Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1975. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Good plus/good plus. Some jacket edgewear. First edition. Wonderful photo essay of the great "Queen" and the Mississippi. More
New York: The Viking Press, [1982]. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition -- with a twist: from the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" fame. Lieberman apparently..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1997]. Hardcover. Preface and text by David Plowden. Introduction by Alan Trachtenberg. Wide small 4to. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 203pp. Frontispiece, extensive full-page illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Quite handsome, tight first edition of this retrospective of the famed Chicago photographer's..... More
Springfield: Illinois State Historical Society, 1955. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. (31pp). Illustrations. Near fine. First edition. A tight and lovely first edition of these beautifully reproduced, high-quality sepia-tone photographs of Lincoln statuary, family, friends, cabinet members and so on. More
New York: Smithmark, [1994]. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this hefty survey of the work of Timothy O'Sullivan, William Henry Jackson, John Hillers, Ansel Adams and others. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1991]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 164pp. Extensive color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Small black remainder mark on bottom page edges. Tight and handsome first edition of this photographer's first book. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1975. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 95pp, (65pp). Numerous full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Quite faint jacket edgewear only. Handsome, super tight first edition. More
Banff: Cirrus Publishing, n.y. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 120pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/near fine. First edition, tight and quite handsome -- and nicely signed and inscribed by the photographer in black fineline on the front flyleaf: "To Florence & Philip / Scott Rowed / Sep..... More
New York: Dover Publications, [1982]. Paperback. Preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 100pp). Extensive full-page illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear. Tight and attractive reprint edition of the famed Union Pacific Railroad photographer's earlier war work. More
New York: Cowles Education Corporation, 1967. Hardcover. Photographs by Arthur Rothstein. Oblong small 4to. Black and white cloth, dust jacket. 203pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition. Unique photographic portrait of America accompanied by poetic prose specific to each picture. More
London: Inside Eye, 1997. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 300pp). Extensive illustrations. Near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this unusual compilation, boldly inscribed and signed by editor Schlossman to noted Midwest photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" fame: "To Archie -- / for guidance..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, [2002]. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 132pp. Extensive full-page illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A superb, tight and handsome first edition of this far-ranging gathering of the renowned Chicago photojournalist's black and white images from across the globe and..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, [2002]. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 132pp. Extensive full-page illustrations. Fine/very good. A Tight and quite attractive first edition of this far-ranging gathering of the renowned Chicago photojournalist's black and white images from across the globe and across..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, [1988]. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxii, 122pp. Frontispiece, extensive full-page illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of the noted Chicago photographer's images of his friend and collaborator, famed novelist Nelson Algren (1909-81) -- black and white photos often portraying..... More
Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1981. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xi, 119pp. Numerous illustrations, tables. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear -- almost a "Near fine." First paperback edition of this "how to" manual -- boldly inscribed and signed by the noted author/photographer to another noted Chicago photographer..... More
Munich: Ludwig Simon, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pale green cloth with dark green lettering, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 200pp). Extensive full-page black-and-white illustrations. Near fine/very good. Ownership signature on front flyleaf; jacket a bit edgeworn, with rear panel scuffed. A tight and attractive later printing (undated, but first published 1960)..... More
[Tarrytown, NY]: Sleepy Hollow Press, [1981]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 202pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition, a tight and handsome copy of this photographic history. More
New York: Horizon Press, 1959. Hardcover. Introduction by Harold Rosenberg. Folio. Black cloth with silver stamping, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 150pp). Numerous illustrations. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with several archivally closed (on verso) edge tears and one wide chip running along the bottom edge of..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1974. Hardcover. 4to. Off-white cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 144pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Very good/very good. Tight, clean first edition. More
N.p. Julien J. Soubiran, [1941]. Hardcover. 12mo. Green paper over boards with paper label. 63pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine. Tight, handsome, lovely first edition -- and NOT your usual homely ex-library copy, as are most copies. More
Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, [1993]. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 135pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine. Superbly tight and pristine first edition. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1966]. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 113pp. Near fine/very good. Bit of jacket edgewear and minor rubbing. Tight, handsome first edition of this tribute done by photographer Steichen (1879-1973) to his brother-in-law Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). Huge black fineline ownership signature on half-title..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1963. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 249pp, (4pp). Extensive illustrations. Near fine/very good. Very faintest bit of jacket edgewear; nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Tight, handsome early printing of this outstanding biography in pictures and words. More
Chicago: The Werner Company, n.y. Hardcover. Wide 4to. Brown cloth with huge silver lettering and decorative stamping. (Ca. 150pp). Extensive full-page illustrations, floral endpapers. Good plus. Large but not highly visible discoloration to front board; old but neat, discreet brown cloth tape to inner hinges, thus tight. Tight and decent..... More
New York: Galahad Books, 1975. Hardcover. 4to. Grey textured paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 191pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Slight jacket edgewear; touch of wrinkling to top portion of front flyleaf and preliminary leaves. Tight, attractive reprint of the first (New York Graphic Society Ltd.) edition. Large..... More