Photography / Photoessays & Documentaries from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Aperture Foundation, 2005. xv, 207 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "In Between the Eyes, David Levi Strauss examines subjects ranging from 'Photography and Propaganda' to the ephemeral imagery of dreams; from Sebastiao Salgado's epic social documents to the profoundly personal photographic revelations of Francesca Woodman. In 'A Ferocious Philosophy,' Walt Whitman, George… Read more about this item

Niagara, NY: Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University , 1994. 40 pages, illustrations (some colour); 22 x 26 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Castellani Art Museum, June 23 to September 22, 1991. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. 12 photographers in a group show with an environmental theme.. 1st. Paperback. Very… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 1998. Cloth, 168 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "James Stanfield is, without question, one of a kind. He boasts Clint Eastwood's rugged good looks, but he's been to places no movie would… Read more about this item

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1988. Cloth, 239 pages, illustrations; 24 x 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Gathers Hine's photographs showing the devastation of World War I in France, Italy, Greece, and Serbia, and explains how he developed the photo essay." - Publisher.… Read more about this item

Greensboro, NC and Seattle, WA: Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002. 64 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small sticker remnant/front cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Includes: Lewis Hine, F. Holland Day, Gertrude Kasebier, Clarence H. White, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen,… Read more about this item

Chicago: David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, 1976. 49 pages, illustrations; 30 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held October 13 to December 12, 1976. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Durham, NC, New York, and London: Center for Documentary Studies in association with W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1996. 173 pages, chiefly illustrations; 28 cm. A DoubleTake Book. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. 432 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The reporter who filed the last dispatch before falling with Custer at his "last stand" against… Read more about this item

Oakland, CA: Estuary Press, 1986. [104] pages, chiefly illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Filmography: p. 104. Documentary photography.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1962. viii pages, illustrations; 18 x 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Rural America as seen by the photographers of the Farm Security Administration.. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

London: Tate Publishing, 2006. 103 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition: Making history: art and documentary in Britain from 1929 to now, held at Tate Liverpool, 3 February to 23 April 2006. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Curation and essay by Tanya Barson; additional essays by Lynda Morris, Mark Nash, David Campany. "Investigates… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: National Geographic Insight, 2002. 200 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 x 28 cm. With Commentaries by the Presidents and First Ladies. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. For those interested in presidential photography. An interesting compendium of presidential photography by a member of the establishment… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. liv, 471 pages, [61] pages of plates, illustrations; 22 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps. Another copy available. Depression-era classic on sharecroppers, with stunning photographs by Walker Evans. Born in Tennessee, James Agee (1909-1955) spent the summer of 1936 with photographer Walker Evans among the sharecroppers of Alabama, which resulted in the… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: The Image of Justice, 2012. 192 pages, illustrations (colour); 27 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the photographer Richard Ross on the flyleaf, no dedication. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "The photographs in Juvenile in Justice open our eyes to the world of the incarceration of American youths. The nearly 150… Read more about this item

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1986. Cloth, 319 pages, illustrations (some colour); 34 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Collectible.

Washington D.C.: National Geographic Insight, 2002. 200 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 x 28 cm. With Commentaries by the Presidents and First Ladies. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by Diana Walker to journalist Sandy Vanocur. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. For those interested… Read more about this item

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1988. Cloth, 249 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Mexican-American Border Region. CONTENTS: Frontiers; The Alien; The Priest; The Agent; Spirits; Ranchers; Smugglers; Refugees; Artists; Teachers.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

New York: Aperture in association with the California Historical Society, 1988. Cloth, 93 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Louisville, KY: Photographic Archives, University of Louisville, 1977. 63 pages, illustrations; 22 x 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

New York: Amphoto, 1979. 128 pages, chiefly illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. CONTENTS: Words. Photography the universal language; The documentary tradition; An interview for the Archives of American Art; A lecture at the Kodak Camera Club; My specialty is versatility; A picture magazine and its editor; The amateur; Composition; Color comes into its… Read more about this item