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(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1975. First Edition. Square 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. This witty book is the follow-up to Bill Owens' much sought-after cult classic, "Suburbia". Also published by Rolling Stone Magazine's Straight Arrow Books, this captures the social activities of such Northern California groups of the late sixties and early seventies as the Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Jaycees, John Birch Society, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Rotary Club, Lions Club, Foresters, Job's Daughters, Toastmasters, De Molay, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, League of Women Voters, American Bowling Congress, Parents Without Partners, the Avon Bottle Club, and scores more within the photographer's typically good natured gaze. A most handsome example of this beloved paean to a bygone era of togetherness additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Bill Owens" in blue ink on the front pastedown. 0-87932-084-2 Inventory Number: 021825

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good +.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1973, Bill Owens' "Suburbia" is an amazing dissection of the Northern California suburban sprawl of the late sixties and early seventies that has become recognized as one of the great American photography books of the last quarter of the 20th Century. A handsome example of the uncommon first Straight Arrow paperback printing (cited on page 24 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 296-297 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 224-225 of "The Book of 101 Books") whose textured black wrappers show some minor wear along with some light soiling to the edges of the textblock. 0-87932-042-7 Inventory Number: 016437

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. Foreword by Lewis Lapham. Introduction by Gregory Crewdson. Robert Harshorn Shimshak, Editor. New York: Fotofolio, 2008. First Edition Thus. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

120pp, 99 duotone and 19 color illustrations. Designed and published in the same format as the revised hardbound edition of his cult classic "Suburbia", "Working" is Bill Owens' long awaited companion volume of those same late sixties and early seventies Northern California suburbanites frozen in their weekend pursuit of the good life. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Bill Owens'' in ink on the title page.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “Working” will be signed by Bill Owens at our (postponed) event on Saturday, June 29th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 2nd.

1-58418-125-7 Inventory Number: 026080

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. Foreword by Sofia Coppola. Introduction by Gregory Crewdson. Robert Harshorn Shimshak, Editor. New York: Fotofolio, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.

120pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed and published in the same format as the revised hardbound edition of his cult classic "Suburbia", "Leisure" is Bill Owens' long awaited companion volume of those same late sixties and early seventies Northern California suburbanites frozen in their weekend pursuit of the good life. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Bill Owens'' in ink on the title page.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “Leisure” will be signed by Bill Owens at our (postponed) event on Saturday, June 29th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 2nd.

1-58418-074-9 Inventory Number: 014429

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. Introduction by A.M. Homes. Claudia Zanfi, Editor. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, 100 duotone and 70 color illustrations. "A black-and-white photograph captures a woman, curlers in her hair and a baby in her arms, standing in a messy kitchen and saying, "How can I worry about the damned dishes when there are children dying in Vietnam?" California photographer Bill Owens is best known for his critically acclaimed series "Suburbia", which was published as a monograph in 1972, and has long been considered one of the classic photo books of the era. For this influential and evocative project, Owens simply shot friends and acquaintances in his Livermore, California, neighborhood and allowed them to speak for themselves. Ordinary people had rarely been so riveting. A comprehensive monograph, this volume consists of several sections of work from 1969 to the present, opening at the height of flower power, with images of the Beat generation, Woodstock and the protests against Vietnam. Owens has always remained intrigued by America as a subject: there follows a series of images focusing on urban America, its endless grids and homogeneous cities. In his most recent photos, many of which are in color and previously unpublished, Owens reveals how suburbia has evolved in the last forty years - from the friendly place he captured in the 1970s to one characterized by sprawl and anonymity". A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Bill Owens'' in ink on the title page.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of this will be signed by Bill Owens at our (postponed) event on Saturday, June 29th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 2nd.

88-6208-107-4 Inventory Number: 026081

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. Introduction by David Halberstam. Robert Harshorn Shimshak, Editor. New York: Fotofolio, 1999. First Edition Thus. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

120pp, 117 tritone and 19 color illustrations. For years, Bill Owens' 1973 "Suburbia" was out of print and a much sought-after cult classic. In 1999, it was re-issued in a revised hardbound edition containing a new essay by David Halberstam along with numerous vintage color images published here for the first time. This amazing sociological dissection of the Northern California suburban sprawl of the late sixties and early seventies is truly one of the great American photography books of the last quarter of the 20th Century. A brand new, most handsome example of the expanded 1999 Fotofolio edition (whose 1973 predecessor is cited on page 24 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 296-297 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 224-225 of "The Book of 101 Books") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED in ink by Bill Owens on the title page.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “Suburbia” will be signed by Bill Owens at our (postponed) event on Saturday, June 29th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 2nd.

1-881270-40-8 Inventory Number: 026083

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. Introduction by David Halberstam. Robert Harshorn Shimshak, Editor. New York: Bill Owens & Fotofolio, 1999. First Thus 1/150 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 120pp, 117 tritone and 19 color illustrations. For years, Bill Owens' 1973 "Suburbia" was out of print and a much sought-after cult classic. In 1999, it was re-issued in a revised hardbound edition containing a new essay by David Halberstam along with numerous vintage color images published here for the first time. This amazing sociological dissection of the Northern California suburban sprawl of the late sixties and early seventies is truly one of the great American photography books of the last quarter of the 20th Century. A pristine example of the photographer's privately-editioned deluxe version of the 1999 Fotofolio edition (whose 1973 predecessor is cited on page 24 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 296-297 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 224-225 of "The Book of 101 Books") limited to one hundred and fifty copies housed in a custom yellow cloth slipcase accompanied by an original 5 x 7" black and white photographic print SIGNED by Bill Owens. 1-881270-40-8 Inventory Number: 026082

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill & Sasha Frere-Jones. Claudia Zanfi, Editor. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 48 illustrations in color and b&w.

"Bill Owens: Altamont 1969" presents a new and previously unpublished series of photographs of The Rolling Stones’ infamous concert at the Altamont Speedway in Northern California. The Altamont Free Festival has become an emblem of the upheavals and aftershocks of a decade of change, and where Owens captured a generation’s desire to stand up and raise its voices against the war in Vietnam, against segregation and racial discrimination, against authority in general. Owens was hired by the Associated Press to cover what promised to be a huge rock concert whose lineup featured the Stones, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. But when he arrived at the Speedway with “two Nikons, three lenses, thirteen rolls of film, a sandwich and a jar of water,” the photographer witnessed one of the defining moments of the late sixties. The Utopian hopes and innocent conviviality of the 1960s gave way to tension and a deadly violence; as the Stones continued to play and much of the crowd remained oblivious, an eighteen year-old African-American boy named Meredith Hunter was killed by the Hell’s Angels who had been hired as concert security. This book captures the era's agitated energy that manifested itself in slogans and billboards, sit-ins and demonstrations, and a concert that was treated as a collective rite.” A brand new, pristine example of this engaging document published in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of the Festival from the renowned photojournalist whose "Suburbia" is one of the crowning photobooks of the 1970s additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Bill Owens" in ink.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “Altamont 1969” will be signed by Bill Owens at our (postponed) event on Saturday, June 29th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 2nd. 88-6208-623-7 Inventory Number: 026084