(Adams, Ansel).Alinder, James; Szarkowski, John; Newhall; Beaumont; et al

Ansel Adams 1902-1984

(Carmel, CA): The Friends of Photography (1984). (1984). (Carmel, CA): The Friends of Photography (1984). (1984). Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers with an image from an Ansel Adams photograph stamped in blind on the front cover. The binding is very lightly bumped with creasing to the top corner of the front wrap. There is some light soiling & a few small stains to the wraps. There are 2 price- stickers on the rear wrap. 56 pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in black & white. Very good.

"Untitled 37". The Untitled series, published by the Friends of Photography, is edited by James Alinder. The text includes an introduction by Alinder and essays by John Szarkowski, Beaumont Newhall and others. Very good .

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Book number: 24478

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHER; ANSEL ADAMS 1902-1984; MONOGRAPH; FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY; UNTITLED 37; JAMES ALINDER; JOHN SZARKOWSKI; BEAUMONT NEWHALL; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Alinder, James; editor

9 Critics / 9 Photographs. Untitled 23

(Carmel, CA): The Friends of Photography, (1980). (1980). (Carmel, CA): The Friends of Photography, (1980). (1980). Very good. - Quarto [10 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed light gray wrappers. The binding is slightly bumped with the spine & extremities slightly darkened. There are a few light stains to the front wrap. 48 pages. 9 full-page photographic illustrations in color and black & white by Paul Caponigro, Robert Baker, Eileen Berger and others. Very good.

The Friends of Photography's "Untitled" series is edited by James Alinder. Very good .

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Book number: 19773

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHERS; CRITICISM; 9 CRITICS 9 PHOTOGRAPHS; FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY UNTITLED SERIES; JAMES ALINDER; PAUL CAPONIGRO; ROBERT BAKER; EILEEN BERGER; BEAUMONT NEWHALL; EUGENE RICHARDS.

(Allen, Thomas B.; editor)

Images of the World: Photography at the National Geographic

(Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1981). 1981). (Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1981). 1981). Fine. - Quarto, black cloth titled in silver on the front cover & spine. All the edges are silver. The covers are lightly bumped. 396 pages. Profuse photographic illustrations in color & black & white. Near fine.

Deluxe edition with padded covers. Fine .

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Book number: 8207

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC; IMAGES OF THE WORLD; THOMAS B. ALLEN; DELUXE EDITION; TRAVEL; ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MARINE; SCIENCE; NATURAL HISTORY.

Anaut, Alberto; editor.

Praha, Paris, Barcelona: Modernidad Fotografica de 1918 a 1948 / Photographic Modernity from 1918 to 1948.

(Madrid: La Fabrica Editorial), (2010). (2010). - Quarto [11 inches high by 9 inches wide], orange cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper. 347 & [5] pages with some pages printed on orange stock. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. The book is slightly cocked. Very good.

First edition.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same title organized by the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and presented from May 17 to September 12, 2010.

This book and the exhibition it accompanied surveys the European revolution in photography which was centered around the cities of Prague, Paris and Barcelona.

The text is printed in Spanish and English. Very good .

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Book number: 35645

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHERS; PRAHA, PARIS, BARCELONA: MODERNIDAD FOTOGRAFICA DE 1918 A 1948 / PHOTOGRAPHIC MODERNITY FROM 1918 TO 1948; ILLUSTRATED SURVEY; ALBERTO ANAUT, EDITOR; EXHIBITION; MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART DE CATALUNYA; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION

[E. & H.T. Anthony].

Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Equipments and Materials for Amateurs, June, 1889. [First Edition].

[New York]: John Polhemus, Printer [for E. & H.T. Anthony], 1889. 1889. - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6-3/8 inches wide. Softcover bound in stapled wraps, lacking the front cover. There are several tears to the soiled rear cover with a piece torn from the top inner corner of that cover. [vi] & 118 pages, including a 4-page index. Profusely illustrated throughout, with depictions of large and small cameras, tripods, lenses, darkroom equipment and an unusual camera mounted on the handlebar of a nineteenth century bicycle with the large front wheel titled "Anthony's Bicycle Equipment". The page corners are lightly creased with the bottom front corner of the first few pages chipped away. There is a small tear to the top edge of the first leaf with tiny holes to the top edge of the next 2 leaves. Complete except for the cover. First edition. N.B.: This is the original first edition and NOT a facsimile. In addition to the handlebar mounted camera, the firm also offers a "Lilliput Camera" which resembles a "small handbag" and thus unobtrusive. On that same page, the firm portrays and describes a "Concealed Vest Camera", "worn under both coat and vest with the lens protruding through the buttonhole of the vest". RARE. Fair .

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Book number: 95123

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; E. & H.T. ANTHONY; ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENTS AND MATERIALS FOR AMATEURS, JUNE, 1889; CATALOG; FIRST EDITION; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; HANDLEBAR MOUNTED CAMERA; ANTHO

Aptecker, George

Beyond Despair. (Introductory Essay by Elie Wiesel)

Morristown, NJ: Kahn and Kahan Publishing Co. Inc. (1980). (1980). Morristown, NJ: Kahn and Kahan Publishing Co. Inc. (1980). (1980). Fine. - Quarto, black cloth titled in white on spine & front cover in pictorial B&W dw. Unnumbered pages, including profuse full-page B&W illustrations from photographs by George Aptecker. Near fine.

"'Beyond Despair' is an exploration through symbolic photographs, selected quotes and an introduction by Elie Wiesel, of the words 'Final Solution' and an event known as the Holocaust.."--From the dw copy. Fine .

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Book number: 1527

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; JEWS; HOLOCAUST; FINAL SOLUTION; NAZIS; PHOTOGRAPHER; GEORGE APTECKER; ELIE WIESEL.

Arbus, Diane; Southall, Thomas W.

Diane Arbus: Magazine Work.

(Millerton, NY): Aperture, (1984). (1984). - Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches wide by 9-1/2 inches wide], pictorial boards in a matching dust wrapper. 175 & [1] pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. The top edges of the pages are slightly darkened. Very good.

Edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel. With an essay by Thomas W. Southall and commentaries by Diane Arbus. Very good .

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Book number: 35378

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPY; AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER; DIANE ARBUS: MAGAZINE WORK; THOMAS W. SOUTHALL; DOON ARBUS AND MARVIN ISRAEL, EDITORS; PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY; PORTRAITS.

Arrigo, Girolamo

Pagine Di Diario: Parigi. (Catalog)

(Milano): Edizione Gabriele Mazzotta, (1999). (1999). (Milano): Edizione Gabriele Mazzotta, (1999). (1999). Fine. - Small octavo [9-3/8 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], pictorial gray wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed with 2 small stickers on the rear wrap. 45 & [2] pages. A sticker has been removed from the half-title, else near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition curated by the photographer. The text, which includes essays by Gaetano d'Andrea and Girolamo Arrigo and a bio of the photographer, is in Italian, with the exception of the brief introduction by J. M. Ribes which is printed in Italian and French. Fine .

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Book number: 5684

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHER; ITALIAN; GIROLAMO ARRIGO; FRANCE; PARIS; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; J. M. RIBES; GAETANO D'ANDREA; PAGINE DI DIARIO: PARIGI.

Auer, Michel

The Illustrated History of the Camera / from 1839 to the Present. Translated and Adapted by D.B. Tubbs

Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, (1975). (1975). Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, (1975). (1975). Very good. - Quarto [12-1/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide], red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The book is housed in a plain cardboard slipcase. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed. The front edges of the slipcase are chipped with a few short tears. 285 & [2] pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a good slipcase.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 25124

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY; THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CAMERA From 1839 to the Present; MICHEL AUER; INVENTORS; FOX TALBOT; DAGUERRE; NIEPCE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

(Strand, Paul). Barberie, Peter; and Bock, Amanda N.

Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art in collaboration with Fundacion MAPFRE / New Haven and London: Yale University Press, (, (2014). Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art in collaboration with Fundacion MAPFRE / New Haven and London: Yale University Press, (2014). (2014). Very good. - Quarto, 13-1/4 inches high by 12-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in gray cloth titled in blind on the front cover and the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with some light creases to the edges. The head of the jacket's spine is chipped. xiii, [iii], 373 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated throughout. There are a couple of light brown stains to the bottom edge of the book. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 97980

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PAUL STRAND: MASTER OF MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY; PETER BARNERIE; AMANDA N. BOCK; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART; CUNDACION MAPFRE; YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS; 21ST CENTURY; TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.

(Barrow, Thomas). Gauss, Kathleen McCarthy

Inventories and Transformations: The Photographs of Thomas Barrow

Albuquerque, NM: Published for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by the University of New Mexico Press, (1986). (1986). Albuquerque, NM: Published for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by the University of New Mexico Press, (1986). (1986). Very good. - Oblong quarto [9 inches high by 12 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The wraps are lightly bumped. 208 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and llack & white. Near fine.

First edition, wraps issue. Very good .

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Book number: 32722

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHER; THOMAS BARROW; INVENTORIES AND TRANSFORMATIONS; CATALOG; EXHIBITION; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART; KATHLEEN MCCARTHY GAUSS; FIRST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE; 1ST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE

Barthel, Bruce

Skiing the Rockies

Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Compamy, (1980). (1980). Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Compamy, (1980). (1980). Very good. - Quarto, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & soiled with some small stains to the rear panel. 128 pages. Profuse color illustrations from photographs by Bruce Barthel. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

Text by Charlie Meyers. Very good .

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Book number: 24380

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHER; BRUCE BARTHEL; SPORTING; SKIING; ROCKIES; SKIING THE ROCKIES; COLORADO; CHARLIE MEYERS.

(Beaton, Cecil). Danziger, James

Beaton. Edited and with Text by James Danziger

New York: The Viking Press, (1980). (1980). New York: The Viking Press, (1980). (1980). Very good. - Quarto [12-1/4 inches high by 9-1/8 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The extremities are very slightly faded. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped with a tear & some light staining to the bottom edge of the front panel. 256 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. The top edges of the pages are lightly rippled, probably from humidity. Very good.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 10050

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHER; BRITISH; CECIL BEATON; BEATON; JAMES DANZIGER; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

(Beckwith, Carol). Saitoti, Tepilit Ole.

Maasai. Text by Tepilit Ole Saitoti. Photographs by Carol Beckwith.

New York: Abradale Press / Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, (1993). (1993). - Quarto, 13-3/4 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide. Reddish brown cloth, titled in white on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. 276 pages, with the text printed on tan stock. Profusely illustrated by Carol Beckwith with color photographs & textual drawings. Near fine.

A reprint of the 1980 edition.

Inscribed by the photographer Carol Beckwith on the front endpaper, and signed in full "Carol Beckwith".

The author of the text is himself a Maasai who, after earning warrior status, spent six years in the United States studying animal ecology and lecturing and writing on the culture of the Maasai. Very good .

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Book number: 97429

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHER; CAROL BECKWITH; SIGNED; INSCRIBED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; TRAVEL; AFRICA; TRIBE; MAASAI; KENYA; TANZANIA; TEPILIT OLE SAITOTI; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Beckwith, Carol). van Offelen, Marion

Nomads of Niger

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, (1983). (1983). New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, (1983). (1983). Fine. - Quarto [13-1/4 inches high by 10-1/4 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. There is a faint glue stain where a price sticker has been removed from the front panel of the dust jacket; the rear panel is lightly rubbed with a price-sticker in the bottom corner. 224 pages with the text printed on tan stock. Profuse color photographic illustrations by Carol Beckwith. A near fine copy of a handsome and beautifully illustrated book.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 12399

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; NOMADS OF THE NIGER; WODAABE; BORORO; ANTHROPOLOGIST; MARION VAN OFFELEN; PHOTOGRAPHER; CAROL BECKWITH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.