The Outlaw Bible of American Art
by [ART][PHOTOGRAPHY] KAUFMAN, Alan
San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2016. Stated First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's black faux leather titled in silver gilt to spine and front board. 667pp. Very light bumping and scuffing to extremities, with some minor scratches to the surface of the binding material; internally clean, timetable of events for the Green Arcade in San Francisco laid in. A very good,... Read More
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Crimes and Splendors: The Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach
by [ART][PHOTOGRAPHY] TUCKER, Anne Wilkes.; MISRACH, Richard; SOLNIT, Rebecca
Houston, Texas: Bullfinch Press with Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 1996. First Edition. Quarto. 29cm. Publiaher's brown cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 192pp. Clean and strong, some very light wear to the extremities of the cloth; internally clean and fresh; in a strong, bright dustjacket, with some light creasing and wear at spine ends and edges, and... Read More
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Rue Des Lombards
by [ART][PHOTOGRAPHY] ATWOOD, Jane Evelyn
Paris: Xavier Barral, 2011. First Edition. Quarto. 32.5cm. Publisher's original black damask cloth binding titled in glossy black to spine and front board. Slipcase. 157pp.; [3]. Very light signs of handling, clean and tight; internally clean, red endpapers with some glue offsetting to the gutter; in a clean, strong example of the slipcase with some very light wear to... Read More
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Disciple & Master
by [ART][PHOTOGRAPHY] WITKIN, Joel Peter
New York: Fotofolio, 2000. First Edition. Quarto. 30cm. Publisher's grey paper covered boards titled in black to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 120pp. Clean and bright; internally clean, signed by Witkin to the half title; in a strong, handsome example of the dustjacket with a little very light marginal creasing and edgewear. A very good copy indeed. ... Read More
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Exposure; The Iconic Photographs
by [ART][PHOTOGRAPHY] MARK, Mary Ellen
London: Phaidon, 2005. First Edition. Folio. 33cm. Publisher's white cloth titled in silver gilt to spine, with publisher's imprint to front board. Dustjacket. 288pp. Minor bumping to corners and spine ends, some very slight areas of soiling, tight and strong; internally clean and fresh, signed and dated by Mary Ellen Mark to the title page; in a strong, clean... Read More
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Radical Eye; The Photography of Miron Zownir
by [ART][PHOTOGRAPHY] ZOWNIR, Miron
Germany: Die Gestalten Verlag, 1997. First Edition. Quarto. 30cm. Publisher's illustrated card wraps. 168pp. Very light wear to spine ends and extremities, sunning to the red backstrip, some small scratches to the laminate; internally clean and fresh with some pale spotting to the fore-edge of the front flyleaf. A very good, clean copy with some minor shelfwear. ... Read More
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Soeurs, Saintes, et Sibylles
by [ART][PHOTOGRAPHY] GOLDIN, Nan
Paris: Editions du Regard, Festival d'Automne, 2005. First French Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's purple paper covered boards titled in gilt to spine and front board. Unpaginated. A little scrape or two to the extremities, otherwise clean and bright; internally clean, inscribed by Goldin to the half-title. A very good, bright copy indeed. An inscribed copy of Goldin's moving... Read More
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Sexual Selection
by [Art] [PHOTOGRAPHY] MERRITT, Natacha
Berlin, Germany: Bongout & Natacha Merritt, 2012. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's illustrated paper covered boards. 236pp. + [2]. Slight wear to the bottom front corner, a little rubbing and scuffing of the glossy boards; internally clean and fresh; a very good copy indeed. A lavish and beautifully produced exploration of Merritt's photographic vision, in which autobiographical... Read More
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Darkside I; Fotografische Begierde und Fotografierte Sexualitat - Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed
by [ART][PHOTOGRAPHY] STAHEL, Urs. [ED.]
Gottingen: Steidl/Fotomuseum Winterthur, 2008. First Edition. Quarto. 28.5cm. Publisher's printed paper covered boards. 344pp. Light bumping to spine ends, small dent to spine panel, a little shelfwear and some very light soiling to the paler regions, strong and tight; internally clean. A very good copy. A lavishly photographed and presented examination of the complexities of sexuality, gender,... Read More
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Blake's Illustrations to the Poems of Gray
by [ART][POETRY] BLAKE, William; TAYLOR, Irene
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971. First Edition. Quarto. 28cm. Publisher's heavy grain green cloth titled in gilt and grey to the spine. Dustjacket. 167pp. paginated, with the last third of the book being unpaginated full page reproductions of Blake's work. Light wear to corners and spine ends, strong and handsome; internally clean and fresh; in a bright... Read More
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Cécile Reims; Graveur
by [ART] PREAUD, Maxime; GHEERBRANT, Bernard
Paris: Editions Cercle D'Art, 2000. First Edition. Quarto. 29.5cm. Publisher's pale card wraps. 175pp.; [1]. Clean and bright, some minor cosmetic creasing to the lower edge and some light scuffing to the covers; internally clean and fresh. A very good, attractive copy. Text in French. An impressive retrospective of the hugely influential but much overlooked French engraver Cécile... Read More
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A Woman's Right To Pleasure
by [ART][PSYCHOLOGY] JONG, Erika; GAY, Roxane; MARASHI, Dr. Amir
New York: Black Book, 2020. First Edition. Quarto. 32cm. Publisher's black cloth spine and rear board, over an illustrated paper covered front board, titled in gilt to spine and front board, with wraparound band as issued. 269pp.; [2]. Clean, bright and strong, with some very light scuffing of the spine gilt and a little shelfwear; internally clean, copiously illustrated;... Read More
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Blake's Illustrations to The Divine Comedy
by [ART] ROE, Albert S.
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971. Stated Third Printing. Quarto. 30cm. Publisher's blue bloth titled in gilt and dark blue to spine. Dustjacket. [xiii];[1]; 219pp.; [103] of art prints to rear, unpaginated. Light wear and scuffing to spine ends and extremities, with a little discoloration of the cloth at spine ends; internally clean and fresh, offsetting to front... Read More
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Dada A Paris
by [ART] SANOUILLET, Michel
Paris: Jean Jacques Pauvert, 1965. First French Edition. Octavo. 25cm. Publisher's printed glossy card wraps. 642pp.; [6]. Light wear and scuffing to corners and spine ends, with some chipping and wear to the head of the spine, some soiling to the white rear panel, sunning to spine panel; internally clean and fresh. A very good copy of an unwieldy... Read More
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Prison Poetry: New Jersey State Council on the Arts Creative Writing Program
by NEW JERSEY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
Trenton: New Jersey Council on the Arts, 1973. First Edition. Oblong octavo (16.5x21.5cm.); original brown photo-illustrated card wrappers; 82pp.; illus., printed on brown and orange stock. Fine. Poetry written by inmates at the Bordentown Reformatory, 1972.
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A History of French Painting from its Earliest to its Latest Practice..
by [ART] STRANAHAN, C.H.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's lavishly gilded dark green cloth, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 496pp. Light cosmetic wear to spine ends and extremities , gilt bright and handsome; internally clean, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, crack to heavy paper of pastedown along the inner joint, strong... Read More
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In Morbid Colours: Art and The Idea of Decadence in The Bohemian Lands 1880-1914
by [ART] URBAN, Otto M.
Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2009. First Edition. Quarto. 28cm. Publisher's original decorated paper covered boards. 409pp.; [3]. Very light wear to corners and spne ends, strong and bright; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout. A near fine copy. An academic and focussed analysis of the rise to ascendancy of Czech art during the height of the Decadent period, and... Read More
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Zines 2009-2019
by [ART][ZINES] BENJAMIN, Heather
New York: Heather Benjamin, 2022. Stated Second Edition. Quarto. 28cm. Publisher's pink decorated stiff card wraps. Unpaginated [160pp]. Very light edgewear, bright and clean; internally clean, signed and dated by Heather Benjamin to the title page, laid in at the front is an issue of "Sad Sex #8", signed and numbered by Benjamin [#22/1000]. A near fine signed copy.... Read More
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![The Prophet [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/816/287/1559287816.0.m.jpg)
The Prophet [Signed]
by ASCH, Sholem (novel); SUPER, Arthur Saul (translation)
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-343,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Light wear to extremities, some trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.00), gently spine-sunned, with modest external wear, and a few... Read More
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![SUNRISE IN SUBURBIA [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/775/537/1581537775.0.m.jpg)
SUNRISE IN SUBURBIA [Inscribed]
by Ashbery, John
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1968. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, this being copy 'B'. Oblong octavo (14cm x 19cm); letterpress printed sheets, string-tied into plain grey card wrappers; patterned paper dustjacket, with letterpressed title label mounted to front cover; [20]pp. Additionally inscribed by the author at a later date... Read More
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A NEST OF NINNIES
by Ashbery, John & James Schuyler
New York: Dutton, 1969. First edition. A well-received comic novel co-written by the two poets. Fine copy in a bright dust jacket with two short closed tears else fine.
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![A Nest of Ninnies [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/293/636/943636293.0.m.jpg)
A Nest of Ninnies [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by ASHBERY, John and James Schuyler
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1997. First Ecco Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); white paper and blue cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 191,[3]pp. Bookplate signed by Ashbery loosely laid in. Fine.
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![April Galleons: Poems [Inscribed to Elizabeth Hardwick]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/609/467/1118467609.0.m.1.jpg)
April Galleons: Poems [Inscribed to Elizabeth Hardwick]
by ASHBERY, John
New York: Viking Penguin Inc, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); dark blue cloth and paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; viii,97,[5]pp. Inscribed on the title page in the year of publication: "For Elizabeth / John Ashbery / 9/23/87." Trivial wear along front joint, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $15.95),... Read More
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A Wave [Prospectus]
by Ashbery, John; Will Barnet (illus.)
New York: 451 Books, [2002]. First Edition. Sewn wraps, printed in red; 12mo. 16 pp. Eight photo-lithographs by Will Barnet. Prospectus for the first publication of 451 Books, with a cover caption "451 Books", consisting of all the illustrations of the final edition and the limitation page on inside rear cover with the signatures of Ashbery and Barnet reproduced.... Read More
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![As Umbrellas Follow Rain [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/053/545/1581545053.0.m.jpg)
As Umbrellas Follow Rain [Signed]
by ASHBERY, John
Lenox, MA: Qua Books, 2001. First Edition. Blue cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. This one of the regular issue specially signed by the author on the title page. (There was a limited edition numbered and signed.) Qua was a short-lived press edited by Michael Gizzi and Craig Watson. Quite scarce signed.
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