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(JOHNSON, JOE). Johnson, Joe. NP (San Francisco, CA). ND (Circa Late 1960s).: Self-Published. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Paper. Greeting Cards. Near Fine.. Three individual 8 ½ x 11" heavy paper sheets printed photo-offset rectos only, machine-folded vertically in half to make 8 ½ x 5 ½", 3 b&w illustrations. Joe Johnson was an early and prominent member of San Francisco's burgeoning LGBTQ community of the 1960s. While primarily known as the creator of the pioneering underground gay comics "Miss Thing" and "Big Dick", Johnson was additionally an accomplished artist and illustrator who at various times in the sixties and seventies produced fine art prints and greeting cards featuring male model studies. These were lo-fi ventures most likely sold under the counter, by word of mouth, and discreet mail order. This is a group of three individual cards issued by the artist each depicting a young male nude - all full frontal - reproduced by photo-offset on heavy, textured paper stock. A handsome group of these exceedingly uncommon vintage ephemeral items without envelopes each showing a bit of mild soiling. Inventory Number: 026945

(JOHNSON, JOE). Johnson, Joe. NP (San Francisco, CA). ND (1967).: Self-Published. First Edition. Folio. Loose Prints in a Portfolio. Print Portfolio. Fine.. Eight individual 17 ½ x 11" heavy paper sheets printed photo-offset rectos only, 8 b&w illustrations. Joe Johnson was an early and prominent member of San Francisco's burgeoning LGBTQ community of the 1960s. While primarily known as the creator of the pioneering underground gay comics "Miss Thing" and "Big Dick", Johnson was additionally an accomplished artist and illustrator who at various times in the sixties and seventies produced fine art prints and greeting cards featuring male model studies. These were lo-fi ventures most likely sold under the counter, by word of mouth, and discreet mail order. This is a set of eight of these prints issued in 1967 by the artist each depicting a young male nude - six full frontal - reproduced by photo-offset on cream colored, heavy woven paper stock housed in a plain red textured paper portfolio. We acquired from a single source several variants of this set, with none bearing any form of labeling or printed documentation; just the plates with or without the portfolio. The prints were issued without a signature in the plate, but Johnson signed some in pencil, and even hand-colored a few in a flesh-colored watercolor. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item with each print additionally SIGNED "Joe Johnson" in pencil in the publisher's unprinted paper portfolio. Inventory Number: 026944

(KOONS, JEFF). Caldwell, John, Jim Lewis, Daniela Salvoni & Brian Wallis. Foreword by John R. Lane. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Gilt Debossed Boards in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 132pp, 81 color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Catherine Mills. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the beautifully designed and illustrated catalogue for the 1992 Jeff Koons exhibition held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - the budding superstar's second major American Museum retrospective. In addition to essays by John Caldwell, Jim Lewis, Daniela Salvoni and Brian Wallis, each of the sixty-seven sculptural and photographically based pieces shown (including the erotically charged "Made in Heaven" series with then paramour Cicciolina) is illustrated here. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition in gilt stamped white leather in a like dust jacket. 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. 0-918471-27-3 Inventory Number: 027528

(KOONS, JEFF) (TASCHEN, BENEDIKT). Paz, Marga & Benedikt Taschen. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2004. First Edition. Folio. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. As New/As New. 256pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, German and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the beautifully produced, oversized hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2004 Reina Sofia Madrid exhibition of works from the extraordinary contemporary art holdings amassed over the previous two decades by legendary publisher Benedikt Taschen. "Benedikt Taschen began seriously building his personal collection in 1985, through his involvement in the contemporary art world. It is limited to a small number of artists by whom he owns a great number of pieces. This concentration both traces the development of the work of a few over time and allows us to explore their scope and vision in greater depth. Among the best-represented artists of the collection are Germans Albert Oehlen and Martin Kippenberger (with more than a hundred works each), and the American artists Jeff Koons and Mike Kelley. Additionally, Taschen owns many quality pieces representing key artists from the generation that emerged in the 1980s and is still active today. Among them: Thomas Struth, Gunther Forg, Cindy Sherman, Christopher Wool, Darren Almond, Werner Buttner, Andre Butzer, and Wolfgang Tillmans, not to forget photography doyens Julius Shulman and Helmut Newton, and Elmer Batters and Eric Stanton. A brand new, most handsome example acquired directly from the publisher additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Jeff Koons / 12/3/04" WITH A FLOWER DRAWING executed at Art Basel Miami 2004 in black marker across the title page. 3-8228-4011-4 Inventory Number: 026516

(KRIMS, LES). Krims, Les. Introduction by Hollis Frampton. Buffalo, NY: Humpy Press Inc., 1975. First Edition 1/125 Deluxe. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. np (94pp), 40 color illustrations. Designed by Les Krims. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Fictcryptokrimsographs" is one of Les Krims' charming self-published photography books from the seventies. It reproduces in miniature forty vaguely erotic, always humorous Polaroid SX-70 prints along with an introductory essay by the esteemed Hollis Frampton. A bright, most handsome example of the deluxe edition this little gem (cited on page 244 of Alessandro Bertolotti's "Books of Nudes") limited to one hundred and twenty five copies bearing the Humpy Press Inc. blindstamp SIGNED AND DATED "Krims 76" in pencil on the front pastedown with a SIGNED AND NUMBERED (4/125) 4 ¼ x 3 ½" unique Polaroid color print of "Goldfish Bowl Press and Plug 1974" (reproduced as plate number 2) laid into a glassine envelope affixed to the inside front cover, 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. Inventory Number: 021819

(KRIMS, LES). Krims, Les. Introduction by Hollis Frampton. Buffalo, NY: Humpy Press Inc., 1975. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (94pp), 40 color illustrations. Designed by Les Krims. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Fictcryptokrimsographs" is one of Les Krims' charming self-published photography books from the seventies. It reproduces in miniature forty vaguely erotic, always humorous Polaroid SX-70 prints along with an introductory essay by the esteemed Hollis Frampton. A bright, most handsome copy of this little gem (cited on page 244 of Alessandro Bertolotti's "Books of Nudes") bearing the Humpy Press Inc. blindstamp additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Krims 75" in the year of publication by the photographer in pencil on the front free endpaper. 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. Inventory Number: 021612

(KROLL, ERIC). Kroll, Eric. Paris, FRANCE: Timeless Edition, I00220816, 2022. First Edition 1/750 Copies. 7 x 9 inches, 484 Pages. Hardcover. Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Eric Kroll is a name familiar to anyone with even the vaguest interest in contemporary photography. His first book, Sex Objects: An American Documentary, from 1977 has attained cult-like status. He has gone on to publish several high-profile, best-selling books with houses like Taschen, and his work has been featured in countless magazines over the years.

His brand new publication, The New York Years 1971 To 1994 from Timeless Edition in Paris  showcases a side of his work that until now has not been widely publicized. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Eric found himself at the very heart of a cultural eruption in NYC. With his camera ever at the ready he documented the work and private pursuits of cultural movers and shakers from the Rolling Stones to The Dead Boys, Blondie, Warhol, Basquiat, and Haring. Madonna, Kenneth Anger, Grace Jones, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, and too many regulars from the Max's Kansas City, Studio 54, and East Village Art Scene demimonde to name feature in this stunning collection of mostly never-before seen photos. From its sleazy underbelly to the highest-brow art galleries, Eric Kroll invites you to bygone Manhattan at the height of its decadence and cultural importance. The New York Years is a unique book, a journey, an experience!

Inventory Number: I00220715

(KROLL, ERIC). Kroll, Eric. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, German and French. With a bibliography. "Beauty Parade" is famed fetish photographer Eric Kroll's second full-length Taschen tome. It is filled with a vast array of his typically sexy young female models engaged in all manner of transgressive poses utilizing undergarments, latex, leather, restraints, bondage-wear and just plain skin. A most handsome copy BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by Eric Kroll in black ink on the first preliminary. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8228-8601-7 Inventory Number: 019825

(KROLL, ERIC). Kroll, Eric. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (64pp), 30 color illustrations. This is Taschen Postcard book number ninety-five, containing thirty bound (yet easily detached and ready to mail) postcard images by famed fetish photographer Eric Kroll distilled from his second full-length Taschen tome, "Beauty Parade". A most handsome, completely intact copy BOLDLY SIGNED by Kroll in black ink on the title page. 3-8228-8519-3 Inventory Number: 012845

(KUHN, MONA). Kuhn, Mona. Göttingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2004. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 108pp, 33 duotone and 20 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Steidl Design. "The people in Mona Kuhn's photographs are nude but not naked. Completely relaxed before the camera, they give the impression that nothing could clothe them better than their own skin. With a unique style, Kuhn's intimate photographs of both young and old are sensual compositions of skin and wrinkles, light and shadow, gestures and gazes. She creates tautly composed images and balance sharply rendered portraits against blurred backgrounds to lure the eye and provoke the imagination". This is Brazilian born, California based photographer Mona Kuhn's extraordinary second book of portraits and nudes. Coming from a background that included time as an assistant to Jock Sturges, she has formed her own unique documentary approach that is an ongoing study of youth, nature, and the beauty of the unguarded human body. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2004 Steidl first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Mona Kuhn" in black ink across the entire title page. 3-86521-008-2 Inventory Number: 026972

(LACHAPELLE, DAVID). Nicolini, Renato & Max Montana. Rome, ITALY: Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1999. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np, 27 color illustrations + color cover. Text in English and Italian. This is the beautifully designed and printed catalogue published in conjunction with notorious American fashion/celebrity photographer David LaChapelle's 1999 one-man exhibition at Rome's Palazzo delle Esposizioni. All of the plates are reproduced against black borders, and the cast of characters here includes Madonna, Tori Amos, Milla Jovovich, Devon Aoki, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Marilyn Manson, Shirley Manson, Alec Wek, Alexander McQueen, Joe Weider, Tricky, Ewan McGregor, Uma Thurman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Billy Corgan, Andy Warhol, and more. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 014545

(MAJERUS, MICHEL). Majerus, Michel. NP: Self-Published, 1993. First Edition Hors Serie. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. np (76pp), 75 b&w illustrations - thirty-two of which have been additionally uniquely hand colored. Designed by Michel Majerus. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Supermalbuch" is late Belgian artist Michel Majerus' self-published 1993 decidedly not-for-children coloring book. It reproduces seventy-five crudely drawn depictions of genitalia, masturbation, underage sex, bestiality, and other scatological delights. Produced in a signed and numbered edition of fifty printed paperbound books, it is unclear how many of these were ever actually distributed, and the Estate of Michel Majerus has classified "Supermalbuch" as a unique artwork rather than simply a publication by the artist. A bright, most handsome hors serie example of this exceedingly uncommon item - not a single copy is cited in OCLC WorldCat - that is neither signed nor numbered acquired directly from the library of a noted art dealer that has additionally had thirty-two of the illustrations embellished - perhaps by Majerus' own hand? Inventory Number: 025980

(MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT) (LYON, LISA). Mapplethorpe, Robert, Lisa Lyon & Bruce Chatwin. Foreword by Sam Wagstaff. New York: A Studio Book - The Viking Press, 1983. First Hardbound Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 128pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Michael Shroyer. "Lady (Lisa Lyon)" is brassy and playful, strong and seductive, discreet and thoroughly uninhibited. Lady is a host of contradictions, and Robert Mapplethorpe's provocative portrait of Lisa Lyon, dynamic personality and first Women's Bodybuilding Champion, entices you to re-examine your ideas and ideals of "female". In these haunting photographs - made over a period of two years - Lyon embodies her concept of Woman of the Eighties, neither masculine nor feminine, but feline. Writer Bruce Chatwin introduces Lyon and Mapplethorpe in a style characteristically witty and adroit, and photography connoisseur Sam Wagstaff adds his own valuable observations of the duo and their joint accomplishment." A brand new, most handsome example of the hardbound first edition of this iconic work additionally INSCRIBED "for tom & dick - love / Lisa Lyon / NY '83" in the year of publication in black ink on the half title page. 0-670-43012-9 Inventory Number: 026144

(MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert & Susan Sontag. Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. np (112pp), 93 illustrations in monochrome gravure. Designed by Dimitri Levas. "Mapplethorpe’s portraits taken over the past ten years are exquisitely presented in gravure. His undeniable strength of vision is apparent in all styles of portraiture shown, ranging from stark studio shots of celebrities to environmental portraits of children. Here are many of his well-known images, including the self-portraits, as well as lesser-known work. Susan Sontag’s short essay on portraiture adds insight to the "Mapplethorpe mystique". A handsome example of the 1985 Twelvetrees Press first edition of what what was the first mnongraph on the iconic late photographer additionally INSCRIBED "for Nick - / Robert Mapplethorpe '86" in black ink on the half title page showing light soiling along with a tiny bit of insect damage to the edges of the textblock. 0-942642-14-7 Inventory Number: 026146

(MARCUS, KEN). Marcus, Ken. Tokyo, JAPAN: Wanimagazine Co., Ltd., 1996. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Erotic Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English and Japanese. "California Club" is the first feature length book to feature noted Playboy and Penthouse Magazine photographer Ken Marcus' explicit bondage images. Shot in 1995 in sunny Southern California, Marcus employed both the Japanese Kinbaku master Nagaike Takeshi and his American counterpart Ernest Greene (credited here as "Ira") to tie, gag, and suspend a bevy of erotic models and adult film actresses. Featuring hundreds of yards of multi-colored rope, corsets, lots of latex, and leather collars, belts and restraints aplenty, the very early in their careers Chasey Lain, Jenna Jameson, and Dita Von Teese appear in more than a dozen images each as part of this "East Meets West" fusion. A brand new, most handsome example of the first and only edition of this exceedingly uncommon (unsurprisingly only a single copy in a Tokyo library is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) item published only in Japan. 4-89829-240-2 Inventory Number: 027496

(MARUO, SUEHIRO). Maruo, Suehiro, Suehiro Tanemura, Hiroshi Aramata & Masatoshi Nagase. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1996. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np, 86 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Milky Asobe and Hiromi Abe (Atelier Peyotl). This is the second of Treville's beautifully designed and printed hardbound anthologies of drawings by noted Manga illustrator Suehiro Maruo. A frequent contributor to the legendary underground magazine "Garo", Maruo's work is filled with images of violence, eroticism, and anguish in the style of Muzan-e. A most handsome example of the 1996 first printing. 4-8457-1090-0 Inventory Number: 022512

(MOSES, ED). Yau, John. Foreword by Richard Koshalek. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 132pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1996 Museum of Contemporary Art retrospective of sixty paintings and works on paper by the venerable Los Angeles-based, Ferus Gallery-affiliated artist Edward Branco Moses. A most handsome example. 0-914357-42-5 Inventory Number: 025610

(NARAHARA, IKKO). Narahara, Ikko. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1979. First Edition. Small Folio. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/Near Fine. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. With a chronology. Issued in 1979, Ikko Narahara's "Chikaku te Haruka na Tabi" ("Journey To A Land So Near And Yet So Far") is the ninth volume in publisher Shueisha's "Nihon no bi: Gendai Nihon Shashin Zenshu" ("Beautiful Japan") series. An oversized, comprehensive hardbound survey of the noted photographer's imagery of his native land, here Narahara captures visions of nature, religious ceremonies, Noh Theatre, Sumo wrestling, and naked Geishas - often through his trademark fisheye lens. An otherwise most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a dent through a portion of the textblock at the crown of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. 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. Inventory Number: 024430

(NAZ, DAVE). Naz, Dave. Introduction by Tony Mitchell. Bonn, GERMANY: Goliath Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2002. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 160pp, 150 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. With a biography and exhibition history. "Lust Circus" is Los Angeles-based photographer Dave Naz' first full-length survey of vibrant fetish, hosiery and lingerie images. One of the most prolific purveyors of sophisticated contemporary photographic erotica, his subjects are always up to the task, and the models here include Lydia Lunch, Julie Strain, Emily Marilyn. Jasmine Kross, Simone White, Selene Luna, and many, many more. A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED AND DATED by Dave Naz in black ink on the title page. 3-9807602-7-8 Inventory Number: 020036

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Lagerfeld, Karl. New York: Xavier Moreau Inc., 1982. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. With a biography, bibliography and exhibition history. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1982, "Big Nudes" was the highly eroticized follow-up to Helmut Newton' taboo-breaking "White Women" and "Sleepless Nights". It features an essay by the esteemed Karl Lagerfeld along with stark black and white images of strong women engaging in decadent acts. A most handsome example of the 1982 first edition (cited on page 204 of "From Fair to Fine 3") additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Helmut Newton" in black ink across the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-937950-02-5 Inventory Number: 024335

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. New York: Xavier Moreau, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Marc Walter. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1984, "World Without Men" was the very first survey devoted solely to Helmut Newton's women's fashion editorial work. It combines Newton's own journal entries interlaced amongst a beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive selection of nearly twenty years of the photographer's decadence-laden images created for American, French, Italian & German "Vogue", "Queen", "Nova", "British Vanity Fair", "Stern", "Egoiste", and many more. The designers featured here include Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Nina Ricci, Givenchy, Ungaro, Ossie Clark, Tuffin & Foale, Mary Quant, Jean Muir, Thierry Mugler, Valentino, Hermes, Karl Lagerfeld, Balmain, Sonia Rykiel, Claude Montana, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and too many more to mention. A most handsome example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Better a world / with women / and without / men / Helmut" in blue ink across the title page showing discreet ownership stamps in ink on the front pastedown and half title page along with a bit of wear and some tiny closed tears to the extremities of the dust jacket. 0-937950-06-8 Inventory Number: 025926

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. New York: Xavier Moreau Inc., 1984. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Marc Walter. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1984, "World Without Men" was the very first survey devoted solely to Helmut Newton's women's fashion editorial work. It combines Newton's own journal entries interlaced amongst a beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive selection of nearly twenty years of the photographer's decadence-laden images created for American, French, Italian & German "Vogue", "Queen", "Nova", "British Vanity Fair", "Stern", "Egoiste", and many more. The designers featured here include Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Nina Ricci, Givenchy, Ungaro, Ossie Clark, Tuffin & Foale, Mary Quant, Jean Muir, Thierry Mugler, Valentino, Hermes, Karl Lagerfeld, Balmain, Sonia Rykiel, Claude Montana, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and too many more to mention. A brand new, most handsome example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Helmut Newton" in black ink across the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-937950-06-8 Inventory Number: 024333

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. New York: Xavier Moreau Inc., 1984. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Marc Walter. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1984, "World Without Men" was the very first survey devoted solely to Helmut Newton's women's fashion editorial work. It combines Newton's own journal entries interlaced amongst a beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive selection of nearly twenty years of the photographer's decadence-laden images created for American, French, Italian & German "Vogue", "Queen", "Nova", "British Vanity Fair", "Stern", "Egoiste", and many more. The designers featured here include Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Nina Ricci, Givenchy, Ungaro, Ossie Clark, Tuffin & Foale, Mary Quant, Jean Muir, Thierry Mugler, Valentino, Hermes, Karl Lagerfeld, Balmain, Sonia Rykiel, Claude Montana, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and too many more to mention. An internally most handsome example of the unnumbered deluxe edition in silver gilt-debossed cloth issued without dust jacket BOLDLY SIGNED "Helmut Newton" in violet ink on the rear colophon, as issued, bearing a minor indentation across the spine along with a thin liquid stain along a small portion of the top edge of the front cover. Its matching slipcase shows some light soiling and discoloration along the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-937950-13-0 Inventory Number: 022568

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut & Philippe Garner. New York: Stonehill Publishing Company, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 128pp, 55 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by Bea Feitler. Published in 1976, "White Women" was the very first survey in book form of Helmut Newton's decadence-laden images originally primarily created as editorial work for French, British and American "Vogue", "Vogue Homme", "Oui", "Playboy", and "Stern". Amongst the immediately recognizable subjects here are Charlotte Rampling, Veruschka Lehndorff, Elsa Peretti, Loulou de la Falaise, Karl Lagerfeld, Paloma Picasso, David Hockney, Annie Duperey, June Newton, and the photographer himself. A bright, most handsome example (cited on page 93 of "From Fair to Fine 2") of the uncommon withdrawn and subsequently retitled 1976 true first American hardbound first edition entitled "Women" - rather than the more familiar "White Women" - additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Helmut Newton" in black ink across the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-88373-053-7 Inventory Number: 024336

(NITTA, KEIICHI). Kosuga, Tomokazu & Keiichi Nitta. Los Angeles: GoBooks & Daniela Diletto, 2008. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (40pp), 33 color and 2 b&w illustrations. Text in English. Limited to five hundred copies, this is the catalogue published in conjunction with Keiichi Nitta's 2008 Milan gallery exhibition entitled "Everyday is Like Sunday". Nitta was Terry Richardson's assistant from 1999 until 2005, then returned to Japan to shoot his own youth-oriented advertising and fashion editorial work. Here he captures street scenes, house pets, self-portraits and a requisite amount of mild nudity. A most handsome numbered copy (#183/500) of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 021633

(NOBLE, TIM + WEBSTER, SUE). Noble, Tim, Sue Webster, Mark Fletcher & Tina Kim. Seoul, SOUTH KOREA: Kukje Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 100pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Herman Lelie and Stefania Bonelli. Text in English and Korean. "Tim Noble and Sue Webster have created a remarkable group of anti-monuments in their eleven-year career, mixing the strategies of modern sculpture and the attitude of punk to make art from anti-art. They sculpt piles of street rubbish, studio debris, and taxidermied animals into astonishing representations of life with "real" shadows of the artists themselves hovering over their accumulations of discarded objects. These abstract forms mysteriously reverse the abstraction into figuration". Published in conjunction with their 2005 Kukje Gallery exhibition "The Joy of Sex", bad boy and girl Noble and Webster have created an artists' book that drolly appropriates fellow Brit Dr. Alex Comfort's best-selling 1972 instruction manual of the same title by substituting their own images rendered in a similar mundane illustrative style as the graphically coupling couple. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least 18 years of age to order this item. 89-955477-4-X Inventory Number: 027422

(OLAF, ERWIN). Olaf, Erwin. Introduction by Theo Van Gogh. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Focus Cahier, 1990. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 24pp, 19 duotone illustrations. Text in Dutch. "Blacks" is the second monographic collection of photographs by the Dutch master of dislocation Erwin Olaf. Somewhere between the baroque mythology of Pierre et Gilles and the physical grotesquery of Joel-Peter Witkin, these seventeen dark (in every sense) portraits are lusciously reproduced here for your voyeuristic pleasure. "Blacks" also features an introduction by the noted Dutch filmmaker and social critic Theo van Gogh, who was assassinated by an Islamic extremist while riding his bicycle to work in Amsterdam in 2004. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 90-72216-51-2 Inventory Number: 023810

(PAGE, BETTY). Essex, Karen & James L. Swanson. Santa Monica, CA: General Publishing Group, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Erotic Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. 288pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography. Compiled with the assistance of the reclusive Ms. Page herself, "Bettie Page: The Life of a Pin-Up Legend" is a lavish visual tribute to legendary late cult model and object of affection. Included are hundreds of photographs (including family snapshots as well as images by Bunny Yeager, Andre De Dienes, Irving Klaw, Art Amsie, Bill Hamilton, 1950s Camera Clubs, etc.), Betty inspired artwork (Eric Stanton, Robert Blue, Olivia De Berardinis, Denis Sire, Dave Stevens, and more), book, magazine, and advertisement reproductions, and contemporary homages by the likes of Todd Oldham, Chantal Thomass, Joey Arias, Debi Mazar, Shalom Harlow, Janice Dickinson, Ellen Von Unwerth, Eva Herzigova, Christy Turlington, and Demi Moore. A most handsome copy of the 1996 hardbound first edition showing a diagonal soft crease through the front flap 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. 1-881649-62-8 Inventory Number: 021892

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Innen, Contemporary Fine Arts Staff. Zurich & Geneva, SWITZERLAND: Nieves & Innen, Contemporary Fine Arts, 2014. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np (28pp), 19 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. This is the Raymond Pettibon catalogue cum artist's book published in the 'zine-like format of his eighties SST works issued in conjunction with a 2014 Swiss gallery exhibition of twenty-one drawings executed between 1982 and 2011. A brand new, most handsome example of exceedingly uncommon 2014 first printing with the black and white covers limited to one hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 027517

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond. Los Angeles: Ooga Booga Publications, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (52pp), profusely illustrated in b&w + color covers. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. "The Major Arteries and the Minor Tributaries" was published utilizing Pettibon's typical 'zine format in 2009 in an unstated edition by the beloved late Chinatown bookstore Ooga Booga, A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 027546

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Josh Bayer. NP: Raymond Pettibon, 2006. First Edition #437/450. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (34pp), 26 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. Limited to four hundred and fifty copies, "As Always and So On" is his 2006 self-published artist book cum 'zine in the time-honored DIY, xeroxed format of his earlier, self-published works. It is populated with images of Raymond, Che Guevara, Batman and Robin, Stalin, Ronald Reagan, Jughead, Nat King Cole, and even the Holy Bible! A brand new, pristine, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force HAND NUMBERED in black ink by the artist on the front cover, 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.Limited to four hundred and fifty copies only, this recent Raymond Pettibon artist's book is in the time-honored DIY, xeroxed format of his earlier, self-published works. It is populated with images of Raymond, Che, Batman and Robin, Stalin, Ronald Reagan, Jughead, Nat King Cole, and even the Holy Bible! A most handsome example HAND NUMBERED 437/450 in red ink by the artist on the front cover and with the artist's chop in the publisher's plastic sleeve, as issued. Inventory Number: 027548

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Josh Bayer (AKA "Sketchy"). NP: Superflux Publications, 2001. First Edition 1/700. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (52pp), 48 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. "Plot Burial" is his 2001 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration with Josh Bayer - aka "Sketchy" - in the time-honored DIY, xeroxed format of his earlier, self-published works that reproduces forty-eight psychologically-charged drawings. A brand new, pristine, guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon Pettibon tour de force limited to seven hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 027547

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Nelson Tarpenny. NP: Superflux Publications, 1992. First Edition #48/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (40pp), 20 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. Limited to one hundred copies, "The Cloud of Unreading" is his 1992 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration with "Master" Nelson Tarpenny that reproduces twenty psychologically-charged drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force (entry number ninety-seven in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "48/100" in blue ink by the artist on the front cover, 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. Inventory Number: 027544

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Nelson Tarpenny. Hermosa Beach, CA: Superflux Publications, 1991. First Edition #91/75. 8vo. Stapled Xeroxed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (28pp), 22 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Famed Huntington Beach resident Raymond Pettibon, renowned for his work with Black Flag and Sonic Youth, has made the transition to international contemporary artworld mainstay, and deservedly so. Entry number eighty-one in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98", this collectible 1991 publication was limited to a mere one hundred copies only. Guaranteed authentic - not a later bootleg, this copy (hand numbered in ink 91 on the front cover) is virtually as bright and clean as the day it was originally printed...er, xeroxed. 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. Inventory Number: 027542

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Nelson Tarpenny. NP: Superflux Publications, 1992. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (36pp), 18 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. Limited to one hundred copies, "One Foot in the Mouth, One Foot on the Shelf" is his 1992 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration with "Master" Nelson Tarpenny that reproduces eighteen psychologically-charged drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force (entry number one hundred and one in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "72/100" in black ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025700

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Nelson Tarpenny. Chicago: The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, 2000. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (232pp), 153 monochrome illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Thinking of You" is Raymond Pettibon's hefty artist book cum catalogue comprised solely of Phallus drawings with text published in conjunction with the renowned artist's 1999 exhibition held at The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. The images are reproduced one to a page - rectos only - with the occasional reproduction on the verso of student papers Mr. Pettibon seemed to be grading as part of teaching duties at Los Angeles Harbor College in the eighties. A bright, most handsome example (entry number one hundred and eight in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978 - 98") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Raymond Pettibon" in black ink on the title page which the artist has then altered by drawing in different faces in the four letters O in the printed title. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-941548-38-4 Inventory Number: 025381

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Josh Bayer (AKA "Sketchy") & Michael Gira. Lawndale & Hermosa Beach, CA, etc. 1978-2015.: SST Publications, Superflux Publications, Galerie Metropol, Illuminati, Galerie Krinzinger, Parkett, Ooga Booga, Nieves & Innen, Contemporary Fine Arts & David Zwirner Books. First Edition. 8vo + 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Books. Very Good. or Better.. np (most circa 28pp), each profusely illustrated in b&w. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. This is a collection of fifty-one primarily early artist's books cum 'zines - mostly self-published between 1978 and 2006 via SST and Superflux Publications - by the esteemed Southern California native, Raymond Pettibon. Listed by title in chronological order of publication preceded in parentheses by their entry number in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98" (the last seven were issued following the bibliography and so have publication dates instead), they are: (01) "Captive Chains", (04) "Freud's Universe", (05) "My Struggle For Life After Death", (06) "A New Wave of Violence", (08) "Tripping Corpse 2: The Hippie Thing", (09) "Capricious Missives", (10) "Tripping Corpse 3", (11) "Virgin Fears", (12) "The Bible, the Bottle, and the Bomb", (13) "Console, Heal, Or Depict", (15) "Kismet's Account", (16) "Lana", (17) "Tripping Corpse Four", (18) "Tripping Corpse 5", (19) "American Lynch Law", (20) "A Can At The Crossroads", (21) "Cars, TV, Rockets, H-Bomb - - You Name It", (22) "The Express Sex Train", (23) "Exterminating The Eagles", (24) "Jane's Book Of Fighting", (25) "Just Happy To Be Working", (26) "Like Death Valley", (28) "New Wavy Gravy", (29) "New Wavy Gravy 2 (As Opposed to Old Wavy Gravy)", (30) "The Observable World", (31) "Pig Cupid", (32) "Selfishness", (33) "Short Teats, Bloody Milk", (35) "Tripping Corpse 6", (37) "Wein, Weib, Und Gesang", (40) "Meat Offerings", (45) "Thin, Thin Cross", (51) "Meandering on a Riff", (81) "12 O'Clock Shadow", (84) "From a Tower", (92) "Sweet Luther", (94) "The Train-Watcher", (96) "Writ", (97) "The Cloud of Unreading", (98) "The Language of Romantic Thought", (100) "On The Scent (Vavoom)", (101) "One Foot in the Mouth, One Foot on the Shelf", (103) "Up The Threshold", (105) "Untitled (Justly Felt and Brilliantly Said - A Project for Parkett No. 47)", (2001) "Plot Burial By: Josh Bayer (AKA Sketchy), Raymond Pettibon", (2001) "'S Not Fake! 'S Real!", (2006) "As Always And So On", (2009) "The Major Arteries and the Minor Tributes", (2014) "Raymond Pettibon: Selected Works 1982 to 2011", (2015) "Raymond Pettibon + Mike Topp: Born On A Train" - SIGNED by both artists, and (2016) "Dzama / Pettibon" - second expanded edition. A most handsome group - all of which are in at least Very Good condition - of these wryly transgressive, seminal publications. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 021812

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Victor Gastelum & Josh Bayer (aka "Sketchy"). Lawndale, CA: SST Publications, 1983. First Edition #166/500. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. 32pp, 28 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. "Limited to five hundred copies (of which some four hundred were destroyed)", "Tripping Corpse 3" is his 1984 SST artist book cum 'zine that reproduces twenty-eight psychologically-charged drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon, early Pettibon tour de force (entry number ten in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "166" in red ink by the artist on the front cover, 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. Inventory Number: 027543

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Victor Gastelum & Josh Bayer (aka "Sketchy"). NP: Superflux Publications, 1992. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (36pp), 18 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. Limited to one hundred copies, "The Language of Romantic Thought" is his 1992 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration that reproduces twenty psychologically-charged drawings. An internaly most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force (entry number ninety-eight in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "18/100" in blue ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued, showing a half-dozen small oily brown droplets mildly staining the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025699

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Victor Gastelum & Josh Bayer (aka "Sketchy"). NP: Superflux Publications, 1992. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (36pp), 18 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. Limited to one hundred copies, "The Language of Romantic Thought" is his 1992 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration that reproduces twenty psychologically-charged drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force (entry number ninety-eight in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "12/100" in blue ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued, showing some mild creasing to the lower foredge corner of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025698