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Vienna: The Impossible Project, 2012. (AUST) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine. Wraps with deliberately turned down upper corner of cover, 286pp, colour photos. 100 international photographers use Polaroid film to capture the images in this book. The Impossible Project The Impossible Project was founded in 2008 after Polaroid announced in February 2008 that it would stop producing film for Polaroid cameras. The founders are Florian Kaps, André Bosman and Marwan Saba. A heavy book. (4.0 JM HOZ 401/3. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Los Angeles: David Hockney Studio, 1996. (USA) No markings, but there is a skinned spot about the size of a lentil which is coversed over with a piece of magic tape, Very Good. This is one of an edition of 5000 copies, a studio book featuring photographs of paintings and flower taken in the studio. (1.3 JM LVR 206/b1. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, about Fine in about Fine dust jacket. Boards, 95pp. Colour 3-D photos of Hollywood and movie stars taken by actor Harold Lloyd after he retired fromt he screen. Of special interest are photos of Marilyn Monroe in the red swim suit she modeled in How to Marry a Millionaire. As well there are photos of the young Candace Bergen, Roy Rogers, Garry Cooper. The photos were taken on a 3-D camera and the book reproduces the photos in 3-D, but there are no "glasses" nor instructions within the book on viewing them. The photos are entirely viewable by the naked eye. Hayes is Lloyd's granddaughter. (2.5 JM LVR 200/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Madrid: La Fábrica, 2009. (SPN) No markings,Fine inFine clear acetate dust jacket. Photo boards, 300pp, B&W and colour photos by photographers taken in the 1970s. A heavy book. (4.0 JM LVR 202/b6. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

London: Faber & Faber, 1966. (UK) Firt publication 1966. No markings, Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket. Cloth, 144pp, index, B&W photo reproductions. Coburn was an early 20th-century photographer who became a key figure in the development of American pictorialism. He became the first major photographer to emphasize the visual potential of elevated viewpoints and later made some of the first completely abstract photographs.In this book, he writes down some of his memories from his hime in Wales. (3.0 JM HOZ 403/b3. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. (USA) 1st printing. Owner's 9 word inscription to corner of end paper, no other markings, about Fine in unclipped about Fine dust ajcket in mylar seleeve with light rubbing to sleeve panels. Hardcover, 208pp, index, full-page B&W photos mostly of celebrities such as Jasper Johns, Allen Ginsberg, Joan Baez, Taylor Mead, John Kenneth and Catherine Atwater Galbraith, and many others. Felver, who was based in California, is an American photographer and filmmaker who has published several books of photos of public figures, especially those in the arts, most notably those associated with beat literature. A heavy book. (4.6 JM LVR 205/5. 1st. Hardcover. Fine (-)/Fine (-). Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Banff AB: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, 1995. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine. Wraps with flaps, 81pp, colour reprodcutions of photographs with thems of vegetables, still lifes, landscapes. The text is in English and in French. Spohr was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and died in Calgary, Alberta. Her work is included in the collections of the Getty Museum and the National Gallery of Canada. (2.1 JM LVR 206/b2. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Exhibition Catalogue..

Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 2009. (USA) 5th printing of the first edition No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket with tiny rubbed mark to upper flap fold corner of cover. Hardcover, 210pp, full-page colour and B&W photos of abandoned and derelict mental hospitals. Architect and photographer Christopher Payne spent six years documenting the decay of state mental hospitals like these, visiting seventy institutions in thirty states. Through his lens we see splendid, palatial exteriors (some designed by such prominent architects as H. H. Richardson and Samuel Sloan) and crumbling interiors—chairs stacked against walls with peeling paint in a grand hallway; brightly colored toothbrushes still hanging on a rack; stacks of suitcases, never packed for the trip home. Accompanying Payne's striking and powerful photographs is an essay by Oliver Sacks (who described his own experience working at a state mental hospital in his book Awakenings). Sacks pays tribute to Payne's photographs and to the… Read More

Christopher Lake SK: Jason Leo Bantle Publishing, 2010. (cad) 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "Mother Nature is calling, go out & enjoy! Respect Nature. Jason Bantle 2010", no other markigns, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Glossy boards, 168pp. Colour photos of animals by Bantle, who lives in northern Saskatchewan. Bantle is one of only 100 photographers worldwide to be recognized by the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) competition. More than 48,000 entrants vied for this honour, the most prestigious of all wildlife photography awards. A heavy book, (3.9 JM HOJ 303/a2. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Germany: Steidl, 2011. (GER) 2nd edition 2014. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Cloth with floral borders, all page edges red, 192pp, colour photos of travelling from Delhi to Mumbai. The book was designed by Karl lagerfeld.This book is Amanda Harlech's photographic record of her travels from Delhi to Mumbai. This is not documentary photography, but rather an elegant suite of confessional impressions--of people, landscapes, markets, temples, colors and textures. The book gives shape to aesthetic and emotional responses that resist definition, and suggests, in Harlech's words, "the vibrancy and improvised genius of India, alive with prescience, disquiet, grace and yearning." (2.2 JM HOJ 303/0. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Scarborough: Prentice Hall, 1982. (CAD) No markings,about Fine in Very Good dust jacket with a couple of closed tears; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Cloth, 257pp. 150 duotone reprodcution of Kertesz's work. he is often called the father of modern photography. A heavy book. (4.4 JM LVR 202/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: Aperture, 2006. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Very Good dust jacket with 1" closed tear to front flap fold. Photo boards, 158pp, full-page colour photos of locales that speak to notions of place in the contect of identity, race and colonialism. A heavy book. (3.8 JM HOJ 300/b4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Robbins, Andrea; Becher, Max. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Berlin: Kehrer Verlag, 2012. (GER) Presumed 1st edition,. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Photo boards, 120pp, colour photos of anonymous prefabricated and dispoiled landscapes. German American photographer Robert Harding Pittman began working on this project in Los Angeles ten years ago. Since then he has been photographing the spread of "L.A. style development" in Las Vegas, Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Dubai, and South Korea. (1.9 JM HOZ 402/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

North Vancouver: Presentation House Gallery, 2013. (CAD) one of an edition of 900 (unnumbered). No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Photo boards yellow cloth spine, no pge numbers [96]pp. Monochrome photosgraphs. Another Happy Day is a compilation of anonymous, mostly black-and-white photographs found on from the private collection of the Canadian artist, collector and writer Jonah Samson. Titled after a line from Samuel Beckett's play Happy Days. There is no text as such. (1.6 JM LVR 200/c4. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Exhibition Catalogue.

Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 2009. (CAD) No markings, about Fine; no dust jacket as published. Photo boards, 64pp. B&W and colour photos by Hernandez who chronicled the social landscape of Los Angeles for over 40 years. the exhibition was curated by Kathleen S. Bartels and Jeff This copy is missing the two illustrations on thick paper laid in at front and rear. (1.8 JM HOZ 403/b3. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Exhibition Catalogue..

Koln: Taschen, 2000. (GER) Presumed first edition. No markings, about in Good dust jacket with a 1/2" tear and fine 6": scratch across the face of Woody Allen on the front dust jacket panel. Yellow boards, 276pp. An essay by Brookman, This is a collection of B&W and colour photographs by the Newmn who is credited with pioneering "environmetnal portraiture". A heavy, oversize book. (7.0 JM HOZ 403/b6. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Books, 2003. (USA) First Printing No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to panels. Grey cloth, 292pp, index. B&W and colour photos from the Smithsonian collections form an achival treasure of photography's history. A heavy book. (4.0 JM LVR 206/0. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Sepia Eye, 2012. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, [192]pp, colour photos throughout. From the jacket: In this book, photographer and multimedia artist Atul Bhalla documents a five-day trek along the sacred Yamuna River as it passes through his home city of New Delhi, India. Through his vivid and haunting photographs, Bhalla explores the myriad ways that modern life along the Yamuna is shaped by water, from the rural outskirts of the city to the polluted landscape of urban Delhi. Climbing over fences, crossing concrete overpasses, and navigating between blooming fields and piles of waste on his journeys, Bhalla also shows the diverse marks of human development that can be read in the image of the river. THe result is a facinating, close-range documentation of the impacts of the urban setting on the river. (3.2 JM 0112. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Bhalla, Atul. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Amsterdam: Em. Querido, 1998. (NETH) Tweede, herziene druk, (Second, revised edition) 1998. No markings, touch of rubbing to panel gloss, thus Near Fine. Wraps, 192pp, B&W photos of India and Dutch Indonesia from 1870- to 1920. The text is in Dutch. (2.0 JM HOJ 301/6. 2nd. Paperback. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

NY: Ecco Press, 1987. (USA) Stated first edition. No markings, Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to head of spine panel. Cloth, 62pp, B&W full-page photo portraits. Burke's photos are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, the INternational Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American Art. (2.5 JM HOJ 301/3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".