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New York: Viking Studio, 2002. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine clothbound hardcover in a Fine dust jacket with a touch of crimping to the crown. A very nice copy. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs taken on September 11, 2001, and the days after by the photographers of the New York City Police Department. Not one of these photographs has been published before. These images offer a vantage point no ordinary photographers could obtain. Photographs by the New York City Police Department; edited by Christopher Sweet. 192 pages; color photos throughout; 9.5 x 12.25 inches.

New York: George Billis Gallery, 2009. Paperback. First edition. Fine paperback with a slight curve at one corner. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Essay by Peter Trippi; statement by the artist. 48 pages; 18 full-page color plates, printed recto only; 8.5 x 11 inches. Biography, exhibition history, awards. The catalogue for an exhibition of paintings of the railings flanking the steps to New York City townhouses, by Andrew Jones. LAID IN is the illustrated gallery exhibition announcement card and the press release and price list.

New York: Norton, 2006. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A collection of images by a New York City "outsider" photographer--street scenes, cityscapes, confrontational pictures of angry women, and self-portraits. Photographs by Angelo Rizzuto; compiled with an essay by Michael Lesy. 128 pages; 90 full-page duo-toned b&w plates; 9 x 10.25 inches. LAID-IN are two articles about Rizzuto and the book, one a long newspaper piece with extensive quotes from Lesy.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1995. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. A very nice copy. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. For fifty years, Arthur Leipzig has been roaming the streets of New York, capturing its moods, recording its faces, and documenting its myriad activities. This monograph presents Leipzig's best images documenting the people of New York City. A wonderful group of photographs. Photographs and text by Arthur Leipzig; foreword by Gordon Parks; biographical afterword. SIGNED BY LEIPZIG on the half title; no inscription. Unpaginaged [132 pages]; over 90 full-page b&w plates; 9 x 10 inches. LAID IN is a flyer for a lecture by the artist and a post card invitation to an exhibition of his work.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. Paperback. First edition. Fine paperback with a touch of shelf wear. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The history of Bear Mountain State Park, NY, a year-round recreation area and playground for New York City residents since the early 1900s, featuring hiking, boating, swimming, and cross-country skiing. 128 pages; b&w photos throughout; 6.5 x 9.25 inches. Bibliography.

New York: Marlborough, 2002. Paperback. First edition. Fine/As New paperback. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. 39 pages; 43 color illustrations; 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Biography, exhibition history, collections list, chronology, bibliography. The catalogue for paintings of Central Park scenes by Bill Jacklin. LAID IN is a press release from the gallery.

New York: Marlborough, 1999. Paperback. First edition. Fine paperback with some light rubbing along one edge of the back cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Essay by Phoebe Hoban. 47 pages; full-page color plates throughout + b&w portrait of the artist; 9.5 x 11.75 inches. Biography, chronology, collections list, exhibition history, bibliography. The catalogue for the paintings of New York City scenes by Bill Jacklin.

Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, 1998. Hardcover. SIGNED. First limited edition, first printing. Fine/As New cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine/As New dust jacket with one tiny scuff and Fine/As New matching slipcase, protected by a clear mylar cover. A gorgeous copy. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs and text by Bruce Davidson. 96 pages; 67 sheet-fed gravure-printed b&w plates; 10 x 11 inches. SIGNED BY DAVIDSON on the colophon page and numbered in silkscreen; no inscription. From the limited edition of 150 copies, this being #67, with a printed slip of paper from the publisher identifying it as such. Renown Magnum photographer, Davidson's first project, published here for the first time in its entirety; a classic photo-documentary.

New York: Aperture, 1995. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing, 1995. Fine cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs by Bruce Davidson; preface by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers; commentary by Marie Winn. 128 pages; full-page or full-spread duo-toned b&w plates throughout; 12 x 10 inches. SIGNED BY DAVIDSON on the half title; no inscription. Images of the people and landscape of Central Park, NYC, by the renown Magnum photographer.

New York: Grove Press, 1969. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a touch of rubbing to the extremities in a Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of soiling/shelf wear and the light remains of sticker glue. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A year in the life of an African-American teacher at a Harlem elementary school. Introduction by Rhody McCoy. 149 pages; 8.25 x 5.5 inches.

New York: Janet Iffland, 1987. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with light signs of handling in a Very Good dust jacket with light soiling. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. An early monograph of street photography of New York City and Paris. Photographs, plate notes, and essays by Louis Stettner; introduction by the Brassai. Boldly SIGNED BY STETTNER on the title page; no inscription. From an unnumbered edition limited to 500 (there was also issued a numbered edition of 500.) 152 pages; 56 full-page b&w plates; 11.5 x 12 inches. Chronology, exhibition history, bibliography. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Near Fine with a dust-dulled top edge and foxing along the edges of the boards and a couple of spots to the first two pages, otherwise clean and crisp, in a rubbed acetate dust jacket with one tiny chip and one tiny tear. Cloth-bound hardcover with mounted plate to front, title to front and spine of the printed acetate dj, as issued. A nice copy. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs and statement by Bruce Davidson. Unpaginated [130 pages]; 124 full-page b&w plates; 11 x 12.25 inches. SIGNED BY DAVIDSON on the title page; no inscription. Davidson spent two years photographing the inhabitants of one block of Harlem, one of the roughest: "What you call a ghetto, I call my home." One of the iconic books of modern photography. See: Parr & Badger, Photobook, Vol 2, p18; Roth, Book of 101 Books, p196-197; Open Book, p260-261.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. Hardcover. SIGNED. AS NEW hardcover in dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. First published in 1958, Eloise, still six in 1999, seems to have lost none of her irrepressible charm. This second edition adds 4 pages of Hillary Knight illustrations. Written by Kay Thompson; illustrated by Hilary Knight. SIGNED BY HILARY KNIGHT and dated in the year of publication. Third printing. 56 pages; 8 x 11 inches. 

Zurich: Scalo, 1998. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine hardcover in a Fine dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. "Hart Island, the Bronx, in the Long Island Sound, commonly known as Potter's Field, once served as a cemetery, a charity hospital for women, an insane asylum, and as a prison island. Today, the island is once again a cemetery. Inmates from Rikers Island perform the burials and disinterments and maintain the burial grounds. Hart Island is not open to the public. Joel Sternfeld and conceptual artist Melinda Hunt collaborated on this project and demonstrate a new approach to urban history. Sternfeld's precise and elegiac pictures of the island and the convicts at work are complemented by Hunt's objects and installations." Photographs by Joel Sternfeld; text and artwork by Melinda Hunt. SIGNED BY STERNFELD on the half-title; no inscription. 119 pages; 60 color plates + 1 b&w… Read More

New York: powerHouse Books, 2001. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New clothbound hardcover with mounted plate to front; no dj, as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Since the mid-1930s, Helen Levitt (1913-2009) photographed life on the streets of NYC, capturing the pulse of the city at moments when sidewalk life becomes an urban portrait. Crosstown is the most comprehensive monograph devoted to this master photographer. In pictures of 1930s and 1940s Harlem, a color series completed in 1960, and black-and-white images from the 1980s and 1990s, the book reveals the changes in New York street culture as well as the evolution of Levitt's photographic eye. Photographs by Helen Levitt; introduction by Francine Prose. SIGNED BY LEVITT on the title page; no inscription. 192 pages; 48 color and 144 tri-toned b&w plates; 10 x 11.5 inches. From an unnumbered edition limited to 6000 copies. Due to size and weight, international and… Read More

Syracuse: Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery & Light Work, 1985. Paperback. First edition. Near Fine paperback/booklet with a touch of wear at the spine. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The catalogue for an exhibition of work by Helen Levitt, held at the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse, December 8, 1985 - February 15, 1986. Photographs by Helen Levitt; essay by Roberta Hellman and Marvin Hoshino. Staple-bound stiff self-wrappers; 8 pages; 3 b&w illustrations; 8 x 8 inches.

New York: powerHouse Books, 2003. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New clothbound hardcover with a light bump to the heel in a Fine/As New dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. "Here and There is a monograph featuring never-before-published photographs by Helen Levitt (1913-2009), including portraits of her friends James Agee and Walker Evans. The recently discovered photographs featured in Here And There represent Levitt's own favorite images selected from her immense private collection. The sheer determination of this inimitable photographer to walk the streets of her beloved city for over seven decades and take pictures of what she sees reaffirms her unofficial status as New York City's visual poet laureate." Photographs by Helen Levitt; foreword by Adam Gopnik. SIGNED BY LEVITT on the half-title page; no inscription. 120 pages; 110 full-page tri-toned b&w photographic plates;… Read More

New York: American Heritage, 1965. Hardcover. First edition. Very Good clothbound hardcover with a color plate and stamped-gilt titling to the front with a one-inch split to either side of the spine at the heel stabilized with archival filmoplast, wear to one fore edge and otherwise only hints of shelving/handling; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The Summer 1965 issue of Horizon magazine (Vol. VII, No. 3), with: a pre-publication portfolio of Helen Levitt's photographs from A Way of Seeing with abridged text by James Agee; Portmeirion, a Welsh architectural caprice, by James Morris (later, Jan Morris) with photographs by Evelyn Hofer; a portfolio of drawings of New York City by Jean-Michel Folon; Dante's Pilgrimage by Morris Bishop; Giotto and Duccio by John Canaday; Alvin Toffler on the future; articles on the Alhambra, Crete, Kato Zakro, gargoyles for a Washington church, kilts, and much more. 120 pages; color plates and b&w illustrations… Read More

Duke University Press, 1987. Paperback. SIGNED. First edition, third printing. Fine/As New paperback with a hint of bumping/rubbing to the tips. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Helen Levitt's second book features images of children's street drawings and messages taken in the 1940s, some with young artists at work. Most are reproduced here for the first time. Photographs by Helen Levitt (1913-2009); essay by Robert Coles. SIGNED BY LEVITT on the title page; no inscription. 112 pages; 116 duo-toned b&w photographic plates; 9 x 11 inches. Caption list.

Pasadena, CA: Twelvetree Press, 1988. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Near Fine cloth-bound hardcover with light handling wear in a Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of wear at the tips. A very nice copy. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs by Ken Schles. Unpaginated [80 pages]; full-bleed b&w gravure-printed plates throughout; 6.75 x 9.25 inches. From an edition limited to 2000 copies. SIGNED BY SCHLES on the title page, dated 2003 and placed in NYC; no inscription. Life in Alphabet City, NYC, in the 1980s. See: Auer, 802 Photo Books, p676.