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(AKIYAMA, MAHOKO). Akiyama, Mahoko. Tokyo: Pan-Exotica & Treville Co. Ltd., 2004. First Edition. 12mo. Wrappers in Die Cut Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New.. np, profusely illustrated in duotone plates. Text in English and Japanese. "I have always created dolls in accordance with the dictates of my heart at the time. Then I spend long hours in my room with the dolls I have finished creating or those that are unfinished, and photograph the various doll stories that float up in my imagination... In this manner, for several years, I have shot and collected one photo after another". From renowned Japanese doll maker/photographer Mahoko Akiyama comes this creepy little gem of a book that documents and reveals his very sexually charged creations. The follow-up to his 1991 title "Ange", these shadowy images provide a mysterious and brooding atmosphere that strongly evokes Hans Bellmer (especially in the hand-colored pastel images that pay homage to "La Poupee"), Bernard Faucon, David Hamilton, The Brothers Quay, and Katan Amano. A brand new, pristine example of this gorgeously designed and printed book housed in the publisher's printed, die-cut slipcase, bound with a baby blue ribbon, as issued. 4-309-90568-4 Inventory Number: 016121

(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi, Ettore Sottsass, Tetsuo Ishida, Junichi Shioda, Jakucho Setouchi, Ua & Issey Miyake. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo & Asahi Shimbun, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Seichi Suzuki Design Office. With a biography, exhibition history, and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1999 Tokyo Museum exhibition, this excellent survey of Nobuyoshi Araki's eroticized lifestyle includes an interview with the photographer as well as texts by the likes of Ettore Sottsass, Tetsuo Ishida, Junichi Shioda, Jakucho Setouchi, and Issey Miyake. A most handsome example (entry number 254 of the Complete List of Nobuyoshi Araki Publications, 1979-2012 in the Izu Photo Museum's "Ararchy Photobook Mania"). Inventory Number: 022754

(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi & Jerome Sans. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2002. First Edition 1/2500 Deluxe. Elephant Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 636pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Text in English, German and French. With a biography and bibliography. "Known best for his intimate, snapshot-style images of women often tied up with ropes and of colorful, sensual flowers, Araki is an artist who reacts strongly to his emotions and uses photography to experience them more fully. Obsessed with women, Araki seeks to come closer to them through photography, using ropes like an embrace and the click of the shutter like a kiss. His work is at once shocking and mysteriously tender". Limited to two-thousand, five hundred copies worldwide, this massive volume (the first of Taschen's XXXL series) pares down decades of Nobuyoshi Araki's oeuvre into a thousand or so images that tell the story of the renowned Japanese photographer and comprise the ultimate retrospective collection of his work. A brand new, pristine example NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED by Araki in black ink on the title page housed in a clamshell box still sealed in the publisher's printed shipping box, as issued. 3-8228-1292-7 Inventory Number: 014522

(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi, Osamu Wataya, Toshio Shiratani & Takayuki Ishii. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 1999. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published as the tenth installment of Nobuhiko Kitamura's "Hysteric" monographs, this massive, beautifully printed Nobuyoshi Araki book surveys in black and white the architecture, facades, and modes of transportation of a densely populated urban Japanese neighborhood. A bright white, most handsome example (entry number 255 of the Complete List of Nobuyoshi Araki Publications, 1979-2012 in the Izu Photo Museum's "Ararchy Photobook Mania"). Inventory Number: 023971

(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi, Osamu Wataya, Toshio Shiratani & Takayuki Ishii. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 1999. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good -.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Published as the tenth installment of Nobuhiko Kitamura's "Hysteric" monographs, this massive, beautifully printed Nobuyoshi Araki book surveys in black and white the architecture, facades, and modes of transportation of a densely populated urban Japanese neighborhood. A bright white, handsome example (entry number 255 of the Complete List of Nobuyoshi Araki Publications, 1979-2012 in the Izu Photo Museum's "Ararchy Photobook Mania") showing a slight crimp through a portion of the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022265

(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi, Seiko Tanabe & Akihito Yasumi. Tokyo: Heibonsha Co., 1996. Later Printing. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 200pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Seiichi Suzuki Design Office. This third volume (of twenty) of "The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki" is subtitled "Yoko", and focuses on the iconic Japanese photographer's images of his late wife. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1996 printing of this uncommon item (entry number 163 of the Complete List of Nobuyoshi Araki Publications, 1979-2012 in the Izu Photo Museum's "Ararchy Photobook Mania") issued less than a month after the original. 4-582-66403-2 Inventory Number: 024450

(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi, Seiko Tanabe & Akihito Yasumi. Tokyo: Heibonsha Co., 1996. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 190pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in Japanese. Designed by Seiichi Suzuki Design Office. This fifth volume (of twenty) of "The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki" is subtitled "Chrysalis", and focuses on the iconic Japanese photographer's provocative portraits of pre-pubescent Japanese models in varying poses, and states of dress. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1996 first printing (entry number 167 of the Complete List of Nobuyoshi Araki Publications, 1979-2012 in the Izu Photo Museum's "Ararchy Photobook Mania"). PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 4-582-66405-9 Inventory Number: 023202

(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi, Seiko Tanabe & Akihito Yasumi. Tokyo. 1996 (2001).: Heibonsha Co.. Later Printing. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 190pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in Japanese. Designed by Seiichi Suzuki Design Office. This fifth volume (of twenty) of "The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki" is subtitled "Chrysalis", and focuses on the iconic Japanese photographer's provocative portraits of pre-pubescent Japanese models in varying poses, and states of dress. A brand new, most handsome example of a 2001 later printing of this uncommon item (entry number 167 of the Complete List of Nobuyoshi Araki Publications, 1979-2012 in the Izu Photo Museum's "Ararchy Photobook Mania"). PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 4-582-66405-9 Inventory Number: 022899

(ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Bauret, Gabriel, Kohtaro Iizawa & Nobuyoshi Araki. Paris: Contrejour (Photographes Contemporains) & Fondation Cartier Pour L'art Contemporaine, 1995. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French. With a bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1995 Fondation Cartier Pour L'art Contemporaine exhibition, this catalogue reproduces Nobuyoshi Araki's eroticized black and white "Journal Intime" series of 1994 along with an a brief essay by Gabriel Bauret and an interview with the photographer by Kohtaro Iizawa. An otherwise most handsome example (entry number 142 of the Complete List of Nobuyoshi Araki Publications, 1979-2012 in the Izu Photo Museum's "Ararchy Photobook Mania") showing a slight diagonal soft crease through the textblock at the heel of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. 2-85949-181-3 Inventory Number: 020813

(DEJA-VU). Iizawa, Kohtaro, Editor-In-Chief. Tokyo: Photo-planete Co., Ltd., 1990. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Periodical. Very Good -.. 148pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese, with a few English captions and translated letter from the Editor. This is the second installment (of twenty published) of the beautifully produced Japanese photographic quarterly "Deja-Vu". Devoted to the theme of Fashion Photography, this issue features the work of Irving Penn, Thierry Mugler, Jan Saudek, Alastair Thain, Yoshiko Ueda, Michiko Kon, Kaoru Ijima, Kazumi Kurigami, Akihide Tamura, and many others. Much more book than magazine, it's elegantly appointed with four fold-out pages with full bleed pictures. An otherwise most handsome example showing some canine teeth marks that have punctured the publisher's obi and cover at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 4-309-90322-3 Inventory Number: 001501

(DEJA-VU) (PARR, MARTIN). Iizawa, Kohtaro, Editor-in-chief. Tokyo: Photo-planete Co., Ltd., 1994. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Periodical. Near Fine.. 180pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in Japanese and English. This is the sixth installment (of twenty published) of the beautifully produced Japanese photographic quarterly "Deja-Vu". The issue is devoted to documentary photography, and contains portfolios by Seiji Kurata, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Martin Parr, Gen Yamaguchi, Hiromi Nagakura, and Kohtaro Iizawa. Much more book than magazine, it's elegantly appointed with many full bleed pictures. A handsome example showing some light overall wear and handling to the covers. 4-309-903-37-1 Inventory Number: 008301

(GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE) (WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD). Tanigawa, Masami. Edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa. Tokyo. 1972 (1979).: A.D.A. Edita / Global Architecture. Later Printing. Folio. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Architecture Monograph. Very Good.. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This fifteenth installment in Global Architecture's (GA) series of monographs of the world's most significant examples of modern architecture is devoted exclusively to Frank Lloyd Wright's studios - Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and the later Taliesin West in Paradise Valley, Arizona. It features a text by Masami Tanigawa, and as is typical with all of these GA titles, Yukio Futagawa's images are uncluttered and illuminating. A most presentable example of the 1979 printing showing a patch of adhesive ghosting and white-out tape at the upper foredge corner of the front free endpaper. It has been priced accordingly. 4-87140-015-8 Inventory Number: 024296

(GLOBAL INTERIOR) (WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD). Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Edited and Photographed by Yukio Futagawa. Tokyo. 1976 (1980).: A.D.A. Edita / Global Architecture. Later Printing. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Architecture Monograph. Fine.. 184pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This is the second of two beautifully produced volumes in the Global Interior series detailing the interiors and furnishings of twenty-six completed projects by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was the first major photographic documentation of this aspect of architect and designer's work; and as is typical with GA books, Yukio Futagawa's images are uncluttered and illuminating. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 024294

(HATAKEYAMA, NAOYA). Hatakeyama, Naoya. Tokyo. 1996 (2008).: Seigensha Art Publishing, Inc.. Third Edition (First Edition Thus). 4to. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 120pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese and English. "Lime Works" is Naoya Hatakeyama's hauntingly gorgeous photographic survey of the effects on the landscape left by the quarrying and refining of the Japanese limestone industry. A brand new, pristine example of the hardbound first edition of the 2008 Seigensha reprint of the 1996 Synergy, Inc. edition in the publisher's obi, as issued. 4-86152-124-6 Inventory Number: 020712

(HATAKEYAMA, NAOYA) (ITO, TOYO). Hatakeyama, Naoya & Toyo Ito. Tokyo: Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha Co., Ltd., 2001. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese and English. "Under Construction" is Naoya Hatakeyama's elegant photographic record of Toyo Ito's "Sendai Mediatheque" project. Featuring brief texts by Hatakeyama and Ito, it documents in stunning full-page color images the elaborate construction of the noted Japanese architect's signature building. A bright, most handsome example in the publisher's printed vellum obi, as issued. 4-87460-716-0 Inventory Number: 023834

(HIRANO, TARO). Hirano, Taro. NP (Zurich, SWITZERLAND): Nieves, 2006. First Edition 1/200. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (12pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. "Going Over" is the slender, twelve page Nieves publication of Tokyo based skater and photographer Taro Hirano's images of urban Japanese walls that have been painted over in order to mask graffiti. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item - Hirano's second book limited to two hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 020427

(HIROMIX). Hiromix. Shin Furukawa & Naoko Saito, Editors. Tokyo: Rockin' On Inc., 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Decorative Cloth. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (approximately 300pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese and English. This massive, stylish hardbound tome is the most comprehensive book yet to appear yet on the youthful female heir-apparent to Nobuyoshi Araki - Hiromix! A most handsome example of the first edition in the publisher's obi, as issued. 4-947599-79-0 Inventory Number: 010907

(HOMMA, TAKASHI). Homma, Takashi. NP (Zurich, SWITZERLAND): Nieves, 2006. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in color + color covers. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Tokyo and My Daughter" is the slender, charming 2006 book of photographs by Takashi Homma of his daughter, apartment, and Tokyo environs. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe edition limited to fifty numbered copies BOLDLY SIGNED WITH A SMALL DRAWING OF THE SUN by Takashi Homma in silver marker on the rear cover with a 6 x 8 ¾" SIGNED AND NUMBERED color photograph of an interior image that does not appear in the book laid in, as issued. 3-905714-10-8 Inventory Number: 020115

(ISHIUCHI, MIYAKO). Ishiuchi, Miyako. Tokyo: Sokyu-sha, 2002. First Edition. Small 8vo. Gilt-Stamped Boards, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 56pp, 40 b&w and 8 color illustrations. Text in Japanese and English. With a biography. "Mother's" is noted Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi's poignant reflection on her complex relationship with her mother. In it, images of intimate personal objects such as half-used lipsticks and lingerie left behind following her passing in 2000 are interspersed with Ishiuchi's riveting extreme close ups of patches of her mother's severely burned skin. "What I have now are only the things my mother left behind for me. I bring them out into the light one by one, to seal their image onto photograph, as a farewell to her". A brand new, pristine example of the 2002 Sokyu-sha first edition of this uncommon item (cited on page 320 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") in the publisher's unprinted, die-cut cardboard slipcase, as issued. 03-3358-3974 Inventory Number: 024370

(ISHIUCHI, MIYAKO). Ishiuchi, Miyako. Tokyo: Shinchosha Co. Ltd & Photo Musee, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Japanese and English. With an exhibition history and bibliography. In this, her ninth book, the noted Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi presents graphic yet sensuous black and white close up images of nipples, buttocks, hands, body hair, etc. of Japanese and Caucasian men - including fellow photographers-turned-models here Kineo Kuwabara, Suehiro Tanemura, Masahisa Fukase, and Hajime Sawatari. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item in the publisher's printed obi. 4-10-602416-0 Inventory Number: 016375

(KAWADA, KIKUJI). Kawada, Kikuji. Tucson, AZ & Tokyo: Nazraeli Press & Getsuyosha Ltd., 2005. First Edition Thus 1/500. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Japanese and English. With a chronology. "Originally published on August 6, 1965 - the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima - Kikuji Kawada's "The Map (Chizu)" is a true icon in the history of photographic publishing. Its status as the "ultimate photobook-as-object", coupled with its scarcity, combined to make it one of the most famous and sought-after photographic publications in existence. "The Map" combines powerful graphic design with a masterful photographic narrative exploring recent Japanese history - its imperialist past, western-influenced popular culture, and brutally violent clash with the United States. The photographs, many visible only with the opening of the multiple double-page gatefolds, capture on high-contrast film scenes of places and objects seared with the memory of horrific wartime events, from the atomic-bomb dome in Hiroshima to a trampled Japanese flag. Nazraeli Press in association with Getsuyosha Ltd. is proud to announce a facsimile reprint of this historic book. This edition is limited to only five hundred copies for distribution in the United States and Europe. Each copy is hand-numbered and signed by the artist, who also oversaw production of the project". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2005 Nazraeli Press edition (whose 1965 Bijutsu Shuppan-sha first edition is cited on pages 286-287 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 212-213 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", pages 86-93 of Ryuichi Kaneko and Ivan Vartanian's "Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s"), and as entry 282 in Manfred Heiting and Ryuichi Kaneko's "The Japanese Photobook 1912-1990") NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Kikuji Kawada still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-59005-123-8 Inventory Number: 024613

(KAWAUCHI, RINKO). Kawauchi, Rinko. Tokyo. 2001 (2004): Little More. Later Printing. 8vo. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese. Published in 2001 by Masakazu Takei's Little More, "Utatane" is Rinko Kawauchi's first book of serene color photography of everyday objects. A brand new, most handsome example with the publisher's obi of the 2004 printing (whose 2001 first edition is cited on pages 316-317 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Rinko Kawauchi" in Japanese in black ink on the title page at our shop. 4-89815-052-7 Inventory Number: 024827

(KON, MICHIKO). Iizawa, Kohtaro & Peter C. Bunnell. Tucson, AZ & Tokyo: Nazraeli Press & Photo Gallery International, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Square 12mo. Loose Plates in Plexiglas Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28 + 4pp), 41 individual 6 x 6" cardstock sheets printed offset, housed in a clear Plexiglas box with a sliding lid. Text in English and Japanese. "Michiko Kon is a contemporary Japanese artist of startling originality. Her exploration of the photographic still-life, in which perishable materials, raw fish, fowl, vegetables, are combined with familiar, often feminine objects; a schoolgirl's uniform, high-heeled shoes, a pocketbook, trigger our senses of touch, taste and smell through vision and imagination. "Kon Box" presents forty of Kon's most powerful works". A brand new, pristine example of this elegantly designed and produced exhibition catalogue cum object limited to one thousand copies. 3-923922-47-7 Inventory Number: 015444

(MIYAMOTO, RYUJI). Miyamoto, Ryuji & Arata Isozaki. Tokyo. 1988 (1990): Heibonsha Co.. First Edition (Second Printing). 4to. Boards in Acetate Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 122pp, 62 duotone illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the second book of Japanese photographer Ryuji Miyamoto's dark, brooding images of crumbling and decaying buildings around the world. It contains an essay by noted architect Arata Isozaki, followed by images of theatres, power plants, World War II flak towers, prisons, and of course several pictures of Kowloon's Walled City. A most handsome example of the 1990 second printing of this uncommon item in the publisher's clear vinyl dust jacket and printed obi showing some sunning at the spine. It has been priced accordingly. 4-582-54411-8 Inventory Number: 011859

(MORIMURA, YASUMASA). Morimura, Yasumasa. Santa Monica, CA: Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1995. First Edition. Artists' Multiple. Fine.. "Each year the Norton Family commissions an original artwork as a greeting for the holiday season. This year's is by Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura. Morimura-san photographs himself in re-creations of important Western cultural images. His work explores the issues of meaning, identity, authenticity, and viewpoint: issues that have become key themes in contemporary cultural dialogue". For 1995's Christmas Project, Morimura contributed "Ambiguous Beauty" - the artist/photographer's rather unsettling, gender bending self-portrait as Marilyn Monroe (in Tom Kelley's iconic 1949 full-length nude against a red background) photomechanically reproduced on the face of an inexpensive Japanese hand-held folding fan. The fan is housed in a paper sleeve inside a silkscreened wooden case. A most handsome example of this charming object issued hors commerce in 1995, and never commercially available for sale. Inventory Number: 022649

(MORIYAMA, DAIDO). Moriyama, Daido. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 192pp, 73 b&w illustrations. Text in English. "Daido Moriyama is without question one of Japan's most important contemporary photographers and it is not surprising that this memoir, first published as a series of essays in Asahi Camera twenty-one years ago, is regarded as a classic in photographic literature. In "Memories of a Dog", Moriyama approaches photography through language, and it is difficult to say which is the more evocative medium. His vividly expressive prose is in perfect harmony with the grainy, black and white images that in turn have a poetry all their own. As both reader and viewer one becomes completely absorbed, and photographs that will always be remarkable are given a new, very personal, layer of meaning. This is an eloquent autobiographical account of the artist's progress through life ". A brand new, most handsome example from the deluxe edition limited to fifty copies that includes a SIGNED AND NUMBERED copy of the book housed in a debossed black linen clamshell box along with a SIGNED AND NUMBERED black and white photographic print. 1-59005-067-3 Inventory Number: 023678

(MORIYAMA, DAIDO). Moriyama, Daido. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 192pp, 73 b&w illustrations. Text in English. "Daido Moriyama is without question one of Japan's most important contemporary photographers and it is not surprising that this memoir, first published as a series of essays in Asahi Camera twenty-one years ago, is regarded as a classic in photographic literature. In "Memories of a Dog", Moriyama approaches photography through language, and it is difficult to say which is the more evocative medium. His vividly expressive prose is in perfect harmony with the grainy, black and white images that in turn have a poetry all their own. As both reader and viewer one becomes completely absorbed, and photographs that will always be remarkable are given a new, very personal, layer of meaning. This is an eloquent autobiographical account of the artist's progress through life ". A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe slipcased edition limited to one hundred numbered copies (77/100) BOLDLY SIGNED "Daido Moriyama" in English in black marker on the title page, as issued still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-59005-067-3 Inventory Number: 021395

(MORIYAMA, DAIDO). Moriyama, Daido. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2007. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np (438pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Daido Moriyama's "Hawaii" is beautifully printed in full-bleed velvety blacks with the exception of a single paragraph of publishing details is entirely devoid of text. It is the noted Japanese photographer's cultural survey of interesting minutiae of the Hawaiian Islands circa 2004. A brand new, pristine example of the first and only Nazraeli Press edition limited to five hundred numbered copies each BOLDLY SIGNED "Daido Moriyama" in black marker on the front free endpaper, as issued. 1-59005-211-0 Inventory Number: 015937

(NAKANO, MASATAKA). Nakano, Masataka. Tokyo. 2000 (2006).: Little More Co. Ltd.. Later Printing. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np, 72 color illustrations. Text in English. Published by Little More in 2000, "Tokyo Nobody" is noted Japanese photographer Masataka Nakano's extraordinary book of street views of an eerie, completely depopulated urban Tokyo. A brand new, pristine example of the 2006 printing in obi in the publisher's obi and shrinkwrap. 4-89815-031-4 Inventory Number: 023070

(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. Inventory Number: 024430

(NARA, YOSHITOMO). Nara, Yoshitomo. Tokyo: Little More Co. Ltd., 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. np (ca. 180pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Makoto Yamamoto. This is a visually engaging photographic journal - sans text - of beloved Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara's travels across his native Japan, and around the world (including his trip to Afghanistan in the wake of September 11th and the American-led bombings there) at the beginning of the 21st Century. A most handsome example in the publisher's obi cum dust jacket, as issued. 4-89815-109-4 Inventory Number: 020911

(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

(RICHARDSON). Richardson, Andrew, Editor in Chief. New York: Beatrix Felix, 2010. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. As New.. 160pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Studio 191. This fourth installment of Andrew Richardson's irregularly published deluxe, artist-informed porn magazine features cover girl/actress Sasha Grey in a detailed interview accompanied by Glen Luchford's photographs. Its contents include contributions by or about Riot Grrrls, Kira Joliffe, Bunny Yeager, Carolee Schneeman, Valie Export, Gunter Rambow, V. Vale, Annie Sprinkle, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, GB Jones, Carolin Kust and Sunje Todt, Anna Dubosc, Kotaro Iizawa (on Yakuza Porn), and more. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Inventory Number: 025202

(SANDER, AUGUST) (FURUYA, SEIICHI) (DEJA-VU). Sawada, Yoko, Editor-In-Chief. Tokyo: Photo-planete Co., Ltd., 1994. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Periodical. Near Fine.. 121pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese and English. This is the seventeenth installment (of twenty published) of the beautifully produced Japanese photographic quarterly "Deja-Vu". The issue is devoted to two lengthy portfolios of portraiture by August Sander and Seiichi Furuya, as well as work by Hajime Sawatari and Tsuguya Inoue. Much more book than magazine, it's elegantly appointed with many full bleed pictures. A handsome example showing a tiny bit of wear and handling to the covers. 4-309-903-37-1 Inventory Number: 001502

(SAWATARI, HAJIME). Sawatari, Hajime. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2004. First Edition 1/600. 4to. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (88pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Koichi Hara. This is the tenth installment in the estimably hip Japanese fashion/style purveyor Hysteric Glamour's series of beautifully produced limited edition photography monographs. It is an erotic tale of a gorgeous lass and her love for a certain octopus - sucker marks and all - captured by the creator of the truly twisted 1974 photographically illustrated retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", Hajime Sawatari. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to six hundred numbered copies (348/600) additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Sawatari" in pencil on the title page in the publisher's unprinted clear acetate dustwrapper, as issued. Inventory Number: 023000

(SAWATARI, HAJIME). Sawatari, Hajime. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2000. First Edition. Folio. Printed Metallic Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good +.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Hajime Sawatari's "A Girl" is another of the estimably hip Japanese fashion/style purveyor Hysteric Glamour's series of beautifully produced limited edition photography monographs. It is an oversized, erotically obsessive compendium of hundreds of full page black and white images, many nude, of a single Japanese lass taken by the creator of the truly twisted 1974 photographically illustrated retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". A shiny, most presentable example of this uncommon item BOLDLY SIGNED "SAWATARI" in black marker on the title page showing a dent through the textblock at the heel of the spine as well as a soft crease to the front cover and a slight curl to the pages at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 020807

(SAWATARI, HAJIME). Sawatari, Hajime. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2000. First Edition. Folio. Printed Metallic Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Hajime Sawatari's "A Girl" is another of the estimably hip Japanese fashion/style purveyor Hysteric Glamour's series of beautifully produced limited edition photography monographs. It is an oversized, erotically obsessive compendium of hundreds of full page black and white images, many nude, of a single Japanese lass taken by the creator of the truly twisted 1974 photographically illustrated retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". A shiny, presentable example only of this uncommon item BOLDLY SIGNED by Hajime Sawatari in kanji in black marker on the title page showing dents and soft creases at each of the four corners of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 020806

(SHINOYAMA, KISHIN). Shinoyama, Kishin. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 1978. First Edition. Small Folio. Gilt-Stamped Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 132 color illustrations. Text in Japanese. This exceedingly beautifully produced book is devoted solely to Kishin Shinoyama's dramatic color photographs of renowned Kabuki and film actor Bando Tomasaburo. The most celebrated Post-War Japanese practitioner of Onnagata - the specialty of male performers portraying female roles onstage - it is the first, and most lavish of Tomasaburo's several collaborations with the photographer. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon 1978 first hardbound edition of the gilt-stamped, black silk-over-boards book issued without jacket additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION in English "Mr. Henry Hopkins / Kishin Shinoyama 7.14.86" in heavy silver marker on the blank leaf facing the title page in the publisher's pictorial slipcase. The inscription is to the noted late museum director, art historian and gallerist Henry T. Hopkins, from whom we acquired this directly. Inventory Number: 024755

(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Brougher, Kerry. Los Angeles & New York. 1993 (1999).: The Museum of Contemporary Art & Fotofolio. First Edition Thus. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, 30 b&w illustrations. Originally published in conjunction with a 1993 Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles exhibition, this lovely catalogue reproduces thirty of renowned Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto's moody seascapes. A brand new, pristine example of the hardbound 1999 Fotofolio edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-881270-36-X Inventory Number: 023312

(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Sugimoto, Hiroshi & Kozo Fujimoto. Tokyo: Rikuyosha Co. Ltd., 2004. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 168pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Rie Shimoda. With a biography and exhibition history. This is the exquisite hardbound catalogue produced as the documentation of a 2003 Hiroshi Sugimoto exhibition entitled "L'Histoire de L'Histoire". For it, the renowned photographer selected objects and sites of Japanese cultural and historical importance, photographed them, and then installed these images along with older works (the dioramas, seascapes and portraits) in a Tokyo gallery curated by the luxury goods concern Hermes. The resulting work is unlike any of Sugimoto's previous books, and hauntingly beautiful. A brand new, most handsome example. 4-89737-498-7 Inventory Number: 019731