Autobiography by Weegee, Signed (7 results)

First edition of the famed photographer's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, humorously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jerry Weegee, Words greatest photographer." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The acclaimed street photographer of Naked Hollywood and Naked City is known for his documentation of the lurid undersides of stardom and commerce in mid-century Los Angeles. His use of distortion through trick lenses and multiple exposures is part of the Weegee-trademark, but it is also an artful glimpse into Weegee's perception of the underlying themes of Hollywood profiling. Ultimately, Weegee's work can be seen as a noirish glance into the urban life of the early Twentieth Century, while his autobiography is an insight into the behind that glance.

First edition of the famed photographer's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frances Colley Weegee." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. The acclaimed street photographer of Naked Hollywood and Naked City is known for his documentation of the lurid undersides of stardom and commerce in mid-century Los Angeles. His use of distortion through trick lenses and multiple exposures is part of the Weegee-trademark, but it is also an artful glimpse into Weegee's perception of the underlying themes of Hollywood profiling. Ultimately, Weegee's work can be seen as a noirish glance into the urban life of the early Twentieth Century, while his autobiography is an insight into the behind that glance.

Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. 160pp, 106 b&w illustrations. Did the twentieth century ever bring notoriety to a photographer more steeped in hype and myth than Arthur Fellig - aka "Weegee The Famous"? And while much if not most of that hype and myth was perpetuated by Weegee himself, the ingenuity of his exploits stalking the mean streets of crime-riddled, forties-era New York cannot be denied. Working mostly at night out of his improvised trunk-converted-into-a-darkroom, Weegee parlayed his police radio, trusty Speed Graphic camera, and an uncanny knack for getting to a crime scene quickly into journalistic infamy. His first book, "Naked City" became a bestseller as well as the basis for both Jules Dassin's film and the television series of the same name. He later tried his luck in Hollywood, then plumbed the depths of female figure photography, exploitation filmmaking, and photographic special effects. In this, his 1961 autobiography, Weegee equally illuminates and propagates his mythic stature with no apparent lack of self-confidence. An internally most handsome example of the Ziff-Davis Publishing Company first edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To Warren Bush / Weegee / 1964 ------" in green ink on the front pastedown whose graphically striking dust jacket designed by Mort Perry shows just a bit of rubbing and a single short closed tear. Signed Presentation Copy from the Photographer. Photography Monograph.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED, dated & inscribed by Weegee to (in)famous NY architect, ROBERT MOSES, on first blank end page. 1st Edition. Black cloth boards w/gilt stamped titles are clean w/minor edge wear. Binding tight. Photos & text clean & unmarked w/no rips or creases. Light smudge on front end page. Dust jacket, protected by archival cover, is bright & unclipped w/shallow edge chipping & several thin edge tears. Quick, secure shipping in a box w/free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore. International shipping may be extra due to weight. Photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Signed. First Edition. (SIGNED by Weegee on special bookplate made for the noted mystery editor & collector, Luther Leon Norris, and placed on front pastedown corner) ; Book itself is near-pristine, bright and unmarred, slight softening to spine ends and natural age-toning to pages; unclipped jacket shows light sunning and minimal edgewear, primarily at spine ends, two closed tears top panel edge with slight creasing around tear at spine top; else clean tight wonderful signed copy of the truly incomparable Weegee's autobiography--rarely found signed and in such nice shape (scans available on request).

Illustrated, 160 pp. 8vo. First edition. First edition. Illustrated, 160 pp. 8vo. Inscribed on the ffep, "to Walter" in 1967. Black buckram with Weegee stamp. Near fine, with unclipped good dust jacket.

Weegee (illustrator). First edition. 8vo., 159 pp., portrait frontis, b&w photos. A very good copy in printed dust jacket that is lightly rubbed and dusty, with a few small tears at the edges. SIGNED. Boldly inscribed by the photographer "To $ugar ˘ain who was my inspiration, Weegee 1964.".