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(STRUTH, THOMAS). Struth, Thomas, Stefan Gronert, Rupert Pfab & Christoph Schreier. Koln, GERMANY: Wienand Verlag, 1995. First Edition. Large 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 152pp, 10 color, 15 b&w and 68 duotone illustrations. Text in German. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. Published on the occasion of a 1995 Kunstmuseum Bonn retrospective, this is a substantial volume devoted to renowned German photographer Thomas Struth's urban landscapes. A pristine example. 3-87909-441-1 Inventory Number: 015095

(SUGARMAN, MARTIN). Sugarman, Martin. Malibu, CA: Sugarman Productions, 1994. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. During the 1990s, Los Angeles-based photojournalist Martin Sugarman spent much time photographing, then self-publishing several moving books dealing with global centers of political unrest and war - many of which are still very much in the news today. No longer in distribution, this title deals with daily life in Kashmir amidst the warfare and strife on the frontlines of the idealogical battle between India and Pakistan, Hinduism and Islam. A most handsome example. 1-883071-01-1 Inventory Number: 001541

(SUGARMAN, MARTIN). Sugarman, Martin. Malibu, CA: Sugarman Productions, 1995. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. During the 1990s, Los Angeles-based photojournalist Martin Sugarman spent much time photographing, then self-publishing several moving books dealing with global centers of political unrest and war - many of which are still very much in the news today. No longer in distribution, this title deals with the aftermath of Castro's revolution, and the daily life of poor and working-class Cubans throughout the island. A most handsome example. 1-883071-02-X Inventory Number: 001539

(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

(SUMMA, ANN). Summa, Ann, Kristine McKenna & Exene Cervenka. NP: Foggy Notion Books, 2010. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild at Green Dragon Office. "When photographer Ann Summa arrived in Los Angeles in 1978, the city’s punk scene was still fresh, diverse, smart, utterly original, and fertile territory for a young photographer". Any of you even remotely conversant with Los Angeles punk scene of the late seventies and early eighties should remember Ann Summa’s striking photographs that appeared regularly in the late, great Slash magazine. Now some thirty years later, Foggy Notion Books has just produced "The Beautiful & the Damned: Punk Photographs by Ann Summa" - a lovely hardbound volume filled with these vintage gritty and endearing images; many collected here in book form for the first time! Edited and with an introduction by Kristine McKenna, it features iconic portraits of everyone from local heroes X, Gun Club, The Screamers, The Germs, Johanna Went, and The Kipper Kids to Television, Talking Heads, The Cramps, R.E.M., The Clash, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Captain Beefheart, and many, many more. A brand new, most handome example. 1-935202-27-8 Inventory Number: 027634

(SUZUKI, RISAKU). Suzuki, Risaku. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2003. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (44pp), 20 color illustrations. Text in English. This is the eighth installment in the estimably hip Japanese fashion/style purveyor Hysteric Glamour's series of beautifully produced limited edition photography monographs. Preceding "Yuki Sakura" by five years, it features Risaku Suzuki's vibrant gatefold images of blossoming Japanese Cherry trees captured against impossibly blue skies. A brand new, pristine NUMBERED (150/500) example of the first and only edition limited to five hundred copies. Inventory Number: 025534

(SUZUKI, RISAKU). Suzuki, Risaku & Hideki Maeda. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2004. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (80pp), 43 color illustrations. With a biography and exhibition history. "Featured in over fifty paintings by Cezanne, the Mont Sainte Victoire in Southern France is familiar even to those who have never been there. A century later, photographer Risaku Suzuki has followed in the great artist’s footsteps, using a quite different medium to depict the landscape on the way". A brand new pristine example of this lovely Nazraeli Press title limited to one thousand copies only still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-59005-085-1 Inventory Number: 023317

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Tokyo, JAPAN: Super Labo, 2021. First Edition 1/1000. 9 1/2 x8", 4to. 64 pages. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.

“City Confessions #2 London is a mostly recent study on the city of London. Although some photos in this book go back over 20 years, the majority were taken over the past decade on numerous trips. Since the mid 1990’s, once or twice a year I find myself in London for a few days or weeks at a time and end up on long walks shooting photos with my Leica. The pictures in this book were chosen to highlight a particular shade of London I have always found interesting, Moments of weariness, furtive glances and subtle gestures within a densely populated city center as the swarms of people perform the ceremony of getting through another day.” 978-4908512995 Inventory Number: I00210629

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. NP (Huntington Beach, CA): Genetic Bomb Press, 2016. First Edition #15/200. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monographs. As New.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w + color covers. "Disneyland" is Ed Templeton's 2016 artist book cum 'zine that contrasts a selection of twenty years worth of the renowned skateboarder turned artist's photographs of the happiest place on earth with obituaries for the nine guests that met their demise on rides there between 1955 and 2003. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon little publication limited to two hundred NUMBERED (15/200) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by Ed Templeton in ink on the rear cover. Inventory Number: 027646

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Huntington Beach, CA: Ed Templeton, 2015. 15 ¾ x 12 ½", Small Folio. Original Drawing in a Frame. Original Pencil Drawing on Paper. As New.. One 12 x 9 ¼" pencil drawing signed and dated on the verso in a 15 ¾ x 12 ½" wood frame with a glass face. A pioneer and legend of the skateboarding world, Mr. Templeton is not only the force behind Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company, but a world renowned photographer and artist with gallery and museum shows the world over. This is an ORIGINAL DRAWING in pencil on Arches paper entitled "Untitled (Woman Smokes From Behind)" SIGNED AND DATED "Ed Templeton / 2015" in pencil on the verso that was exhibited in his 2015 Roberts and Tilton Gallery exhibition entitled "Synthetic Suburbia." This was acquired by Arcana directly from Mr. Temlpeton, and is a near-identical variant of an similarly-titled work on paper reproduced in The Tempster's 2024 Tim Van Laere exhibition catalogue, "The Sprawl." 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: 027391

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Sittard, THE NETHERLANDS. 2001 (2006).: Museum Het Domein. Second Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 36pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Ed Templeton. "A fixture of Los Angeles' skateboarding scene, Ed Templeton has been producing photographs and paintings documenting his life, tours, and encounters in the skateboarding world for ten years". Published in conjunction with a 2001 Dutch Museum show, this is a slender yet elegant artist's book cum exhibition catalogue that once again casts a keen eye on contemporary culture, skateboarding, youth, and sexuality. A brand new, most handsome example of the very limited 2006 reprint edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Templeton" in black ink on the title page. 90-75883-37-4 Inventory Number: 027271

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. NP (London): Morel Books, 2010. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (24pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Ed Templeton. "Entirely designed and edited by Ed Templeton, "Drinking The Kool-Aid" brings together a selection of his work in which the viewer engages with the booklet via numerous fold-outs, posters, and trimmed pages. Templeton has essentially materialized his own flexibility and agility of mediums through the book format, creating an exceptionally original piece of work!" A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies in the publisher's printed wraparound band additionally SIGNED "Ed Templeton" in black marker on the rear colophon. 1-907071-20-2 Inventory Number: 027265

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Paris: Editions Bessard, 2015. First Edition 1/1000. Tall 8vo. Cloth in Gilt-Stamped Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Ed Templeton. According to Ed Templeton, "Twenty-six miles across the Pacific Ocean from the tangled mess of humanity that is Los Angeles and Orange County sits an island paradise called Santa Catalina where time has stood still and visitors can experience what California was like before the Europeans sailed in. "Adventures in the Nearby Far Away" is a photographic diary of my many visits to the island over the years, a place I have been visiting since I was a boy, and been documenting photographically since the late nineties. All photos are shot on film". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2015 first - and only - edition of this now unavailable ambitiously designed and bound twenty-seven foot long accordion-fold beauty limited to one thousand copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Templeton" in black ink. 979-1091406406 Inventory Number: 027260

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore & Alleged Press, 2008. First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. 168pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Ed Templeton. A pioneer and legend of the skateboarding world, Mr. Templeton is not only the force behind Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company, but a world renowned photographer and artist with gallery and museum shows the world over. Nearly a decade in the making, "Deformer" (titled after Mike Mills' 2000 documentary short film of the same name featuring Ed and his wife Deanna) is a harrowing and exhilarating autobiographical piece de resistance that combines the artist's photographs, drawings, paintings, and texts in all manner of permutations thereof. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe edition limited to two hundred copies with an original SIGNED AND DATED color photograph by Ed Templeton laid in housed in the publisher's printed chipboard slipcase, as issued. 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. 88-6208-060-3 Inventory Number: 018867

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed & Stijn Huijts. Davenport, CA: Um Yeah Arts, 2014. First Edition 1/3500. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monographs. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 156pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Ed Templeton. "Wayward Cognitions" is a collection of photographs by Ed Templeton chosen from his archives spanning twenty years. Templeton selected for this volume photographs that do not fit into his usual manner of organizing by theme or subject. In past publications he has arranged his work in straightforward groupings such as Teenage Kissers, Teenage Smokers, or photographs shot from a moving. Wayward Cognitions represents the in-between moments that arise when shooting in the streets without theme or subject. "It's about looking, people watching, finding pleasure in the visual vignettes we glimpse each day," says Templeton. When those moments are removed from the context in which they were shot, dynamic stories can be told or imagined in book form. The photographs here were printed by Templeton in his darkroom; he then created the layout and design himself, building the book from scratch in his home studio". A brand new, most handsome example of the unavailable 2014 first trade edition in grey boards of this awesome survey published by Thomas Campbell's Um Yeah Arts additionally bearing a full page Tempster "Head" DRAWING BOLDLY SIGNED in black ink on the recto of the rear flyleaf. 0-9853611-2-3 Inventory Number: 027605

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. With a Brief Text by Aurelie Voltz, and an Interview by Jerome Sans. Rome, ITALY: Drago Arts & Communications, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 103pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French and English. Designed by Ed Templeton. "A fixture of Los Angeles' skateboarding scene, Ed Templeton has been producing photographs and paintings documenting his life, tours, and encounters in the skateboarding world for ten years". A hefty artist's book cum exhibition catalogue from the man that brought us "Teenage Smokers", this was published in conjunction with the retrospective "Ed Templeton - The Essential Disturbance" at Paris' Palais de Tokyo. "The Age of Neglect" is a colorful, tour-de-force examination of skateboard culture, wayward youth, and teenage sexuality. With echoes of Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, this is one of the coolest, grittiest photo-essays we've seen in recent years. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon 2002 first Drago printing additionally SIGNED "Ed Templeton" WITH A PROFILE DRAWING in black ink on the front free endpaper. 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. 88-88493-02-6 Inventory Number: 026905

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. With a Brief Text by Aurelie Voltz, and an Interview by Jerome Sans. New York: Alleged Press, 1999. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (32pp), 30 color and 3 b&w illustrations. "A fixture of Los Angeles' skateboarding scene, Ed Templeton has been producing photographs and paintings documenting his life, tours, and encounters in the skateboarding world for ten years". This charming artist's book (published in conjunction with a 1999 New York exhibition) by local Skate legend Ed Templeton is filled with Teenage Smokers, and nothing but... See transgressive youth on parade from Huntington Beach, California to Turku, Finland! A brand new, most handsome example of this contemporary classic (cited on page 94 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Templeton" in black marker on the inside front cover. 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: 026593

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario. Introduction by Michael Roberts. Foreword by Nicole Kidman.. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2007. First Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. Folio. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. As New./As New.. 306pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "As one of the 21st Century's most traveled, acclaimed, and influential fashion photographers, Mario Testino has unsurpassed access to the most magnetic stars of popular culture. For some time now he has been collecting a personal archive of off-screen moments, often snatched spontaneously before, during, and after more official sittings for "Vanity Fair", "Vogue", and Testino's many clients in the world of fashion. The result is a portrait not just of a generation of the most wanted and talked-about, but an invitation to be part of the backstage parties and unstaged moments of Testino's life. Sometimes offbeat, but always on the pulse, "Let Me In!", with Testino's eye for a modern kind of elegance liberated from conventional polish, is a new chapter from the photographer who has already made his mark with the books "Any Objections", "Front Row Backstage", "Alive", "Portraits", "Kids", "Diana Princess of Wales", and numerous exhibitions and publications worldwide". This massive tome is one of the most lavish glances behind the veil of celebrity yet published. A brand new, unopened example of the 2007 Taschen first edition limited to one thousand copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Mario Testino still shrinkwrapped in the publisher's Plexiglas slipcase and printed shipping carton, as issued. 3-8228-4416-0 Inventory Number: 026612

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario & Jochen Siemens. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Spezial Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2000. First Edition 1/10000. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Art Directed by Dirk Linke. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this twentieth installment devoted to the glamorous fashion and celebrity work of Mario Testino was no exception. A handsome example showing a bit of overall wear and handling to the wrappers. It has been priced accordingly. 3-570-19252-0 Inventory Number: 020695

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario & Jochen Siemens. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Spezial Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2000. First Edition 1/10000. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Art Directed by Dirk Linke. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this twentieth installment devoted to the glamorous fashion and celebrity work of Mario Testino was no exception. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-570-19252-0 Inventory Number: 017489

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario & Julia Peyton-Jones. London: Timothy Taylor Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Small 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (40pp), 9 color and 6 b&w illustrations. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. Published in conjunction with a 2003 London gallery exhibition, this elegantly designed hardbound catalogue presents a recent body of work by acclaimed photographer Mario Testino that surveys the grandiose pomp and circumstance of the rituals that define the Catholic Church and Catholicism. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9542892-3-4 Inventory Number: 024081

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario, Patrick Kinmonth, Alexandra Shulman & Charles Saumarez Smith. New York: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown & Company, 2002. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Fashion Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (200pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Stephen Gan and Visionaire. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 2002 exhibition of acclaimed fashion photographer Mario Testino's work at London's National Portrait Gallery, this vivid survey reflects all of the fun, glamour, and sensuality of his editorial work. Featured are images of Madonna, Bono, Sofia Coppola, Princess Diana of Wales, Cameron Diaz, Tracey Emin, Tom Ford, The Jaggers (Mick, James, Elizabeth and Jade), Elton John, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Robbie Williams, Catherine Zeta Jones, and supermodel usual suspects Kate Moss, Gisele Bundchen, Naomi Campbell, Esther Canadas, Linda Evangelista, Shalom Harlow, Eva Herzigova, Stella Tennant, Christy Turlington, Amber Valletta, and Alek Wek. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-8212-2761-0 Inventory Number: 027668

(TILLMANS, WOLFGANG) Edited with text by Roxana Marcoci. Text by Quentin Bajac, Yve-Alain Bois, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Clément Chéroux, Durga Chew-Bose, Stuart Comer, Keller Easterling, Paul Flynn, Sophie Hackett, Michelle Kuo, Oluremi C. Onabanjo, Phil Taylor. Chronology by Phil Taylor, Andrew Vielkin. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, I00220827, 2022. 12 x 10 inches, 320 Pages. Hardcover. New.

Encompassing photography, installation, print media, video and more, this publication is the most comprehensive account of Tillmans’ wide-ranging career to date

A visionary creator and intrepid polymath, Wolfgang Tillmans unites formal inventiveness with an ethical orientation that attends to the most pressing issues of life today. While his work transcends the bounds of any single artistic discipline, he is best known for his wide-ranging photographic output. From trenchant documents of social movements to windowsill still lifes, ecstatic images of nightlife to cameraless abstractions, sensitive portraits to architectural studies, astronomical phenomena to intimate nudes, he has explored seemingly every genre of photography imaginable, continually experimenting with how to make new pictures and deepen the viewer’s experience.

Published in conjunction with a major exhibition of Tillmans’ work at the Museum of Modern Art, this copiously illustrated volume surveys four decades of the artist’s career. An outstanding group of writers offer diverse essays addressing key threads of his multifaceted practice, and a new text by Tillmans himself elucidates the distinctive methodology behind his system of presenting photographs. Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear grants readers new insight into the work of an artist who has not only changed the way photography is exhibited but pointed contemporary art in dynamic new directions. 9781633451117 Inventory Number: I00220827

(TILLMANS, WOLFGANG). Tillmans, Wolfgang, Shihoko Iida, Minoro Shimizu & Gil Blank. Tokyo: Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1999 Wolfgang Tillmans retrospective held at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery. It features essays by Shihoko Iida and Minoro Shimizu, an interview with the photographer by Gil Blank, and reproductions of scores of photographs. A brand new, most handsome example. 4-925204-18-1 Inventory Number: 026497

(TMEJ, ZDENEK). Tmej, Zdenek & Alexandra Urbanova. Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Nakladatelstvi Za'Druha, a.s., 1946. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Stiff Wrappers in Jacket. Photography Monograph. Good +./Fair.. np, 45 illustrations in b&w gravure. Designed by Rudolf Sabach. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "ABECEDA Dusevniho Prazdna - "Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness" is noted Czech photographer Zdenek Tmej's 1946 collaboration with writer Alexandra Urbanova reproducing the harrowing images of his experiences as a forced laborer for the Nazis in Breslau, Germany during the second World War. That Tmej, and these pictures survived to produce this moving book at the war's end is remarkable. An internally most presentable example of the first and only edition of this uncommon classic (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I, pages 144-145 of The Hassleblad Center's "The Open Book: A History of the Photographic Book from 1878 to the Present", and pages 124-125 of "The Book of 101 Books") showing typical pronounced age-toning to the highly sulfurous textblock and stiff paper covers along with some attendant brown spotting to the first and last few pages. The book's fragile, photographically-illustrated jacket is present, though it has been heavily reinforced with clear tape on the verso. It is worn and creased with some closed tears and small missing chips along the top and bottom edges. In addition, there is some browning and spotting to the typographically-illustrated rear panel, and a three inch strip of the spine is missing. It is housed in a sumptuous custom black, decoratively-tooled goatskin-over-boards clamshell presentation box with four raised bands along with the author's name and book title in gilt along the spine. All in all, this is a sharp, internally solid copy of one of the most lauded post-war European photography books aided by the addition of a presentation box that looks far nicer in hand than it describes. Inventory Number: 026076

(TOMATSU, SHOMEI) (DOMON, KEN). Tomatsu, Shomei, Ken Domon, Kiyoshi Sakuma, Nobuo Kusano & Toshio Hata. Tokyo: The Japan Council Against the A and H Bombs, 1961. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Decorative Cloth + Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good./No Jacket - As Issued.. np + 54pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Text in English. Designed by Kohei Sugiura. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. This is Ken Domon and Shomei Tomatsu's remarkable book of photographs reflecting the aftermath of the atomic bombs the US dropped on The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to hasten the end World War II. In addition to the gripping hardbound volume of images, it contains a second English language publication in wrappers reprinting scholarly articles by Kiyoshi Sakuma, Nobuo Kusano, Toshio Hata on the radiation and its effects. A serviceable example only of this remarkable Post-War Japanese photographic book (cited on pages 274-75 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I and as entry 270 in Manfred Heiting and Ryuichi Kaneko's "The Japanese Photobook 1912-1990") lacking the publisher's slipcase, and whose primary volume's off-white exterior is browned along the spine, moderately soiled, and exhibits notable insect damage to the ink of its decorative design of concentric circles. Internally it is bright and sound, with the textblock lightly browned along the edges and pulling ever so slightly at the signatures. The paper text volume shows some overall wear, light browning and soiling to the covers and edges, cracking along the spine, and a small closed tear to the foredge corner of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 017915

(TUNBJORK, LARS). Tunbjork, Lars & Goran Odbratt. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Linen Boards with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (106pp), 49 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Greger Ulf Nilson. With a bibliography and exhibition history. "After his earlier series on leisure time and the world of office labor, Lars Tunbjork returned to his childhood neighborhood to photograph his mother's house. The experience intrigued him, and he continued shooting in similar areas around Sweden. Saturated with other people's personal memories, his photographs convey the peculiar atmosphere of silence familiar in middle-class housing districts". Featuring elegantly detached images of Swedish housing projects, yards and interiors devoid of their occupants, this lovely hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Goteborg's Hasselblad Center is a worthy successor to the photographer's celebrated "Landet Utom Sig / A Country Beside Itself". A most handsome copy. 3-88243-868-1 Inventory Number: 016560

(TWOMBLY, CY). Jacobus, Mary. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2015. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers in Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. np (48pp), 28 color illustrations. Designed by Graphic Thought Facility. With an exhibition checklist. This is the beautifully printed catalogue published in conjunction with a 2015 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of twenty-six unique and editioned photographs taken by the late, great Cy Twombly between 1985 and 2008. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-935263-67-6 Inventory Number: 027695

(TZIDON, ROY). Tzidon, Roy & Chad Rea. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS. ND (2001).: Hans Brinker Budget Hotel. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Erik Kessels. Designed by the great Erik Kessels (of KesselsKramer renown), this is Roy Tzidon's idiosyncratic book of erotic photography set in Amsterdam's notorious Hans Brinker Budget Hotel. A favorite of students, backpackers and sightseers on a budget, the five hundred and thirty-four bed self-proclaimed "Worst Hotel in the World - now with even more dogshit in the main entrance" has been "proudly disappointing travellers for forty years". For two months in 2000 the photographer rented Room 412 - the only one in the entire establishment with a full bathtub - and invited Hotel staff, guests, and street performers to come up to the room to bathe with the proviso that they allow themselves to be photographed for public consumption. This book, used as promotion for the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel, is the result. A most handsome example of this uncommon, charming item in the publisher's custom-embroidered white terrycloth bag, as issued. Inventory Number: 021698

(UNTITLED: THE FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY). Alinder, James G., et al.. Carmel & San Francisco, CA. 1972-1994.: The Friends of Photography. First Editions. Very Good - or Better; Inquire. This is a complete run of The Friends of Photography "Untitled" series of publications. Included are "Untitled" numbers 1, 2/3, 4, 5, 6, 7/8 ("On Change and Exchange"), 9 ("In Time"), 10 (Nancy Newhall), 11 ("Emerging Los Angeles Photographers"), 12, 13 (Plants: Photographs by Don Worth), 14, 15 (Jerome Liebling), 16 (Ansel Adams: 50 Years of Portraits), 17 ("Comparative Photography: A Century of Change in Egypt and Israel - Francis Frith and Jane Reese Williams"), 18 (Robert Cumming), 19 (Vilem Kriz), 20 (Collecting Light; The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard), 21 ("The Diana Show"), 22 (Edmond Teske: Images from Within), 23 ("9 Critics / 9 Photographs"), 24 ("New Landscapes"), 25 ("Discovery and Recognition"), 26 (John Pfahl: Altered Landscapes), 27 (Roy De Carava), 28 (Marsha Burns: Postures), 29 (Wright Morris: Photographs and Words), 30 ("The Contact Print"), 31 (Nicholas Nixon: Photographs from One Year), 32 (Mario Giacomelli), 33 (Samuel Bourne: Images of India), 34 (Marion Post Wolcott: FSA Photographs), 35 ("Observations: Essays on Documentary Photography"), 36 (Harry Callahan: Eleanor), 37 (Ansel Adams: 1902 - 1984), 38 (Todd Walker), 39 (Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs of Mother Teresa's Missions of Charity in India), 40 (Don Worth), 41 (EW 100: Centennial Essays in Honor of Edward Weston), 42 (Eikoh Hosoe), 43 ("Light Years"), 44 (Olivia Parker: Weighing the Planets), 45 (Judith Golden: Cycles, A Decade of Photographs), 46 (Frank Gohlke: Landscapes From The Middle Of The World, Photographs 1972-1987), 47 (Michael Kenna: Night Walk), 48 ("Close to Home: Seven Documentary Photographers"), 49 (Aaron Siskind: Road Trip, Photographs 1980-1988), 50 (Holly Roberts), 51 (Of Time & Place: Walker Evans & William Christenberry), 52 (Reagan Louie: Toward a Truer Life - Photographs of China 1980-1990), 53 (Zeke Berman: Optiks), 54 (Lorna Simpson), 55 (Ansel Adams: New Light - Essays on His Legacy and Legend), 56 ("Special Collections: The Photographic Order from Pop to Now), 57 (Ancestral Dialogues: The Photographs of Albert Chong), and 58 (David Ireland: Skellig). All of these published in hardbound versions (numbers 27, 29, 51, 52 and 56) are included here as such (with dust jackets, if issued) - all are first printings. A most handsome set in at least Very Good condition, with most being Fine. Inventory Number: 003978

(VANDERLANS, RUDY). Gingko Press, I00210821, 2021. 5 x 7 inches, 256 Pages. Hardbound. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Inspired by artists like Edward Curtis and Charles Schulz, who devoted their lives to a single objective, Rudy VanderLans continues his pursuit to create a consistent body of work of postcard-size images, rendering a comprehensive portrait of California in the early part of the 21st century.

VanderLans, who is often drawn to places with fantastical names — like Oleander Sunset —wanders about California’s back roads with eyes wide open. Without theorizing, or searching for subjects, he allows himself to be receptive to the world around him and discovers beauty in the most ordinary locales. Like the men who named the cities and towns he visits, VanderLans makes the mundane seem less so, and in the process shows us what’s been overlooked.

Oleander Sunset juxtaposes single images on opposing pages, setting up dynamic formal and contextual interactions through contrasting, complementing and reiteration. The book is interspersed with a number of fold-out panoramas, placing the viewer smack in the middle of the author’s habitual stamping ground. 9781584237594 Inventory Number: I00210821

(VAN DONGEN, RON). Van Dongen, Ron & Steven Jenkins. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 1999. First Edition 1/1000. Folio. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 30 color illustrations. Published in 1999 by Nazraeli Press, "Alba Nero" is the oversized, beautifully designed and printed first book devoted to Ron Van Dongen's sumptuous and detailed flower imagery. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. 3-923922-74-4 Inventory Number: 018259

(VAN KESTEREN, GEERT). van Kesteren, Geert & Michael Hirsh. Foreword by Jan Gruiters. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Artimo, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (544pp), 245 color illustrations. Text in English and Arabic. "Why Mister, Why?" is a compelling account from Dutch photojournalist Geert van Kesteren. For the most part of 2003 and into 2004, van Kesteren made these images in a struggling Iraq, intertwining them with his personal experience of the situation in diary-like notes. In that way, this body of work resonates with an honesty found only when the narrator and photographer of a story are one and the same. The situation in Iraq, following the declaration of "mission accomplished," represented a culture clash of rare proportions, and van Kesteren was witness to what went wrong. He saw clouds of sadness coming from the mass graves created by the Saddam regime, while Shi'ites enjoyed their awakening freedom. Embedded within the ranks of US troops, he witnessed disgraceful raids on Iraqi citizens. And these accounts are presented here for the reader to see, feel, and try to understand. In a clear photojournalistic way, van Kesteren outlines why it will take a long time before the Iraqi people can enjoy the semblance of peace. Accompanying the images is an introduction by Newsweek senior editor Michael Hirsh, with whom Van Kesteren shared several tense moments in Iraq". A pristine copy (cited on page 241 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 45 of "From Fair to Fine 3") of the English and Arabic language edition of this eccentrically bound gem. 90-8546-009-3 Inventory Number: 015220

(VAN VLIET, DON aka CAPTAIN BEEFHEART) (CORBIJN, ANTON). Van Vliet, Don, Jan Van Vliet, Anton Corbijn & Ben Watson. Los Angeles: Artist Ink Editions, 2003. First Edition 1/1500 Deluxe. 4to. Linen Over Boards, Slipcased. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jackets - As Issued. 88 + 96pp, 1 audio CD + 1 DVD, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Tim Eames. "Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart was a visual artist before he was a musician. As a young child he drew serious accolades for his animal sculptures and was offered a scholarship to study in Europe. His parents declined; and while continuing to create in the visual medium, he turned his attention to music, within ten years forming the first incarnation of the legendary experimental outfit Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. The following fifteen years are music history. But in 1983 Van Vliet retired from music to pursue painting and drawing, the focus of this extraordinary boxed set. "Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh" (named after a painting the artist completed in 1987) provides an opportunity to own one of his original, signed color etchings. Executed on paper and cataloged as "Untitled (Self-Portrait)", the work measures 6 5/8 x 9 ½". The paper itself measures 7 7/8 x 10 ½". Van Vliet produced only 1,500 copies of the piece, one for each individually numbered copy of this Artist Ink Edition. A deluxe 9 ¼ x 12 ¾ x 2 ¾" slipcase carefully houses the etching as well as two museum-quality books, a CD, and a DVD. The first book, entitled "Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh" (88 pages), is a monograph of sorts, containing an essay by art historian Ben Watson and full-color reproductions of sixty of Van Vliet's paintings and drawings - some of them previously unpublished. The second book, entitled "Splinters" (96 pages), features portrait photos of the artist by Anton Corbijn, along with a selection of personal archival material supplied by Don and Jan Van Vliet - including family snapshots, newspaper clippings, drawings, and sketches. None of this material has heretofore been seen. The CD features the artist reading eleven of his previously unreleased spoken-word pieces spanning 1977-1999, which are also reprinted in the Splinters book. The DVD features "Some YoYo Stuff", a 1994 filmed observation by Anton Corbijn. "Riding Some Kind Of Unusual Skull Sleigh is available only as an individually numbered limited edition of 1,500 copies". A brand new, pristine example of this remarkable undertaking still sealed in the publisher's original shipping carton. 0-7379-0284-1 Inventory Number: 027723

(VON UNWERTH, ELLEN) (GUESS? INC.). Marciano, Paul & Ellen Von Unwerth. Los Angeles: Guess? Inc., 2004. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Fashion Trade Catalog. Near Fine.. 54 individual 9 x 6" cardstock sheets printed color offset recto and verso housed in a printed cardstock sleeve, 54 color illustrations. Art Direction by Paul Marciano. This is another catalogue of sexy publicity and marketing images for the Marciano brothers' Guess? Inc. clothing company. Published for their Spring 2004 campaign, it takes the form of an oversized deck of cards - including two jokers - featuring famed photographer Ellen Von Unwerth's pictures of Bianca Balti, Sasha Beznosyuk, and other models engaging in youthful hijinks in Las Vegas and the Nevada desert. A complete, internally most handsome example of this uncommon item that was issued hors commerce - only bestowed, never commercially for sale - showing a few minor creases to the flaps of the publisher's printed sleeve that is perfectly suitable for your next round of bridge. Inventory Number: 025093

(VON UNWERTH, ELLEN). Von Unwerth, Ellen. Foreword by Ingrid Sischy. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2009. First Edition 1/1500 Deluxe. Elephant Folio. Boards in Clamshell Box. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 482pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, French and German. "Ellen von Unwerth is one of the world’s most original and successful fashion photographers. With Fräulein, she pays homage to the era’s sexiest female icons including Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, Britney Spears, Eva Mendes, Lindsay Lohan, Dita von Teese, Adriana Lima, Carla Bruni, Eva Green, Christina Aguilera, Monica Bellucci and dozens more. Switching effortlessly between color and immaculate black and white, von Unwerth‘s photography revels in sexual intrigue, femininity, romance, fetishism, kitsch humor, decadence and sheer joie de vivre. Whether nude or in lingerie and a dazzling smile, her subjects are never objectified. Some flaunt personal fantasies; others are guarded, suggesting that we have stumbled into a secret world. Fashion and fantasy were never so enchantingly combined. These images were shot over the last fifteen years and many are previously unpublished". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2009 first printing of the Taschen Collector's Edition limited to one thousand, five hundred copies NUMBERED (0592) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Ellen Von Unwerth" in black marker across the limitation page in the publisher's clamshell box, as issued. 3-8365-1477-X Inventory Number: 025651

(VON UNWERTH, ELLEN). Von Unwerth, Ellen. Foreword by Ingrid Sischy. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2009. First Edition 1/1500 Deluxe. Elephant Folio. Boards in Clamshell Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 482pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, French and German. "Ellen von Unwerth is one of the world’s most original and successful fashion photographers. With Fräulein, she pays homage to the era’s sexiest female icons including Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, Britney Spears, Eva Mendes, Lindsay Lohan, Dita von Teese, Adriana Lima, Carla Bruni, Eva Green, Christina Aguilera, Monica Bellucci and dozens more. Switching effortlessly between color and immaculate black and white, von Unwerth‘s photography revels in sexual intrigue, femininity, romance, fetishism, kitsch humor, decadence and sheer joie de vivre. Whether nude or in lingerie and a dazzling smile, her subjects are never objectified. Some flaunt personal fantasies; others are guarded, suggesting that we have stumbled into a secret world. Fashion and fantasy were never so enchantingly combined. These images were shot over the last fifteen years and many are previously unpublished". A brand new, pristine example of the 2009 first printing of the Taschen Collector's Edition limited to one thousand, five hundred copies NUMBERED (1310) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Ellen Von Unwerth" in black marker across the limitation page in the publisher's clamshell box and unopened printed cardboard shipping carton, as issued. 3-8365-1477-X Inventory Number: 025650

(WAGNER, CATHRERINE). Johnstone, Mark. Tokyo: Gallery Min, 1987. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good +.. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Text in English and Japanese. With a biography, exhibition history and collections listing. Published in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition at noted Tokyo photography space Gallery Min, Catherine Wagner's first book features photographs from the "California Landscapes", "George Moscone Site", "Louisiana World Exposition", and "American Classrooms" series. An internally most handsome example showing a slight dent just below the crown of the spine along with some pronounced sunning to the wrappers along the spine and top edge. It has been priced accordingly. 4-906265-11-7 Inventory Number: 020802

(WAREHAM, DEAN) (TEMPLETON, ED). Wareham, Dean & Ed Templeton. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press / Anatol, I00231203, 2023. First Deluxe Edition 1/100 Copies. 4to. Illustrated Cloth over Boards in Illustrated Slipcase. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w + illustrated covers. 978-1-59005-592-2-DLX

Hearing Voices is a collection of lyrics by songwriting great Dean Wareham. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Wareham moved to New York City as a teenager, in August 1977. It was here, in high school, that he met future bandmates Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang. All three went on to attend Harvard University, and in 1987 founded Galaxie 500, for which Wareham was the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter. Galaxie 500 released three albums For Rough Trade between 1987 and 1991 that have only grown in stature and influence. Wareham’s next band Luna recorded seven albums for Elektra and Beggar’s Banquet, followed by four albums as Dean & Britta (with wife Britta Phillips), and three simply as Dean Wareham, including his most recent album I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L.A. Also a writer, Wareham’s memoir, Black Postcards, was published by Penguin, and he has contributed to Salon, Pitchfork, the Talkhouse and Counterpunch. Hearing Voices is the first published collection of his lyrics, and is the result of a unique collaboration with the artist Ed Templeton, who created the illustrations for the book. Ed Templeton’s drawings, paintings and photographs have been widely exhibited and published in the United States, Europe and Asia. Hearing Voices is his fifth title with Nazraeli Press. A brand new example of the deluxe first edition limited to one hundred numbered copies SIGNED by Dean Wareham and Ed Templeton housed in a decorative cloth slipcase.

Inventory Number: E000DWET-HV-DLX

(WARHOL, ANDY) (NADAR). Baldwin, Gordon & Judith Keller. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. Fine.. One 7 5/8 x 18" sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds as issued to make 6pp, 2 color and 2 duotone illustrations. This is the slender six page brochure produced to accompany the 1999 J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography exhibition entitled "Nadar Warhol: Paris New York". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item - NOT to be confused with the hardbound exhibition catalogue of the same title. Inventory Number: 017257