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199521518Yunnan: Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House 1995. First Edition First Printing. Paperback. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto. 8.5 x 11.25 in. 175 pp. Fully illustrated with reproductions of color photographs. Text in Chinese and English. <br/><br/> (Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House) paperback books
19801217771980. Hardbound. VG/VG slipcase. Half blue leather-like cloth and pictorial glossy boards. Contained in a flawless illustrated sturdy slipcase. 475 pages of which 400 are photographs. Photography by Ishimoto Yasuhiro. A stunning and breathtaking and decidedly rare examination of Islamic design through the selective and discerning lense of Yasuhiro Ishimoto. A brief chronology of his life is provided at the end in English and the summery of the plates also has English subtitles. But most of the text is in Japanese. hardcover books
1978002619New York: Pennwick 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. near fine in near fine dj spine slightly faded. Pennwick unknown books
194520240The Hague ca. 1945. Hardcover. Near fine. Two oblong 8vo. albums. First album: 11.5" by 9" approx. String-tied faux-alligator boards. 43 gelatin-silver prints majority 3.75" by 2.5" but many 5.5" by 3.25" mounted to stiff gray leaves with cobweb-patterned tissue guards on each and handwritten captions in Dutch. Apparently complete. Near fine with several photos mildly yellowed but majority bright and sharp. <br /> <br />Second album: 13'' by 9'' approx. String-tied grey textured paper boards. 91 gelatin-silver prints of various sizes from 3.75'' by 2.5'' to 5.5'' by 3.25'' most of the latter size on stiff blue paper with tissue guards and handwritten captions in Dutch. Also contains an anti-Hitler card affixed to the front paste-down several cards with art and verse and two sepia-toned photographs on the final page. Two 5'' scuff marks to front board album corners and edges worn and bumped otherwise near fine with bright and sharp photographs. <br/><br/>A pair of carefully assembled albums possibly compiled for official use. The majority of the photos in both albums record the aftermath of a botched Allied bombardment in the Hague on March 3 1945; the attack claimed the lives of 511 civilians and left over 20000 people homeless. Targeted at a German missile base in the occupied Netherlands bombs deployed by the Royal Air Force landed instead in the adjacent Bezuidenhout neighborhood in the Hague destroying thousands of homes business and public buildings. The photos show several bombed-out churches and many apartment buildings with street names captioned underneath. Near the end of the first album three images show the burning of the Schevenigen Pier near the Hague which the compiler blames on the Germans but whose exact cause has never been established. The album forms a direct account of wartime destruction in the Netherlands. <br /> <br />The second album much more extensive includes some of the same material along with many other photographs. Affixed to the front paste-down is a black-bordered satirical memorial card for Hitler reading in Dutch "He came.but not to England / He saw.Moscow / He lost.the war." Beginning with two views of The Hague one in 1930 and one apparently mid-bombardment labeled March 3 1945 it also includes numerous scenes of destroyed buildings and monuments identified by street name. Some of these overlap with images from the first album; many do not. In addition to those showing the aftermath of the bombing several photos show intact monuments and buildings from neighboring cities like Middelburg possibly as a point of comparison with the ones destroyed. A few pages show photographs of various Bailey bridges at unspecified locations and other wartime construction. The final page of uncaptioned photos includes a shot of a pro-Hitler slogan painted in Dutch on a bridge underpass and a photo of several posters including a Dutch advertisement for "De Eeuwige Jood" The Eternal Jew a German propaganda film. A final leaf follows with two pro-R.A.F. cards with verses and drawings and three souvenir cards of Queen Wilhelmina Princess Juliana and her children Beatrix and Irene. The final page has two sepia-toned photos of a parade presumably celebrating the war's end. An important act of witnessing from an unfortunate event. hardcover books
19762221907<p>First edition. 8 3/4' x 11". B/W photographs by Susan Cook. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good.</p><p>Signed and inscribed to George Cukor on front pastedown: "3/31/78 For George Cukor - With cordial admiration - John Devore ."</p><p>From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre Bookplate on the front pastedown.</p> Modernismo Publications, Ltd. hardcover books
191415965Cortland NY 1914. Very good. Oblong 32mo. album. Green pebbled cloth covered boards. Metal post binding. Marbled interior pastedowns. <br />57 paper leaves with signatures and 52 small black and white portait photographs measuring approximately <br />1.5" x 1.25" each recto mounted. Contents well preserved very good-plus overall. <br/><br/>A small photograph album of classmate portraits from the 14th and 15th annual sessions of the Cortland Summer School a specialized two-month term of the Cortland Normal School intended to aid student's in securing New York state teacher's certificates. 3 images capture male administators and teachers. The remaining 49 are artful diminutive portraits of young women quintessential of the American style of the period in the years just prior to WWI. <br /> <br />A lovely photographic record of early 20th Century women's education. hardcover books
1930List328Boston 1930. Oblong quarto 49 pp. With appx. 1400 photos most measuring less than an inch square with roughly 175 in larger formats up to 3 ½ by 5 inches. Very Good. A wonderful labor of photographic love created by an unidentified young woman with ties to the Cabot family of Beacon Hill. The album composed largely of tiny contact prints glued in neat grids. Off-kilter compositions - a portion of a steeple against the sky the tail of a dog etc. - are mixed in with more traditional landscapes leading one to question whether the photographer had modernist aspirations or just took a lot of pictures.<br /> <br /> The photographer is unknown but our best guess is that it was someone who was a friend of Ellen Cabot of Beacon Hill perhaps while both were students or just after. Ellen Cabot the most frequent subject of the album is shown in a variety of settings often accompanied by her dog Prowler. Aerial photography the New England coastline camping life in Cambridge and equestrian competition are all on display. Other highlights include a dog named Benito Mussolini and artful shots of a monk's torso. A portion of the photos perhaps five or ten percent are not present though the album is otherwise in excellent condition. Handwritten label on the front reads "Newport Races to Topsfield autumn 1930". Overall the album is a testament to the energy and spontaneity of youth and the possibilities of the photographic form as well as an intimate look into Boston's storied upper class. unknown books
1983634Carmel California: The Friends of Photography 1983. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Quarto 11 x 9 1/4 inches; 280 x 235 mm 48 pages in stiff wrappers featuring the author's photographs.<br /><br /><b>SIGNED </b>by Marion Post Wolcott on the title page. Fabulous photos documenting rural poverty during the Depression. Marion Post Wolcott 1910-1990 worked as a photographer for the Farm Security Administration. The present work contains 33 striking photos mostly from rural areas in the South. There's also a chronology as well as an interesting introduction by Sally Stein describing Wolcott's life and work. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some flaking to top of spine edge wear and scuffing to wrappers. Internally clean bright and unmarked. A Very Good or better copy. The Friends of Photography paperback books
1989UWILCOY00JNPeregrine Smith Books 1989. Fine. Williams Terry Tempest. Coyote's Canyon. Inscribed by the photographer. Photography by John Telford. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books 1989. 1st edition. 96pp. 4to. Wraps. Book condition: Near fine. Inscribed and dated in ink by Telford on half title. Peregrine Smith Books paperback books
19887732Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Fine in pictorial saddle-stitched wrappers. Thin quarto. 8.5 x 11 in. 7 pp. One of 50 numbered copies. Signed by Vernon Burwell Jonathan Williams Jonathan Greene book designer and Roger Manley cover photograph. Rare so signed. <br/><br/> North Carolina Wesleyan College Press paperback books
19927733Artlocate Derby 1992. First Edition First Printing. Paperback. Nearly-fine. Tall thin quarto. One of 30 numbered copies. Seven single sheets laid into a printed folder with a photograph of Williams in his Lee County Lizard Patrol hat snapping a picture on the front cover. Signed by Jonathan Williams on title page. <br/><br/> Artlocate Derby paperback books
19931329780Cape Town London Auckland: Struik Publishers 1993. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Large Octavo; pp 96; VG/paperback; ivory spine with black text; covers have mild wear; light edge wear; small price sticker to rear; intact panels; text block clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated;. 1329780. FP New Rockville Stock. Struik Publishers unknown books
19989012185Minocqua Wisconsin: Willow Creek Press 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. <br/><br/> Willow Creek Press hardcover books
1992UWILCHA00DAMacMillan 1992. Very Good. Willan Anne. Chateau Cuisine. Baker photography Christopher. New York: MacMillan 1992. 224pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped and rubbed corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with subtly bumped edges and subtly rubbed panels. MacMillan hardcover books
1910604517<p>"Clarence H. White" boldly penned in black fountain pen ink on his Clarence H. White 5 West 31st Street letterhead New York January 19 1910. 14" x 6 1/4" 3 pages on one leaf folded to make 4 sides. Together with the original holograph mailing envelope stamped with a 2 cent Washington stamp and postmarked New York N.Y. January 19 1910. Fine. To author Horace Traubel 1624 Walnut Street. Philadelphia Pennsylvania. In part: ". . . I am sending 2 prints of your portrait ordered by Gable & Sons to you . . . I am sending with them a print for you & one for Mrs. Traubel - and one for Gertrude. To you I am sure they will mean as much . . . I was sorry not to get some new negatives of Mrs. T and Gertrude but I again with their . . ."</p> unknown books
19091557Various locations in the West 1909. Very good. Forty-seven leaves containing forty-one photographs 4 x 6 inches supplemented by postcards and a few newspaper clippings. Oblong octavo album. Original leather cover gilt black paper leaves. Spine perished but holding covers worn. Some leaves intentionally trimmed on fore edge. Two photos loose and laid in. Contents clean and fresh. An interesting album documenting a train trip to the Western United States taken by several businessmen from Chicago on a tour to study irrigation investments in Colorado Idaho and Wyoming. The album starts out with panels from the trip brochure pasted onto the first two leaves followed by newspaper clippings documenting the trip as well as a map of the train routes in the west and a sheet of stationery signed by all the members of the party. The trip was organized by Trowbridge & Niver a municipal bond company based in Chicago and one Denver newspaper headline notes "Half-Billion Dollars Represented in Party. Many are already backing projects here and are making trip to investigate." Each photograph is captioned with a typed label documenting stops along the route starting with Fort Morgan Colorado. There are several images of Eldorado Springs including the swimming pool and a large building whose roof says "Moving Pictures" which we presume to be an early movie theatre. There are many group shots of the "Buffalo Party" along the way all looking quite dapper in caps and touring coats out to spend their millions. One image shows the group on a tour by buggy captioned "Our party inspecting irrigated orchards at Palisade Colorado." There are three photographs of Salt Lake City followed by a series in Idaho which includes a charming photo of several women laughing captioned "Shoshone Indians at Pocatello Idaho." There is a series taken along the Snake River in Idaho and Oregon followed by several images taken in Boise. This cataloguer's favorite is a pair of photos taken at the local pool showing the men in their swimsuits: "Buffalonians in the Natatorium Boise." The final four photos depict the group at stops in Wyoming. Throughout the compiler has used postcards to set the scenery for the trip using the photographs to capture the group itself on tour. Altogether a wonderful album documenting a business trip yet assembled like a family vacation album or young woman's scrapbook. The format speaks to the novelty of such a trip even for businessmen in the early years of the 20th century. unknown books
1981261854San Francisco: Brothers Publishing Co 1981. Newspaper. 16p folded tabloid newspaper news photos ads services event schedule very good on newsprint. Special edition of the neighborhood paper. The program for the festival. Brothers Publishing Co unknown books
197130823NY: Random House 1971. First edition first prnt. Signed by Welty on the half-title page. Board cloth with few light rubs few foxed spots on edges; dustjacket with three small closed tears on the bottom edge touched corners and minimal edgewear. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
199671514NY: Hyperion 1996. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Wegman on the title page. "to Jeff heartsign Batty" and below his drawing of Battina's face he has written "William Wegman 98." Full color photographs. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket. Inscribed by Author with Drawing. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hyperion Hardcover books
198523957Long Island NY: Old Westbury Gardens Inc 1985. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. 64 pp. 64 color plates. Photographs by Richard Cheek. A photographic tour mostly of the gardens but also of the house of John S. "Jay" Phipps. The house and gardens were built from a design by George Crawley and the building overseen by architect Grosvenor Atterbury. Old Westbury Gardens, Inc unknown books
19881319059Munchen Wien: Verlag Christian Brandstatter 1988. Softcover. Quarto; pp 183; VG-/no-paperback; black spine with white and red text; covers show slight shelf wear to exterior; intact panels; text block shows light wear to exterior; interior clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; German text;. 1319059. FP New Rockville Stock. Verlag Christian Brandstatter unknown books
1971UWATGRA00EFAmerican West Publishing Company 1971. Very Good. Watkins T. H. The Grand Colorado: The Story of a River and Its Canyons. Stegner foreword Wallace; Hyde photography Philip; Brown Jr William E.; Euler Robert C.; Hosmer Helen. Palo Alto California: American West Publishing Company 1971. 310pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Orange cloth with gilt lettering and vignette. Book condition: Very good with subtly rolled spine. Edges are slightly rubbed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly rubbed bumped and chipped edges and a small tear in foot of front panel. American West Publishing Company hardcover books
19891341071London UK; Lexington MA: Pelham Books; Stephen Greene Press 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Larger Octavo; VG/VG; light cream spine with green text; first edition; dust jacket has mild wear; light smudge to front; cloth shows mild exterior wear; minor edge wear; mildly cocked spine; sturdy boards; text block edges have minimal wear; pictorial endpapers; gift inscription to half title page; tight binding; interior clean; profusely illustrated; pp 128. 1341071. FP New Rockville Stock. Pelham Books; Stephen Greene Press hardcover books
1982236125Surrey UK: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good Dustjacket. Illustrated; No markings in text. Previous owner's initials written on text block edges in red marker. Light edgewear to the binding and dustjacket. Dust jacket now protected in a mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good Dustjacket. Macmillan Publishers Limited unknown books
194621353Houston TX 1946. Hardcover. Very good. Black buckram album 10" x 13" containing a one-page printed introduction by Preston and 60 gelatin silver prints by Waddell inserted into pre-cut corners rectos only each with a fairly detailed typed caption underneath. Very good condition. According to the Introduction Clyde Waddell was Chief Photographer for the Houston Press before entering the Army where he was attached to the Public Relations Staff of the Southeast Asia Command. After two busy years on documenting action on the Burma front Waddell took the photographs in this album while on leave in Calcutta. "By the time he completed this project which brought him into some of the remotest out-of-bounds areas" writes Preston "he was flooded with requests from Americans and Britishers for copies of his photographs. That is how this album came to be.As a documentary of Calcutta it's tops." The album includes wonderful views of the city and its people including many bustling street scenes buildings Hindustan Building Karnani Estates American Red Cross Burra Club Jain Temple Nimtolla Mosque the Stock Exchange billboards street vendors and performers among them a snake charmer and shops and markets--including a wonderful shot of American GIs browsing at a book stall. There are also scenes of poverty and struggle including striking tram workers homeless people sleeping in the streets an opium den and a woman dying on a sidewalk as people walk by indifferent to her plight. The captions are chatty offering both information and Waddell's personal commentary on the scenes. This particular copy of the album belonged to Lyle Oberwise 1908-1993. Like Waddell Oberwise was a an American Army photographer assigned to the China-Burma-India theater of operations. But he is better known as a prolific Milwaukee street photographer whose work was discovered only upon his death. More than 43000 slides he shot in Milwaukee between 1945 and 1993 now reside at the Milwaukee County Historical Society. There is a photo of Oberwise in his military uniform mounted on the verso of the title page of this album. Also tipped in or laid in are a Red Cross Guide Book to Calcutta Agra Delhi Karachi and Bombay 93 pp with folding maps; tickets and programs for two American Red Cross-Burra Club tours of parts of Calcutta; An American Red Cross Guide to Calcutta for Servicemen 4 pp including a double-page map; and an uncredited 8" x 10" photograph of the Taj Mahal. hardcover books
