Burke, Bill
I Want To Take Picture.
Atlanta : Nexus Press, 1987.
First edition. Folio, original glossy illustrated boards. Limited to 1,000 copies. Signed by Bill Burke. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-1684
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Sternfeld, Joel
American Prospects.
Houston : Times Books, 1987.
First edition of Sternfeld’s acclaimed first photobook. Oblong quarto, original cloth, with 55 plates. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows a small closed tear. Signed by Joel Sternfeld on the title page.
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Item Number: RRB-1440
Goldblatt, David; Courtney-Clarke, Margaret; Kench, John
Cape Dutch Homesteads.
Cape Town : Struik, 1981.
First edition. Original beige cloth. Signed by the photographer, David Goldblatt. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-1359
Szarkowski, John
The Photographer’s Eye.
New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
First edition. Square quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to Robert Lewis; former head of the Yale School of Drama, author, actor, and founder of the Actor’s Studio, “with warm good regards.” Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. The black jacket almost inevitably shows wear, this is a very nice exampleContinue reading "The Photographer’s Eye."
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Item Number: RRB-1115
Ruscha, Ed [Edward]
Every Building on the Sunset Strip.
Los Angeles : Edward Ruscha, 1966.
First edition, second issue of the artist’s classic work. Small octavo, original stiff self-wrappers, original slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by Ruscha to his aunt, “For Aunt Carol Ed Ruscha.” One continuous accordion-fold page composed of glued paper segments with black-and-white photographs of every building on the sunset strip. Near fine in a very good slipcase. AnContinue reading "Every Building on the Sunset Strip."
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Item Number: RRB-1012
Peress, Gilles; Michael Schulan; Susan Meiselas; Jeff Mermelstein
Here is New York.
New York : Scalo, 2002.
First edition of this work by the award-winning photographer. Thick oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, original slipcase. Inscribed by Gilless Peress. Illustrated with nearly 1000 full-color and black-and-white photographic plates with images by noted photographers such as Gilles Peress, Susan Meiselas and Jeff Mermelstein. Fine in a fine slipcase. Parr & Badger II, 232.
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Item Number: RRB-972
Peress, Gilles; Text by Eric Stover; Foreword by Richard Goldstone
The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar.
New York : Scalo , 1998.
First edition of this moving record of the atrocites that befell the Balkans in the 1990’s. Thick octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by all three contributors: photographer Gilles Peress; Eric Stover, who contributed the text and Justice Richard Goldstone, who contributed the foreword. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-973
Peress, Gilles & Ghulam Husayn Saidi
Telex Persan.
Paris : Contrejour, 1984.
First French edition, published simultaneously with the American edition of the photojournalist’s first book. Folio, original stiff photographic wrappers, photographic endpapers. Inscribed by the photographer, Gilles Peress. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-969
Peress, Gilles & Ghulam Husayn Saidi
Telex Iran: In the Name of Revolution.
New York : Aperture, 1983.
First American edition, published simultaneously with the first French edition of the photojournalist’s first book. Folio, original stiff photographic wrappers, photographic endpapers. Inscribed by Gilles Peress. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-970
Owens, Bill
Suburbia.
San Francisco : Straight Arrow Press, 1973.
First Edition. Oblong quarto, original photographic stiff paper wrappers. Inscribed by Bill Owens on the front free endpaper, “For Dave Bill Owens Can you avoid Suburbia.” In very good condition. Laid in is the photographer’s business card.
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Item Number: RRB-948
Levitt, Helen; Essays by Robert Coles
In the Street.
Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1987.
First edition of the photographer’s second major photobook. Quarto, original cloth. Signed by Helen Levitt on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Not to be confused with the more common paperback edition. Helen Levitt and the author James Agee first collaborated in 1945 on a documentary film set in Harlem, called “InContinue reading "In the Street."
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Item Number: RRB-810
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Claxton, William and Berendt, Joachim E
Jazzlife [Jazz Life].
Offenburg : Burda Druck und Verlag, 1961.
First edition of Claxton’s seminal photobook on jazz. Quarto, original black cloth, pictorial front endpapers. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer on the half-title page, “For _______, William Claxton.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-393
Laurents, Arthur & Stephen Sondheim
Anyone Can Whistle: A Musical Fable.
New York : Random House, 1965.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly Inscribed by both Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine bright jacket without the fading usually encountered with the spine.
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Item Number: RRB-762
Starr, Ringo & Harry Nilsson
Son of Dracula.
: Blackwood Music, 1974.
First edition of this original work. Quarter, original wrappers. Signed and dated by Ringo Starr on the front panel, “Love Ringo 05.” In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-3245
Townshend, Pete & Barnes, Richard
The Story of Tommy.
Middlesex, England : Eel Pie Publishing, 1977.
First edition of this work by the legendary member of the Who. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Pete Townshend on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-1658
Gordimer, Nadine; Edited by Stephen Clingman
Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1988.
First British edition of this collection of writing by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited and introduced by Stephen Clingman.
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Item Number: RRB-546
Bernstein, Peter. L
The Price of Prosperity.
New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962.
First edition of the Wall Street legend’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Paul- Best wishes for much prosperity- Peter Bernstein.” Fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-511
Irving, John [Peter Matthiessen]
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.
New York : Arcade Publishing, 1996.
First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to author and fellow National Book Award-winning novelist Peter Matthiessen and his wife, “For Peter & Maria- directing your attention to the 2nd piece of the collection first, the memoir called “The ImaginaryContinue reading "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed."
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Item Number: RRB-4658
Farah, Naruddin
Sardines.
London : Allsion & Busby, 1981.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, “To Greg: Always a pleasure: a friend, someone I admire. Stay well. Naruddin Farah Toronto 23 Oct 1998.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-4591
Mailer, Norman
The Naked and the Dead.
New York : Rinehart and Company, 1948.
First edition of the author’s first book. Thick octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to journalist Joe Haas, “For Joe Haas in Jamaica after our Lady Norman Mailer May 1969.” Near fine in a very good first issue price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to theContinue reading "The Naked and the Dead."
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Item Number: RRB-4625
Kosinski, Jerzy
The Painted Bird.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed on the half title page, “with every best wish, cordially, Jerzy Kosinski Sept. 1975.” Fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips to the spine.
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Item Number: RRB-4491
Updike, John
More Matter: Essays and Criticism.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, with 46 illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his friend and golfing partner in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Peter Vermilze matters to be consumed in small tasty bites Merry Christmas John Updike 12/25/99.” UpdikeContinue reading "More Matter: Essays and Criticism."
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Item Number: RRB-3569
Gordimer, Nadine
Sport of Nature.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1987.
First British edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Robins.
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Item Number: RRB-4160
Donleavy, J.P
The Ginger Man.
New York : McDowell, Obelensky, 1958.
First American edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “J.P. Donleavy Washington D.C. March 1994.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alfred Manso. A bright example.
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Item Number: RRB-3965
