Search Results: Photography from Arabesque Books

New York: E. Weyhe, 1932, 1932. First Edition, Limited . Hardcover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Folio. pp. [14], 12, [un-numbered pages of 39 photos], [3]. Illustrated with photographs of Edward Weston. First Edition Limited to 550 copies, signed by Edward Weston, not numbered. Original binding with white spine (Edward Weston printed in gold, some minor abrasion to a few letters) and black boards. Binding has abrasions and light soiling with wear at corners and very slight fraying at top and bottom of spine. Hinges are solid. Interior, foxing at half title and page before rear free end paper. Pages are mostly very clean. Minor foxing at bottom of fore-edge. Book designed by Merle Armitage, printed by Lynton Kristler. Appreciation by Lincoln Steffens. Forward by Charles Sheeler. Literary contributions by Arthur Miller, Jean Charlot, Edward Weston, and Merle Armitage. One of the most important and influential photographic monographs. A scarce and highly desirable book.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1980), 1980. First Edition . Hard Cover/Cloth. Near Fine./Near Fine. Folio. 224 pages. Dust jacket is protected in a mylar sleeve. Inscribed to an individual, "with all best wishes, Gene Moore, November 3, 1980". Very small light stain on the bottom front corner of the cloth binding. Former owner's name and address embossed on the front free end paper and first blank page. From the dust jacket flap, "There is an art gallery in New York City that is open every day, all day, and even all night. Its clientele is enormous and anonymous. This gallery comprises the five small display windows of Tiffany & Co. Here for nearly twenty-five years Gene Moore has delighted people from all over the world with his beautiful, dramatic, and witty compositions." A beautiful, scarce, inscribed copy.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1978), 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - 14 1/2" tall. Not paginated. 162 full page black & white photo plates. Boldly signed on the front free end paper, "Avedon, Atlanta, 79". Not inscribed to anyone, no previous owner's names. Introductory essay by Harold Brodkey. Original clear acetate jacket has been protected in a new mylar jacket. Original jacket has mellowed evenly to a light golden. This is a beautiful, large, folio size book in very clean excellent, gift quality condition. A scarce, signed first edition.

Millerton, New York: Aperture, (1973), 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to. pp. Volume one, xviii, 214. Volume two, xi, 290. Illustrated. Both volumes protected in mylar. Both volumes are very clean and attractive. A rare look (since most photographers did not keep journals) at the inner thoughts of a major photographer over a period of fifteen years.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine Condition./Fine Condition.. 4to. 175 pages. 200 illustrations, including 140 in full color. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. "Renowned as the world's leading female fashion photographer from the 1930's to the 1960's, Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895-1989) was acclaimed for her fashion photographs, still lifes, and portraits." This is a beautiful, fine copy (almost like new) of a fairly scarce book.

New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio. pp. 217, [2]. Illustrated in color and black and white. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar cover. This is the hardcover/cloth edition. A beautiful copy of this monograph, the first devoted to the painter Ross Bleckner, "published on the occasion of a mid-career retrospective organized by the Guggenheim Museum".

Filipacchi, (1984), 1984. Hard Cover/Cloth. Fine Condition./Fine Condition.. Folio. 181 pages plus 6. Illustrated. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper. Tiny spot on front of binding, otherwise is beautiful, fine condition.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1963. Hardcover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to. 211 pages. Photographs of Eugene Atget. Edited with an introduction by Arthur D. Trottenberg. Photographs from the Collection of Berenice Abbott. Book protected in mylar. Binding has a few minor spots and spine fading. Interior is in very good condition, clean with no former owner's names or marks.

New York: Random House, (1999), 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio. Annie Leibovitz, Photographer. pp. 239, (9). Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Slight abrasions on the rear panel of the dust jacket. A beautiful, outstanding copy with full page photos in color and in black and white.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, (1981), 1981. First Edition . Hard Cover/Cloth. Fine./Near Fine. 4to. 177 pages. Illustrated with 121 black and white photographs. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Dust jacket is price clipped. Very small letters, "A T, 1981" on the front free end paper. A beautiful copy. From the dust jacket flap, "Eugene Atget was a commercial photographer who worked in and around Paris for more than thirty years. When he died in 1927, his work was known only to a few archivists and artists. To many photographers today his work stands not only as a heroic and original achievement, but as an exemplary pedagogical lesson, the full implications of which are even now only intuitively perceived.

Edith C. Blum Art Institute, (1983), 1983. Limited to 2000 Copies. . Soft cover. Fine. 4to. 46 pages of catalogue essays, exhibition checklist, 31 pages of black and white plates. Illustrated. Book protected in mylar. Slight crease on the rear cover. A beautiful book with no previous owner's names or marks.