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"The Church of England" [St. Paul's Cathedral]. View Details Add to Wishlist

BENINGTON, Walter.

"The Church of England" [St. Paul's Cathedral]. [1903]

£2,250

A vintage print in exceptionally large format, signed on the mount by the photographer, of St. Paul's Cathedral taken from the south bank of the Thames. Benington was part of the...

Original platinum print, mounted and framed behind glass. Some very minor oxidization to the edges of the print, a little conservation to one edge but a superb example. Read more

Signed photographic portrait. View Details Add to Wishlist

HARDY, Thomas.

Signed photographic portrait. [c. 1890s]

£2,250

Photographic portrait of Thomas Hardy signed by Hardy on the mount below the photo.

Photograph (145 × 115 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Some discoloration to mount from photo, signature a little faded. Very good condition. Read more

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. View Details Add to Wishlist

DOISNEAU, Robert.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1955

£2,000

First edition, first impression. Inscribed by Doisneau to "Lee Witkin peut compter sur l'amitie de, Robert Doisneau." Also with the estate sticker of Witkin on the front free...

Octavo. Original boards with photo illustrated dust jacket. In the original black slipcase and chemise. Illustrations from photos by Robert Doisneau throughout. An... Read more

America & Alfred Stieglitz - A Collective Portrait. View Details Add to Wishlist

STIEGLITZ, Alfred.

America & Alfred Stieglitz - A Collective Portrait. 1934

£2,000

First edition, first printing. One of the photographer's own copies with his bookplate and ownership signature to the front free endpaper, and with his subsequent signed presentation...

Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to upper board and spine in silver. With the dust jacket. 120 photographic illustrations. Contents a trifle shaken, one hinge... Read more

Anonyme Skulpturen. Eine Typologie technischer Bauten. View Details Add to Wishlist

BECHER, Bernhard & Hilla.

Anonyme Skulpturen. Eine Typologie technischer Bauten. 1970

£2,000

First edition, first printing. Text in German, English and French. The Becher's first monograph and widely regarded as their magnus opus.

Quarto. Original blue cloth, titles to front cover and spine in white. With the dust jacket. 194 full page monochrome plates Small bookplate to pastedown,... Read more

Fotografie. View Details Add to Wishlist

SUDEK, Josef.

Fotografie. 1956

£2,000

First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist "... Sudek, Praha 19 xii 56"

Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to upper board and spine in black. With the dust jacket. 232 black and white photographs on 113 sheets, of which 6 are folding.... Read more

Francis Bacon. View Details Add to Wishlist

(BACON, Francis) LEIRIS, Michel.

Francis Bacon. 1987

£2,000

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper "For Pierre Richard very best wishes Francis Bacon 12/7/89." Text in French. Together with a small...

Quarto. Original grey boards, titles to spine in black. With 155 illustrations. Foot of spine bumped otherwise near fine in near fine dust jacket. Read more

Interviews with Francis Bacon. View Details Add to Wishlist

(BACON, Francis) David Sylvester.

Interviews with Francis Bacon. 1975

£2,000

First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper "For Isabel with love and best wishes Francis." A series of interviews with Bacon from 1962 to 1974.

Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers, titles to front cover and spine in white. With 94 illustrations. Head and foot of spine rubbed, corners a little creased, white... Read more

Man and Woman. View Details Add to Wishlist

HOSOE, Eikoh.

Man and Woman. 1961

£2,000

First edition, first printing. Signed by Eikoh in Japanese on the front free endpaper. Text in Japanese.

Small quarto. Original yellow boards, titles to front cover in grey. With the dust jacket and card slipcase. Book near fine, dust jacket lightly faded to spine,... Read more

Uncommon Places. Photographs. View Details Add to Wishlist

SHORE, Stephen.

Uncommon Places. Photographs. 1982

£2,000

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "For Ruth from Stephen 12/10/82". Ruth Ansel was the co-art director of Harper's Bazaar and the art director...

Oblong quarto. Original brown cloth, titles to spine and upper board in mauve. With the dust jacket. 49 plates from photographs. An excellent copy in the dust jacket... Read more

Artists and Prostitutes. View Details Add to Wishlist

LACHAPELLE, David.

Artists and Prostitutes. 2005

£1,900

Limited edition of 2,500 copies worldwide, numbered and signed by the photographer, of which this is number 1801. A superb large-format Taschen publication showcasing the vibrant...

Folio. Original pink and black cloth. Housed in contrasting black and pink solander box. Fine Read more

Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf. View Details Add to Wishlist

RIEFENSTAHL, Leni.

Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf. 1937

£1,875

First edition, first impression. Riefenstahl's record of her remarkable and groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece. Laid into this copy is a photograph of Riefenstahl with an...

Quarto, original red cloth, titles to spine and to front board together with the Olympic rings gilt. With the photographic dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with... Read more

The Image of War, or Service in the Chin Hills. View Details Add to Wishlist

NEWLAND, A.G.E., Surgeon-Captain.

The Image of War, or Service in the Chin Hills. 1894

£1,875

First edition. Superb photographic record of the punitive expedition in the Chin Hills, 1891-2, as suggested in the blurb in Thacker & Co's catalogue bound in at the rear, "No work...

Quarto. Original plum cloth, title gilt to spine and upper board, large and highly-detailed gilt block of a visit to a Chin chief on the upper board, top edge gilt,... Read more

Portraits of British Americans. View Details Add to Wishlist

NOTMAN, William, & Fennings Taylor.

Portraits of British Americans. 1865–8

£1,850

First edition in book form, first issued in 16 parts, presentation copy to the governor general of Canada, inscribed in each volume. "To His Excellency The Right Honourable The Earl...

3 volumes, octavo (214 × 142 mm) bound for presentation in tan half calf, on marbled boards red and green morocco labels to spines, raised bands, marbled... Read more

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(CARTES DE VISITE.)

Album of 90 Victorian Celebrity Cartes de Visite. [c. 1860s]

£1,800

Extensive mid-19th century carte de visite album containing cards of public figures, authors, and entertainers. Cartes de visite, small photos the size of visiting cards, were...

Concertina album in brown morocco by Jenner & Knewstub, diced pattern stamped to boards and spine in black, metal clasps and monogram, blue silk doublure. 90 cartes de... Read more

Now These Days Are Gone. View Details Add to Wishlist

(BEATLES.) PETO, Michael

Now These Days Are Gone. 2006

£1,800

First edition, first impression. Limited to 2,500 copies. This is no. 144 of 350 deluxe copies signed by Alan Langlands (Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee)...

Quarto. Original full red leather, titles to front cover in white and gilt, all edges gilt. With the red leather tipped slipcase inset with four portraits of The... Read more

Foujita sitting. View Details Add to Wishlist

[FOUJITA, Leonard Tsuguoharu.] ABBOTT, Berenice.

Foujita sitting. 1926 (later printing)

£1,750

Signed below the image in pencil by Berenice Abbott (1898–1991).

Original silver gelatin photograph laid on artist's mount (image size 340 × 260 mm.) A fine image. Presented in a hand made crackle ivory and gilt bevelled frame. Read more

London Bridge 1906. View Details Add to Wishlist

COBURN, Alvin Langdon.

London Bridge 1906. 1915

£1,750

Alvin Langdon Coburn became a key figure in the development of pictorialism, a photographic movement in vogue from around 1885 following the widespread introduction of the dry-plate...

12 x 10 cm. Original photogravure, signed in pencil by Coburn in the border below the image. Fine condition, mounted and presented in a black wooden frame. Read more

Quiet Days In Clichy. View Details Add to Wishlist

(BRASSAI) MILLER, Henry.

Quiet Days In Clichy. 1956

£1,750

First edition, first impression. This printing is the only one in which the illustrations are printed from the negative on glossy, photographic stock.

Octavo. Original wrappers printed in grey, yellow and black. 29 photographic plates by Brassai, of which 2 are double-page. Backstrip lightly creased, some minor... Read more

The Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas 1975. View Details Add to Wishlist

(ROLLING STONES.) SYKES, Christopher Simon.

The Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas 1975. 2006

£1,750

First edition, first impression. Limited to 2500 copies. This is no. 144 of 350 deluxe "Starship" copies signed by Christopher Simon Sykes and Peter Rudge (the Rolling Stones tour...

Quarto. Original full black leather, multi-threaded woven cloth badge inlaid onto front cover, titles to spine in red and yellow, all edges sikscreened in three... Read more

1st Airborne Division … September 1944. Arnhem… View Details Add to Wishlist

(SECOND WORLD WAR)

1st Airborne Division … September 1944. Arnhem… 1944

£1,575

"There can be few episodes more glorious than the epic of Arnhem, and those that follow after will find it hard to live up to the standards that you have set… in years to come...

Folio (380 × 300 mm) Original photographic card wraps, spiral bound. Photographic reproduction of Monrty's congratulatory message to Major-Gen. Urquhart,... Read more

24 Nights Scrapbook; 24 Nights Commentary. View Details Add to Wishlist

CLAPTON, Eric, Peter Blake, & Derek Taylor.

24 Nights Scrapbook; 24 Nights Commentary. 1991

£1,500

First edition, first impression. Limited to 3500 copies. This is no. 144 signed by Eric Clapton and Peter Blake. Together with the original prospectus.

Quarto. Original illustrated boards with leather spine, titles to front cover in black and white, titles to spine gilt; Octavo. Original illustrated boards, titles to... Read more

A Dialogue with Solitude. View Details Add to Wishlist

HEATH, Dave.

A Dialogue with Solitude. 1965

£1,500

First Edition, First Impression. With the photographer's signed presentation inscription to the title page, "Salutations to Ralph Koppel Aspen July 1968 Dave Heath". Heath's best...

Quarto. Original grey cloth, titles to spine in black, grey endpapers. With the dust jacket. Photographic illustrations throughout. Top edge of upper board stained but... Read more

Blinds & Shutters. View Details Add to Wishlist

COOPER, Michael.

Blinds & Shutters. 1990

£1,500

First edition, first impression. Limited to 5000 copies. This is no. 144 signed by 11 of the contributors, Neil Aspinall, Brian Auger, Larry Bell, Peter Blake, William S. Burroughs,...

Quarto. Original black morocco and yellow buckram, titles to front cover in black and yellow, titles to spine in yellow, all edges red. Housed in the publisher's... Read more

Edice mezinárodní fotografie, svazek I. View Details Add to Wishlist

SUDEK, Josef.

Edice mezinárodní fotografie, svazek I. 1976

£1,500

First edition, first impression.

Quarto. 8 page text booklet and 13 bromoil photographs on 12 sheets. Loose as issued in original folder. Folder a little rubbed. An excellent set. Read more