1955. San Francisco: 1955. Single black and white photograph, 13 1/4 x 10 3/8”, mounted on 1/8” thick board. Signed by Ansel Adams to lower right-hand corner, with his studio stamp, "131 - 24th Avenue San Francisco," and "Neg. No. AA-COM-1-83" to the back. Very good on a slightly toned..... More
1938. Oakland, California: 1938. Photograph 6 1/8 x 7 1/4”, b&w gelatin silver print, mounted, signed and dated by Imogen Cunningham on the board beneath the lower right corner. With Imogen Cunningham studio sticker affixed to verso, board slightly foxed: very good. § Original print by Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) widely..... More
1911. Seattle: 1911. Large photograph, 18 x 14”, sepia toned silver print mounted on cardboard and trimmed; copyright and studio credit burned into negative, lower right. § The brother of Edward S. Curtis, Asahel (1874-1941) became a professional photographer in 1894. His commissions took him throughout much of the..... More
1924. Suffolk Engr. Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1924. Photogravure, 21.75 x 17.5 inches. § A fine image from Curtis's The North American Indian, a portrait of a young woman of the Cahuilla tribe, from the deserts of Southern California, plate 522 from Volume 15 (1926). The North American Indian remains one the..... More
1920. San Marino, CA: c. 1920. Black and white photograph, 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Signed in ink in bottom right corner by Curtis. § A fine portrait of Henry E. Huntington in front of the bronze doors of the library building on his estate in San Marino, California. In the..... More
1923. Suffolk Engr. Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1923. Photogravure, 21.8 x 17.8 inches. § A beautiful image showing a Klamath man hunting from a dugout canoe, Plate 458 from Volume 13 (1923) of Curtis's The North American Indian. The Klamath people are from the inland region of Northern California and Southern..... More
1994. Printed 1994. Gelatin silver print 16 1/8 x 11 1/2”, signed and numbered in ink in the margin; titled and dated in unknown hand to verso, mounted; very good. § Of 250 this is number 24. Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He achieved fame..... More
2003. N.p. 2003 [and] 2002. Birth announcement, card folded twice to make 2pp. (215 x 280 mm), color-printed, fine condition. § Announcement of the the birth of the photographer's daughter Honey Constance Fuss, September 7, 2003 (6lb 2oz), illustrated with one of his iconic floating baby photographs. More
1996. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Folio, 208 pp. Printed boards with illustrated dust jacket. Signed by Felver on the title page. Light rubbing to dust jacket. A very good copy. § First printing. With black and white photo portraits of many important writers, artists, and musicians shot..... More
1998. [New York:] Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 1998. Slim 4to, 12 unnumbered leaves. 7 reproductions of photographs by Fuss, of which 2 are tipped-in color, 1 is full-page b/w and 4 are half-page b/w. The three pages of text consist of title page, list of photographs, and colophon, all of which..... More
1986. New York: Aperture Books, 1986. Oblong 4to, 144 pp. Hardcover. Original dust jacket with small closed tear to headcap. Minor shelfwear. A very good copy. § First edition, first printing (with the cover price of $39.95) of Nan Goldin’s famous first book. A photo-diary of her life in bohemian..... More
1920. London: The Times Publishing Co., n.d. [circa late 1920s]. Oblong 4to. Title-page, foreword and 28 full-page captioned photogravure plates, lettered lightly in pencil in each outer right corner. Original blue cloth with gilt titles on upper cover and backstrip. Bookplate of Robert Maytag on front pastedown, presentation inscription dated..... More
![Portrait of Rosa Covarrubias]. Nickolas Muray](/pictures/thumb/108127.jpg?v=1586803325)
1925. New York: n.d [circa 1925-35?]. 8 x 10” b&w photograph on glossy paper, with studio stamp, ‘THIS PHOTO MAY BE PUBLISHED ONLY WHEN PROPER CREDIT IS GIVEN NICKOLAS MURAY, NEW YORK.’ Photo in very good condition, mounted on board with mat, protected with mylar. Ink gift inscription on the..... More
![Photo of “Wall-Assemblage”]. Claude Pélieu](/pictures/thumb/108149.jpg?v=1586803325)
1972. n.d. [U.K. 1972-73?]. Glossy photo 8 x 9 7/8”, § Original photo taken by friend Jean-Louis Brau, both artists were part of the French avant-garde Lettrist movement. More
1950. Lausanne: Editions Jean Marguerat, [ca. 1950]. 4to, 19pp. followed by 80 original photographs. Mapped endpapers. Original off-white cloth stamped in blue to upper board and backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket with 3-inch closed tear to top of front cover. Some edgewear. Very good. § First edition. Text in French and..... More
1876. Paris: Ateliers de Reproductions Artistiques, [1876]. Color photograph 9 1/4 x 12”, mounted with contemporary mat framing the photo in an oval window with gilt, title information printed in red to mat board. Very good. § “Leon Vidal (1833-1906) is not well known today but during the latter half..... More
![Reeds [and Black Water]. Brett Weston](/pictures/thumb/108126.jpg?v=1564510902)
1975. Oregon: 1975. “Silver print” photograph 13 3/4 x 10 5/8”, mounted on archival board, in an archival folder inlaid to the lower board. Gray paper boards with title information stamped on upper board in gilt. Photograph signed by Brett Weston in the lower right-hand corner. § The original..... More
1947. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1947. Folio, unpaginated. Original cloth-backed boards lettered in grey, light wear to the spine ends and board edges, lower corner of the upper board bumped, in the original unclipped dust jacket, toned, spine panel faded, professionally restored. Very good. § No. 168..... More
1869. Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1869. Large 4to, x, 210, [2], xxxvi p. Plan, illustrations, pedigree, eight albumen prints by Cruttenden of Maidstone, mounted on blank sheets. Title printed in red and black. Publisher's red cloth, embossed and gilt over bevelled boards. Newly rebacked and recased. Photos a bit aged..... More
