Kenna, Michael. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. Folio. White cloth spine with blind embossed titling along the front surface of the cover, covers of an applied spruce veneer, all housed within a black paper covered slipcase that incorporates one of Kenna's photographs on the title label. Slipcase in very good condition with minimal scuffing, slight toning to whote cloth spine where just outside of the slipcase. Text in both Japanese and English.
An absolutely stunning collection of landscape photography of rural Japan by Michael Kenna, the feeling of the photographs reminiscent of traditional woodblock prints. A beautifully produced piece limited to an edition of 5,000 copies. Photographs were reproduced from the original sepia toned silver gelatin prints in a...... More

New York: Random House, 1978. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 4to. 143 pp. Light scuffing to dust jacket, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. First Edition. 128 pp. 4to. Black cloth boards with white titling to cover and spine. Spine has split along front hinge but still tight to boards. Some scuffing to boards, bumping to corners. Very clean within. No dust jacket. [Purcell 88].
Merle Armitage joins number of designers, publishers, and artists in contributing to this treatise on the state of books and their design in 1951. Armitage contributes the essay, "Attitudes Behind Design" and 23 of his designs are featured. Good. More

San Franciscio, CA: Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem, 1973. Hard Cover. First Edition. 38 pp. Light brown buckram covered boards with paper title label pasted to spine. Light discoloration to cover boards around edges. Clean and crisp within. Beautifully produced with a red titling to title page as well as a green and yellow rose, red capital letter at the start of each short chapter.
Frontispiece portrait of Albert Bender by Ansel Adams. A celebration of the life of noted San Francisco patron of the arts, Albert Bender. Printed by Grabhorn & Hoyem in an edition of 200 copies. Very Good. More

London: Royal Society of London, 1874. Hardcover. First Edition. v, [4], [1]-818 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Also contains William Crookes' "On Attraction and Repulsion Resulting from Radiation" and Latimer Clark's “On a Standard Voltaic Battery” (pp. 1 - 14). Very Good. More

San Francisco, CA: 1977. Wraps. Limited Edition. Unpag. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy in cream wraps.
Legendary bookseller David Magee's humorous take on cataloging and description of books by booksellers. Printed in an edition of 1,000 copies. Fine. More

Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. 15 black and white plates. Clean, crisp copy with Maisel's photograph illustration of reprinted on cover.
Stunning aerial photographs of the Los Angeles area by photographer David Maisel. Photographs take on an almost surveillance-like feel from the height at which they were taken and printed as they appear in the original negative form. The photographs are preceded by Mark Strand's poem, "Black Maps" and ends with an essay by William L. Fox entitled "Shadowlands." Fine. More

Miami, FL: Bass Museum of Art, 2014. Wraps. First Edition. 138 pp. Clean, crisp copy bound with leather and metal studs, paying homage to the subject's distinct style. Fine. More

Paris: Fortin, Masson, 1842. Wraps. First Edition. 257-384 pp. 8vo. Brown paper wraps with chipping at edges but remarkably clean and intact given the age. Interior clean with many sheets uncut. Encased in custom cloth and leather pamphlet case.
First published account in original wraps of Carlo Matteucci's (1811-1868) experiment in which he discovers that each heartbeat of a frog is accompanied by an electrical signal. This discovery eventually forms the basis for electrocardiography (EKG). Figures 1 & 2 of dissected frog legs on folding plate at rear help to illustrate the theory. Very Good. More

Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 133 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by the author on the title page.McCarthy signs very few books, so finding any signed copy is getting harder and harder. Fine / Fine. More

Weston, Edward. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1939. Hardcover. First Edition. 258 pp. 8vo. Black cloth covers with distinctive red embossed titling to cover and spine. Slight fraying at head and foot of spine, small tear at head of spine at rear hinge, bumping to corners. Endpapers decorated with simple drawings of vegetables and meat sources printed in green ink on yellow paper. Interior has numerous marking from previous owner underlining ingredients, checking off what must have been recipes they tried, etc.
What is often missed in this volume is the four black and white photographs of vegetables by Edward Weston that are included within the recipe index at rear. Very Good. More

Ewing, Louie. Santa Fe, NM: Laboratory of Anthropology & San Vincente Foundtion, 1947/1949. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 102 pp. 8vo.; 99 pp. 8vo. These two items, which match in height and have similarities in design both have paper covers over boards. Both copies are housed in a custom slipcase with a leather spine and gold embossed titling. Both volumes heavily illustrated with black and white photographs and descriptions of the textiles and their origin. "The Alfred I. Barton Collection of Southwestern Textiles" also contains three color serigraphs by Louie Ewing that reproduce vibrant Pueblo, Navajo, and Rio Grande tribal designs at the beginning of each section illustrating their work.
"Navajo Textile Arts" [Purcell 69] was printed in an edition of 1,250 copies. "The Alfred I. Barton..... More

Sarg, Tony. New York: Greenberg, Publisher, 1930. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. 4to. Dust jacket has light chipping at the edges, minor soiling, sunning to spine, now in mylar cover. The story of two little dolls, Annabel and Frances. Extremely, crisp and vibrant illustrations within. Fine / Very Good. More