FASHION

(AFANADOR, RUVEN). Afanador, Ruven. Foreword by Jean-Paul Gaultier. RUVEN AFANADOR: SOMBRA. London & New York: Merrell Publishers Limited, 2004. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Monica Sziladi at Hoopycake! "Sombra" is the lavishly produced second book by noted New York fashion photographer Ruven Afanador. The title is taken from his native Columbian childhood, meaning the act of one's shadow being captured in a photographic portrait. As with Afanador's exquisite first book, "Torero", the images are entirely of men. Beautifully staged, some elaborately toned or solarized, these nudes as seductive as they are compelling. A pristine copy. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-85894-249-7 Inventory Number: 008173 $ 75.00    order/inquire
(AFANADOR, RUVEN). Afanador, Ruven. Foreword by Jean-Paul Gaultier. RUVEN AFANADOR: SOMBRA - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. London & New York: Merrell Publishers Limited, 2004. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Monica Sziladi at Hoopycake! "Sombra" is the lavishly produced second book by noted New York fashion photographer Ruven Afanador. The title is taken from his native Columbian childhood, meaning the act of one's shadow being captured in a photographic portrait. As with Afanador's exquisite first book, "Torero", the images are entirely of men. Beautifully staged, some elaborately toned or solarized, these nudes as seductive as they are compelling. A pristine copy BOLDLY SIGNED in black ink by Ruven Afanador on the first preliminary. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-85894-249-7 Inventory Number: 011363 $ 125.00    order/inquire
(AFANADOR, RUVEN). Afanador, Ruven. Introduction by Hector Abad Faciolince. Poems by Gloria Maria Pardo Vargas. RUVEN AFANADOR: TORERO - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Thalwil, SWITZERLAND: Edition Stemmle, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. "Torero" is the exquisitely produced first book by noted Colombian born, New York based fashion photographer Ruven Afanador. It consists of highly stylized black and white portraits of Spanish and Latin American matadors in the studio, dressing room, and in the ring. Afanador shows an always keen eye for their masculine beauty, capturing some awfully tight talleguillas here. A pristine copy BOLDLY SIGNED in ink by the photographer on the half title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-908163-48-X Inventory Number: 015575 $ 600.00    order/inquire
(AVEDON, RICHARD) (EGOISTE). Avedon, Richard & Nicole Wisniak, Editors. EGOISTE NO. 12 - TOME I & II (COMPLETE). Paris: Les Editions Cassini, 1992. First Edition. Folio. Tabloid Format Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine. 243pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French. Cover photographs of Yannick Noah and Andre & Raphael Glucksmann by Richard Avedon. This is the twelfth installment of the irregularly published, oversized French fashion & photography journal "Egoiste", where virtually all of the contemporary editorial content is shot by Richard Avedon. Even the plentiful advertisements are photographed by the likes of Guy Bourdin, Alice Springs, Francois-Marie Banier, Ellen Von Unwerth, Karl Lagerfeld, and Max Vadukl. This issue features contributions by or about Yannick Noah, Patrice Chereau, Lady Di, Antoine Gallimard, Sylvie Guillem, Saul Steinberg, Stephanie Seymour, Eimuntas Nekrosius, Bruno Nuytten, Magarite Duras, Orson Welles, Andre Glucksmann, Peter Handke, Elie Wiesel, Luc Bondy, Jean Baudrillard, Bernard Frank, Jean D'Ormesson, Francoise Sagan, Philippe Grumbach, and portfolios by Francois-Marie Banier, Thierry Bouet, Daniel Jouanneau, and Avedon. A most handsome complete set of parts one and two. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its size and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 013836 $ 150.00    order/inquire
(AVEDON, RICHARD) (VERSACE).. GIANNI VERSACE: COLLEZIONE DONNA PRIMAVERA ESTATE 1992, N.24 - GIANNI VERSACE BY RICHARD AVEDON. Milan, ITALY: Versace, 1993. First Edition. Large 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Monograph. Very Good. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. This semi-annual collection catalogue of women's fashion and accessories by Gianni Versace features fifty-three pages of Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, Kristin McMenamy, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour, and more photographed in the studio by fashion legend Richard Avedon. The session was styled by Donatella Versace and Paul Beck, with makeup by Francois Nars and hair by Oribe. It features a healthy dose of bulging supermodel cleavage (particularly Ms. Seymour, whose ample endowment spills from each and every gown). In addition, this contains runway, backstage and South Beach Miami images of Moss, Turlington, McMenamy, Evangelista, Campbell, Seymour, Helena Christensen, Eva Herzigova, and more by Doug Ordway. A most presentable copy showing just a bit of light overall wear and handling and a slight diagonal soft crease at the upper foredge corner. Inventory Number: 011351 $ 195.00    order/inquire
(AVEDON, RICHARD). Thurman, Judith.. RICHARD AVEDON: MADE IN FRANCE. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery , 2001. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 56pp, 40 quadratone illustrations. This strikingly beautiful monograph stands as an important rediscovery of a small but elegant body of work in the career of one of the world's best-known photographers. The Richard Avedon images presented here, many for the first time, were made in Paris for "Harper's Bazaar" during the 1950s. What is particularly notable about this presentation is that the images have been reproduced to the exact scale of the engraver's prints made for Avedon by the master printer Andre Gremola, and are uncropped, on their original mounts (with all of the artist's notations on both front and back). They provide a remarkable portrait of the working methods of one of the most influential fashion photographers in history. This oversized book, measuring 12 x 15 inches, has been printed without compromise using quadratone plates throughout. Produced in a very small print run, this sold out only a few months following its publication, and has become highly sought after. A most handsome copy. 1-881337-12-X Inventory Number: 013461 $ 1000.00    order/inquire
(BALENCIAGA, CRISTOBAL). Jouve, Marie-Andree & Jacqueline Demornex. BALENCIAGA. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Fashion Monograph. As New/As New. np (378pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This massive, lavishly printed volume is a dazzling survey of the nuanced haute-couture of iconic Spanish designer Cristobal Balenciaga. It includes photographic images by Irving Penn, Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, John Rawlings, Dorvyne, Horst, Mme. d'Ora, Hiro, Bert Stern, and David Seidner, as well as numerous examples from the Balenciaga archives. A pristine copy of the uncommon hardbound English language edition in the publisher's chipboard slipcase. 0-8478-1079-8 Inventory Number: 015250 $ 625.00    order/inquire
(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter & Jochen Siemens. BIBLIOTHEK DER FOTOGRAFIE (SPEZIAL FOTOGRAFIE) PORTFOLIO NO. 26 (STERN): PETER BEARD. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Spezial Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2001. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Art Directed by Tom Jacobi. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this twenty-sixth installment devoted to Peter Beard was no exception. His images of Africa, models, and celebrities have been worked over obsessively with ink, blood and glue to form intriguing diary entries + collages. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-570-19317-9 Inventory Number: 015200 $ 95.00    order/inquire
(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter & Owen Edwards. Nejima Beard & David Fahey, Editors. PETER BEARD: THE ART EDITION - NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed and Numbered By the Photographer. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2006. First Edition 1/2250. Elephant Folio. 1/2 Leather over Boards, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 616pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, German and French. Art Direction and Design by Ruth Ansel. One of the most lavish books published to date on the work of a single photographer, Benedikt Taschen's sumptuous, already out of print 2006 monograph on Peter Beard rivals Helmut Newton's "Sumo" in both scale and grandeur. "Photographer, collector, diarist, and writer of books Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the international art world. He was painted by Francis Bacon, painted on by Salvador Dali, and made diaries with Andy Warhol; he toured with Truman Capote and the Rolling Stones, created books with Jacqueline Onassis and Mick Jagger - all of whom are brought to life, literally and figuratively, in his work. As a fashion photographer, he took Vogue stars like Veruschka to Africa and brought new ones - most notably Iman - back to the U.S. with him. Spilling out over the pages of this massive tome, Peter Beard's collages are reproduced as a group for the first time at the size they have always meant to be seen, some as foldouts. Hundreds of smaller-scale works and diaries fill the remaining spreads - magnified to show every detail, from Beard's meticulous handwriting and old-master-inspired drawings to stones and bones and bits of animals pasted to the page. All color illustrations are color-separated and reproduced in Pan4C, the finest reproduction technique available today, which provides unequalled intensity and color range". This elephant folio sized book is bound in half leather over boards, housed in a clamshell box, and is accompanied by a wooden viewing stand that is reminiscent of an African headrest. Its companion volume: "PB2" contains an image index with captions for all the pictures reproduced in the main book, personal photos and early work of the artist, an interview with the artist by Steven M. L. Aronson, a facsimile reprint of Beard's 1993 handwritten essay from the sold-out first issue of "Blind Spot" magazine, an extensive bibliography, and an exhibition history. A pristine example unopened in the publisher's original printed shipping carton, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value, size and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8228-2606-5 Inventory Number: 014661 $ 6000.00    order/inquire
(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter, Peter T. Tunney, Anthony Haden-Guest & David Fahey. PETER BEARD: FIFTY YEARS OF PORTRAITS. Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Leatherette with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 205pp, profusely illustrated. This compendium of Peter Beard's portraiture is compiled as a scrapbook; photographs become collages, framed and overlaid with Beard's handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, found objects, and paint. Well represented are familiar images from Beard's repertoire; Africa, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, the Kennedys, elephants, Montauk, The Rolling Stones, crocodiles, blood, leggy models, former wives, et al. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap of this elegant publication that sold out immediately upon publication, and due to legal complexities, will not be reprinted. 1-892041-15-4 Inventory Number: 015251 $ 900.00    order/inquire
(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter. Nejima Beard & David Fahey, Editors. PETER BEARD - THE PUBLISHER'S PROSPECTUS (FOLIO VERSION). K÷ln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2006. Elephant Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Publisher's Prospectus. Very Good. np (16pp), 11 color and 7 b&w illustrations. Text in English. One of the most lavish books published to date on the work of a single photographer, Benedikt Taschen's massive, already out of print 2006 tome on Peter Beard rivals Helmut Newton's "Sumo" in both scale and grandeur. This is NOT a copy the book itself, but rather the large format version (19 1/2 x 13 1/2") of Taschen's sixteen page pre-publication prospectus for this extraordinary work. A handsome presentable example showing a slight dent at the heel of the spine as well as a faint dampstain along a small portion of the bottom edge of the textblock that is visible on only three pages. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 015590 $ 175.00    order/inquire
(BEARD, PETER). Caujolle, Christian. PHOTO POCHE NO. 67: PETER BEARD. Paris: Nathan/Photo Poche Collection, 2000. 12mo. Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good. np, 62 color and b&w illustrations. Text in French. Number sixty-seven of the venerable Photo Poche series, this small yet elegant monograph on Peter Beard is a comprehensive survey of his career, including many of the hand painted prints of recent years. A most presentable copy. 209-754-107-0 Inventory Number: 015371 $ 40.00    order/inquire
(BIDGOOD, JAMES). Benderson, Bruce. JAMES BIDGOOD. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1999. First Edition. Tall 4to. Boards in Pictorial Dustjacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color. Full edge gilt. Text in English, German and French. The director of the cult erotic gay fantasy "Pink Narcissus", James Bidgood remained the all-but-unknown, astonishing precursor to Pierre et Gilles and so many other baroque photographers of the male physique until this amazing, well researched monograph by Bruce Benderson appeared nearly a decade ago. Evoking Kenneth Anger, "Querelle", and George Platt Lynes, these images by the former drag performer/window dresser/costume designer are a revelation in Technicolor! A most handsome copy. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8228-7427-2 Inventory Number: 015539 $ 95.00    order/inquire
(BLUMENFELD, ERWIN). Bell, Deborah. ERWIN BLUMENFELD: AMSTERDAM / PARIS / NEW YORK. New York: Deborah Bell Photographs, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New. Three continuous 33 x 10 3/4 inch cardstock sheets neatly folded in quarters to make 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches and laid into a printed folder, 30pp, 27 duotone illustrations. With a chronology and bibliography. Designed by Beverly Joel. This is the innovatively designed catalogue published in conjunction with a 2005 New York gallery exhibition of vintage prints by the noted late German born, New York based fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld. A pristine copy. Inventory Number: 015023 $ 35.00    order/inquire
(BORTHWICK, MARK) (MARGIELA, MARTIN). Borthwick, Mark & Maison Martin Margiela. 2000-1: MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA BY MARK BORTHWICK. NP (Antwerp, BELGIUM): Maison Martin Margiela, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers. Fashion Monograph. As New. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English. This lovely catalogue for Maison Martin Margiela's Fall/Winter 1998 season (despite the chronologically confusing title) combines Mark Borthwick's lush photographs of models Stella Tennant, Yorinda Gersina, and Helen Filliers along with his characteristic handwritten text. A bright, white, most handsome copy of this uncommon item in its printed obi still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 2-9512460-0-5 Inventory Number: 014609 $ 250.00    order/inquire
(BORTHWICK, MARK). Borthwick, Mark & Aaron Rose. MARK BORTHWICK: ALL EVENTS ARE EVEN. Paris & Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS: Purple Books, 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Embossed Cloth. Photography Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Best known for his work with Martin Margiela as well as Sonic Youth, this chaming little book combining Mark Borthwick's casual photographs with a brief text by Aaron Rose was issued in conjunction with a recent Dutch exhibition. Within these pages you can see a youth soccer game, piles of clothes dumped outside a gallery, and pictures of Chloδ Sevigny both wearing a trash bag, and stripped down to her skivvies. A most handsome copy. 2-912684-35-8 Inventory Number: 012602 $ 90.00    order/inquire
(BOWERY, LEIGH). Macgregor, Elizabeth Ann, Nicola Bateman Bowery, Gary Carsley, Robyn Healy & Anna Tilroe. TAKE A BOWERY: THE ART AND (LARGER THAN) LIFE OF LEIGH BOWERY. Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 184pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Michael Donohue. With a biography and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 2003 Sydney Museum exhibition, Australia's favorite pulchritudinous ex-patriate Performance Artist/Fashion Icon/Muse/Club Kid Extraordinaire Leigh Bowery gets the full-on posthumous retrospective treatment in this beautifully designed catalogue. It copiously documents Bowery's own outrageous looks, costumes and performances, as well as his collaborations with Lucian Freud, Cerith Wyn Evans, Michael Clark, Charles Atlas, Raw Sewage, Nick Knight, Fergus Greer, Johnny Rozsa, and more. Included are reproductions from Bowery's own drawings. A most handsome copy. 1-875632-90-5 Inventory Number: 015324 $ 100.00    order/inquire
(CARTIER). Chazal, Gilles, Paul Claudel & Therese Burollet. THE ART OF CARTIER. Paris: Paris Musees, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Fashion Monograph. Near Fine. 177pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Published in conjunction with a 1989 exhibition at Paris' Musee de Petit Palais, this sumptuous catalogue traces the art of the Cartier legacy from its origins through the 1950s. Included is a completely illustrated catalogue of six hundred and fourteen exhibited items, as well as an extensive written history. A most handsome copy of the uncommon English language edition. 2-905028-29-7 Inventory Number: 014939 $ 125.00    order/inquire
(CHURCH, RON). Church, Ron. Tom Adler, Editor. Introduction by Brad Barrett. Foreword by Steve Pezman. RON CHURCH: CA/HI (CALIFORNIA TO HAWAII) - 60 TO 65 . Santa Barbara, CA: T. Adler Books, 2006. First Edition. Square 4to. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 180pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and duotone. Designed by Tom Adler. "Ron Church brought a trained photographerÆs eye to the sport of surfing, which in itself was unusual. With his background in sport diving and underwater research photography combined with his La Jolla, California roots, he turned his attention to surfing just as the sport was beginning to morph from a sleepy but evocative pastime into a commercialized lifestyle. From 1960 through 1965 he captured its last moments of innocence, first in California, moving to OahuÆs big-wave fields, and then back to California. Graphic designer/publisher Tom Adler has been producing an acclaimed series of art books featuring surf photography utilizing his own unique design sense to select offbeat images that seem to make magic by the time he arranges them on the pages". A pristine copy of Tom Adler's second Ron Church anthology (and in our humble opinion, the press' finest book to date!) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-966377-18-4 Inventory Number: 012071 $ 65.00    order/inquire
(CLAXTON, WILLIAM) (GERNREICH, RUDI). Moffitt, Peggy & William Claxton. THE RUDI GERNREICH BOOK. New York: Rizzoli International Publications & Museum of Contemporary Art, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Fashion Monograph. Very Good/Very Good. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A labor of love by Peggy Moffitt and husband William Claxton, this is the coolest tribute to Los Angeles' visionary fashion designer - the man that brought us see-through, unisex garb, the topless swimsuit, and so much more! Moffitt was Gernreich's frequent model, collaborator, and muse. Claxton, best known for his Jazz and Hollywood work was also the primary photographer of the designer's collections for almost two decades; virtually all of the images here were taken by him. If you really want to know who made sixties fashion mod, op, pop and groovy, check this extraordinary book out. A handsome copy of the true first edition - NOT the Taschen reprint - showing a short closed tear to the dust jacket and a discreet remainder stamp to the bottom edge of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-8478-1422-X Inventory Number: 014281 $ 125.00    order/inquire
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