Gods of Earth and Heaven de Witkin, Joel-Peter - 1989

NY: Universe Books, 1956. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Universe Books, 1956, first printing. 4to., 8 3/4" x 10 3/4", unpaginated. Text by Han Suyin. Edited by Robert Delpire. From the dust jacket flap: "This book is the picture diary of one of today's most brilliant roving photographers. Henri Cartier-Bresson lived in China from December 1948 to September 1949. In those eventful and dangerous months he watched from close at hand the withdrawal of the Nationalist government and the inrush of the Communist armies. He caught these events on the fly and came back from China with an unbiased graphic document of enduring historical interest." Beige cloth with white stamped titles. Minor toning to the cloth along the top and bottom edge, light, occasional age spotting to the covers, flyleafs/pastedowns and top edge of page block, else near fine, clean, crisp, bright, unworn in very good dust jacket frayed along the edges, surface scuff line on front panel,… Leer más

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington, Limited, 1888. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original red cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, gilt decoration lower front cover. EX-Library with library stamp on title page, library bookplate on front free end-page, library card pocket on rear free end-page, library sticker pulled from spine leaving white patch (see photo), no other library marks. The plates are clean, not damaged, and do not have any library markings or stamps. Generally a clean, sound example of the book. The end-pages are the original coated green paper. The original tissue guards are present and browned as usual. The binding is sound and not loose or cracked. There is some foxing on some of the early pages and near the end, otherwise the book is mostly free of foxing. The book is complete with all pages and plates (nothing missing). The book measures 289mm tall x 209mm and has 180 pages, 22 photogravure plates of guide portraits on heavy stock paper… Leer más

London: Akfred W. Bennett, 1866. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ernest Edwards. FIRST EDITION 1866. Original blue pebbled cloth, AEG, gilt lettering front cover & spine, gilt decoration of box camera and ice-axe on front cover, gilt title frame front, gilt rules spine ends, debossed triple borders front & rear covers. Diffuse grubbiness covers, rubbed spine ends and corners, no owner writing or marks on any pages, solid binding, paper cracked inside hinges but hinges strong and not broken (mess is solid and tight), some foxing in places but considerably less than what is frequently found for this book. The book measures 275mm tall x 215mm, and has 243 pages, 28 b/w photos, map. This is probably the earliest mountaineering book to use photographs as illustrations. Account of the author's excursion to Bernese Oberland with the purpose of photographing the mountains and the climbing. The group was comprised of 5 men and 4 women, plus the famous guide Christian Almer,… Leer más

teNeues, 2012. Multilingual edition. over-sized Hardcover. Fine/Fine. TeNeues, 2012, Hardcover. Fine. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. 244 pages. Elephant folio (25.2 x 19.8 inches (64x50 cm.) and weighs 23.5 lb). -- Elliott Erwitt has shot many images that have become modern masterpieces. His unparalleled visual talent captures something special that transcends the moment, making it live on and develop a life of its very own. This collector's edition gathers some of his most memorable works in a landmark collection. From his image of Marilyn in that white dress to his portrait of a dressed Chihuahua in proportion with a pair of woman's legs and that of a Great Dane-in each instance it was Erwitt's faultless sense of timing and his eye for the remarkable. Whether a glance, a movement, or an interaction-that made the work unique. Each of these icons is a representation of how we live, a lasting symbol of the age and its vitality, that will represent our world to future generations. so- called display… Leer más

New York: Aperture, 1986. Cloth, 95 pages, chiefly illustrations; 30 cm. SIGNED by both Inge Morath and Arthur Miller on the title page. A near-fine copy with very light dust spotting on the top edge. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. A famous Magnum photographer, Morath was the third wife of playwright Arthur Miller. Profusely illustrated.. SIGNED. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1969. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition.. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1969. First Edition . Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean soft coverbook with paper jacket over plain gray cardboard binding. "Crackers" printed in red on front cover of wrapper and on wrapper spine. 115 reproductions of black and white photographs by Ken Price, Joe Goode, Edward Ruscha. Story in photographs based on Mason Williams' story "How to Derive The Maximum Enjoyment From Crackers," characters in photos include Tommy Smothers; Rudi Gernreich; Leon Bing; Larry Bell. Mason Williams text printed on rear inside flap of jacket. Pages and edges are clean; no names, writing or marks; very slight tanning to cardboard covers; no creasing or chipping. Jacket is lightly age-toned, no chips; small closed tear at top spine corner of jacket (under 1/2:). Size of book is approx. 10" x 7"..

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, And Rivington, Limited, 1888. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original red cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, gilt decoration lower front cover. EX-Library with library stamp on title page, library bookplate on front free end-page, library card pocket on rear free end-page, library sticker pulled from spine leaving white patch (see photo), no other library marks. The plates are clean, not damaged, and do not have any library markings or stamps. Generally a clean, sound example of the book. The end-pages are the original coated green paper. The original tissue guards are present and browned as usual. The binding is sound and not loose or cracked. There is some foxing on some of the early pages and near the end, otherwise the book is mostly free of foxing. The book is complete with all pages and plates (nothing missing). The book measures 289mm tall x 209mm and has 180 pages, 22 photogravure plates of guide portraits on heavy stock paper… Leer más

NY: J.J. Augustin Publishers, 1944. First edition. Quarto. 133 pp, nearly all full-page b/w photographs. Original cloth with scarce dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, binding firm; price-clipped jacket has small loss at top of spine & corners with a few tape repairs on the reverse of jacket. Horst's first book and uncommon in jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

teNeues, 2012. Multilingual edition. over-sized Hardcover. Fine/Fine. TeNeues, 2012, Hardcover. Fine. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. 244 pages. Elephant folio (25.2 x 19.8 inches (64x50 cm.) and weighs 23.5 lb). -- Elliott Erwitt has shot many images that have become modern masterpieces. His unparalleled visual talent captures something special that transcends the moment, making it live on and develop a life of its very own. This collector's edition gathers some of his most memorable works in a landmark collection. From his image of Marilyn in that white dress to his portrait of a dressed Chihuahua in proportion with a pair of woman's legs and that of a Great Dane-in each instance it was Erwitt's faultless sense of timing and his eye for the remarkable. Whether a glance, a movement, or an interaction-that made the work unique. Each of these icons is a representation of how we live, a lasting symbol of the age and its vitality, that will represent our world to future generations. so- called display… Leer más

Fine copy with a nice presentation ( signed ) by Hambourg. Scarce