Search Results: Photography Books from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

San Francisco: Silent Pictures Press, (2000). First edition. Small square folio, 114 unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver on the spine & in blind on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket. A couple of shallow ripples at the front pastedown (production error), otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. "It is no mean feat to have made manifest, aspects of of effort and movement that dwell purely in the ephemeral I admire each image separately, but I take even greater pleasure in the need and longing they reveal - the need to escape the tedious exigencies of the of the concrete world and search after what can't be known" ~Jock Sturges, excerpted from the text

Los Angeles, California: Melrose Publishing Company, (1984). Los Angeles, California: Melrose Publishing Company, Inc, (1984) First Edition Folio (1325" x 95"), 134 & [2] pages], illustrations throughout in color from photographs Publisher's original black cloth embossed in blind on the upper cover & lettered in red on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket Hint of residue from a small removed label evident at the front free endpaper, otherwise Fine in Very Good or better dust jacket with a slight soft creasing along the top edge of the front panel Sexy, bizarre, & surreal images by Art Kane who committed suicide in 1995

Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Press, Four volumes, Numbers 3, 4, 6, & 8, 1969, 1970, 1972, & 1975.First editions. Quartos (11" x 8"), variously paginated, profusely illustrated. Publisher's original pictorial light card covers.
Modest edge wear, light soiling, Marilyn Monroe centerfold with crease & short tear, otherwise Verry Good or better.
Includes interviews with Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro, Ralph Nader, Sam Peckinpah, & others, contributions by James Baldwin, Vladimir Nabokov, Ray Bradbury, etc., pin up art by Alberto Vargas, Kurtzman & Elder's magnificent Little Annie Fanny comic strip, plus, of course, fine art female nude photography featuring Marilyn Monroe, Ursula Andress, the "Girls of Munich," & more!

New York: Arlington House, (1986). First American edition. Quarto (11.75" x 9.25"), 107 unnumbered pages, profusely & rather graphically illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's plain white cloth-patterned paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket.
Remainder mark at the bottom edge of the text block, lightly soiled, brief edge wear, corners bruised, otherwise very good in about fine dust jacket.
"You are invited to partake of a pleasure once considered forbidden fruit. Here, in a feast of full color photographs, are scenes of perhaps the most deeply personal of sexual experiences, oral love ..." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

[Chicago, Illinois]: Cloud Hands Press, (2012) First edition, this copy boldly signed in black marker at the half-title page by photographer Marc Hauser who adds a caricaturish self portrait Tall quarto (12.25" x 9.5"), 71 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's black cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket Photographer's studio label at front pastedown & adjacent leaf
A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket
"A photographic exploration of some men and women who express their most intimate qualities in the most public way, by etching them permanently on their bodies in tattoos" ~Excerpted from the dust jacket
Celebrity photographer Marc Hauser (1952 - 2018) shot Woody Allen, John Belushi, Eric Clapton, Cindy Crawford, Mick Jagger, Michael Jordan, Sophia Loren, Oprah, Dolly Parton, and Dennis Rodman, among others, & is particularly remembered for the iconic cover for John Mellencamp's Scarecrow album.

St. James, New York: N.A.A., ca. 1960s. pictorial stiff paper wraps.
St. James, New York: N.A.A., no date (ca. 1960s). Second edition. Oblong octavo ( 5.5" x 8.5"), 64 unnumbered pages, profusely & provocatively illustrated from photographs, with accompanying text. Publisher's pictorial stiff paper wraps, text on thick paper.
Trace edge wear, otherwise fine.
Although promoted as a "sexual study," this title seems more like just another opportunity to view attractive, naked young women.

Derby, [Connecticut]: Humor Magazines, Inc., Volume vi, number 6, November, 1960. First edition. Quarto (11" x 8.5"), 64 pages. Glossy, pictorial stapled paper wraps.
Slightly rubbed, rubber-stamped date on front cover, faintly musty, otherwise Very Good.
Features "A Beat Dictionary" by Village Voice columnist Bill Manville, an article on Jayne Mansfield, and, of course, splendid illustrations from photographs often depicting pretty young women in minimal attire.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1937 First edition 8vo, 109 unnumbered pages, with occasional illustrations in text. Publisher's light brown paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered dark brown paper. Spine a bit faded, otherwise near fineEpstean donated his library to Columbia in 1934. The collection included acquisitions from Stephen H. Horgan, William Gamble, Josef Maria Eder, and Gabriel Cromer.

Brandon, Mississippi: True Exposures Publishing, (2002). First edition, this copy signed in ink by Barnes at the ffep in 2003. Oblong quarto (9.25" x 12.5"), 142, [1] pp, profusely illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's green cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the front cover, in pictorial dust jacket.Edges briefly rubbed, couple of bruises at the lower cover, otherwise very good in like dust jacket with slight edge wear.The author/ photographer, who passed away in 2006, "carries us on the varied and annual excursion men take when they dare turn the nettles into the gray, silty soil and seed cotton into that fertile womb" ~William H Craven, Jr, from the dust jacket

London: Reel Art Press, (2013) First edition 4to, 288 pp., profusely illustrated in black & white from photographs. Publisher's white cloth patterned paper over boards lettered in blue on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
Couple of modest bruises at the bottom edges of the covers, otherwise Very Good in Fine dust jacket.
"I think that what made Dennis a magnificent photographer was his empathy, whether for the rich and famous or the downtrodden and anonymous Whether he was photographing newly arrived European immigrants in 1951, movie stars like Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando, Greenwich Village beat poets in 1959, or 1960's counter-culture, he was never condescending, but always aware of our shared humanity"~Michael Shulman, Director of Magnum Photos, taken from the Foreword.

Milan, Italy: Visualbooks, (1992). First edition. Quarto (11.75" x 9.25"), 79 unnumbered pages, profusely & rather graphically illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's plain light gray cloth-patterned paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket. Not found in OCLC as of 11/16/2023.
A fine copy in very good dust jacket with unobtrusive rippling affecting upper & lower panel
"... In these pages you'll find everything you'll need to be driven around the bend of erotic race-tracks. The best thing that could happen to you is a little skid, while rounding a curve." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

[Ausonia, Peru]: Daphne Zileri, printed by Ausonia S. A., no date [2000]. First edtion, this copy inscribed, signed & dated in ink by Daphne Dougall de Zileri at the title page. Tall square octavo (9.75" x 9.5"), 121 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white from photographs. Original gray cloth lettered in silver at the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket & white light card box with "Duos" printed on the front panel. Text in Spanish.
A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Box lightly soiled, with moderate edge wear, otherwise very good.
The noted photographer's second & last book, preceded in 1996 by "Soliloquios." Ms. Zileri, who was the first female photographer for Caretas magazine, passed away in 2011.
As characterized by Mario Vargas Llosa, Ms. Zileri's photos "... express different cultures. However, there is in them an extraordinary unity. They seem to have been taken in a single place, among people from a single community. It seems that all the landscapes are a single landscape. In… Read More

Chicago: Playboy Press, (1974). First edition. Quarto (11.25" x 8.5"), 110 unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated throughout from photographs in color & black & white. Publisher's gilt-lettered light green paper over boards decorated with the iconic Playboy rabbit head on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
Margins lightly sunned, slight offsetting/ foxing at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise Very Good in soiled & rubbed dust jacket, moderately foxed on the verso, with edge wear including small losses, short tears, & a brief archival tissue repair on the verso, still Good or so.
Contributing photographers include Sam Haskins, David Hamilton, Andre DeDienes, Peter Basch, Peter Gowland, & others.
"Since the beginning, Eve has tempted man. Her elusiveness excites his imagination, and the images she creates are magic ... Her eagerness reveals a lust for living, and her satisfaction warms the earth."
 ~Excerpted from the brief text.

New York: PaceWildenstein; Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1999. First edition. Square octavo (8.5: x 8.5"), 57 &[1] pages. Profusely illustrated from mostly black & white photographs (one in color). Publisher's folding, pictorial card covers.
Slight soiling at the lower cover, trace edge wear, otherwise fine.
The New and Unseen exhibition ran from September 1 through 25, 1999 at PaceWildenstein & the Process exhibition ran from September 9 through October 23, 1999 at the Pace/MacGill Gallery.
"In this exhibition there are portraits of celebrities, friends, and contributors to the cultural fabric of the world, fashion photographs, nudes, and experimental work ..." ~Peter MacGill, excerpted from the Introduction.

New York: St. Martin's Press, (1993). First edition. Square quarto (11" x 11"), 95 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's pictorial card covers.
Edge wear including creasing at corners, Slightly soiling, otherwise Very Good.
"As an adolescent growing uo just outside Chicago, I would daydream away from that suburban life to my own world. In my fantasies, men could hold each other in love; we could run naked on the beaches and live in sunlight. In 1960 these mental images seemed impossibly far from reality. Now, to my continuing pleasure, I have found people who share this vision. These pictures attempt to make visible the human spirit that has transformed those young dreams into real life." ~Tom Bianchi, excerpted from the preface.~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

Baltimore, Maryland: Bodine & Associates; distributed by Viking Press New York, (1961) First edition, this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Bodine at a blank page adjacent to the half-title Small folio (12.25" x 9.25"), 144 pages, profusely illustrated throughout from photographs Publisher's pictorial paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket Endpaper maps
Lightly rubbed mostly at spine extremities & corners, otherwise Fine in Very Good dust jacket, lightly soiled with minor edge wear including a shallow loss at the top of the spine
"The Face of Maryland is a new and superb photographic study of Baltimore and the Free State - from the Alleghenies to Ocean City, from the Mason-Dixon Line to the Potomac River - made by A Aubrey Bodine, Baltimore's internationally renowned photographer who has spent his life taking beautiful pictures of his native state " ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

New York: Fawcett Books, (Fawcett How To Book 277), 1955. First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.75"), 144 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, stapled paper wraps.
Covers moderately rubbed & soiled, slight edge wear, internally toned, date in ink at first page, otherwise very good.
Contributing photographers include Hal Reiff, Ewing Krainin, Jerry Cooke, Irving Haberman, Max Desfor, Hy Peskin, & Ed Feingersh. Provides expert advice on technique, enhanced by the occasional nude.

[Tokyo, Japan]: Victor's Pearls/ Imperial Hotel, no date (circa 1960s). 32mo (4.5" x 3"). Publisher's striped blue & red cloth over flexible boards lettered in gilt on the upper cover.
Gilt dull affecting legibility, lacking "magic Glass," otherwise very good.
A splendid & sexy guide apparently given to gentlemen patrons of Victor's Pearls which had a location in Tokyo's Imperial Hotel. Provides 38 pages of color illustrations from photographs featuring gorgeous nude & semi-nude girls, mostly Asian, & a few examples of suggestive but not explicit Shunga. 92 pages follow for diary entries (unused), addresses, memos, & a chart for determining time world-wide. In conclusion are 6 "Stereo Nude Pictures" from photos. Sadly, the "Magic Glass" for viewing the girls in 3 dimensions is lacking.
Quite uncommon, we have been unable to locate another example.

Neenah, Wisconsin: Neenah Historical Society, (1985). First edition, this copy signed in red ink at the half-title page by Suzanne Hart O'Regan. Quarto (12.25" x 9.25"), 95 pages, profusely illustrated throughout from photographs. Publisher's dark red textured paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in lightly soiled very good or better dust jacket with a half-inch closed tear at the top edge of the front panel.
"In photographs there is no time; the utterly vanished factories, houses, servants and Paper Kings live again. We can feel the the cool air of the Indian Summer of 1895; we can see the clipped velvet of the lawns; we can hear the factory whistles, carriage wheels and horses' hooves as the departed world of the past abides with us again ..." ~Excerpted from the author's introduction.

Chicago, Illinois: Graphic Arts Press, 1940. First edition thus. Oblong small 4to, unpaginated [336 pp], profusely illustrated in black & white from photographs. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth with a pictorial device of a reclining nude on the upper cover.
Covers lightly spotted, modest foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise very good or better.
Collects volumes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 which were originally issued separately in wraps in 1939 & presumably earlier. As noted by the publisher, Girl Beautiful is "an album of artistic feminine poses for art students, amateur & professional photographers." The "artistic feminine poses" are considerably enhanced by the absence of clothing.