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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Owner name. ; Related pamphlet laid in.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cloth. Jacket has a couple of edge tears. Fine in a very good dustjacket.; 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Very Good Copy. Fast Shipment.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 56 pages. Published in 2007. The author's debut experimental film, presented in its definitive book format. One of the most important titles in Robert Frank's oeuvre. The First Edition. The true first. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Reissued Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. Published as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project". The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with cream cloth overboards and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs, stills from his eponymous film, and text by Robert Frank. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Me And My Brother". His first feature-length film, which was premiered at the 1968 Venice Film Festival, in a book format that is specifically designed to be a collectible keepsake. The story of real-life brothers Julius and Peter Orlovsky, who appear as themselves, together with a now-legendary all-star cast led by Allen Ginsberg (Peter's lifelong lover), the great avant-garde theatre director Joseph Chaikin as well as the great character actor Christopher Walken and the young playwright/actor/writer Sam Shepard in their iconic film debuts. "Everything that had defined Frank's art up to that point is packed into this film: The view of America from the outside, the placement of the marginal in a central role, the poetic libertinage of the Beats. The story, which takes place during the showing of another film in a rundown movie theater, weaves together opposites, playing the counterfeit against the authentic, pornography against poetry, acting against being, Beat cynicism against hippie Romanticism, monochrome against color. Celebrates the poetic essay, affirms the underground and the assemblage form, and packs in some bizarre twists and turns" (Publisher's blurb). Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This title is a late-modern art film classic. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing (issued as a Collector's Softcover Format, NOT just the DVD) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Should NOT be confused with the Reissued Edition. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with photographic and film still plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865213634. no.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 40 pages. Published in 2011. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most beautiful collections in the Steidl "Robert Frank Project". The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial cloth boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Robert Frank. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Pangnirtung". Landscape photographs of a village of Inuit ("Eskimo") inhabitants in the Arctic Circle. There were roughly 1300 Inuit at the time Frank and his lifelong friend Reginald Rankin visited the remote village in August 1992. The place is un-inhabited today. Despite the widespread perception (as a result of "The Americans"), Robert Frank was never the street photographer-as-anthropologist. His subject is ultimately death, not life, and he is THE elegiac artist of desolation, loss, and "memento mori" par excellence. He did not photograph a single Inuit in Pangnirtung, who were already dying off although many were still alive when he visited, as if anticipating and commemorating - before it finally happened - their imminent extinction. In addition to anti-Ansel Adams images of the most majestic natural landscapes, Frank photographed the Christian cemetery where Western explorers and settlers are buried, presenting them as the collection's coda. There is, as it were, only grave beauty in every Robert Frank photograph. Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This title is an art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Should NOT be confused with the Softcover Edition. A scarce copy thus. 27 tritone plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3869301988. no.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 40 pages. Published in 2010. Artist Book. One of the most beautiful collections in the Steidl "Robert Frank Project". The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with white titles on the spine, as issued. Photographs and brief text by Robert Frank. Printed in tritone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In cardboard slipcase that is printed on one side. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Tal Uf Tal Ab". Black-and-white photographs selected by Robert Frank from his personal archives, which all appear in published form for the very first time. "Frank's subjects are his life now, an inquisitive existence shaped by memory: Newsstands, streetscapes, portraits of friends and his wife June Leaf, interiors, a self-portrait. This book is the latest phase in Frank's unceasing exploration of photography" (Publisher's blurb). This book is the latest manifestation of Robert Frank's relentless melancholy, the most profound among late-modern artists. Despite its Arabic sound, "Tal Uf Tal Ab" is "Swiss-German. It means direction up the valley/down the valley. Now I live and wait and think mostly in the places I live: New York City and Mabou NS" (Robert Frank). "NS" is, of course, Nova Scotia. Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce copy thus. 29 tritone plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3869301015. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 178 pages. Published in 1997. Retrospective collection of aerial and landscape photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of the last decade of the 20th century. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Michael Ruetz and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format in oblong shape. Cloth boards with titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by Michael Ruetz. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Michael Ruetz's "Cosmos: Elements In Harmony 1972-1997". A dazzling collection: Some of the most stunning landscape photographs ever taken. If the title is not explicit enough, this book is the photographer's celebration of the diverse world we live in and sometimes fail to grasp in its splendid, sometimes terrifying beauty. Contains photographs presented in the highest-quality reproduction: A shot of a romantic castle, a shore that looks like a screen shot of an H. F. Lovecraft novel, a medieval fortress beside a placid lake, and an entire section called "Heaven's Hieroglyphics", which is unsurpassed in the way it captures lightning storms. "In Michael Ruetz's moody, atmospheric color photographs, the mysterious is divulged. The paradoxical, what once seemed invisible, is revealed in these photographs, which prove Oscar Wilde's adage that the 'mystery is the visible, not the invisible' ". An absolute "must-have" title for Michael Ruetz collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 3882434813. no.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Light edge wear to jacket. A nice, bright copy. ; Color Plates; Folio; 378 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 140 pages. Published in 2007. Collection of photographs. One of the most important photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Fazal Sheikh and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 3 pounds. Khaki cloth boards with maroon titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Fazal Sheikh. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Fazal Sheikh's "Ladli". His second portrait of India, a country of beauty and pain, its people, especially its women, blessed and cursed at the same time. "In India it costs a poor family 50 rupees to hire a midwife to oversee the birth of a child. For an additional 10 rupees, the parents are assured that the birth of a girl will be met with an act of infanticide by the midwife. The alternative for many is an institution like the Delhi orphanage, in which Fazal Sheikh's work on the predicament of the girl-child in India begins, and 99 percent of that orphanage's population are girls. Ladli follows on the heels of Sheikh's 'Moksha', which documented the plight of the Indian widow, and for which, in combination with this companion volume, the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson granted Sheikh its Henri Cartier-Bresson (HCB) Award in 2005" (Publisher's blurb). "At once descriptive and loving, and warm rather than cool, the photographs are extraordinarily moving portraits in the classic mode (think Julia Margaret Cameron and Irving Penn), whose aesthetic weight is multiplied by the power of their maker's concern" (The New Yorker Magazine). An absolute "must-have" title for Fazal Sheikh collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Fazal Sheikh. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce signed copy thus. 95 tritone plates. Winner of the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2005. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER FAZAL SHEIKH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865213812. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 144 pages. Published in 2004. Retrospective collection of color photographs. The single best introduction to the photographic art and achievement of Robert Polidori. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Robert Polidori and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Robert Polidori. Essays by Martin C. Pedersen, Criswell Lappin, and Elizabeth Culbert. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Robert Polidori's "Metropolis". The finest and most representative images of one of the most influential photographers of urban places, architectures, and other man-made structures. "Not only is he the world's preeminent architecture photographer, Robert Polidori is also a master of urban portraiture. The Montreal-born photographer has made haunting studies of bombed-out buildings in Beirut, decaying New York tenements, Versailles rooms in dusty disarray, Brasilia's paean to spare 1950's Modernism, and, most recently, the abandoned, contaminated cities of Chernobyl and Pripyat. Taken together, they add to his ongoing project: The interpretation of the interrupted urban landscape. Combines the eye of a celebrated photographer with the distinctive voice of an artist and adventurer. Each breathtaking image, meticulously selected by the photographer from his own personal archive, is accompanied by a compelling first-person account, based on interviews conducted by Martin C. Pedersen. The world's great cities as seen through the eyes of a sharp social observer and a great photographer" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Polidori collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and dated in black ink-pen on the title page by the photographer: "Robert Polidori 2006". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with a pristine copy of "Robert Polidori Spezial Fotografie", one of the principal titles in the Fotografie Series, and one of the rarest, available in Europe only. The zine format is oversize and very beautifully produced. This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few such signed and dated copies (with Spezial Fotografie Issue) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy. 93 color plates. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 3865210783. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 162 pages. Published in 2014. Retrospective collection of photographs. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run together with the "Invisible City" New Edition as a hardcover original only. This is an Advance Signed Copy. The book was released the following year, on February 24, 2015. An austerely elegant production by Ken Schles and Gerhard Steidl: Regular-sized volume format. Black cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Ken Schles. Text-quotation by T. S. Eliot appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper using the advanced, "five-plate" technology in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In black pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Ken Schles' "Night Walk". The companion volume of "Invisible City". "Twenty-five years after the printing of his seminal 1988 book, 'Invisible City', Ken Schles revisits his archive and fashions a narrative of lost youth: A delirious, peripatetic walk in the evening air of an irretrievable downtown New York as he saw and experienced it. 'Night Walk' is a substantive and intimate chronicle of New York's last pre-Internet bohemian outpost, a stream-of-consciousness portrayal that peels back layers of petulance and squalor to find the frisson and striving of a life lived amongst the rubble. Here, Schles embodies the flaneur as Sontag defines it, as a 'connoisseur of empathy cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes'. We see in 'Night Walk' a new and revelatory 'Ulysses' for the 21st century: A searching tale of wonder and desire, life and love in the dying hulk of a ruined American city" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Ken Schles collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (before official 2015 release) in black ink-pen on the title page by the photographer: "Ken Schles NYC 2014". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Schles made exactly one appearance, in New York City, to launch "Night Walk" and the New Edition of "Invisible City". This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and pre-publication dated copy of the First Harcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce signed copy thus. 107 plates. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER KEN SCHLES TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3869306920. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 150 pages. Published in 2009. Collection of color photographs on subject. One of the most important photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Mitch Epstein and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 4 pounds. Gray cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Mitch Epstein. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In matching pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Mitch Epstein's "American Power". His ground-breaking and ongoing project. "Tackles one of the most loaded issues in the nation's agenda: What and who powers America? Between 2003 and 2008, prompted by the evacuation of an environmentally contaminated Ohio town, Epstein travelled the United States to document the country's energy hot spots, where fossil fuel, nuclear, hydro-electric, wind, and solar power are produced, encountering further contaminations, Homeland Security obstacles, corporate invincibility, and the occasional token of hope. In a post-Katrina and post-Patriot Act America, the angle of engagement permitted Epstein often varied so that many of the power plants and refineries were shot from an enforced distance ('If you were Muslim, you'd be cuffed and taken in for questioning', he quotes an FBI agent in West Virginia). Alongside these classic depictions of looming, obdurate power, Epstein includes more idiomatic images: A woman wading in the water above Niagara Falls, father-and-son motorcross bikers, a tree cluttered with debris, which bring the issues back to human scale. In an accompanying essay, he tells us how these experiences deepened his political convictions, and led him to think harder about the artist's role in a country teetering between collapse and transformation. Here is his portrait of early 21st-century America, as it clings to past comforts and gropes for a more sensible and sustainable future" (Publisher's blurb). "My aim is to engage with the complexity of the cultural state of things rather than reduce it to visual sloganeering" (Mitch Epstein). An absolute "must-have" title for Mitch Epstein collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Mitch Epstein. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce signed copy thus. 63 color plates. Mitch Epstein's "Family Business" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MITCH EPSTEIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865219241. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 110 pages. Published in 2008. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most important titles in Robert Frank's oeuvre. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the 2010 Reissued Edition, which has the same ISBN as well as the Facsimile Edition in English. Published as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project", the French-Language Original was issued especially for France only, as a courtesy to the artist and his subject. None of the copies was commercially issued in the United States. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with red titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Frank. Brief Interview in French by Ute Eskildsen. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Paris". Photographs of the city in the 1950's, most of which appear in book form for the very first time. Some of the images previously appeared in "Flower Is.", but this book presents the body of work as selected and edited by Robert Frank himself in their entirety. "Having left Switzerland in 1924, this 1951 trip to France was Frank's second return to Europe after he had settled in New York City in 1947, and some of the images he made during that visit have become iconic in the history of the medium. Frank's experience of the New World sharpened his eye for European urbanism. He saw the city's streets as a stage for human activity and focussed particularly on the flower sellers" (Publisher's blurb). Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This title is an art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the true First Hardcover Edition/First Printing/French-Language Original still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Should NOT be confused with the 2010 Reissued Edition as well as the Facsimile Edition in English. The French-Language Original Edition was issued for France only. None of the copies was commercially sold in the United States or elsewhere. A rare copy thus. 80 tritone plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865215246. no.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 48 pages. Published in 2009. Facsimile Portfolio of the photographer's very first "apprenticeship"/employment resume of his work. One of the most important, most beautiful, and most valuable titles in Robert Frank's oeuvre. The First Edition. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover/portfolio-brochure format original only that sold out shortly after publication. Published as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project". The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Portfolio Brochure/Resume format. Photographs by Robert Frank and those of others that he retouched - and transformed as such. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Portfolio: 40 Photos 1941-1946". A magnificent Facsimile: A gift-gesture for all of us, who will be hard-pressed at spending tens of thousands of dollars apiece for these images in their vintage silver-gelatin print format. And if you're like us, who think Frank's pre-"The Americans" lyrical, innovative, and sublime images are superior, this is indispensable. "When Robert Frank immigrated to New York from Zurich in 1947, having apprenticed with commercial photographers in his hometown, the aspiring young photographer brought along his portfolio to help him secure employment. 'Portfolio' is the Facsimile Version. Containing Frank's earliest original photographs as well the work of other photographers which he had retouched, the portfolio presents images of rural life in Switzerland alongside alpine landscapes, cityscapes, and still life. A guaranteed collector's item, this beautifully printed volume contains the seeds of a career of such scope and influence that even the ambitious 23-year-old Robert Frank could never have anticipated it" (Publisher's blurb). Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing (Portfolio-Brochure format) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws ("Acceptable" and "Good" are neither acceptable nor good, NOT for facsimile prints) yet command many hundreds of dollars. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 40 plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 386521813X. no.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 240 pages. Published in 2010. Collection of photographs of urban spaces, presented as a "two-books-in-one" volume. Conceptually, one of the most brilliant art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by John Gossage and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by John Gossage. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In two-sided, reversible pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents John Gossage's "The Thirty-Two Inch Ruler" and "The Map of Babylon". Deceptively and eerily quiet images of Washington DC, the American seat of power, as seen by a photographer-resident from the street and global levels. "Two companion volumes bound together, his first-ever books in color. Engaged in a dance, neither book comes first, and there is no hierarchy or sequence to the pair. Gossage is one of the most literary of photographic book authors, and in 'The Thirty-Two Inch Ruler', the narrative, while not autobiographical, is about a neighborhood in which he lives, one that is singular in the United States. At the same time provincial and international, it is a neighborhood populated by ambassadorial residences, embassies, and the lavish private homes of those who are in positions of power and influence. Gossage began this project with the arrival of a new neighbor, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and made more than a year's cycle of seasons. The streets, cars, homes, and yards of this neighborhood are photographed on perfect spring or autumn days, with sparklingly clear blue skies and flowers or foliage accenting the order. During that same year, Gossage made 'The Map of Babylon', photographing digitally from Washington, DC to Germany, China, and places in-between. This look-away, to places beyond the immediate and local, is a classic exploration of the particulars of the outside world" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for John Gossage collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed twice in black ink-pen (signed on each half-title page) by John Gossage. It is signed directly on the pages themselves, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few such double-signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online command more than $200. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of three John Gossage books selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOHN GOSSAGE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865217109. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 48 pages. Published in 2023. Retrospective collection of landscape and place photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. An austerely elegant production by Robert Adams, Gerhard Steidl, and Joshua Chuang: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial cloth boards with titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Adams. Except for a brief Introductory Note by Adams, there is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. In publisher's original slipcase. Without DJ, as issued. Re-presents, in its Revised, Expanded, and perhaps definitive format, Robert Adams' "Eden". Images of Eden, Colorado, named not after the Biblical place, but a former railroad official. The Garden of Mister Eden is made up of railroad tracks, gas tanks, metal sheds, military salvage lots, and the Westland Truck Stop. Captured in the blinding desert light, these are stark photographs that somehow implant themselves in one's memory. Robert Adams has published indispensable books about the radical (and irreversible) transformation of the American West for more than forty years (his work is the inspiration for Richard Avedon's "In The American West"). A MacArthur Genius Grant Laureate, one of very few photographers so honored, Adams is regarded by critics and admirers as the greatest American landscape and place photographer since Ansel Adams, with whom he shares the same surname, and nothing else. Indeed, Robert Adams is the ultimate anti-Ansel Adams photographer, an artist who evokes our inner desolation - and implicitly rejects Ansel's lush Romanticism - by exposing instead the detritus of modern civilization. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Adams collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in pencil on the cream-color Card (that is affixed to the title page) by Robert Adams. This title is a great art photography book. This is one of very few such pre-signed copies of the Steidl First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (2023) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Adams pre-signed a very limited number of copies through the publisher only. As such, these signed copies are instantly collectible and will increase in value, as ALL of Adams' signed books have. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with tonal plates. Robert Adams' "What We Bought: The New West" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT ADAMS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3958296815. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 84 pages. Published in 2023. New And Enlarged Edition of the photographer's classic. One of the most beautiful and most influential art photography books of the 20th century and our time. The First Steidl Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. An austerely elegant production by Robert Adams, Katy Homans, and Joshua Chuang: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Adams. Poems by William Blake and Emily Dickinson. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. In matching black DJ with metallic-silver titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Re-presents, in its Revised, Expanded, and perhaps definitive format, Robert Adams' "Summer Nights, Walking: Along The Colorado Front Range 1976-1982". Some of his most formally rigorous yet lyrically beautiful images. At the same time, Adams revised the original sequence (this would be its third iteration) in order to capture a more disquieting - and therefore, more accurate - representation of his actual experiences during all those nocturnal perambulations. "This sensitively enlarged edition, printed with the same exquisite care as the original, makes this revered body of work available to a new audience" (Gerhard Steidl). Identified with relentlessly harsh imagery of the detritus and decline of Western modern life, Robert Adams shows in "Summer Nights, Walking" that he has always had a more Romantic, even Blakean/mystical, and reverential relation to place. Adams is widely regarded as the greatest American photographer of landscape since Ansel Adams, with whom he shares the same surname, and nothing else. Indeed, Robert Adams is the prototypical anti-Ansel Adams landscape photographer, that is, a photographer whose lifelong commitment is the opposite of Whitman-esque majesty and grandeur. "Breathtaking" (Alec Soth). An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Adams collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in pencil on the cream-color Card (that is affixed to the half-title page) by Robert Adams. This title is a great art photography book. This is one of very few such pre-signed copies of the Steidl First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (2023) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Adams pre-signed a very limited number of copies through the publisher only. As such, these signed copies are instantly collectible and will increase in value, as ALL of Adams' signed books have. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with tonal plates. Robert Adams' "What We Bought: The New West" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT ADAMS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 395829684X. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 124 pages. Published in 2005. New And Expanded Edition of the photographer's classic. The First Edition Thus. Published in a small and limited print run of 1500 copies that sold out shortly after publication. Mark stated that the book is vastly superior in terms of production values to the original. The First Edition Thus is now scarce. A brilliant production by Mary Ellen Mark and Diana Hass: Oversize-volume format. Blue cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Mary Ellen Mark. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. In pictorial DJ, with a portrait of "Putla" on the cover, and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Re-presents, in a new and definitive edition, Mary Ellen Mark's "Falkland Road". Her best book. The unflinching photographs that Mary Ellen Mark took of Falkland Road in Bombay (between October 1978 and January 1979), finally presented in the right size as well as the warm and vivid colors she sought, a major inadequacy of the original edition according to her: The photographs' nuances were, until now, permanently lost in print. Falkland Road is a microcosm of India, without the pomp and circumstance, without The Rich And Powerful. Mary Ellen Mark's identification with her subjects is absolute and unconditional. These are the only Indians she cared to meet and know, and it took her ten years of annual visits to earn their trust before they finally permitted her to take pictures. The prostitutes are women as young as thirteen as well as stunningly beautiful "transvestites" (since they all have full-grown breasts and other body modifications, they would be called "transgender" today). Many of them did not choose to become prostitutes. They were sold off by their parents or forced into prostitution by abject poverty. They could also have left, escaped, or gone back to the rural village they called home. So why remain a prostitute? "Given the choice, I would rather have stayed in my village. But if I stayed there, I would never have known what I missed" is the complex and eloquent answer one of them gives. When the time came for Mary Ellen Mark to say goodbye, she began to cry. "You shouldn't weep. You should say goodbye with your head up and be proud and then leave. You'd better not forget me" is the admonition she gets. Mary Ellen Mark died on May 25, 2015, Memorial Day, at the age of 75. An absolute "must-have" title for Mary Ellen Mark collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Mary Ellen Mark. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great photography book. This is one of few such signed copies of the New And Expanded Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies of the 1981 First Edition available online command between $500 and $1000 depending on condition. Apart from the fact that this is an infinitely superior production, according to Mary Ellen Mark herself, this is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 65 color plates. Voted by American Photo Magazine as the most important and most influential female photographer of all time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARY ELLEN MARK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865211283. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 160 pages. Published in 2010. Retrospective collection of color photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Dimitri Levas: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Paul Jasmin. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Paul Jasmin's "California Dreaming". His third collection of photographs of his beloved Los Angeles, as embodied by the young Americans who are irresistibly drawn to it, who are themselves irresistible. Jasmin's focus is on the beauty of the male and female face and body which they embody. All of the models were students at the Art Center College of Design Pasadena (Batch 2005-2009), where Jasmin taught photography for a long time. In other words, Jason Wilder, the subject on the cover, and all of the other Beautiful People in the book, aspire to be artists, designers, and creative photographers themselves, working behind the camera rather than posing in front of it. As with "Hollywood Cowboy" (2002) and "Lost Angeles" (2004), these images, in a melancholy mood, may very well be the first and only time we will see them as the unbearably sexy youth that they all are. The title is from the anthem-song by The Mamas And The Papas, and begs the question: What does it mean as far as these portraits of youth are concerned? "I always tell my students that they have to develop a rich fantasy life and have a highly active imagination. California is an alluring place, but I look at Hollywood as a state of mind; it's all in the imagination. Our culture today is crammed full of celebrity imagery, Photoshop reality, digital enhancement, and I for one am not buying into it. It is when I see the faces of the models and students and aspiring artists who pass through my life that I long to photograph them. That is my fantasy life. They keep me dreaming" (Paul Jasmin). What a life. An absolute "must-have" title for Paul Jasmin collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Paul Jasmin. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. 100 color plates and vintage photographs from Jasmin's personal archives. One of the finest American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PAUL JASMIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3869300302. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 56 pages. Published in 2014. Artist Book. Retrospective collection of photographs. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only and as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project". An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Frank. There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ/slipcase, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Partida". Named after the very first photograph in the sequence. "Continues the journey through his archives, presenting us with a new series of images of friends, colleagues, interiors, of quiet still lives and snapshots of both ordinary and unexpected objects and situations. Constitutes an important part of both his later work and the art of the photobook" (Gerhard Steidl). "He can portray real pain and capture profound depths of human emotion better than almost any other photographer; indeed, better than almost any other artist in any medium" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger). Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Robert Frank. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is an Artist Book classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Signed Robert Franks are rare, command as much as $20000 online even if they are not in fine condition, and will always keep their value. A rare signed copy thus. 56 plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3869307951. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 83 pages. Published in 2013. Artist Book. Collection of personal Polaroid photographs. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only and as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project". An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Black leatherette boards with gilt titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. The design mimics an actual inventory book. Photographs by Robert Frank. There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In protective plastic sheet. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Household Inventory Record". A new installment in the Series of Robert Frank's visual diaries: Private photographs of home and abroad that look and feel familiar, and disquietingly unfamiliar, at the same time. "Continues the journey into Frank's world and his imagery, showing us snapshots from his travels, of his friends, and everyday curiosities" (Publisher's blurb). It is one of Robert Frank's most intimate books, a rare, privileged peek into his private world, laconically presented as an inventory of "personal effects", whether they be real home furnishings, family members, friends, and the glorious landscapes of Nova Scotia. While looking at the pictures, one feels as though someone, most likely Robert Frank, is looking over one's shoulder, along with us: The Polaroids seem ordinary on the surface, on the one hand, yet abstruse and enigmatic in their meaning and significance, on the other. Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Robert Frank. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is an Artist Book classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online, is enclosed within a protective plastic sheet, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Robert Frank stopped doing public signings a long time ago. Even when he did, they were very few and far between. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with Polaroid reproductions. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3869306602. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 152 pages. Published in 2008. Exhibition Monograph. One of the most important books on the photographic art and achievement of Saul Leiter. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Gerhard Steidl: Regular-sized volume format. Gray hard boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Saul Leiter. Text by Agnes Sire and other contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition held at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson Paris in 2008. Presents, in its First Edition format, "Saul Leiter". The landmark sequel to "Saul Leiter: Early Color" (2006). The two pioneering Steidl titles ignited global interest in Leiter's work, serving as the basis of his status as the greatest photographic re-discovery of our time. Saul Leiter gave street photography a fresh, new look that differed from ALL of the other great street photographers of his - and our - time. Instead of the gritty, hard-edged, "in-your-face" imagery of Garry Winogrand (or Martin Parr today), Leiter's "look" is melancholy, ephemeral, and lyrical, deploying a consistently understated palette to convey some of the most sublime images of The Street we will ever see. Saul Leiter understood that photography is the exact opposite of painting (because he was good at both) : Painting is about a "vision" that one realizes on canvas. Photography is about developing and mastering a "look" - by taking thousands of photographs, even if or because one is Saul Leiter - that somehow becomes identifiably and uniquely one's own. Precisely because anyone can take photographs, a distinctive look is much harder, if not altogether impossible, to achieve than one thinks for most practicing photographers, who must inevitably fall back on the established look of a particular genre, whether it's portraiture, street photography, or the nude. The one great contribution of photography is to re-define the visual arts through its "look" aesthetics instead of through "vision", the counter-productive and exhausted idea it inherited from painting. Instead, Saul Leiter - and the truly great photographers such as Avedon, on the one hand, and Robert Frank, on the other - found and perfected a look that is uniquely theirs, and theirs alone, which all other (derivative) photographers imitate at their peril. An absolute "must-have" title for Saul Leiter collectors. An absolute "must-have" title for Saul Leiter collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Saul Leiter. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with a pristine copy of "Saul Leiter's New York", which builds upon this pioneering book. This title is an art photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. 107 plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of the 20th century and our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SAUL LEITER TITLE IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865215874. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 124 pages. Published in 2009. Artist Book. Retrospective collection of photographs, presented as a Slipcased Set. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only and as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project" that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Small-sized volume format. There are seven individual volumes in all. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Frank. There is no text. Matching slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ/slipcase, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Seven Stories". One of the most sublimely beautiful titles in the Steidl Project. "After completing his seminal photography book, 'The Americans' in 1958, Robert Frank put aside the still image and concentrated throughout the 1960's on film-making. He returned to still photography in the 1970's, using a Polaroid camera with black-and-white positive/negative film. These images were frequently layered with text, which Frank inscribed by hand onto the Polaroid negative. He found that these works allowed him more freedom to 'destroy the perfect image'. In recent years, Frank has worked almost exclusively with Polaroids, exploring the collage and assemblage possibilities of the instant photograph. This slipcased collection of small, staple-bound books represents a new stage in the practice of a remarkable artist who continually challenges the limits of photography and strives to avoid repeating himself" (Gerhard Steidl). "He can portray real pain and capture profound depths of human emotion better than almost any other photographer; indeed, better than almost any other artist in any medium" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger). Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the first page of Volume 1 by Robert Frank. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great Artist Book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Signed Robert Franks are rare, command as much as $20000 online even if they are not in fine condition, and will always keep their value. A rare signed copy thus. 124 plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865217893. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 48 pages. Published in 2006. Artist Book. Retrospective collection of Polaroid photographs. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only and as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project". The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with photographic reproduction in front and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Frank. There is no text. Printed in quadrotone on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper using four-color matte inks and varnish coating by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ/slipcase, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Come Again: Polaroids". His "Lebanon Polaroids", assembled by the photographer in one Notebook. The original remains in his possession. This Facsimile Edition reproduces its visual, even tactile, subtleties, with the varnish coating, in particular, mimicking the Polaroid print's glossy finish. "In 1991, Robert Frank went to Beirut to photograph the city's devastation after the Civil War (1975-1990). He also made Polaroids which, upon his return home, he kept for himself. Many years later, he looked at those images again, and decided to create a sketchbook's worth of Polaroids. Robert Frank has worked almost exclusively with Polaroid in recent years, exploring the collage and assemblage possibilities of the instant photograph" (Gerhard Steidl). Frank's images of a devastated land capture in a rigorous documentary format a universal human tragedy as well as his own personal turmoil and pain. "He can portray real pain and capture profound depths of human emotion better than almost any other photographer; indeed, better than almost any other artist in any medium" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger). Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Robert Frank. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is an art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online, is still in the publisher's original plastic wrappers, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Robert Frank is notoriously averse to any kind of signing, but he made a rare public appearance in New York City in conjunction with the book's publication. He signed copies for some people, who waited patiently in line, then abruptly left before he could sign the rest. Signed Robert Franks are rare, command as much as $20000 online even if they are not in fine condition, and will always keep their value. A rare signed copy thus. 24 quadrotone plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865212611. Signed by Author.