MARCEL DUCHAMP, THE PORTABLE MUSEUM The Making of the Boîte-en-valise de ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Selavy.
4to., 324 pp, 516 illustrations, of with 164 are in color. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. Translated from the German by David Britt.
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JACOB A. RIIS: PHOTOGRAPHER & CITIZEN Preface by Ansel Adams.
Oblong 4to., 220 pp., photographs. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. An excellent biography, accompanied with full-page reproductions of b&w photographs largely made in the slums of New York, with lengthy captions from Riis' published writings. Includes a bibliography.NINE YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS, 1870-1879 The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians. Edited by J. Marvin Hunter.
8vo., x, 235 pp., illustrated plates with tissue guards from photographs. Maroon cloth titled on the upper cover and spine in gilt. The plate opposite p. 102 is loose and chipped along the bottom blank margin; otherwise, a fine copy with the tan dust jacket that is chipped at the edges and has left offsetting on the front and rear endpapers. Howes J-232. Herman Lehmann's narrative was first published in 1899 and included in, A Condensed History of the Apache and Commanche Indian Tribes, by Jonathan H. Jones.CHAGALL: LITHOGRAPHS, 1974-1979 Preface by Roger Passeron. Notes and Catalogue by Charles Sorlier.
Folio, 250 pp., portrait frontispiece, numerous full-page color plates. Embossed cloth; there is a black line on the top black edge, likely indicating this as a remainder. The color illustrated dust jacket show slight wear at the crown. A near fine copy. Published as Volume V of the complete Chagall lithographs.SELECTIONS 1 FROM POLAROID COLLECTION
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First ed. 4to., [6] pp., plus over 80 color and b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers with inset image on the front. The wrappers are slightly toned. A near fine copy. Brief introduction by Dr. Erika Billeter. Includes photos by: Reza Khatir, Eileen Cowin, Patric Nagatani, Todd Walker, Evergon, Kenda North, Jerry Burchfield, Jim Goldberg, Melissa Shook, Jim Stone, Bart Parker, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jerry Uelsmann, Bernard Faucon, and many others.SELECTIONS 4 : THE INTERNATIONAL POLAROID COLLECTION
4to., [6] pp., plus over 80 color and b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers with inset image on the front. Illustrated wrappwers. Fine. Brief introduction byMark Haworth-Booth. Includes photos by: Peter Beard, Marsha Burns, Barbara Crane, John Divola, Joan Fontcuberta, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Robert Mapplethorpe, and many others.CHAGALL: LITHOGRAPHS, 1980-1985 Preface by Roger Passeron. Notes and Catalogue by Charles Sorlier.
Folio, 224 pp., portrait frontispiece, numerous full-page color plates. Embossed cloth, in color illustrated dust jacket, which has two tiny (1/4 inch) closed tear, with the clear acetate over wrapper, which is lacking two small pieces. A fine copy. Published as Volume VI of the complete Chagall lithographs.- $85
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FOTOGRAFICKÝ A FILMOVÝ SLOVNÍ EK, ANGLICKO- ESKO A ESKO-ANGLICKÝ
12mo., 88, folding plate, [6] adverts, colophon, errata slip laid in. Printed stiff wrappers, which are slightly worn and toned at the edges. Very good. A Englis-Czech, Czech-English disctionary of cinemagraphic terms applied toall aspects of history and production. WorldCat locates only six copies: Czech National Library, NYPL, Ohio State University, British Library (2 cpys), University College of London.- $50
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IN PLAIN SIGHT: THE PHOTOGRAPHS BY BEAUMONT NEWHALL Foreword by Ansel Adams
4to., xiii, 65 pp., 59 b&w photographic plates, text illustrations. A near fine copy in the slightly rubbed photo-illustrated dust jacket. Beaumont Newhall (1908-1993), noted author, teacher, lecturer, and scholar is known for his valuable contributions to the field and history of photography. He graduated from Harvard University and distinguished himself early as a photographic historian. His photographshave been exhibited in many solo exhibitions.- $25
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CAMERA WORK. ISSUE NUMBER VI
4to., 56 pp., 6 hand-pulled photogravures, 1 color halftone reproduction, 1 duotone, 2 b&w halftones, (18) pp. adverts. Printed wrappers, yapped edges, chipped and worn, lacking spine, wrappers detached. Five photogravures and one color halftone by Alvin Langdon Coburn; two halftones by Will A. Cadby; one photogravure by W.B. Post.- $2,000
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PHOTOGRAPHIC GREETING CARD [descriptive title]
Uelsmann, Jerry A vintage gelatin silver photograph, image 4 1/2 x 4 inches on 7 x 6 inch stock. There are a few soft creases and a faint imprint from the writing on the reverse. The greeting is handwritten in Uelsmann's hand beneath the image and reads "Friendly Thoughts, Marilynn & Jerry Uelsmann." Their address is written on the verso in another hand.- $750
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M. & M. KAROLIK COLLECTION OF AMERICAN WATER COLORS & DRAWINGS, 1800-1875
[AMERICAN WATER COLORS & DRAWINGS]. Rossiter, Henry P., introduction Two volumes, small 4tos., 337 pp., 157 color and b&w plates; 352 pp., 407 plates. Cloth-backed decorated paper over boards. The spine of the first volume has a three inch stain; the publishers slipcase has a crack and moderate wear and soiling. A very good set.- $25
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THE LATTA COLLECTION OF OLD PHILADELPHIA PRINTS, MAPS, ENGRAVINGS AND ORIGINAL SKETCHES To Be Sold At Unrestricted Public Sale, Monday, March 20th and Tuesday, March 21st.
[SAMUEL T. FREEMAN & CO.] 8vo., 58, [6] pp., 4 plates. Chipping to the front wrapper at the crown; moderate wear and soiling. A good copy. All 377 entries have the prices realized penciled-in at the margin.- $25
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AGAINST THE ODDS: AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS AND THE HARMON FOUNDATION With essays by David Driskell, Clement Alexander Price, Richard J. Powell and Deborah Willis.
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IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD, THE JAPANESE PRINT Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e.
Lane, Richard 4to., 364 pp., color and b&w plates with hundreds of thumbnail illustrations. Stamped with a circled B on the bottom edge. A very good copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is slightly sunned and lacking a two inch piece from the blank rear panel.- $25
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MAX ERNST, BEYOND SURREALISM A Retrospective of the Artist’s Books and Prints. With Essays by Anne Hyde Greet, Evan M. Maurer and Robert Rainwater.
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ART NOUVEAU: PRINTS, ILLUSTRATIONS AND POSTERS With Contributions by J. Jaworska and S. Hoffstätter
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LYONEL FEININGER Etchings, Lithographs and Woodcuts From the Estate of the Artist: March 20 – April 15, 1972.
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