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(JUDE, RON). Jude, Ron. Rochester, NY: A-Jump Books, 2006. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (96pp), 49 black & white illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The source of the photographs in "Alpine Star" is the weekly newspaper from Ron Jude's hometown of McCall in Central Idaho. The poetic element of these images - that unnamed, abstract subtext found in every photograph - is inflated here through the process of subtle manipulation and nuanced sequencing. While offering a world of loss and isolation, the pictures also suggest the cross-pollination of personal history and collective memory". A bright, most handsome example from the unnumbered first edition of five hundred copies of the photographer's first book additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Ron Jude 2007" in black ink on the rear colophon. 0-9777655-0-4 Inventory Number: 023101

(KAPROW, ALLAN). Kaprow. Allan. NP (Valencia, CA): Self-Published, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (4pp), 10 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Self-published by the artist in 1975, "Routine" is the photographically illustrated artist's book documenting three December 1973 "activities" by the renowned late Happenings and Performance artist Allan Kaprow. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item (cited as entry sixteen on pages 66-67 of Giorgio Maffei's "Allan Kaprow: A Bibliography") additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "For Sherry & Mel / Allan" in red ink on the front cover showing some soiling and typical minor age-patination to its white wrappers. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 024998

(KEENE, STEVE). Efram, Daniel, Hilarie Bratset, Sam Brumbaugh, Elle Chang, Shepard Fairey, Karen Loew, Christina Zafiris, Starling Keene, Jonathan LeVine, Leo Fitzgerald, Talia Logan & Steve Keene. Los Angeles: Hat & Beard Press, I00220723, 2022. First Edition. 11 3/4 x 11 3/4", 472 pages. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 978-1955125147

Book Signing with Steve Keene at Arcana Saturday, July 30th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

"Steve Keene is the most prolific American painter of all time, producing more than 300,000 hand-painted works via his studio / chainlink fence cage where he paints more than fifty paintings at a time.

Lovingly known for making affordable art, as well as being the indie rock cover art maker to Pavement, The Apples in stereo, and Silver Jews, Keene has long been under appreciated for his importance to the nineties indie art and music scenes. "The Steve Keene Art Book* - originally conceived during his sold out 2016 show at Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Projects Gallery - is the first art book dedicated exclusively to his work.

The book features essays by musician Hilarie Bratset (The Apples in stereo), writer Sam Brumbaugh, Elle Chang, Efram, Shepard Fairey, journalist Karen Loew, and Christina Zafiris, along with comments from Starling Keene, curators Jonathan LeVine, Leo Fitzgerald and Talia Logan, alongside a dazzling two hundred and seventy-seven reproductions of Keene’s works. Efram takes readers into Keene’s utilitarian chainlink “painting cage” for an all-access pass for a peek into the artist’s fascinating systemic technique.

"The Steve Keene Art Book" was edited by Gail O’Hara, editor-in-chief of the “legendary indie nerd bible” chickfactor, and designed by Grammy-nominated graphic designer Henry Owings.

A brand new, most handsome example of this massive, highly-anticipated survey additionally SIGNED by Steve Keene in ink.

Inventory Number: E000SKAB

(KENNA, MICHAEL). Kenna, Michael. Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (20pp), 14 duotone illustrations. Michael Kenna's "Heiden Hotel" is the fifty-sixth installment in Nazraeli Press' estimable series of One Picture Books. Limited to five hundred SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies, it contains an original 3 ½ x 4 7/8" silver gelatin print of the Heiden Hotel - a Catskill's resort where the young Mr. Kenna worked as a summer exchange student in 1976 and has returned to repeatedly until its sad demise in 2008 - tipped in at the rear of the book, as issued. A brand new, pristine example of this lovely item. 1-59005-255-2 Inventory Number: 016959

(KENNA, MICHAEL). Kenna, Michael, Peter C. Bunnell & Ruth Bernhard.. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First American Edition. Small Square Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (172pp), 130 duotone illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography, and collections listing. Still a defining reference to the work of celebrated British photographer Michael Kenna, this beautifully redesigned and reprinted monograph features images from his "The Rouge", "Desert de Retz", and "Elkhorn Slough" series along with twenty years of moody European landscapes. A brand new, pristine example of the 2002 first printing of the first American edition BOLDLY SIGNED by Michael Kenna in black ink across the title page. 1-59005-019-3 Inventory Number: 022949

(KERTESZ, ANDRE). Cartier-Bresson, Henri, Harold Riley, Mark Haworth-Booth, Lady Marina Vaisey, Weston J. Naef, Colin Ford & Charles Harbutt. Manchester, ENGLAND: Andre Kertesz and The Manchester Collection, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. 188pp, 297 duotone illustrations. With a biography. This is an extremely well-illustrated catalogue in the form of a festschrift published in honor of Andre Kertesz' 90th birthday that documents the collection of his own photographic prints donated to the United Kingdom's National Museum of Photography in Bradford. In addition to reproducing nearly three hundred images, it includes textual contributions by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Harold Riley, Mark Haworth-Booth, Lady Marina Vaisey, Weston J. Naef, Colin Ford, and Charles Harbutt. A most handsome example of the paperbound edition first additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "A Kertesz" in black ink on the title page in the photographer's inimitable shaky script. It has additionally been signed in black ink on the same page by contributor Mark Haworth-Booth. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 023046

(KERTESZ, ANDRE). Cartier-Bresson, Henri, Harold Riley, Mark Haworth-Booth, Lady Marina Vaisey, Weston J. Naef, Colin Ford & Charles Harbutt. Manchester, ENGLAND: Andre Kertesz and The Manchester Collection, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. 188pp, 297 duotone illustrations. With a biography. This is an extremely well-illustrated catalogue in the form of a festschrift published in honor of Andre Kertesz' 90th birthday that documents the collection of his own photographic prints donated to the United Kingdom's National Museum of Photography in Bradford. In addition to reproducing nearly three hundred images, it includes textual contributions by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Harold Riley, Mark Haworth-Booth, Lady Marina Vaisey, Weston J. Naef, Colin Ford, and Charles Harbutt. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "For ... / May 1 - 1985 / Andre Kertesz" in blue ink in the photographer's inimitable shaky script on the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 019828

(KERTESZ, ANDRE). Kertesz, Andre. Nicole Ducrot, Editor. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1976. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. 192pp, 193 b&w illustrations. Illustrated in lush gravure, "Of New York..." is Andre Kertesz' lovely hardbound compilation of nearly two hundred black and white images taken over four decades of his adopted home of New York City. A handsome example of the 1976 first Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Helene / Dec 3 1979 / A. Kertesz" in blue ink on the title page showing some light soiling along the top edge of the textblock whose dust jacket bears a one and a half inch closed tear at the top of the spine along with a tiny missing chip at the bottom edge of the rear panel. Helene Webb - from whom we acquired this directly - was the owner of Kertesz' local bookstore of choice in New York's Washington Square. 0-394-40511-0 Inventory Number: 025771

(KERTESZ, ANDRE). Kertesz, Andre. Nicole Ducrot, Editor. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1976. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 192pp, 193 b&w illustrations. Illustrated in lush gravure, "Of New York..." is Andre Kertesz' lovely hardbound compilation of nearly two hundred black and white images taken over four decades of his adopted home of New York City. A bright, most handsome example of the 1976 first Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "A ... / Aug 8 - 1979 / A. Kertesz" in black ink on the title page showing a short closed tear to the heel of the spine of the dust jacket. 0-394-40511-0 Inventory Number: 025739

(KH MAGAZINE). Harry, Kevin. New York. 2014-2018: Self-Published. First Editions. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monographs. As New.. Each 48 to 64pp, profusely illustrated in color. "KH" magazine is the colorful, under-the-radar annual (maga)'zine self-published by the amazing New York chronicler of style, Kevin Harry. With an eye for beauty and flair, "KH" captures the vibrant adornment, hair styles, and latest fashions of the five boroughs' African-American community, often at an open air festival or street carnival. A brand new, pristine set of all six hard to find installments published to date - issues 1 through 5 plus the "KH 2016 Special" - of this prescient document of ever-evolving innovative cultural style each of which has been additionally SIGNED by Kevin Harry in pencil on the rear cover. Inventory Number: 026674

(KLETT, MARK). Johnson, Denis & Peter Galassi. Constance Sullivan, Editor. Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., 1986. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (44pp), 13 b&w and 3 color illustrations. Designed by Katy Homans. This is the beautifully designed and printed collection of photographer Mark Klett's images of rattlesnakes, roadsides, petroglyphs, and the monumental beauty of the Desert Southwest. A most handsome copy SIGNED by Mark Klett in black ink on title page. 0-87923-617-5 Inventory Number: 014767

(KONOWIECKI, KOVI). Konowiecki, Kovi. Los Angeles: Deadbeat Club Press, I00210727, 2021. First Edition. 11 x 9", 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. New/New. 144pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Kovi Konowiecki and Morgan Crowcroft-Brown. "As the title of Kovi Konowiecki’s debut monograph – and in its place, another – reminds us, we are always and forever subject to the twin certitudes of transience and change. As is the artist, who has moved back and forth between California, Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East, all of which places are part of the fabric of this sprawling, unscripted book. Here we are confronted with the geographical and emotional margins of society and the mind: the external and internal boundaries that inhibit both human movement and human potential. The photographs portray individuals and communities that exist in a liminal space between belonging and abandonment, many of which exert feelings of desolation.But what might seem on the surface political is made intensely personal through Konowiecki’s purposeful reliance on emotional connections in the pictures rather than specific relationships of place or subject. As he says, this work comes as a “happy accident, inspired by the frequent travels that nourished a sharp eye for the liminal types of communities to which I am drawn: people I have met in my wanderings, passersby in the street, a horse trained in a small Arab village, and untended gardens.” The “unscripted” nature of the work has an impact on the form of the book, in particular in the variety of genres and colors, from landscape photography to portraiture and from black and white to color. The various forms of expression serve as ways to materialize the ideas at the core of the project and to break down barriers or restrictions within the photographic medium." A brand new, most handsome example of this now out of print gem additionall SIGNED "Kovi Konowiecki" in black ink on the colophon page at rear. 978-0999829882 Inventory Number: I00210723

(KOONS, JEFF). Rosenblum, Robert & Jeff Koons. Sadie Coles & Robert Violette, Editors. London: Anthony d'Offay, 1992. First Edition. Narrow 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good.. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Herman Lelie. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This charming little book published by Anthony d'Offay in 1992 is a catalogue raisonné of works executed by Jeff Koons between 1979 and 1992. It includes an essay by Robert Rosenblum as well as running commentary on the work by the artist throughout. A handsome example of the gallery's true first edition additionally SIGNED AND DATED 3/22/01 WITH A FLOWER DRAWING by Jeff Koons in blue ink on the front free endpaper showing some light wear and rubbing to the covers - primarily along the spine. 0-947564-46-2 Inventory Number: 017331

(KOONS, JEFF) (TASCHEN, BENEDIKT). Paz, Marga & Benedikt Taschen. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2004. First Edition. Folio. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. As New/As New. 256pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, German and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the beautifully produced, oversized hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2004 Reina Sofia Madrid exhibition of works from the extraordinary contemporary art holdings amassed over the previous two decades by legendary publisher Benedikt Taschen. "Benedikt Taschen began seriously building his personal collection in 1985, through his involvement in the contemporary art world. It is limited to a small number of artists by whom he owns a great number of pieces. This concentration both traces the development of the work of a few over time and allows us to explore their scope and vision in greater depth. Among the best-represented artists of the collection are Germans Albert Oehlen and Martin Kippenberger (with more than a hundred works each), and the American artists Jeff Koons and Mike Kelley. Additionally, Taschen owns many quality pieces representing key artists from the generation that emerged in the 1980s and is still active today. Among them: Thomas Struth, Gunther Forg, Cindy Sherman, Christopher Wool, Darren Almond, Werner Buttner, Andre Butzer, and Wolfgang Tillmans, not to forget photography doyens Julius Shulman and Helmut Newton, and Elmer Batters and Eric Stanton. A brand new, most handsome example acquired directly from the publisher additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Jeff Koons / 12/3/04" WITH A FLOWER DRAWING executed at Art Basel Miami 2004 in black marker across the title page. 3-8228-4011-4 Inventory Number: 026516

(KRIMS, LES). Krims, Les. Introduction by Hollis Frampton. Buffalo, NY: Humpy Press Inc., 1975. First Edition 1/125 Deluxe. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. np (94pp), 40 color illustrations. Designed by Les Krims. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Fictcryptokrimsographs" is one of Les Krims' charming self-published photography books from the seventies. It reproduces in miniature forty vaguely erotic, always humorous Polaroid SX-70 prints along with an introductory essay by the esteemed Hollis Frampton. A bright, most handsome example of the deluxe edition this little gem (cited on page 244 of Alessandro Bertolotti's "Books of Nudes") limited to one hundred and twenty five copies bearing the Humpy Press Inc. blindstamp SIGNED AND DATED "Krims 76" in pencil on the front pastedown with a SIGNED AND NUMBERED (4/125) 4 ¼ x 3 ½" unique Polaroid color print of "Goldfish Bowl Press and Plug 1974" (reproduced as plate number 2) laid into a glassine envelope affixed to the inside front cover, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 021819

(KRIMS, LES). Krims, Les. Introduction by Hollis Frampton. Buffalo, NY: Humpy Press Inc., 1975. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (94pp), 40 color illustrations. Designed by Les Krims. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Fictcryptokrimsographs" is one of Les Krims' charming self-published photography books from the seventies. It reproduces in miniature forty vaguely erotic, always humorous Polaroid SX-70 prints along with an introductory essay by the esteemed Hollis Frampton. A bright, most handsome copy of this little gem (cited on page 244 of Alessandro Bertolotti's "Books of Nudes") bearing the Humpy Press Inc. blindstamp additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Krims 75" in the year of publication by the photographer in pencil on the front free endpaper. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 021612

(KROLL, ERIC). Kroll, Eric. Paris, FRANCE: Timeless Edition, I00220816, 2022. First Edition 1/750 Copies. 7 x 9 inches, 484 Pages. Hardcover. Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Eric Kroll is a name familiar to anyone with even the vaguest interest in contemporary photography. His first book, Sex Objects: An American Documentary, from 1977 has attained cult-like status. He has gone on to publish several high-profile, best-selling books with houses like Taschen, and his work has been featured in countless magazines over the years.

His brand new publication, The New York Years 1971 To 1994 from Timeless Edition in Paris  showcases a side of his work that until now has not been widely publicized. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Eric found himself at the very heart of a cultural eruption in NYC. With his camera ever at the ready he documented the work and private pursuits of cultural movers and shakers from the Rolling Stones to The Dead Boys, Blondie, Warhol, Basquiat, and Haring. Madonna, Kenneth Anger, Grace Jones, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, and too many regulars from the Max's Kansas City, Studio 54, and East Village Art Scene demimonde to name feature in this stunning collection of mostly never-before seen photos. From its sleazy underbelly to the highest-brow art galleries, Eric Kroll invites you to bygone Manhattan at the height of its decadence and cultural importance. The New York Years is a unique book, a journey, an experience!

Inventory Number: I00220715

(KROLL, ERIC). Kroll, Eric. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, German and French. With a bibliography. "Beauty Parade" is famed fetish photographer Eric Kroll's second full-length Taschen tome. It is filled with a vast array of his typically sexy young female models engaged in all manner of transgressive poses utilizing undergarments, latex, leather, restraints, bondage-wear and just plain skin. A most handsome copy BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by Eric Kroll in black ink on the first preliminary. 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. 3-8228-8601-7 Inventory Number: 019825

(KROLL, ERIC). Kroll, Eric. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (64pp), 30 color illustrations. This is Taschen Postcard book number ninety-five, containing thirty bound (yet easily detached and ready to mail) postcard images by famed fetish photographer Eric Kroll distilled from his second full-length Taschen tome, "Beauty Parade". A most handsome, completely intact copy BOLDLY SIGNED by Kroll in black ink on the title page. 3-8228-8519-3 Inventory Number: 012845

(KUHN, MONA). Kuhn, Mona. Göttingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2004. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 108pp, 33 duotone and 20 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Steidl Design. "The people in Mona Kuhn's photographs are nude but not naked. Completely relaxed before the camera, they give the impression that nothing could clothe them better than their own skin. With a unique style, Kuhn's intimate photographs of both young and old are sensual compositions of skin and wrinkles, light and shadow, gestures and gazes. She creates tautly composed images and balance sharply rendered portraits against blurred backgrounds to lure the eye and provoke the imagination". This is Brazilian born, California based photographer Mona Kuhn's extraordinary second book of portraits and nudes. Coming from a background that included time as an assistant to Jock Sturges, she has formed her own unique documentary approach that is an ongoing study of youth, nature, and the beauty of the unguarded human body. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2004 Steidl first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Mona Kuhn" in black ink across the entire title page. 3-86521-008-2 Inventory Number: 026972

(KWON, BOOMOON). Kwon, Boomoon. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2006. First Edition 1/500. Oblong Folio. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (60pp), 26 color illustrations. "Boomoon is widely considered one of South Korea’s most important contemporary artists. His third book with Nazraeli Press, "Stargazing at Sokcho" comprises nineteen dreamlike land and skyscapes made in the artist’s secluded hometown in north-eastern Korea. Resembling nothing so much as the way the skies might look from the inside of a snow-globe, these gorgeous color photographs include hints of Sokcho’s soaring granite peaks and dense forests, clear, bitterly cold skies, and an almost audible roar of silent eternity". A most handsome example from the 2006 first edition limited to five hundred unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in Korean characters on the title page showing two vertical ceases to the front pastedown. It has been priced accordingly. 1-59005-159-9 Inventory Number: 018263

(LAZAREFF + BELLER). Lazareff, Jorge & Miles Beller. Los Angeles, CA: Van Norden & van de Wiele, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued..

52pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Walks-ins Welcome" is an exhibition of new collaborative artworks by the Los Angeles-based duo of Jorge Lazareff and Miles Beller. Combining images and text, these layered works explore the deep and abiding political / cultural shock-waves affecting us daily; from the contracting borders of freedom to the locked halls of power". A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly limited publication of fifty copies only additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by both Jorge Lazareff and Miles Beller.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Walk-Ins Welcome" will be signed by the artists at the event on Sunday, May 19th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, May 21st.


Inventory Number: E000LBWIW

(LEIFER, NEIL). Leifer, Neil. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, I00210207, 2008. Collector's Edition (1/1500). Oblong Folio. Hardbound in Slipcase. Sports Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

The most memorable moments since the birth of pro football in America.

The best of sports photographer Neil Leifer's 10,000 rolls of football pictures, including hundreds of previously unpublished images. Presented in a custom slipcase and limited to a total of 1,500 copies signed by the photographer, this Collector’s Edition is a companion to Neil Leifer’s instant sell-out success, Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball.

In 1958, sports photographer Neil Leifer took the picture that remains one of his most famous to this day. The day he got the shot—Alan Ameche’s game-winning “Sudden Death” touchdown—was Leifer’s 16th birthday. This game, called “The Greatest Ever Played,” signaled football’s emergence as America’s new national pastime; formerly half-empty stadiums welcomed sold-out crowds seemingly overnight, while football surpassed pro baseball and college football in national television ratings. Starting then, on any given Sunday, Leifer was most likely shooting a football game somewhere in America. His 1961 photo of legendary Giants quarterback Y. A. Tittle dropping back to pass landed Leifer his first cover for Sports Illustrated and cemented his close connection to the sport.

While best known for his iconic photograph of Muhammed Ali towering over a fallen Sonny Liston, and for the enormous diversity of subjects he covered in and out of the sports world, it is his football pictures Leifer considers his best. This collection represents the best of his best, culled from over 10,000 rolls of film on the sport, including hundreds of previously unpublished pictures. It’s impossible to conceive of Peyton Manning hovering over an impromptu wood fire on the sidelines during a blizzard, but Leifer captured Tittle’s Giants doing exactly that during the coldest game in his living memory (the 1962 Championship in New York, a game “far colder than the famous Ice Bowl”). From Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers dynasty to the Miami Dolphins’ perfect season in 1972 to the Minnesota Vikings’ terrifying Front Four—the “Purple People Eaters”—they’re all here.

Following an introduction assembled from the best football columns of the era by famed sports columnist Jim Murray, this collection is divided into four chapters: “On Any Sunday” is Leifer’s homage to the game. “The Legends” includes heroes like Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, Dick Butkus, Frank Gifford, and “Mean” Joe Greene. “The Bosses” delves into the victories on and off the field of immortal coaches Vince Lombardi, John Madden, Tom Landry, Weeb Ewbank, and others. Finally, “The Big Game” traces major championship games from 1958 through Super Bowl XII. The in depth captions put the images into their historical context, making the book highly accessible and informative.

For this Collector’s Edition, master sports photographer Neil Leifer sifted through over 10,000 rolls of film, selecting his absolute best shots, including hundreds of previously unseen pictures, to trace pro football’s most memorable moments. From the Miami Dolphins’ perfect 1972 season to the Minnesota Vikings’ “Purple People Eaters”—it’s all here, complemented by Jim Murray’s top football columns of the era for complete guts and glory nostalgia.

A brand new, unopened example of the Collector’s Edition limited to 1,500 copies numbered and signed by Neil Leifer in the publisher’s original printed shipping carton.

978-3836508377 Inventory Number: I00210207

(LEONARD, HERMAN). Leonard, Herman & Richard Williams. NP. ND (1992).: Self-Published. First Edition #270/300. Folio. Loose Plates in a Solander Box. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. One 14 x 22" sheet folded neatly in half vertically to make 4pp + twelve 14 x 11" heavy cardstock sheets printed recto in duotone and verso in offset - each housed in a printed vellum sleeve, 12 duotone illustrations. "In Memorium" (sic) is the luxe 1992 self-published portfolio of twelve iconic images of legendary deceased Jazz musicians by the noted late American photographer Herman Leonard. It contains twelve individual suitable for framing duotone offset plates featuring Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Edward "Duke" Ellington, Erroll Garner, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Lester "Prez" Young, and Sarah "Sassy" Vaughan. Each is comes in its own captioned vellum protective sleeve and accompanied by a four page colophon/booklet with biographical texts by Richard Williams. The contents are housed in a sumptuous gilt-stamped deep burgundy moiré silk-over-boards solander box. According to the photographer in a letter dated in 2010 "This was a boxed set we produced in 1992, as you describe. You have a rare item. Not more than eighteen were sold". It seems that the portfolios were completed as they were purchased from Leonard's studio, and the few copies that have turned up in the marketplace in recent years have virtually all been unsigned and unnumbered. An internally pristine example from the exceeding uncommon SIGNED AND NUMBERED (#270/300) edition in a like portfolio. Inventory Number: 026048

(LEVICK, MELBA). Mendoza, Ruben G. Photographs by Melba Levick. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2023. First Edition. 9 x 10". Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Architectural Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 978-0-8478-9914-2

Inventory Number: E000MLCSF

(LEVICK, MELBA). Woods, Douglas & Melba Levick. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2014. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color. "The masterpieces of small-house living featured here will serve as inspiration to those who struggle with the challenges presented by contemporary life in petite-size homes. "Dreaming Small" is a celebration of jewel-box homes, each marked by a sense of style that marries eclecticism, practicality, beauty, and livability. From quintessential bungalows and classic casas to Tudor fantasies, these delightful abodes are models of rich diversity and inspired living. In brilliant new photography, the book explores the possibilities that exist in these mostly unpublished gems by legendary architects Irving Gill, Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Craig Ellwood, and Paul R. Williams, among others. The houses, each under two thousand square feet, are examples of what is possible in the small home and offer the reader a colorful palette of ideas from which to artfully transform spaces into comfortable, contemporary living". A brand new, pristine example of the 2014 first printing of this charming survey of intimate Southern California interiors additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by author Douglas Woods and photographer Melba Levick in black ink on the title page. 0-8478-4231-2 Inventory Number: 023138

(LEVINTHAL, DAVID) (ELLROY, JAMES). Ellroy, James & David Levinthal. Paris: Coromandel Express, 1998. First Edition 1/55. Small Square Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Illustrated Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, with six Cibachrome prints and one hand-painted gelatin silver print. Text in English and French. Designed by Olivier Andreotti and Penelope Monnet. "My Mother's Killer" is the luxe 1998 Coromandel Express collaborative interpretation of the events surrounding the unsolved 1958 Los Angeles murder of James Ellroy's mother Geneva as recreated by noted photographer David Levinthal in a series of stylized miniature tableaux. It features a highly graphic bi-lingual presentation of Ellroy's text juxtaposed across six tri-fold leaves - each of which contains an archivally housed 11 ½ x 10 ½" color Cibachrome print. The publisher's chemise contains a seventh print - a 7 ¾ x 9 ¾" hand-painted gelatin silver photograph SIGNED AND DATED "David Levinthal 1988/1998" in black ink on the verso. These are all housed in a printed slipcase. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first and only edition limited to fifty-five copies BOLDLY SIGNED by Ellroy and Levinthal in pencil on the colophon with a Coromandel Express 1998 New Year's card cum publisher's announcement laid in. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025053

(LEVINTHAL, DAVID) (TRUDEAU, GARRY). Trudeau, Garry & David Levinthal. New York. 1977 (1989).: Laurence Miller Gallery. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist's Book. Fine/Fine. 95pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a bibliography. This is Garry Trudeau and David Levinthal's loopy collaborative interpretation of Germany's hellish battle with Russia to secure the Eastern front during World War II. It features the photographer's now iconic photographic images of HO gauge miniatures re-enacting Hitler's struggle against Stalin interspersed with Trudeau's narrative, and brief quotes from combatants, journalists and historians. A brand new, pristine example of the 1989 edition SIGNED "David Levinthal" in black ink on the title page. 0-8263-1176-8 Inventory Number: 015060

(LEVITT, HELEN). Levitt, Helen & James Agee. New York: Horizon Press, 1981. First Edition Thus 1/250 Deluxe. 4to. 1/4 Vellum Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 90 b&w illustrations. Designed by Marvin Hoshino. "A Way of Seeing" is the late Helen Levitt's classic presentation of New York street photography accompanied by an incisive essay by James Agee. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies only, this example is from the 1981 Horizon Press deluxe edition that was completely redesigned from the 1965 Viking first printing; containing a revised text along with twenty-four additional images. It is bound in one quarter gilt-stamped-vellum-over-gilt-stamped blue boards, and is housed in a blue linen slipcase. A most handsome copy (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 252-253 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 214-215 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", pages 178-179 of "The Book of 101 Books", and pages 92-96 of Horacio Fernandez' "New York in Photobooks") NUMBERED (31/250) AND SIGNED "Helen Levitt" in black ink on the colophon, as issued, showing some sunning to the slipcase along its extremities. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8180-1422-9 Inventory Number: 016847

(LICHER, BRUCE). Licher, Bruce. Foreword by Kurt Braun. Afterword by Gary Todd. Los Angeles: Independent Project Records, 1989. First Edition 1/300. Square 4to. Letterpress Printed Wrappers. Vinyl LPs + Loose Contents. As New/As New. np (42pp) + two 10" vinyl LPs with loose printed matter housed in a hand letterpress printed chipboard jacket. Art Direction and Design by Bruce Licher. This is the lavishly designed and printed compilation of the earliest recordings by noted Los Angeles-based musician, graphic designer and printer Bruce Licher issued in conjunction the 1989 Independent Project Press exhibition entitled "Bruce Licher: The Ten Year Retrospective" held at the Hallway Gallery. It contains two 10" vinyl discs featuring Licher's solo endeavors along with works by Neef, Them Rhythm Ants, Tunneltones, 1/2 "Bridge", Africa Corps, Savage Republic, "Bridge", and Final Republic, along with a detailed booklet of notes, a portfolio of ten 8 ½ x 10" reproductions of performance flyers from 1980-1982, and a glassine envelope filled with reprints of selected letterpress items, as issued. A brand new, pristine unplayed numbered example (048/300) from an edition of three hundred copies of Independent Project Records release IP 024/025 in its elegant hand letterpress printed package SIGNED "Bruce Licher" in black ink on the front cover still in its original plastic sleeve. Laid into the package is an additional SIGNED hand written one page letter in red ink from Bruce Licher bearing an IPR stamp effusively thanking two record industry colleagues for their support of the project. Inventory Number: 022817

(LICHER, BRUCE). Licher, Bruce & Karen Nielsen Licher. Aurora, NY: P22 Type Foundry, 2019. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Letterpress Illustrated Boards. Music Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 240pp, 1000+ illustrations in color and b&w. Art Direction and Design by Bruce Licher and Jim Greishaber. "Bruce Licher is a musician, artist, and designer who founded Independent Project Press. After learning the art of letterpress printing at Los Angeles' famed Women's Graphic Center at the beginning of 1982, his initial projects centered around creating album covers, postcards, and promotional stamps for his band Savage Republic. It didn't take long before he was producing work for other Los Angeles underground music groups, along with a growing number of clients in the Los Angeles design community. In addition to packaging and releasing music on his own record label, Independent Project Records, Independent Project Press has produced elegant and creative pieces of letterpress-printed ephemera for the likes of REM, Stereolab, and Camper Van Beethoven. Licher was nominated twice for a Grammy Award for his album packaging, and has been credited with starting the trend in letterpress-printed CD and record packaging using industrial-style chipboard. His work has been featured in two major design exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. Published by P22 Type Foundry Publication, "Savage Impressions" is the first extensive monograph on Bruce Licher's Independent Project Records & Press. Beautifully designed and lavishly produced, the book is a profound reminder of the value of the hand-made and how it can interface with the mass produced." A brand new, most handsome example of this exciting document limited to six hundred and fifty copies - already almost entirely subscribed - additionally SIGNED by authors Bruce Licher and Karen Nielsen Licher in ink on the title page. 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. 0-9631082-6-3 Inventory Number: 027225

(LINDNER, RICHARD) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Lord, James. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1977. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. Folio. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine. 24pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French, with an English summary. This is a monographic edition of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Richard Lindner's 1977 exhibition of paintings and watercolors. An internally bright, pristine example of the deluxe slipcased edition printed on Velin de Rives limited to one hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (39/150) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "R Lindner" in pencil on the rear colophon housed in the publisher's purple paper-over-boards chemise and slipcase with printed pastedown. The magazine itself is in spectacular condition, the chemise bears mild sunning along the spine, while the slipcase shows light wear and similar mild sunning. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 024984

(LUZ, MARINA). Chronicle Books, 2021. 4 1/2" x 6", 96 pages. Hardbound. New. 9780847870646

PRE-ORDER NOW! Books will be signed by Ms. Luz at Arcana on 12/11/21 and will begin shipping the following week.

How do you find a book when you can't recall the title…or the author? This homage to a common reader's dilemma is a gift the booklover in your life won't soon forget.

Readers know all too well the comedy and tragedy of forgetting the name of a must-find book. Inspired by this torturous predicament, artist Marina Luz creates paintings of books based on the descriptions we use when we can't remember their titles—mining Internet book-search forums for the quirky, vague, and often hilarious language we come up with in these moments. This volume collects dozens of these imaginary books into a library all their own: Titles like "Cat, Possibly Named Henry," "It Was All a Dream," or "Something-Something, Beverly Hills" inspire dreaming up their contents, often as entertaining as trying to guess the real book behind them. A celebration of book love unlike any other, this petite book is a clever gift for bibliophiles that will spark knowing smiles.

Marina Luz is an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Vice, and ProPublica, among other publications. She runs her illustration and design studio Honeylux out of Oakland, California. She found these descriptions during her own search for a forgotten book, Iceberg Shows Up Overnight in Front of Hotel.

Inventory Number: E00MLUZ

(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 1999. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 148pp, 64 color illustrations. Designed by Guy Russell. "Knave of Hearts" is a visual memoir in which Danny Lyon recounts his adventures as a photographer. It is illustrated with color photo-montages and unpublished pictures from his three classic photodocumentary works: "The Bikeriders", "Conversations with the Dead", and "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan". The auto-biographical text tells the Lyon family's history, beginning with the 1905 revolution in Russia, and covers the unrest of 1960s America and the social radicalism of New Mexico in the 1970s. In words and photographs Lyon memorializes the friends, family, and adventures of his life". A brand new, pristine example of the 1999 deluxe Twin Palms first edition (cited on page 242 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") limited to one hundred and fifty copies numbered 51-200 (94/200) BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black ink on the rear colophon housed in the publisher's debossed cloth slipcase still in shrinkwrap, as issued. Only copies of the extra-deluxe edition numbered 1-50 contained the signed photographic print. 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. 0-944092-64-0 Inventory Number: 024568

(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 1999. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 148pp, 64 color illustrations. Designed by Guy Russell. "Knave of Hearts" is a visual memoir in which Danny Lyon recounts his adventures as a photographer. It is illustrated with color photo-montages and unpublished pictures from his three classic photodocumentary works: "The Bikeriders", "Conversations with the Dead", and "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan". The auto-biographical text tells the Lyon family's history, beginning with the 1905 revolution in Russia, and covers the unrest of 1960s America and the social radicalism of New Mexico in the 1970s. In words and photographs Lyon memorializes the friends, family, and adventures of his life". A brand new, pristine unopened example (cited on page 242 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") of the uncommon 1999 extra-deluxe Twin Palms first edition of fifty copies numbered 1 through 50 (10/200) BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black ink on the rear colophon accompanied by a 12 x 10" matted black and white photograph of a montage of images from "Conversations with the Dead" SIGNED "Danny Lyon" in pencil along with his "Bleak Beauty" stamp in red ink on the verso housed in the publisher's debossed cloth clamshell box, as issued. Deluxe copies numbered 51-200 are signed and slipcased. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-944092-64-0 Inventory Number: 022496

(LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS). Lyotard, Jean Francois. Bruce Boone, Translator. Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Clamshell Box. Art Theory Monograph. As New/As New. 64pp, illustrated in b&w. Designed by Robert Shapazian and Patrick Dooley. Originally issued as "Le Mur du Pacifique" by Editions Galilee in 1979, "Pacific Wall" is the first English language edition of renowned French theoretician Jean-Francois Lyotard's anthology of nine essays on "the Western". It is an elaborately designed reinvisioning published in 1990 by Sam Francis' Lapis Press that includes gatefold illustrations of Ed Kienholz' "Five Card Stud" and the downtown Los Angeles freeway system. One of only a handful of presentation copies produced hors commerce for the press and contributors, it consists of the book in its fragile unprinted yellow acetate jacket with printed acetate wraparound title band housed in a crimson linen-over-boards clamshell box with a gilt-debossed spine. A brand new, pristine example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For King Henry, our own, Love from the editor - Robert Shapazian" and "+ the Publisher Sam Francis" for Henry Hopkins in purple ink on page 60 whose box shows some very light wear and soiling. The late Henry T. Hopkins was a pioneering California-based museum director, art historian and gallerist from whom we acquired this directly prior to his passing. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-932499-64-3 Inventory Number: 019521

(MALLEY, ALIA). Malley, Alia. Los Angeles: Sam Lee Gallery & Alia Malley, 2011. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong 4to. Debossed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (32pp), 13 color illustrations. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Los Angeles-based Alia Malley's 2011 Sam Lee Gallery solo exhibition of thirteen recent large scale color landscape photographs. A brand new, pristine example of this exceptionally lovely publication limited to one thousand copies only additionally SIGNEDa"Alia Malley" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 020495

(MALLEY, ALIA). Malley, Alia & Sam Lee. Los Angeles: Sam Lee Gallery, 2010. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (12pp), 7 color illustrations. With a biography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with her 2010 Sam Lee Gallery solo exhibition, this slender yet elegant twelve page catalogue gorgeously illustrates Los Angeles photographer Alia Malley's current body of work - large scale, muted color images of the pastoral local exurban landscape that rest somewhere between Joel Sternfeld, Robert Adams and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. A brand new, pristine example of her first publication limited to five hundred numbered copes additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alia Malley" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 021933

(MANDEL, MIKE) (SULTAN, LARRY). Mandel, Mike & Larry Sultan. Introduction by Sandra S. Phillips. Foreword by Robert F. Forth. New York. 1977 (2003).: D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers). First Printing Thus. Small Oblong 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (92pp), 61 duotone and 25 b&w illustrations. Designed by Victor Mingovits. Quite simply one of the most innovative, entertaining and thought-provoking photography books yet published, Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan's 1977 collection of uncaptioned evidentiary images has rightfully gained a legendary status in the thirty-five years since its initial publication. Now, "Evidence" is available once again in its original format, with the addition of a dust jacket, a new essay by SFMoMA curator Sandra Phillips on the book's impact and significance, and a two page layout of eighteen previously unpublished images entitled "Outtakes from Evidence, 1977-2003". A brand new, most handsome example of this wonderful tome (whose 1977 first printing is cited on pages 220-221 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 314-315 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 140-141 of "The Book of 101 Books") BOLDLY SIGNED by both Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel in black ink on the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-891024-62-0 Inventory Number: 024508

(MANZELLA, TONY). Manzella, Tony. Venice, CA: Verb Editions, 2017. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Pictorial Tabloid Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.
32 pages, four color offset on 17 x 11 1/2" tabloid newsprint

Edition of 1000 designed by David Blankenship for Because

Published by Verb Editions


“Excavating local landscapes. True Image is a photographic representation of our unseen surroundings.” - Tony Manzella
Inventory Number: E000TMTI