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(SANDBURG, CARL). Sandburg, Carl. Flat Rock, NC: Self Published, 1960. First Edition. 8vo. Matted and Framed Under Glass. Typed Letter Signed. Fine.. One 6 ¾ x 6 ¼" sheet printed recto only bearing a typed letter additionally signed by the author, no illustrations. This is a 1960 typed letter signed by noted American poet and historian Carl Sandburg clarifying an inquiry regarding his authoritative autobiography of US president Abraham Lincoln. Typed in black ink on stationery bearing the imprint of Sandburg's "CONNEMARA FARMS / FLAT ROCK, NC" estate, it reads" Dear Jean: You and Gen. Edmonds checked everything and everywhere except CS hisself. Page 562 Vol. III of The War Years has chapter titled "Election Day, November 8, 1864", each alternating page across 23 pages also headed like the chapter title. Try your eyes on it. You are sweetly courteous and I sign with affectionate regard -" SIGNED "Carl Sandburg" in black ink below. It is mounted on a woven linen backing housed in a modest 11 ½ x 11" dark wooden frame faced with non-reflective glass. A most handsome example of this unique missive. 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: 024762

(SASSEN, VIVIANE). Sassen, Viviane. Stockholm, SWEDEN: Libraryman Co., Ltd., 2009. First Edition 1/300. 12mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (32pp), 23 duotone illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Andreas och Fredrika. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This charming little volume issued as part of Swedish photography publisher Libraryman's"Day in the Life" series features understated domestic and family images by the noted Dutch photographer and Prix de Rome winner Viviane Sassen. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to three hundred copies NUMBERED (026/300) AND SIGNED "Viviane Sassen" in black ink on the publisher's cardstock colophon sheet, as issued. 91-86269-04-6 Inventory Number: 025768

(SAWATARI, HAJIME). Sawatari, Hajime. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2004. First Edition 1/600. 4to. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (88pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Koichi Hara. This is the tenth installment in the estimably hip Japanese fashion/style purveyor Hysteric Glamour's series of beautifully produced limited edition photography monographs. It is an erotic tale of a gorgeous lass and her love for a certain octopus - sucker marks and all - captured by the creator of the truly twisted 1974 photographically illustrated retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", Hajime Sawatari. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to six hundred numbered copies (348/600) additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Sawatari" in pencil on the title page in the publisher's unprinted clear acetate dustwrapper, as issued. Inventory Number: 023000

(SAWATARI, HAJIME). Sawatari, Hajime. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2000. First Edition. Folio. Printed Metallic Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good +.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Hajime Sawatari's "A Girl" is another of the estimably hip Japanese fashion/style purveyor Hysteric Glamour's series of beautifully produced limited edition photography monographs. It is an oversized, erotically obsessive compendium of hundreds of full page black and white images, many nude, of a single Japanese lass taken by the creator of the truly twisted 1974 photographically illustrated retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". A shiny, most presentable example of this uncommon item BOLDLY SIGNED "SAWATARI" in black marker on the title page showing a dent through the textblock at the heel of the spine as well as a soft crease to the front cover and a slight curl to the pages at the lower foredge corner. 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. Inventory Number: 020807

(SAWATARI, HAJIME). Sawatari, Hajime. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2000. First Edition. Folio. Printed Metallic Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Hajime Sawatari's "A Girl" is another of the estimably hip Japanese fashion/style purveyor Hysteric Glamour's series of beautifully produced limited edition photography monographs. It is an oversized, erotically obsessive compendium of hundreds of full page black and white images, many nude, of a single Japanese lass taken by the creator of the truly twisted 1974 photographically illustrated retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". A shiny, presentable example only of this uncommon item BOLDLY SIGNED by Hajime Sawatari in kanji in black marker on the title page showing dents and soft creases at each of the four corners 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. Inventory Number: 020806

(SCHLES, KEN). Schles, Ken. Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS: Stichting Fotografie Aurora Borealis & Fotografie Noorderlicht, 2011. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. 1/2 Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (96pp), 35 color illustrations. Text in English. "Oculus" is Ken Schles' exceptionally lovely fourth book published in conjunction with his participation as part of the 2011 Noorderlicht Photography Festival in Groningen. Of it the photographer states "We infuse the world we encounter with meaning, with social and symbolic significance based on the value we place upon representations we share. This, perhaps, is the irony of our conceptualizations: We make and share images so that we may know the world. "Oculus" takes you on a philosophic journey that points beyond the shadow-play of images. It is a meditation on the nature of perception and existence in the gray light of this world. A photographic book about images, memory, and the metaphor of light". A pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand copies SIGNED AND DATED "Ken Schles NYC 11/11" in the year of its publication in black ink on the title page. 90-76703-45-0 Inventory Number: 021920

(SCHNABEL, JULIAN). Schnabel, Julian. New York: Random House, Inc., 1987. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in 1987 when his artworld career seemed boundless, this lavishly produced hardbound book reproduces scores of works by noted artist/director Julian Schnabel all accompanied by the maestro's own engaging narrative of his passage through the International art world and its excesses. A brand new, most handsome example of the Random House first edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To ... / Julian" whose fragile printed acetate dust jacket shows none of the cracks or tears typically associated with this title. 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. 0-394-55313-6 Inventory Number: 025187

(SEKULA, ALLAN). Sekula, Allan, Gary Dufour & John O' Brian. Vancouver, CANADA & Cambridge, MA: Vancouver Art Gallery & MIT Press, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Allan Sekula and Reinhard Derreth Graphics. With a bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition held at the Vancouver Art Gallery, "Geography Lesson: Canadian Notes" is a body of work by the noted late socially-conscious photographer and educator Allan Sekula examining the Canadian mining industry and the executives, workers, and labor activists that depend on it for their livelihoods. A brand new, most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED INSCRIPTION "For ..., With Thanks, Allan Sekula / Atlanta 10/10/98" to an institutional curator in black ink on the title page. 0-262-69200-7 Inventory Number: 024339

(SERRA, RICHARD). Serra, Richard, Hal Foster & David Sylvester. Los Angeles & Gottingen, GERMANY: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & Steidl, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 240pp, 271 duotone illustrations. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles survey exhibition of steel sculptures executed by Richard Serra between 1983 and 1998. It includes copious photographic documentation along with a catalogue raisonné of the primarily monumental-scale works from this period, an essay by Hal Foster, and a transcribed interview between David Sylvester and the artist. A most handsome example of this important document additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE PRESENTATION "For ..., Richard" in pencil across the entire half title page to a Gagosian Gallery associate. 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. 3-88243-623-9 Inventory Number: 018868

(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy LLC, 2007. First Edition 1/300. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 152pp, 100 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by Todd Tourso. Limited to three hundred copies only, "Deathcamp" is R.J. Shaughnessy's must-have first book - a gritty, engaging essay capturing the transgressive youthful comings and goings in the Atwater house the photographer lived in from late 2002 through early 2006. If you are an Ed Templeton or Ryan McGinley fan, this self-published gem is right up your alley! A brand new, pristine example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "R.J. Shaughnessy" in black marker on the title page. 0-9792748-1-8 Inventory Number: 023021

(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy, 2009. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), 37 illustrations in duotone. Designed by Christian Cervantes. "Your Golden Opportunity is Comeing Very Soon" is Los Angeles-based photographer R.J. Shaughnessy's follow up to his must-have first book - "Deathcamp". Shot in stark black and white, it captures the flawed details of his decaying metropolis illuminated with a flash in the dead of night. No wasted partygoers here, just riveting images of bent poles, torn chain-link fences, crumbling cinderblock barriers and the like. A most handsome example of this intriguing, already unavailable work limited to five hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED by R.J. Shaughnessy in black marker on the rear colophon, as issued. 0-9792748-4-2 Inventory Number: 019547

(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy, 2009. First Edition 1/200. Oblong Folio. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), 29 duotone illustrations. Designed by Christian Cervantes. "These Photographs Will Heal Your Soul" is Los Angeles-based photographer R.J. Shaughnessy's exquisite third self-published book of photographs. Shot in sumptuous black and white, it surveys flurries of snowflakes against the inky night sky. A brand new, pristine example of this elegant volume limited to two hundred copies NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED "R.J. Shaughnessy" in black marker on the rear colophon still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its size - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9792748-2-6 Inventory Number: 019106

(SHAYLOR, ANDREW). Shaylor, Andrew. Foreword by Sonny Barger. London: Merrell Publishers Limited, 2005. First Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. 4to. Full-Leather in Clamshell Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 240pp, 200 duotone and 100 color illustrations. Designed by Maggi Smith. "Photographer Andrew Shaylor has been given unique and long-term access to the secret world of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Over three hundred stunning photographs reveal the rich diversity of the HAMC, including events, members' motorcycles (always Harley Davidsons), clubhouses, portraits, and a multitude of details that uniquely define their culture. It contains a specially commissioned foreword by American legend Sonny Barger". Limited to one thousand copies only, this deluxe edition is hardbound in full black leather that shows a debossed Hells Angels insignia, and is SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Andrew Shaylor. It is housed in a debossed oversized black leather clamshell box that contains a SIGNED AND NUMBERED 12 x 9 ½" black and white silver print of the image "Kenny, HAMC, Tyne and Wear" - the cover image of the trade edition of this book. A brand new, pristine example in the publisher's unopened printed cardboard shipping carton, as issued. 1858943167 Inventory Number: 019813

(SISKIND, AARON). Siskind, Aaron. Foreword by Gordon Parks. Charles Traub & Ann Banks, Editors. Providence, RI: Matrix Publications, Inc., 1981. First Edition #100/100 Deluxe. Oblong Small 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket,Slipcased. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Malcolm Grear. This is the historically significant compendium of the esteemed late Chicago-based photographer Aaron Siskind's photographs from the 1930s of Harlem and its denizens. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1981 Matrix Publications deluxe first hardbound edition in dust jacket limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (100/100) AND SIGNED "Aaron Siskind" in black ink on the vellum limitation page at front, as issued, showing some mild wear and sunning to the publisher's printed slipcase. 0-936554-06-1 Inventory Number: 026401

(SISKIND, AARON). Siskind, Aaron. Introduction by Thomas B. Hess. New York: Light Gallery Books & Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First Edition 1/7500. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good./Very Good.. 112pp, 94 duotone illustrations. Designed by Malcolm Grear. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the beautifully printed catalogue published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1976 retrospective exhibition of the work of the esteemed late Chicago-based photographer Aaron Siskind held at New York's Light Gallery. An internally handsome example of the paperbound edition in dust jacket additionally SIGNED "Aaron Siskind" in blue ink on the half title page showing some mild wear and soiling to the wrappers and edges of the textblock. 0-374-23205-9 Inventory Number: 025770

(SLACK, MIKE). Slack, Mike. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2017. First Edition. 4to. Decorative Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/ No Jacket - As Issued. np (100pp), 50 color illustrations. "Clouds, electronics, fog, bugs, glass, cellophane, rust, weeds, waves, particles… Mike Slack delves into an overheated terrestrial ecosystem in "The Transverse Path, surveying a luminous topography of monumental details and mundane vistas with cosmic curiosity. Transcendental in mood, Slack’s vaguely sci-fi photographs envision a sun-blasted wilderness of synthetic and organic stuff, all tangled together, flourishing and disintegrating on its own terms, as if engaged in an ageless negotiation (or flirtation?) just beyond our grasp. Where does nature end and its opposite begin? And where do people figure into this balance? Made primarily around the American southwest from 2011 to 2017, these vivid compositions — like a series of thought-bubbles in search of a narrative — are concise and direct, yet driven by an emotional ambivalence that hovers between stark environmental dread and calm intimate reverie". A brand new, pristine example of the first The Ice Plant edition limited to nine hundred unnumbered copies additionally SIGNED "Mike Slack" in ink.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "The Transverse Path" will be signed Saturday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 978-0-9992655-0-5 Inventory Number: E000MSTTP

(SLACK, MIKE). Slack, Mike. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2012. Second Edition (First Thus) 1/500. 8vo. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New./As New.. np (96pp), 45 color illustrations + color cover. "High Tide" is Mike Slack's collection of beautifully reproduced Polaroids taken from a monitor screen in which each of its slightly-distorted subjects fills the frame, eyes closed, in a seeming state of meditative bliss. Originally published in conjunction with a 2006 exhibition of the work at Marfa's Galleri Urbane, it includes images of such iconic actors and actresses as Jack Nicholson, Nancy Allen, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley MacLaine, Warren Beatty, Sean Young, Barry Newman, and many more. A pristine copy in the publisher's plastic pouch of the first printing of the revised and expanded 2012 edition of this cult favorite limited to five hundred copies SIGNED "Mike Slack" in black ink on the rear colophon. 0-9823653-8-1 Inventory Number: 021902

(SMITH, JOSH). Smith, Josh. NP (New York): Josh Smith, 2001. First Edition #16/20 Deluxe. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Stiff Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (circa 192pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is New York-based Josh Smith's witty 2001 self-published artist's book filled with an amalgam of nineteenth Century steel engravings, childlike portraits, and Smith's equally childlike signature, Each is presented as a full page black and white plate digitally printed on the rectos only. A brand new, most handsome example of this unique object limited to twenty copies only whose front and back covers are HAND ILLUSTRATED, SIGNED "Josh Smith", NUMBERED (16/20), AND DATED "2001" IN GRAPHITE. Inventory Number: 027436

(SMITHSON, ALINE). Smithson, Aline. Foreword by Karen Sinsheimer. Introduction by Paula Tognarelli. Toronto, CANADA: The Magenta Foundation, 2015. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 216pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w, full edge gilt. "Self & Others - Portrait as Autobiography" is a near-twenty year culmination of portrait photographs captured by award-winning photographer, writer, and educator Aline Smithson. It begins with her earliest black and white silver gelatin prints in which she photographs the world around her considering the poignancy of childhood and the pathos of aging and relationships. The book continues with her hand-painted photographs - including her defining series - "Arrangement in Green and Black: Portrait of the Photographer's Mother" - where she combines humor and family to create a universal expression of motherhood. The book is completed by her most recent color projects that revisit beauty, the essence of childhood, and an examination of created realities. Aline brings a background in painting and fashion to her images, but at the heart of her work is her ability to recognize the inner self of her subjects. The photographer considers all her portraits a reflection of herself and the stories she wants to tell, and in that way, has created a visual language that is her own unique autobiography". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2015 first edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Aline Smithson 2015" in the year of publication in black marker on the title page at Arcana with a packet of postcards by the photographer laid in. 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. 1-926856-06-6 Inventory Number: 025519

(SOKOLSKY, MELVIN). Sokolsky, Melvin & Raphaelle Stopin. Afterword by Ali McGraw. Beverly Hills, CA: Leafcar Editions, 2011. First Edition 1/800. 4to. Cloth in Plexiglas Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 80 + 80pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Designed by Melvin Sokolsky. This beautiful volume is the definitive collection of all seventy-four printed images from of Melvin Sokolsky's wildly innovative "Bubble" and "Fly" series shot in Paris for "Harper's Bazaar" in the sixties. It includes for the first time more than a dozen previously unreleased and alternate visions of his iconic series, behind the scenes documentary photos, outtakes, and an intimate insight into the legendary fashion photographer's process and inspiration. Limited to eight hundred copies only featuring a unique back-to-back "zig-zag" binding, the "Signature Edition" is housed in an etched grey Lucite slipcase designed by Sokolsky himself. A brand new, pristine example from the 2011 first edition limited to eight hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED (519/800) by the late, great photographer in pencil on the front colophon in the publisher's printed shipping carton, as issued. 0-9822266-7-5 Inventory Number: 027462

(SOMMER, FREDERICK). Glenn, Constance & Jane K. Bledsoe. Long Beach, CA: The Art Museum and Galleries, Cal State University, 1980. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 71pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Lilli Cristin. This is the catalogue for the 1980 touring Frederick Sommer retrospective - circulated in conjunction with the renowned photographer's seventy-fifth birthday. It exquisitely reproduces thirty-one of the seventy five works exhibited as well as a portion of the text of the artist's 1972 poem-cum-treatise "The Poetic Logic of Art and Aesthetics". A bright, most handsome example showing virtually none of the typically seen rubbing and handling to its silver covers additionally SIGNED by Frederick Sommer in black ink on the title page at the time of publication. 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: 019501

(SOMMER, FREDERICK). Sommer, Frederick, in collaboration with Stephen Aldrich. Stockton, NJ: Designed and Printed at the Carolingian Press, 1972. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Printed Stapled Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good.. np (40pp), no illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The Poetic Logic of Art and Aesthetics" is Frederick Sommer's self-published item containing no photographic images that reproduces the text of his 1972 poem-cum-treatise "The Poetic Logic of Art and Aesthetics" along with the eulogy "'Words Spoken in Memory of Richard Nickell at a Gathering of His Friends". A handsome example additionally SIGNED by Frederick Sommer in black ink in a spidery hand on the title page showing some typical light age patination and slight discoloration along the rear of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 020357

(SOTH, ALEC). Bordignon, Elena, Alec Soth, Jona Frank, Tanyth Berkeley & Alix Smith. Milano, ITALY: TH INSIDE, 2005. First Edition #333/400. Square 8vo. Debossed Cloth. Exhibition Catalog. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Italian and English. With photographers' biographies, exhibition histories, and bibliographies. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2005 Tommy Hilfiger-sponsored exhibition held in Milan of Fashion-inflected color portrait photography by Alec Soth, Jona Frank, Tanyth Berkeley, and Alix Smith. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to four hundred NUMBERED (333/400) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by Alec Soth and Jona Frank in black ink on the title page at our shop with the business card of the director of Minneapolis' Weinstein Gallery - Alec Soth's representatives at the time - laid in. Inventory Number: 025743

(SOTH, ALEC). Engberg, Siri, Geoff Dyer, August Kleinzahler, Bartholomew Ryan, Britt Salvesen, Barry Schwabsky & Alec Soth. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Emmet Byrne. Published in conjunction with a massive Walker Art Center retrospective of the work of Alec Soth, this is a beautifully designed and printed hardbound survey of the imagery of the noted Minneapolis-based Magnum photographer. A brand new, pristine example of the 2010 first edition (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") with the photographer's 48 page artist book entitled "The Loneliest Man in Missouri:" housed in a pocket affixed to the rear inside board, as issued, additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alec Soth" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 025745

(SOTH, ALEC). Soth, Alec. London: MACK, 2015. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Padded Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (144pp), 75 tritone illustrations. Designed by Alec Soth and Gregoire Pujade-Lauraine. "Known for his haunting portraits of solitary Americans in "Sleeping by the Mississippi" and "Broken Manual", Alec Soth has recently turned his lens toward community life in the country. To aid in his search, Soth assumed the increasingly obsolescent role of community newspaper reporter. From 2012 to 2014, Soth traveled state by state while working on his self-published newspaper, "The LBM Dispatch", as well as on assignment for the "New York Times" and others. From upstate New York to Silicon Valley, Soth attended hundreds of meetings, dances, festivals and communal gatherings in search of human interaction in an era of virtual social networks. With "Songbook", Soth has stripped these pictures of their news context in order to highlight the longing for connection at their root. Fragmentary, funny and sad, "Songbook" is a lyrical depiction of the tension between American individualism and the desire to be united". A brand new, pristine example of the 2015 first MACK printing of this awesome undertaking (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Alec Soth 2015" in the year of publication in black 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. 1-910164-02-X Inventory Number: 024756

(SOTH, ALEC). Soth, Alec, Aaron Schuman & Kate Bush. London: MACK, 2015. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Decorative Box. Photography Monograph. As New./No Jackets - As Issued.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lewis Chaplin. "Alec Soth's reputation as one of the leading lights of contemporary photographic practice is largely predicated on the books he has published. This unusual catalogue accompanies a 2015 touring exhibition which uses the four major bodies of work which Soth has published as books since 2004 as the structural basis for both a mid-career retrospective and an investigation of Soth's prescient understanding of the various and distinct applications of photography as a tool for storytelling across diverse media. The title of the exhibition comes from Walt Whitman's poem 1855 "Song of Myself" and references both the pages of his books gathered for consideration, and the notion that his work is also a story about Soth himself. This catalogue is a special object, bringing together an essay by Aaron Schuman spread across twenty-nine large format postcards, an additional card printed with an introduction by Kate Bush - curator of the exhibition and the director of Media Space, London, with mini facsimile versions of Soth's "Sleeping by the Mississippi", "Niagara", "Broken Manual", and "Songbook". A brand new, most handsome example of the now unavailable first edition (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Alec Soth / 2015" in black ink in the year of publication on the inside front cover of its decorative box. 1-910164-36-4 Inventory Number: 025273

(SOTH, ALEC). Soth, Alec, Aaron Schuman & Kate Bush. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2010. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (16pp), 11 color illustrations. "One Mississippi" is the sixty-third installment in Nazraeli Press' estimable series of One Picture Books. Limited to five hundred NUMBERED (125/500) copies, it reproduces eleven images from a 1992 road trip down the Mississippi by a twenty-three year old Alec Soth and contains an original 3 3/8 x 4 ¾" color print of a weathered red sedan tipped in at the rear of the book SIGNED "Alec Soth" in back ink on the verso, as issued. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon, lovely item in the publisher's clear plastic ziploc pouch, 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. 1-59005-281-1 Inventory Number: 024818

(SOTH, ALEC). Zanot, Francesco & Alec Soth. Roma, ITALY: Edizioni Punctum, 2011. First Edition 1/500. Oblong Small Folio. Illustrated Cloth. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (54pp), 20 color illustrations. Text in Italian and English. Designed by Nicola Veccia Scavalli. Published in conjunction with the tenth edition of the "Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma" in 2011, this is a lavishly produced collection of twenty of Alec Soth's unabashedly romantic, Keats-inflected large format color images of the Eternal City. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") limited to five hundred unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alec Soth" in black ink on the title page. 88-95410-31-9 Inventory Number: 025746

(SOTH, ALEC). Zellar, Brad & Alec Soth (as Lester B. Morrison). St. Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2012. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Spiral Bound Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (118pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Hans Seeger. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "In House of Coates, writer Brad Zellar pieces together the story of legendary recluse Lester B. Morrison. Working from a handful of encounters and contradictory conversations, a sketchy paper trail and often confounding interviews with individuals who may or may not have been "associates" of Morrison (including Morrison's former collaborator Alec Soth), Zellar attempts to reconstruct one episode from Morrison's decidedly episodic life. In the winter of 2011, Zellar finally crossed paths with his evasive subject, and was with Morrison's permission granted access to the results of a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test that Morrison submitted to in August of 2009, along with the administrating psychiatrist's copious notes. Finally, in late December of last year, Zellar received in the mail a duct-taped shoebox marked "PERISHABLE" containing almost two hundred photographs that Morrison termed "disposable documents of the approximate period in question". From these raw materials designer Hans Seeger has assembled a book that Morrison himself has pronounced, "probably close enough to what might or might not have happened, and that’'s as much as I've learned to expect from the so-called real world". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2012 first Little Brown Mushroom edition of this quirky document (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") in green spiral binding limited to one thousand unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alec Soth" in black ink on the title page. 0-9839990-1-5 Inventory Number: 024714

(SPARKUHL, PAT). Sparkuhl, Pat, Kim Abeles & Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald. William S. Bartman, Editor. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 32pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history and collections listing. This is the comprehensive monograph on the Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Pat Sparkuhl. It features reproductions of work executed between 1979 and 1990, an essay by Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald, as well as the transcript of an interview between Sparkuhl and artist Kim Abeles. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1991 hardbound edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) limited to thirty-five copies NUMBERED (5/35) AND SIGNED by Sparkuhl, Abeles, and Fitzgerald in black ink on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman. 0-923183-05-1 Inventory Number: 024441

(SPENCE, ANDREW). Spence, Andrew, Richard Armstrong & Colin Thomson. William S. Bartman, Editor. NP: A.R.T. Press, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 46pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. This is the comprehensive monograph on the Los Angeles-based abstract geometric painter Andrew Spence. It features reproductions of work executed between 1971 and 1991, an essay by Richard Armstrong, as well as the transcript of an interview between Spence and Colin Thomson. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1992 unnumbered hardbound edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) issued hors commerce in a very limited quantity for the use of the press additionally SIGNED by Spence and Thomson in pencil on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman. 0-923183-07-8 Inventory Number: 024442

(SPIEGELMAN, ART). Spiegelman, Art. New York. ND: Fotofolio. Edition Not Stated. Oblong 12mo. Printed Postcard. Fine.. One 6 x ¼" postcard printed offset recto and verso, one color illustration. This is a Fotofolio postcard that reproduces Art Spiegelman's colorful illustration for the front cover of the February 13th, 1993 cover of "The New Yorker" entitled "Valentine's Day". On the reverse side, the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist of "Maus: A Survivor's Tale" has created an ORIGINAL DRAWING in black ink of the iconic Maus side-by-side with Peanuts' Charlie Brown BEARING THE PRESENTATION "Dear Jean Lewis / THANX!" inside two word balloons and additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "art spiegelman" below. We acquired this directly from the late Ms. Lewis - a nationally syndicated American newspaper columnist in the seventies and eighties - prior to her passing. She was a good friend of cartoonist Charles "Sparky" Schulz, which is the reason why Spiegelman drew this whimsical image (we believe) sometime in the mid to late nineties. Inventory Number: 026908

(STAR WARS). Prowse, Dan & Anthony Daniels. Universal City, CA. ND (Circa 1979).: Lucasfilm. Editions Not Stated. Oblong 8vo. Printed Cardstock. Fine.. Two 4 x 8" glossy cardstock sheets printed offset recto only, 4 b&w illustrations. These are two late seventies photographically-illustrated Star Wars souvenir cards produced by Lucasfilm for actors Dan Prowse and Anthony David for promotional use while making personal appearances as Darth Vader and C-3PO. A brand new, most handsome pair additionally INSCRIBED respectively "To Robin / Dave Prowse / IS / DARTH VADER" and "To Robin / WITH THANKS / C-3PO / Anthony Daniels" in black ink in 1979 for a company archivist at Lucasfilm's  Universal City "Egg Factory" offices from whom we acquired these directly. Inventory Number: 026922

(STEINBERG, SAUL) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Steinberg, Saul. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1966. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. Folio. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (28pp), 12 b&w and 7 color illustrations. Text in English and French. With an exhibition checklist. 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 Saul Steinberg's 1966 exhibition of sixty-seven drawings and collages. An internally bright, most handsome example of the deluxe slipcased edition printed on Velin de Lana with deckled edges limited to one hundred and fifty numbered copies (62/150) BOLDLY SIGNED "Steinberg" in pencil on the rear colophon housed in the publisher's grey paper-over-boards chemise and slipcase with printed pastedown. The magazine and chemise are in most handsome condition while the slipcase shows a bit of light soiling and age-toning along with a tiny nick to the top edge. 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: 023986

(STEINMETZ, MARK). Steinmetz, Mark. Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2011. First Edition 1/1000. Small Folio. Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Mark Steinmetz's follow-up monograph to his classic trilogy "South Central / South East / Greater Atlanta", "Summertime" is a series of portraits of kids and teenagers caught in the midst of activity in distinctly American settings. Made between 1984 and 1991 when kids and teenagers were able to roam their neighborhoods with less supervision than today riding bikes without wearing helmets, and hanging out without constant digital interruptions, these black and white photographs capture the light and feel of an endless summer. Beautifully printed on uncoated Japanese stock with the publisher's exclusive "Daido black" ink, this charming, long unavailable tome was printed in a first edition of one thousand copies casebound copies. A brand new, most handsome example SIGNED AND DATED "Mark Steinmetz / 2012" in pencil on the title page. 978-159005-348-6 Inventory Number: E000MSS

(STEINMETZ, MARK). Steinmetz, Mark. Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2013. First Edition 1/1000. Small Folio. Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Mark Steinmetz's 2013 monograph presents work culled from several extended trips that the artist made to Paris over a twenty-five year period. Paris was where his mother was born and raised, giving Steinmetz a special connection to, and familiarity with, the city. In the streets, parks, and along the Seine, Steinmetz plays with the conventions of the Paris photographic tradition, from Atget to Kertész. The work is classical, but with a modern feel that both updates the tradition and follows the path Steinmetz has set with his other books. Beautifully printed on uncoated Japanese stock with the publisher's exclusive "Daido black" ink, this unavailable tome was printed in a first edition of one thousand copies casebound copies. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Mark Steinmetz" in pencil on the title page.

978-1-59005-374-4 Inventory Number: E000MSPIMT

(STEINMETZ, MARK). Steinmetz, Mark. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press, I00240115. 2023. First Edition. Large Quarto. Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued. 9781590055960

"In the summer of 1987, I was 26 years old, a couple years out of graduate school, and living in a derelict apartment outside of Boston. I had received an artist’s residency in the South of France, and so, in August, I flew to Paris. I stayed a few weeks with close family friends in a top floor apartment on the Avenue de Wagram. My friends were working in fashion and film, and I was told my bed had once belonged to Jane Fonda before she became Barbarella. The weather was getting colder, and they gave me a brown corduroy jacket to wear that Jean Seberg (Godard’s Breathless, Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse) had cried on. I would eat some breakfast and run around Paris photographing all day—hardly eating because I had no money—returning to their apartment for dinner and a glass of champagne."

Inventory Number: E000MSF1987

(STEINMETZ, MARK). Steinmetz, Mark. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press, 2019. First Edition - Artist Proof. Small Folio. Cloth in Slipcase with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/As New.

"Angel City West" offers a touching, highly personal look at Los Angeles through the eyes of Mark Steinmetz as a young artist straight out of school. In his preface to the work, Steinmetz describes living in a studio apartment in the Miracle Mile district, complete with a futon surrounded by a dozen roach motels and a makeshift darkroom set up in a tiny nook off of the bathroom. It didn’t take long before he ran into Garry Winogrand, for whom he became a kind of unofficial chauffeur, enabling Winogrand to photograph through the car window while Steinmetz navigated the streets of his new home town. Viewed together in book form, the fifty-eight photographs presented in Angel City West document Steinmetz finding his own voice as an artist. In light of the later projects for which he has become so well known, this early series of street photographs, informal portraits and landscapes foreshadows the sometimes humorous, oftentimes sad, and always poignant mood that runs through Mark Steinmetz’s work. A brand new, most handsome in the publisher's slipcase unnumbered artist-proof example of the third and final of Mark Steinmetz' three installments in the NZ Library SIGNED by the photographer on the rear cover, as issued.

978-1-59005-484-0 Inventory Number: E000MSACW3

(STEINMETZ, MARK). Steinmetz, Mark. Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2016. First Edition - Artist Proof. Small Folio. Cloth in Slipcase with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

"Angel City West" offers a touching, highly personal look at Los Angeles through the eyes of Mark Steinmetz as a young artist straight out of school. In his preface to the work, Steinmetz describes living in a studio apartment in the Miracle Mile district, complete with a futon surrounded by a dozen roach motels and a makeshift darkroom set up in a tiny nook off of the bathroom. It didn’t take long before he ran into Garry Winogrand, for whom he became a kind of unofficial chauffeur, enabling Winogrand to photograph through the car window while Steinmetz navigated the streets of his new home town. Viewed together in book form, the fifty-eight photographs presented in Angel City West document Steinmetz finding his own voice as an artist. In light of the later projects for which he has become so well known, this early series of street photographs, informal portraits and landscapes foreshadows the sometimes humorous, oftentimes sad, and always poignant mood that runs through Mark Steinmetz’s work. A brand new, most handsome in the publisher's slipcase unnumbered artist-proof example of the second of Mark Steinmetz' three installments in the NZ Library SIGNED by the photographer on the rear cover, as issued.

978-1-59005-455-0 Inventory Number: E000MSACW2

(STEINMETZ, MARK). Steinmetz, Mark. London, UK: Stanley / Barker, 2016. First Edition 1/750. Oblong 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 100pp, 26 duotone illustrations. "Mark Steinmetz' "15 Miles to K-Ville" is a poetic journey around the outskirts of K-Ville: a fictional town somewhere between Knoxville, Tennessee and Athens, Georgia, where graves dot the terrain and a sense of forbidding hangs heavy in the air. This collection of darkly humorous and melancholy portraits and landscapes date from the early 1990s when the American photographer was moving between these two cities. "I love the South for its warmth and chaos. The vegetation down here grows rampant; the light is softened by humid air. The people are for the most part friendly and they are comfortable in their bodies. They tend to be more open to being photographed by a stranger. The unexpected happens here a lot." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2016 first edition limited to seven hundred and fifty copies additionally SIGNED "Mark Steinmetz" 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. 0-9955555-0-8 Inventory Number: 027479