Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1985. First Edition. First printing. Quarto. Red cloth boards; dustjacket; 400pp; illus. Trace of sun-fading to extremities of boards, but generally a tight, Near Fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper. Posthumously-published autobiography, completed by Alinder and extensively illustrated from Adams' photographs. More

New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1933. First Trade Edition. One of the great documentary photobooks of the 1930's, examining the lives of black plantation workers in the Gullah coastal region of South Carolina. The idea for the book was originally conceived by American photographer Doris Ullman (1882-1934), who met Julia..... More

Los Angeles: Greybull Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing, trade issue, one of 4,000 copies. Quarto (31cm); black cloth, with titles embossed on spine; dustjacket; [144]pp; illus. Signed by Kathleen Cleaver on the title page, dated July 30, 2010. Base of spine gently nudged, crown gently bumped, else Near Fine..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Small octavo (18cm); original photo-illustrated card wrappers; 98pp; illus. Light dust-soil and edge wear to wrappers, gentle sunning and some moderate wear to spine; contents clean; Very Good. A striking volume, with text by Hughes, brought to life..... More

New York: Aperture Foundation, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (26.75cm); photo-illustrated boards; [7],8-151,[1]pp; illus. Trivial dustiness to rear cover, base of spine and upper rear board corner a bit nudged; Near Fine. An extensive collection of previously-unpublished photographs by Stephen Shames, whose involvement with the Black Panther Party began..... More

N.p. 1999. Unfolded photo-illustrated bifolium (15.5x23cm.); Fine condition. Memorial card issued by the Aigner family on the occasion of the passing of the Hungarian-born photo-journalist Lucien Aigner (1901-1999), upper panel adorned with one of his portraits of Albert Einstein. More

Peking: New World Press, [1955]. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original linen-backed photo-illustrated boards, spine lettered in bright blue; 109pp.; 15 leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos. Minor edge wear, else Very Good. Photographic account of the 1954 floods, which killed approximately 33,000. More

Praha: Nakladatelstvi Vl. Orel, n.d., 1931? First Czech Edition. Octavo (19cm.); original cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 280pp. Spine rather heavily cocked, jacket extremities a bit shelf worn, rear panel shows some dustiness, front hinge starting to crack but holding, else a Near Very Good copy. Exceedingly scarce Czech edition..... More

N.p. s.i., N.d. [ca 1893]. Original silver-gelatin photographic print, 6-1/2" x 8-1/4", on gray board mount, 10" x 12". Minor rubbing to mount at extremities and verso; print clear and unfaded, Very Good or better. Pencil captions on verso, identifying the five subjects in the photograph. An unusual composite photograph..... More

New York: Common Council for American Unity, 1942. First Edition. Highly important single issue of the CCAU's monthly literary magazine, issued from 1940-49, which was devoted to bridging ethnic and minority differences and to reflecting America's cultural diversity. This issue includes a substantial (13pp) short story by Woody Guthrie, "Ear..... More

Köln: Könemann, 1997. First Edition. Volume containing photographs of architecture on and off the Las Vegas Strip. Quarto; photo-illustrated wrappers; 80pp; illus.; text is in English, French, and German. Light wear to extremities, else Near Fine. More

N.p. (Kilbourn, Wisconsin?): [ca 1901]. Oblong octavo (6-1/2" x 9"). Bound album of 17 mounted silver-gelatin photographs, most 5" x 7" (two smaller) on heavy pasteboard mounts. Captioned (but one); unsigned; apparently the work of a talented amateur or possibly a professional photographer (see note below). Binding worn, with losses..... More

Yerevan: Pallas, 1976. First Edition. Quarto. Tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 131,(2)pp; chiefly illus. Prospectus laid in. Fine copy in slightly edgeworn jacket, still Very Good or better. Photographic survey of the smallest Soviet republic. Text entirely in Armenian, though the Prospectus includes an introduction in four languages including English. More