Search Results: Photography from Tangible Tales

Belgrade: Published by the author, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong paperback. Signed by the photographer on the title page in green ink, "Lois. Tad." A very good copy of this collection of photographs - all in bright color on magazine stock paper. Minor shelf wear at the edges, more pronounced at the head of the spine. Stapled binding is strong and solid. 23 pp., a collection of the floral photos of Tadashi Nagai, the former ambassador of Japan to Belgrade.

West Virginia: Alpha Natural Resources, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Oversize black hardcover with silver titles. A very good copy - clean, straight and solid. Text clean and unmarked, hinges and binding strong. Unclipped jacket with moderate edgewear and some short chips to the edges of the panels - still bright and attractive. A hard volume to fine - 328 pp of full color photos of miners and mining operations for Alpha Natural Resources and their affiliates Callaway and Cobra in West Virginia. A great employee year book, but also a great collection of modern mining photography.

Boston: Pond Press, 1999. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black cloth hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the photographer on the half-title, "for Michael Klein - my best. Henry Horenstein 11/02." A very good copy, clean and unmarked. Mild shelf-wear, but straight corners and solid binding. Unclipped jsacket is also very good, but with one short chip at the top of the rear panel and some scuffing/indentation. 80 pp., full page b/w plates featuring animals from unusual angles.

New York: Aperture, 1994. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover review copy, 1st edition in dustjacket. A good copy with bending to the upper corners and the spine tips. An unmarked copy. Binding is solid though lacking tightness. Laid in at front are review materials from Aperture including a letter submitting this particular copy for consideration for the 1995 ALA Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Book Award. The dustjacket is also in good only condition with matching edge and corner wear and a bit of scuffing to the black panels. 87 pp., color and black and white photography throughout. Wojnarowicz's photos are displayed strikingly along with text from a variety of authors including David Cole and Karen Finley. Faye's Books

Hong Kong: Libra Books, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Oversize tan cloth hardcover, lacking dustjacket, no indication of printing. A well-used copy, fair to good with bending and fraying at the spine tips, and general wear to the board edges and corner tips. Some darkening and soil to the light covers, including a damp-stain to the top of the rear board - text pages not impacted. Previous owner's inscription to the front free-endpaper. Binding solid. A collection of photographs exploring the lives of a representative group of Hong Kong's residents. Color and b/w photography, 64 pp.

New York: Signalert Corporation, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Good. Oversized paperback. Hard bump to the head of the spine. General wear at the edges and corners and a few scratches to the front cover. Interior clean, tight and unmarked. Unpaginated, but a large book of full page, full color photographs of people all around the world, and hints and tricks on how to take your own beautiful photographs.

Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2000. Stiff Wraps. Good. Oversize stiff wraps, orange with pictoral front cover. Black spine titles are beginning to fade. A good copy with bending at the corners and wear at the spine tips. No indication of printing but created for the 2000 exhibition tour encompassing Los Angeles, Mexico City and Monterrey. Heavy wear to the rear cover and some soiling/marking to the rear cover. Pages are clean and binding is solid. 208 pp., color and black and white representations of Orozco's work throughout. From the WorldCat summary, "The book is the most complete monograph of artist Orozco (b.Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico,1962) published to date, covering his career with a selection of his most representative works from the late 1980's to"...2000.

Beijing: Academy Press, 2008. Paperback. Good. Oversize softcover in good condition. Bending to the covers and a bend spineward that does not impact the opening or reading of the book. Edges are worn and corners with light bending. Interior is very good - clean, tight in its binding, and unmarked. 111 pp., filled with full color photography. A photo essay of Alxa, Inner Mongolia, from many photographers, funded in part by the Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology.

Massachusettes: Published by the author, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Quarto hardcover, no jacket as issued. Self-published hardcover with gilt titles and photograph pastedown. Fair to good condition with a hard bump to the spine column, some paper loss near the bump. Heavy wear to corners and spine tips and general scuffing to the covers. A well worn copy on the outside - inside much better. A collection of photos and a few poems that the author, a graphic artist, has placed and produced as tribute to his fellow survivors of the AIDS crisis in America. A strange and beautiful book, 63 pages. Romano has done design work for Vogue, Rolling Stone, and the Times.

Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 2020. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong quarto in paperback - a very good copy of the first edition with a bit of bending to the upper front corner. Otherwise a clean, tight, and well bound volume. Written by a UO professor and published at OSU - a true Oregon timepiece that helps pinpoint the beginnings of the Pacific Northwest Beer-vana movement.

New York: Hylas Publishing, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Oversize black cloth hardcover 1st edition, lacking dustjacket. Signed without inscription in black sharpie by the photographer on the title page. A good copy with general edgewear, a bit more pronounced at the corners. Some light discoloration to the back cover. Binding and hinges are solid and the pages are all clean and unmarked. Unpaginated, 50 full color plates of Roberts beautiful photography of Asian subjects.

Amsterdam: Thomas Rap, 2000. Paperback. Very Good/good. Oversize paperback in dustjacket, no indication of printing. A very good copy, clean and unmarked in a solid binding. Wear to the cover edges and corners, and a bit of bumping at the spine ends. Dustjacket is not as good with wear, chips and ruffling at the panel edges, and scuffing to the black rear panel. 192 pp., black and white photography, photoessay in English. Rona's look at what life would have been like if she had stayed in Budapest instead of growing up in Amsterdam

Chapel Hill: The University Of North Carolina Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page, "Jerry Cotten" directly below his printed name. White cloth hardcover, 1st edition, lacking dustjacket. A good copy externally, and very good internally. The white cloth has attracted some scuffing, a few spots of soil toward the base of the front cover, and some general darkening around the edges. Internally, a solid, clean and tight copy of this beautiful collection of Wootten's photography. 253 pp., indexed, Wootten was a "Trailblazer for women photographers in the South."

Oregon: Aerocam Press, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong quarto in very good condition. Minor wear to the edges and mild bending at the corner tips. Text clean and unmarked and binding solid. Black and white, and color pictures throughout. 133 pp., a beautiful collection of Oregon historical photography, reinterpreted and photographed again in the current day - a fascinating project brought to life in an exhibit that this book captures beautifully.

Germany: Steidl, 2016. First edition. Stiff Boards. Good. Gray board covers with the meridian line down the center. A first edition in good condition but with wear to the board edges and some minor scuffing to the covers. Interior is much better - clean and bright. Unpaginated - about 45 pages. Johnson's unique series of 16 black and white photos taken at zero degrees longitude from shore to shore across England.

Sussex: The Windows Press, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Good. Tradepaperback 1st Edition. Unverified signature by the author Peter Jerrome to the top of the half-title page. A good copy with light corner and edge wear and a crease at the front joint. Solid, uncreased binding and clean, unmarked pages. 94 pp., a collection of the photos George Garland from the 1920's around his home in Petworth, Sussex. Filled with b/w reproductions.

New Jersey: Maestro Dobel Tequila, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Black hardcover, lacking dustjacket as issued. No statement of edition, but this book was limited to one pressing for a promotion by the publisher and should be called a first edition. A good plus copy with minor edgewear, some bending at the tips of the spine column and bottom corners. Short tear to the top of the first 2 pages, jointward. About 80 pages of Danny Clinch's excellent concert photography, interspersed with quotes by Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction.

Arizona: Etherton Gallery, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Quarto softcover in very good condition. Minor wear to the cover edges and lifting to the bottom of the front cover. A clean, solid copy of this title without writing and well bound. Unpaginated (about 30 pages), black and white photographs. A striking collection.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good +. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Shelley Be Inspired! Gretta Margaretta K Mitchell." Mitchell is a renowned writer and photogrpher in her own right. Heavy grayish tan cloth hardcover, square quarto, in dustjacket. A good+ copy in like dustjacket. Minor forward cock to the binding - otherwise, clean and bright in a solid binding and hinges. Unclipped jacket is also bright, but with a split at the top of the front fold and some scuffing ot the panels. 159 pp., indexed, black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Bernhard was renowned for her photography, engaging with other west coast artists like Ansel Adams and Imogen Cunningham.

Portugal: LabMED, 2001. Paperback. Good +. Oversize paperback, no indication of edition. A good+ copy with light soiling and scuffing to the covers and a bit of wear at the cover edges and corners. A fes pages with thumbing, light fingerprints, otherwise a clean and unmarked copy inside. Binding solid and pages all bound in. 89 numbered pages plus photo listing at rear. Photos in color and b/w. From the exhibition notice, "'Sabor Transmontano' is the theme chosen for an exhibition of photographs inaugurated today in Bragança and that reveals, through José Alves Teixeira's objective, the rebelliousness of the river Sabor and the various traces of the Transmontana culture."