Prose and Poetry
Oxford: Oxford University Press/Clarendon Press, 1921. Reprint. Hardcover. With essays by Hazlitt and DeQuincy. 1937 imprint. More
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For Fear of Weeping
London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of travel and personal writings by the former foreign correspondent for the Observer. More
Magic Walks: The MacLehose Trail and Its Surroundings
Hong Kong: The Alternative Press, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. With a foreword by Lord MacLehose. More
The Legacy of China
Oxford: Oxford University Press/Clarendon Press, 1964. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
Handbook for the Ceylon Traveller
Colombo: Studio Times, 183. Second Edition. Softcover. Rare. Over a quarter century after it was first published, this handy volume continues to be the book that accompanies the discerning traveler who wishes to see the real Sri Lanka (or Ceylon as it was then called), and try to understand it..... More
Half of a Yellow Sun
London: Harper Perennial, 2007. Tenth Printing. Trade Paperback. Signed by the author. More
Amazon: From the Floodplains to the Clouds
New York: The Monacelli Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very rare. Heavy item; please note additional shipping charge. Since being associated with the New Color Photojournalism movement of the 1980s, Alex Webb has made a name for himself with lushly colored images, a "decisive moment" sense of composition..... More
Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds" Photographs from the Tropics
London: Thames & Hudson, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very rare edition. Heavy item; please note additional handling charge. Here, in Alex Webb’s gripping photographs, are the world’s tropics in all their vivid beauty, desperation, exuberance, and incipient violence. For more than ten years, while working on special assignments..... More
Below the Line: Living Poor in America
Mount Vernon, New York: Consumers Union, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Oversized, heavy; please note additional shipping charge. Below the Line: Living Poor in America, published in 1987, is a collection of 14 photographic and textual essays that depict conditions of poverty within the United States during the mid..... More
Photo Film 1950-1990
Essen, Germany: Edition Braus, 1991. First Edition (presumed). Softcover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Danny Lyon - Photo Film organized by the Center for Creative Photography/University of Arizona, Tuscon/USE and the Museum Folkwang, Essen/Germany. Danny Lyon has long been considered one of the most original and influential documentary..... More
The Mennonites
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with slipcase. Very rare. Heavy item; please note additional handling charge. Larry Towell first encountered the Mennonites near his home in Ontario, Canada, and his friendship with them has gained him unique access to their communities. Originating in Europe in..... More
China Obscura
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004. Yang Lian (foreword), Peter Hessler (afterword). First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Arriving in mainland China by chance just a day after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, young Chinese-American photographer Mark Leong was compelled to stay and explore with his camera's lens the fascinating contradictions of..... More
The Polaroid Book: Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography
Koln: Taschen, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy item, extra handling fees for local shipping. The unique tones and spontaneity of Polaroids have made them a beloved photographic format for decades. Brimming with all the warmth and nostalgia of a family album, this ode to the instant camera presents hundreds of..... More
Signs & Relics
New York: The Monacelli Press, 1999. Wim Wenders (foreword). First US Edition. Hardcover. Signs & Relics is an exploration of the world from a photographer's point of view -- in this case, noted Village Voice photographer Sylvia Plachy. Her engaging images -- some light and humorous, some somber -- show..... More
Larry Fink
London: Phaidon Press, 2005. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. American photographer Larry Fink (b.1941) is the Jack Kerouac of photography. This accessible monograph reviews his 40-year career as a photographer, during which he celebrated the expressiveness of the human body and its colourful and energetic sensuality. A strong supporter of social..... More
Exploding Into Life
New York: Aperture/ Many Voices Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Rare. In 1978, 34 year old Dorothea Lynch discovered she had breast cancer. In an attempt to gain control over the disease and communicate her experience to others, she asked her longtime friend, photographer Eugene Richards, to visually document her..... More
Many Are Called
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. James Agee (introduction). Second Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Between 1936 and 1941 Walker Evans and James Agee collaborated on one of the most provocative books in American literature, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941). While at work on this book, the two also..... More
Walker Evans: Polaroids
Zurich: Scalo, 2002. First Scalo Edition. Hardcover. In 1973 Walker Evans began to work with the innovative Polaroid SX-70 camera and was given an unlimited supply of film from its manufacturer. The virtues of this camera, introduced in 1972, perfectly fit Evans's search for a concise yet poetic vision of..... More
Snaps
London: Phaidon Press, 2003. Murray Sayle (introduction), Charles Flowers (text). Reprint. Softcover. Heavy item, additional handling fees for local shipping. One of the leading photographers of his generation, Elliott Erwitt (b.1928) has been taking pictures since the late 1940s. A member of the prestigious Magnum agency since 1954, he has..... More
W. or The eye of a long-nose/ W 或大鼻子之眼/ W. ou l'oeil d'un long-nez
France: Marval, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very Rare. Text in English, Chinese and French. Patrick Zachmann travels to Europe, the United States, China, Tahiti, Hong Kong, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Macao. Accompanying Zachmann’s photographs is a narrative in which he describes in 48 pages..... More
Mid-term Report
London: Thames and Hudson, 1995. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Few contemporary photographers can have been so widely celebrated as Tim Page. Everything he has done since throwing himself into the Indo-China and Vietnam of the 1960s - the deep end of the pool of life - has exhibited a brilliantly..... More
50 Hours
New York: Many Voices Press, 1983. Eugene Richards (design). First Edition. First Printing. Softcover with jacket. Very Rare. Before dawn a line of candles is lit in protest against the outbursts of violence, as masses of men and women move across the wind blown swamps toward the police lines and..... More
Tokyo: A City Heading for Death
Tokyo: Magazine House Co. Ltd, 1993. Fourth Printing. Softcover with dust jacket. Rare. Text in Japanese and English. Street scenes of Tokyo contrasted with occasional female nudes, all made by Araki in 1989 while his wife Yoko was dying of ovarian cancer. Photographs by Nobuyoshi Araki; afterword by Toshimaru Ito..... More
Cite fragile
Montreal: Vox Populi, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Text in French. Introduction by Christian Caujolle. Text by Francois Jalbert. More
Dancing on Fire: Photographs From Haiti
New York: Aperture, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Rare. Photographer Maggie Steber has worked in 64 countries focusing on humanitarian, cultural, and social stories. Her honors include the Leica Medal of Excellence, World Press Photo Foundation, the Overseas Press Club, Pictures of the Year, the Medal of Honor for Distinguished Service..... More
