Chester Kessler, 1959. Photograph. B/W photograph, 8 x 10 inches, of Stacton sitting a chair before an abstract painting. David Stacton (1923-1968) was a novelist, poet and painter, who spent considerable time in the San Francisco Bay Area. Chester Kessler (1919-1979) studied photography at the Los Angeles Art Center School.....
n.p., n.d., ca. 1880. Photograph. Albumen photograph, 6 x 8 inches, on 9.4 x 12 inch cardboard mount. Image is of the city looking towards the mountains in the background. Very good copy. Two spots along mountains in distance.
Miethke & Wawra, n.d., ca. 1880s. Photograph. Albumen photograph, 5.4 x 8 inches, on 9.3 x 12 inch cardboard mount. The gloriette (a building in a garden erected on an elevated site) was built in 1775 to (allegedly) improve the view from the Schonbrunn Palace. A near fine copy.
(the author), 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 217 pages. 9-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Illustrated with more than 200 full-page reproductions of Palmquist's tintype collection, now housed at the Beinecke Library, at Yale. Limited to 300 copies. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in pictorial wrappers (paperback).
Artia Prague, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 119 pages. B/W photographic illustrations by many different photographers. Introduction in English, German and Czech. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a good only dust jacket. Jacket is worn, tanned and torn along spine margin.
?Grafiche Damiani, n.d., ca. 2007. First Edition. Photograph. 7 x 10.5 inch B/W photograph of Doherty on 9.5 x 12 inch sheet. From project 'I Won't Give Up' by Doherty and Paleari. Paleari is a photgrapher and documentary filmmaker who followed Doherty and the band Babyshambles from 2004-2006. The project.....
Simon & Schuster, 1956. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 148 B/W photographic images of post-WWII Paris. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated thick paper wappers (paperback). Front hinge is cracked. Glassine cover over wrappers with closed tears and edge chips.
1980. Photograph. Oblong format 8 x 10 inch color photograph of Miller and Stoldowsky at Miller's home. Taken May 1, 1980, one of the last photos of Miller who died June 7, 1980. 'Red' Stoldowsky owned Baroque Books from 1972 to his death in 1998. He was a great friend.....
Chris Felver, n.d. ca. 1970s. Photograph. B/W photograph, 8.5 x 12 inches, printed on 11 x 14 inch paper. Robert Duncan (1919-1988) was a poet who spent most of his life in San Francisco, often identified with the poets of New American Poetry and Black Mountain College. He was a......
Oxford University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 308 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with light toning to the edges else fine. This is a book about the way that artists--both writers and photographers--approach their subjects and the choices they must.....
E. Weyhe, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 12 pages of text with 39 full-page black-and-white photographic plates. One of 550 numbered copies. Frontispiece photograph of Edward Weston by son Brett. The first major work on Weston. A beautiful production by Armitage. Foreword by Charles Sheeler. Appreciation by Lincoln Steffens. Prophecy by.....
Northland Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 109 pages. B/W photography. Oblong format, 9.25 x 12.25 inches. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with mild surface wear and small closed tear at rear top spine edge.
n.d., ca. 1870-1880s. Vinyl. 30 photographs, 20 CDvs and 10 trintypes, in blue cloth album with clip lock. Album covers are worn and torn. Cardboard photograph holders are gilt-edged. Album was manufactured by George M. Pitcher, Philadelphia.
Prestel, October 2014. Hardcover. Filled with images from every stage of Chuck Close's distinguished career, this volume surveys the entirety of the artist's photographic oeuvre for the very first time. Documenting Chuck Close's vital engagement with photography over the course of many decades, this book offers the first full critical.....
n.p., n.d., ca. 1910. Photograph. 11 color photographs of scenes in the Philippines, probably done by an American. 11 photographs, 10.25 x 13.5 inches. Some of the scenes are identified on rear: Country Club (covered open porch with tables and chairs and seated group); Caudou San Estoban Road Ilocos, Kilometer.....
Princeton Architectural Press, October 2013. Hardcover. At the turn of the twentieth century, photographic technology and an American culture of optimism and self-celebration combined to create what Luc Sante calls the "strange and compelling medium" of panoramic group photography. Organizations famed and obscure from the Anti-Saloon League of America and.....
Earl-Broady Studios, 30. First Edition. Photograph. B/W photograph, 10 x 13 inches, printed on thick paper, 11 x 14 inches. Blanche Creighton made a vaudeville tour with Al Jolson in 1920: 'In the summer of 1920 Al Jolson put together his own revue..., and co-wrote the script with Andy Lewis.....
Verlag DSB Dr. Wolf Strache, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 82 text pages with 120 plates, a few in color. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Clear plastic wrapper over dust jacket. Housed in brown cardboard slipcase with paper label on spine.
Camera Craft, 1912-1929. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Each issue about 50 pages with multiple pages of ads. Numerous photographic illustrations in each issue. Vol. XIX, No. 1, January, 1912; Vol. 22, No. 11, November, 1916; Vol. XXXII, No. 2, February, 1925; Vol. XXXII, No. 5, May, 1925; Vol. XXXIII, No.....
American Amateur Photographer, 1896. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Each issue about 44 pp. with additional pages of ads. Numerous photographic illustrations in each issue. First editions (first printings). Very good copies in illustrated wappers (paperback). Covers present for all issues although front cover of No.2 and rear cover of No.....
Twin Palms Publishers, 1994. Hardcover. Unpaginated; about 120 pages. 10-1/4 by 13-1/4 inches. A collection of photo reproductions depicting macabre and erotic scenes. Third edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with edge wear and creased areas to the covers. A large, heavy book. In this, our second volume.....
American Photographic Book Publishing Co., 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 172 pages. B/W and color illustrations by 77 photographic artists. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Endpapers are browned. Dust jacket is mildly soiled with edge and corner wear and area of water.....
Morgan & Morgan, 1973. Hardcover. 528 pages. 8-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches. 15th edition. Very good copy in very good dust jacket.
Umschau Verlag. Distributed in the USA by Seven Hills Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 304 pages. Illustrations in color and B/W. A reference manual for practical applications. First edition in English (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Grossman Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 213 pages. Photgraphs in B/W. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.