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1972Best.-Nr. 506269New York: An Aperture Book 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First editions. Two volumes. Large quartos. Heavily illustrated from black and white photographs. Both volumes with foxing on the page edges and on the first and last few pages thus very good in very good dust jackets with a few stains and soil marks several chips and tears along the edges foxing and a couple of flap creases. An important Strand retrospective printed under the supervision of Paul Strand "in order to insure maximum fidelity to the original photographs. An Aperture Book hardcover books
1972Best.-Nr. 88933New York: Aperture 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Large quartos. Two volumes. Each volume is fine in fine dustwrapper but for two small creases on the front flap of Volume 2 and a tiny tear on the front panel of Volume 1. Very nice copies of this two volume retrospective. Aperture hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 164201New York: Robert Miller Gallery 1996. Softcover. VG. Light shelfwear small pen marking on cover otherwise clean and unmarked. Quarto. Softcover. White softcover with BW photograph and maroon and black lettering. 46 unnumbered pages. BW photographs. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Robert Miller Gallery from April 9- May 4 1996. Includes gallery release flyer. Robert Miller Gallery paperback books
1974Best.-Nr. 20293New York: Aperture 1974. Numbered limited edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/350. Sm. quarto. 182pp. Black cloth in matching slipcase with original publisher's paper band. Two tiny stains on front cover. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs on glossy paper. Includes excerpts from correspondence interviews documents chronology and selected bibliographies. Profile by Calvin Tomkins. Accompanied by a hand-pulled dust-grained 5 1/2" x 7" gravure Fisherman Gaspè 1937 of an Iris window-mounted on stiff sleeve and protected by printed tissue guard within gray paper folder all in original shipping sleeve. Gravure was made from the original negative. Blind-stamp of Paul Strand Estate on lower right margin of sleeve. Gravure in fine book in near fine condition. All items in publisher's large original shipping box. Rare. Aperture hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 178961New York: Aperture 1976. Limited. hardcover. fine. Excerpts from Correspondence Interviews and Other Documents. Profile by Calvin Tomkins. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs. 183pp. Square 4to black cloth matching slipcase. New York: Aperture 1976. Fine. Limited First edition - number 324 of 350 copies. A fine copy but LACKING the loose gravure print. Aperture unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 610840New York: New York Public Library 1976. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 16pp. Front wrapper lightly foxed bottom portion curled else very good. Errata slip laid in. New York Public Library unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 511571New York: An Aperture Book 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. An Intimate Portrait by Catherine Duncan. Critical Essay by Ute Eskildsen. Quarto. A fine copy in bright crisp fine dust jacket. Illustrated reproducing numerous photographs by Paul Strand many full-page. An Aperture Book hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 12232New York: Aperture 1994. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. An Intimate Portrait by Catherine Duncan Critical Essay by Ute Eskildsen. Unpaginated. Grey cloth in original dj. Wonderfully illustrated with double-and full-page b/w photographs. In near fine condition. Aperture hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 329372New York: Robert Miller Gallery 1996. paperback. fine/very good. Paul Strand. B/w photographs of the photographer's wife. Slim 4to plain white wrappers pictorial d.w. rubbed and a bit dusty with minor paper damage on rear cover. New York: Robert Miller Gallery 1996. Fine book in a very good dust wrapper. Robert Miller Gallery unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 1315061976. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers. Book has reader's crease along spine. Cover rubbed. Spinal lean. unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 48737Millerton NY: Aperture 1976. First Edition. 4to pp. 183. Selected bibliography. With a profile by Calvin Tomkins. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat scuffed and chipped o/w a VG tight copy. Aperture unknown books
Best.-Nr. 324487New York: Strand/Hoffman 1976. Limited to 50 copies #13 signed in the shaky hand of the photographer. Folio. Green cloth dropbox. Laid in loose. Limited to 50 copies #13 signed in the shaky hand of the photographer. Folio. Strand/Hoffman unknown books
1967Best.-Nr. 329383New York: Da Capo Press 1967. Second edition. Prefatory note by Leo Hurwitz new note for this edition by Strand and a statement of homage by David Alfaro Siqueiros. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Strand. Twenty photogravures. 8pp. 1 vols. Folio. Folded signatures and loose sheets laid into stiff wrapper enclosed in folding cloth covered chemise and board slipcase minor wear to slipcase. Second edition. Prefatory note by Leo Hurwitz new note for this edition by Strand and a statement of homage by David Alfaro Siqueiros. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Strand. Twenty photogravures. 8pp. 1 vols. Folio. A masterful reworking of the 1940 original prepared under the photographer's supervision with the photogravures hand printed from the original plates on BFK Rives by Albert Delong. Strand took the original photographs in 1932-33 as a prelude to his work on the film Los Redes and the 1940 edition under the title Photographs of Mexico was limited to 250 copies. Da Capo Press unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 202104Zurich: An Aperture Book 1994. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Strand Paul. An Intimate Portrait by Catherine Duncan. Critical Essay by Ute Eskildsen. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs. 137pp 4to cloth dust wrapper; light rubbing on glossy d.w. Zurich; An Aperture Book 1994. Near fine. An Aperture Book unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 217021London: MacGibbon & Kee 1962. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Published 6 years before the U.S. edition. Commentary by Basil Davidson. A collection of over 145 of Strand's photographs taken in the Outer Hebrides islands of South Uist Benbecula and Eriskay. A tight near fine copy in cloth boards with some very minor wear. No dust jacket. A very nicely printed book. MacGibbon & Kee unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 1666New York: Grossman 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 105 photos Grossman hardcover books
1955Best.-Nr. 179175Torino Italy: Giulio Einaudi 1955. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Features text in Italian by Cesare Zavattini. A terrific collection of Strand's black and white photographs of rural life in Italy. A tight very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that has a few small edge tears and some of the usual fading to the spine and edges of the front panel. Still a very nice copy. Giulio Einaudi unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 282671Lausanne: Clairefontaine 1962. First. hardcover. near fine. Strand Paul. Photographs by Paul Strand. 149 pages with text in French. Thin 4to black-lettered grayish blue cloth. Lausanne: Clairefontaine 1962. First Trade Edition. A near fine copy lacking the dust wrapper. Superbly printed photographs. The American edition had a different title and text Tir A'mhurain. Clairefontaine unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 251969Lausanne: Clairefontaine 1962. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. Strand Paul. Photographs by Paul Strand. 149 pages with text in French. Thin 4to black-lettered grayish blue cloth edgeworn d.w. Lausanne: Clairefontaine 1962. First Trade Edition. A very good copy in a very good- dust wrapper. Superbly printed photographs. The American edition had a different title and text Tir A'mhurain. Clairefontaine unknown books
Best.-Nr. 69378aafLausanne, Clairefontaine, 1962, in-4to, 151 p. ill. de photogr. a plein page, première garde avec écriture et timbre, page de titre avec ex-libris, reliure en toile originale. (sans jaquette).
1962Best.-Nr. 36478Lausanne: Éditions Clairefontaine 1962. First French language edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. 151 1pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over grey cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover. This volume features Paul Strand's 105 beautifully sequenced photographs taken from his 1954 visit to the rugged island of South Uist off the west coast of Scotland. Juxtaposing people and the landscape these staggering beautiful images depict the timeless complicity he saw between humankind and nature in this wild terrain. In the spirit of La France de Profil and Un Pases: Portrait of an Italian Valley these meditative photographs celebrate the wholesome beauty of everyday life. Whether it is a view of rocks and the sea of scudding clouds hanging over a seaside hamlet or the proud figure of an earthbound fisherman before his stone cottage Strand's transcendent images render the island and its inhabitants timeless and eternal. Age wear on dust-jacket with rubbing and sporadic creasing along edges and head and tail of spine taped at verso. Some abrasion on spine. Moderate age-toning along paper margin. Text in French. Dust-jacket in overall fair binding in very good interior in good condition. Éditions Clairefontaine hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 38537Millerton NY: Aperture 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 1/450. Folio. 256pp. Original grey cloth with white and black lettering on spine and front cover. Book housed in its matching slipcase. Strand's classic book on the landscape and people of New England originally published in 1950 but printed with better detail in this edition.This book contains side by side with Paul Strand's timeless photos primary material writings from New Englanders both famous and obscure. This is copy No. 233 of the 450 printed for the first edition which were produced with hand-selected sheets specially bound and slipcased. This copy is lacking the gravure "Iris 1928" signed by Mrs. Paul Strand. Slipcase slightly age-toned along edges. Moderate sunning to spine. Slipcase and binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Aperture hardcover books
1955Best.-Nr. 67069Milano: Giulio Einaudi editore S.p.A. 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 104pp. Slim quarto 30 cm Tan cloth over boards. The boards are darkened at the edges the bottom edge of the front board a bit more so. The front endpaper is cracked along the hinge and has a previous owner's bookplate and a name in pen. In a worn dust jacket with a 7 inch taped tear to the front panel and a loss that is 1/4 inch deep that extends across the length of the front panel. The rear panel is for the most part free of flaws. Italian text. A portrait of the rustic Italian village of Luzzaro featuring illustrations from black-and-white photographs by Paul Strand and text by Italian screenwriter Cesare Zavattini "The Bicycle Thief". American photographer and filmmaker Paul Strand 1890-1976 known for his street portraits strove to express the feeling of a land and its inhabitants in an honest and gracious manner and his approach greatly influenced American photography. Considered to be one of the first significant photo-books published in Italy. The image on the front of the dust jacket has become iconic. Giulio Einaudi editore S.p.A. hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 1304476Millerton New York: Aperture Inc 1980. Limited Edition #272/450. Hardcover. Quarto 256 pages; VG; bound in publisher's green-gray cloth spine sun-faded to gray with black and white lettering; housed in a VG- slipcase with sun-fading in rows; Lacking the gravure "Iris 1928" signed by Mrs. Paul Strand; shelved front table. Paul Strand 1890-1976 was an American photographer and filmmaker who along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. His diverse body of work spanning six decades covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the Americas Europe and Africa. wikipedia. 1304476. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Aperture, Inc hardcover books
1922Best.-Nr. 193837New York: MSS 1922. Paperback. Good- may have dark tanning to spine. wraps have scuffs marks chips smudges & light spotted foxing; may have tears. pg edges may have dark tanned edgs. some unopened pgs; some loose pages. Folded sheets loose. 20 pp. no illustrations. Includes responses or shorter or greater length by: Marcel Duchamp Joseph Pennel two responses Alfred Russell for Charles Chaplin Carl Zigrosser Charles Sheeler Charles Demuth Carl Sandburg Elizabeth Davidson Waldo Frank Leo Ornstein Leo Stein Gilbert Cannan Stephan Bourgeois S. Macdonald Wright Thomas Hart Benton Thomas J. Craven George F. Of Arthur G. Dove Gaston Lachaise John Marin extensive essay Hutchins Hapgood Oscar Bluemner Kenneth Hayes Miller J. B. Kerfoot Ernest Bloch Alfeo Faggi Evelyn Scott Sherwood Anderson extensive essay which was previously published in The New Republic October 25 1922 regarding Alfred Steiglitz Georgia O'Keeffe Walter Lippmann De Zayas. The letters are followed by a Bibliography of References in "Camera Work" and then "A Few general References in The English Language." Though the publication date is listed as December 1922 it is possible it was not printed until January 1923 as a reference is made to an paragraph published in January 1923 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. Extremely rare. 9 copies located on Worldcat. The letters / essays / comments contained herein were solicited by Strand and Steiglitz for a Special Issue of MSS Manuscripts in early to mid-May 1922 judging by the dates on the earliest responses. MSS paperback books
