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Philadelphia: Dauphine Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Rare book of prose and photos celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Specifically, Fat Tuesday, "the final day of bacchanalia before the Lenten fasting begins." Chris Peditto has written a short story about a drunken day in New Orleans filled with outrageous characters. That's followed by a series of… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of the City of New York, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Catalogue for an exhibition of photographs by Alexander Alland (1902-1989), mostly featuring his New York City photos. Informative essay by Bonnie Yochelson, the curator of prints and photographs at the Museum of the City of New York, where the exhibition took place from April to October… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Richard H. Barnes, ca. 1960. Oblong photo album measuring 13 1/2 x 10 inches (340 x 255 mm), 12 leaves containing 8 photos each, for a total of 96 photos, title to front cover written in pencil, metal comb binding. This album shows 96 color snapshots of Anthony Cina of South Jersey Bindery, Thorofare, New Jersey, binding a book… Read more about this item

New York: Underwood and Underwood, ca. 1904. Case measuring 8 x 5-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches containing 100 stereoviews mounted on gray concave card stock. Gilt lettering to spine. A complete set of 100 stereoviews of Switzerland featuring black-and-white photos of the late 1890s and early 1900s. Each has a short description in English on the recto; the versos have short… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 247 x 195 mm), 252, [4] pages in blue cloth, silver titles to spine, in a photo-illustrated dust jacket. INSCRIBED on the half title to William and Rose Styron: "For Rose and Bill / A little guidance from under the / Earth.… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. The scarce hardbound issue featuring photographs of North Vietnam by Marc Riboud, with text by Philippe Devillers. Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine in orange, black endpapers. in the spine faded dust jacket. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, which has some edge wear,… Read more about this item

Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong Quarto (12 x 9 inches; 305 x 225 mm), 191, [1] pages in a slipcase. SIGNED by all three contributors on the title page: Jack Beckham Combs (photographs), Jennifer L. McCoy (foreword), and Julie E. Sweig (essay). Making 15 trips to Cuba over a period of eight… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1981. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED Eisenstaedt on the half title. Folio. Original black cloth, titles to spine silver. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a bit of smudging to the front panel.