Arcana:

(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2019. First Edition. 24 x 36" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.

Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.

A brand new, pristine example of this 24 x 36" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.

Inventory Number: WAX017HH

(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2019. First Edition. 24 x 36" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.

Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.

A brand new, pristine example of this 24 x 36" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.

Inventory Number: WAX015HH

(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2014. 36 x 24" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.

Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.

A brand new, pristine example of this 36 x 24" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.

Inventory Number: WAX012HH

(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2016. 24 x 36" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.

Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.

Hugh Holland: “That shot was one of several I did on the street, at Balboa Island, in the summer of 1975, just as I was beginning the Skate series. I was shooting some kids that were hot-dogging on the street on the sidelines of a small skate contest. I had no idea who they were. A few years later, someone saw them and asked if I knew who that kid was. I said no. He said it was Danny Kwock, who went on in the eighties to be a top surfer in the Newport area, and surfed for Quicksilver. Now he is the president of Quicksilver entertainment. He is a very cool guy.”

A brand new, pristine example of this 24 x 36" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.


Inventory Number: WAX009HH

(HOLLAND, HUGH). Holland, Hugh. Los Angeles, CA: Wax Poster, 2016. 24 x 36" Unframed Sheet. Archivally Printed Poster Rolled in a Sturdy Custom Cardboard Mailing Tube. Artist's Poster. As New.

Photographer Hugh Holland captured the beauty and grace of the burgeoning skateboarding scene in Southern California during the 1970’s. Holland documented his friends and locals who were thrill seeking youth in pursuit of a perfect ride. From the hills of Laurel Canyon to emptied drought-stricken pools and the sidewalks of Venice, Holland’s work is an important time capsule of this youth driven movement. His stylish images evoke the laid back sun-drenched utopia and charm of this era and the important beginnings of the skateboarding subculture.

A brand new, pristine example of this 24 x 36" poster printed on heavy, acid-free paper stock with archival inks sent rolled in the publisher's sturdy custom cardboard mailing tube.

Inventory Number: WAX005HH

WHITNEY'S PICK, JESS'S PICK. *

Please note: Subject to real-time availability.

"In "The Moon Has Lost Her Memory," Deanna Templeton strings together a selection of photographs from her archive, some dating as far back as 16 years, and knits them along with fragments from T.S. Eliot's “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” into a observational rumination on humankind and their activities under the cloak of night.
The poem and the images harmonize in the pleasing hum of street lamps and the surrounding shadows. In a dark corner of a cafe a bored couple await their bill staring out into oblivion as a flock of women squished into shiny dresses flutter across the street, cars headlamps filtering through their spindly legs balanced on high heels teetering along the asphalt. Her camera peers into open doors at forlorn men in bars drinking by themselves as the world dances around them reveling in the darkness. The light sings in her frames, long exposures seared into the film, both the glow of the moon and garish neon signs glancing off the faces her subjects as they move through the night.
Deanna Templeton’s sensitive eye gazes upon the after hours denizens of London, Barcelona, Los Angeles and Rome as they perform the rituals of the night, drunken gaiety for some and isolated solitude for others." Super Labo Inventory Number: SP17074

(RIHANNA) Rihanna. The Haas Brothers.. Phaidon, 2019. First Edition. Hardbound. As new.

The signed and numbered limited edition of Rihanna’s visual autobiography with a custom cover and stand created in collaboration with The Haas Brothers

Rihanna invites you into her world with this stunning visual autobiography. From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide concert tours, from quintessential fashion moments to private time with friends and family, the book showcases intimate photographs of her life as an artist, performer, designer, and entrepreneur. Impeccably produced, this sumptuous large-format book features over 1,000 images—many published for the first time—7 gatefolds, and 11 special inserts, including 9 bound-in booklets, a die-cut tip-in sheet, and a double-sided removable poster.

This edition is bound in a bespoke black fabric with a matte black, laser-cut, steel logo inset into the front cover, signed by Rihanna, and numbered 11–1,000. It features a custom, cast-resin, tabletop bookstand created in collaboration with The Haas Brothers, plated in an 18-carat gold color with mirror-finish, topped with a cushioned platform made from high-density, laser-cut foam covered with a bespoke black vermiculated fabric.
Additional Features
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Signed by Rihanna and The Haas Brothers and numbered 11–1000
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The book is bound in a bespoke black fabric with
a matte black, laser-cut, steel logo inset into the
front cover
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The spine of the book is square-backed with the title and Phaidon logo silkscreened in matte black on the bespoke fabric
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The book interior contains 3 paper stocks: Zunma Oji (China); Massiva (China); Wibalin (UK)
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The endpapers feature a custom design by The Haas Brothers in spot gloss on rich, black Fedrigoni stock (Italy)

SHIPS FOR FREE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES & CANADA ON 11/20/19 VIA FEDEX - Your postage charge will be refunded when your order is processed. For oither International orders, shipping will be quoted and collected after your order is placed.

Orders placed before 11/7/19 will ship early to arrive by 12/25/19.


9781838660093 Inventory Number: RIHANNALUX

(RIHANNA) Rihanna. Phaidon, October 24, 2019. First Edition. Hardback. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. +


Rihanna invites you into her world with this stunning visual autobiography.

From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide tours, from iconic fashion moments to private time with friends and family, the book showcases intimate photographs of her life as an artist, performer, designer, and entrepreneur. Many of these images have never before been published.

This large-format edition is 504 pages with 1,050 color images on 3 paper stocks and 7 single- and double-page gatefolds, 9 bound-in booklets, 1 tip-in sheet, and a double-sided, removable poster.

Rihanna (b. 1988, Barbados) is a nine-time Grammy Award–winning recording artist, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. She has sold 60 million albums and 215 million digital tracks worldwide, making her the top-selling digital artist of all time. Rihanna launched her beauty line Fenty Beauty in 2017, her lingerie line Savage X Fenty in 2018, and most recently her luxury fashion line FENTY in 2019.


9780714878010 Inventory Number: RIHANNA

(RHODES, ZANDRA). Rhodes, Zandra. Preface by Iris Apfel. Foreword by Suzy Menkes. Dennis Nothdruft, Editor. With contributions by Marylou Luther, Anna Sui, Journalist Joan Agajanian Quinn, Rajeev Sethi, Helena Matheopoulos, Mary Schoeser & Pierpaolo Piccioli . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Fashion Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. Celebrating decades of achievement by one of the foremost names in British fashion, whose vitality and influence continue to shine, "Zandra Rhodes" provides a luscious documentary of this leading British designer, spanning her fifty-year career in fashion and textile design. The book showcases not only Rhodes’s work but also her vivid personality and creative energy. Both a fashion trailblazer and a consummate textile designer, she has influenced the work of contemporary labels such as Mary Katrantzou and Alice Temperley. The book honors the centrality of textile design in Rhodes’s work, while exploring the versatility of her imagination throughout her long career; contributors include Pierpaolo Piccioli (creative director of Valentino), Suzy Menkes (editor of Vogue International), and celebrated fashion designers Anna Sui and Rajeev Sethi. It also commemorates the 50th anniversary of the house of Zandra Rhodes, a British-owned-and-made brand, and Rhodes’s successful establishment of the Fashion and Textile Museum in London. A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by Dame Zandra Rhodes.

(MANZELLA, TONY). Manzella, Tony. Venice, CA: Verb Editions, 2017. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Pictorial Tabloid Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.
32 pages, four color offset on 17 x 11 1/2" tabloid newsprint

Edition of 1000 designed by David Blankenship for Because

Published by Verb Editions


“Excavating local landscapes. True Image is a photographic representation of our unseen surroundings.” - Tony Manzella
Inventory Number: E000TMTI

(HIDO, TODD). Hido, Todd & A.M. Homes. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press, 2019. First Edition Thus 1 /4000. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "House Hunting (Remastered)" will be signed by Mr Hido at Arcana on Saturday, December 7th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 10th. Should you wish to place an order and collect your copy at the shop on or after December 7th, please use the discount code PICKUP10 at checkout; you will not be charged for postage.


“Todd Hido’s large color photographs of suburbia are lonely, forlorn, mysterious… and strangely comforting. Hido photographs the interior rooms of repossessed tract homes, and the outsides of similar houses at night whose habitation is suggested by the glow of a television set or unseen overhead bulb. Seldom does the similar evoke such melancholy. Yet rather than passing judgment on his anonymous subjects, Hido manages to turn the banal into something beautiful, imbuing his prints of interiors with soft pastels, and allowing the exteriors to glow in the cool evening air.” — From our description of the first printing of House Hunting, announced in 2000 We are excited to announce a newly remastered edition of Todd Hido’s iconic and highly sought-after first monograph, House Hunting. To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of this important book – certainly one of the most influential and oft-cited photography monographs of our time – we have collaborated closely with the artist to achieve a new impression of the highest possible fidelity. Printed on heavy weight matte art paper, using cutting-edge technologies in both the pre-press and production phases, this new edition of House Hunting stays true to the original design and format while delivering even more accurate color rendition and nuances in tone and saturation. It will be a welcome addition to collections lacking access to the very scarce original printings; and to those fortunate enough to own a copy of the original edition, it further illuminates the images themselves that first catapulted the artist and his first monograph to fame. Todd Hido’s photographs have been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, and most recently at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland. Other major institutions that have exhibited Hido’s work include the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Miami Art Museum, Florida; Netherland Architecture Institute, Rotterdam; Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy; Samsung Museum of Modern Art in Korea; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His work was recently on view in the 49th edition of Les Recontres d’Arles, France. Work by Hido is held in public and private collections including the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Smithsonian; and Fotomuseum Winterthur. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2019 "Remastered" edition of Todd Hido's long unavailable classic "House "Hunting" additionally SIGNED by the photographer in ink.

978-1590055052 Inventory Number: E000THHH

Demand, Thomas. Text by Hal Foster. MACK, 2015. "Working within the parameters of his established technique, Thomas Demand created carefully formed paper and card sculptures, a parallel world which is photographed and then destroyed. The Dailies offers only traces – signs of consumption, or the spectres of things left behind. His creations are based on things he saw and photographs he took while travelling and walking the street. They show a world that is familiar but out of reach, like the dancing coloured pins on a clothesline, suspended somewhere between the overfamiliar and the hallucinatory – as if a chance apparition, glimpsed momentarily, before it vanishes into its habitat.

The images lure the viewer into a mirror world, a twin universe made only of paper. But the imperfect models are awash with discrepancies from actual things, and as such, they act as small ruptures that complicate the old indexical bond between a photograph and reality. Demand describes the series as Haiku poetry, simple fragments strung together to inspire reflection; they are the stock of our daily lives, but as they trigger deja vu through performed repetition, they ask us to look again, anew, to find in the repertoire an ordinary but redemptive beauty.

Demand’s work has been shown extensively across the world and is included in most of the significant private and institutional collections. Recent books include Model Studies (Ivory Press, 2011) and Blossom with the poet Ben Lerner (MACK, 2015).

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "The Dailies" will be signed Saturday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 9781910164402 Inventory Number: E000TDTD

Demand, Thomas and Ben Lerner. London, UK: MACK, 2015. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. The texts and images presented here are part of Blossom, a collaboration between the artist Thomas Demand and writer Ben Lerner. The images relate to a detail from a photograph of Katherine Russell, widow of Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev leaving her home in Boston, that first appeared in the New York Times on 4 May 2013.

Thomas Demand’s work lures the viewer into a reality that is not what it appears to be. Carefully contrived from paper, these imaginary worlds are sculpted, photographed and destroyed. The traces which remain are events in which the protagonist is removed, scenes that are both familiar and out of reach. Demand’s work has been shown extensively across the world and is included in most of the significant private and institutional collections. Recent books include The Dallies (MACK, 2012) and Model Studies (Ivory Press, 2011).

Ben Lerner is the author of three books of poetry: The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw and Mean Free Path, all published by Copper Canyon Press. He is the author of two novels, Leaving the Atocha Station, published by Coffee House Press, and 10:04, out this year from Faber / FSG. His recent writing on art and literature can be found in Art in America, Frieze, Harper’s, and The London Review of Books. He has been a finalist for the National Book Award and has received Fulbright, Howard, and Guggenheim Fellowships, among other honors.

Inventory Number: E000TDB

(CARPENTER, TIM). Carpenter, Tim. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2017. First Edition 1/30 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (144pp), 74 duotone illustrations. "Borrowing its title from the Wallace Stevens poem in which “little existed for him but the few things / for which a fresh name always occurred,” Tim Carpenter’s "Local Objects" is a solid yet remarkably unassuming body of work: a calm, steady rhythm of seventy-four medium format photographs made in the semi-rural American Midwest. While each picture meticulously frames the seemingly random non-activity of a typical ‘street view’ image, Carpenter’s contemplative sequencing allows a surprising harmony of natural and geometric motifs to modulate quietly throughout the book - an interplay of minor chords that draw the viewer into this specific physical place (mostly central Illinois, where he grew up) and the subjective, literary space of the work. Detached from the urgency of current affairs, stripped of all excess, Carpenter’s photographs reflect a poetic attempt to see “the thing in itself,” to make meaning with the barest tools possible". A brand new, pristine example of deluxe The Ice Plant first edition limited to thirty SIGNED copies in a hand-stamped, NUMBERED slipcase accompanied by a SIGNED AND NUMBERED 4 1/4 x 3 3/8" Silver Gelatin print.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Local Objects" will be signed Saturday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 978-0-9897859-9-0 Inventory Number: E000TCLO-LTD

(Williams, Senon). Williams, Senon. Venice, CA: Hamilton Press, 2017. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket as Issued.

Los Angeles native Senon Williams is a lifelong artist and musician. A founding member of the always-engaging Dengue Fever, Williams’ visual work finds space in the natural, exposing outstanding and devastating stages of human evolution. “To provoke thought, a question works better than answers. I enjoy to start a story I resolve in different ways depending on my mood". With imagery ranging from stark silhouettes to lush landscapes and human forms staged in undetermined acts of hope, his pairing of words and imagery form a poignant visualization of the inherent human struggle both ancient and contemporary. 

Williams' first book, "Hunted & Gathered" was painstakingly produced by Hamilton Press. The press was established in 1990 by master printmaker Ed Hamilton and artist Ed Ruscha to encourage artists to produce art in a peaceful, unhurried atmosphere. Steeped in traditional book making in a modern age, each publication itself is a fine object created by an esteemed team. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Marina Mills Kitchen of Green Dragon Office with color separations by Echelon Color, Santa Monica and printed by Dr. Cantz’sche Druckerei Median GmbH in Ostfildern, Germany, the first edition consists of seven hundred hardbound copies along with a deluxe edition of limited to fifty copies containing an original work on paper by the artist.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Hunted & Gathered" will be signed Saturday, October 7th and shipped starting on Tuesday, October 10th. 978-0-692-87700-5 Inventory Number: E000SWH&G-LTD

(Williams, Senon). Williams, Senon. Venice, CA: Hamilton Press, 2017. First Edition 1/700. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Los Angeles native Senon Williams is a lifelong artist and musician. A founding member of the always-engaging Dengue Fever, Williams’ visual work finds space in the natural, exposing outstanding and devastating stages of human evolution. “To provoke thought, a question works better than answers. I enjoy to start a story I resolve in different ways depending on my mood". With imagery ranging from stark silhouettes to lush landscapes and human forms staged in undetermined acts of hope, his pairing of words and imagery form a poignant visualization of the inherent human struggle both ancient and contemporary. 

Williams' first book, "Hunted & Gathered" was painstakingly produced by Hamilton Press. The press was established in 1990 by master printmaker Ed Hamilton and artist Ed Ruscha to encourage artists to produce art in a peaceful, unhurried atmosphere. Steeped in traditional book making in a modern age, each publication itself is a fine object created by an esteemed team. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Marina Mills Kitchen of Green Dragon Office with color separations by Echelon Color, Santa Monica and printed by Dr.Cantz’sche Druckerei Median GmbH in Ostfildern, Germany, the first edition consists of seven hundred hardbound copies along with a deluxe edition of limited to fifty copies containing an original work on paper by the artist. A brand new, most handsome example of the standard edition additionally SIGNED by the artist.

978-0-692-87700-5 Inventory Number: E000SWH&G

(SHUBUCK, SIMONE). Shubuck, Simone, Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey & Alex Wagner. New York, NY: Self-published. Printed in Poland by Szaransky, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.


"In the summer of 2017, Simone Shubuck launched WIFEY, a Brooklyn pop up that fused art, food, ceramics, flowers, and bit of retail in an elevated DIY way. During the process, Shubuck realized that so much of what she was doing directly connected to a show she staged as a student at the San Francisco Art Institute in the early 1990s. Wanting to formalize that multi-decade connection, she decided to make a book.


While at the Art institute, Shubuck studied painting, but probably spent more time tagging on the streets in the middle of the night than in her studio. When it came time to produce her student show, she constructed ten very unusual fake cakes festooned with pink ham hocks, a school of fresh sardines, a tent of chicken feet, and live crickets within a hat box within a cake. It was these images that attracted chefs Ignacio Mattos and Natasha Pickowicz of Estela, Flora Bar, and Cafe Altro Paradiso to the project. They became partners and began experimenting with dreamy layers cakes, which were served at WIFEY and were met with great acclaim.


As described by Ella Riley-Adams on Vogue.com: "She had made a paged project before; a short run of 'zines for Natasha Pickowicz’s bake sale benefit at Altro Paradiso. “It had more of a punk vibe,” Shubuck says—150 copies, printed in Chinatown. The new book feels more like a collector’s item: a retrospective of off-kilter cakes, blossoming drawings, and character-filled ceramics that charts Shubuck’s creative course that would make the ideal gift for the cool girl in your life. As Alex Wagner writes, next to a bright yellow page in the book: “Simone’s work - on paper, in clay, in life! - retains a glorious sense of mess and possibility and freedom.”


Includes texts by Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey, and Alex Wagner.








0-692-07877-0 Inventory Number: E000SS

Rea, Steven. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2019. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Cinema Photography Survey. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 120pp, 55 b&w illustrations.

"Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe—the brightest stars of the silver screen couldn't resist curling up with a good book. This unique collection of rare photographs celebrates the joy of reading in classic film style. The Hollywood Book Club captures screen luminaries on set, in films, in playful promotional photos, or in their own homes and libraries with books from literary classics to thrillers, from biographies to children's books, reading with their kids, and more. Featuring fifty-five enchanting images, lively captions about the stars and what they're reading by Hollywood photo archivist Steven Rea, and a glamorous stamped case design, here's a real page-turner for booklovers and cinephiles alike". A brand new, most handsome example of this charming document additionally SIGNED by author Steven Rea in ink on the title page.

978-1452176895 Inventory Number: E000SRTHBC

(SOVO// MAGAZINE). Amar, Farida, Editor. Los Angeles, CA: SOVO// Magazine, 2019. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Loose Inserts in a Lucite Slipcase. Culture and Arts Periodical. As New. np, profusely illustrated in b&w.

SOVO// Magazine is an independent, quarterly art publication made in South Los Angeles. Its creators have taken on the task of entrepreneurship with the creation of this unique print publication over the past year and a half, and in doing so have developed a deep respect for both the passion and sacrifice it takes to bring a business model to life. Hot-off-the-press, [ Issue 5 ] titled "Entrepreneurship" shares eleven never-before-released editorials from their experience working with local LA entrepreneurs for the first time - each of which has been uniquely designed and handmade to convey the story of the company represented. This issue is filled with inspiring stories of individuals who have turned each challenge into everyday victories, proving that it is possible to live the dream, even when things don’t go as planned. Its photographers are Adam Hutsell, Ashley Guo, Jeff Leavitt, Jon Pham, Milana Burdette, Niko Sonnberger, Included editorially are Lee Kaplan of Arcana: Books on the Arts, Jen Berkowitz & Leila Barratt-Deyner of Electric Pony Studios, The Griffith Family of Imperial Equestrian Center, Robin Petgrave of Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, Theresa Baxter of Allmost Studio & Gallery, Charlie James of Charlie James Gallery, Elisabet Spaulding of Uplifters Kitchen, Sean Knibb of Flowerboy Project, Rick Garzon of Residency Gallery, Michael Delgado of A.G. Geiger Books, and Oren Pius of Cosmic Vinyl. A brand new, most handsome example of the new issue of this luxe publication limited to five hundred copies.

Inventory Number: E000SOVO5

Heiting, Manfred & Mikhail Karasik. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2015. First Edition. Stout Square 4to. Illustrated Boards. Photographic Survey. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 978-3958290310

The Soviet Photobook 1920-1941

A massive, full-illustrated history of photography book making and design from the USSR

Published by Steidl
Edited by Mikhail Karasik, Manfred Heiting

The Soviet Union was unique in its dynamic use of the illustrated book as a means of propaganda. Through the form of the book, the USSR articulated its utopian (and eventually totalitarian) ideologies and expressed its absolute power through avant-garde writing and radical graphic design that was in full flower during the 1920s and 1930s.
No other country or political system advanced its cause by attracting and employing acclaimed members of the avant-garde. Among them were writers such as Semion Kirsanov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ilya Selvinsky, Sergei Tretyakov and Kornely Zelinsky; artist designers such as Gustav Klutsis, Valentina Kulagina, El Lissitzky, Sergei Senkin, Varvara Stepanova, Solomon Telingater and Nikolai Troshin; and photographers such as Dmitry Debabov, Vladimir Griuntal, Boris Ignatovich, Alexander Khlebnikov, Yeleazar Langman, Alexander Rodchenko and Georgy Petrusov, not to mention many of the best printing plants and bookbinders.
Gorgeously produced, edited and designed, The Soviet Photobook 1920-1941 presents 160 of the most stunning and elaborately produced photobooks from this period and includes more than 400 additional reference illustrations. The book also provides short biographies of the photobook contributors, some of whom are presented for the first time.

(BANKS, STEVE). Banks, Steve. Los Angeles: Deadbeat Club Press, 2018. First Edition 1/300. 4to. Stapled Wrappers with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (32pp), 30 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Designed by Clint Woodside.

"In February 1967 I won a spot in Richard Avedon and Marvin Israel’s eight-week photography master class. These meetings took place at Avedon’s New York Upper East Side studio. Everyone, including invited guests (photographers Diane Arbus, Hiro, Lee Friedlander) would gather around two sheets of plywood set up on sawhorses and critique each week’s assignments. I had decided to photograph beauty parlors..." These gritty images were captured in 1967 at Stamford, Connecticut's "New Vogue Beauty Salon" A brand new, pristine example of this charming volume - the sixty-third installment of Deadbeat Club Press' publications - limited to three hundred copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Steve Banks" in black ink on the rear colophon.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “New Vogue Beauty Salon” will be signed by Steve Banks at our event on Saturday, July 27th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 30th. 978-0999829837 Inventory Number: E000SBNVBS

(BANKS, STEVE). Banks, Steve. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press, 2019. First Edition 1/350. Small Folio. Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in tritone.

“In 1964, a young Steve Banks bought one of the most coveted ‘Muscle Cars’ on the market - a Pontiac GTO with a four-speed stick and a Hurst shifter, Tri-Power, and three Rochester 2G carburetors. He then drove Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles to begin his new advertising agency job. Gassing up one day after arriving at Nobo’s Shell station at Beverly and Larchmont, Banks learned that Nobo had previously been head mechanic at the Courtesy Chevrolet dealership, and that his station had become a center for building and tuning street racers. On and off over the next few months, Banks would leave his car at the garage while Nobo fine-tuned the carburetors, replaced the stock tires, torsion, and sway bars, and added Koni shocks and a Sun tachometer. Next, he taught Banks how to ‘speed shift’ while making late night runs up and down Larchmont Boulevard. One day, Nobo mentioned he was going to a drag race that Saturday, and that Banks was welcome to come along. Witnessing his first drag race, Steve Banks was immediately hooked. He returned the following Saturday, and the next, and again the next; but this time with his cameras. Over the course of two years, Banks photographed guys preparing runs, the thundering nitro-burning dragsters launching down the strip at two hundred-plus miles per hour, and everything else that moved. Today, fifty years later, the sport of drag racing is a big bucks, corporate-sponsored television broadcast business with the NHRA sporting over two hundred different drag racing classes. However, in a nod to the sport’s modest beginnings, almost every weekend from coast-to-coast one can find ‘nostalgia racing’ events preserving the dragster culture of the 1960s captured here in NITRO, Drag Racing In The Sixties: 1964-1966." A brand new, pristine specially-priced AP example of this stunning volume from the fourth and final set of NZ Press SIGNED AND SLIPCASED editions limited to three hundred and fifty copies.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “NITRO, Drag Racing In The Sixties: 1964-1966” will be signed by Steve Banks at our event on Saturday, July 27th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 30th. Inventory Number: E000SBN

Azerrad, Lawrence. . Prestel, 2018. When the first commercial Concordes zoomed off the runways in Paris and London in the late 1960s, crossing the Atlantic in just under three hours, they established a new standard for luxury flight. Powered by 38,000 pounds of thrust and easily recognizable with its delta wing and drooping nose, the Concorde jet embodied the pinnacle of aviation technology and industrial design. It quickly became the preferred mode of transatlantic flight for superstars and business moguls alike. Opening with a lively history of the jet and how it changed travel, the book focuses on the look and feel of the Concorde. Photos of the jet’s evolving interiors show how the original, starkly designed cabin gave way to luxury seats and interiors designed by the likes of Sir Terence Conran and Andrée Putman. Filled with fascinating historical and technical background, and drawn from the author’s personal collection of more than one thousand Concorde-related objects, this elegant book offers rarely seen historical photography and firsthand contributions from the people who helped create the Concorde experience from take-off to landing and beyond.

Books will be signed by Mr. Azerrad at Arcana on Saturday, November 17th. 783791384092 Inventory Number: E000S

(HOFFMAN, ROHINA). Hoffman, Rohina, Emily Lambert-Clements & Esther R. Berry. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New..

92pp, 38 color illustrations. "Hair Stories is a series of excerpted interviews and color portraits of a diverse array of women that explores the complex relationship women have with their hair. Indian-born, Los Angeles–based photographer Rohina Hoffman deployed the interviewing skills she has developed in her training as a neurologist to establish an intimate rapport that allowed for a truthful dialogue about the role of hair in these women's lives. Though conceived and shot before the #MeToo movement, this salient project presents hair as a metaphor for identity, femininity, and the manner in which women struggle for control over their own bodies in a misogynistic world. Hair Stories shows that hair is more than just style or aesthetics; it is a physical manifestation of the ongoing hope and history of women".


PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “Hair Stories” will be signed by Rohina Hoffman at our event on Saturday, May 18th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, May 21st. 978-8862086400 Inventory Number: E000RHHS

(HERMAN, ROGER). Connors, Matt & Roger Herman. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 2019. First Edition 1/250. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 426pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Ross McLain / Art Design Office. This is the massive, beautifully illustrated book documenting Roger Herman's polychrome ceramics.It features a brief text by artist Matt Connors, followed by hundreds and hundreds of color images of nearly two decades worth of the noted Los Angeles artist's striking pieces. A brand new, pristine example of this comprehensive monograph limited to two hundred and fifty copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in pencil on the title page, as issued. 0-578-50456-1 Inventory Number: E000RHC

(RAFAL, ETHAN). Rafal, Ethan. San Francisco, CA: IHA Editions, 2015. First Edition. 4to. Silkscreened Cloth. Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued. 978-0-9895996-0-3 Inventory Number: E000RERSAA

Freudenberger, Nina & Sadie Stein. Shade Degges, Photographer. New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2019. First Edition. Small 4to. Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. Interior Design Survey. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Books will be signed by Ms. Freudenberger and Mr. Degges at Arcana on November 16th. Orders for signed books will be shipped beginning Tuesday, November 19th. If you would like to collect your copy at the shop, you may us the code PICKUP at checkout and you will not be charged for postage.

"A visual delight and an inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library, this dream-and-drool design book features some of the most jaw-dropping book collections of homeowners around the world. Interior designer Nina Freudenberger, New Yorker writer Sadie Stein, and Architectural Digest photographer Shade Degges give readers a peek at the private libraries and bookshelves of passionate readers all over the world, including Larry McMurtry, Silvia Whitman of Shakespeare and Co., Gay and Nan Talese, and Emma Straub. Throughout, gorgeous photographs of rooms with rare collections, floor-to-ceiling shelves, and stacks upon stacks of books inspire readers to live better with their own collections. A brand new, most handsome example of this stylish tome dedicated to stylish living with tomes additionally SIGNED by author Nina Freudenberger and photographer Shade Degges in ink 978-0525575443 Inventory Number: E000NFB

Schmelling, Michael. The Ice Plant and Skinnerboox, 2018. In 2013, the Museum of Contemporary Photography commissioned American photographer Michael Schmelling to make a new series of photographs about music in his hometown of Chicago. First shown as the solo exhibition Your Blues in 2014 (curated by Karen Irvine), this ambitious body of work now takes form of an artist book, co-published by The Ice Plant and Skinnerboox. Schmelling spent eighteen months immersed in the project, crisscrossing Chicago alone at night, making his way into basement shows, crowded clubs, parties, and recording studios (“waiting in the dark for a communal experience with strangers,” as he describes it), documenting both the communal culture at large — musicians and fans alike — and the DIY individualism of the characters involved. Focussing on niche and local acts in unconventional venues, Schmelling’s work reflects a vibrant, fluid crossover between the region’s music genres, a diffuse legacy that encompasses the blues, punk, psychedelic jazz, rap, emo, hardcore, and house music. In Chicago “there’s no dominant cultural tradition,” writes musician Tim Kinsella in an essay included in the book. “The dominant form is hybridity.” Teeming with enthralled bodies and ecstatic faces, Your Blues is an energetic and intimate document of a time and place, featuring over 200 meticulously sequenced photographs, puzzled together through subtle rhythms and recurring visual riffs, infusing Schmelling’s own personal photo-cryptology into the evolving musical history of the city.

Please note: Mr. Schmelling will be signing books at Arcana on October 13th -- orders will ship on Tuesday, October 16th. Inventory Number: E000MSYB

(SLACK, MIKE). Slack, Mike. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2017. First Edition 1/20 Deluxe. 4to. Decorative Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (100pp), 50 color illustrations. "Clouds, electronics, fog, bugs, glass, cellophane, rust, weeds, waves, particles… Mike Slack delves into an overheated terrestrial ecosystem in "The Transverse Path, surveying a luminous topography of monumental details and mundane vistas with cosmic curiosity. Transcendental in mood, Slack’s vaguely sci-fi photographs envision a sun-blasted wilderness of synthetic and organic stuff, all tangled together, flourishing and disintegrating on its own terms, as if engaged in an ageless negotiation (or flirtation?) just beyond our grasp. Where does nature end and its opposite begin? And where do people figure into this balance? Made primarily around the American southwest from 2011 to 2017, these vivid compositions — like a series of thought-bubbles in search of a narrative — are concise and direct, yet driven by an emotional ambivalence that hovers between stark environmental dread and calm intimate reverie". A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe The Ice Plant first edition limited to twenty SIGNED copies in a hand-stamped, NUMBERED slipcase accompanied by an Archival Color Ink Jet print SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Mike Slack entitled "Cloud".

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "The Transverse Path" will be signed Saturday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 978-0-9992655-0-5 Inventory Number: E000MSTTP-LTD2

(SLACK, MIKE). Slack, Mike. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2017. First Edition 1/20 Deluxe. 4to. Decorative Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/ No Jacket - As Issued. np (100pp), 50 color illustrations. "Clouds, electronics, fog, bugs, glass, cellophane, rust, weeds, waves, particles… Mike Slack delves into an overheated terrestrial ecosystem in "The Transverse Path, surveying a luminous topography of monumental details and mundane vistas with cosmic curiosity. Transcendental in mood, Slack’s vaguely sci-fi photographs envision a sun-blasted wilderness of synthetic and organic stuff, all tangled together, flourishing and disintegrating on its own terms, as if engaged in an ageless negotiation (or flirtation?) just beyond our grasp. Where does nature end and its opposite begin? And where do people figure into this balance? Made primarily around the American southwest from 2011 to 2017, these vivid compositions — like a series of thought-bubbles in search of a narrative — are concise and direct, yet driven by an emotional ambivalence that hovers between stark environmental dread and calm intimate reverie". A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe The Ice Plant first edition limited to twenty SIGNED copies in a hand-stamped, NUMBERED slipcase accompanied by an Archival Color Ink Jet print SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Mike Slack entitled "Grass".

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "The Transverse Path" will be signed Saturday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 978-0-9992655-0-5 Inventory Number: E000MSTTP-LTD1

(SLACK, MIKE). Slack, Mike. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2017. First Edition. 4to. Decorative Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/ No Jacket - As Issued. np (100pp), 50 color illustrations. "Clouds, electronics, fog, bugs, glass, cellophane, rust, weeds, waves, particles… Mike Slack delves into an overheated terrestrial ecosystem in "The Transverse Path, surveying a luminous topography of monumental details and mundane vistas with cosmic curiosity. Transcendental in mood, Slack’s vaguely sci-fi photographs envision a sun-blasted wilderness of synthetic and organic stuff, all tangled together, flourishing and disintegrating on its own terms, as if engaged in an ageless negotiation (or flirtation?) just beyond our grasp. Where does nature end and its opposite begin? And where do people figure into this balance? Made primarily around the American southwest from 2011 to 2017, these vivid compositions — like a series of thought-bubbles in search of a narrative — are concise and direct, yet driven by an emotional ambivalence that hovers between stark environmental dread and calm intimate reverie". A brand new, pristine example of the first The Ice Plant edition limited to nine hundred unnumbered copies additionally SIGNED "Mike Slack" in ink.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "The Transverse Path" will be signed Saturday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 978-0-9992655-0-5 Inventory Number: E000MSTTP

(FRIMKESS, MAGDALENA SUAREZ). Frimkess, Magdalena Suarez. Introduction by Ricky Swallow. Los Angeles, CA: South Willard, 2019. First Edition of Twenty Copies. 13 x 12”. Loose sheet - unframed. Artist's Multiple. As New. one sheet with a monochrome image. This charming image of Magdalena Suarez Frimkess' iconic muse Minnie Mouse was beautifully commissioned by her galley South Willard as a 13 x 12” copperplate etching in a numbered and signed edition of twenty by master printer Jacob Samuel to celebrate the artist's ninetieth birthday. A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: E000MSFPRINT

(FRIMKESS, MAGDALENA SUAREZ). Frimkess, Magdalena Suarez. Introduction by Ricky Swallow. Los Angeles, CA: South Willard, 2019. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Ceramics Monograph. As New.. 80pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w.

"This is the first book on the ceramicist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Born in 1929, the Venezuelan-born, Venice, California-based artist is just now getting the recognition she deserves, with her work finding its way into the collections of LACMA and The Hammer Museum. Her unique approach to ceramics - incorporating cartoon characters such as Felix the Cat, Popeye, Olive Oyl, Goofy, and Betty Boop as well as more traditional motifs such as landscapes, birds, and flowers - has charmed a younger generation of artists such as Jonas Wood, Shio Kusaka, Mark Grotjahn, Lesley Vance, and Ricky Swallow - who contributes an essay here. This lovely catalogue offers a broad range of the colorful autobiographical pieces Magdalena Suarez Frimkess has produced over her long and varied career." A brand new, most handsome example that also includes a poster of one of her characteristic cartoon works laid in. 9781942884514 Inventory Number: E000MSF

(MARMOL RADZINER). Marmol, Leo & Ron Radziner. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Hardbound. Architecture Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

The spectacular houses of Marmol Radziner merge interior and exterior life as they engage the built and natural environment. With lush photography and an expansive format, "Site: Marmol Radziner in the Landscape" focuses on the evolving relationship between house and landscape, revealing what the architects describe as "the gradual erasure of boundaries between indoor and outdoor" spaces. This collection of nineteen houses, shown in over two-hundred full-color photographs that will make readers swoon, is organized by habitat - desert, urban, canyon, and woodland - and includes projects in Southern California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and the Netherlands. A foreword by novelist Mona Simpson provides a personal reflection on her experiences in a Marmol Radziner house, while an interview with partners Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner and detailed descriptions of their projects offer insights into the architects' philosophy and process. A brand new, most handsome example of this elegant document additionally SIGNED by Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner in ink.



978-1616898168 Inventory Number: E000MRS

Murphy, Michael.. Santa Monica, CA: Self-Published, 2019. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Architecture Monograph. As New.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of will be signed by Michael Murphy at Arcana on October 12th, and orders shipped beginning Tuesday, October 15th. If you would like to collect your copy at the shop, you may use the code PICKUP at checkout and you will not be charged for postage.

np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. “Santa Monica Pleasure Pier: A Look Back to 1917 from Today” is a side-by-side comparison that juxtaposes the past and present in ways that puts today’s landscape in the greater historical play. Scores of vintage images appearing in a 1917 ‘Prospectus Book’ - created by its then owner, Mr. Looff (who built the first carousel) hoping to sell shares in his Santa Monica “Pleasure Pier" - now archived in the Stephen Raul Anaya Collection present a rare and mostly unseen look at the attraction and its surroundings. No detail goes unturned for this historical treasure trove which is clearly a labor of love. It is with great pleasure that we share and celebrate this book with you as this 1917 collection of images serves as a reminder of our own continuity, specifically as it relates to time and place, in the case one of most popular and traveled destinations on the West Coast. A brand new, most handsome example of this amazing document additionally SIGNED by author Michael Murphy in ink.
9781634990509 Inventory Number: E000MMSMPP

(McDANIEL, MELODIE). McDaniel, Melodie & Amelia Fleetwood. Afterword by Walter Bodle. Seattle, WA: Minor Matters Books, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 50 duotone illustrations.“According to the US Census Bureau, one-third of the population of Compton, California is under the age of eighteen, and one-fourth of its population lives at or below the poverty line. Despite the latter statistic, Compton has been home to significant athletes, musicians, scientists, writers, and pioneering public officials. Over decades young people have found a way to overcome the socioeconomic odds against them when their life begins in this city. For the last thirty years, the streets of Compton have been the stomping grounds of a youth riding and equestrian program under the leadership of Mayisha Akbar. Designed to provide the kids of Compton with meaningful year-round after-school activities, members not only learn to ride, but to care for their horses - developing responsibility, discipline, and self-esteem. “Riding Through Compton” pairs three years of documentary photographs and formal portraits by Melodie McDaniel with interviews by Amelia Fleetwood conducted with participants, guardians, and volunteers involved with the Compton Junior Posse. In addition, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Robin Coste Lewis contributes an excerpt from her poem "Frame", and an afterword by Walter Bodle places the photographs and the importance of the CJP program in historical context. A brand new, most handsome example of this compelling book additionally SIGNED by Melodie McDaniel and Amelia Fleetwood.

Melodie McDaniel is an American still photographer and director who graduated in 1991 with a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and whose work challenges prevailing motifs of American identity, with a deep investment in the exploration of sub- and countercultures. She has created over two hundred advertising campaigns to date for companies that include Nike, Target, Yahoo, Sony, Disney, Levi’s, Chrysler and Delta. Her work has been published in magazines such as Vogue, Dazed, Interview, GQ and Spin. “Riding Through Compton” is her first monograph.

A contributing editor for Santa Barbara Magazine and LALA Magazine, writer Amelia Fleetwood is based in Ojai, California, and has also been published in Architectural Digest, At Large, Domino, C Magazine, Huffington Post, and Du Jour, among others.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Riding Through Compton" will be signed at our event on Saturday, May 4th, and shipped starting on Tuesday, May 7th.

Inventory Number: E000MMRTC

Mendoza, Ruben G. Photographs by Melba Levick. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press, 2019. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. np, profusely illustrated in color. Architecture Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Mission San Miguel Arcángel" will be signed by Ms. Levick and Mr. Mendoza at Arcana on Saturday, December 14th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 17th. Should you wish to place an order and collect your copy at the shop on or after December 14th, please use the discount code PICKUP10 at checkout; you will not be charged for postage.

The twenty-one missions of California - from San Diego to San Francisco Solano - are historic treasures and sites of pilgrimage for visitors from the world over. Intrinsically beautiful structures typically built of adobe brick and wood, adorned with towers, domes, whitewashed stucco, often surrounded by lush gardens, the missions are at the very heart of California.

Established by Spanish padres, built by Native Californians, and preserved and restored by historians and architects, California’s missions are unique monuments to the region’s indigenous and European histories. This colorful, informative exploration dedicated solely to Central California's fabled Mission San Miguel Archangel couples Ruben G. Mendoza's incisive text with Melba Levick's lush photography. A brand new, most handsome example of this lovely document limited to one thousand copies additionally SIGNED by the authors in ink.

About the Authors: Melba Levick is a widely published and exhibited photographer who lives and works in Paris, California, and Spain. She has co-authored or contributed to numerous books published by Rizzoli. Ruben G. Mendoza is an archaeologist, author, photographer, and founding faculty member of California State University, Monterey Bay.

9781590055113 Inventory Number: E000MLMSM

Mendoza, Ruben G. Photographs by Melba Levick. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Architecture Monograph. As New/As New. The twenty-one missions of California - from San Diego to San Francisco Solano - are historic treasures and sites of pilgrimage for visitors from the world over. Intrinsically beautiful structures typically built of adobe brick and wood, adorned with towers, domes, whitewashed stucco, often surrounded by lush gardens, the missions are at the very heart of California.

Established by Spanish padres, built by Native Californians, and preserved and restored by historians and architects, California’s missions are unique monuments to the region’s indigenous and European histories. This colorful, informative exploration of all twenty-one sites, each with its own rich story to tell, journeys along the historic Camino Real from Mission Dolores with its flower-strewn courtyard gardens in San Francisco, to San Juan Capistrano, famous for the swallows that flock to its inviting grounds. With lush photography that captures the missions’ details so splendidly, this is the perfect book for mission visitors and lovers of their strong and simple forms.

About the Authors: Melba Levick is a widely published and exhibited photographer who lives and works in Paris, California, and Spain. She has co-authored or contributed to numerous books published by Rizzoli. Ruben G. Mendoza is an archaeologist, author, photographer, and founding faculty member of California State University, Monterey Bay.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "The California Missions" will be signed by Ms. Levick and Mr. Mendoza at Arcana on Sunday, April 15th and shipped starting on Tuesday, April 17th. 978-0847861514 Inventory Number: E000MLCM

(KUHN, MONA). Kuhn, Mona. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 96pp, 60 illustrations in color and b&w. “Acclaimed for her intimate nudes, Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction in her latest publication, “She Disappeared Into Complete Silence”. Photographed at a golden modernist structure on the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, architectural lines, light reflections and a single figure have been carefully balanced against the backdrop of the California desert. The human figure in these images - Kuhn’s friend and collaborator Jacintha - emerges like a surrealist mirage, fragmented and indistinct, at times submerged in shadows or overexposed. The building’s facades of glass and mirrors serve as optical planes, an extension of the artist’s camera and lens. Light is split into refracting colors, desert vegetation grows sideways, inside is outside and outside in. Kuhn pushes a certain disorienting effect by introducing metallic foils as an additional surface, at times producing purely abstract results. The work marks Kuhn’s increasing use of techniques that appear to merge the figure, abstraction and landscape into one” A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by Mona Kuhn in ink.

Born in Brazil, photographer Mona Kuhn currently resides in Los Angeles. Through intimacy with her subjects, knowledge of traditional iconography, and technical mastery, Kuhn portrays the complexities of human nature, both tempting and provoking our imagination.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “She Disappeared Into Complete Silence” will be signed by Mona Kuhn at our event on Saturday, May 25th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, May 28th.

978-3958291805 Inventory Number: E000MKSDICS

(JANG, MICHAEL). Jang, Michael & Kingston Trinder. Introduction by Sandra Phillips. Foreword by Erik Kessels. Pascale Georgiev, Editor. London, UK: Atelier Editions, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 280pp, 198 b&w and 25 color illustrations.

“Who is Michael Jang? I don’t know if he’s a hipster or a nerd, a conceptual genius or instinctual savant. All I know is that he takes some of the best pictures I’ve ever seen.” - Alec Soth

"Michael Jang spent nearly four decades working as a successful commercial portrait photographer whilst quietly assembling a vast archive of thousands of remarkable images and authoring several now-iconic series: "The Jangs" (1973), "Beverly Hilton" (1973), "San Francisco" (1973–1987), "Summer Weather"  (1983), "College" (1972–1973), "Punks & Poets" (1978–1980), and "Garage Band" (2001). For forty years, Jang revealed nothing of that vast archive until 2001 when he submitted a number of photographs for consideration to The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Once "discovered", his work has steadily gained acclaim and over the past fifteen years those images have found a wider audience in a series of museum and galley exhibitions and hard to find books. The artist’s first major monograph - "Who Is Michael Jang?" - is published by Atelier Éditions in conjunction with his first major retrospective exhibition, "Michael Jang's California". Curated by Michael Jang's long-time collaborator and the book's essayist, SFMoMA curator emerita of photography, Sandra S. Phillips, the show will be on view September 27th, 2019 to January 18th, 2020 at The McEvoy Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco." A brand new, most handsome example of this charming, beautifully produced volume from Atelier Editions that was just shortlisted for the Aperture 2019 Photo Catalogue of the Year additionally SIGNED by the photographer in ink. 978-0997593594 Inventory Number: E000MJWIMJ