"H. L. OPERATION" [Rear Cover Title]
Stirring series of photographs captured by a skilled photographer documenting the many diverse aspects of an operation involving a probable heart-lung ("H.L.") bypass.
Stirring series of photographs captured by a skilled photographer documenting the many diverse aspects of an operation involving a probable heart-lung ("H.L.") bypass.
A beautiful photographic study this planned community, one of the first communities in the US to incorporate landscape architecture into its development.
Elaborate sales sample book containing over 700 watch faces representing a wide variety of styles and sizes from Besançon, France, a world center for watch production. One of the most striking sales catalogues we've encountered.
Charming miniature accordion book containing a variety of classic Hungarian paintings.
First edition thus of the classic collaborative portrait of three Depression-era tenant farmer families, an expanded second edition with a new foreword by Walker Evans and 30 additional photographs not included in the first edition.
Farewell issue of the celebrated Modernist journal.
'Exiles' Number' of the celebrated Modernist journal, featuring one of the best known graphic cover designs of the lit mag's run.
Brancusi tribute issue of the celebrated Modernist journal, published in protest after the persecution and prosecution of the editors for their publication of ULYSSES.
"Miscellany number" of the celebrated Modernist journal, featuring one of its better known graphic cover designs.
Beautiful facsimile edition of Apollinaire's original 1911 suite of poems produced by the Met, set off by the accompanying woodblock prints that were to be Dufy's first published illustrations.
Collected writings by the great Dadaist painter and sculptor, with two original woodcuts.
Beautiful and complex livre d'artiste by the avant-garde Italian anarchist, pataphysician, and founder of the movimento d'arte nucleare.
First edition in English of Baldacci's massive survey of de Chirico's early life and works.
Uncommon first edition collection of Barsness's intricate work from the late 1990s, with texts by the artist and essays by Richard Rayner, Susan Kandel, and Thyrza Nichols Goodeve.
Catalogue of an exhibition on the epic of Gilgamesh, incorporating both modern visual art and archaeological artifacts, and with original silkscreened cover and frontispiece by Baumeister.
First edition of Berger's collected writings on art, a companion volume to his previous PORTRAITS.
Second printing of this beautifully illustrated study of Hiroshi, with an original color woodblock frontis signed by the artist.
Signed first trade edition of a landmark graphic novel, in extraordinary condition.
First and only bibliography of the illustrator, reprinted in book form from the April 1951 Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society.
Uncommon 25th annual of the best ad, TV, mag., etc. design and graphics.
First printing of this reflection on the significance and structure of the practice of amateur photography, by one of the leading French sociologists of the 20th century.
First edition of this survey of street photography with work from 19 artists and photographers, including Catherine Opie, Noboyushi Araki, Terence Donovan, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Daido Moriyama, and others.
First edition of this remarkable collection of silhouette portraits of prominent politicians and leaders, created by scissors artist William H. Brown.
First edition of this exhibition catalogue commemorating the long and productive association between Johns and Castelli, issued for the 35th anniversary of the Leo Castelli gallery.
First edition of the author's third art monograph, reproducing Cruikshank's illustrations of Dickens, Ainsworth, Sterne, Smollett, and others, with extensive commentary and context.