1. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Players Directory Bulletin, Hollywood 1937. Hollywood: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1937. First Edition. Quarto. Elusive first edition of this comprehensive studio directory. Very good in wrappers. $500.00

2. ALVERMANN, Dirk. Algerien / L'Algerie. Berlin: Rütten & Loening, 1960. First Edition. Small octavo. The first book by unheralded photographer Dirk Alvermann, a document of the Algerian struggle for independence. Brilliantly designed and laid out, this small book has generated a well-deserved buzz in the photobook world. Despite his newfound recognition, Alvermann remains little known. A scarce title: no copies are in OCLC, and the current offering is only the second copy I have seen in commerce. Spine a bit canted, small area of loss at the spine heel; a very good copy in photo-illustrated laminated boards as issued. $3500.00

3. ALVERMANN, Dirk. Keine Experimente: Bilder zum Grundgesetz. Berlin: Eulenspiegel Verlag, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. The second book by East German photographer Dirk Alvermann. This copy SIGNED by Alvermann with the original book ticket laid in. Like Alvermann's first book, Algerien, this pocket- sized work is a masterpiece of imagery and design, easily rivaling the best European photobooks of the era, and incorporating elements of graphic design, photomontage, and simple brutal juxtaposition that are almost conceptual in nature. A cheap paper stock adds to the commotion. Just about fine in laminated, photo-illustrated boards, with none of the endemic rubbing to the front cover. $2000.00

4. ARAKI, Nobuyoshi. The Banquet. Tokyo: Magazine House (1993). First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED by Araki in English. A photo diary of the food Araki and his wife Yoko ate in the months prior to her death. Shot half in color and half in black and white, the extreme close-up images of Japanese vegetables, noodles, fish, and other unidentifiable delicacies is not something you would want to look at before eating. (Parr / Badger, v1, 307). Fine in wrappers, fine photo-illustrated illustrated jacket, publisher's red obi (lightly worn). $1500.00

5. ATTALI, Marc and Jacques Delfau. Les Érotiques du Regard. Paris: André Balland, 1968. First Edition. Quarto. One of the great European artist's books of the sixties, combining provocative images and sexy typography. (Parr / Badger, v1, 222; Auer 484). Hint of wear at the spine ends and tips of the bottom boards; a fine copy in photo-illustrated boards and complete original publisher's acetate jacket, with only a smidgen of loss at the flap folds. Outstanding copy of a book prone to wear and binding issues. $2500.00

6. BECHER, Bernhard und Hilla. Anonyme Skulpturen. Dusseldorf: Art-Press Verlag (1970). First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED by Hilla Becher. The defacto manifesto of the Dusseldorf school: a group of Becher students, loosely affiliated, comprising some of the big names of today's art world, including Andreas Gursky and Thomas Struth. Like Ruscha, the Bechers blur the line between documentation and art, creating a turning of consciousness that has served to redefine the medium. (Parr / Badger, v2, 261; Roth 194-195; Open Book 258-259; Auer 518). Fine in a near fine jacket with a few tiny nicks at the head of the spine, and a small edge tear at the bottom of the back panel repaired by archival tape at the verso. Very clean copy; uncommon signed. $7500.00

7. BECHER, Bernhard und Hilla. Anonyme Skulpturen. New York: Wittenborn and Co. (1970). First Edition. Quarto. The American edition, issued simultaneously with the German, and the first book by Hilla and Bernhard Becher. This copy SIGNED by both artists. The manifesto of the Dusseldorf school: a group of Becher students, loosely affiliated, comprising some of the big names of today's art world, including Andreas Gursky and Thomas Struth. Like Ruscha, the Bechers blur the line between documentation and art, creating an almost scientific polemic that transcends any preexisting medium. (Parr / Badger, v2, 261; Roth 194-195; Open Book 258-259; Auer 518). Fine in a near fine jacket with a short closed edge tear and a few small nicks. Copies signed by both Bechers are scarce. $9500.00

8. BECKER, Olaf Otto. Unter dem Licht des Nordens / Under the Nordic Light. Koln: Schaden (2005). First Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by Becker who has additionally taped to the title page a baggage claim stub with his name, and a receipt from an airport shop in Keflavik. Luminous color photographs of Iceland and Greenland. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Under dem Licht des Nordens" in the Rotonda Koln, organized by Galerie Zander as part of the ISLANDBILDER festival Koln 2005. Fine in gray cloth boards with embossed color plate on front. Unaccountably scarce. $950.00

9. BO, Morten. Blågårds Blues. Copenhagen: Bøhms Bogtrykkeri, 1971. First Edition. Quarto. Limited to 1500 copies. Highly evocative and atmospheric images of the Blågård neighborhood of Copenhagen by Danish photographer Morten Bo, with text and poetry by Carl Frederik Garde. Little-known book by this underrated photographer. A little shelfwear, else near fine in photo- illustrated laminated boards. $250.00

10. BOLTANSKI, Christian. Menschlich. Paris / Koln: Thouet Verlag / Buchhandlung Walther Konig (1994). First Edition. Thick quarto. Over 1300 full-bleed black and white images documenting Boltanski's installations of the faces of 20th century Europe. Printed on cheap paper like a phonebook. (Roth 272-273; Auer 713). Some light surface creases to the fragile card wrappers as usual; near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers as issued. $850.00

11. BRANCO, Rio. Dulce Sudor Amargo. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1985. First Edition. Oblong quarto. 5000 copies printed. Text by Jean-Pierre Nouhaud, translated from the Portuguese by Felipe Garrido. Gritty color images shot in the Marciel neighborhood of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Issued as part of the Coleccion Rio de Luz series. The photographer's second book. Destined for a wider audience. Just about fine in photo-illustrated wrappers as issued (there is no hard cover edition). $850.00

12. BRASSAI. The Secret Paris of the 30's. New York: Pantheon Books (1976). First US Edition. Quarto. Nicely INSCRIBED by Brassai and dated in the year of publication. Fine in a fine jacket. Crisp copy. $750.00

13. BURKE, Bill. I Want To Take Picture. Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987. First Edition. Small folio. Limited to 1000 copies. A wild artist's book, combining disturbing black and white pictures of Southeast Asia with outtakes from Burke's travel diary, and peppered with color reproductions of cultural detritus, like the bottle caps of energy drinks used by Lao truckers. One of the most important and influential photobooks of the 80s. (Parr / Badger, v2, 40-41; Roth 258-250, Open Book 334-335; Auer 674). Fine in illustrated laminated boards as issued. Sharp copy. $1250.00

14. CALLAHAN, Harry. Water's Edge. Lyme: Callaway Editions (1980). First Edition. Tall quarto. INSCRIBED by Callahan to photographer / publisher Michael Torosian. 52 black and white photographs, including 1 gatefold. Introductory poem by A. R. Ammons. (Parr / Badger, v2, 33). Fine in a near fine jacket. $850.00

15. CARDOSO, Armindo and Germán Marín. Chile O Muerte. Mexico: Editorial Diogenes, S.A., 1974. First Edition. Square quarto. Excellent protest / artists' book chronicling not only the atrocities in Chile during the Pinochet era, but also juxtaposed with images of various injustices from the early seventies, and designed and edited in a truly avant-garde style that incorporates photography, graphic design, poetry, documentary text, cultural detritus, and other motifs that render this book one of the most interesting artists' books to be produced during the sixties or seventies. The author, Germán Marín, was exiled from Pinochet's Chile and lived in Mexico, where this volume was ultimately published. Little information exists about the photographer, Armindo Cardoso. The tiniest of creases to the upper edge of a few pages, else crisp and fine in distinctive illustrated wrappers. $3000.00

16. CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. Flagrants Délits. Paris: Delpire Éditeur (1968). First Edition. Square quarto. Profusely illustrated with 210 gravure plates, comprising one of the best overviews of Cartier-Bresson's work from 1930-1966, masterfully designed and printed by Robert Delpire. Fine as issued in white-stamped brown boards, acetate jacket, very good publisher's printed card slipcase (lightly worn and faded). OCLC locates only 5 copies of this unaccountably uncommon book, considering the fame and importance of the photographer. $1250.00

17. CERATI, Carla. Forma di Donna. Milano: Gabrielle Mazzotta, 1978. First Edition. Square quarto. 36 images of the female nude. (Bertolotti 154-155). Lightly bumped at the heel of the spine, else near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers as issued. $500.00

18. Chargesheimer. Unter Krahnenbäumen. Köln: Greven Verlag (1958). First Edition. Square quarto. The photographer's first book. Images of the Krahnenbäumen neighborhood in Köln. Text by Heinrich Böll. Uncommon book by an important European photographer best-known for his Parr / Badger book, Koln 5 Uhr 30. Near fine in an almost near fine jacket. $1250.00

19. CLARK, Larry. Larry Clark 1992. New York / Koln: Thea Westreich / Gisela Capitain, 1992. First Edition. Quarto. Limited to 1000 copies; now quite uncommon. Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. $1500.00

20. CLEMENT, Krass. Skygger Af Øjeblikke / Shadows of Movement. København: Chr. Erichsens Forlag, 1978. First Edition. Small oblong quarto. The first book by Danish photographer Krass Clement, best-known for his 1996 publication, Drum, included in Parr / Badger. While Clement has not achieved the fame of his compatriot Anders Petersen, he has produced several exceptional books spanning 30 years. The images in this volume were shot between 1964- 1972, most outside Denmark, and clearly show the photographer's fascination with people traveling at the margins of society. No copies in OCLC. Tiny taps at the corners; near fine in photo-illustrated boards. Scarce book, little-known outside Denmark. $1500.00

21. CLEMENT, Krass. Det Tavse Land / The Silent Country. København: Borgen, 1981. First Edition. Quarto. Danish photographer Krass Clement's second book: a melancholic portrait of Denmark based loosely on Robert Frank's The Americans. Widely hailed as a landmark by Danish scholars and collectors, this book remains, like much of Clement's work, solidly under the radar. Hint of wear; just about fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. No copies in OCLC. Copies that surface in Copenhagen tend to be in sub par condition. $750.00

22. CLEMENT, Krass. Byen Rag Regnen (The City Behind the Rain): Fotografier Fra København af Krass Clement. København: Gyldendal, 1987. First Edition. Quarto. Perhaps the best possible association copy, INSCRIBED in the year of publication by Clement to the dean of Scandinavian photographers, Christer Stromholm. The translation from Danish reads: "Copenhagen, 14 December 1987. To dear Christer Stromholm, I send you this book with gratitude for your wonderful work. Hearty greetings and a Merry Christmas from Krass." The third book by this underrated Danish photographer: a study of Copenhagen broken into two sections: 1964-1969 and 1983-1987. Klement's images manage to be simultaneously bleak and romantic. A traditional design adds to the moodiness. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with long integral flaps. $2250.00

23. CONNELL, Will. In Pictures: A Hollywood Satire. New York: T.J. Maloney (1937). Deluxe Edition. Quarto. One of 500 copies (this copy unnumbered). A fine association copy, INSCRIBED by both Will Connell and the publisher, Tom Maloney, to war hero General James Doolittle: "Jim Doolittle / still one blackmailer / to another / Will Connell. / And one left handed drinker to / another / Tom Maloney." (Images of Gereral Doolittle are included in Connell's archive at UCLA.) 48 gravure images of 1930s Hollywood, incorporating innovative design, photomontage, and exceptional gravure printing. (Auer 253). One of the last great American photobooks to have escaped wide attention. Boards a little faded, else near fine, housed in the publisher's photo-illustrated slipcase, split at the bottom edge and missing a piece there. $2500.00

24. D'ALESSANDRO, Robert. Glory. New York: Elephant Publishing Corporation (1974). First Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by the photographer. All shots have an American flag in them. One of the best little-known books of the 70s. Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers as issued. $250.00

25. DAVIDSON, Bruce. East 100th Street. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. First Edition. Large square quarto. The photographer's first book. A nice association copy, briefly INSCRIBED by Davidson to photographer Rodger Kingston in 1989, with Kingston's 1973 ownership signature. One of the seminal New York photobooks of the second half of the century, with Davidson's intimate photographs of the residents of East 100th street in Harlem. Luminous duotone images with white borders. (Parr / Badger, v2, 18; Roth 196-197; Open Book 260-261; Auer 516). Bottom front corner bumped, pages a little browned as usual, else near fine in the near fine printed acetate jacket with a tiny chip and tear at the spine heel, and another minuscule chip at the top flap fold. An exemplary copy overall of a book seldom encountered in nice condition. $2000.00

26. [De Ondergedoken Camera]. OORTHUYS, Cas and Emmy Andriese, among others. Amsterdam tijdens den hongerwinter / Amsterdam During the 'Hungerwinter'. Amsterdam: Contact / De Bezige Bij (1947). First Edition. Quarto. Pictures taken during the winter of 1944-1945 by leading members of the Underground Camera group, including Dutch greats Cas Oorthuys and Emmy Andriese. What emerges from this book - beyond the harrowing wartime shots of starvation and destruction - are the beginnings in photo literature of a new way of seeing the world. Forced by necessity to shoot under the most extreme conditions, the photographers are formulating a new aesthetic forged from the immediacy of circumstance. (Parr / Badger, v1, 196). A little foxing to the front end paper, else near fine in a bright, close to near fine jacket, with a few small edge tears and a tiny spot of soiling at the spine heel. An excellent copy of a book rarely found in jacket; still uncommon at all in North America. $2250.00

27. EDINGER, Claudio. Venice Beach. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers (1985). First Edition. Oblong quarto. A fine association copy, INSCRIBED by the author to Arnold Newman: "To Arnold and Augusta / With deep love for your / warmth and hospitality/ and generous heart / Claudio Edinger 1990." Newman provided the blurb on the back cover. Images of the eccentric people of Venice Beach in the early 1980's. Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers as issued, with Newman's painted red dots on the spine signifying a book from his library inscribed to him. $300.00

28. EHRHARDT, Alfred. Das Watt / Mudflats. Hamburg: Verlag Heinrich Ellermann, 1937. First Edition. Quarto. A highspot of New Vision photography. Ehrhardt's images of the patterns of receding tides are at once abstract and strangely comforting: an odd panacea in a world uprooted by war. (Parr / Badger, v1,112; Auer 246). A little light foxing and staining to the boards, else just about near fine in a solid, very good jacket, with several small edge tears and tiny chips; complete in the original publisher's card slipcase with the photographer and title printed on the spine (slipcase is a little worn and foxed). The first copy we have seen in slipcase. $2500.00

29. ENGSTROM, J.H. Härbärge. Stockholm: Bökförlaget DN, 1997. First Edition. Quarto. A fabulous association copy, INSCRIBED by Engstrom in the year of publication in Swedish to compatriot Christer Stromholm. In English translation, the inscription reads: "As thanks for the inspiration JH! 971017." Alas, Stromholm is not mentioned directly in the inscription, but this book was acquired with other titles from Stromholm's library. Engstrom received great critical acclaim for his second book, Trying to Dance, and is widely regarded as one of the leading talents in contemporary photography. This book consists of 54 black and white images of women at the Klaragarden shelter in Stockholm. In my opinion, a stronger book than Trying to Dance. Fine in a fine jacket. $2500.00

30. ESKILDSEN, Joakim and Cia Renne. Bluetide / Maréazul. [Denmark]: Opus 33 / Self-published, 1997. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Edition limited to 800 self-published copies. Photographs by up-and-coming Danish photographer Joakim Eskildsen, text in English and Portuguese by Cia Renne; a study of the seafaring inhabitants of the Portuguese village of Apulia, which is being slowly swallowed by the Atlantic Ocean. Beautifully photographed, designed, and printed. OCLC locates a single copy. Fine in stiff card wrappers, photo-illustrated card wrappers, cardboard slipcase. $650.00

31. EVANS, Walker. Message From the Interior. New York: Eakins Press (1966). First Edition. Square folio. Twelve full-page gravure photographs taken between 1936-1962, separated by tissue. The images embody Evans' unadorned vision of the American vernacular. True to form, they have been simply and beautifully printed. (Open Book 220-221). Faint bump at the top corner, else crisp and fine in boards and the complete original tissue jacket. Lovely copy. $950.00

32. EVANS, Walker. Many Are Called. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. First Edition. Small square quarto. Introduction by James Agee. A catalogue of riders on the New York City subway in the late thirties and early forties. Crucial book in the canon of American photo literature (Parr / Badger, v1, 253; Roth 180-181; Open Book 218-219; Auer 456). Fine in a fine jacket with a single short edge tear at the bottom of the front panel. One of the nicest copies I have handled. $1500.00

33. FELDMANN, Hans Peter. Der Überfall / The Heist. Cologne: Wolfgang Hake Verlag, 1975. First Edition. Square quarto. One of 350 copies. Tipped-in photographs of facsimiles of newspaper clippings of a bank robbery gone awry. One of the seminal European artists' books of the 70s. (Parr / Badger, v2, 157). Tape shadow (or something like it) evident on the back panel, else near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. $1750.00

34. FINK, Larry. Social Graces. Millerton: Aperture (1984). First Edition. Square quarto. A fine association copy, INSCRIBED by Fink to photographer Charles Gatewood in 1986: "Hello / Charles Gatewood / to our Respectful Exchange / with warm wishes / for 86 and the Rest of our Lives. / Best / Larry Fink." (Auer 657). Hint of toning, else fine in a fine jacket. $750.00

35. FRANK, Robert. New York Is. New York: New York Times (N.d., but 1959). First Edition. Thin quarto. A company book of Robert Frank's New York images commissioned by The New York Times, and distributed to potential advertisers in an attempt to generate ad revenue. Gilbert Millstein introduction. (Millstein wrote the pivotal New York Times review of Kerouac's On the Road - a big influence on Robert Frank, and the impetus for him to ask Kerouac to write the famous introduction for the Grove Press edition of Frank's The Americans.) (Auer 338 - and misidentified as being published in 1950). Bottom rear corner lightly bumped, a little foxing to the front and rear endpapers, spine evenly darkened; a thoroughly very good copy in white boards with no chipping or loss at the spine. Despite the small flaws, this is one of the nicest copies I have seen of what is a notoriously fragile and scarce book. $4500.00

36. FREY, James and Terry Richardson. (Cover photograph by Richard Prince). Bright Shiny Morning: Wives Wheels Weapons. New York: JMc & GHB Editions, 2008. First Edition. Quarto. Limited to 1000 clothbound copies in a dust jacket designed and photographed by Richard Prince. SIGNED by all three participants: Prince, Richardson, and Frey. This artist's book, published by JMc & GHB Editions, consists of three vignettes from Frey's novel, Bright Shiny Morning. The stories are illustrated by Terry Richardson's photographs of Los Angeles, with a tipped-in image announcing each section. One of the vignettes, Wives, was too racy for the American edition; Richardson has illustrated it with humorous images of breastfeeding MILF’s brandishing rifles, holding trophies, and bent over in hot tubs, but it is his aerial black and white shots of the Los Angeles freeway system that turn this cool collaboration into a finely honed and executed photobook. New in jacket. $450.00

37. FRIEDLANDER, Lee. Self Portrait. New City, NY: Haywire Press (1970). Deluxe Edition. Number 27 of 100 numbered copies bound in cloth with two original vintage prints: one mounted on the book's cover, the other tipped-in, numbered, and SIGNED by the photographer. While the paperback edition of this book turns up with some frequency, the limited edition was virtually unknown until recently, and is not pictured in any of the three major photobook references, although Parr / Badger mentions it. The most desirable state of this consensus highspot. (Roth 198; Parr / Badger, v1, 258; Open Book 262; Auer 514). Fine in black boards with a print mounted on the front cover, in the fine slipcase. $15,000.00

38. FRIEDLANDER, Lee. Flowers and Trees. New City: Haywire Press (1981). First Edition. Spiral-bound large quarto in boards. SIGNED by Friedlander. Printed by The Stinehour Press and The Meriden Gravure Company from halftone negatives made by Richard Benson. 40 black and white reproductions, continuing the formalist approach Friedlander employed in The American Monument. Fine copy in purple boards. $1750.00

39. FUKUSHIMA, Kikujiro. Big Sudden Flash: A Report on an A-Bomb Victim. Tokyo: Chunichi Shinbun, 1961. First Edition. Small quarto. Numerous gravure images of the life and surroundings of A-Bomb victim Nakamura Sugimatsu. Chilling book; several images reminiscent of later work by Shomei Tomatsu. Near fine in wrappers and French-folded photo-illustrated jacket (rubbed at the edges). OCLC locates a single copy of this underrated title. $750.00

40. FUNKE, Jaromir and Ladislav Sutnar. Fotografie vidí povrch / La photographie reflète l'aspect des choses. Prague: Vydala Státní Grafická Skola v Praze, 1935. First Edition. Quarto. 14 plates combining the photographs and photomontages of Jaromir Funke and his students at the National School of Graphic Arts with the design and typography of Ladislav Sutnar. A Czech highspot between the wars, and indeed a seminal work in the history of the 20th century avant-garde. (Auer 226). A near fine copy in original wrappers, possible original glassine. $1500.00

41. FUSCO, Paul. RFK Funeral Train. London: Magnum Photos (2000). The correct first edition. Oblong quarto. Number 17 of 350 numbered copies, printed on demand with different covers, as issued. Fusco was on RFK's funeral train and took images from the window as people lined the route in tribute. The book ends in a blur. Instant classic. (Parr / Badger, v2, 46-47; Auer 759). Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. $2500.00

42. GELPKE, André. Sex-Theater. Munich: Mahnert-Lueg Verlag, 1981. First Edition. Quarto. Introduction in German by Allen Porter. SIGNED by the photographer; his first book. A study of Hamburg sex performers. Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers with elongated French flaps. $500.00

43. GERMAIN, Julian. For Every Minute You Are Angry You Lose Sixty Seconds of Happiness. Gottingen: Steidl MACK, 2005. First Edition. Quarto. Quickly out-of-print and now quite desirable. Fine in decorated boards as issued. $750.00

44. (Geyer-Werkphoto). 25 Jahre Dienst Am Deutschen Film 1911- 1936. Berlin: Geyer-Werke [1936]. First Edition. Square quarto. Company book for German film company Geyer-Werke. 14 pages of text and 20 tissue-guarded full-page photographs or photomontages, printed in heliogravure. While individual photographers are not credited, the images are credited to the company, and Berlin photo-studio, H.v.Perkhammer. A little light foxing to the covers, else near fine in screw bound heavy wrappers, housed in a snap-closed slipcase (lightly worn and discolored). $750.00

45. GHIRRI, Luigi. Kodachrome. [Paris]: Contrejour (1978). First French Edition. (The book says '2em edition pour la France', but in reality this is the first French edition, published in the same year as the Italian, and not a reprint of it.) Quarto. One of the most important postwar color books; the rough European equivalent to Eggleston. (Parr / Badger, v1, 231; Auer 613). A bit of darkening around the edges of the front cover; near fine in wrappers. $2000.00

46. GILL, Stephen. (Marks of Honour Series). Bertien Van Manen: A hundred summers, a hundred winters / Your Snaps. Koln: Schaden, 2005. Limited Edition. From Schaden's Marks of Honour Series where contemporary photographers chose books influential to them and created unique works of art around them. 41 photographers participated, including Stephen Gill who selected Bertien van Manen's A hundred summers, a hundred winters as the centerpiece of his project. Number 5 of 5 copies SIGNED by Gill and including the following: a signed copy of the second printing of Van Manen's book, two c-prints: one by Gill from the Lost series, 5/10, signed; and one by Van Manen, unnumbered, but signed and dated 1993, of a print made in Russia during the publication of A hundred summers, a hundred winters, but not included in the book; both prints and the colophon sheet are contained in a box entitled "Your Snaps" which lies with Van Manen's book in a special linen bag executed for this project. The bag is missing a snap, else all elements fine and as issued. Projects from this series surface infrequently on the market. $2500.00

47. GORDON, Richard. Meta Photographs. [N.p.]: Chimaera Press, 1978. Limited Edition. Quarto. Number 29 of 100 numbered copies; SIGNED by the photographer with a SIGNED and numbered (also 29/100) matted gelatin silver print. Afterword by Alex Sweetman. Excellent book that remains largely under the radar. Fine in silver-stamped cloth boards, housed in a fine, gray slipcase. $500.00

48. GOSSAGE, John. Hey Fuckface. Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2000. Limited Edition portfolio. Number 8 of 8 deluxe copies of 100 total, issued with an extra print, with all the photographs SIGNED by Gossage. (In the edition of 100 the prints are unsigned.) 19 original silver gelatin prints with hand written curses mounted on rag board, housed in a wood and plexi-glass box by Yachio-shi, Japan. With a booklet by Gus Blaisdell entitled From Obscenity in thy Mothers Milk, and a single page interview of Gossage by renowned journalist Peter Lloyd, laid into an envelope that is SIGNED and numbered by Gossage. Fine condition. $9500.00

49. GOSSAGE, John. A Few Years With a Telecaster. East Hampton: Harper's Books, 2009. Paris Photo Edition with French text. Small square quarto. One of fifty print-on-demand copies sold at Paris Photo and SIGNED by the photographer. An artist's book, conceived and designed by Gossage, commemorating the photographer's decision to forego a life in rock and roll for a life in photography. With exceptional images of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck (among others) that Gossage shot while having unfettered stage access as a journalist, and later as a confidant back stage and in hotel rooms. Fine in printed wrappers, photo-illustrated dust jacket, publisher's red obi and acetate overlay. $85.00

50. GOSSAGE, John. A Few Years With a Telecaster. East Hampton: Harper's Books, 2009. First Edition. Small square quarto. One of seventy copies, SIGNED by the photographer, published as a print-on- demand edition and as the inspiration for Gossage's exhibition of 1960s rock and roll photographs at Harper's Books, East Hampton, August 22 - October 3, 2009. An artist's book, conceived and designed by Gossage, commemorating the photographer's decision to forego a life in rock and roll for a life in photography. With exceptional images of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck (among others) that Gossage shot while having unfettered stage access as a journalist, and later as a confidant back stage and in hotel rooms. Fine in printed wrappers, photo-illustrated dust jacket, publisher's red obi and acetate overlay. $150.00

51. GOSSAGE, John. A Few Years With a Telecaster. East Hampton: Harper's Books, 2009. First Edition. Small square quarto. One of seventy copies published print-on-demand and serving as the inspiration for Gossage's exhibition of 1960s rock and roll photographs at Harper's Books, East Hampton, August 22 - October 3, 2009. An exceptional if unlikely association copy, INSCRIBED by Gossage to Eugene Atget: "To Atget / (the father of R + R) / John Gossage." While Atget's work in fin-de-siècle Paris has been well documented, his influence on the future of rock and roll is completely unknown. Conceived and designed by Gossage, this artist's book commemorates the photographer's decision to forego a life in rock and roll for a life in photography. With exceptional images of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck (among others) that Gossage shot while having unfettered stage access as a journalist, and later as a confidant back stage and in hotel rooms. Fine in printed wrappers, photo-illustrated dust jacket, publisher's red obi and acetate overlay. $250.00

52. GOSSAGE, John. A Few Years With a Telecaster. East Hampton: Harper's Books, 2009. Paris Photo Edition with French text. Small square quarto. Of fifty total print-on- demand copies, this is one of ten issued with A SIGNED original print of Jimi Hendrix (the book is also SIGNED). An artist's book, conceived and designed by Gossage, commemorating the photographer's decision to forego a life in rock and roll for a life in photography. With exceptional images of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck (among others) that Gossage shot while having unfettered stage access as a journalist, and later as a confidant back stage and in hotel rooms. Fine in printed wrappers, photo- illustrated dust jacket, publisher's red obi and acetate overlay. $450.00

53. HAMAYA, Hiroshi. Ura Nihon / Japan's Black Coast. Tokyo: Shinchosa, 1957. First Edition. Folio. Technical sheet laid in. Sumptuous gravure with a single color gathering that has an unsettling effect. Hamaya spent three years going from village to village on Japan's rural west coast, documenting an area covered by snow for half the year. A bridge book in the Japanese canon. The influence on later work by Hosoe and Takanashi is obvious here. Hamaya was Magnum's first Asian photographer. Fine in a near fine jacket (one small edge tear) and original publisher's card slipcase (lightly worn). Omitted from the standard references, this seminal work remains under-appreciated by collectors of Japanese photobooks. $2000.00

54. HAYASHI, Tadahiko. Kasutori Jidai / The Period of Cheap Liquor. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1980. First Edition. Quarto. Photographs taken after the war documenting the downtrodden and the drunk, the hooker and the showgirl, the film star and the baseball player. Bizarre book. Edges of the photo- illustrated black boards a little rubbed, else near fine in a near fine matching silver slipcase. $400.00

55. HELMER-PETERSEN, K (Keld). 122 Farve Fotografien / 122 Colour Photographs. Copenhagen: Schoenberg Publishers (1948). First Edition. Quarto. Helmer-Petersen's pioneering early study of color photography, predating Eggleston, Shore, and even Ihei Kimura's Paris by several years. This exceptional book was virtually unknown before its inclusion in Parr / Badger, and it has remained one of the most sought after titles in volume one. (Parr / Badger, v1, 202-203; Auer 331). Small former owner's ticket, else fresh and fine in a beautiful jacket with a repair to reattach a small piece that had come loose, in the rare slipcase (near fine). $4500.00

56. HENDERIKSE, Jan. New York New York. Berlin: Galerie Giannozzo, (1981). First Edition. Small oblong octavo. Limited to 100 copies. Interesting artist's book split into three sections, all xerox: the first section is comprised of cheesy color portraits and is called "Rejects"; the second section, "Baseball," consists of images of baseball cards; and the third section, "Broadway," features black and white images of Broadway near Times Square, all shot in the 70s, with the photographer standing in the middle of the street. An original color photograph from the "Rejects" section is tipped into the front of the book, presumably as issued. A few small stains, else near fine in illustrated wrappers with a transparent title page. $600.00

57. HENDERIKSE, Jan. Broadway. New York / Rotterdam: A Jan Henderikse - Uitgeverji Bébert Edition, 1983. First Edition. Oblong quarto, 4 1/2 X 14; long accordion foldout housed within string-tied corrugated cardboard covers; Manhattan bus map inserted as issued. Limited to 100 copies. Henderikse's artist's book documents Broadway in 249 images laid out horizontally, three images to a panel, on 83 individual panels, each attached end-to-end by simple scotch tape so that it becomes an uninterrupted continuum of street views tracing New York City's most celebrated thoroughfare as it travels the length of Manhattan from The Battery all the way to Spuyten Duyvil. Folded out in full it is 99 feet long. Broadway, with its horizontal layout, foldout binding, and wide format was quite evidently modeled on Ed Ruscha's Dutch Details, which had been published 12 years earlier as a project related to Sonsbeek 71 at the Groninger Museum. This exhibition, which also included Henderikse's work, focused on site- specific projects, nontraditional media such as artists' books, and other new forms to which the era's conceptually oriented art practices were giving rise, and so Ruscha made Dutch Details as a consciously American take on the typically Dutch-looking streetscapes and vernacular architecture he encountered in the area near the museum. Henderikse, a Dutchman who later took up residence in New York responded in kind. (Auer 651). Near fine condition overall of this scarce and compelling artists' book. OCLC locates three copies, none in New York. $2500.00

58. HIRSCH, Walter. Avd.9. Stockholm: Förlaget DOG, 1980. First Edition. Quarto. Review copy with promotional sheets laid in. A fine association copy, INSCRIBED by Hirsch in the year of publication in Swedish to his compatriot Christer Stromholm. In translation, the inscription reads: "To Christer, my first teacher and friend, Walter Hirsch, 23 sept 1980." Photographic document of Hirsch's 1979 stay in the hospital after suffering a heart attack, with images of mostly happy patients. Hirsch's first book. Near fine in black-stamped white boards, opaque acetate jacket (a few tears, darkened at the spine). $1500.00

59. HIRSCH, Walter. Walter Hirsch: Bilder 1960-1980. Helsingborg, Sweden: Forolitteratur. Fyra Förläggare AB, 1982. First Edition. Square quarto. A fine association copy, briefly INSCRIBED by Hirsch in Swedish to his compatriot Christer Stromholm. In translation, the inscription reads: "To Christer from Walter." Text by Rune Jonsson. Little-known artists' book by this Swedish photographer born in St. Petersburg; his second book. Divided into 18 sections of series of images shot between 1960-1980, and focused either on places or individuals, with some photographs of women reminiscent of a more intimate and scaled down Sam Haskins. One section shot in the Canary Islands is particularly compelling. Only four copies located in OCLC. Fine in photo-illustrated laminated boards as issued. $1500.00

60. HIRSCH, Walter. Walter Hirsch Bilder Dagbok. Stockholm: Streiffert& Co Bokförlag HB, 1988. First Edition. Thick quarto. The photographer's third book. A fine association copy, INSCRIBED by Hirsch in the year of publication in Swedish to his compatriot Christer Stromholm. In translation, the inscription reads: "To Christer, my friend of many years, 20 nov 1980." A series of photographs shot daily over the course of a year, from March 18, 1981 to March 17, 1982, and presented chronologically. No copies in OCLC. Small tear to the rear cover, tiny tear to the edges of a few pages, else just about near fine in wrappers. $750.00

61. HIRST, Damien and Bono. (Auction) Red. New York: Sotheby's / Gagosian, 2007. First Edition. Quarto. Catalog for a charity auction at Sotheby's and put together by Gagosian Gallery, with works by Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Banksy, Ed Ruscha, and a cadre of other luminaries. One of 100 unnumbered copies SIGNED on the front cover by Damien Hirst and Bono, who contributes a foreword to the catalog. Fine in red wrappers. $850.00

62. HOMMA, Takashi. Tokyo Suburbia. Kyoto / Tokyo: Korinsha Press / Parco Gallery Exhibition (1998). 10 promotional card posters, perforated, each with a separate image from the book, laid into an open Plexiglas frame, SIGNED by Homma on a special insert. Produced for the Parco Gallery exhibition of Tokyo Suburbia, reportedly in an edition of only 40 unnumbered copies. All contents fine. $850.00

63. HOSOE, Eikoh. Kamaitachi. Tokyo: Gendaishichosha, 1969. First Edition. Folio. Number 389 of 1000 press-numbered copies; SIGNED by Hosoe in an early hand. Uncommon promotional poster laid in. A book of breathtaking design and poetic conception: each large image concealed within a blue gatefold that must be carefully opened before viewing. Hosoe traveled to the northern province of Tohoku to shoot this book with dancer Tatsumi Hijikata. (As a boy, Hosoe had been evacuated to the region from war torn Tokyo.) The resulting collaboration is a visual choreography transcending the inherent limitations of art in book form. (Parr / Badger, v1, 284-285; Open Book 248-249; Auer 497). Light foxing to the rear pastedown and endpapers, else a fine copy in a beautiful example of the publisher's fragile acetate jacket, housed in the original slipcase, bright and unmarred, and contained within the rare printed outer card box, very lightly worn with a single tiny splash. An exceptional copy with an early signature. $12,500.00

64. (HOYT, Peter). VENTURI, Robert; Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour. An Archive of Manuscript Materials Relating to the Publication of Learning from Las Vegas, 1968. In 1968, Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour taught a third year studio graduate class at Yale that would have great implications on the study of architecture in the postmodern era. The class was called Learning from Las Vegas, or Form Analysis as Design Research. There were 13 students in total. In the end, their work would comprise the basis for the landmark architectural work Learning from Las Vegas, authored by Venturi, Brown, and Izenour, but compiled, researched and photographed by the students themselves. By all accounts, one of the stars of the class was architect Peter Hoyt, who would go on to have an impressive career in his own right. Perhaps realizing the historical significance of his studies as they progressed, Hoyt saved all the materials from the class. His archive represents a complete history of Learning from Las Vegas, including the original detailed annotated curricula, Hoyt's class notes, notes and diagrams compiled in Las Vegas when the students did their field work, the bibliography of reading and research for the class, with all of Ed Ruscha's books noted in Hoyt's hand. Most importantly, the archive consists of 153 slides shot in Las Vegas, some by Hoyt, some by other students, that form the backbone of the photographic illustrations in the final book. The slides are stamped with Hoyt's name and marked duplicate copy. Robert Venturi retains the original copies, but these duplicates were printed by Steven Izenour in 1969 and then sold back to the original group of 13 students; thus there are no more than 13 sets extant, and likely many fewer, as the price of purchase was prohibitive for graduate students. Included with the archive is Hoyt's personal copy of Learning from Las Vegas. $35,000.00

65. HULTÉN, K.G. Pontus. The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age. New York: The Museum of Modern Art (1968). First Edition. Quarto. Photo historian Peter Bunnell's copy, with his name penned on the original white slipcase. One of the most famous catalogues in the history of The Museum of Modern Art, known more for its colorful screwbound pressed steel covers than the exhibition for which it was published. Tiny dent to the bottom of the rear cover, else a beautiful, fresh copy in screwbound pressed steel covers, original white card slipcase with the title printed on. $250.00

66. INAKOSHI, Koichi. Maybe, maybe. Tokyo: Kyuryudo (1971). First Edition. Square quarto. INSCRIBED by the photographer in Japanese and dated on the day following publication. With an odd essay by Key Hasaegawa, translated to English by David Goodman. A collection of 44 moody black and white images shot in America - some appear to be in San Francisco. Many pictures are printed in a dark gravure, with some shots bordering on conceptual, while others capture the bleak reality of American pessimism, especially relating to the Vietnam War. Reminiscent of the vein of Japanese photography popularized by Shigeo Gocho and Kiyoshi Suzuki. Exceptionally compelling book. A few tiny flecks of foxing, still easily a fine copy in white boards in a fine jacket (lightly dusty on the spine with two small stains); housed in plain white slipcase with the title printed on the spine (slipcase is slightly scuffed and foxed). $1500.00

67. JUDD, Donald. Räume Spaces. Stuttgart: Cantz Verlag, 1993. First Edition. Quarto. Text in English and German. Published in conjunction with a touring exhibition of Judd's work by the Stankowski Foundation, after Judd was awarded the Stankowski Prize in 1993. Numerous color photographs of Judd's designs. Compelling both for its subject and the simple beauty and synchronicity of the book's design. Fine in a fine jacket. $500.00

68. KAGARI, Ikko. Peeping Special. Tokyo: Outo Shobo (N.d., but c. 1980s). First Edition. Quarto. One of several fascinating pervert books by Japanese photographer Ikko Kagari, perhaps best known for his chikan images (frotteurism on the subway). The present volume, however, consists mostly of infrared shots of Tokyoites fornicating at night, and has a lot in common with Yoshiyuki Kohei's Document Park. No copies in OCLC. Tiny red dot to the bottom page edges, tiny half-quarter sized stain to the front wrapper; thoroughly near fine in white wrappers in a near fine photo- illustrated pornographic jacket (which shows the same small stain at the verso). $850.00

69. KENMOCHI, Kazuo. Narcotic Photographic Document. Tokyo: Inoue Shoten, 1963. First Edition. Quarto. A book by photojournalist Kazuo Kenmochi, likely his first, that details drug culture in Japan in the early 60s: from production, to distribution, addiction and finally incarceration. The images are crisp, stark, frightening and intimate, all traits one might associate with Larry Clark or Nan Goldin, yet Kenmochi's intention was pure documentary. Predating Araki and Moriyama, this arresting work has remained under the radar until recently. Near fine in a near fine jacket and original publisher's slipcase (a little browned, rubbed, and with one surface dent), with the scarce publisher's obi; the first copy we handled with obi. $3500.00

70. KIMURA, Ihei. Impression of Europe. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Publishing, 1955. First Edition. Quarto. The precursor to Kimura's Pari, featuring photographs of Europe, with about half the images in color. A terrific book unjustly ignored because of a conventional subject and design. Before Provoke, Kimura and Hiroshi Hamaya were regarded as the most important photographers in Japan. Offsetting to the endpapers, else fine in a bright, near fine jacket foxed a bit at the verso, with the publisher's thin glassine still intact; housed in a folding cardboard slipcase (lightly soiled). $950.00

71. KIMURA, Ihei. Pari / Paris. Tokyo: Nora-sha, 1974. First Edition. Quarto. Original booklet laid in. Full-page color photographs of Paris shot over the course of three trips Kimura took to Paris in 1954, 1955, and 1960, but published in the year of the photographer's death. (The publisher is well- known photographer Kazuo Kitai, who went bankrupt publishing this book after Kimura died.) At first glance, the book looks like many other pretty Paris photobooks, but a closer examination reveals an expertly crafted and beautifully executed work that captures the heart of mid-fifties Paris. Kimura's use of color is the bridge from Atget to the modern era. Shots at ground level, especially taken from cars, are particularly compelling. Ranks with the great all-time Paris books. (Parr / Badger, v1, 297; Auer 573). The book shows a little light foxing to the white boards, otherwise near fine with the original glassine mostly intact, in a clean, near fine example of the publisher's slipcase. $2000.00

72. KITAI, Kazuo. Teikoh / Resistance. Tokyo: Murai-sha (1965). First Edition. Square quarto. Text by Kosei Inoue. The first book by unheralded Japanese photographer Kazuo Kitai, documenting student protests in the early 1960s; SIGNED by Kitai in Kanji and English. One of several important protest and antiwar books virtually unknown in the West. Interestingly, several blurred and grainy pictures would seem to presage the work of the Provoke photographers. According to Kitai, both Daido Moriyama and Takuma Nakahira - the founders of Provoke - were huge admirers of the book. Kitai was also the publisher of Ihei Kimura's Paris, and the recipient of the first Ihei Kimura award for his 1976 book To the Village. Slight wave to the pages, small crease to the top of the first page, still a bright, almost near fine copy in photo- illustrated wrappers with the instantly recognizable cover image of helmeted soldiers marching. No obi as issued. No copy in OCLC. $1750.00

73. KITAI, Kazuo. Jiyu o Warera ni / Zengakuren Gakusai no Shuki. Tokyo: Noberu- shobo, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by Kazuo Kitai in Kanji, with 16 pages of his Zengakuren protest photographs, as well as an image on the dust jacket. Kitai's conceptually-oriented Provoke style is evident here; his images have a subtlety often lacking in other protest books. (The rest of the book is text.) Very rare protest book: this is the first copy I have seen, and Kitai didn't mention it when I spent the day with him in December, 2008. Unsurprisingly, OCLC locates no copies, and a quick search turned up no record of Resistance or Sanrizuka either. Date penned on one of the rear blanks, small abrasion from the removal of a Japanese booksellers' ticket, else near fine in plain black wrappers, near fine photo-illustrated jacket (light wear, few small creases). $950.00

74. KITAI, Kazuo. Sanrizuka 1969-1971. Tokyo: Nora-sha, 1971. First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED by Kazuo Kitai in English and Japanese. A documentation of the Sanrizuka farmers' opposition and resistance to the government's plan to build Narita airport. The most powerful example we have seen of an entire subset of little-known Japanese photobooks that deal with this struggle. Although not an official member of Provoke, Kitai was a pioneer in the photographic style championed by the group. His first book, Resistance, published in 1965, was greatly admired by the founders of Provoke, Daido Moriyama and Takuma Nakahira. Light foxing to the edges, small vertical crease down the spine; near fine in illustrated wrappers in the near fine publisher's card slipcase (a little darkened). $1750.00

75. KITAI, Kazuo. 1970 Nippon. Tokyo: Toseisha (2001). Limited Edition. Small thick quarto. Number 33 of 100 numbered and SIGNED clothbound copies (the trade edition is a paperback). With an original SIGNED gelatin silver print laid into an envelope affixed to the rear pastedown. 237 bw images of rural Japan shot between 1973-1981; the third and final book of Kitai's post-protest work, focusing on life in rural Japan. Fine in a fine jacket. Never released outside Japan. $650.00

76. KITAJIMA, Keizo. Shashin Tokkyubin Tokyo / Photomail from Tokyo. Tokyo: Paroru-sha (1980). First Edition. Small quarto. "Camp" poster bound in at front. While Kitajima's black and white photographs of Tokyoites have a decidedly Provoke sensibility, his color images signal a move away from Provoke towards a more Punk worldview: a transition that will become evident in his next book, New York, which documents New York's East Village scene in the early eighties. Fine in wrappers in a fine photo-illustrated jacket, lightly foxed at the verso, complete with the publisher's first issue black obi. Sterling copy of a bridge book in the Japanese canon, and in my estimation still significantly underrated. $2000.00

77. KITAJIMA, Keizo. Shashin Tokkyubin Tokyo / Photomail from Tokyo. Tokyo: Paroru-sha (1980). First Edition. Small quarto. SIGNED by Kitajima. "Camp" poster bound in at front. While Kitajima's black and white photographs of Tokyoites have a decidedly Provoke sensibility, his color images signal a move away from Provoke towards a more Punk worldview. This transition becomes evident in Kitajima's next book, New York, which documents New York's East Village scene in the early eighties. Fine in wrappers in a near fine jacket (very light offsetting to the verso of the spine) with the publisher's pink and yellow obi, worn, with several tears and creases, and presumably the "second state" obi with the date recorded as 1981, differing from the other obi we have seen; the book is confirmed as a first edition). $2250.00

78. KITAJIMA, Keizo et al. New York Culture Map. Tokyo: Gunyu-sha, 1983. First Edition (later editions are identified on the dust jacket). Octavo. An early 80s Japanese guide book to New York culture, shopping, and nightlife put together by a group of Japanese designers and editors, and mostly photographed by Keizo Kitajima. A cooler Japanese version of the Lonely Planet Guide, with excellent period images and information. A few creases and light general wear; very good plus in wrappers and photo-illustrated color jacket. $500.00

79. KOUDELKA, Josef. Z Fotografickeho Dila 1958-1990. Praha: Umeleckoprumyslove Muzeum (1990). First Edition. SIGNED by Koudelka. Small portfolio consisting of 10 single page sheets folded in half and laid into a card folder. Published by a Prague gallery in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition. Work from 1958-1990 is covered, with each of the sheets dedicated to a different period. Plates and folder near fine. $450.00

80. KURIHARA, Tatsuo. Shashin hokoku Okinawa, 1961-1971. Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1970. First Edition. Quarto. Booklet laid in. Japanese protest book. With an interesting section of color images at the rear. Fine in illustrated wrappers, obi, publisher's acetate jacket. OCLC locates three copies. $600.00

81. KURIHARA Tatsuo and Makoto Nakajima. Ikari o hibi no kate ni. Tokyo: Tojusha, 1969. First Edition. Quarto. Excellent 1969 Japanese protest book. Ink smudge to one page, small scratch on the bottom edge, else near fine in textured printed wrappers in a near fine jacket, lightly sunned at the spine, with two edge nicks repaired by tape at the verso, complete in the publisher's scarce green obi. $850.00

82. LEVITT, Helen. A Way of Seeing. New York: Viking (1965). First Edition. Oblong quarto. Essay by James Agee. One of the quintessential New York photobooks, and a consensus highspot of 20th century photographic literature. (Parr / Badger, v1, 252-253; Roth 178-179; Open Book 214-215; Auer 447). Fine in a fine price-clipped jacket (as usual) with a touch of wear and a nearly invisible pea-sized stain on the verso of the jacket. One of the nicest copies I have handled. $3000.00

83. (LEVY, D.A.). WAGNER, D.R. The Day is a Prayer They Can't Understand! Cleveland: Seven Flowers Press, 1967. First Editions. Limited to 150 copies. Two volumes of this important Cleveland School publication, comprising both variants of the unique covers by D.A. Levy: one an original abstract painting, the other a collage of nudes, looking very much like an original Richard Prince. The collage cover is also a fine association copy, very nicely INSCRIBED by D.R. Wagner to Cleveland poet Doug Blazek and dated in 1971. Both copies near fine in stapled wrappers, as issued. $2000.00

84. LIFANOVA. Liliya. Untitled (Rolled, White & Pink Stripes). 2008. Original art. 8 X 11 X 1/2 inches. Ticking fabric & acrylic on board. $3000.00

85. LOVELACE, Jeff. A California Landscape. Arroyo Grande, CA: Garland Publishing Company, 1965. First Edition. Oblong octavo (5 X11), 64 pp. A photographic artists' book published by nineteen- year-old Jeff Lovelace, with an introductory poem by John Matlack. (A trade edition in a different, less avant-garde format was published by Studio Press, Berkeley, in 1968; that edition, while uncommon in commerce, is easily located in OCLC, while the current offering is referenced only three times, and not in California.) 37 black and white images including the covers, photographed in and around Santa Maria, California, home of Vandenburg Air Force Base, and consisting of shots juxtaposing the base, the natural landscape, and the town, with Lovelace's prose interspersed. Very compelling production, perhaps just shy of brilliance and hindered by a youthful kitsch, but little known and deserving of a place in the pantheon of sixties artists' books. A few light creases and general wear; very good in photo-illustrated wrappers. $1500.00

86. LOVELACE, Jeff. A California Landscape. Berkeley: Stuio Press, 1968. First trade edition, following an earlier printing three years earlier in a different format. Oblong quarto. A photographic artists' book by Jeff Lovelace, with an introductory poem by John Matlack. 37 black and white images including the covers, photographed in and around Santa Maria, California, home of Vandenburg Air Force Base, and consisting of shots juxtaposing the base, the natural landscape, and the town, with Lovelace's prose interspersed. Very compelling production, perhaps just shy of brilliance and hindered by a youthful kitsch, but little known and deserving of a place in the pantheon of sixties artists' books. Light wear, a few spots to the covers; almost near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. $450.00

87. (MANZONI, Piero). PETERSEN, Jes. Piero Manzoni: Life and Works. Flensberg / Glücksberg: Verlag Petersen Presse, 1963. First Edition. Octavo. One of only sixty copies of this notoriously scarce artists' book conceived by Manzoni just before his death in 1963. 39 rhodoid leaves (including the covers), with the only text being the printed title page. OCLC locates two copies, but there are no auction records for the last 15 years. The amount of leaves varies in each copy. A squiggle to the front cover, perhaps intentional, perhaps not, caused by melted glue or a production flaw, else fine in the original white plastic binding. $9500.00

88. MAYITO. [Mario García Joya]. A La Plaza con Fidel. La Habana: Instituto del Libro, 1970. First Edition. Tall quarto. A document of Fidel Castro's speech on July 26, 1970, commemorating the seventeenth anniversary of the events that ignited Castro's rise to power. Illustrated with 30 black and white images of Cuban celebrants, and edited with a cinematic flair that is illustrative of Mayito's position as both the leading Cuban photographer and filmmaker of the era. Ironically, the only image of Castro is contained within a gatefold at the rear of the book. One of the scarcest books in Parr / Badger II, and only the third copy I have seen in commerce. (Parr / Badger, v2, 109). Bumped at the top corners with a corresponding edge crease to the tips of the pages, small tear to the edge of the gatefold; a very good copy in photo-illustrated boards. (Of the three copies I have seen, one was in similar condition to the present offering, while the other was in poor condition; I have been told by a reputable source that when this book surfaces in Havana it is usually inferior, and in most copies the Castro gatefold has been removed.) $6500.00

89. McGINLEY, Ryan. The Kids Are Alright. New York: Ryan McGinley, 2000. First Edition. Octavo. Number 35 of 100 hand-numbered copies SIGNED by the artist; his first book. Images of McGinley's friends and cultural milieu, comprised of Inkjet prints stuck together by double-sided tape. The book was sold at McGinley's first exhibition at 420 West Broadway. According to McGinley, about 30 copies sold. The rest were given away or sent to galleries, magazines, and artists that McGinley admired. A little worn at the spine ends and creased down the spine; a near fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers as issued. Very important first book by one of the most influential young photographers of our era. $7500.00

90. McGINLEY, Ryan. Black Jack. [New York]: Ryan McGinley (2007). First Edition. Octavo. Scarce fanzine of about 500 copies created for Jack Walls' 50th birthday. (Walls was Mapplethorpe's lover, and an early supporter of McGinley.) The book consists of images of deflated silver balloons McGinley had inscribed with various phrases attributed to Walls. The balloons were displayed at the party. Gentle crease at the bottom edge; near fine in stapled wrappers. $650.00

91. MEATYARD, Ralph Eugene. The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater. [Penland, N.C.]: Jargon Society (1974). First Edition. Quarto. The scarce issue in cloth. A posthumous collection published by Meatyard's friend, the poet and photographer Jonathan Williams, with images of Meatyard's friends and family shot behind masks in nondescript locales usually with leafless trees or bushes in the background. This copy SIGNED by the publisher, Jonathan Williams, and Thomas Meyer, who contributes part of the text. (Roth 230- 231, Auer 577). Tiny bit of foxing evident on the boards, else near fine in a near fine jacket with some light foxing at the verso. $1250.00

92. METINIDES, Enrique. El Teatro de los Hechos. Mexico City: Ortega y Ortiz, 2000. First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED by the photographer. 5000 copies printed (although many were allegedly destroyed by government censors upon publication.) Often called the Weegee of Mexico, this volume by Metinides is an overview of the photographer's many images of crime scenes, death, gore, destruction, accidents, and misery. Destined for a wider audience. Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers with elongated stiff French flaps. $950.00

93. MIDORIKAWA, Yoichi. Setonaikai / Seto Inland Sea. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1962. First Edition. Quarto. Lengthily INSCRIBED by Midorikawa in Kanji to an unknown recipient, with Midorikawa's chop (faded) on the front end paper. A study of the Seto Inland Sea, combining new color reproduction technology with black and white montage elements. Several gatefolds enhance the drama of this lush publication that is as much about the process of bookmaking as it is an ethereal rumination on a part of Japan that has fascinated Midorikawa for his entire career. (Aperture 68-71). Top front corner a little bumped, else near fine in a near fine jacket (lightly foxed at the flap folds and a bit on the verso), complete in the publisher's acetate overlay, and original printed card slipcase, less age-darkened than usually encountered. $2500.00

94. MOHOLY-NAGY, L. (photographs) and Mary Benedetta (text). The Street Markets of London. London: John Miles Ltd., 1936. First Edition. Thick octavo. 64 Moholy images of London's street markets captured in rich gravure. Underrated subject, and book. Book plate, else near fine in a very good jacket, complete, with a few tiny edge chips, and several small tears repaired by tape at the verso. Uncommon in any jacket: this is the nicest example I have seen. $2500.00

95. MORIYAMA, Daido. Kagerou / Mayfly. Tokyo: Haga Shoten, 1972. First Edition. Quarto. Images of women in bondage, mostly outdoors, with a color section in the middle. Moriyama's most sexually charged work. (Auer 555; Book of Nudes 165). Very lightly creased at the spine, a few specks of foxing, still a very close to fine copy in bright white wrappers, housed in the publisher's photo-illustrated slipcase, itself lightly creased at the spine, with the scarce obi present (few small creases and tears). The first copy we have handled with obi, and also the nicest. $3000.00

96. MORIYAMA, Daido. Karyudo / Hunter. Tokyo: Chuo Koronsha (1972). First Edition. Square quarto. SIGNED copy of Moriyama's third book, issued as part of the Chuo Koronsha "10 Photographers" series, with an introduction by Tadanori Yokoo. Bleak pictures of a detached and brutal post sixties Japan hurtling towards oblivion, with the photographer's Warhol-inspired juxtaposition of "found" images of violence, which highlight distorted glimpses of everyday life. A Provoke-era masterpiece that owes at least some of its brilliance to Jack Kerouac's On the Road, which inspired Moriyama to travel around Japan and make this book. (The 1997 Taka Ishii limited reissue is dedicated to Kerouac.) Parr / Badger, v1, 300. One tiny adhesive stain to the front end paper, a few faint spots of foxing; a fine copy in a fine jacket (minimal wear to the very top edge of the jacket), obi, publisher's outer acetate jacket. Exceptionally nice copy of a book prone to wear, with none of the endemic spine-sunning that plagues almost every copy. $7500.00

97. MORIYAMA, Daido. Shashin yo Sayonara / Bye, Bye Photography, Dear. Tokyo: Shashin Hyoron-sha (1972). First Edition. Small quarto. The photographer's third book: a masterpiece of Japanese photography, and the book that best illustrates the conceptual ideals and vision of the Provoke photographers. Here Moriyama pushes the boundaries of the medium: assembling images from a variety of sources, placing them in a tumultuous and discordant anti-sequence, and assaulting the viewer with full-page grainy, blurry, and sometimes indecipherable pictures. If I could only have one Japanese photobook, it would be this one. (Parr / Badger, v1, 298; Roth 218; Open Book 290; Auer 543). Small unobtrusive label adhesive remnant on the front endpaper, a few insignificant specks of foxing to the top edge, faint of creasing to spine (as always); near fine in wrappers with no separation of the text block, in a near fine jacket with two small pieces of white tape on the verso of the jacket at the spine tips (the tape adds a bit of reinforcement to trivial wear at the spine tips). $8500.00

98. MORIYAMA, Daido. Daido Moriyama: 1970-1979. Yokohama: Sohkyu-Sha, 1989. First Edition. Square quarto. A phenomenal association copy, INSCRIBED by Moriyama in Japanese to fellow photographer Masahisa Fukase. Roughly translated, the inscription reads: "May you be blessed." Produced and edited by Michitaka Ohta. Designed by Miyuki Ogura. A collection of Daido's 1970s images, captioned simply 'On the Road' - an homage to Daido's idol Jack Kerouac, and arranged in chronological order with each print identified in English at the back. Includes some of Daido's best-known images, and a selection of streetscapes, roads, and even nature shots, most taken in the instantly recognizable Provoke style. Beautifully designed and printed. Faint hint of an internal light crease on some middle pages; still fine in a fine jacket. $4000.00

99. MORIYAMA, Daido. Karyudo / Hunter. Tokyo: Taka Ishii Gallery (1997). First Edition. Square quarto. The revised edition of Moriyama's famous monograph, dedicated to Jack Kerouac, number 153 of 300 numbered copies with an original print laid in (unsigned and unnumbered as issued). Although not called for, this copy has been SIGNED by Moriyama in English and Japanese. (The print is unsigned, as issued.) Sold-out on publication. Fine in white-stamped black boards as issued. $2250.00

100. MOTOHASHI, Seiichi. Sakaji no jikan. Tokyo: Chibu ma shoya, 1980. First Edition. Quarto. Black and white images of a Japanese traveling circus. Motohashi's book on coal mining, published in 1968, is an underground classic. Fine in wrappers, integral photo-illustrated dust jacket, pink obi. $450.00

101. NAKAHIRA, Takuma. Kitarubeki Kotoba no Tameni / For a Language to Come. Tokyo: Fudosha (1970). First Edition. Quarto. Nakahira was one of the founders of the Provoke movement of Japanese photography and literature. His blurred, distorted, dark, and depressing pictures capture the reality of a postindustrial Japan hurtling out of control. The use of bleeds and double page spreads adds a cinematic freneticism to the work. (Parr / Badger, v1, 292-293; Auer 524). Light vertical crease at the spine, else fine in wrappers in a near fine jacket, lightly rubbed along the edges and spine, and foxed at the verso of the spine (noticeable on the front); housed in the distinctive bullet slipcase (a little wear and age-toning). Nice copy of a book that has become the scarcest of the Provoke monographs. $7500.00

102. NAKAMURA, Masaya. Ema Nude in Africa. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1971. First Edition. Quarto. This title was later reprinted in the Asahi Sonorama Series. Fine in photo-illustrated wrappers with French flaps, publisher's scarce yellow obi (tiny tear and a few very minor creases). Sharp copy. $600.00

103. NEZVAL, Vítezslav. (Design and photomontages by Karel Teige). Abeceda: Tanecni komposice: Milca Mayerová. Praha: Nakladem J. Otto, 1926. First Edition. Quarto. Landmark work of the Czech avant garde and indeed the entire modern era, designed and with photomontages by Karel Teige, based on a poem by Vitezslav Nezval. Czech dancer Milca Mayerová - symbol of the modern woman between the wars and all the promise it connotes - is the perfect alphabet model for this prototype of conceptual art. The combination of photography, poetry, typography, art, design, and dance into a single cohesive unit, rendered with such simple elegance, is a testament to the fact that this work is highly sought after by collectors of each genre. The binding has been reinforced or replaced at the spine by an attractive strip of linen binding tape. Nevertheless, this is an exceptional copy in remarkably well-reserved original printed wrappers. $5500.00

104. OHARA, Ken. Portrait. Self-published Artists’ Book, c. 1971. First Edition. Folio. A unique artist's book of photographer Ken Ohara's portraits of Hollywood film directors circa 1971, shot in the close-up style immortalized in his 1970 book, One. Sixteen full-page vintage silver gelatin images (13 1/2 X 10 1/2) of the leading directors of the day, handbound in an accordion foldout format. The book is SIGNED by Ohara and was conceived and executed entirely by him. Identified by a small label affixed underneath their portraits, the directors included are: Claude Chabrol, Dick Fontaine, Werner Herzog, Ronald Neame, Bernardo Bertolucci, Marcel Hanoun, Marin Karmitz, David Lean, Bernd Upnmoor, Liliana Cavani, Paul Morrissey, Ken Loach, a young Martin Scorcese, Francois Truffaut, and Maurice Hatton. There are, at most, a handful of vintage images of some of the more prominent directors; other photographs are likely unique, as is the book. Photographs are fine; binding shows light wear. $45,000.00

105. (ONO, Yoko). McMILLAN, Iain. Yoko Ono - One Woman Show. N.p.: Privately Published, c. 1972. First Edition. Square quarto. SIGNED: "Love, / Yoko / '07." An artist's book of postcard- sized street scenes of New York, conceptualized by Yoko Ono, and photographed by Iain Mcmillan, with the exception of a series of images shot by Yoko of an unidentifiable John Lennon at the Museum of Modern Art. Because of the book's design and cover, it has been assumed, incorrectly, that this book was published by MoMA in conjunction with Yoko's One Woman Show. In fact, a closer examination of the cover, Yoko carrying a shopping bag with the letter "F" on it, should be a give away that The Museum of Modern [F]Art connection is a spoof. One of the great, unsung artist's books of the early seventies, with as fine a selection of New York street scenes from the period as exists in book form. Nicked at the heel of the spine, else a near fine copy in stapled, photo-illustrated white wrappers, and housed in a custom, Plexiglas case. $2500.00

106. OWENS, Bill. Suburbia. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books (1973). First Edition. Square quarto. Owens' piercing look at his own suburban community outside San Francisco, combining a New Topographics vision of banal interior landscape with a nod towards social documentary. (Parr / Badger, v2, 24; Roth 224-225; Open Book 296-297). A few hard-to-detect indentations to the covers; still just about fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. Very nice copy. $600.00

107. OWENS, Bill. Suburbia. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books (1973). First Edition. Square quarto. The scarce edition in cloth; SIGNED by the photographer. Owens' piercing look at his own suburban community outside San Francisco, combining a New Topographics vision of banal interior landscape with a nod towards social documentary. (Parr / Badger, v2, 24; Roth 224- 225; Open Book 296-297). Fine in green boards, matching slipcase (very lightly soiled). Superlative copy. $4500.00

108. PARR, Martin. Bad Weather. London: A. Zwemmer Ltd. (1982). First Edition. Oblong quarto. Texts by Michael Fish and Peter Turner. SIGNED by photographer Martin Parr; his first book. Parr's influence in contemporary British photography is unparalleled, but it is his contribution to the understanding and importance of photographic literature that may be his most profound legacy. (Auer 644). Fine in illustrated wrappers (there was no hardcover edition). $750.00

109. PARR, Martin. A Fair Day: Photographs from the West of Ireland. Merseyside: Promenade Press (1984). First Edition. Small oblong quarto. Martin Parr's third book. This copy SIGNED by him and dated 2008. Text by Fintan O'Toole. While Parr's early black and white work may lack the humor and social edge of his later color work, these images have a unique power and beauty all their own. Unobtrusive price and distribution stickers to the back cover; crisp, fine copy in white, photo-illustrated wrappers with just the faintest bit of wear. $650.00

110. PETERKA, Miroslav and Bohumil Hrabal. Toto mesto je ve spolecne peci obyvatel / This Town is Under the Control of its Citizens. Praha: Ceskoslovensky Spisovatel, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. Ribbon marker. Illustrated with Peterka's somber photographs of shop windows, street signs, decaying walls, abandoned building sites, and snowbound alleys. An obvious homage to Styrsky's On the Needles of These Days, and continuing the Czech tradition of thinly veiled political photobooks (Parr / Badger, v1, 222). Just about fine in a near fine jacket, very lightly browned at the top edge of the back panel, with a shallow crease at the front flap and a single short closed edge tear. Very nice copy of a book prone to wear. $1250.00

111. PETERSEN, Anders. Café Lehmitz. Munich: Schirmer / Mosel (1978). First Edition. Quarto. Petersen's landmark study of the regulars at Café Lehmitz in Hamburg. One of the legitimate classics of the late 20th century European photobook. (Parr / Badger, v.1, 231; Open Book 318-319; Auer 612). Minute crease to the extreme upper edge of the front cover and the first part of the text block; still fine in wrappers in the fine photo-illustrated integral jacket. Excellent copy. $650.00

112. PLOSSU, Bernard. Le Voyage Mexican 1965-1966. Paris: Contrejour, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. Riveting black and white images .of Chiapas, Mexico, 1965-1966; Plossu's second book. No copies in OCLC. Fine photo-illustrated wrappers. Known only to a small cadre of aficionados, this cult classic deserves a wider audience. $1500.00

113. RISTELHUEBER, Sophie. Beyrouth Photographies. Paris: Éditions F.Hazan, 1984. First Edition. Octavo. 42 black and white images of bomb- shattered buildings in Beirut. Ristelhueber's dispassionate presentation only adds to the despair of the subject. A single page of introduction and an unassuming place index in the rear provide the only text. (Auer 654). Hint of foxing to the thin top edge, else fine in wrappers in the near fine printed acetate jacket which shows some darkening at the spine and a few tiny edge tears. Uncommon book: this is the first copy I have seen. $1750.00

114. ROSS, Ulrik and Michael Rütz. Reti-Rade Kunst. Copenhagen: Chr. Erichsens Forlag, 1968. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Images of bathroom graffiti; a precursor to the Geribara 5's Benjo. (Auer 485). Near fine in photo-illustrated laminated boards as issued. $750.00

115. RUSCHA, Edward. Every Building on the Sunset Strip. Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha, [1970]. Second edition, without the rear flap. Limited to 5000 copies. (Parr / Badger 142-143; Roth 182-185; Open Book 198-199; Auer 463). Creased a bit along the spine, few spots of foxing, else bright and near fine in white wrappers in the very good publisher's silver slipcase, fresh, but with a significant split at one edge, and another, smaller split at the other; complete with the publisher's plain wraparound band (toned), as issued with the second edition. (The band was not issued with the first edition.) $1500.00

116. RUSCHA, Edward. Every Building on the Sunset Strip. Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha, [1970]. Second edition, without the rear flap. This copy SIGNED by Ruscha on the edge of the box. Limited to 5000 copies. (Parr / Badger 142-143; Roth 182-185; Open Book 198-199; Auer 463). Near fine leporello in white wrappers (almost no creasing to the spine), in the near fine publisher's silver slipcase, beautiful and fresh, with the tiniest of splits at the top of the spine, small tiny price sticker. $3500.00

117. SALINGER, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First Edition. Salinger's first book, one of the most influential American novels of the 20th century. A hint of insignificant foxing to the top edge, very light shelf wear, else near fine in an almost near fine first issue jacket, with a few short closed edge tears and a little wear at the spine ends. Importantly, an unrestored copy, with just a touch of fading to the spine. $11,500.00

118. (Sanrizuka). [MITOME, Tadao]. Sanrizuka - Moeru Hokuso daichi / Document 1966-71. Tokyo: Shinsensha, 1971. First Edition. Quarto. Excellent book documenting protests surrounding the building of Narita Airport. Edited by Kayoshi Awazo and photographed by Tadao Mitome, among others. A little shelfwear, almost near fine in a like jacket, a little worn at the extremities. $750.00

119. SAWATARI, Hajime. Nadia. Tokyo: Camera Mainichi, 1973. First Edition. Square quarto (the shape of an LP). Black and white images of a single, Western model shot in a variety of locales and styles. A different version was published in 1977 in the Asahi Sonorama series. This, the true first edition, is scarcer (only 1 copy inOCLC, versus 5 of the Asahi Sonorama). Trivial wear, else fine in colorful illustrated wrappers as issued. Uncommon, especially in this condition. $850.00

120. SCHÄFER, Rudolf. Der Ewige Schlaf: Visages de Morts. Hamburg: Kellner Verlag, 1989. First Edition (there have been four printings in total). Tall quarto. SIGNED by Schäfer. Thirteen black and white images, heads only, of people who have recently died. (Parr / Badger, v2, 270). Trifle bowed, else fine in red boards with photo mounted on the front cover. Scarce signed and in fine condition. $1500.00

121. SCHMIDT, Michael. Berlin Wedding. Berlin: Galerie und Verlag A. Nagel (1978). First Edition. Square quarto. A fine association copy, lengthily INSCRIBED by Schmidt in German to photographer Ralph Gibson, dated 1979. With Gibson's "Ex Libris" stamp. Despite the fact that Schmidt's Berlin comes across as cold, gray, and lifeless, there is, improbably, a late seventies romanticism that cannot be ignored. Pages a little yellowed, else fine in a near fine jacket, also a little yellowed. $1250.00

122. SCIANNA, Fernando [sic] (photographs) and Leonardo Sciascia (text). Feste Religiose in Sicilia. Bari: Leonardo da Vinci Editore, 1965. First Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by the photographer, Ferdinando Scianna (either misspelled or shortened in the book to Fernando), a Magnum member. One of the great little-known European photobooks of the sixties: a brilliant documentation of Sicilian life, fluidly laid out and designed in a brisk cinematic style. Very similar in concept to Dirk Alvermann's early books. Fine ina near fine jacket, a little browned at the edges. $2000.00

123. SHIBATA, Toshio. Photographs. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 1992. First Edition. Large square quarto. Essay by James Eyenart entitled "Terraces of Splendour and Destiny." Shibata's black and white images of dams and industry. Fine in a fine jacket, publisher's blue obi. Uncommon title, even in Japan. $850.00

124. SHINOYAMA, Kishin. Sadistic Play of Bondage. Tokyo: Haga Shobo, 1971. First Edition. Quarto. A collection of bondage images, color and bw, with more humor than Araki, as evidenced by the color shots of tied-up Yakuza. The apotheosis in Japanese photobooks of bondage as theater. Little known in the U.S., this book is every bit as good as Shinoyama's Hareta Hi. Included with this copy are two original vintage gelatin silver prints used in the publication process. Near fine in wrappers in a near fine jacket. The photographs show a little wear but have been nicely protected by the overlaid white mechanical paper used in printing. $3500.00

125. SNOW, Dash. Slime the Boogie. Los Angeles / Berlin: Peres Projects, 2007. First Edition. Number 266 of 300 numbered copies; SIGNED by Snow. Interesting juxtaposition of porn, shots of disaffected youth, and newspaper clippings interspersed with other cultural detritus. It's a long way from East Hampton, or is it? Snow's tragic death from a heroin overdose has rightly focused the art world on his enormous talent, rather than his equally enormous privilege, access and entitlement. Fine in black wrappers as issued. $350.00

126. SNOW, Dash and Leo Fitzpatrick. On the Way to the Clap Clinic / White Magic. (N.p.): The Journal / Printed Matter Inc., 2006. First Edition. Two volumes, together as issued. Octavos. One volume is the 2006 winter edition of The Journal (volume 18), the other is Dash Snow's On the Way to the Clap Clinic, SIGNED by Snow who has circled and crossed out the name of the publisher (The Journal). Snow has also blotted out the name of Jill Taggert, who was a curator for the project. Snow was apparently unhappy with elements of the publication. Collection of images and cultural detritus by this artist who made a name for himself by ejaculating on his work. On the Way to the Clap Clinic is about near fine in stapled wrappers. (Recessed staples pulling, few creases to the spine); Issue of The Journal is fine but for a dog-eared page by Snow's entry and a few pencil marks in the text. $1250.00

127. SOMMER, Frederick. Frederick Sommer: 1939-1962 Photographs. N.p.: Aperture, 1963. First Edition. Small square quarto. Frederick Sommer's first book, entirely designed by him. The scarce cloth edition of the first hardcover book ever published by Aperture, more commonly encountered in wrappers as issue 10:4 of Aperture Magazine. By some reputable accounts as few as 50 copies of the cloth edition were printed, although I think the number is closer to 200. (Roth 162-163; Open Book 192-193; Auer 417). Near fine in off-white boards. Nice copy of one of the true rarities of twentieth century American photographic literature. $4500.00

128. SOTH, Alec. Las Vegas Birthday Book (and Sculpture). St. Paul, MN: Alec Soth, 2010. Unique book maquette and original pornographic sculpture, 1/1. Fine condition. $8500.00

129. STRUTH, Thomas. Landschaften: Photographien 1991-1993. Dusseldorf / Berlin: Achenbach Kunsthandel / Galerie Max Hetzler (1994). First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 900 copies and illustrated with 31 color images of Struth's landscape work. 12 pp. English text pamphlet laid in. Fine in silver-stamped boards, without jacket as issued. (Pamphlet has a small ding). Scarce book. $950.00

130. SUDA, Issei. Human Memories. Tokyo: Creo Corporation, 1996. First Edition. Quarto. 246 bw images. Gripping book. (Auer 738). Small tape shadow at the rear endpaper, a few tiny edge dents; a sharp, near fine copy in a fine jacket with the slightest of edge wear, complete with the publisher's bw obi. $600.00

131. SULTAN, Larry and Mike Mandel. Evidence. Greenbrae: Clatworthy Colorvues (1979). First Edition. Quarto. Images of explosions, wires, chemical foam, and other oddities, chosen by Sultan and Mandel from obscure institutional archives. (Parr / Badger, v2, 220-221; Roth 240-241; Open Book 314-315.) Just about fine in boards without jacket as issued. $2000.00

132. SUZUKI, Kiyoshi. Soul and Soul. Yokohama: Sansara Books (1972). First Edition. Square quarto. The first book, self- published, by Japanese cult figure Kiyoshi Suzuki. A work of sublime beauty and oddity, recently reprinted by Dutch publisher Noorderlicht (and into a second printing). The book is separated into four sections: the coalmine, midsummer, traveling actors, and after hours. Still, it defies easy categorization, with the overwhelming sensation being not of any specific subject, but rather a deep foreboding. While still little-known in the West, Suzuki's books (especially this one) are prized in Japan, with prices higher there than here. OCLC locates 2 copies: one at MoMA, the other at Princeton (Peter Galassi and Peter Bunnell). Attractive chop mark to the front endpaper, else a fine, bright copy with no foxing in a crisp, near fine jacket, lightly worn at the spine head, with an inoffensive shallow crease also near the top of the spine. The nicest copy I have seen of what is likely one of the two most valuable and important Japanese books to have yet escaped inclusion in a reference book and thus wide attention in the West. (The other book is Self and Others by Shigeo Gocho.) $3500.00

133. TAKANASHI, Yutaka. Toshi-e / Towards the City. Tokyo: Yutaka Takanashi (1974). First Edition. Folio. The last and most elaborate of the great Provoke books, with the famous metal disc affixed to the front cover. Takanshi's pessimistic vision of modern Japan is a fitting endgame for the group. (Parr / Badger, v1, 302). Lacks the booklet "Note Tokyo Jin," otherwise near fine in black boards with the metal disc showing just a little scuffing as usual; the publisher's slipcase is a little worn with small areas of paper loss at the edges, but is otherwise complete. Priced accordingly. $2000.00

134. TAKANO, Hiroshi. Document Waishoku Bunka / Document Obscene Culture. Tokyo: Hama Shobo, 1982. First Edition. Quarto. Early eighties photographs of Tokyo prostitutes, with small sections reserved for drug addicts, yakuza in the act of being tattooed, abortion, and even kabuki! No copies in OCLC. Small crease to the bottom edge of the rear cover, else fine in plain black wrappers and fine photo-illustrated orange jacket, publisher's scarce illustrated obi. $1250.00

135. TAKASE, Yoshio and Nobuyoshi Araki. [Geribara 5]. Benjo / Toilet. Tokyo: Fukushu-Shudan, Geribara 5 (1971). First Edition. Small quarto. The first of three books published by the fabled Geribara 5, a group that followed in the footsteps of Provoke. A catalogue of gross Tokyo shit holes and crude bathroom graffiti. Despite the disgusting subject matter, the book.is more satiric celebration than a condemnation of public sanitation! (Parr / Badger, v1, 296). Just about fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. $2750.00

136. TANAAMI, Keiichi. Illustration Now. Tokyo: Rippu Shobo, 1974. First Edition. Quarto. Heavy cardstock poster laid in as issued. One of a series of books by this publisher about contemporary Japanese artists. Intense psychedelic illustrations heightened by striking design. Fine in a fine jacket, publisher's obi, acetate slipcase. $850.00

137. TEMPLETON, Ed. Teenage Smokers. New York: Alleged Press, 1999. First Edition. Small quarto. SIGNED by Templeton. Published in conjunction with the photographer's exhibition at the Alleged Gallery in an edition of 2000 copies. Cult classic now finding a wider audience. Hint of edgewear; fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. $950.00

138. TOKIWA, Toyoko. Kiken na Adabana / Poisonous Flowers. Tokyo: Mikasa-shobo, 1957. First Edition. Octavo. A documentary book on Japanese prostitution by female photographer Toyoko Tokiwa; apparently the first publication of its kind by a woman. Gripping bw images, obviously shot undercover, of solicitation, police surveillance, doctor's visits, and an end section which appears to be some sort of treatment or rehabilitation. Offsetting to the endpapers, else near fine in a very good jacket worn at the head of the spine with a few edge nicks and a bit of scattered foxing. $750.00

139. TOMATSU, Shomei. Okinawa. Tokyo: Shaken (1969). First Edition. Oblong quarto. Images of Okinawa presented in Tomatsu's unique version of the Provoke style (he was not a member), with a more documentary and social bent than other books by Provoke photographers. (Auer 503). Tape shadows to the pastedowns and endpapers, a little light creasing; a bright, very good plus copy in photographically illustrated wrappers with the famous, searing cover image of a missile launching. $1750.00

140. TSUCHIDA, Hiromi. Zokushin. Yokohama: Ottos Books Company, 1976. First Edition. Square quarto. With an essay entitled "Gods of the Earth" by Goichi Matsunaga and translated into English. 103 black and white images. Tsuchida's odd documentation of Japanese folk customs and religious ceremonies, although one wouldn't necessarily glean that from looking at the pictures. Reprinted in 2004, this book has always been on the cusp of wider collectibility. Trace foxing to the top and bottom edges, else crisp and fine in a fine jacket, itself with trace foxing at the verso of the spine; housed in.the fine publisher's card slipcase. $800.00

141. TSUKIJI, Hitoshi. Shashinzo / Photographic Images. Tokyo: Camera Works, 1984. First Edition. Square quarto. Four page black booklet laid in. Limited to 500 copies. 30 black and white images reminiscent of the Dusseldorf school. Cool book by a little-known photographer, now on the map as a result of an earlier book included in the Aperture reference. Fine in black boards, acetate overlay; housed in a simple card slipcase. $950.00

142. (TWOMBLY, Cy). LAMBERT, Yvon. Cy Twombly: Catalogue raisonné des oeuvres sur papier, Volume VI: 1973-1976. Milano: Edizioni Multhipla, 1979. First Edition. Large quarto. Number 347 of 1500 numbered copies. Text in French by Roland Barthes. Despite being labeled as volume 6, this is actually the first volume. Profusely illustrated with numerous illustrations and tipped-in plates. Fine in a near fine jacket (a few nicks, light soiling), publisher's slipcase. $1500.00

143. WAKAMATSU, Tad. Ipy Girl Ipy. Tokyo: Heibonsha (1970). First Edition. Great photographs of naked girls and bikers shot mostly in New York, with solarized images and a section printed on a vellum-like paper. Maybe the ultimate Japanese hippie book. Just about fine in French-folded photo-illustrated wrappers, scarce purple obi. $850.00

144. WAPLINGTON, Nick. Living Room. New York: Aperture (1991). First Edition. Oblong quarto. INSCRIBED by Waplington and dated in 1994. Essays by John Berger and Richard Avedon. Waplington's images of domestic life. (Open Book 354-355). Fine in fine jacket. $300.00

145. WARHOL, Andy. Andy Warhol's Index Book. New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. Quarto. The quintessential sixties Pop Art Book, complete with disjointed b&w images, popups, foldouts, bags, disks, balloons, records, and other cultural detritus manufactured at Warhol's Factory. While the book may seem like a well- staged child's joke, it is no coincidence that this volume and Warhol's Stockholm catalogue were spied at the offices of the Japanese group Provoke. Warhol's influence, both as an artist, and an innovator in the growing world of mechanical reproduction, had repercussions in the growing world of Japanese photography. (Roth 188-189; Parr / Badger, v2 144-145; Auer 468). All parts present, seal unbroken; a fine copy in the original publisher's bag (opened). $4000.00

146. WATANABE, Hitomi. (Student Power League of Tokyo). Kaihoku '68 / Liberated Area '68. Tokyo: Japan University Students Power League Office, 1968. First Edition. Small octavo. Chronological report about the famous 1968 student riot in Tokyo, with most photographs taken by Hitomi Watanabe. An exceptional Japanese protest book with countless gripping images. One of my top five choices in a subset full of great little-known books. OCLC lists a single copy. Small abrasion from a sticker removal mostly visible on the back panel (size of a pinky nail), else a near fine copy. In photo-illustrated wrappers. $1500.00

147. WATANABE, Kanendo and Mieko Kanai. Kishi no Machi / A Town Already Seen. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1980. First Edition. Octavo. Black and white images by photographer Kanendo Watanabe shot in a unique, spare style, that has more in common with the New Topographics photographers than Japanese influences. Winner of the 1981 Ihei Kimura Prize. OCLC locates 1 copy, otherwise this book is little-known outside Japan. (Aperture 228-231). Fine in glossy integral photo-illustrated wrappers, in the publisher's slipcase, original orange obi, with a neatly repaired tear and a small crease. $750.00

148. WATANABE, Sumiharu. Face of Washington Square. Tokyo: Hasimoto Yuyudo (1965). First Edition. Small quarto. A book shot during the infancy of the Provoke era in Japan, but having little in common with the aesthetic of the Provoke photographers. Like Bruce Davidson's East 100th Street, Face of Washington Square is a neighborhood book. Watanabe takes it to the extreme, however, photographing just about every conceivable Village scene: hippies smoking in cafes, street vendors, junk shops, buskers, even shots of the San Gennaro Festival, with nary a blurry, distorted, or even disturbing image to be found. Near fine in stiff photo-illustrated wrappers with French flaps, housed in the publisher's printed slipcase, which appears lightly worn, but is covered by a sheet of plain sheet of heavy paper with the photographer's name and the book's title printed on the spine in a similar font used in the book. I have seen no other copies like this, and I don't know if this is original. $1750.00

149. (West Coast '73). Sabu Magazine Number 6. Tokyo: Sabu Henshushitsu, 1973. First Edition. Folio. The sixth and last issue of the Japanese magazine, Sabu. This issue entitled "West Coast '73," and including numerous excellent images of 60s/70s California by Daiho Yoshida, Shimpei Asai, and Masayoshi Sukita. Near fine in photo-illustrated wrappers. OCLC locates a single copy at the Getty. $650.00

150. WESTON, Edward. 50 Photographs. New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce (1947). First Edition. Quarto. Number 1004 of 1500 numbered copies initialed by Weston. Designed by Merle Armitage. An American classic: Weston chose the 50 images himself. (Roth 128-129, Open Book 150-151). Bottom edges of the boards lightly shelfworn (as usual), else very close to fine in a near fine jacket, bright and fresh, with a one inch tear at the bottom of the front flap repaired by tape at the verso, and with a tiny chip and two other small edge tears near the head of the spine also repaired by tear at the verso. Despite the small flaws to the jacket, this is one of the nicest copies of this notoriously fragile book I have seen; perhaps the nicest. $5000.00