Ecstasy of Things: From the Functional Object to the Fetish in 20th Century Photographs by Seelig, Thomas & Urs Stahel, Eds - 2004

Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2012. Original archival color print signed by Stephen Shore on the back is tipped in. First edition / First printing. Limited edition. 500 copies. This copy is an Artists Proof. Taupe laminated boards. Very fine. Issued without dust jacket. The 73th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series.

New York: Alpine Book Company and International Museum of Photography, 1979. First Edition. Preface by Yves Saint Laurent. Foreword by Robert Riley. Quarto. Cloth. 240pp., 195 illustrations, including 37 color plates. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

LIMITED EDITION, ONE of 1,500 copies. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the photographer, Gil Garcetti. NEW and UNREAD.

Austin: University of Texas, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Sm 4to. Green cloth, with silver and black spine lettering and silver decoration. Pale green end papers. 264 pages, with Navaho Pronunciation Guide, Appendices, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with b/w and some color photographs. SIGNED by Gilpin on the half title page. No other names. No remainder marks, or marks to text. Illustrated dust-jacket (with price clipped) has slight wear at spine ends, else Fine. A Fine, tight, signed copy, in dust-jacket, of Gilpin's stunning work.

Tokyo: Asahi Photo Service, 1934. en Francais - Image du Japon Second Edition; 1934. Bilingual English/French book with French translations by Georges Alsot 4to size tan clothbound hardcover with black titles on spine and cover; 292 pages. Endpapers are a two page spread of a red Rising Sun on a light colored background. Most pages are full page black and white photographs, there are some pages where two photographs appear on a single page. The photographs are very high quality reproductions. The photographs are captioned in English and French. The book has no Table of Contents and no text other than the photo captions and Preface. From Preface: "(Our) cameramen are constantly exploring the multi-colored life of the people, and their photographs offer fresh sidelights upon Japanese customers and activities, which will afford Western readers glimpses into an unfamiliar Eastern world... (It shows) something of the recent developments, both social and political, that go to make up modern… Read More

Book with all pages present, without creases/tears. Worn outer cover. Owner's signature covered in black pen on second title page (does not affect content). 216 pages, 21.8 x 29 x 2.7 cm / 5.24 x 0.98 x 8.46 inches This new collection of Peter Lindbergh's photographs presents his work from the past ten years. The prolific fashion and portrait photographer is one of the leading commercial artists of our day. His special subject are women.

Signed copy. Light tanning to pages edges, not affecting text or content.No tears/marks on either binding or paper. ///Published in Welsh and English in an edition of 850

Artsept was a little-known periodical published in 1963 by the writer and film critic Raymond Bellour. Due to financial problems only three issues were published. With an editorial board consisting in particular of Raymond Bellour, Jean Cayrol, Armand Gatti, Jean-Louis Leutrat, Jean Michaud and Bernard Pingaud, Artsept's mission was to manifest film as the seventh art, embracing all other arts in their discourse. Each issue was dedicated to a specific topic, the first one to "real cinema", the second to "cinema and truth", and the last one to "love".

On the cover of the first issue of Artsept appear the names of Cayrol, Colpi, Durand, Gatti, Marker, Resnais, and Varda. This reads like the "Who's Who" of the Left Bank Group and already indicates a different approach to film than André Bazin's famous Cahiers du Cinéma. Each issue contains a comprehensive filmography and bibliography of the filmmakers who appear as authors or subjects in Arstept.
The remarkable texts from contributors like… Read More

"My Wallet of Photographs: The Collected Photographs of J. M. Synge" arranged and introduced by Lilo Stephens. [Dublin]: Dolmen Editions, 1971. Eleven hundred copies, of which 1050 are for sale, are printed. pp. xvi + 53 b. & w. plates (incl. frontis. tipped in), [7]. Hardcover, quarter black cloth with grey boards, gilt title on spine and gilt initials (J. M. S.) of Synge, on front cover (corners square, slight wear at bottom of spine, covers are unmarked, interior is clean & unmarked). dj., unclipped (a few marks on back cover, spine faded, some wear at top of dustjacket with a tiny tear at top of spine).Very Good+ condition. (Dustjacket is in Very Good condition).Size: 11" x 7 5/8" (28cm x 19.5cm).

Texto de presentación de Juan de la Cabada. Edición de Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. La cubierta tiene desgastes de uso y tiempo en las orillas.
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