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(TAAFFE, PHILIP). White, Edmund, David Moos & Marina Warner. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Glassine Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 48pp, 17 color illustrations. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue features texts by Edmund White, David Moos, and Marina Warner, an elaborate design, and one of four different glassine dust jackets. A brand new, most handsome example with the red jacket motif additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Philip Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 021824

(TALAMON, BRUCE W.). Talamon, Bruce W., Reuel Golden, Herb Powell & Pearl Cleage. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, I00260530, 2026. First Edition Thus. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2", 12mo. Pictorial Boards. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Josh Baker. "Get down with Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, The Jackson 5, Diana Ross, James Brown, Chaka Khan and many more black music legends in this collection of largely unseen images from the golden age of Soul, R&B, and Funk. This volume gathers the glamour and groove captured by Los Angeles based photographer Bruce W. Talamon, who saw it all. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, this young African American photographer from Los Angeles found himself backstage with an all-access pass to the heart of the music scene. Talamon caught his first big break landing a position as a staff photographer at SOUL Newspaper in LA in the early 1970s, just as soul, R&B, and funk were becoming part of the mainstream. He captured the rehearsals and sound checks, recording sessions and costume fittings, the quiet reflective moments and life on the road, and, of course, the wild photoshoots and memorable performances. These photographs define an era famed for its glamour, fabulous fashions, and utter devotion to the groove." A brand new example of the newly issued compact edition of this stylish document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Bruce W. Talamon" in metallic marker on the front pastedown. 978-38365-9786-7 Inventory Number: E00260530

(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Huntington Beach & Long Beach, CA: Ed Templeton & Long Beach Museum of Art, I00260817, 2024. First Edition of 70 Numbered Copies. 24 x 18". Screenprinted Poster. Exhibition Poster. New.. One 24 x 18" heavy paper stock sheet screenprinted in colors, recto only, 1 color illustration. Designed by Ed Templeton. This is the limited edition silkscreened poster designed by artist, photographer, skate legend, and unique chronicler of Southern California Ed Templeton as a fund-raising tool for the Long Beach Museum of Art in conjunction with his comprehensive 2024 exhibition of three decades of skate photos entitled "Wires Crossed". It features a colorful image of his Aperture exhibition catalogue for the show pierced by a Toy Machine deck that has unleashed a ghost in the process. A brand new, vibrant example of one of the last few remaining copies of this tour-de-force poster perfect for the Tempster completeist limited to seventy copies only SIGNED AND NUMBERED "Ed Templeton" in pencil at the lower right margin., as issued. Inventory Number: I00260819

(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

(TROCKEL, ROSEMARIE). Diacono, Mario, Wilfried Dickhoff, Silja Fleissner, Kay Heymer, Holger Liebs & Gerhard Theewen. Koln, GERMANY: Salon Verlag, 1997. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Buckram in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. With a bibliography and exhibition history. Limited to one thousand copies, this is a nicely appointed monograph on noted contemporary German artist Rosemarie Trockel's work in various media using her "herde" or hotplate/electric stove-top (they look like dominoes to us...) motif. A brand new, pristine example numbered and SIGNED "Rosemarie Trockel" in black ink on the colophon at rear, as issued, still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-932189-00-0 Inventory Number: 019261

(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). 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

(WACHTEL, ELMER). Anderson, Antony. Los Angeles: Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press, 1930. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket. 52pp, 33 sepia-toned illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This monograph on the well-known Southern California Plein Air painter Elmer Wachtel was issued shortly after his death in 1929. It includes thirty-three reproductions of his work with commentary along with a frontispiece portrait of the artist by his widow Marion Kavanagh Wachtel. A handsome example of the 1930 Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press first edition this uncommon item that is still the major reference on the artist lacking its dust jacket showing some light soiling to the boards, a bit of spotting to the inside covers, and some typical age-toning to the frontispiece's tissue overlay additionally BEARING THE BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "Ione Harkness - / from / Marion Kavanagh Wachtel." in brown ink on the blank page facing her portrait of Wachtel. Inventory Number: 025947

(WANNBERG, SCOTT). Wannberg, Scott. Los Angeles: Rose of Sharon Press, 1995. First Edition. Small 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Poetry Monograph. Very Good -.. np (28pp), 2 b&w illustrations. Designed by Andy Takakjian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by the Rose of Sharon Press in 1995, "Juice! The Musical" is the late, fondly-remembered Los Angeles poet Scott Wannberg's quirky response to the city's mania over the O.J. Simpson murder trial of that same year. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / The Big Circus is full of miniature universes / Thanks / Scott / 12/6/95" in the year of publication in ink across the title page showing some mild brown spotting to a portion of the front cover. Inventory Number: 024932

(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) (NEIMAN, LEROY). Warhol, Andy & Leroy Neiman. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1981. First Dutch Language Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 35 x 21 ¼" heavy paper sheet printed color offset, recto only, 1 color illustration. This is the striking poster published in conjunction with the highly publicized 1981 "LeRoy Neiman / Andy Warhol" exhibition held at the long-defunct Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art. A different poster was produced for each of the two artists with Warhol's featuring a colorful image of renowned jockey Willie Shoemaker. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1981 first - and only - edition of this exceedingly uncommon item acquired directly from LAICA additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Andy Warhol" in black marker along the bottom margin. Inventory Number: 027454

(WARHOL, ANDY). Warhol, Andy. London: Cassell London / A Michael Dempsey Book, 1975. First British Edition. 8vo. Cloth Over Boards in Jacket. Artist Autobiography. Fine/Near Fine. 242pp, no illustrations. Dust jacket design by Julian Rothenstein with a photograph by David Bailey. "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (A-B & Back Again)" is the charming 1975 confessional autobiography cum successful artist's instruction manual penned by Andy Warhol with the assistance of Pat Hackett, Brigid Polk and Bob Colacello. It combines the Pop Art titan's ephemeral musings and concrete business suggestions intertwined with hilarious transcribed excerpts from his ever-present daily telephone calls. A most handsome example of the stated 1975 British first edition of this inspirational and aspirational tome additionally bearing a BOLDLY DRAWN CAMPBELL'S SPLIT PEA SOUP CAN DRAWING WITH A SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Judy / Andy Warhol / London 1975" in the year of publication in black marker across the entire half title page. 0-86018-109-X Inventory Number: 027046

(WATERSTON, DARREN). Waterston, Darren, David Pagel, Jacquelynn Baas & Timothy Anglin Burgard. Milano, ITALY: Edizioni Charta, 2007. First Edition 1/2250. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Keith Anderson. Text in English. With a biography and bibliography. This is an exquisitely beautiful monograph on Los Angeles-based painter Darren Waterston featuring work produced between 2002 and 2006. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED " Darren Waterston" in black marker on the title page. 88-8158-624-X Inventory Number: 022095

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1983. First Edition 1/5000. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in monochrome and duotone gravure. Designed by John Eric Cheim. This is the exquisite first collection in book form of the photographs of the redoubtable Bruce Weber. Unabashedly celebrating youth and athleticism, it is divided into the chapters "Brothers", "Matt Dillon", "Notebook", "Lifeguards", "Clammers", "Hall of Fame", "Jeff (Aquilon)", and "On Leave in Waikiki". A handsome example of the 1983 first Twelvetrees Press edition of this influential book additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... Bruce Weber" in black ink on the title page showing some very light spotting to the edges of the textblock. Inventory Number: 024219

(WEEGEE). Fellig, Arthur, aka Weegee. Los Angeles. (circa 1950).: Weegee. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Fine.. One 8 x 10" silver gelatin print printed recto only, mounted with archival photo corners in a heavy white 14 x 15 ½" beveled mat. This is a photographic portrait by Weegee "The Great" of noted Hollywood columnist, screenwriter and novelist Jimmy Starr. Starr is pictured on set laughing and enjoying the company of three actresses decked out in howlingly inauthentic outfits comprised of skull caps with wild hair, seashell necklaces, bangles, and sarongs in a culturally misguided attempt at Oceanic exoticism. Images of the actors without Starr photographed at the same sitting appear in both "Weegee's Naked Hollywood (1953)" and "Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles (2011)". Beginning as an office boy at Metro Studios in 1919, Starr graduated to writing intertitles, dialogue, and screenplays for dozens of films in the 1920s and 1930s. His 1944 novel "The Corpse Came C.O.D." became the basis for a 1947 Columbia Pictures feature starring Joan Blondell and George Brent. Starr left studio work to write regular columns for "The Los Angeles Herald-Express", "New York Daily Mirror", and "Sunday Daily Mirror" before leaving town entirely for a successful career in Arizona with Ramada Inns. Weegee, following the success of Jules Dassin's 1948 feature "Naked City" - based on his pioneering 1945 photobook of the same title - moved to Los Angeles with the expectation of trading the late-night Manhattan crime and street photography he'd grown weary of for more lucrative process photography and cinematography jobs with the Hollywood studios. While there was some behind the scenes work along with few bit parts to be had, Weegee was primarily reliant on making distorted trick portraits of the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield to sell to magazines to make ends meet. In late 1951, newly-divorced he returned to New York where he remained active until his passing in 1968. A bright, fine condition vintage silver gelatin print on single weight glossy paper bearing the stamps "Arthur (Weegee) Fellig / 6606 St. Frances Terrace / Hollywood 28, Calif." in red and "FROM THE / JIMMY STARR COLLECTION" in purple ink on the verso. This was most likely a gift from Weegee to Starr, and as there was very little chance of selling this shot from the series for publication, there cannot be many - if any - other prints of this particular image in circulation. Inventory Number: 026241

(WEEGEE). Fellig, Arthur, aka Weegee. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961. Second Printing. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. 160pp, 106 b&w illustrations. Did the twentieth century ever bring notoriety to a photographer more steeped in hype and myth than Arthur Fellig - aka "Weegee The Famous"? And while much if not most of that hype and myth was perpetuated by Weegee himself, the ingenuity of his exploits stalking the mean streets of crime-riddled, forties-era New York cannot be denied. Working mostly at night out of his improvised trunk-converted-into-a-darkroom, Weegee parlayed his police radio, trusty Speed Graphic camera, and an uncanny knack for getting to a crime scene quickly into journalistic infamy. His first book, "Naked City" became a bestseller as well as the basis for both Jules Dassin's film and the television series of the same name. He later tried his luck in Hollywood, then plumbed the depths of female figure photography, exploitation filmmaking, and photographic special effects. In this, his 1961 autobiography, Weegee equally illuminates and propagates his mythic stature with no apparent lack of self-confidence. An internally most handsome example of the Ziff-Davis Publishing Company first edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Warren Bush / Weegee / 1964 ------" in green ink on the front pastedown whose graphically striking dust jacket designed by Mort Perry shows just a bit of rubbing and a single short closed tear. LC 61-14233 Inventory Number: 024342

(WEIFENBACH, TERRI). Weifenbach, Terri. NP (Tokyo): The Thunderstorm Press, 2009. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Debossed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (88pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Green Dragon Office and Terri Weifenbach. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. In "Another Summer" Terri Weifenbach departs from matters of the garden and pollination to intimately document a family summer vacation on a lake. A pristine copy of this exceedingly uncommon sweet little volume limited to five hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED (254/500) in pencil on the rear colophon, as issued. 0-9841944-0-1 Inventory Number: 022447

(WEIFENBACH, TERRI). Weifenbach, Terri. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2001. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (18pp), 9 color illustrations. Terri Weifenbach's "Instruction Manual No. 3: 25. June 1996" is the fourth installment in Nazraeli Press' estimable series of One Picture Books. Limited to five hundred SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies, it contains an original 4 ¼ x 2 ¾" color photographic print of a mysterious clear blue sky whose image is derived from the unique 68 x 39" print owned by Sir Elton John tipped in at the rear of the book, as issued. A brand new, pristine example of this lovely item. 1-59005-005-3 Inventory Number: 015522

(WEIFENBACH, TERRI). Weifenbach, Terri. Introduction by Yayako Uchida. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2000. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. Tall 4to. Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), 32 color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 2000 by the estimable Nazraeli Press, "Hunter Green" is the beautifully designed and printed second sampling in book form of Terri Weifenbach's lush, often hazy examinations of mysterious backyard flora. A brand new, most handsome example from the deluxe edition limited to one hundred copies featuring an original 5 ¼ x 3 ½" color photograph mounted on the front cover. 3-923922-88-4 Inventory Number: 016438

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Ghent, BELGIUM: Imschoot, Uitgevers for IC, 1988. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (56pp), profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English. Photographs by the Moved Pictures Archive and Frank Vellenga. This charming little Lawrence Weiner artist book takes the form of a rather baroquely-designed narrative of a metaphorical seafaring voyage. A most handsome example of the 1988 first edition (entry number thirty-one of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies additionally SIGNED "Lawrence Weiner" in black ink on the title page. 90-72191-02-1 Inventory Number: 021737

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Basel, SWITZERLAND & New York: Rolf Preisig & Moved Pictures (Lawrence Weiner), 1978. First Edition 1/780. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (42pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and German. Photographs by Beate Nilsen. Limited to seven hundred and eighty copies and dedicated to Simon Rodia, "Regarding Inscriptions..." is a 1978 photographically illustrated artist's book by the esteemed conceptual practitioner Lawrence Weiner. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item (entry number twenty-two of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to seven hundred and eighty unnumbered copies additionally SIGNED "Lawrence Weiner" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 003537

(WEIWEI, AI). Delson, Susan. New York: Prestel Publishing, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 220pp, 140 color and 15 b&w illustrations. With bibliographies. "Ai Weiwei's "Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads" features twelve large-scale bronze animal heads, each depicting a segment of the ancient Chinese zodiac. As a major work of public art, it is an extraordinary accomplishment in its own right. But as this book explains, the origins and motivation behind the piece are as compelling as the work itself. Ai Weiwei based the sculpture on a complex zodiac fountain that was built for an imperial retreat in eighteenth-century China. When the retreat was looted by European soldiers, the fountain's bronze animal heads were stolen - only seven of the twelve are known to survive. By reimagining the work Ai Weiwei confronts uncomfortable truths within Chinese and Western history. This book compares Ai Weiwei's work to the original zodiac heads; features interviews with Ai Weiwei conducted at various periods during the sculpture's development; offers a historical overview of the events surrounding the fountain's looting; and follows the trail of the original heads as they are sold and resold amidst political furor. The book tells the riveting story behind a highly acclaimed piece of modern art, while providing an introduction to one of our generation's most important artists". A brand new, pristine example of a handful of copies of the first edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ai Weiwei" in black marker on a specially designed "Circle of Animals - Zodiac Heads" printed bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The celebrated dissident artist and activist had been arrested by Chinese authorities just prior to the 2011 New York installation of this piece, and so unable to travel, agreed to sign a limited number of these for the book's US publication. 3-7913-4636-9 Inventory Number: 024539

(WELLING, JAMES). Loock, Ulrich & James Welling. Luzern, SWITZERLAND: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. np, 30 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. This is the stylish catalogue published in conjunction with a 1998 exhibition of photographic work from the previous three years by James Welling held at the Kunstmuseum Luzern. A most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally SIGNED AND DATED "JW 4.18.98." in the year of publication in blue ink on the rear colophon showing a slight discoloration to the rear cover. 3-267-00121-8 Inventory Number: 021889

(WELLING, JAMES). Welling, James. London & Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl Mack, 2010. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 128pp, 70 duotone illustrations. Text in English. Designed by James Welling and Michael Mack. "James Welling creates work which challenges the technical and conceptual bounds of photography. In his abstract work of the 1980s he usually employed simple materials, like crumpled aluminum foil, draped fabric and pastry dough. Then in 1992 he began the series Light Sources, an open-ended accumulation of diverse portraits, landscapes and interiors. All these photographs indirectly refer to the process of perception and while many of the objects literally transmit light, the series acknowledges that everything we see reflects light and is also a source of light". A brand new, pristine example of the exceptionally beautifully designed and printed 2010 Steidl Mack first edition additionally SIGNED "James Welling" in black ink on the rear colophon. 3-86521-859-8 Inventory Number: 021992

(WELLING, JAMES). Welling, James. Gent, BELGIUM: Imschoot, Uitgevers, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (64pp), 28 b&w illustrations. Text in English. "Light Sources" is the lovely 1996 monograph on the photographs of James Welling published by the late, lamented Imschoot, Uitgevers. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies additionally SIGNED "James Welling" in black ink on the rear colophon. 90-72191-80-3 Inventory Number: 021955

(WELLING, JAMES). Welling, James, Sylvia Lavin & Noam M. Elcott. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore, 2010. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 45 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Victor Hu: Green Dragon Office. "From 2006 to 2009, James Welling photographed the Glass House, the landmark architectural estate that Philip Johnson built in New Canaan, Connecticut in 1949. Welling's photos offer a decided departure from the familiar views of the house and grounds. Using digital cameras set on a tripod and holding a variety of filters in front of the lens, he created tinted veils and distortions that transformed the image at the moment of exposure, endowing it with powerful swells of glowing color. As Welling described it, the use of filters enabled his project to become "a laboratory for ideas about transparency, reflectivity and color". This lovely hardbound monograph also includes an essay by Noam M. Elcott as well as a transcribed interview between the photographer and noted architectural historian Sylvia Lavin about the project. A most handsome example of the 2010 Damiani first edition additionally SIGNED "James Welling" in black ink on the rear colophon. 88-6208-161-8 Inventory Number: 025303

(WENDT, WILLIAM). Anderson, Antony, Fred S. Hogue, Alma May Cook & Arthur Millier. Los Angeles: Stendahl Art Galleries, 1926. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket. 94pp, 71 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This monograph on the noted California Plein Air painter William Wendt was issued by the renowned Stendahl Art Gallery at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel in 1926. It includes texts by Antony Anderson, Fred S. Hogue, Alma May Cook and Los Angeles Times art critic Arthur Millier along with seventy-one reproductions of his work with commentary. A bright, handsome example of the 1926 first edition of this uncommon item lacking its dust jacket additionally BEARING THE BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Cecil. / William Wendt." in ink beneath the artist's frontispiece portrait showing some light wear and soiling to the boards, a bit of spotting to the inside covers and endpapers, and some typical mild age-toning to the extremities of the the pages that reproduce the artworks. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025948

(WESTON, EDWARD). Naef, Weston. New York: E. Weyhe, 1932. First Edition 1/550. Folio. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 40 b&w illustrations. Designed by Merle Armitage. With a biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Compiled in 1932 by the forward thinking Los Angeles-based graphic designer and publisher Merle Armitage, this exquisitely produced book was the very first monograph on the work of pioneering California photographer Edward Weston. It features thirty-nine images by Weston, a frontispiece portrait by his son Brett, and texts by the photographer, Armitage, Lincoln Steffens, Arthur Millier, Jean Charlot, and Charles Sheeler. A presentable example of this typically fragile oversized tome (cited on page 200 of "From Fair to Fine 3: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") limited to five hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (143/550) AND SIGNED "Edward Weston" in black ink on the rear colophon lacking the publisher's slipcase whose white cloth spine is soiled and stained, and black boards are worn and scraped along the extremities. The hinges are solid, the textblock is tight but soiled along the edges with the signatures slightly uneven with one another. The book bears the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To John and Clement / new friends for old. more would be less. / I don't know what all / this means. You guess / Edward Oct. 1936" in black ink on the page facing the colophon. Additionally, laid in is a BOLDLY INSCRIBED hand-written letter "John and Clem ---- / hope you took my dis - / appearance in good spirit - / I was not just sleepy, / but exhausted ------------ / See you soon I hope / yr ------ / Edward" from the photographer in pencil on a 8 ½ x 11" sheet of yellow paper that has been neatly folded in quarters and subsequently flattened. Inventory Number: 025020

(WILCO) (SCHMELLING, MICHAEL). Wilco, Michael Schmelling, Fred Tomaselli, Rick Moody, Henry Miller & Bern Porter. Dan Nadel & Peter Buchanan-Smith, Editors. Brooklyn, NY: PictureBox Inc., 2004. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Music Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 164pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by PictureBox. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Published in 2004, "The Wilco Book" is an exploration of the artistic statement presented by the band Wilco. Artwork created by the band, photographer Michael Schmelling, and artist Fred Tomaselli is interspersed with comments excerpted from interviews conducted by PictureBox with the band's members, technicians, and managers, essays by Henry Miller and Rick Moody, and excerpts from Bern Porter's collection "Found Poetry". Packaged with the book is an audio CD containing twelve previously unreleased tracks recorded during the sessions that led to the band's "A Ghost Is Born", which is discussed in the first appendix by Mikael Jorgensen, who produced and played on the sessions before he formally joined Wilco". A brand new, most handsome example of the first PictureBox Inc. edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED for us by all six current band members - Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen, Glenn Kotche, Pat Sansone, and John Stirratt as well as the book's photographer Michael Schmelling in black ink with the publisher's unplayed CD affixed to the inside rear board. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9713670-3-5 Inventory Number: 027704

(WILKE, HANNAH). Wilke, Hannah & Joanna Frueh. Thomas H. Kochheiser, Editor. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1989. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 176pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1989 Hannah Wilke retrospective exhibition held at the University of Missouri at St. Louis' Gallery 210, this comprehensive hardbound catalogue was the first major publication on the pioneering late feminist artist. It combines copious photographic documentation with an essay by Joanna Frueh and a selection of previously unpublished writings by the artist. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Hannah Wilke 1989 00" in the year of publication in black ink to the right of her posterior on the frontispiece portrait photograph 0-8262-0703-0 Inventory Number: 027450

(WILLIAMS, MASON) (RUSCHA, EDWARD). Williams, Mason. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1966. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Cloth. Artist's Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 21 b&w illustrations + endpapers. Designed by Ed Ruscha. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. A year prior to Ed Ruscha, Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell's Consumer Reports-style crash test involving a Royal manual typewriter ejected from a 1963 Buick LeSabre traveling at ninety miles per hour along US Highway 91 that became "Royal Road Test", the same Oklahoma-born trio collaborated on self-published "The Night I Lost my Baby...". It features Mason Williams's first-person prose poem narrative of shattered romance illustrated with Patrick Blackwell's vintage photographs of Sin City - all art directed by Ed Ruscha. A most handsome example of the uncommon first and only edition limited to five hundred unnumbered copies additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To ... / Mason Williams / 1967" in black ink on the front free endpaper showing some light soiling and dulling to the metallic cloth covers. Inventory Number: 026020