massey University and the Wellington City Gallery, in New Zealand. Photographer Viggo Mortensen says "I've seen and learned a great deal so far in that beautiful country, and am glad to have been able to return many of the images made during my time there and share them with the people of Aotearoa". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon first edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9721436-8-8 Inventory Number: 013473

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA. 2002 (2003).: Perceval Press. First Edition (Second Printing). Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 52 illustrations in color and b&w. While primarily known for his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Mr. Mortensen is an artist whose boundless creative output embraces a myriad of media. This handsome book reproduces a series of photographs that document and abstract the urban backyard swimming pool as monument. The images vary from late afternoon reflections on still water, to the distressed architectural elements found inside an empty and abandoned pool. A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 second printing. 0-9721436-1-0 Inventory Number: 011971

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2002. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 52 illustrations in color and b&w. While primarily known for his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Mr. Mortensen is an artist whose boundless creative output embraces a myriad of media. This handsome book reproduces a series of photographs that document and abstract the urban backyard swimming pool as monument. The images vary from late afternoon reflections on still water, to the distressed architectural elements found inside an empty and abandoned pool. A most handsome example of the 2002 first printing showing a slight binding flaw in which the front pastedown is slightly torn and irregularly folded where it is glued down to the inside of the front board. It has been priced accordingly. 0-9721436-1-0 Inventory Number: 011928

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2006. First Paperback Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 104pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "New black and white photographs and words that look directly at loss, change, and renewal. In making Linger, he strives to find a still place from which to see and interpret the world around him. The imagery in this book deals frankly with family, strangers, and landscape that Mortensen has recently been able to spend extended time with, rather than hurriedly observe as just one more passing ghost with a camera and a notebook. Although we might occasionally find in these newer images hints of the chaotic abstractions that have recently dominated his work, Linger evidences a patience with things as they come to be and, consequently, a tranquility long-absent from both his photography and writing". A brand new, pristine example of the 2006 first paperback edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-5-8 Inventory Number: 011448

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2003. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Abstract images, fragments and phrases from poems, notes, journals, words/thoughts remembered or imagined as they slip away, come together in 45301 to create a dense, thought-provoking photography book. Many of the photographs were shot during Mortensen's recent travels to Morocco, Cuba, and the northern plains of the United States, but could have been shot in your backyard. Depending on one's point of view, the imagery can be seen as either fighting with light or embracing it, holding time or forgetting it". This publication from actor/artist/musician/poet/all-around renaissance guy Viggo Mortensen is beautifully designed and printed. It is an artist's book - much more abstract than his previous titles - but every bit as engaging. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2003 hardbound first edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9721436-3-7 Inventory Number: 009958

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2002. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 52 illustrations in color and b&w. While primarily known for his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Mr. Mortensen is an artist whose boundless creative output embraces a myriad of media. This handsome book reproduces a series of photographs that document and abstract the urban backyard swimming pool as monument. The images vary from late afternoon reflections on still water, to the distressed architectural elements found inside an empty and abandoned pool. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2002 first printing. 0-9721436-1-0 Inventory Number: 007946

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Introduction by Dennis Hopper. Santa Monica, CA: Smart Art Press, 1998. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 110pp, 83 illustrations in color and b&w. This is the true first printing of Viggo Mortensen's first book. It is the catalogue that accompanied the artist's first one-man exhibition of writings, paintings, collages and photographs at Santa Monica's Track 16 Gallery. While primarily known for his role as "Aragorn" in Peter Jackson's cinematic version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Mr. Mortensen is an artist whose boundless creative output embraces a myriad of media. Included with this publication is an Audio CD with music and spoken-word poetry. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1998 first edition showing a short soft crease at the hinge of the rear cover. 1-889195-32-4 Inventory Number: 016421