1909. (PHOTOGRAPHY). THE COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHER. By R. Child Bayley. With Over One Hundred Illustrations. Third edition, revised. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. 8vo., red cloth, lettered in gilt. Very slightly cocked; mild soiling and rubbing to cloth. Slight dampstain to edge of frontis., not affecting image; else, clean..... More
1940. (PHOTOGRAPHY). THE LAST RIVET. The story of Rockefeller Center, a city within a city, as told at the ceremony in which John D. Rockefeller Jr. drove the last rivet of the last building, November 1, 1939. New York: Columbia University Press, 1940. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by Bernice..... More
1930. [PHOTOGRAPHY - 20TH CENTURY] 14 INDUSTRIAL SNAPSHOTS: INSULATING OF WIRE AND CABLE LINES. n.d., ca. 1930's. Fourteen 2.5 x 3.5 snapshots, white borders with rough edges, sepia tone. Loosely inserted in slots on three thin cardstock sheets, which are stapled to the manila folder containing them. Photos in very..... More
1910. [PHOTOGRAPHY - 20TH CENTURY] ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH - ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON NEW YORK CITY MAYOR WILLIAM JAY GAYNOR, 1910. American Press Association, event occurring August 6, 1910 (reverse of photo dated August 10). Silver gelatin print photograph, 6 9/16 x 8 1/2 inches. Small chip and slight creasing to..... More
1998. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE]. SHINJUKU GRAND PALACE. Tokyo, Shincho^sha, 1998. Oblong 4to. Boards in illustrated dustwrappper. 13 photographers capture Shnijuku as transportation hub, entertainment venue, party-district, etc., etc. Vignettes of full bore urban life. Fine. More
1992. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] FUJIWARA Shin'ya. SHONEN NO MINATO. Tokyo, Switch Corp., 1992. Folio, wrappers in dustwrapper and bellyband. Signed by Fujiwara. Very fine. For more on the artist, see www.fujiwarashinya.com. More
1982. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] INOUE Hisashi & MITOME Tadao. KOKUGO JIKEN SATSUJIN JITEN. Tokyo, 1982. Square 8vo., Photos by Mitome, the winner of the first Ken Domon Photography Prize and text by Inoue. The title reveals all, but it is a very complex pun, untranslatable with our poor skills. A...... More
2000. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] KANAI, Moroi. MONOCHROME DEJA VU FROZEN SCENERY: HOLLAND with CD. Tokyo: Chez Takibana, 2000. [unpaginated]. Square 8vo., white wrappers printed in black with cutout front cover exposing b/w postcard mounted on folding panel beneath; glassine dust jacket nicked at edges. Audio CD in sleeve mounted to..... More
1648. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] Moriyama DAIDO^. DAIDO hysteric no.6 1994. Tokyo, hysteric glamour, 1993. Large square folio, illustrated wrappers, 177 images (many double page) over 360 pages. Limited edition. This copy has a bit of mild creasing marks to the covers but overall in very good condition. Remarkable work in..... More
2006. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] MUDA Tomohiro. IN PRAISE OF JAPANESE BEAUTY: Japanese Aesthetics Through the Lens of Tomohiro Muda. (Tokyo): Coherence, (2006). First edition. Illustrated throughout with Muda's color photographs of Japanese cultural treasures, venerable examples of art and architecture. 136 pp. including illustrations, + errata slip laid-in. The text..... More
2001. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] NAITO Tadayuki. SAKURA-COSM. Tokyo, Switch Corp., 1990. Folio, with publisher's bellyband, all in dustwrapper, Fine. Signed by Naito. More
1997. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] SANAI Masafumi. IKITE IRU. Kyoto, Seigensha, 1997. Large square 4to., illustrated soft covers., "LIVING" is the tile - a series of fragmentary images of urban life, mostly in color. A mixture of the solemn and the silly captured with a penetrating eye. Provokes a real feeling..... More
1990. m[PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] TANAKA Kotaro. YUME SENYA THE WORLD OF KOTARO TANAKA TANAKA KOTARO SHASHINSHU. Osaka, 1990. Large Folio, boards in slipcase. Signed by Tanaka, whose color exposures of fireworks' displays are quite interesting. Bilingual text. Fine. $95.00[a]. More
2000. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] TANUMA Takeyoshi. NINGEN BANZAI HANDS AND VOICES Photographs by Takeyoshi Tanuma. Tokyo, Creo Corporation, 2000. Folio, boards, illustrated throughout with color photos taken all over the world by Tanuma. Signed on the ffep by Tanuma. Fine condition in dustwrapper. More
1979. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] TERAJIMA Akiyoshi. TERAJIMA AKIYOSHI - SAKUHINSHU. Tokyo, TB Design, 1979, oblong 8vo. Boards, in cardboard slipcase, one of 1000cc. Signed by Terajima. About fine. More
[19th century Japan - Album of 42 original tinted albumen photographs of Japan, Alaska and Sir G. Baden-Powell and Sir G. Dawson seal expedition in 1891] N.p. N.d. [c. late 19th C, 1891] Oblong 14 x 18.5cm album, disbound, accordion style. Paper mache over wood boards with an intricate..... More
1979. (PHOTOGRAPHY). THE GLASS-HOUSE YEARS: Victorian Portrait Photography, 1839-1870. By Elizabeth Heyert. Montclair, NJ: Allanheld & Schram, (1979). First American edition. 4to., maroon cloth. Slightly soiled at front board. Near fine, in a mildly sunned dust jacket. More
1967. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. LOOK AT US... Words by William Saroyan, Photographs by Arthur Rothenstein. New York: Cowles, (1967). First edition, later printing. Bookstore stamp to ffe. Fine, in a dust Jacket. More
1937. [PHOTOGRAPHY] KIMURA Ihei. KOGATA KAMERA NO UTSUSHIKATA TSUKAIKATA. Tokyo, Genko^sha, Sho^wa 12 [1937]. 8vo. A master's handbook to photographic techniques, here on the use of the pocket camera. Kimura Ihei's second publication, from his early years. It includes the famous images of a market-day in Naha (Okinawa) as well..... More
1934. [PHOTOGRAPHY] OZAKI Sankichi. POOTOREETO NO UTSUSHIKATA PORTRAIT Tokyo: ARS, Sho^wa 14 [1939]. 8vo. Techniques for portrait photography by Ozaki (1912-1994), an important photographer in pre-war Japan. From the ARS series of practical handbooks on photographic technique. The original edition. Some rubbing on the spine, else very good in rubbed..... More
1938. [PHOTOGRAPHY] To^kyo^ Shashin Kenkyu^kai. KENTEN GASHU^ Dai Ni-ju^-hasshu^. To^kyo^ & O^saka, Sho^wa 13 [1938]. Bound, Western-style in bold patterned wrappers. Many photo-illustrations. A catalogue of the 28th exhibition of photography held by the Tokyo Photo Research Society. The book itself is near perfect, the tied wraparound case is a...... More
