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BRANDT, Bill.
A Night in London. 1938
£4,500
First edition. A magnificent piece of work, and a classic of its type. There is some speculation that the scarcity of this publication is in part due to enemy action. Certainly its...
Large octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. In a black cloth solander case. 64 illustrations from photographs by the author. Elegant gift inscription quoting a Robert... Read more
BRANDT, Bill.
A Night in London. 1938
£4,500
First edition, first impression. A magnificent piece of work, and a classic of its type. There is some speculation that the scarcity of this publication is in part due to enemy...
Large octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. 64 illustrations from photographs by the author. Some minor rubbing to the edges of the wrappers, backstrip repaired and... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Signed Photograph of Churchill and A.V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty outside Downing Street, Winter 1941. 1941
£4,500
Churchill and Alexander are shown on a snow-covered Downing Street, both wearing heavy top coats and with highly Churchillian cigars. Churchill is waving his hat to the...
Good large press photograph, (258 × 175 mm), mounted on card. Very slight damage at the top left-hand corner, but overall very good contemporarily mounted on... Read more
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CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
The Decisive Moment, [and] The Europeans. 1952 & 1955
£4,500
First US edition, first printing. The photographer's finest and definitive collection of images.
2 vols. Folio. Original decorated boards designed by Matisse. With the dust jackets and the booklets of captions laid in as required. Spines lightly bumped, cream... Read more
[HARDINGE, Sir Charles]
The Viceregal Visit to Jodhpur. 1914
£4,500
Superb album commemorating the visit of Sir Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India 1910-16, to Jodhpur in 1914. The album contains an excellent range of...
Landscape folio (490 × 375 mm) red morocco album, elaborately gilt on the upper board with title as above, the arms of the Marwar Durbar, or Darbar, the regional... Read more
BERTILLON, Alphonse.
Identification Anthropometrique. Instructions Signalétiques. 1893
£3,950
First published in 1886, this edition represents Bertillon's final statement of the technique of Bertillonage or forensic anthropometry. This copy inscribed on the front free...
Octavo (247 × 161 mm). Contemporary blue quarter cloth on marbled boards, tan morocco label to the spine. Line-drawn frontispiece and 51 similar plates, 30... 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 gelatine... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S. & Clementine.
Pair of Original Portrait Photographs, signed. 1946
£3,750
Each photograph is signed on the mount, that of Clementine with the inscription, "To Frank Clarke with happy memories of our visit to America in the Winter & Spring of 1946." Co....
2 original photographs (195 x 143 mm), mounted on card and now window mounted side by side, framed and glazed. Card mounts a little browned, inscriptions slightly... Read more
SHEPARD, E. H., & A. A. Milne.
Signed photographic portraits of Milne and Shepard from the office of Punch. [c. 1920s]
£3,750
Contributor portraits reputedly from the offices of Punch, in the same framing style as other Punch portraits. Both Milne and Shepard contributed to Punch before partnering to...
Original photographic portraits of E. H. Shepard (145 × 98 mm) and A. A. Milne (oval approximately 130 × 95 mm). Individually mounted, glazed, and framed.... Read more
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) KARSH, Yousuf.
Portrait photograph, 1941. 1949
£3,500
Karsh's most famous image. Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), the Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage known as Karsh of Ottawa, is widely regarded as one of the most famous and...
Large gelatin silver print. Presented in handmade black and moongold frame. Framed size: 580 x 700 mm 510×402 mm. Deep and strongly contrasted studio print. Read more
SERBIN, Vincent.
Toward Omega. 2005
£3,500
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 with original decorated metal copper boards with vellum spine, titles to spine in copper, with 10 tipped-in... Read more
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[?KÖHLER, Emil]
Ansichten von Calcutta. [Views of Calcutta] c.1880
£3,250
Fascinating collection of images of Calcutta around 1880, seemingly the work of a technically highly competent amateur. The images divide more or less in half, one part featuring the...
Quarto. Black cloth portfolio (325 × 248 mm), cloth from the upper panel of the original contemporary folder, with title as above gilt, mounted. 31 albumen... Read more
(NIBELUNGENLIED)
Das Nibelungen Lied or Lay of the Last Nibelungers. 1848
£2,800
First edition in English of the Nibelungenlied, published in Berlin at the behest of Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia; this copy suitably extra-illustrated with plates reproducing the...
Octavo (218 × 150 mm). Near-contemporary Italian vellum over boards, red morocco label, spine richly gilt in compartments, sides bordered in gilt and with title... Read more
HOPPÉ, E. O.
Deutsche Arbeit. 1930
£2,750
First edition, first impression of a stunning series of photographs depicting German industry, engineering, and labour during the inter-war years. E. O. Hoppé (1878–1972)...
Quarto. Original grey cloth backed black boards, titles to spine in white and to upper board in orange. With the reversible dust jacket. Spine very slightly rolled.... 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 for his...
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 pastedown,... 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 spine... 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 3,500 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
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 the...
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
CALLAHAN, Harry.
Water's Edge. 1980
£2,500
First Edition, First Printing, Deluxe Issue. Being one of 216 copies divided into four series each with the specially printed photograph loose in the folder. This is one of series I...
Folio. Original natural linen, buff endpapers with the grey paper portfolio and matching linen box, titled in blind on white calf at the spine. Photographic... Read more
EVANS, Walker.
American Photographs. [1962]
£2,400
Second edition. Inscibed on the front free endpaper by the photographer "To Florence Homolka, affectionately, Walker Evans, July 1962". Florence Meyer Homolka (1911 - 1962) was a...
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. 87 monochrome plates. Spine bumped, white dust jacket age toned and rubbed to edges, corners... Read more
