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COBURN, Alvin Langdon.
London. [1909]
£15,000
First edition, first impression. Coburn made all the gravures himself, etching and steel-facing the plates, grinding the inks, pulling the proofs on various papers until he got the...
Folio. Original brown paper covered boards with dark green calf spine, titles to front cover gilt. Housed in a Chelsea Bindery felt lined clamshell box. With 20... Read more
PORTER, Eliot.
Portfolio One. The Seasons. 1963
£15,000
First edition, first printing.
Folio. 12 original dye-transfer mounted prints as issued. With two copies of title and limitation page. Housed in a linen portfolio with ties, titles to upper panel... Read more
DUCHENNE (DE BOULOGNE), Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand.
Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine ou analyse électro-physiologique de l'expression des passions. 1862
£12,500
First edition of this landmark in the history of clinical medical photography; presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "A mon ami [the identity of the...
Large octavo (272 × 178 mm). Original gilt-lettered red morocco-grain cloth spine and front cover skilfully laid down over later red pebble grain cloth to style,... Read more
MAN RAY.
Les Invendables 1969
£7,500
First Edition, Sole Printing, Special Issue, being one of 50 numbered copies printed on nacreous paper, signed by the artist and containing an original signed photographic collage (6...
Quarto. Loose gatherings as issued in the original wrappers printed in red black and orange. 2 full page monochrome plates, 8 tipped-in colour images and 3 monochrome... Read more
WALTON, Izaak; Charles Cotton; R. B. Marston (ed.)
The Lea and Dove Edition, being the 100th edition of The Compleat Angler 1888
£7,500
The Royal Quarto signed limited edition, one of 250 copies signed by the editor, R. B. Marston, with the plates on india paper (500 copies were also done in smaller, demy quarto...
2 volumes, royal quarto (325 × 255 mm). Publisher's deluxe binding of green crushed morocco, spines with raised bands, lettered in gilt in three compartments,... Read more
NEWTON, Helmut.
Sumo. 1999
£7,000
First edition. One of 10,000 signed and numbered by the photographer. A book so large that it comes with its own metal folding stand, engraved with the author's name. Taschen's...
Folio. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Together with original metal stand designed by Philippe Starck and shipping packaging. 450 photographs in color and black-and-white.... Read more
(TWAIN, Mark) GESSFORD, Joseph G.
Photograph, black and white bust of Mark Twain. 1908
£6,750
Inscribed above and beneath the image by the author “To Mrs. F. B. Rice with the best wishes of Mark Twain” and dated “Feb. 20 / 08”. Signed and dated by the...
Photogravure. Image size 24 x 17 cm. Paper size 35 x 26 cm. Framed and glazed. Read more
EVANS, Walker.
Message from the Interior. 1966
£6,250
First edition, first printing. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the photographer “Lincoln, from Walker”. Lincoln Kirstein is most noted for his hand in founding the...
Quarto. Original grey mottled cloth, titles to white paper label to front board in black, titles to spine in white. Twelve works of photography reproduced in sheet-fed... Read more
ARNOLD, Eve; Jill Freedman; Ernst Haas; André Kertész; Duane Michals; Inge Morath; Barbara Morgan; Eva Rubinstein; Nea
Ten Photographers. 1978
£5,000
First Edition. Limited to 75 copies. Each photograph signed and numbered below the image by the artist.
Folio. Clamshell portfolio bound in fawn linen, titles to spine and upper board in grey. 10 individually matted original silver prints, each signed and numbered by the... Read more
BAILEY, David.
Box of Pin-Ups. [1965]
£4,000
First edition, sole impression. This seminal collection of portraits by Bailey is one of the great iconic representations of the Swinging Sixties in London. The subjects typify the...
Original card folding box (380 x 330mm), containing 36 loose sheets; each a full page half tone reproduction of a photographic portrait, with biographical details of... Read more
RICH, Captain E. T.
Views of the Bazar Valley Field Force, 1908, [1908]
£3,875
From the time of the end of the Tirah campaign in 1897-8 the Zakka Khel Afridis had “...remained the persistent enemies of tranquility and progress. Numerous raids in British...
Landscape quarto. Album leaves loose, housed in a blue cloth drop-back box, title - “Photographs” - from the original album mounted on the upper panel. 93... Read more
SERBIN, Vincent.
Toward Omega. 2005
£3,750
First edition, first printing. One of 60 numbered and 2 hors commerce copies signed by Vincent Serbin, Daniel Westover, John Wood and Steven Albahari. Each of the 10 tipped-in silver...
Folio. Finely bound by Peter Geraty and his Praxis Bindery, original decorated metal copper boards with vellum spine, titles to spine in copper, with 10 tipped-in... Read more
KEUKEN, Joan van der.
Paris Mortel. 1963
£3,500
First edition, first impression. Published in an edition that did not exceed several hundred copies. A wonderful collection of photographs of Paris taken between October 1956 and...
Quarto. Original blue and white cloth, titles to front cover and spine in blue. With the dust jacket. 65 black and white photogravures. Light browning to foot of... Read more
MAN RAY.
Photographs / Photographies 1920-1934 Paris. [1934]
£3,000
First edition, second issue with the title page citing the publisher's fictitious claim of "second edition". The title pages - presumably a healthy percentage of the run, whose sales...
Quarto. Photographically illustrated stiff wrappers with white plastic ringbound strip, titles to front wrapper in white. Housed in a black cloth solander box made by... Read more
(HARRISON, George) TAYLOR, Derek.
Fifty Years Adrift. 1984
£2,750
First edition, first impression. Limited to 2000 copies. This is no. 1687 signed by Derek Taylor, George Harrison and Larry Smith (of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band fame), the artist of the...
Quarto. Original brown half calf with brown boards, illustration to front cover in red and git, titles to spine gilt, one red calf label to spine, all edges gilt.... Read more
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
Photoportraits. 1985
£2,750
First UK edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist “Les [Photoportraits], a Lincoln, a Fidelma, avec ma vieille amitié, Henri”. Lincoln Kirstein is most noted...
Quarto. Original brown cloth, publisher’s logo to front board and titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. 255 plates in duotone. Light stain to foot of... Read more
BLOSSFELDT, Karl.
Art Forms in Nature. 1929
£2,500
First Edition, First Impression, English Issue with the new preliminaries. One of the greatest and most influential photographic books ever to have been published. The artist was by...
Quarto. Original green cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine gilt. With the photographic dust jacket and publisher’s card slipcase printed on the... Read more
RUSCHA, Edward.
Babycakes with Weights. 1970
£2,500
First and only edition. Only 1200 copies printed. Originally published as part of the Artists and Photographs box by Multiples Inc.
Duodecimo. Original light blue wrappers, titles to front cover in light green felt, bound together with pink ribbon, 22 photographic illustrations by Ed Ruscha,... Read more
ARBUS, Diane.
Diane Arbus. 1972
£2,500
First Edition, First Printing. This copy is the first printing with the plate titled "Two Girls in Identical Raincoats, Central Park, N.Y.C, 1969" which was supressed in subsequent...
Quarto. Original white boards, photographic illustration to upper board, titles to spine in black. With the photographic dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated throughout.... Read more
CLERGUE, Lucien.
Grands Nus. 1999
£2,500
First Edition, First Impression. One of just 30 special copies numbered and signed by the photographer and with an original signed photograph loosely inserted. Rare.
Folio. Original white boards, titles to upper board and spine in black. With the photographic dust jacket and publisher’s cloth slipcase. Full page monochrome... Read more
HARRISON, George.
Live in Japan. George Harrison with Eric Clapton and Band. 1993
£2,500
First edition, first impression. Limited to 3500 copies. This is no. 144 signed by George Harrison. Together with the original prospectus.
Quarto. Original full black morocco, titles in Japanese to front cover in red, titles to spine in red and gilt, all edges gilt. Two compact discs and explanatory... Read more
EVANS, Walker.
Message from the Interior. 1966
£2,500
First edition, first printing. Signed by Walker Evans on the front free endpaper. Together with a 18 x 24 cm. black and white photograph of Walker Evans taken at the launch party for...
Quarto. Original grey mottled cloth, titles to white paper label to front board in black, titles to spine in white. Twelve works of photography reproduced in sheet-fed... Read more
BRAVO, Manuel Alvarez.
Photographies. Photographs. Fotografias 1928–1968. Mexico 68 Programa Cultural De La XIX Olympiada. 1968
£2,500
First edition, first printing. Text in French, English and Spanish. Inscribed by Bravo in Spanish on the title page explaining the preface and poetry selection are by Juan Garcia...
Quarto. Original photographic boards, titles to front cover and spine gilt. White boards lightly rubbed, small rubber stamped name of Peter C. Burnell to front free... Read more
MARTIN, George.
Playback an Illustrated Memoir. 2002
£2,500
First edition, first impression. Limited to 2000 copies. This is no. 144 of 250 deluxe copies signed by George Martin. With a 6 CD compilation box set produced by Martin and...
Quarto. Original full black leather, titles to chromium plate to front cover, titles to spine blocked in silver. Playback CD, only available with this publication. All... Read more
STEICHEN, Edward.
The Family of Man. The photographic exhibition created by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art. 1955
£2,500
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the curator, “To Nika Thayer, remembering the hard concientious and understanding, effort and above all the quality of her work for...
Quarto. Original decorated boards with black cloth spine, titles to front cover in silver, titles to spine in silver and gilt, all edges red. With the printed... Read more
