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JOEL STERNFELD: WALKING THE HIGH LINE - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(STERNFELD, JOEL). Sternfeld, Joel, Adam Gopnik & John Stilgoe. Gottingen, GERMANY & New York: Steidl & Pace/MacGill Gallery, 2001. First Edition. Small 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 56pp, 28 color and 5 b&w illustrations. Designed by Gerhard Steidl. "Sometimes like a river of grass, sometimes like the wheat fields of the Canadian prairies, the High Line is a unique ruin that simultaneously permits contemplation of nature and the city. Since March 2000, photographer Joel Sternfeld has been documenting the abandoned elevated railway line which runs for one and a half miles along the West Side of New York City, from 34th Street down along the edge of the Hudson River, through West Chelsea's tree-lined blocks and art galleries, and into the heart of the Meat Packing District. Walking the path of this real-time landscape, Sternfeld has created a suite of images in which the landscape is read as both a social and cultural indicator". A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon 2001 first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Joel Sternfeld" in black ink across the title page. 3-88243-726-X Inventory Number: 026624
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ROBERT STIVERS: SANCTUM - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(STIVERS, ROBERT). Stivers, Robert & Eugenia Parry. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 2006. First Edition 1/1000. Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (88pp), 41 four-color illustrations + jacket. Designed by Jack Woody and Robert Stivers. Limited to one thousand copies only, this lavishly produced volume is the fourth collection of New Mexican photographer Robert Stivers' beautifully toned, haunting images that evoke cameras and printing processes of a bygone era. A pristine copy of this sumptuous tome BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black felt-tip pen on the title page. 1-931885-57-5 Inventory Number: 012776
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ROBERT STIVERS: PHOTOGRAPHS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(STIVERS, ROBERT). Stivers, Robert. Introduction by A.D. Coleman. Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (106pp), 44 b&w illustrations. This is the first book of Robert Stivers' dark, ghostly images published by the late, lamented Arena Press. A pristine copy BOLDLY SIGNED in ink by the photographer on the half title page. 0-9657280-0-5 Inventory Number: 011471
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BRICK STOWELL: ALMOST FAMOUS - PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(STOWELL, BRICK). Stowell, Brick. Los Angeles: Self-Published, I00250806. 2025. First Edition. 9 x 6 1/2", 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. New.. np (76pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "Brick Stowell was the staff photographer and tour manager for Odd Future (OFWGKTA) from 2011 to 2016, capturing the collective's rise to fame. His work highlights a transformative period in the music industry, influencing contemporary music culture. "Almost Famous: Planes, Trains & Automobiles" is the small-format follow up to Stowell's 2024 massive - and now sold out - comprehensive look at Odd Future's history entitled "Almost Famous:2011-2016 - The OFWGKTA Photographs. A brand new example of the first edition of this document of Los Angeles' near past featuring Odd Future members Tyler The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean, Travis Taco Bennett, Syd Tha Kid, Hodgy, and more additionally.BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by photographer Brick Stowell. Get one while they last! 9799985902585
Inventory Number: I00250806
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BRICK STOWELL: ALMOST FAMOUS 2011-2016 - THE OFWGKTA PHOTOGRAPHS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(STOWELL, BRICK). Stowell, Brick. Los Angeles: Self-Published, I00250209. 2024. Second Edition. 11 x 8 1/2", Quarto. Printed Boards. Music Photography Monograph. New./No Jacket - As Issued. 396pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Brick Stowell was the staff photographer and tour manager for Odd Future (OFWGKTA) from 2011 to 2016, capturing the collective's rise to fame. His work highlights a transformative period in the music industry, influencing contemporary music culture. "Almost Famous..." is a comprehensive look at Odd Future's history, featuring photos, original merchandise, music video props, outfits, and other memorabilia, documenting the cultural impact of the group." A brand new example of the now unavailable second edition of this vital document of Los Angeles' near past featuring Odd Future members Tyler The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean, Travis Taco Bennett, Syd Tha Kid, Hodgy, and more that sold out immediately upon it's first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by photographer Brick Stowell. 9799985902585
Inventory Number: E000BSAF1
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SUCKADELIC: YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE FOR BUYING THIS: THE SUCKADELIC ART TOY UNIVERSE - DELUXE LIMITED EDITION OF FIFTY SIGNED COPIES WITH A BLISTER PACK CONTAINING A "SUCKLORD ZERO" VINYL FIGURE
(SUCKLORD). Sucklord, The - aka Morgan Phillips, Johan Kugelberg & Simeon Lipman. New York: Boo-Hooray Gallery & Suckadelic Enterprises, 2011. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 8vo. Wrappers + Artist's Multiple. Artist Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np, profusely illustrated in color + a 9 x 6" printed blister pack containing a "Sucklord Zero" monochrome vinyl figure. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the venerable Boo-Hooray Gallery's 2011 "Suckadelic" exhibition of the irony-drenched vinyl art figures of The Sucklord. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe edition limited to fifty copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Sucklord III" in what appears to be pearlescent pink marker on the inside front cover of the catalogue stapled at the rear cover to an unopened blister pack containing a "Sucklord Zero" artist multiple, as issued. Inventory Number: 026419
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RICKY SWALLOW: BRONZES - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(SWALLOW, RICKY). Holte, Michael Ned. London & Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Stuart Shave / Modern Art & Darren Knight Gallery, 2013. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by A Practice for Everyday Life. "Ricky Swallow is known for intricately and attentively crafted sculptural works, often combining contemporary imagery with art historical references, and the traditional notion of nature morte. His current bronze works extend this practice while reflecting the more recent influences of twentieth century design, studio ceramics and the inventiveness of folk art. This lovely new hardbound co-edition from Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney surveys the artist's ongoing body of bronze sculpture made since 2010, and features an essay by Michael Ned Holte along with photographs by Fredrik Nilsen. A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by both Ricky Swallow and author Michael Ned Holte. 0-9567988-1-0 Inventory Number: 022762
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PHILIP TAAFFE: RECENT PAINTINGS - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Ricard, Rene. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 36pp, 9 tipped-in color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1999 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition "Recent Paintings", this beautifully designed catalogue spared no expense in regards to its lavish production values. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-880154-31-5 Inventory Number: 024309
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PHILIP TAAFFE: RECENT PAINTINGS - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Ricard, Rene. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 36pp, 9 tipped-in color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1999 Gagosian exhibition "Recent Paintings", this is a beautifully designed catalogue that spared no expense with its lavishly production values. A brand new, pristine example SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-880154-31-5 Inventory Number: 013993
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PHILIP TAAFFE: NEW PAINTINGS - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Taaffe, Philip. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. One 12 ½ x 38 ¾" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in fifths to make 10pp, 4 color illustrations. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's very first Gagosian Gallery exhibition, this beautiful brochure cum exhibition catalogue features a poetic text by the artist woven through reproductions of his "Rangvalli glass monotypes". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink beneath his catalogue essay. Inventory Number: 024310
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PHILIP TAAFFE - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Vidal, Gore. New York: Pat Hearn & Mary Boone Galleries, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (36pp), 13 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed catalogue featuring a brief essay by Gore Vidal (!) published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1989 exhibition of then-recent works displayed concurrently at New York's Pat Hearn and Mary Boone galleries. A most handsome example of this uncommon item SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 0-941863-08-5 Inventory Number: 024311
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PHILIP TAAFFE (BROWN DUST JACKET) - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(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 brown jacket motif additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 024308
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PHILIP TAAFFE (RED DUST JACKET) - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(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
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SUMILON: IKEIKE GIRLS PHOTOGRAPHED BY SHOKEN TAKAHASHI - SIGNED BY MEMBERS KYOKO MAKI, YUKO MIYABE, AND HITOMI AKIYAMA
(TAKAHASHI, SHOKEN). Takahashi, Shoken. Tokyo, JAPAN: Takeshobo, 1994. First Edition. Small Folio. Boards in Printed Dust Jacket. Erotic Photography Monograph. Very Good -/Good +. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese and English. The "IkeIke Girls" were a popular early -to-mid-nineties Japanese Pop Idol trio. "Sumilon" is a lavish Shashinsu Glamour photobook by the noted erotic photographer Shoken Takahashi featuring the group posing nude at an exotic beach resort. Published in 1994 it contains both playful and pensive full frontal pictures of the group's final lineup - Kyoko Maki, Yuko Miyabi, and Hitomi Akiyama - alone and together. None of the copious below-the-waist photgraphy in this Japanese publication has been airbrushed, blacked-out, or pixilated. A brand new, most handsome example of the first edition of this uncommon (not a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) item additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "Ike 2 Girls" / "Kyoko" / "Hitomi" / "Yuko" in black marker on the front pastedown. 4-88475-291-0 Inventory Number: 027102
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ED TEMPLETON: 2022 DEADBEAT CLUB WALL CALENDAR - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(TEMPLETON, ED). Deadbeat Club, 2021. 12 x 13 inches, 14 Pages, Wire-O Binding. Paperback. New.
For the annual Deadbeat Club Calendar, we called on our friend Ed and told him to have fun with it. What he designed is twelve glorious months of classic Templeton color washes, doodles, custom lettering and other personal touches to accompany some of your fave Tempster photos. Here's wishing you a happy, healthy and friend-filled 2022, from your buds Ed Templeton and Deadbeat Club. 978-1952523021 Inventory Number: I00211109 -
ED TEMPLETON: "UNTITLED ("WOMAN SMOKES FROM BEHIND") - A 2015 ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED AND FRAMED BY THE ARTIST
(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
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SITUATION COMEDY - SIGNED BY ED TEMPLETON
(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
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ED TEMPLETON: DRINKING THE KOOL-AID - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(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
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ED TEMPLETON: ADVENTURES IN THE NEARBY FAR AWAY - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(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
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DEFORMER - DELUXE SIGNED SLIPCASED EDITION WITH A COLOR PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY ED TEMPLETON
(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
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ED TEMPLETON: WAYWARD COGNITIONS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(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
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ED TEMPLETON: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NEGLECT - SIGNED WITH A DRAWING
(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
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ED TEMPLETON: TEENAGE SMOKERS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(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
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MARIO TESTINO: LET ME IN - DELUXE LIMITED SLIPCASED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(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
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ROSEMARIE TROCKEL: HERDE (WERKVERZEICHNIS / HERDE / VIDEOS / ZEICHNUNGEN / FOTOS / EDITIONEN) - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(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
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DON VAN VLIET: RIDING SOME KIND OF UNUSUAL SKULL SLEIGH - DELUXE SLIPCASED EDITION WITH A SIGNED ETCHING
(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
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ELLEN VON UNWERTH: FRAULEIN - COLLECTOR'S EDITION
(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
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ELLEN VON UNWERTH: FRAULEIN - COLLECTOR'S EDITION
(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
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ELMER WACHTEL (A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY) - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM MARION KAVANAGH WACHTEL
(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
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JUICE! THE MUSICAL - POETRY BY SCOTT WANNBERG - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
(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
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DEAN WAREHAM: HEARING VOICES - SELECTED LYRICS 1987-2021: ARTWORK BY ED TEMPLETON - DELUXE SIGNED AND NUMBERED SLIPCASED EDITION LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED COPIES
(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
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LEROY NEIMAN & ANDY WARHOL: 1981 POSTER FOR AN EXHIBITION OF SPORTS PAINTINGS - BOLDLY SIGNED BY ANDY WARHOL
(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
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ANDY WARHOL'S "FOLK AND FUNK" - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM ANDY WARHOL
(WARHOL, ANDY). Brant, Sandra & Elissa Cullman. Introduction by Robert Bishop. New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1977. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 24pp, 16 monochrome illustrations + color covers. This is the charming catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 Museum of American Folk Art exhibition of eighty-five decorative and folk artworks drawn from the collection of grand acquisitor and connoisseur Andy Warhol. A handsome example of this uncommon item additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Virginia / Andy Warhol" in blue ink above the portrait of Warhol on page five to the wife of noted late Los Angeles assemblage artist Gordon Wagner showing some mild rubbing to the covers. Inventory Number: 020852
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL (FROM A-B & BACK AGAIN) - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY WITH A CAMPBELL'S SOUP CAN DRAWING
(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
$3,500.00 InquireFiled Under: Artist Monographs, Cinema, Music + Sound Art, Pop Art, Signed Books, Andy Warhol, Graphics + Multiples, Original Art -
DARREN WATERSTON: REPRESENTING THE INVISIBLE - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(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
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BRUCE WEBER - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(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
$500.00 InquireFiled Under: Cinema, Erotica, Fashion, Photography Monographs, Signed Books, Bruce Weber, Queer / LGBTQ+ -
WEEGEE: A VINTAGE 8 x 10" SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF JIMMY STARR ON SET
(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
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WEEGEE BY WEEGEE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(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
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TERRI WEIFENBACH: ANOTHER SUMMER - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
(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
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TERRI WEIFENBACH: INSTRUCTION MANUAL NO 3: 25. JUNE 1996 (NAZRAELI PRESS ONE PICTURE BOOK NO. 4) - SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION WITH AN ORIGINAL COLOR TYPE C PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT
(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