Published by Toronto, Canada: Lumiere Press, 2000, 2000
ISBN 10: 0921542119 ISBN 13: 9780921542117
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 100 pages. Published in 2000. New And Enlarged Edition of the photographer's classic. One of the greatest photography books of the 20th century. The First Edition Thus. Published in a small and limited print run (simultaneously with the Deluxe Edition) by Lumiere Press as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition Thus is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Dave Heath and Michael Torosian: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray cloth boards with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Dave Heath. Letter by the late great Robert Frank, who was a great admirer of the photographer's work, which appears in this edition only. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Berlin, Germany using the NovaTone process, an exceptional offset technique that preserves the photographs' brilliant tonal scale, to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Re-presents Dave Heath's "A Dialogue With Solitude". His singular masterpiece. "In 1961, Dave Heath assembled the photographs that he had been making throughout the 1950's into a poetic sequence. The original plan for the book, as he envisioned it, would be a large format, as big as LIFE Magazine was at the time. When the book was eventually published, it was considerably reduced in size. Using the maquette from 1961 and the set of master prints, the book has been restored to the format of Dave Heath's original design" (Publisher's blurb). Among the handful of great photographers, Dave Heath has been one of the least prolific, an admirable feat in itself, considering that the medium inherently encourages constant picture-taking, endless repetition, and non-stop proliferation. In addition to his "Korea" Portfolio, the photographs in this collection represent the very best of the photographer's relatively slim but unparalleled output. "Dave Heath has combined the freedom and spontaneity of the small camera approach with a rare formal intensity and precision. His pictures possess stability, simplicity, and tremendous emotional force" (Museum of Modern Art). An absolute "must-have" title for Dave Heath collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue pen-marker on the title page by Dave Heath. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great art photography book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition Thus/First Printing (Lumiere Press) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies of the 1965 First Edition available online command between $2500 and $5000. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 82 duotone plates. Dave Heath's "A Dialogue With Solitude" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVE HEATH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0921542119. Signed by Author.
Published by Lumiere Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1987
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Hardcover. Copy 38 from an edition of only 150 numbered copies. Edited, designed and printed by Michael Torosian as part of his Homage series. Preface by Torosian as well. Includes 2 tipped in gelatin silver prints after images by Lambeth. A very fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine and paper label affixed to the spine. No dust jacket as issued. A beautifully printed book.
Published by Lumiere Press, (Toronto, Canada), 1992
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 31p octavo, illustrated with 4 tipped in black ad white images which includes the frontis. 1/200 numbered copies bound in gray boards and cream cloth spine. This copy #48. A fine copy.
Published by Lumiere Press, Toronto, Canada, 1990
ISBN 10: 0921542054 ISBN 13: 9780921542056
Seller: Martin Kaukas Books, Manchester, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Puiblished. 1st Edition. Grey hardcover with linen spine all in near fine condition. Introduction and text by Naomi Rosenblum. Contains 2 tipped in silver gelatin prints, one of Paul Strand by Walter Rosenblum and one by Strand. Also includes two images of Strand taken by his wife Hazel. Printed in an edition of 26 lettered A to Z retained by the printer, this is copy C. Published in celebration of the Paul Strand Centennial 1890-1990.
Published by Lumiere Press, Toronto, Canada, 1986
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Weston, Edward (illustrator). Limited Edition. Produced for the Centennial of Edward Weston's birth in an edition of 26 lettered copies and 150 numbered copies, this being #53 of the 150. Designed, printed, and bound by Michael Torosian. 17 pp. 8vo. Gray pastepaper covered boards with a light tan buckram spine, paper label with black titling. Clean within with three black and white photographs tipped in by Cole Weston, Edward Weston, and Fritz Henle. Beautifully produced; no dust jacket, as issued.
Published by Lumiere Press, Toronto, Canada, 2008
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Caponigro, Paul (illustrator). Limited Edition. A fascinating set of conversations between Torosian and Paul Caponigro (b. 1932), the renowned photographer, supplemented by many of Caponigro's most iconic images. Signed in pencil on the half-title page by Paul Caponigro, this title was produced in an edition of 225 copies, this being #61. Written, designed, printed, and bound by Michael Torosian. 67 pp. 8vo. Gray pastepaper covered boards with a design derived from a Caponigro photograph, gray linen cloth spine with gray paper label and silver titling. Clean within, with twenty-three of his photographs, beautifully produced and including one of his most famous photographs, "Running White Deer" as a gatefold. No dust jacket, as issued.
Published by Lumiere Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1997
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Hardcover. One of only 200 numbered copies. Edited, designed and printed by Michael Torosian as part of his Homage series. Introduction by Torosian. Includes 2 tipped in silver gelatin prints along with 4 duotones. A very fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine and paper label affixed to the spine. A beautifully printed book.
Published by Lumiere Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1990
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 30 pages. Number 75 of only 190 copies. Part of the "Homage Series." Edited by publisher/printer Michael Torosian. Includes four black and white images along with a tipped in original silver gelatin photograph portrait of Siskind as the frontispiece and another tipped in original photograph of Siskind by his longtime friend Harry Callahan. A fine copy in paper covered boards with linen spine No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Siskind under his portrait although not called for. A beautifully printed book.
Published by Lumiere Press, Toronto, CANADA, 1992
ISBN 10: 0921542062 ISBN 13: 9780921542063
1/4 Linen Over Boards. Condition: Fine. First Edition 1/200. 36pp, 4 tipped-in b&w silver-gelatin prints. Designed by Michael Torosian. With a biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1992 as the sixth installment of Toronto's Lumiere Press "Homage" series, this is an exquisitely produced monograph on the late American Surrealist photographer Frederick Sommer. It was designed and printed by author and publisher Michael Torosian on Mohawk Superfine paper, bound in one-quarter oatmeal linen over grey paper boards with a printed spine label, and contains three small tipped-in gelatin-silver prints of images by Sommer as well as a tipped-in gelatin-silver portrait of the photographer by Edward Weston as the frontispiece. A brand new, pristine example (cited on page 113 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") of this uncommon gem limited to two hundred copies. Photography Monograph.
Published by Lumiere Press, (Toronto, Canada), 1990
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 31p octavo, illustrated with 6 images 2 of which( Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan) are tipped in and each is signed by the photographer. 1/190 numbered copies, this copy #101 and signed by Michael Torosian.