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Nazraeli Press, 1997. First edition, first printing. SIGNED. Fully signed by Michael Kenna on the full title page. New and bright burgundy boards in like dustjacket with just the lightest sunning to spine. Very attractive and profusely illustrated . Gift quality

Friends of Photography Bookstore, 1988-10. Paperback. Good.

Friends of Photography, 1988-10-15. Paperback. Clean & Unmarked . 9x0x9. A very nice, clean & straight copy. 59 pp.

This book is in good condition. There are no markings in the book except previous owners book plate on the first page. Cover shows very minor signs of shelf/edge wear. 1988. Ships within 24 hours.

Prestel, 2016-10-25. Hardcover. Like New.

Prestel, 2016-10-25. Hardcover. New.

San Francisco: The Friends of Photography, 1988. First edition. First Printing. Paperback. Fine/no dj. 59pp. 9.5" x 9.5". Photographic cover. A retrospective look at some of Kenna's early photos taken at night, mostly in the U. K. and France, With one taken in the Catskills, NY. Book is clean, straight and shows very little wear. Gift quality.

Santa Monica: Ram Publications, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. vg to near fine. Folio. (9)pp., (1) 50 plates., (4)pp. Original black cloth with blind-stamped lettering on cover and spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket. Black illustrated endpapers. Titel page printed in red and black. "Michael Kenna's first photographs in the 1970's were of the landscape. In 1983, the death of the renowned English photographer Bill Brandt (b. 1904), whose work had been a major influence on Kenna, prompted him to visit the industrial sites which Brandt had photographed in the 1930's. They were only a few miles from Kenna's birthplace. The result was his first serious industrial photographic study, created of a four year period from 1983-1987, of the cotton and wool mills in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Photographs such as Bill Brandt's Chimney, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1983 and Bill Brandt's Snicket, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1986, were taken in homage to Brandt." (Ellen Sharp, from written communication between Kenna… Read More

U.S.A.: Nazraeli Press, 1997. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/New. Michael Kenna (Photographer). BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE w/trace fading to spine of dustjacket. Author signed. Maroon linen boards w/white ribbon bookmark. Text in English, French, German & Spanish. Waldorf kindergarten. Photographic essay of a Waldorf kindergarten school with a 4 x 5 camera by English photographer Michael Kenna (1953 -); text by school administrator, John Bloom. Seeded by a casual request from teacher Monique Grund (1938 - ), this volume came to be. All the royalties go to the Waldorf school; it was a fund raiser.

Tokyo: RAM, 2010. First edition, revised. Softcover. Fine condition. Quarto. 75 (1)pp. Photo illustrated front wrapper with a translucent 3/4 dust jacket printed in black & red. Stabbed & tied at inner margin. Japanese style string tie around outside of book, with Michael Kenna's chop. Title page printed in black & gold. Illustrated throughout with tinted b&w plates. This is the revised and expanded edition of this title limited to 2,000 copies. Fine, as new copy in publisher's cellophane bag. Text in English and Japanese.

EDICIONES POLIGRAFA, 2016. Hardcover. New. 207 pages. 11.00x11.00x1.25 inches.

Friends of Photography, 1988-10-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Gallery MIN, 1987-03-01. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Photographer. Kenna signed large format softcover text in English and Japanese. Looks unread with faintest bit of tone to edges. Please email for photos.

Tucson, Arizona: Nazraeli Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Signed by Michael Kenna on title page. Small, square folio (12-3/4"). 13, (1)pp., plus 80 plates and the colophon. Photo-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine, over black cloth with blind-stamped lettering on cover and spine. Black endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Signed on the title page by Michael Kenna. A fine, as new copy. "The original intent for this book was to revisit the work of Michael Kenna from an earlier publication, The Friends of Photography's 1988 Untitled: Night Walk. Instead, what has evolved is a publication which explores two decades of Kenna's photographs, illustrating the strength of his original visual aesthetic. This aesthetic is highlighted by presenting his work from the 1970s to the 1990s not in a chronological order, but in an innovative visual sequencing. Like the notes of a musical score, the lyrical quality of Kenna's images are enhanced by the pairings that have been… Read More

Gallery MIN, 1987-03-01. Paperback. Good. Signed by Kenna on title page. Published by Gallery Min, 1987, softbound. Edges moderately yellowing. Covers with light surface wear, 1" scratch on front, light bend to front cover.

Gallery MIN, 1987-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Nazraeli Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover in full red silk. Near fine. Squarish quarto (oversized). First edition, first printing. Book is near fine, case is very good. Slight wear to edges and corners of red silk boards and black silk covered Japanese folding case with bone slip closures. Japanese characters for Japan on one case board. Case has slight scuffing to covers. Interior is near fine, case is very good. One of 4000 copies. SIGNED on half title page by Kenna, and dated Oct. 22, 2004 in Detroit. 6 pages of introduction in both English and Japanese, followed by 94 tri-tone b&w plates. Uncommon.

Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1/4000. Large square quarto (13" x 12-1/2"). Unpaginated. (108)pp. With 6 pages of double column text in Japanese and English. Plus 94 tri-tone plates. Original red silk, white and black lettering on front cover, and black lettering on spine. Book housed in an elegant tri-paneled, folding, black silk, blind stamped, portfolio with Japanese style bone closures. Boldly signed on the half-title by Michael Kenna. A fine, as new copy. "Michael Kenna's photographs have long inspired words such as mysterious, elegant, and hauntingly beautiful - adjectives that likewise describe the Japanese landscape. The photographs in Kenna's important monograph, Japan, are the result of an ideal pairing of artist and subject. Kenna has had a large following in Japan ever since his first exhibition there in 1987. His many subsequent exhibitions and publications in Japan have provided him with ample opportunities to visit and photograph. As this project… Read More

Nazraeli Press, Tucson, 2000 . Hardcover with dustjacket , 96 pages. Illustrated with black & white full pages plates by Kenna 33x30cm, Fine condition. ISBN 3923922833. First edition. Inscribed / Signed by Kenna on the title page.

Tokyo: Treville Co.. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1994. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 130 pp., Signed by the photographer on the title page, Foreword by Ruth Bernhard. Texts in English & Japanese .