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(LEVINTHAL, DAVID) (ELLROY, JAMES). Ellroy, James & David Levinthal. Paris: Coromandel Express, 1998. First Edition 1/55. Small Square Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Illustrated Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, with six Cibachrome prints and one hand-painted gelatin silver print. Text in English and French. Designed by Olivier Andreotti and Penelope Monnet. "My Mother's Killer" is the luxe 1998 Coromandel Express collaborative interpretation of the events surrounding the unsolved 1958 Los Angeles murder of James Ellroy's mother Geneva as recreated by noted photographer David Levinthal in a series of stylized miniature tableaux. It features a highly graphic bi-lingual presentation of Ellroy's text juxtaposed across six tri-fold leaves - each of which contains an archivally housed 11 ½ x 10 ½" color Cibachrome print. The publisher's chemise contains a seventh print - a 7 ¾ x 9 ¾" hand-painted gelatin silver photograph SIGNED AND DATED "David Levinthal 1988/1998" in black ink on the verso. These are all housed in a printed slipcase. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first and only edition limited to fifty-five copies BOLDLY SIGNED by Ellroy and Levinthal in pencil on the colophon with a Coromandel Express 1998 New Year's card cum publisher's announcement laid in. Inventory Number: 025053

(LEVINTHAL, DAVID) (TRUDEAU, GARRY). Trudeau, Garry & David Levinthal. New York. 1977 (1989).: Laurence Miller Gallery. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist's Book. Fine/Fine. 95pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a bibliography. This is Garry Trudeau and David Levinthal's loopy collaborative interpretation of Germany's hellish battle with Russia to secure the Eastern front during World War II. It features the photographer's now iconic photographic images of HO gauge miniatures re-enacting Hitler's struggle against Stalin interspersed with Trudeau's narrative, and brief quotes from combatants, journalists and historians. A brand new, pristine example of the 1989 edition SIGNED "David Levinthal" in black ink on the title page. 0-8263-1176-8 Inventory Number: 015060

(LEVITT, HELEN). Levitt, Helen & James Agee. New York: Horizon Press, 1981. First Edition Thus 1/250 Deluxe. 4to. 1/4 Vellum Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 90 b&w illustrations. Designed by Marvin Hoshino. "A Way of Seeing" is the late Helen Levitt's classic presentation of New York street photography accompanied by an incisive essay by James Agee. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies only, this example is from the 1981 Horizon Press deluxe edition that was completely redesigned from the 1965 Viking first printing; containing a revised text along with twenty-four additional images. It is bound in one quarter gilt-stamped-vellum-over-gilt-stamped blue boards, and is housed in a blue linen slipcase. A most handsome copy (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 252-253 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 214-215 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", pages 178-179 of "The Book of 101 Books", and pages 92-96 of Horacio Fernandez' "New York in Photobooks") NUMBERED (31/250) AND SIGNED "Helen Levitt" in black ink on the colophon, as issued, showing some sunning to the slipcase along its extremities. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8180-1422-9 Inventory Number: 016847

(LISSITZKY, EL). Perloff, Nancy & Eva Forgacs. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 22pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. With an exhibition checklist and chronology. This is the slender twenty-two page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1999 Getty Research Institute presentation entitled "Monuments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky". The exhibition contained one hundred and thirty-three objects produced by the great Russian Constructivist pioneer during his twenty-five years as a typographer, book designer, architect and designer. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item - the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025679

(LUGANSKAIA, LILIA) Foreward by Joanna Cresswell. Self-Published, I00220628, 2022. 13 x 10 inches, 40 Pages. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

History teaches us that a language of flowers can communicate endless things about the culture in which it emerged, and herein lies Lilia Luganskaia's interest. Taking inspiration from the world of 19th Century sentimental flower books, Hortus presents itself as a set of notes towards a modern handbook for contemporary floriography, considering what the discipline might look like today. By collecting common flora across one year in the urban gardens around her home in Amsterdam and cross-referencing their meanings with publications from the past, Luganskaia reflects on their natures, their roles, and the symbolic familiarity they might hold for the communities living with them. A female artist and reader of the twenty-first century, she seeks out the essence of modern life through her lens, and through flowers, just like the women who came before her.” The Hortus project is an open investigation into the nature of seemingly common objects through 'Floriography', urban gardens, and the history of female rights. Hortus was inspired by urban gardens in West Amsterdam and created with its plants by Lilia Luganskaia. Inventory Number: I00220628

(LYNCH, DAVID). Lynch, David, Herve Chandes, Boris Groys, Andrei Ujica & Kristine McKenna. Paris & New York: Fondation Cartier Pour L'art Contemporaine, Editions Xavier Barral & Thames & Hudson, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 452pp, 469 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Atalante-Paris. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the massive, beautifully produced hardbound catalogue published to accompany the exhibition of David Lynch's artwork, photography and films held at Paris' Fondation Cartier Pour L'art Contemporaine in the Spring of 2007. "It covers a wide variety of disciplines: painting, photography, drawings, sculpture, furniture, music, and "moving pictures". His art echoes his films in theme and aesthetic, yet offers viewers a fresh and more intimate glimpse into his singular universe". Included are two audio CDs containing a fascinating one hour and twenty minute interview between Lynch and writer Kristine McKenna that discusses the entire catalogue contents page by page. A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-500-97669-4 Inventory Number: 027731

(LYNCH, DAVID). Lynch, David, Kristine McKenna, Takashi Nibuya, et al. Tokyo: Touko Museum of Contemporary Art & Treville, 1991. First Edition. 8vo. Boards in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 123 + 36pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese (and English). This is an intricately produced and appropriately disconcerting catalogue published to accompany an exhibition of David Lynch's artwork at Tokyo's Touko Museum of Art. Cinema's Master of the Weird displays his skewed genius in a different medium here, to an equally fascinating and unnerving end. A most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To ... / best wishes / David Lynch. 1993." in black ink on the title page with the publisher's English language translation booklet and obi and laid in. 4-8457-0587-7 Inventory Number: 027732

(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 1999. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 148pp, 64 color illustrations. Designed by Guy Russell. "Knave of Hearts" is a visual memoir in which Danny Lyon recounts his adventures as a photographer. It is illustrated with color photo-montages and unpublished pictures from his three classic photodocumentary works: "The Bikeriders", "Conversations with the Dead", and "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan". The auto-biographical text tells the Lyon family's history, beginning with the 1905 revolution in Russia, and covers the unrest of 1960s America and the social radicalism of New Mexico in the 1970s. In words and photographs Lyon memorializes the friends, family, and adventures of his life". A brand new, pristine example of the 1999 deluxe Twin Palms first edition (cited on page 242 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") limited to one hundred and fifty copies numbered 51-200 (94/200) BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black ink on the rear colophon housed in the publisher's debossed cloth slipcase still in shrinkwrap, as issued. Only copies of the extra-deluxe edition numbered 1-50 contained the signed photographic print. 0-944092-64-0 Inventory Number: 024568

(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 1999. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 148pp, 64 color illustrations. Designed by Guy Russell. "Knave of Hearts" is a visual memoir in which Danny Lyon recounts his adventures as a photographer. It is illustrated with color photo-montages and unpublished pictures from his three classic photodocumentary works: "The Bikeriders", "Conversations with the Dead", and "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan". The auto-biographical text tells the Lyon family's history, beginning with the 1905 revolution in Russia, and covers the unrest of 1960s America and the social radicalism of New Mexico in the 1970s. In words and photographs Lyon memorializes the friends, family, and adventures of his life". A brand new, pristine unopened example (cited on page 242 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") of the uncommon 1999 extra-deluxe Twin Palms first edition of fifty copies numbered 1 through 50 (10/200) BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black ink on the rear colophon accompanied by a 12 x 10" matted black and white photograph of a montage of images from "Conversations with the Dead" SIGNED "Danny Lyon" in pencil along with his "Bleak Beauty" stamp in red ink on the verso housed in the publisher's debossed cloth clamshell box, as issued. Deluxe copies numbered 51-200 are signed and slipcased. 0-944092-64-0 Inventory Number: 022496

(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny & Billy McCune. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First Edition (Second Printing). Oblong Narrow 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. 196pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Martin Stephen Moskof. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Conversations with the Dead" is Danny Lyon's moving 1971 monograph cum artists' book that juxtaposes seventy-two of his gritty photographs of daily life within the Texas Prison system with the drawings and journal excerpts from inmate Billy McCune, whom he befriended during the process of making the book. A most handsome copy of the 1971 paperbound second printing (whose hardbound first edition is cited on page 19 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 278-279 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 48 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", pages 210-211 of "The Book of 101 Books", and pages 53-54 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonné") . 0-03-085069-X Inventory Number: 022024

(LYON, DANNY). Lyon, Danny & Carlos Ferreira. Le Rozel, FRANCE: Le Point Du Jour Editeur, 1996. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 48pp, 22 b&w illustrations. Text in English and French. Published only in France, "Bushwick" is a moving collaboration combining Danny Lyon's photographs of this gritty Brooklyn neighborhood and its youthful inhabitants along with Carlos Ferreira's poignant text about their harrowing daily existence. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on page 242 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") showing none of the yellowing to the covers often associated with this title. 2-912132-00-2 Inventory Number: 027651

(MAHURIN, MATT). Mahurin, Matt. Maya Ishiwata & Theresa Luisotti, Editors. Tokyo: RAM (Research Art Media), 1993. First Edition 1/2300. 8vo. Decorative Velvet Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 47pp, 40 illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Hideyuki Taguchi. Photographer, illustrator, commercial and music video director, Matt Mahurin (known for his atmospheric work with Metallica) brings his keen visual sense and brooding, diffuse style to this collection of both color and b&w photographic images. An elegant object, it is bound in gilt-debossed black velvet-over-boards, and impeccably printed in gravure on heavy paper stock. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's sealed plastic packet, as issued. 4-947671-01-7 Inventory Number: 017379

(MALLEY, ALIA). Malley, Alia. Los Angeles: Sam Lee Gallery & Alia Malley, 2011. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong 4to. Debossed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (32pp), 13 color illustrations. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Los Angeles-based Alia Malley's 2011 Sam Lee Gallery solo exhibition of thirteen recent large scale color landscape photographs. A brand new, pristine example of this exceptionally lovely publication limited to one thousand copies only additionally SIGNEDa"Alia Malley" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 020495

(MALLEY, ALIA). Malley, Alia & Sam Lee. Los Angeles: Sam Lee Gallery, 2010. First Edition 1/500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (12pp), 7 color illustrations. With a biography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with her 2010 Sam Lee Gallery solo exhibition, this slender yet elegant twelve page catalogue gorgeously illustrates Los Angeles photographer Alia Malley's current body of work - large scale, muted color images of the pastoral local exurban landscape that rest somewhere between Joel Sternfeld, Robert Adams and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. A brand new, pristine example of her first publication limited to five hundred numbered copes additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alia Malley" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 021933

(MAN RAY). Ware, Katherine. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Brochure. As New.. One 7 ½ x 24 inch continuous sheet printed recto and verso, folded neatly in fourths to make 8pp, 4 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany a 1998 exhibition of vintage prints by Man Ray from the J. Paul Getty Museum Department of Photography's vast holdings. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 027680

(MANDEL, MIKE) (SULTAN, LARRY). Mandel, Mike & Larry Sultan. Introduction by Sandra S. Phillips. Foreword by Robert F. Forth. New York. 1977 (2003).: D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers). First Edition Thus. Small Oblong 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (92pp), 61 duotone and 25 b&w illustrations. Designed by Victor Mingovits. Quite simply one of the most innovative, entertaining and thought-provoking photography books yet published, Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan's 1977 collection of uncaptioned evidentiary images has rightfully gained a legendary status in the thirty-five years since its initial publication. Now, "Evidence" is available once again in its original format, with the addition of a dust jacket, a new essay by SFMoMA curator Sandra Phillips on the book's impact and significance, and a two page layout of eighteen previously unpublished images entitled "Outtakes from Evidence, 1977-2003". A brand new, most handsome example of this wonderful tome (whose 1977 first printing is cited on pages 220-221 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 314-315 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 140-141 of "The Book of 101 Books") BOLDLY SIGNED by both Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel in black ink on the title page. 1-891024-62-0 Inventory Number: 024508

(MANDEL, MIKE). Mandel, Mike. Santa Cruz, CA: Self-Published, 1975. First Editions. 16mo. Printed Trading Cards. Artist's Multiples. Near Fine or Better.. One hundred and thirty-five 3 ½ x 2 ½" cardstock sheets printed offset recto and verso, 134 b&w illustrations. In 3 x 3 archival plastic protective sheets housed in a three-ring binder. This is a full set of Mike Mandel's iconic, self-published 1975 "Photographer Baseball Trading Cards." Included are the following, often switch-hitting luminaries from the seventies photographic scene: 1. Bob Flick, 2. Joel Meyerowitz, 3. Van Deren Coke, 4. Joe Deal, 5. Ron Walker, 6. Lee Witkin, 7. Al Sweetman, 8. Don Drowty, 9. Ellen Brooks, 10. Dennis Hearne, 11. Elaine Mayes, 12. Bart Parker, 13. Larry Sultan, 14. Ed West, 15. Arthur Siegel, 16. Leonard Freed, 17. Margery Mann, 18. Harry Callahan, 19. Gary Metz, 20. Peter Gowland, 21. Ansel Adams, 22. Ed Ruscha, 23. Grace Mayer, 24. Mike Mandel, 25. Harold Allen, 26. Laura Gilpin, 27. Hank Smith, 28. Anne Tucker, 29. Phil Perkis, 30. Michael Simon, 31. Bill Owens, 32. Manuel Bravo, 33. Nathan Lyons, 34. Bill Arnold, 35. Jim Hajicek, 36. Les Krims, 37. Joyce Neimanas, 38. Judy Dater, 39. Al Coleman, 40. Ira Nowinski, 41. Jack Welpott, 42. Linda Parry, 43. Burke Uzzle, 44. Jim Dow, 45. Dave Freund, 46. Todd Walker, 47. Catherine Jansen, 48. Eva Rubinstein, 49. Eddie Sievers, 50. Minor White, 51. Michael Becotte, 52. Fred McDarrah, 53. Richard Link, 54. Betty Hahn, 55. Nick Hlobeczy, 56. Bob Cumming, 57. Ken Josephson, 58. Naomi Savage, 59. John Divola, 60. Tom Barrow, 61. Carl Chiarenza, 62. Bea Nettles, 63. Roger Mertin, 64. John Benson, 65. Cal Kowal, 66. Aaron Siskind, 67. R. von Sternberg, 68. Paige Pinnell, 69. Arthur Tress, 70. Jacob Deschin, 71. Linda Connor, 72. Don Blumberg, 73. Jim Alinder, 74. Harold Jones, 75. M.J. Walker, 76. Bill Parker, 77. Al Woolpert, 78. Duke Baltz, 79. Gus Kayafas, 80. Duane Michals, 81. Darryl Curran, 82. Arnold Newman, 83. Geoff Winningham, 84. Paul Vanderbilt, 85. Anne Noggle, 86. Timo Pajunen, 87. Edmund Teske, 88. Imogen Cunningham, 89. Andy Anderson, 90. Bill Larson, 91. Pete Bunnell, 92. Robert Doherty, 93. Joe Jachna, 94. Oscar Bailey, 95. Jerry Uelsmann, 96. Art Sinsabaugh, 97. Charles Roitz, 98. Doug Stewart, 99. Chuck Swedlund, 100. Bill Edwards, 101. Bobby Heinecken, 102. Micha Bar-Am, 103. Beaumont Newhall, 104. Wynn Bullock, 105. Jerry McMillan, 106. John Schulze, 107. Neal Slavin, 108. Lee Rice, 109. Joan Lyons, 110. Bill Jenkins, 111. Fred Sommer, 112. Barbara Crane, 113. Emmet Gowin, 114. Barbara Morgan, 115. Mark Power, 116. Cornell Capa, 117. Lionel Suntop, 118. Bunny Yeager, 119. Doug Prince, 120. Eileen Cowin, 121. Eve Sonneman, 122. Reg Heron, 123. Scott Hyde, 124. Conrad Pressma, 125. John Szarkowski, 126. Bill Eggleston, 127. Mike Bishop, 128. Bob Fichter, 129. Liliane DeCock, 130. Tom Porett, 131. Arnold Crane, 132. Arnold Gassan, 133. Elliott Erwitt, and 134. Len Gittleman. Card 135 is a full trading card checklist. A bright, most handsome complete set of the 1975 seminal editions all in Near Fine condition or better in 3 x 3 archival protective plastic sheets housed in a three-ring binder. Inventory Number: 027412

(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

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI) (HAAKONSEN, TERJE). Marcopoulos, Ari. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. This is the catalogue of Ari Marcopoulos' photographs of the innovative Norwegian professional snowboarder Terje Haakonsen - better know as "The Cat" - published in conjunction with a 2006 exhibition entitled "In The Alps" held at the Kunsthaus Zurch. A brand new, most handsome example of the first - and only - edition supported by Burton Snowboards additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in ink across the title page. 3-905714-15-9 Inventory Number: 026845

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. NP (Seattle, WA). ND (2017).: Adidas. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Aight'" is Ari Marcopoulos' zine devoted to New York urban skateboarding produced in collaboration with legendary sportswear brand Adidas. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first - and only - edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in black ink vertically across the front cover. Inventory Number: 026842

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Oakland, CA: These Birds Walk (TBW Books), 2006. First Edition #466/500. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Living in the New Rome" is Ari Marcopoulos' solo contribution to TBW Books' very first four volume subscription series from 2006. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item published in an edition of five hundred NUMBERED (466/500) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Ari Marcopoulos / 2007" in black ink across the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 026841

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Oakland, CA: These Birds Walk (TBW Books), 2006. First Edition #099/500. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Living in the New Rome" is Ari Marcopoulos' solo contribution to TBW Books' very first four volume subscription series from 2006. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item published in an edition of five hundred NUMBERED (099/500) copies. Inventory Number: 026840

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2004. First Edition #57/100. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (26pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "One A Day" is "Zine Master of the World" Ari Marcopoulos' slender 2004 survey of black and white photographs that includes portraits of the likes of The Beastie Boys, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Miles Davis, and others. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in an edition of one hundred NUMBERED (57/100) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Ari Marcopoulos / ARI 2004" in the year of publication in black ink across the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 026839

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Perks and Mini, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (38pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Australian Cultural purveyors Perks and Mini's 2004 title "What's Happening?" is artist/photographer supreme Ari Marcopoulos' back-to-back and upside-down dual tribute to the recently deceased snowboarder Craig Kelley and skate legend Justin Pierce. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first - and only - edition issued as Perks and Mini PB009 additionally SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in pencil along the bottom edge of the Craig Kelley cover. Inventory Number: 026838

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Zurich, SWITZERLAND & Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: Nieves & Someday Gallery, 2006. First Edition 1/200 Artist Proofs. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (160pp), 78 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "This is Ari Marcopoulos' ironically titled, compelling mix of new and old images - a collection of his works like you have never experienced before. The book is published by Nieves for the exhibition "Under Penalty of Perjury" at Someday Gallery in Melbourne, where Ari’s works are shown for the first time as large scale black and white photocopied prints on paper. Ari’s long-standing collaboration with Nieves and his choice of using xeroxed reproductions for the exhibition have made it a natural step to produce this new book together. It comes with two different covers and is published in an edition of two hundred copies". A most handsome example of what is arguably the most sought after of Mr. Marcopoulos' many fine books from the one hundred unnumbered copies with the image of skateboarder Frank Natiello on the front cover additionally BOLDLY SIGNED TWICE by the photographer in black ink across the title page. Inventory Number: 023068

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2007. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "What's Happening?" is artist/photographer supreme Ari Marcopoulos' slender little artist's book of black and white views of the natural world between late 2006 and early 2007 - though there is a single image of two skateboarders pictured here at the rear. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in a numbered (76/150) edition limited to one hundred and fifty copies. Inventory Number: 023066

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2007. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "What's Happening?" is "Zine Master of the World" Ari Marcopoulos' slender little artist's book of black and white photographs of the natural world taken between late 2006 and early 2007 - though there is a single image of two skateboarders pictured here at the rear. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in an edition of one hundred and fifty NUMBERED (77/150) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in black ink on the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 022556

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari, Jeremy Sigler, Angelique Spaninks, Kate Fowle & Will Bradley. Eindhoven & Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Mu & Veenman Publishers, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Whether photographing his wife and two young sons - sometimes sleeping tenderly together in a sun-drenched bed, other times spacing out by the pool or in the car - the international snowboarding scene, from Japan to Iran; or his peers in the world of outsider creativity, Ari Marcopoulos brings us all the way to the inside of an insider's world. This tight collection of sexy documentary portraits bites off exactly as much as it wants to chew, and features original writing by Will Bradley, Jeremy Sigler and Angelique Spaninks." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition with the "Craig Kelly, Fernie BC, 1999 " image cover variant. 90-8690-005-4 Inventory Number: 026846

(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

(MARKOSIAN, DIANA). Markosian, Diana. New York, NY: Aperture, I00250219. 2024. First Edition. 9 x 6 1/2", 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Flocking Over Boards. Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued. 978-1597115896

144pp. 70 color illustrations. "Diana Markosian’s "Father" is an intimate and engrossing diaristic portrayal of estrangement and reconnection, recounted through documentary photographs, family snapshots, text, and visual ephemera. The book presents the photographer’s journey to another place and another time, where Markosian attempts to piece together an image of a familiar stranger - her long-lost father. The book explores her father’s absence, her reconciliation with him, and the shared emptiness of their prolonged estrangement. The images, made over the course of a decade, take place in her father’s home in Armenia. In Markosian’s first monograph, Santa Barbara (Aperture, 2020), the photographer recreates the story of her family’s journey from post–Soviet Russia to the US in the 1990s. Father uses both documentary photographs and archives of objects, letters, and vernacular images to probe the fifteen years of absence and separation from the photographer’s childhood. In this voyage of self-discovery, Markosian touchingly renders her longing for connection to a man she barely remembers and who asks her, when she finds him, “Why did it take you so long?” A brand new example of this exquisite and poignant production additionally SIGNED by Diana Markosian.

Inventory Number: E000DMF

(MCFADDEN, JOSHUA RASHAAD) Contributions by LaCharles Ward and Lyle Ashton Harris. George Eastman Museum and Yale University Press, I00220511, 2022. 10 x 12 inches, 304 Pages. Hardcover. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

American artist Joshua Rashaad McFadden (b. 1990) makes photographs that explore and celebrate Black life in the United States. Published in conjunction with his first solo museum exhibition, Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I’ll Run On demonstrates his mastery of a wide range of photographic genres—social documentary, reportage, portraiture, and fine art—and his use of the medium to confront racism and anti-Black violence. Like Black photographers before him, such as Gordon Parks, Roy DeCarava, Carrie Mae Weems, Dawoud Bey, and LaToya Ruby Frazier, McFadden documents the beauty of Black life and illuminates the specificity of Black living in our historical present, including a series of impactful photographs devoted to the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

Along with a candid conversation between McFadden and artist Lyle Ashton Harris and an essay that traces McFadden’s meteoric career, this catalogue offers an overview of and insight into a poignant and deeply personal body of work, asserting McFadden’s key role in shaping the art and visual culture of the United States. 9780300264265 Inventory Number: I00220511

(MEISELAS, SUSAN) Meiselas, Susan, Felix Hoffmann & Abigail Solomon-Godeau. Göttingen, GERMANY: Steidl, I00220512, 2022. First Edition Thus. 9 1/2 x 11", 264 Pages. Hardcover in Pictorial Slipcase. Photography Monograph. New/New. 978-3969990025

"From 1972 to 1975, Susan Meiselas spent her summers photographing women who performed striptease for small-town carnivals in New England, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. As she followed the shows from town to town, she captured the dancers on stage and off, their public performances as well as their private lives, creating a portrait both documentary and empathetic: “The recognition of this world is not the invention of it. I wanted to present an account of the girl show that portrayed what I saw and revealed how the people involved felt about what they were doing.” Meiselas also taped candid interviews with the dancers, their boyfriends, the show managers and paying customers, which form a crucial part of the book. Meiselas’ frank description of these women brought a hidden world to public attention, and explored the complex role the carnival played in their lives: mobility, money and liberation, but also undeniable objectification and exploitation. Produced during the early years of the women’s movement, "Carnival Strippers" - one of the most important photobooks of the postwar era - reflects the struggle for identity and self-esteem that characterized a complex era of change. "Carnival Strippers Revisited" and "Making Of" come together in a slipcase. "Making Of "includes color images from "Carnival Strippers" that have never been printed and/or published before, along with ephemera material collected by Meiselas at the time she developed the project." A brand new, most handsome example of the first edition of this new and expanded edition (whose 1976 edition is cited on pages 312-313 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 50 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", page 245 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné", and pages 238-239 of "The Book of 101 Books") that went out out of print shortly after its 2022 publication additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black ink on the title page.

Inventory Number: I00250925CS

(MEISELAS, SUSAN). Meiselas, Susan. Göttingen, GERMANY & New York. 1976 (2003).: Steidl & The International Center of Photography, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "In her most recent body of work, acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas pieces together verbal and visual traces of encounters with the Dani - an indigenous people of the West Papuan highlands of New Guinea from the nearly six decades since their "discovery" by the West. In this subjective, fragmentary history, Meiselas draws from the experiences of missionaries, colonists, anthropologists and modern-day ecotourists, all of whom have come to the Dani's Baliem Valley and transformed the conditions under which they live. The ambiguous relations between power and representation - whether in the form of Dutch colonial patrol notes from the 1930s, the sensationalized media accounts of the survivors of a downed U.S. army plane in "Shangri-La" from the 1940s or a tourist’s snapshots from the 1990s - become visible in Meiselas's book, through both the contradictions and unexpected continuities of the gathered materials". Published in conjunction with the 2003 exhibition "Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video", this is a beautifully produced collage-like companion to the photographer's 1997 work; "Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History". A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 first edition (cited on page 245 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally SIGNED AND DATED by Susan Meiselas in silver marker on the title page. 3-88243-930-0 Inventory Number: 007334

(MEISELAS, SUSAN). Meiselas, Susan. Claire Rosenberg, Editor. New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc., I00250913. 2025 (1981). Third Edition. 8 3/4 x 11", Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. New/New. 978-1597115902

128pp, 75 color illustrations. With a chronology. "Originally published in 1981, Susan Meiselas' "Nicaragua" is a modern classic - a seminal contribution to the literature of concerned photojournalism that forms an extraordinary narrative of a nation in turmoil. Starting with a powerful and chilling evocation of the Somoza regime during its decline in the late 1970s, the images trace the evolution of the popular resistance that led to the insurrection, culminating with the triumph of the Sandinista revolution in 1979. The 2008 edition includes "Pictures from a Revolution", a DVD in which Meiselas returns to the scenes she originally photographed, tirelessly tracking down the subjects and interviewing them about the reality of post-revolution Nicaragua. A brand new example of the 2025 Aperture third, updated edition (whose 1981 predecessor is cited on page 252 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 245 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally SIGNED by Susan Meiselas. 

Inventory Number: E00250913

(METINIDES, ENRIQUE). Metinides, Enrique, aka Charalambos Enrique Metinides Tsironides. Introduction by Alfonso Morales. Mexico City, MEXICO: Gobierno Del Distrito Federal & Ortega y Ortiz Editores, 2000. First Edition 1/5000. Oblong Small 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good.. 240pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in Spanish. "El Teatro De Los Hechos" is Mexican cult photographer Enrique Metinides' autobiographical 2000 survey of his more than forty years of capturing mayhem, murder, death, and destruction on the streets of Mexico City for the tabloid newspaper "La Prensa". Often referred to as the "Mexican Weegee", for decades Metinides was the first photojournalist on the scene of automobile accidents, plane crashes, industrial fatalities, fires, explosions, dismemberments, murders, and more - all documented with a grisly artistry. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon and desirable document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Enrique Metinides" twice - once in block printing and once in cursive - in black marker on the title page. This copy bears the discreet ownership inscription of Mexico City-based filmmaker Trisha Ziff - who edited the 2012 Aperture monograph "Enrique Metinides: 101 Tragedies", and who is currently directing a documentary on the photographer. It shows some underlining in red ink throughout the text by Ziff, from whom we acquired this directly. It has been priced accordingly. 968-816-313-9 Inventory Number: 024546

(MEYER, PEDRO). Meyer, Pedro. Mexico City, MEXICO: Petroleos Mexicanos, 1988. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. "Los cohetes duraron todo el dia" is noted Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer's 1988 socially conscious photo essay commissioned by the national petroleum company Pemex to coincide with its fiftieth anniversary. Due however to Meyer's dedication of the volume to Lazaro Cardenas, the socialist-leaning former president who established Pemex in 1938 as part of his nationalization of Mexican oil production (whose son also happened to be an opposition candidate to then-current president Carlos Salinas earlier in the year), the newly elected government seized nearly all the copies printed to put a stop to the book's distribution. A bright. most handsome example of this uncommon and desirable document (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") acquired directly from Pedro Meyer. 968-6164-35-9 Inventory Number: 023060

(MEYER, PEDRO). Meyer, Pedro. Mexico City, MEXICO: Petroleos Mexicanos, 1988. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. "Los cohetes duraron todo el dia" is noted Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer's 1988 socially conscious photo essay commissioned by the national petroleum company Pemex to coincide with its fiftieth anniversary. Due however to Meyer's dedication of the volume to Lazaro Cardenas, the socialist-leaning former president who established Pemex in 1938 as part of his nationalization of Mexican oil production (whose son also happened to be an opposition candidate to then-current president Carlos Salinas earlier in the year), the newly elected government seized nearly all the copies printed to put a stop to the book's distribution. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon and desirable document (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") acquired directly from the photographer additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Pedro Meyer" in black ink beneath the frontispiece image on the second preliminary. 968-6164-35-9 Inventory Number: 018260

(MILLS, JOSEPH). Mills, Joseph. Tucson, AZ & Washington, DC: Nazraeli Press, Hemphill Fine Arts & JGS (Joy of Giving Something), 2002. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Ostrich over Velvet Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (32pp), 26 color illustrations. "The Loves of the Poets", featuring Joseph Mills' beautifully raw, disturbingly seductive collages, is a work of art unto itself. This gorgeous artist's book published in 2002 by Nazraeli Press, Hemphill Fine Arts, and Joy of Giving Something features twenty-six collages that seem to be on the verge of complete revelation but time and again leave the viewer on a suspended note. The success of these images, in the words of photographic historian and curator Anne Tucker, "lies in the fact that they are anchored in reality just enough so that we are on the edge between surreality and reality." Beautifully reproduced with antique paper backgrounds and a rich double varnish, "The Loves of the Poets" brings the marriage of artist and book to a new level". A brand new, pristine example from the deluxe edition limited to one hundred copies with full gilt edges and gilt-stamped green velvet covers NUMBERED AND SIGNED "Joseph Mills" in black ink on the rear colophon accompanied by a SIGNED AND NUMBERED PHOTOGRAPH laid down on a printed cardstock sheet both housed in the publisher's debossed black velvet clamshell box. 1-59005-127-0 Inventory Number: 025784

(MILLS, JOSEPH). Mills, Joseph. Tucson, AZ & Washington, DC: Nazraeli Press, Hemphill Fine Arts & JGS (Joy of Giving Something), 2002. First Edition 1/10 Deluxe. Large Folio. Ostrich over Velvet Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (32pp), 26 color illustrations. "The Loves of the Poets", featuring Joseph Mills' beautifully raw, disturbingly seductive collages, is a work of art unto itself. This gorgeous artist's book published in 2002 by Nazraeli Press, Hemphill Fine Arts, and Joy of Giving Something features twenty-six collages that seem to be on the verge of complete revelation but time and again leave the viewer on a suspended note. The success of these images, in the words of photographic historian and curator Anne Tucker, "lies in the fact that they are anchored in reality just enough so that we are on the edge between surreality and reality." Beautifully reproduced with antique paper backgrounds and a rich double varnish, "The Loves of the Poets" brings the marriage of artist and book to a new level". A brand new, pristine example from the exceedingly uncommon deluxe edition limited to ten copies NUMBERED (2/10) AND SIGNED "Joseph Mills" in black ink on the rear colophon with full gilt edges, gilt-stamped green velvet covers, and green ostrich skin spine in which each of the twenty-six full page illustrations is an ORIGINAL VARNISHED COLOR PHOTOGRAPH laid down on the book's printed cardstock pages. This is housed in the publisher's black wooden box accompanied by its original cardboard shipping carton. 1-59005-127-0 Inventory Number: 025783

(MILSTEIN, STANLEY). Milstein, Stanley & Viggo Mortensen. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 92pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. From Viggo Mortensen's Perceval Press, "Furlough 55" takes us back to the relatively innocent time and place that was post-World War II Europe through the eyes of photographer Stanley Milstein, U.S. Army Specialist, Second Class. A creative and inquisitive young man leaving his native Brooklyn for the first time, he captured in carefully-composed black and white portraits and landscapes an ephemeral historical moment, bearing witness to a largely-vanished era of European-American fellowship and hope. Now, fifty years later, his original negatives have been lovingly restored and used to make the captivating images that his son, printer Hugh Milstein, has provided for this book. Included is a dialogue between Viggo Mortensen and Hugh Milstein during the conceptual stages of Furlough 55". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-2-3 Inventory Number: 013659