Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1943. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan and burgundy cloth. 240pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Very good. Mildest bit of soiling. Tight, nice later printing (fourth printing, 28th edition) of this standard"Handbook for the Everyday Photographer" -- from the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN..... More
N.p. Eastman Kodak Company, 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 33pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear -- overall tight, clean and quite nice. First edition of this "how to" on making color slides. From the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008)..... More
N.p. Eastman Kodak Company, 1955. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 33pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear -- overall tight, clean and quite nice. First edition of this "how to" on using this new color film, with the nifty and usually-absent heavy card stock..... More
New York. E. Leitz, Inc., 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Red wrappers. 71pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Die-punched along left edge, as issued; mild wear to outer wrappers (only). Delightful guide to all of this camera manufacturer's products, big and small. From the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of..... More
[New York]: Time-Life Books, 1970. Paperback. Narrow small 8vo. Stiff wrappers, spiralbound. 64pp. Numerous illustrations. Good plus. Some wear to wrappers, but basically tight and decent. Second printing of this nifty little volume in the "Life Library of Photography" series -- from the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN..... More
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1971. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 120pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, graphs. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Later (5th) printing, tight and nice. The second volume in the "Morgan & Morgan Basic Photo Series." More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Blue leatherette, pictorial dust jacket. 207pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Single short tear (archivally closed on verso) on otherwise-handsome jacket. First edition of this superb photo collection. More
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1940. Hardcover. 16mo. Black leatherette. 110pp. Well illustrated. Very good. First edition. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1981]. Hardcover. Photographs by Jonas Dovydenas. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 221pp. Numerous illustrations (most color). Fine/near fine. First edition of this spectacularly illustrated pictorial tour (interior and exterior) through many of Chicago's finest homes -- signed boldly by both author and photographer..... More
N.p. Barton K. Battaile, [1974]. Hardcover. 4to. Yellow pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 160pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine/near fine. Ownership signature/date on front flyleaf. A superb, tight first edition of this pictorial chronicle of Lexington's early years. Rather uncommon, especially in this choice condition. Errata sheet (here labeled..... More
Berlin: Globus Verlag, n.y. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. First title beige cloth with large, detailed front board pictorial stamping in black, grey and gold; second title grey cloth spine and pictorial paper over boards. (Ca. 75pp); 58pp. Extensive full-page photographs, captioned entirely in German. Very good. Boards a bit edgeworn..... More
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1953. Paperback. Small 4to. Black blind-embossed French-style wrappers with tipped-on tinted front cover label over boards. 81pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Slight edgewear to wrappers, couple of archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. Handsome reproductions of French cabinet card nudes in a variety of quaint..... More
Lisse, Netherlands: Rebo Productions, [1998]. Hardcover. 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 600pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/fine. Handsome and tight first edition of this hefty photographic survey of WW2. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1978]. Paperback. Photographs by Archie Lieberman. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 100pp). Numerous illustrations. Faint mild edgewear. A tight, attractive first paperback edition of the Bradbury short story "The Next in Line," first published in his 1947 collection "Dark Carnival" (Sauk City, WI..... More
Bangor, ME: Marion J. Bradshaw, [1944]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with green metallic lettering and gilt decorations. (Ca. 350pp). Frontispiece, extensive illustrations, 2 maps. Near fine. A tight, bright, handsome fifth printing of this 1941 photographic tribute to "The Pine Tree State," with each full-page photograph facing a paragraph..... More
Zagreb: Globus, 1986. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 211pp, (5pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Tight, attractive first edition of this photographic portrait of the city of Zagreb. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, [1990]. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 232pp. Numerous illustrations (many color), maps. Fine/fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription on half-title page. Superb and tight first edition of this unusual and compelling view of Illinois history. More
Providence: Matrix Publications, 1980. Hardcover. Edited by Robert Tow and Ricker Winsor. Foreword by Jonathan Williams. Afterword by A.D. Coleman. Square folio. Green cloth, slipcase (green cloth with color pictorial label). Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Mild spine sunning; slipcase very slightly worn, with overall sunning. A tight, attractive first..... More
Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, Inc., [1988]. Hardcover. Introduction by Keith F. Davis. Wide small 4to. Blue/grey cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 130pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color). Fine/near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this collection by the noted American photography innovator (1912-99), boldly signed..... More
San Francisco: Cameron and Company, [1991]. Hardcover. Text by Herb Caen. Wide 4to. Tan cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 159pp. Extensive illustrations (most color). Near fine/near fine. A tight and attractive fifth printing of this 1986 collection. More
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1969. Paperback. 4to. Stiff blue wrappers. (Ca. 300pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear. First edition of this superb photo collection, tight and nice. Contributor's copy, from the library of noted Midwest photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" and "The Israelis" fame, who..... More
N.p. Rockwood Lodge, 1980. Paperback. Wide 24mo. Stiff burgundy wrappers. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous illustrations. Fine. Probable sole edition of this unusual and quirky illustrated essay printed entirely in blue, with the text in calligraphy by Ted Jackson. Case (born 1939) is a Mississippi writer and visual artist. More
New York: Collier Books, 1979. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff yellow wrappers. xiv, 186pp. Very good. First paperback edition, signed by Casewit on the title page. More
Kyoto, Japan: Tanko-shinsha Co., Ltd., [1963]. Hardcover. Translation by Thomas I. Elliott and Masuo Yamaguchi. Photographs by Hideo Matuo and Hiroshi Hukawa. 8vo. Pale blue paper over boards with dark blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp. Extensive full-page illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight and lovely first edition..... More
[Chappaqua, NY]: Turtle Point Press, 2000. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 143pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Fine/fine. First edition, tight and clean and handsome, of this photo collection chronicling this eastern region of Spain by the noted Spanish photographer (1902-2000). More