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(FALZON, ALBERT). Morning of the Earth, I00211229, 2021. 9 x 12 inches, 256 Pages. Hardcover. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

This beautifully designed coffee table book commemorates Morning of the Earth’s 50th Anniversary and showcases 170 brilliantly remastered images from the film. Executed without compromise, it is the definitive companion, featuring 50 screen grabs from never-before-seen outtakes that reveal a forgotten past. The book is swiss-bound for a truly immersive lay-flat experience, presenting crystal clear imagery on uncoated paper stock that transports the viewer back to a land before time. See Australia, Bali and Hawaii before rampant development took over; see the wide angled point of views that didn’t make the film; see legendary scenes like the surf discovery of Uluwatu, Bali; and travel back to the early 70’s where country soul was life, and surfing was too.

The book includes a 40-page introduction with Albert Falzon and Torren Martyn, a foreword by David Elfick, and essays by Sean Doherty, Jamie Brisick, Simon Jones and Falzon, who share intimate stories, dive deep into the history of the film, reveal rare never-before-seen archival treasures, and explore the early development of an artist and the filmmaker’s journey. This treasure keeps the story going and, as a comprehensive look at Morning of the Earth’s 50-year heritage, is a must-have and prerequisite for any surfer and cinephile alike. It is a stunning time capsule that paints a picture of imagination and will allow you to fall in love with Morning of the Earth all over again. 9781737681106 Inventory Number: I00211229

(FERRARA, URSULA). Bignardi, Irene & Luca Rafaelli. Rome, ITALY. ND (2007).: Filmitalia, S.P.A.. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Film Monograph. Fine.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Italian. With a biography and filmography. This is the beautifully produced catalogue that accompanied a 2007 Filmitalia sponsored retrospective devoted to the films of noted Italian animator Ursula Ferrara. A pristine copy. Inventory Number: 013465

(FILM CULTURE) (BROUGHTON, JAMES). Mekas, Jonas & P. Adams Sitney, Editors. New York: Film Culture, 1975. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Film Journal. Near Fine.. 112pp, illustrated in b&w. Jonas Mekas' influential "Film Culture" was New York's preeminent journal devoted to avant-garde cinema and the voice of the international independent filmmaking community of the fifties, sixties, and seventies. This sixty-first installment from 1975 spotlights the achievements of the iconoclastic American independent filmmaker and poet James Broughton. It includes an interview with Broughton by editors Jonas Mekas and P. Adams Sitney, contributions by Kermit Sheets and Clark McKowen, and many of Broughton's own writings. A most handsome example. ISSN 0015-1211 Inventory Number: 025670

(FILM CULTURE). Mekas, Jonas, Edouard de Laurot, George N. Fenin & Adolfas Mekas, Editors. New York: Film Culture, 1958. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Film Journal. Very Good -.. 32pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Jonas Mekas' influential "Film Culture" was New York's preeminent journal devoted to avant-garde cinema and the voice of the international independent filmmaking community of the fifties, sixties, and seventies. This eighteenth installment from 1958 features contributions on or by Thomas Quinn Curtiss, Richard Watts Jr., Rudolf Arnheim, Herman G. Weinberg, and Lotte H. Eisner on Erich Von Stroheim, Parker Tyler on Stan Brakhage, Hans Richter, reviews of contemporary releases, and more. A most presentable example of this uncommon early issue showing some light wear and rubbing to the covers along with some mild dog-earing through the lower foredge corner. ISSN 0015-1211 Inventory Number: 025664

(FILM CULTURE). Mekas, Jonas, Edouard de Laurot, George N. Fenin & Adolfas Mekas, Editors. New York: Film Culture, 1956. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Film Journal. Very Good -.. 32pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Jonas Mekas' influential "Film Culture" was New York's preeminent journal devoted to avant-garde cinema and the voice of the international independent filmmaking community of the fifties, sixties, and seventies. This tenth installment from 1956 features contributions on or by Jonas Mekas, Jay Leyda, Robert Aldrich interviewed by George N. Fenin, Aleksis Rannit on Van Gogh, Andrew Sarris on Carol Reed, Edouard Laurot on Swedish Cinema, silent Slapstick comedies, Herman G. Weinberg, Eugene Archer, reviews of contemporary releases, and the always informative "Letters to the Editor" column. An internally bright, handsome example of this uncommon early issue showing some light wear and rubbing to the covers along with some creasing through the upper foredge corner. ISSN 0015-1211 Inventory Number: 025663

(FILM CULTURE) (WARHOL, ANDY). Malanga, Gerard & Jonas Mekas, Editors. New York: Film Culture, 1967. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Film Journal. Fine.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Designed by George Maciunas. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This forty-fifth installment of '60s New York's preeminent avant-garde film quarterly is devoted primarily to Andy Warhol. Guest-edited by Gerard Malanga, it features contributions by or about Warhol, Malanga, Jonas Mekas, Jack Smith, Maria Montez, Gregory Battcock, Gregg Barrios, Sheldon Renan, The Kuchar Brothers, Jackson MacLow, and Factory Superstars galore. A remarkably bright, most handsome example of this uncommon, popishly designed item that is emblematic of the Warhol sixties. ISSN 0015-1211 Inventory Number: 026120

(FLYNT, LARRY) (DE NIRO, ROBERT). Flynt, Larry. Los Angeles: Hustler, 1983. First Edition. 4to. Typed Letter Signed (TLS). Fine.. One 10 ¼ x 7 ¼" sheet of gilt-debossed letterhead typewritten recto only, folded horizontally in thirds for mailing, no illustrations. This is a single page, six paragraph letter on HUSTLER letterhead from the noted late American publisher and freedom of the press advocate Larry Flynt to Robert De Niro attempting to secure the legendary actor's services "to direct a photo shooting for... a continuing series HUSTLER is launching which depicts sexual fantasies by top celebrities." Dated August 12, 1983, it offers "In return for your participation, HUSTLER will pay you $10,000.00 plus expenses." The letter was sent to Mr. Robert DeNiro (sic) in care of his longtime agent Harry J. Ufland, but whether or not there was a response on his behalf, no such pictorial ever appeared. A brand new, most handsome example of this unique document SIGNED "Larry Flynt" in black ink. Inventory Number: 026923

(GEHRY, FRANK O.). Gehry, Frank, Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje Van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines & Pilar Viladas. Foreword by Henry N. Cobb. New York & Minneapolis, MN: Rizzoli International Publications & The Walker Art Center, 1986. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Architecture Monograph. Fine/Fine. 216pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Ferguson. This is the nicely appointed catalogue published in conjunction with the Walker Art Museum's substantial 1986 survey exhibition of the work of internationally famed architect Frank Gehry. A bright, most handsome example of the first hardbound edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Frank Pierson / F O Gehry" in black ink on the half title page. The late Mr. Pierson was a renowned Academy Award-winning screenwriter of "Dog Day Afternoon (along with the Academy-nominated "Cat Ballou" and "Cool Hand Luke"), director, and President of both the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 0-8478-0741-X Inventory Number: 025788

(GOLDSTEIN, JACK). Hertz, Richard, Editor. Ojai, CA: Minneola Press, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 228pp, illustrated in b&w. Designed by Joe Molloy. This is the Richard Hertz' fantastic anecdotal biography of the late, great Jack Goldstein that interweaves the reminiscences of John Baldessari, Troy Brauntuch, Rosetta Brooks, Nancy Chunn, Meg Cranston, Jean Fisher, Hiro Kosaka, Robert Longo, Matt Mullican, James Welling, and Tom Wudl into a narrative account of one of the most influential yet overlooked American artists of the eighties and nineties. A handsome example of the uncommon 2003 first printing of this compelling document additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "March 3, 2004 / For ... / with admiration / and best wishes, / Richard" in blue ink on the half title page from author Richard Hertz to a well-known CalArts graduate showing just a bit of light wear and sunning along the spine. 0-9640165-4-0 Inventory Number: 025342

(GORDON, DOUGLAS). Gordon, Douglas, Hal Hartley & Amy Taubin. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Folded Poster. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One 48 x 70" sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in eighths to make 12 x 8 ¾", 1 color illustration. This is the massive poster cum exhibition catalogue issued in conjunction with the 1999 Gagosian Gallery New York installation of Turner Prize-winning Scottish video artist Douglas Gordon's "Through a Looking Glass" - "two large-scale video projections which quote one of Hollywood's most memorable scenes. Using a monologue from Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver", Gordon traps the viewer between two images of Travis Bickle, one 'real' and the other a 'reflection of the real'. The projections appear at first to be mirror images of one another but they quickly trip out of sync and into a manic dialogue which bounces around the gallery, both visually and audibly". It includes the six page screenplay "Adventure" by filmmaker Hal Hartley - comprised of e-mail correspondence between him and Douglas Gordon, an essay by film critic Amy Taubin, and a diptych of images of Robert De Niro from "Taxi Driver". A most handsome example of this innovative object that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition showing some light edge wear as is typical. 1-880154-27-7 Inventory Number: 017084

(GORMAN, GREG). Gorman, Greg. Ridgefield, CT: CPC Publishing, 1989. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Near Fine. np, 94 b&w illustrations. "Volume 1" is Greg Gorman's first beautifully produced book of stylized black and white portraits and nudes. A virtual time capsule of eighties celebrity, the portraits here include Andy Warhol, Dustin Hoffman, Grace Jones, David Bowie, Al Pacino, Charlie Sheen, Iggy Pop, Kim Basinger, Paul Rubens as Pee Wee Herman, Winona Ryder, Michael Jackson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Divine, Melanie Griffith, John Lydon, Matt Dillon, Michelle Pfeiffer, John Travolta, Sonia Braga, Mickey Rourke, and too many more to list. Many of these images first appeared in the striking period advertisements for the trendsetting L.A. Eyeworks boutique. The nudes here include Kim Basinger, Brigitte Nielsen, Iman, Janice Dickinson, and Tony Ward. An internally most handsome example of the 1989 first and only printing showing some abrading and a slight crimp to the bottom edges of the boards. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025772

(GORMAN, GREG). Gorman, Greg. Ridgefield, CT: CPC Publishing, 1989. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np, 94 b&w illustrations. "Volume 1" is Greg Gorman's first beautifully produced book of stylized black and white portraits and nudes. A virtual time capsule of eighties celebrity, the portraits here include Andy Warhol, Dustin Hoffman, Grace Jones, David Bowie, Al Pacino, Charlie Sheen, Iggy Pop, Kim Basinger, Paul Rubens as Pee Wee Herman, Winona Ryder, Michael Jackson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Divine, Melanie Griffith, John Lydon, Matt Dillon, Michelle Pfeiffer, John Travolta, Sonia Braga, Mickey Rourke, and too many more to list. Many of these images first appeared in the striking period advertisements for the trendsetting L.A. Eyeworks boutique. The nudes here include Kim Basinger, Brigitte Nielsen, Iman, Janice Dickinson, and Tony Ward. A most handsome example of the 1989 first and only printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Greg Gorman" in black ink on the title page showing a margin of light sunning to the top portion of the front of the dust jacket. 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. Inventory Number: 019121

(GREENAWAY, PETER). Greenaway, Peter. Foreword By Mike Sweet. Cardiff, WALES: Ffotogallery & Wales Film Council, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and Welsh. Published in conjunction with a 1993 Welsh exhibition, this is a nicely illustrated catalogue documenting noted British filmmaker and artist Peter Greenaway's photographic portraits and descriptive text regarding the onscreen characters in his film "The Baby of Macon". A brand new, pristine example. 1-872771-09-2 Inventory Number: 009868

(HEPBURN, KATHARINE). Maddox, Carlton L. & Steve Campbell. Burbank, CA: Carlton L. Maddox & Steve Campbell, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Velobound Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (290pp), 134 color illustrations. Published as what seems to be a labor of love, "this tribute to Katharine Hepburn by a long-time fan is presented with the desire to record the artistic efforts of an important figure of the 20th Century." "My Escape" collects one hundred and twenty-eight full page color reproductions with details of Hepburn's paintings and drawings drawn substantially from the June 11th, 2004 Sotheby's auction of the renowned late actor's estate. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, unstated limited edition - this is copy # 22 - additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "Enjoy! / Steve Campbell / Carlton Maddox" in black ink by the authors. Inventory Number: 026200

(HERMS, GEORGE) (TAMBLYN, AMBER). Tamblyn, Amber & George Herms. Los Angeles: The Love Press (George Herms), 2004. First Edition 1/300. 4to. Loose Prints in Printed Box. Illustrated Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (102pp), 50 color illustrations. Published as a boxed edition of three hundred copies, "The Loneliest" is a poem-book inspired by Thelonious Monk and his music in which the Haiku poetry of Amber Tamblyn is coupled with original collages by George Herms. It consists of fifty individual sheets of 80# Cougar White Cover stock printed recto only that combine a single Haiku poem with a vivid color photo collage, accompanied by a single loose colophon sheet. These are gathered in a vellum portfolio laid into a cardboard box bearing a black and white image of Thelonious Monk affixed to the cover. A most handsome artist's proof example of this uncommon item INITIALED AND NUMBERED "GH 20/30" by Herms in pencil on the verso of the colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 021899

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Moynihan, Danny. London: Duck Editions, 2000. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. As New/As New. 254pp. Cover Art by Damien Hirst. "Boogie-Woogie" is British author Danny Moynihan's first novel - a witty, thinly veiled satire skewering the avarice and mores of the 1990s art scene that was adapted as the scabrous 2009 feature film directed by Duncan Ward. A brand new, pristine example from the deluxe edition limited to five hundred copies NUMBERED (264/500) AND SIGNED "Danny Moynihan" in ink on the title page alongside the Duck Editions rubber stamp as well as BOLDLY SIGNED "Damien Hirst" in black ink on the rear of the dust jacket, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-7156-3021-0 Inventory Number: 021844

(HOCKNEY, DAVID). Hockney, David. London: Buzzy Enterprises and Lagoon Enterprises, 1974. First Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Cinema Poster. Near Fine.. One 40 x 30" sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration. This is the striking poster published in conjunction with the British theatrical release of Jack Hazan's 1974 full-length documentary on artist David Hockney and his then-muse Peter Schlesinger entitled "A Bigger Splash." A bright, most handsome guaranteed vintage example of this uncommon item that was originally acquired from one of the film's production staff showing a few light handling creases. Inventory Number: 027081

(HOLLER, CARSTEN). Holler, Carsten, Jennifer Allen & Daniel Birnbaum. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 32 + 32 + np, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Christoph Steinegger/Interkool. With an exhibition checklist. This is a snazzy three volume set published in conjunction with Swedish contemporary artist Carsten Holler's 2005 Gagosian Gallery London installation entitled "Logic". Its features include two paperbound volumes with essays by Jennifer Allen and Daniel Birnbaum with images from past exhibitions as well as a DVD containing three Flicker films and video documentation of the "Logic" exhibition. A brand new, pristine example of this beautifully packaged object in the publisher's silver gilt-debossed slipcase, as issued. 1-932598-20-0 Inventory Number: 017977

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Ammann, Jean-Christophe. Salzburg, AUSTRIA & Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac & Galerie Hans Mayer, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 39 duotone illustrations. Text in English and German. With a filmography, exhibition history and bibliography. Issued in conjunction with a 1988 touring European exhibition, this beautifully designed and printed catalogue was the second publication of Dennis Hopper's photographic work. It contains great shots of primarily the art, music, and film scenes in Sixties Los Angeles including eighteen not included in his previous volume - "Out of the Sixties". It includes images of the Civil Rights movement, bikers, and street scenes as well as portraits of Peter Fonda, Paul Newman, John Wayne and Dean Martin, Ike and Tina Turner, Joan Baez, Larry Bell, Bruce Conner, Teri Garr and Toni Basil, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Ed Ruscha, Ed Kienholz, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Allan Kaprow, Jean Tinguely, and more. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound first edition in pictorial boards (that shares the same ISBN as the paperback version) showing a mild crimp to the upper foredge tips along with just a bit of rubbing to the covers. It has been priced accordingly. 3-85562--015-6 Inventory Number: 025803

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis. Tokyo: Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd., 1998. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (134pp) 60 color and b&w illustrations. Designed by Dmitri Levas. Text in English and Japanese. With a bibliography and exhibition history. "Abstract Reality" presents sixty photographic details of mostly graffitied, stenciled and/or painted walls, billboards and architectural surfaces captured between 1961 and 1997 by the late, great actor/director/artist Dennis Hopper. A most handsome example of this uncommon item issued only in Japan still in the publisher's printed obi. 4-7713-0337-1 Inventory Number: 025993

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis, Michael McClure & Walter Hopps. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1986. First Edition #39/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in gravure. Designed by Jack Woody. With a filmography and exhibition history. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the new Hollywood. Issued in 1986 in gravure with the typically austere and lovely Twelvetrees Press aesthetic, "Out of the Sixties" was the first published collection of Hopper's photographs. Divided into "Artists and Collectors", "Hollywood", "Music", "Civil Rights March, Selma to Montgomery", "Mexico", and "The Scene", it is a tour de force view of the clash of the old and the new in sixties culture! A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon deluxe limited slipcased edition of the 1986 first printing limited to one hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Dennis Hopper" in black ink below his introductory text and NUMBERED (39/100) in ink on the rear colophon, as issued, showing some mild sunning along the extremities of its slipcase. 0-942642-25-2 Inventory Number: 026375

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis, Michael McClure & Walter Hopps. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1986. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Very Good. np, profusely illustrated in gravure. Designed by Jack Woody. With a filmography and exhibition history. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the new Hollywood. Issued in 1986 in gravure with the typically austere and lovely Twelvetrees Press aesthetic, "Out of the Sixties" was the first published collection of Hopper's photographs. Divided into "Artists and Collectors", "Hollywood", "Music", "Civil Rights March, Selma to Montgomery", "Mexico", and "The Scene", it is a tour de force view of the clash of the old and the new in sixties culture! An internally most handsome example of the first edition limited to four thousand unnumbered copies showing two short closed tears near the spine of the dust jacket. 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. 0-942642-25-2 Inventory Number: 024194

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Marin. Introduction by Brooke Hayward. Los Angeles: Greybull Press, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, 129 b&w illustrations. Designed by Dmitri Levas. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the New Hollywood. Published in 2001 by the late, great Greybull Press, "1712 North Crescent Heights" is the beautifully designed and printed successor to Hopper's "Out of the Sixties". Compiled by Dennis and Brooke Hayward's daughter Marin, it provides an incredible glimpse into the art, music, film and fashion scenes of Sixties L.A. as documented by a very talented observer. Candid photographs of the Hopper home and family are accompanied by portraits of Peter Fonda, Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda, Teri Garr and Toni Basil, Dianne Baker, Tuesday Weld, Bill Cosby, Sandy Dennis and George Segal, Steve McQueen, Bob Rafelson, The Buffalo Springfield, The Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Phil and Ronnie Spector, Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, Peggy Moffitt, Rudi Gernreich and Leon Bing, Bruce Conner, Irving Blum and Jasper Johns, Virginia Dwan, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Judd Marmor, and even 1967's "Riot on Sunset Strip". A brand new, most handsome example of this perennial must-have tome for any cultured bedside or coffee table. 0-9672366-5-7 Inventory Number: 026820

(HUGHES, HOWARD). Sederberg, Arelo, Lawrence A. Hyland, General Ira C. Eaker, Frank Risch, Ph.D., James Bacon, et. al,. Los Angeles: EPI-HAB, L.A., Inc., 1976. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Cinema Monograph. Near Fine.. np (92pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director and studio magnate, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an influential figure in the aviation industry." EPI-HAB Inc. was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organization with the mission to provide meaningful employment to individuals with epilepsy by performing valued work for customers. On February 19th 1977, the Los Angeles chapter of the organization produced a posthumous, celebrity-studded "tribute Ball for Howard Hughes" at The Century Plaza Hotel to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Howard Hughes. "EPI-HAB LA Salutes Howard Hughes (!905-1976)" is the souvenir program that was published a few months after the actual event. It features dozens of tribute ads (most from the Hughes Corporation, its Hotels, and various subsidiaries), scores of historical Hughes photos and press clippings (none from later than 1952), and most interestingly, nearly one hundred photographs of the civic movers and shakers that organized and attended the event. These included John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Jayne Russell. Virginia Mayo, Mel Torme, Lorne Greene, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Carlotta Monti, Mrs. Harry (Sybil) Brand, Mrs. Jackie (Barbara) Cooper, Mrs. Jack (Emily) LaLanne, Mrs. Mervyn (Kitty) LeRoy, Mrs. Lloyd (Mell) Nolan, Mrs. David (Barbara) Simmons, Mrs. Rudy (Eleanor) Vallee, Mrs. Del (Toni) Webb, and many, many more. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item stated as having been limited to five hundred unnumbered copies which were seemingly never meaningfully distributed that is neither in the holdings of the Margaret Herrick Library of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nor does it appear in OCLC WorldCat. Inventory Number: 026403

(JARMAN, DEREK). Jarman, Derek. Tokyo: Uplink Co., 1990. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 54pp, 51 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This is the exceedingly elegant, beautifully produced hardbound catalogue for a 1990 Japanese gallery exhibition of the esteemed late British director Derek Jarman's paintings and assemblages entitled "Luminous Darkness". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 018967

(JOHNSON, RAY). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2004. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 17 x 11" sheet printed offset recto only machine-folded in quarters to make 8 ½ x 5 ½", 1 b&w illustration. This is a poster for a 2004 Los Angeles one-person show by the prickly-yet-beloved Fluxus and Correspondence Art titan Ray Johnson. This posthumous exhibition of collages and works on paper coincided with the theatrical release of John Walter and Andrew Moore's charming documentary film about the artist, "How to Draw a Bunny." A bright, most handsome copy of this ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 027287

(JUDAISM). Vorspan, Max & Lloyd P. Gartner. Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1970. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Religious History Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good -. 374pp, illustrated in b&w. "The History of the Jews of Los Angeles" was at the time of its publication in 1972 the most comprehensive historical survey of the subject. One of the city's then-most recognized if not unlikely members of the faith was the consummate entertainer, Sammy Davis, Jr. Davis, was born in Harlem to a Catholic mother and Baptist father, and after his near-fatal automobile accident in 1954 began studying the history of Jews. He converted to Judaism 1961. He is not mentioned in this book which takes a fairly scholarly approach, nor does this show his bookplate. It does however bear the SIGNED PRESENTATION from author Max Vorspan " To Sammy - / From the / murky darkness of Harlem / to the lights of a / better world - may / peace be in your times. / your friend of / four decades / Max." While again, there is no provenance for this tracing it to Sammy Davis Jr.'s library, there is likely not another person to whom that inscription in this title could apply. An internally most handsome example whose dust jacket shows some light sunning, creasing, closed tears, and mild paper loss along the extremities. LC 71-111799 Inventory Number: 027058

(JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PASADENA). Junior League of Pasadena. Pasadena, CA: Junior League of Pasadena, 1927. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Good.. np (110 + 6pp), profusely illustrated in sepia tone. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published at the height of The Roaring Twenties, this is the heavily illustrated program for the 1927 fundraising "Frolic" presented by the Junior League of Pasadena. Reflecting both the status of its blue-blooded members of Southern California's elite and the look of The Jazz Age, this is a fascinating early "advertorial" in which the wives and daughters of Pasadena's toniest families are photographed flapperishly styled and posed admiring of the wares of its paid advertisers. Featured in the highly staged portraits - primarily by Ray Huff-Richter's studio - are the likes of silent-era star Colleen Moore, Mmes. Donald and Stuart O'Melveny, Hancock Banning, Stephen W. Royce, Stanley Robinson, Franklin Baldwin, Miss Marion Williams, and scores of others. Amongst the more than one hundred businesses touting their wares in support of the Junior League are The Biltmore, Ambassador, Alexandria, Fairmont, Flintridge, and Huntington hotels; May Company, Barker Bros., Hales, and Crown Emporium department stores; E.F Hutton, Bond & Goodwin & Tucker, Wilcox Drake & Co., The House of Rollins, E.A. Pierce & Co., and Francis P. Graves & Company brokerages; Richfield and Union Oil companies; Roland E Coate and Florence Yoch & Lucile Council, Architects; The Hal Roach Studios, Vroman's Books, The Pig 'N Whistle restaurant, and many of the local luxury car dealerships. Additionally bound in with a silk tie is the detailed six page program for the December 6th, 1927 "Topics of the Day" benefit theatrical Frolic - "with a book and original lyrics to popular tunes by Madeline Blackmore and Charles Crouch" - featuring a bevy of Junior League of Pasadena beauties of all ages joined by Mrs. Forrest Tucker as "Miss America!" An internally most presentable example of this exceptionally uncommon item - not a single copy appears in either OCLC WorldCat or the holdings of the Los Angeles Public Library - starting to pull from the wrappers at the staples showing a dent at the head of the spine, notable wear and creasing, some dampstaining, and minor paper loss along the extremities of its illustrated pale blue cardstock covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026727

(KANDER, NADAV). Kander, Nadav, Ian McEwan, David Campany & David Lynch. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

324pp, 151 color and 118 b&w illustrations.

"Regardless of his sitter - whether family member or influential celebrity - the portraiture of London-based photographer Nadav Kander shows what makes that particular individual human. His aim is to move beyond capturing an accurate likeness to access the emotions within, the uncertainty, the shadow as much as the light, the complex sense of self that otherwise lays hidden. “Revealed and concealed, beauty and destruction, ease and disease, shame and shameless,” explains the photographer, “These paradoxes are essential to all my work and represent what is common to all my varied subject matter.” This collection, the first book dedicated to his portraiture, shows the range and nuance of Kander’s work from Barack Obama, John le Carré and Alexander McQueen to Tracey Emin, Robert Plant and Prince Charles. Layered and penetrating, these remarkable images reveal unexpected moments of reverie and vulnerability."

A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher’s shrinkwrap.

978-3-9582961-5-2 Inventory Number: E000NKTM

(KANDER, NADAV). Kander, Nadav, Ian McEwan, David Campany & David Lynch. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2019. First Edition. Stout 4to. Debossed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 324pp, 151 color and 118 b&w illustrations. "Regardless of his sitter - whether family member or influential celebrity - the portraiture of London-based photographer Nadav Kander shows what makes that particular individual human. His aim is to move beyond capturing an accurate likeness to access the emotions within, the uncertainty, the shadow as much as the light, the complex sense of self that otherwise lays hidden. “Revealed and concealed, beauty and destruction, ease and disease, shame and shameless,” explains the photographer, “These paradoxes are essential to all my work and represent what is common to all my varied subject matter.” This collection, the first book dedicated to his portraiture, shows the range and nuance of Kander’s work from Barack Obama, John le Carré and Alexander McQueen to Tracey Emin, Robert Plant and Prince Charles. Layered and penetrating, these remarkable images reveal unexpected moments of reverie and vulnerability." A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher’s shrinkwrap. 3-9582961-5-7 Inventory Number: 026185

(KEATON, DIANE). Keaton, Diane & D.J. Waldie. Photographed by Lisa Romerein. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2017. 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Architecture Monograph. As New/As New. 272pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w.

“At once a style guide, an inspirational tome, and a how-to volume on creating one’s home, “The House That Pinterest Built” will serve as a go-to reference for all those seeking to spur their own creativity as they embark on the creation of home. When Diane Keaton decided that she wanted to build her own home from the ground up, she took the advice of her dear friend, film director Nancy Meyers, and took to the boards of Pinterest to find inspiration. There she discovered the practical and the fantastical, elements and styles long adored and ones that she never knew she was drawn to. Keaton’s dream house was officially under way and this book that resulted is a compelling account of her that house, from idea to realization in brick, stone, and wood.

Filled with ideas that reveal a personal yet engaging aesthetic, this volume includes compelling photos from Keaton’s past homes and those she admires, as well as a multitude of details from every corner of those spaces and objects that excite and inspire the house designer and dreamer—dramatic staircases and magical light fixtures, film stills and book covers, pottery and art—drawn from the visual treasure trove known as Pinterest and Keaton’s private collection, as she creates and designs her newest house

“If you want to explore. If you love to see. If you’re looking to look; this book is an example of a home made from the gifts of other people’s addictive yearnings for the perfect home, with the perfect landscape and the perfect interior. It illustrates my choices of your choices. Who knows, you might find one of your pins here. You might smile. You might shake your head and say, ‘This isn’t what I had in mind.’ You might think: ‘Hey that’s my kitchen. She copied my kitchen.’ But the truth is, as much as I tried, I could never entirely recreate the light filled photograph of a kitchen that led the way to the journey that brought me here. No one can.” – Diane Keaton”


. 978-0847860005 Inventory Number: E000DKP

(KELLEY, MIKE) (FISCHLI, DAVID & PETER WEISS). Kothenschulte, Daniel, Mike Kelley, Rainald Schumacher, Patrick Frey, Bice Curiger & Boris Groys. Introduction by Ingvild Goetz & Rainald Schumacher. Munich, GERMANY: Sammlung Goetz, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Boards. Artists Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. With bibliographies and an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 European exhibition of works by Mike Kelley and Fischli & Weiss from the estimable contemporary art collection of Ingvild Goetz. A most handsome example from the edition limited to one thousand, five hundred unnumbered copies. 3-9805267-5-5 Inventory Number: 023556

(KLEIN, STEVEN) (MADONNA) (W). Foley, Bridget & Joe Zee, Editors. New York: Fairchild Publications, Inc., 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. Fine.. 292pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover photograph of Madonna by Steven Klein. This is the April 2003 issue of "W" containing the ambitious forty-four page editorial feature entitled "Madonna Unbound" with photographs by Steven Klein. A most handsome example - perfect for the Madonna completeist. ISSN 0162-9115 Inventory Number: 022995

(LACHAPELLE, DAVID). LaChapelle, David. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Bibliothek Der Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2000. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 110pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. The most interesting editions of this elegantly produced photography special published by Stern Magazine invariably sell out quickly, and this sixteenth installment devoted to David LaChapelle was no exception. It is a nicely designed and printed survey of the transgressive American fashion/celebrity photographer's gaudy portraits of the rich and famous, featuring a high-heeled, lingerie-clad Devon Aoki holding a whip and a salmon on the front cover. A most handsome copy. 3-570-19225-3 Inventory Number: 021718

(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny & Billy McCune. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First Edition (Second Printing). Oblong Narrow 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 196pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Martin Stephen Moskof. "Conversations with the Dead" is Danny Lyon's moving 1971 monograph cum artists' book that juxtaposes seventy-two of his gritty photographs of daily life within the Texas Prison system with the drawings and journal excerpts from inmate Billy McCune, whom he befriended during the process of making the book. A bright white, most handsome copy of the 1971 hardbound second printing (cited on page 19 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 278-279 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 48 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", pages 210-211 of "The Book of 101 Books", and pages 53-54 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonné") bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Henry, Thanks a million for the lens - Danny 4/75" from the photographer to the late Hollywood cinematographer (and prolific photography book collector) Henry Minski in blue crayon across the entire front pastedown. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-03-085068-1 Inventory Number: 022023

(MADALENA, BATISTE). Katten, Judith & Anthony Slide. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 64pp, 24 color and 16 b&w illustrations + color covers. This is the lovely, oversized monograph on the extraordinary hand painted Silent era movie posters of artist Batiste Madalena. Working for the Rochester-based George Eastman Theatre in the mid-twenties, Madalena was give free reign to create these captivating images promoting the Hollywood fare of the day to fill the popular cinema's huge display windows. A handsome example showing a bit of overall wear and handling. 0-8109-2311-4 Inventory Number: 019372

(McCOLLUM, ALLAN). McCollum, Allan & Thomas Lawson. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the very first monograph on the iconoclastic, conceptually-inflected work of Los Angeles-born, New York-based artist Allan McCollum. It address his earliest works, collaborations with Louise Lawler and Laurie Simmons, the "Surrogates", "Perpetual Photographs", "Perfect Vehicles", "Individual Works", "Drawings", "The Dog From Pompeii", and "Natural Objects" series - often in detailed gallery installation photographs - as well as the transcript of a lengthy interview between McCollum and artist Thomas Lawson. A brand new, pristine example of the 1996 paperbound first edition (which shares the same ISBN with the hardbound version) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-923183-04-0 Inventory Number: 024438

(McCOLLUM, ALLAN). McCollum, Allan & Thomas Lawson. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the very first monograph on the iconoclastic, conceptually-inflected work of Los Angeles-born, New York-based artist Allan McCollum. It address his earliest works, collaborations with Louise Lawler and Laurie Simmons, the "Surrogates", "Perpetual Photographs", "Perfect Vehicles", "Individual Works", "Drawings", "The Dog From Pompeii", and "Natural Objects" series - often in detailed gallery installation photographs - as well as the transcript of a lengthy interview between McCollum and artist Thomas Lawson. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 1996 hardbound first edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-923183-04-0 Inventory Number: 024437

(MEISELAS, SUSAN). Meiselas, Susan, Virginia Bynum & Angel Marinaccio. Foreword by Martin Scorsese. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Text in English. In "Tar Beach", photographer and resident of New York's Little Italy Susan Meiselas brings together found pictures that were made, kept and gathered by various families who handed them down from the early nineteen forties to the early seventies. Reflections from the community offer perspectives of multiple generations, as local author Angel Marinaccio says: “If you had an accomplishment - communion, confirmation, wedding, graduation or birthday, you‘d dress up in your best outfit and go to the rooftop to take pictures and celebrate with your family.” The introduction is written by renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who grew up on the streets portrayed in this collection. He writes: “The roof was our escape hatch and it was our sanctuary. The endless crowds, the filth and the grime, the constant noise, the chaos, the claustrophobia, the non-stop motion of everything … you would walk up that flight of stairs, open the door, and you were above it all. You could breathe. You could dream. You could be.” Meiselas, along with two of her neighbors, Angel Marinaccio and Virginia Bynum, collected and curated these vernacular photographs and memories to convey the feeling of this special place and time in the daily lives of Italian immigrants as they made their way to becoming part of American culture." A brand new, pristine example of this delightful gem additionally SIGNED "Martin Scorsese" AND "Susan Meiselas" in black ink on the title page. 88-6208-722-5 Inventory Number: 027338

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 104pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "New black and white photographs and words that look directly at loss, change, and renewal. In making Linger, he strives to find a still place from which to see and interpret the world around him. The imagery in this book deals frankly with family, strangers, and landscape that Mortensen has recently been able to spend extended time with, rather than hurriedly observe as just one more passing ghost with a camera and a notebook. Although we might occasionally find in these newer images hints of the chaotic abstractions that have recently dominated his work, Linger evidences a patience with things as they come to be and, consequently, a tranquility long-absent from both his photography and writing". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2005 first hardbound edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-3-1 Inventory Number: 018347