Laughlin Clarence John Jonathan Williams (25 results)

132 pages. Paperback: H 26.5cm x L 22.75cm. White paper covers rubbed with light soiling; slight scuffing at edges; original price sticker still affixed at rear cover's bottom right along plus lightly creased top fore-edge corner with some rear leaves affected likewise. Some foxing to text block edges with small stain near heel of fore-edge. Past owner's silver ink signature on front cover's blank verso; slight foxing to several initial and rear leaves but interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. Published as Aperture Volume 17, Numbers 3 & 4 and as a book for general distribution with the monograph being the accompanying catalogue for an exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 1973 to January 1974. Features: "A Statement by the Photographer: The Personal Eye" (pages 13-14), b/w photos, and captions (pages 116-128) by Clarence John Laughlin; "Introduction: The Shadow of His Equipage" (pages 5-12) by Jonathan Williams; quotations/excerpts primarily by Lafcadio Hearn but others by Henry James and Charles Baudelaire; Chronology (pages 129-130); Selected Bibliography (pages 130-131); Exhibitions (pages 131-132); and Prints in Collections (page 132). (Photo-Shelf#1} ISBN 0912334541.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 132 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 1973 to January 1974. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Profusely illustrated. Size: 4to.

Condition: Very good. - Small quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled with the extremities slightly darkened. 132 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good. Published as Aperture, Volume 17, Numbers 3 and 4, and as a book for general distribution, this monograph served as the catalog for a 1973-74 exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, trade paperback, some very light sunning and soiling to the cocers near the spine, otherwise a crisp VG+ copy.

Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). 132 pages. Hardcover: H 27.25cm x L 23.5cm. White dust jacket rubbed with slight toning; some bumping/curling at top edges; small chip at spine head with small surface nick below; short tear at front panel's top left; front flap is not price-clipped. Gray boards bumped at their top fore-edge corners; spine and front board retain bright silver stamped lettering. Text block's top edge foxed. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Laid-in at front endpapers is Laughlin article "Out of the Attic" by Robert Ward excised from an issue of "Camera." Published as Aperture Volume 17, Numbers 3 & 4 and as a book for general distribution with the monograph being the accompanying catalogue for a Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition held from November 1973 to January 1974. Features: "A Statement by the Photographer: The Personal Eye" (pages 13-14), b/w photos, and captions (pages 116-128) by Clarence John Laughlin; "Introduction: The Shadow of His Equipage" (pages 5-12) by Jonathan Williams; quotations/excerpts primarily by Lafcadio Hearn but others by Henry James and Charles Baudelaire; Chronology (pages 129-130); Selected Bibliography (pages 130-131); Exhibitions (pages 131-132); and Prints in Collections (page 132). (Photo-Shelf#2} ISBN 0912334533.

Soft cover. Condition: Very good (covers soiled). Laughlin, Clarence John (illustrator). First edition. A combined issue of Aperture: vol. 17, nos. 3 and 4. 136p, many large photos by Laughlin. Also photos in homage to him by Paul Strand, Doug Prince, Jonathan Green, and Anthony Barboza (one each). With stories by Lafcadio Hearn, captions by Laughlin. Photo is cropped on right. Issued as both a trade publication and the catalogue for the large Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition. Excellent introduction to Laughlin's haunting work, which he has divided into Still Lifes, Marine Forms, Tree Forms, Early Industrialism, Metal Magic, Glass Magic, Fantasy in Old New Orleans, Lost New Orleans, Satires, The Images of the Lost, Poems of the Inner World, The Louisiana Plantations, Color Experiments, Rock Forms, New Anatomies, Sculpture Seen Anew, The Magic of the Object, The Mystery of Space, American Victorian Architecture, and Fantasy in Europe; all with commentary or captions by Laughlin. Not all the categories are illustrated.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Edited by Hohn H. Lawrence and Patricia Brady. Features essays by on Kukla, John H. Lawrence, Andrei Codrescu, Ellen Gilchrist, Shirley Ann Grau, Jonathan Williams, Albert Belisle Davis, and John Wood. a collection of 69 duotone illustrations of Laughlin's images taken in New Orleans. A clean and tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very good plus dust jacket with a skinned portion to the rear panel, but otherwise a nice copy.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 106 pages; very good condition; light rubbing to dj; page edges yellowed; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

First edition. Stapled wrappers. Features text by Jonathan Williams along with a selection of images from Clarence John Laughlin, Frederick Sommer, and Wynn Bullock. Also includes a portfolio by Don Worth. An about very good copy in photo-illustrated stapled wrappers with a small abrasion to the front cover, a faint stain to the edge of some othe first few pages and some other minor wear. A solid copy of this terrific issue.

26.6 x 23 cm. Black-and-white photographs. Original printed wrappers. This catalog, published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 1973 to January 1974, was a double-issue of Aperture (Vol. 17, nos. 3/4). Williams wrote the introduction, and stories were included by Hearn. Laughlin provided his own captions, which form an extensive document of his writings on his own photographs. Some light soiling to wrappers, modest age toning to pages, but generally clean and free of wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff b&w pictorial wraps. A very nicely preserved copy of one of the most critical issues of the photography journal, showing only light shelf/handling wear. [40] pp., illus. w/ 2 b&w cover + 25 interior plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First edition. 4to (11"x9"). 132pp. Grey cloth-covered boards with silverstamped titles. Inscribed, "for Will-another form of greeting," dated Nov.1976 and signed by Laughlin to verso of ffep. B&W photos throughout. Very slight tone to interior. Photographic dj. covered in protective mylar: price-clipped, vertical crease to rear/inner panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Published upon the occasion of an exhibition from November 1973 through January 1974. Nicely INSCRIBED & dated in 1979 by Clarence John Laughlin on first blank. Would be fine in fine dust jacket, but for an exceedingly tiny worm-hole that runs through cloth and text. (132pp. ) (9 1/2"X 10 3/4") A notably uncommon signature. ; 9 1/2" X 10 3/4"; 132 pages 912334554.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0010YNFP2. 132 pages , many illustrations; 4to. -- with a bonus offer--.

Paperback. Condition: As New. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B003U40W2Y. 132 pages , many illustrations; 4to. -- with a bonus offer--.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0016CIAOE. 132 pages , many illustrations; 4to. -- with a bonus offer--.

Paperback. Condition: As New. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0028I1R90 . 132 pages , many illustrations; 4to. -- with a bonus offer--.

Paperback. Condition: As New. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B001A46IP6 . 132 pages , many illustrations; 4to. -- with a bonus offer--.