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Cohen, Arthur A.. New York. ND (circa 1988).: Ex Libris. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number eighteen features fifty-two fully described and illustrated exceptional works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on or by the likes of Hans (Jean) Arp, Broom, Francesco Cangiullo, Fortunato Depero, Andre Derain, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Die Flaeche, Fluxus, Natalia Goncharova, Wassily Kandinsky, Valentina Kulagina, Fernand Leger, El Lissitzky and Mayakovsky, Kazimir Malevich, Henri Matisse, Bruno Munari, Diter Rot (Dieter Roth), Kurt Schwitters, Surrealism, Ladislav Sutnar, Yves Tanguy, Tato (Guglielmo Sansoni), Tolschin, H. Th. Wijdeveld, Tristan Tzara, Frank Lloyd Wright, Piet Zwart, and more. And while at the time of its publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty years later they are finally downright bargains! A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon reference with the original price list additionally laid in. Inventory Number: 025893

Cohen, Arthur A. & Trevor Winkfield. New York: Ex Libris, 1983. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Bookseller's Catalogue. Near Fine./Fine.. np (76pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Tamar Cohen and Elaine Lustig Cohen. With a bibliography. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number ten was devoted entirely to Dada material - featuring three hundred and thirty-six fully described and indexed original works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on or by the likes of Hans Arp, Hugo Ball, Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, Richard Huelsenbeck, Marcel Janco, Alfred Jarry, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Hans Richter, Kurt Schwitters, Tristan Tzara, Theo Van Doesburg, and many, many others. And while at the time of its 1983 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty-five years later they are finally downright bargains! A most handsome example of this uncommon reference in a like dust jacket. Inventory Number: 025890

Cohen, Arthur A. & Trevor Winkfield. New York. ND (circa 1976).: Ex Libris. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Very Good.. np (152pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number three features nine hundred and eighty-five fully described and indexed original works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on the subjects of Guillaume Apollinaire, Architecture, Expressionism, Illustrated Books and Livres de Peintre, Alfred Jarry, Periodicals and Annuals, Photographs and Photogravures (including a large collection of plates from "Camera Work"), Photography and Film, and Surrealism. And while at the time of its 1976 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some forty years later they are finally downright bargains! A handsome example of this uncommon reference showing a bit of light sunning to the covers along with its title added discreetly in ink to the spine. Inventory Number: 015159

Cohen, Arthur A. & W. Michael Sheehe. New York: Ex Libris, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Very Good.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. With an index and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number six was their piece de resistance - with four hundred and thirty-four fully described and indexed books, periodicals, pamphlets, and posters of the Russian Avant-Garde by the likes of Natan Altman, Yurii Annenkov, David Burliuk, Vladimir Burliuk, Marc Chagall, Vasilii Ermilov, Alexandra Exter, Pavel Filonov, Naum Gabo, Natalia Goncharova, Vasilii Kamensky, Vasilii Kandinsky, Ivan Kliun, Gustav Klucis, Petr Konchalovsky, Mikhail Larionov, V. Lebedev, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, Mikail Matiushin, Petr Miturich, Liubov Popova, Ivan Puni, Alexander Rodchenko, Olga Rozanova, Georgii Stenberg, Vladimir Stenberg, Vavara Stepanova, Vladimir Tatlin, Alexandr Vesnin, and many, many others. It contains over five hundred additional items related to F.T. Marinetti and Italian Futurism, De Stijl, The Bauhaus and its Legacy, and Eastern European & German books, periodicals, graphics and photographs. And while at the time of its 1977 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some forty years later they are finally downright bargains! An internally most handsome example of this uncommon reference showing wear, rubbing, and some sunning along the spine of its graphically striking covers. LC 77-71400 Inventory Number: 025835

Cortes, Jose Miguel G.. San Sebastian, BASQUE: Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, 1997. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Silk Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 344pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Basque and Spanish, with an English summary. With a bibliography and filmography. This is the amazing catalogue produced in conjunction with a 1997 Spanish Museum exhibition whose English title translates as "The Veiled Face: Transvest[it]ism and Identity in Art". The premise of the show was to provide a comprehensive survey of Drag, Cross Dressing, Transvestitism, and the Transgendered as subject matter in contemporary art and film. The artists whose work is presented here are Claude Cahun, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Juan Hidalgo, Michel Journiac, Jurgen Klauke, Zoe Leonard, Urs Luthi, Lisette Model, Pierre Molinier, Catherine Opie, Pierre et Gilles, Man Ray, Humberto Rivas, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and Joel-Peter Witkin. A brand new, most handsome example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 84-7907-214-8 Inventory Number: 011658

Drucker, Barbara & Michael Darling + Christiane Paul, Erkki Huhtamo & N. Katherine Hales. Los Angeles: The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, 2006. First Editions. 4to. Embossed Linen Over Boards. Exhibition Catalogs. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued.. 80 + 112 + 8pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Robert Ruehlman, Green Dragon Office + Simon Johnston. Published in conjunction with the opening of the Richard Meier & Partners-designed Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center on the campus of UCLA, these three volumes comprise a deluxe set issued hors commerce for dignitaries and contributors. For the first volume, "Sixteen Tons", curator Michael Darling selected work by John Baldessari, Jennifer Bolande, Chris Burden, Barbara Drucker, Roger Herman, Mary Kelly, Paul McCarthy, Catherine Opie, Hirsch Perlman, Lari Pittman, Charles Ray, Nancy Rubins, Adrian Saxe, Don Suggs, James Welling and Patty Wickman - the sixteen faculty artists that make up this elegant catalogue. Curated by Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of new media arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, "Second Natures" features the work of UCLA Department of Design/Media Arts faculty members Rebecca Allen, Robert Israel, Rebeca Méndez, Vasa Mihich, Christian Moeller, C.E.B. Reas, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Victoria Vesna. Also included is a slender pamphlet noting the opening of the Center, the contributions of architect Richard Meier, and the installation of a monumental sculptural work by Richard Serra. A brand new, pristine set of the three volumes held together by the publisher's printed band, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 013028

Dunn, Katherine & Sean Tejaratchi. Portland, OR: Feral House, 1996. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 167pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Sean Tejaratchi. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The purpose of this collection of homicide pictures is to show the work of the peace officer and his problems. It will give you an idea of what they have to contend with while performing their duties in protecting lives and property. After viewing this work it will undoubtedly bring about a better understanding between the law enforcement officer and the public which he serves. It is also incumbent upon you, as a citizen and taxpayer, in the community in which you reside, to extend to your law enforcement agency your fullest cooperation assisting in its solving the problems that come before it. As you will see, most of theses crimes are solved and the guilty prosecuted which proves that CRIME DOES NOT PAY. Please handle this book with respect". A most handsome example of the deluxe hardbound facsimile edition of Los Angeles Homicide detective Jack Huddleston's pre-war photographic scrapbook limited to one hundred copies only with a 7 ½ x 9 ½" black and white photograph of the severed body of Elizabeth Short - aka "The Black Dahlia" - lying in situ additionally SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Katherine Dunn laid in, as issued. 0-922915-29-6 Inventory Number: 027233

Editions D'Art Charles Moreau. Paris. ND (Circa 1930).: Editions D'Art Charles Moreau. First Edition. Folio. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np (8pp) + 32 individual sepia-toned heliogravure plates laid in a portfolio. Text in French. This is one of several beautiful surveys of Art Deco era contemporary French sculptural decoration published by Editions D'Art Charles Moreau. Included are works by Georges Artemoff, A Bottiau et D. Gelin, Henri Bouchard, Jean Debarre, Ecole Boulle, Albert Guenot, Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Arts Decoratifs, Camille Garnier, Leon Jallot, Joel et Jan Martel, G. Miklos, Paul Poisson, and R. Pollin. The lovely gravure plates are complete and still bright showing only minor browning and the occasional slight chip at the extremities. The portfolio's decorative boards show some rubbing, chipping, bumping, and soiling but are still most presentable. The cloth ties of the portfolio are complete and still inserted, while the exterior cloth at the spine is heavily worn, torn, and frayed along the much of its length. All in all, this is a relatively well-preserved example of this handsome and desirable item from an important moment in modernist Decorative Art history. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 005327

Featherstone, David. Carmel, CA: The Friends of Photography, 1980. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. 56pp, 43 b&w illustrations. Exhibition checklist. This charming catalogue is the twenty-first installment of "Untitled" from the Friends of Photography. It is a survey show of mysteriously beautiful work by forty-three photographers (including Sally Gall, James Alinder, Peter Reiss, Nancy Rexroth, Eric Lindbloom, etc.) using the 1960's molded plastic Diana camera. From the surreal to the abstract, the work is sure to be of interest to those whose photographic processes vary from the carefully calculated, heavily equipped to snapshot happy Lomographers. A most handsome copy. 0-933286-17-1 Inventory Number: 011755

Gagosian, Larry. Moscow: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 90pp, 40 color illustrations. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the opulently appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the inaugural 2007 Gagosian Gallery exhibition held in Moscow. This show consisted of forty works by gallery stalwarts Cecily Brown, Glenn Brown, John Currin, Dexter Dalwood, Willem De Kooning, Tracey Emin, Tom Friedman, Douglas Gordon, Arshile Gorky, Damien Hirst, Jenny Saville, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Sally Mann, Takashi Murakami, Marc Newson, Richard Phillips, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Mark Rothko, Edward Ruscha, Richard Serra, Taryn Simon, Philip Taaffe, Cy Twombly, Piotr Uklanski, Francesco Vezzoli, Andy Warhol, and Christopher Wool. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-55-3 Inventory Number: 020563

Galassi, Peter. New York: The Museum of Modern Art & Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Survey. Fine.. 128pp, 95 color and 58 b&w illustrations. Designed by Michael Hentges. With an exhibition checklist. "Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort" presents a varied and challenging cross-section of contemporary work, all of it devoted to life at home. The current state of the American Dream of domestic happiness is examined in this major photography exhibition, and while it makes no attempt at sociological objectivity, the many voices it assembles have much to say about life in the eighties." The participants in Peter Galassi's landmark 1991 The Museum of Modern Art survey consisted of Robert Adams, Nicolas Africano, Joan Albert, Tom Bamberger, Tina Barney, Mary Berridge, Geoffrey Biddle, Judith Black, Ken Botto, Andrew Brilliant, Ellen Brooks, Peter Brown, Jo Ann Callis, James Casebere, Bruce Charlesworth, Albert Chong, Maude Schuyler Clay, Eileen Cowin, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Doug DuBois, William Eggleston, Larry Fink, Mary Frey, Lee Friedlander, David Goldes, Nan Goldin, Jill Graham, Susan Kandel, Mary Kocol, Pok Chi Lau, Frank Majore, Sally Mann, Abelardo Morell, Marilyn Nance, Nic Nicosia, Nicholas Nixon, Lorie Novak, Kathy O'Connor, John Pinderhughes, Melissa Ann Pinney, David Prifti, Marvin Rhodes, Thomas Roma, Sheron Rupp, Gabrielle Russomagno, Adrienne Salinger, Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, Laurie Simmons, Sage Sohier, Joni Sternbach, Joel Sternfeld, Jock Sturge, Larry Sultan, Anne Turyn, JoAnn Verburg, Wolf Von dem Bussche, Jo Ann Walters, Carrie Mae Weems, Henry Wessel, Jr., and Neil Winokur. A brand new, most handsome example of the first MoMA printing - issued only in a paper binding - that features Philip-Lorca diCorcia's riveting image of child actor Bryan Madorsky staring warily at a platter of faux long pig on the set of the movie "Parents." 0-87070-192-4 Inventory Number: 027483

Goliath Verlag Staff, Editor. Bonn, GERMANY: Goliath Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2009. First Edition. 8vo. Flexible Boards. Erotic Photography Survey. Very Good./No Jacket - As Issued.. 272pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. With artist biographies and bibliographies. "Best of Bondage" is a survey of contemporary black and white bondage and fetish images from the international cast of Goliath Verlag-associated erotic photographers Dave Naz, Steven Speliotis, Laura M. Stansfield, Midori, Lee Higgs, Craig Morey, Roman Kaspersky, Josef Botello, and Martin R. Klass. A handsome example showing just a bit of light use and some wear and creasing along the spine. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 3-936709-36-X Inventory Number: 025536

Green, Jonathan & Rob Perree. Leusden, THE NETHERLANDS: Uitgeverij Foto, 1991. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Wrappers with Brass Fasteners. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English. Designed by Visser Bay & Anders Toscani. With a bibliography and exhibition history for each photographer. This is the beautifully designed and produced catalogue published in conjunction with a 1991 Dutch exhibition featuring the work of ten contemporary California photographers. It includes portfolios by Jody Zellen, Jean Ruiter, Corey Kaplan, Kent Howie, John C. Hesketh, Lukas Felzmann, Mark Alice Durant, Eileen Cowin, Jo Ann Callis, and Lisa Bloomfield. A handsome example showing a small nick to the rear cover at the foredge. Inventory Number: 008254

Griffin, Gabriel, Heathen Rick & Jerry Thorpe. NP (Venice, CA).: Oakland67 Media, 2010. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. As New.. vii + 77pp, 75 color illustrations + color covers. Compiled by filmmaker Gabriel Griffin in 2010 from the archives of the Venice and South Bay chapters of the notorious "Heathens MF" motorcycle gang, "Asphalt Gods" documents "the end of the golden age of outlaw motorcycling" in Southern California. These vintage color images taken by members, girlfriends, wives, and friends show The Heathens at work and "play" in the sixties and seventies in an informality previously seen by only a privileged few. It was issued as a fundraiser to complete Griffin's documentary film in progress and features detailed captions as well as reminiscences by former chapter presidents "Heathen Rick" and Jerry Thorpe. A brand new, most handsome example of this amazing and exceedingly uncommon (not a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat!) document limited to one thousand copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Gabriel Griffin in black ink on the inside front cover. Inventory Number: 027277

Hargraves, Michael. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New.. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 5 color illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Little Pictures"; a 1994 exhibition of daguerreotype images and cases drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. The images reproduced here include those of Giorgio Sommer, Warren De La Rue, and an unknown portrait of Edgar Allen Poe. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 009186

Heiferman, Marvin, Carole Kismaric & Neil Frankel. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. As New.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. This is a stark, terrifying yet amusing visual narrative (compiled by the authors from stock photography archives) that takes the viewer on a trip through the turmoil and tension of daily life, from waking to sleep. "My Day tells us just what we always suspected: everything is in flux. Nothing is certain. Menace is around the next corner. So lighten up. Buy this book - it's not very expensive...It's funny, and if you don't like it, you can give it to someone else for Christmas". A pristine copy. 0-8118-0270-1 Inventory Number: 006447

Heiting, Manfred & Mikhail Karasik. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2015. First Edition. Stout Square 4to. Illustrated Boards. Photographic Survey. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 978-3958290310

The Soviet Photobook 1920-1941

A massive, full-illustrated history of photography book making and design from the USSR

Published by Steidl
Edited by Mikhail Karasik, Manfred Heiting

The Soviet Union was unique in its dynamic use of the illustrated book as a means of propaganda. Through the form of the book, the USSR articulated its utopian (and eventually totalitarian) ideologies and expressed its absolute power through avant-garde writing and radical graphic design that was in full flower during the 1920s and 1930s.
No other country or political system advanced its cause by attracting and employing acclaimed members of the avant-garde. Among them were writers such as Semion Kirsanov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ilya Selvinsky, Sergei Tretyakov and Kornely Zelinsky; artist designers such as Gustav Klutsis, Valentina Kulagina, El Lissitzky, Sergei Senkin, Varvara Stepanova, Solomon Telingater and Nikolai Troshin; and photographers such as Dmitry Debabov, Vladimir Griuntal, Boris Ignatovich, Alexander Khlebnikov, Yeleazar Langman, Alexander Rodchenko and Georgy Petrusov, not to mention many of the best printing plants and bookbinders.
Gorgeously produced, edited and designed, The Soviet Photobook 1920-1941 presents 160 of the most stunning and elaborately produced photobooks from this period and includes more than 400 additional reference illustrations. The book also provides short biographies of the photobook contributors, some of whom are presented for the first time.

Inventory Number: E000SOVIET

Hoefnagels, Peter. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Uitgeverij Duo, 1994. First Edition 1/3000. Oblong 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photographic Survey. Fine/Fine. 90pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. As unlikely as it seems, "Moord in Rotterdam" is an unusually serene and beautiful collection of photographs taken by anonymous policemen from the Crime Scene Unit of the Municipal Police, Rotterdam. Its macabre subject matter, and the mystery that each image evokes is strangely compelling. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon gem in the publisher's Japanese and English language obi. 90-72971-22-1 Inventory Number: 020844

Home, Harriette Wilder. NP (Chesapeake, VA?): Harriette Wilder Home, 1908. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Loose Photograph. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Fine.. One individual 3 ¼ x 5 ½" gelatin silver photograph. This is an original photograph by Harriette Wilder Home taken during a five day cruise on the passenger ship SS Powhatan along the Virginia Coast in mid-July, 1908. It depicts four African-American laborers - one in overalls, one in a chef's smock, and two in slacks and long sleeved shirts - posing on deck in front of the ship's nameplate for the photographer. "The Powhatan was originally was launched as the SS Yorktown February 10th, 1894, by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works for the Old Dominion Steamship Company. The Navy purchased the Yorktown on April 21st, 1898, to be commissioned as the second USS Resolute, an auxiliary cruiser and transport that saw naval service during the Spanish-American War in 1898-1899. The Department of War acquired the ship on January 22nd, 1900, for service as the Army Transport (USAT) Rawlings. The Rawlings was then decommissioned and sold to the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company of Baltimore, Maryland on July 27, 1901, and renamed Powhatan." A most handsome example of this unique vernacular photograph showing just a bit of silvering along the left margin. Inventory Number: 026998

Home, Harriette Wilder. NP (Chesapeake, VA?): Harriette Wilder Home, 1908. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Cloth Over Limp Boards. Travel Album. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), 29 individual 3 ¼ x 5 ½" gelatin silver photographic illustrations. This is a hand assembled  journal that consists of thirty-one pages of holographic script by passenger Harriette Wilder Home documenting a five day cruise on the ship SS Powhatan along the Virginia Coast in mid-July, 1908. Written in a 5 ¾ x 7 ¾" cloth album, The author jauntily details the map coordinates, meals, scenery, bridge-playing results and other pertinent events during her five day cruise. The text is intertwined amidst twenty-four tipped-in photographs taken during the voyage, with an additional five images and a 1908 postcard of a Maryland crabbing fleet laid in. "The Powhatan was originally was launched as the SS Yorktown February 10th, 1894, by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works for the Old Dominion Steamship Company. The Navy purchased the Yorktown on April 21st, 1898, to be commissioned as the second USS Resolute, an auxiliary cruiser and transport that saw naval service during the Spanish-American War in 1898-1899. The Department of War acquired the ship on January 22nd, 1900, for service as the Army Transport (USAT) Rawlings. The Rawlings was then decommissioned and sold to the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company of Baltimore, Maryland on July 27, 1901, and renamed Powhatan", which leads us to Ms. Home - who has written "Harriette Wilder Home - / Her Book." in ink on the inside of the front board - and her 1908 Chesapeake Bay pleasure cruise. An age-appropriately most handsome example of this unique travel journal showing a bit of mild wear and occasional creases to the margins of some pages as well as silvering to some of the photographs. Inventory Number: 026940

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good +.. 528pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. An internally most handsome example of the 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou edition showing some very light dampstaining along the top and bottom edges along with a flattened slight vertical wave through the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-85850-091-6 Inventory Number: 023510

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 528pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A most handsome example of the 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou edition. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-85850-091-6 Inventory Number: 023509

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris. 1981 (1992).: Centre Georges Pompidou & Gallimard. Second Revised Edition (First Thus). 4to. Illustrated Flexible Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 800pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With artist biographies and bibliographies, and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A bright, most handsome example of the smaller format, redesigned 1992 Centre Georges Pompidou and Gallimard edition in flexible boards. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-07-011248-9 Inventory Number: 020835

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by V. M. Polevoi. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1979. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. 580pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist, artist biographies and bibliographies. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1979 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced the interaction between the artistic capitals of Paris and Moscow during the first third of the Twentieth Century. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A handsome example of the 1979 Pompidou French language edition bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Melinda and De Wain with my very best greetings from your Pontus" from curator Pontus Hulten in black ink on the half title page showing some overall light wear, handling and soiling. De Wain is the noted Los Angeles-based Light and Space artist De Wain Valentine, and Melinda (sic) is his former partner and gallerist Malinda Wyatt, from whom we acquired this directly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-85850-002-9 Inventory Number: 023630

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Werner Spies. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1978. First French Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good -./No Jacket - As Issued. 632pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist, artist biographies and bibliographies. This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1978 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced the interaction between the artistic capitals of Paris and Berlin during the first third of the Twentieth Century. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A most handsome example of the hardbound 1978 Pompidou French language edition showing some light wear and handling, a bit of soiling to the covers, and a mild dent through the upper foredge corner of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-85850-066-5 Inventory Number: 023508

Kaigo No Hana Photographers Club, Editor. Tokyo: Nippon Geijutsu Shuppansha, 1994. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Fine./Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese, with some English. The Kaigo No Hana Photographers Club "Girl" anthologies are sumptuous annual publications featuring the best of their amateur members' work alongside that of professional submissions. Billed as "Japan's Standard in Nudity", the images are beautifully photographed and printed female nudes - both Asian and Caucasian. This anthology collects the best amateur work of six years of these publications. A brand new, pristine example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 4-89011-341-X Inventory Number: 012898

Keller, Judith. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1991. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Neither Speech Nor Language: Photography and the Written Word"; a 1991 exhibition of vintage prints by Horatio B. King, Weegee, Aaron Siskind, Man Ray and Walker Evans drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027346

Lifson, Ben. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cardstock Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New.. One 8 ¾ x 32 inch continuous sheet printed recto and verso, folded neatly in fourths to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is a brochure produced to accompany "...Images that yet / Fresh images beget... Photographing Art"; a 1987 exhibition of vintage prints of works of art by such photographers as Felix Teynard, Charles Negre, Charles Marville, Gustave Le Gray, Clarence Kennedy, Carlo Ponti, and Walker Evans, as drawn from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 023947

Neri, Louise. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Exhibition Catalog. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with the summer 2009 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of figurative works by Richard Artschwager, Marcel Duchamp, Richard Hamilton, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Carlo Mollino, Eadweard Muybridge, Sigmar Polke, Richard Prince, Man Ray, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-96-0 Inventory Number: 018519

Parker, Fred R.. Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1979. First Edition #617/1000. 4to. Spiral Bound Wrappers. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w with 20 color slides bound in. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Attitudes: Photography in the 1970's" is the quirky, uniquely designed catalogue for a major Santa Barbara Museum of Art survey of contemporary photography from the decade. Nearly five hundred images were exhibited, and the participants included Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Thomas Barrow, Michael Bishop, Ellen Brooks, Jerry Burchard, Marsha Burns, Harry Callahan, Jo Ann Callis, Paul Caponigro, Joyce Tenneson Cohen, Steven Cortright, Eileen Cowin, Robert Cumming, Barbara Crane, Judy Dater, Joe Deal, John Divola, William Eggleston, Chris Enos, Mitch Epstein, Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, Lee Friedlander, Phillip Galgiani, Nancy Gass, Ralph Gibson, Frank Gohlke, Jim Goldberg, John Gossage, Emmet Gowin, Jan Groover, Robert Heinecken, Anthony Hernandez, Douglas Huebler, Kenneth Josephson, Barbara Kasten, Les Krims, Robert Mapplethorpe, Duane Michals, Richard Misrach, Nicholas Nixon, Bill Owens, John Pfahl, Marcia Resnick, Nancy Rexroth, Leland Rice, Richard Ross, Steven Shore, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Neil Slavin, Eve Sonneman, Calvin Sparks, Charles Stainback, Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel ("Evidence"), Alex Sweetman, Lew Thomas, Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Arthur Tress, Jerry Uelsmann, Burk Uzzle, William Wegman, Jack Welpott, Henry Wessel, Brett Weston, Larry Williams, Garry Winogrand, and many, many more. It contains original contributions for the printed catalogue by Dan Worth (with a blindstamped printer's chop), Karen Truax, Keith Smith (signed), Todd Walker (signed), Alex Sweetman, Robert Heinecken's unique screenprinted multiple along with a bound-in heavy vinyl sheet protector containing twenty slides. A most handsome example of this uncommon, extraordinary document limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED (617/1000) AND SIGNED by curator Fred Parker in black ink on the acknowledgements page as issued, showing some light soiling and age patination to the white wrappers as well as a small nick and crease to the top edge of the front cover. 0-89951-032-9 Inventory Number: 020502

Sha-Girl Editorial Staff. Tokyo: Nippon Geijutsu Shuppansha, 1995. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese. From the Japanese publisher of the "Sha-Girl" annuals comes the third installment of this anthology that contains five separate erotic photo-essays devoted to young Asian female beauty (although one of the subjects this time around is decidedly Caucasian). A most handsome example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 4-89011-355-X Inventory Number: 008896

Sprigle, David Aden, Editor. Santa Monica, CA: FotoFactory Press, 1997. First Edition 1/6000. Square 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. As New/As New. np (124pp), profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Designed by Stephen Patrick Foery and David Sprigle. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition at Venice Beach's David Aden Gallery, this is another beautifully appointed FotoFactory Press thematic anthology that features the work of fifty-nine photographers' erotic images of men and animals. Those included here are Ali, Bjorn Andren, Larry Ashton, Clifford Baker, Steven Baratz, Jim Barnes, Joel W. Benjamin, Tom Bianchi, Rick Castro, Lance DeWalt, Evergon, Benjamin F. Fink Jr., Stephen Fleitz, Robert Flynt, Ed Freeman, Nina Glaser, Alair Gomes, Steph. Gorkii, Kelly Grider, David Grinnell, Kim Hanson, Conrad Hechter, Baly Hinter Wipflinger, Justice Howard, Donnie Hudson, Rolf Juario, Dean Keefer, Ross Bennett Lewis, Mark Lynch, Geoff Manasse, David J. Martin, Reed Massengill, Jose Messana, Martin Meyer, Daniel Nicoletta, Freddie Niem, Barbara Nitke, Ray Lewis Payne, Stevee Postman, Veli-Pekka Raty, Paul Roberts, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte, Edgar Scott, Robert Emery Smith, David Sprigle, Stanley Stellar, Vince Sullivan, Brian To, Bill Toscano, Arthur Tress, Tim Wilkerson, and Cameron Wolf. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-883923-23-9 Inventory Number: 015241

Sprigle, David Aden, Editor. Santa Monica, CA. 1997 (1998).: FotoFactory Press. First Edition (Second Printing) 1/6000. Square 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/Fine. np (124pp), profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Stephen Patrick Foery and David Sprigle. This is the very first beautifully appointed FotoFactory Press thematic anthology that features the work of forty-one photographers' erotic images of men together: working, playing, fighting and loving. Those included here are Ali, Robert Atherton, Jr., David Ausman, Clifford Baker, Steven Baratz, Joel W. Benjamin, Doug Birkenheuer, Kristen Bjorn, Ripp Bowman, David Butt, Daniel Collins, Bill Costa, E.A. Cotter, Paul Dahlquist, Andy Devine, Hans Fahrmeyer, Tomas Gaspar, Barry Gollop. J.J. Green, Charles F. Gustina, , Kim Hanson, Conrad Hechter, Baly Hinter Wipflinger, Justice Howard, Donnie Hudson, Robert Irwin, Rolf Juario, James J. Klekowski, Harriet Leibowitz, Ross Bennett Lewis, Mark V. Lynch, Geoff Manasse, Brent McTavish, Martin Meyer, Jeff Palmer, Paul Roberts, John Sonsini, Stanley Stellar, Ström, Arthur Tress, Tim Wilkerson, Jim J. Winbourn, and William Yang. A pristine copy of the 1998 second printing.. 1-883923-24-7 Inventory Number: 010834

Sullivan, Steve. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. As New.. 320pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. From the author/editor of "Glamour Girls Then and Now", "Va Va Voom" and "Bombshells" comes this all encompassing (if not somewhat arbitrary) illustrated dictionary of the one thousand sexiest Twentieth Century objects of not-so-obscure male desire. From pinups to porn stars, first ladies to strippers, scream queens to bathing beauties, they're pretty much all here beginning with the top ten of Marilyn Monroe, Raquel Welch, Jayne Mansfield, Brigitte Bardot, Rita Hayworth, Bettie Page, Sophia Loren, Jean Harlow, June Wilkinson and Cindy Crawford, then spiraling downward past Diane Webber, Traci Lords, Diana Rigg, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Carol Doda, Jennie Garth, and Gwen Stefani all the way to Isadora Duncan(!) - number 1000... Each entry includes a brief biography, and in most instances a saucy pic. A pristine copy. 0-312-20651-8 Inventory Number: 010239

van Kooij, Barbera, Oswaldo Costa & Robin Resch, Editors. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Witte De With Center for Contemporary Art, 1993. First Edition 1/650. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine.. 128pp, 30 b&w illustrations. Text in English. Cover image by Jean-Luc Moulene. The final of three annual volumes, this is a collection of the transcribed contemporary art history lectures presented during 1992 at Rotterdam's Witte De With Center for Contemporary Art. The contents and participants are: Guy Brett, Catherine David, Rodrigo Naves, and Sonia Salzstein-Goldberg - "I Aspire to the Great Labyrinth", Walter Nikkels - "The Catalogue: An Ordered List of Works", Craigie Horsfield - "30.8.92 on Walker Evans", Stephen Prina - "We Represent Ourselves to the World: Institutional Narrativity", Stephan Balkenhol, Jean-Francois Chevrier, Chris Dercon, Ludger Gerdes, Martin Kreyssig, and Jeff Wall - "The Body is the Present", and Bruce Mau - "Beyond Typography". A most handsome example. 90-73362-26-1 Inventory Number: 016953

Whiteman, J.A.. New York: J.A. Whiteman, 1901. First Thus. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Civic History. Good.. np (48pp), 30 b&w illustrations + cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Yonkers" is a tiny yet engaging bit of Westchester County civic-boosterism written (and most-likely published) by J.A. Whiteman - author and publisher of the 1887 Adirondacks rarity "Lake George Camp and Canoe-Chats...". Its jaunty text details a glowing history and projection of growth for "The Terrace City" nestled between the Bronx and Hudson rivers, supplemented with photographs documenting its many architectural achievements. Included are commissioned turn of the century views of the Park Hill Country Club, Hotel Wynnstay, Hollywood Inn, Hotel Hendrik Hudson, Statesman Building, Culver's Department Store, Getty Square, Amackassin Club, Van Cortlandt Manor House, "Greystone Residence", "Duncraggan" residence of Wm. F. Cochran, Esq., "Overhill" residence of Edwin K. Martin, Esq., St. Mary's Roman Catholic, First Reformed, St. Andrew's Memorial and First Methodist churches, and many more. An internally most handsome example of this little-known - not a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - gem showing overall light wear to its cheerful yellow wrappers, age-appropriate oxidation of the staples, and some pronounced soiling and creasing to the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022262