viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1972

Frank, Robert
        Lines of My Hand
      Rochester, NY: Lustrum Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition of Robert Frank's autobiography in photographs. Includes Solander box with two books: one hardcover book with transparent white dustjacket, and one softcover with stiff, photographic paper wrappers. Both books have unnumbered leaves. Both books are "Lines of My Hand"; the softcover is the first American edition and is signed by Frank on the half title page; the hardcover edition contains more content and was published in 1989 by Pantheon Books. Solander box is cream-colored and black, and is in very good condition. The softcover edition has mylar cover and is in very good condition. Wraps contain illustration and title on front and have light soiling to back and light soiling to bottom edge. Interior is clean. Hardcover edition has a dustjacket with light wear to top edge and is in good condition. Boards have illustration and title on front and are in very good condition. Edges are clean and have no wear, front endpapers and title page have small dampstain, does not affect content. These books include many images of Frank's best known work, The Americans, which documented American life in the 1950's, especially the life of the Beats. The Americans, was one of the most revolutionary works in the history of photography. Also included are photographs of Frank's family and his travels abroad. Due to the weight of this item, shipping may cost extra. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Photographer .

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HEANEY, Seamus.
        Wintering Out
      London: Faber and Faber, 1972 - Octavo. Original paper wrappers, titles to spine and front cover in black Slight rubbing to spine ends, light foxing to covers, crease to joints, an excellent copy. First edition, first impression. Presentation copy to BBC television producer Ivan Gilman, inscribed by the author, with an autograph quatrain, on the title page, "Seamus Heaney, for Ivan Gilman, "From Palace to Starlight, Dublin to Bray, Through the porter-black night: McEldowney's duende!" with good wishes." Additionally inscribed by one of the dedicatees, David Hammond, the Irish singer, filmmaker and broadcaster whose obituary Heaney wrote in 2008, "6th November 1972 - a new song from Ireland, To Ivan, from David Hammond". An uncommon book signed, the paperback issue predating the hardback, with only two copies traced at auction. Brandes & Durkan A8a. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

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Beckett, Samuel (Text by); Avigdor Arikha (Etchings by)
        The North [SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR AND THE ARTIST]
      Enitharmon Press, London 1972 - 1/137. Folio (16 x 12 1/2"). [6], 7, [1]pp. Uncut. Original paper folder with enclosing flap, and title embossed on front. Folder in its protective beige linen chemise with burgundy-stamped title on front cover and spine. Folder and chemise housed in a matching slipcase. Tissue-guarded etched frontispiece signed in pencil by Avigdor Arikha. Title page in grey and black lettering. Limitation page signed by Samuel Beckett. Text printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press on handmade paper by J. Barcham Green. Splendidly illustrated with three original etchings (including frontispiece) by Avigdor Arikha - each hand signed in pencil by the artist at lower right corner - the text of "The North" comprises the penultimate paragraph of "The Lost Ones" with minor variants from the full edition in English. One of 137 signed and numbered copies, of which this is No. 116.Some soiling along fore-edge of slipcase, and at lower spine of chemise. Minor stain at lower margin of limitation page (not affecting lettering). Slipcase and chemise in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Uhlenbeck, George Eugene
        Problems of statistical physics. Autograph manuscript signed
      1972. Uhlenbeck, George Eugene (1900-1988). Problems of statistical physics. Autograph manuscript signed, on yellow lined paper. 30 sheets numbered 1, 1a, 2-21, 23-27, a-c; manuscript is complete despite break in numbering. [1972.] 280 x 215 mm. First sheet a little discolored, small rust stains from paper clip on first and last leaves. Very good. The Dutch-American physicist G. E. Uhlenbeck is best known for his discovery, with Samuel Goudsmit, of electron spin, one of the cornerstones of quantum mechanics. Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit’s paper on electron spin was published in October 1925, when Uhlenbeck was just 24; afterwards, he taught physics at the University of Michigan and several other universities before joining the Rockefeller Institute in 1960. The present paper, describing some of the fundamental problems in statistical physics, was presented at the 1972 symposium on “The Development of the Physicist’s Conception of Nature in the Twentieth Century,” held in honor of Paul Dirac’s 70th birthday. The paper was published the following year in The Physicist’s Conception of Nature (1973), edited by Jagdish Mehra.

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Euripedes
        The Bacchae: Dionysus, the God
      The Allen Press, Kentfield 1972 - 74 pp., illustrated, folio, olive-green French cloth over boards and wood veneer covers, gilt-stamped title on cover; slipcase. With three signed etchings by Michele Forgeois. Title page printed in orange and black; border titles printed in orange, blue, olive and blue-green. Handset in Unciala and Solemnis types and printed damp on a Columbia handpress on all-rag paper hand made at the Richard de Bas mill in France. Printed and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Slipcase covered in the same olive-green French cloth with paper gilt-stamped title label on spine. A lovely production. One of 130 copies. A fine and fresh copy, with a few small faint spots on the first few leaves. Allen Press Bibliography 38. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Fisher, Roy
        Bluebeard's Castle.
      Guildford: Circle Press, 1972. Quarto. (5)ff., + 9 pop-up spreads consisting of a french-folded two-page quire. First edition. One of 125 copies, this one out-of-series and likely an artist's proof copy. Illustrated with nine silkscreened structures by Ronald King, together with text by Roy Fisher. This book marks the first collaboration between King and Fisher, and it is also the first pop-up book produced by Circle Press. The book is a response to Bartok's opera, but without the characters of Bluebeard and Judith: instead, King directs his attention to the structure of the castle and teases out the meaning behind the rooms that would be revealed as Judith opened their doors. Fisher's poem provides a narrative counterpoint to King's pop-up structures and hints at the idea of knowledge attained through suffering--a theme made even more poignant by the death of King's son, Danny, who passed away while this book was in production. This title is commonly encountered in loose gatherings housed in an acrylic box; this copy, however, is in a binding of quarter black morocco and cloth boards, with blue paper lettering pieces on the upper cover and spine. This binding is not noted in any checklists from the Press, nor is it mentioned in Cathy Courtney's History of the Press. Fine overall.

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Adams, Richard
        Watership Down
      London: Rex Collings, 1972. First edition of the author's first and most beloved work. Octavo, original brown cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Yours sincerely Richard Adams." Fine in an fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example. Although Watership Down was rejected by 13 publishers before Collings accepted it, it has never been out of print, and is Penguin Books' best-selling novel of all time. It won both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize. The title refers to a hill in the north of Hampshire, England, near the area where Adams grew up. The story has its roots in the tales that Richard Adams made up for his young daughters during long car journeys. As he explained in 2007 in an interview with the BBC, he "began telling the story of the rabbits . . . improvised off the top of my head, as we were driving along." He based the struggles of the animals on the struggles he and his friends encountered during the Battle of Oosterbeek in 1944. The daughters insisted he write it downÂ—"they were very, very persistent." After some delay he began writing in the evenings and completed it 18 months later.

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KERTESZ Andre
        Photographic print 'Sziget Becse'
      1972. Signed. KERTÉSZ, André. Photographic print, Â“Sziget BecseÂ” [New York: circa 1972]. Silver gelatin print, measuring 8 by 10 inches. $2300.Photograph printed by KertészÂ’s studio, signed and captioned by him in pencil on the verso, apparently produced to promote the publication of Sixty Years of Photography (1972) and eventually published in Kertész on Kertész (1985).Kertész was Â“one of the first photographers to demonstrate the tremendous richness of the streetÂ… his work is known for its wit, composition and sense of the unusualÂ” (Blodgett, 96). This exceptional photograph of a pasture near the Hungarian town of Sziget Becse appeared in Kertész on Kertész (1985) as Â“Hungary, 1914,Â” on page 14. Captioned and signed by Kertesz in pencil, Â“Sziget Becse, May 5-1914, A. Kertész.Â” Fine condition.

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Mitchell, C.H.
        The Illustrated Books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and Other Related Schools of Japan: A Biobliography
      The Illustrated Books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and Other Related Schools of Japan: A Biobliography, Mitchell, C.H. Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, First edition,1972. Illustrated in black & white with 24 plates. 10" high X 8" wide, 623 pages. Blue boards with gilt titles. text block is in pristine condition; board have the lightest of shelf wear. An essential reference containing biographical details of the artists and Part II (pp 206-566) bibliographical details of the books. Approximately 1,200 entries. Appendices provide a list of titles showing Chinese and Japanese characters, a chronological list of books with classification by subject-matter and index of publishers, engravers, printers and bookbinders.

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THIRION, André
        Révolutionnaires sans révolution
      Robert Laffont, Paris 1972 - 580 pp. + 16 planches, Fort in-8° (162 x 250 mm), couverture rempliée illustrée d'un dessin original de Man Ray. Non coupé. Un des quelques exemplaires d'auteur numérotés H.C., avec 20 sur vélin chiffon de Lana, constituant l'édition originale. 16 planches de photographies en noir. «André Thirion, né le 14 juillet 1907 à Baccarat et mort le 4 janvier 2001 à Levallois-Perret, est un écrivain français, membre du groupe des surréalistes, théoricien et militant politique. Après avoir été syndicaliste, il devint communiste, parti auquel il adhéra en 1925. Son caractère le mène vers le groupe des surréalistes qu'il intègre en 19281. Ami de Louis Aragon et Georges Sadoul, il participe aux activités des surréalistes entre 1928 et 1934. Sa photo compose le cadre de l'oeuvre de René Magritte, Je ne vois pas la [femme] cachée dans la forêt (1928). Il y figure en dixième position en partant, dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre, du coin supérieur gauche. En novembre 1930, avec André Breton, il rédige les statuts de l' A.A.E.R. (Association des artistes et écrivains révolutionnaires) que le parti communiste français reprend à son compte, en 1932, en changeant l'acronyme en A.E.A.R. et en excluant les surréalistes. Publié en 1972, sous le titre Révolutionnaires sans révolution, son témoignage se « double sans cesse d'un commentaire critique qui ravive la pensée surréaliste en même temps qu'il en corrige les illusions ». Il participe à la revue Le surréalisme au service de la révolution, appuie le film de Luis Buñuel et Salvador Dalí l'Âge d'or. Il s'éloigne du communisme durant les années 1930. Il milite contre Aragon lors de son départ du surréalisme vers le Parti Communiste Français en 1932. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il intègre la résistance gaulliste. Il devient député du Rassemblement du peuple français à la libération. Son oeuvre se divise en deux groupes : le premier est constitué d'ouvrages autobiographiques ; l'autre de romans politiques et érotiques. Révolutionnaires sans révolution (1972 - Prix Roger Nimier) est l'oeuvre principale du premier groupe. C'est une autobiographie qui relate cette période et analyse le groupe des surréalistes (c.f. Wikipédia). Très bel envoi signé de l'auteur, sur la page de faux titre, à Jeannie et Henri de Clarens (Jeannie, née Rousseau, célèbre espionne qui est la première à avoir pu récupérer des informations sur les V2 allemands). Nous joignons le n° 214 de septembre 1981 de la revue «Le Vocatif», texte surréaliste d'André Thirion, avec «pour Jeannie de Clarens [Signature]» sur la page de titre. Le texte commençant par: «Mes amis Clarens habitent au 25è étage.». Quelques légères marques du temps sur la couverture, superbe pour le reste. Très bon exemplaire. Size: Fort in-8° [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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HASKINS, Sam
        Posters
      [Printed in Switzerland by Lichtdruck AG, Dielsdorf, Zurich for Sam Haskins, 67 Glebe Place], London 1972 - Folio. 31 photographs. Deluxe gold-leaf over boards, title cartouche on front cover, white-lettered on leather spine. Frequently found in wrappers, the work is scarce in this deluxe hardcover limited edition. This was the first color book produced by Haskins. It is printed on one side using a thick stiff paper and a soft glue perfect binding so that the pages could be removed and used as posters. The book won a gold award at the New York One Show. First edition, deluxe issue, number 92 of 1500 copies signed by Haskins. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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HASKINS, Sam
        Posters
      London: [Printed in Switzerland by Lichtdruck AG, Dielsdorf, Zurich for Sam Haskins, 67 Glebe Place], 1972. First edition, deluxe issue, number 92 of 1500 copies signed by Haskins. Folio. 31 photographs. Deluxe gold-leaf over boards, title cartouche on front cover, white-lettered on leather spine. Frequently found in wrappers, the work is scarce in this deluxe hardcover limited edition. This was the first color book produced by Haskins. It is printed on one side using a thick stiff paper and a soft glue perfect binding so that the pages could be removed and used as posters. The book won a gold award at the New York One Show.

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Ravilious Eric
        WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF ERIC RAVILIOUS [Introduction by J. M. Richards]
      Kensington: The Lion and Unicorn Press, Royal College of Art, 1972. First edition, LIMITED, number 80 of the second issue, which was limited to 500 copies. With 113 leaves displaying over 400 of Eric Ravilious' engravings, each leaf printed one side only, with fold-out index leaves. The title-page, front free-fly and colophon page also decorated with Ravilious engravings. Tall folio, in the original binding by Henry Brooks Ltd. of course gray cloth with a large woodcut block on the upper cover in black, the spine lettered in gilt, decorated endpapers. 19pp., 113 ff., 4 ff. index, 2ff. pp. A fine copy, the boards very slightly bowed and with trivial aging, internally very fine and as new. FIRST EDITION AND AN IMPORTANT CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF ENGRAVER ERIC RAVILIOUS AND ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF THE PRESS. Six of the over 420 engravings here were reproduced from Ravilious' original blocks, the others (for which the blocks likely no longer existed) were painstakingly reproduced from other sources, all are in their original size and the collection comprises all of his engraved works which could be found and should be considered as complete as could be made possible. The print work was beautifully done by the Curwen Press on Grosvenor Chater's Basingwerk parchment. Ravilious engraved most of these illustrations for books and other publications. His first commission, in 1926, was to illustrate a novel for Jonathan Cape. He went on to produce work both for large companies such as the Lanston Corporation and the smaller, less commercial "Fine Presses", such as the Golden Cockerel, the Curwen Press and the Cresset Press. A handful of the engravings included here were never previously published. Ravilious' career was cut tragically short when, while working as a War Artist, the RAF patrol he was flying on failed to return. After four days of searching, he and the plane's four crewmen were declared lost in action.

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LEONOV Aleksei Arkhipovich
        Kosmicheskie dali
      1972. First Edition . Signed. (SOKOLOV, A.K.) LEONOV, Aleskei Arkhipovich. Kosmicheskie dali. Moscow: Ikobrazitel'noe iskusstvo, 1972. Folio (11 by 14-1/2 inches), original marbled blue imitation leather gilt portfolio, metal and enamel cover medallion, original printed self-wrappers; pp. 34, 33 loose color plates. $2800.First edition of Russian cosmonaut A.A. Leonov's work on artificial satellites, with 35 loose color illustrations (17 folding) and 5 additional monochrome red-tone illustrations laid in, signed on the front wrapper by both the illustrator A.K. Sokolov and by Leonov. Text in Russian.This elaborate production by Russian cosmonaut A.A. Leonov concerns artificial satellites and astronautics. ""In March 1965, at the age of 30, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk in history, beating out American rival Ed White on Gemini 4 by almost three months. Floating outside his tiny Voskhod 2 capsule for 10 exhilarating minutes, Leonov felt, he writes, ""like a seagull with its wings outstretched, soaring high above the Earth"" (Air & Space, Smithsonian). Leonov went on to write extensively about his life as an astronaut and about space exploration in general. The wonderful illustrations by A.K. Sokolov display satellites and the landscapes of astronomical bodies as well as space itself in vivid color. The entirety is housed in a handsome publisher's portfolio made of blue imitation leather and bearing a raised metal and enamel medallion with a hammer and sickle. This copy contains two copies of Plate 1, for a total of 35 plates instead of the usual 34. Five additional folio red-tone monochrome illustrations, apparently also by Sokolov, have been laid in; they do not appear to be integral to this edition. The front wrapper also bears an inscription in an unidentified hand in addition to the signatures of Leonov and Sokolov.Small, faint stain on front wrapper/inscription, slight scattered foxing to verso captions of folio plates, light edge-wear to portfolio including small missing piece at top of pocket. A near-fine copy, most desirable signed.

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BARTOLINI, Sigfrido (SOFFICI - MACCARI)
        Ardengo Soffici. L'opera incisa. Con appendice e iconografia. Introduzione di Giuseppe Prezzolini.
      1972 - Reggio Emilia, Prandi, 1972. In 4to; pp. 481, (9); tela editoriale con riproduzione in rosso della firma di Soffici. Sovraccoperta figurata a colori. 525 illustrazioni a colori e in bianco e nero. Custodia originale in tela. Specimen di 4 pagine. Ottimo stato. PRIMA edizione, tirata a 850 copie di cui 100 con l?incisione originale di Mino Maccari firmata e numerata (100 copie) a matita da Maccari: Ritratto di A. Soffici. Fondamentale ed esaustivo studio sulle incisioni di Ardengo Soffici. Axs [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Brunner, Otto, Werner Conze und Reinhart Koselleck
        Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe. Historisches Lexikon zur politisch-sozialen Sprache in Deutschland. Sieben Bände. Ohne die Registerbände.
      Leinen Ausgetragenes Bibliotheksexemplar, ohne Schutzumschläge, mit einzelnen leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Seiten altersgemäß mäßig angedunkelt, Bände mit grauem Kopffarbschnitt, Band 4 mit eingeklebtem Klappentext im Deckelinneren und am unteren Schnitt mit einzelnen schmalen kurzen Kulispuren, Band 1 von 1972, Band 2 von 1975, Band 3 von 1982, Band 4 von 1978, Band 5 von 1984 (1. Auflage), Band 6 von 1990 (1. Auflage), Band 7 von 1992 (1. Auflage)

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HUGNET Georges
        Pleins et déliés, souvenirs et témoignages 1926-1972
      1972. Guy Authier, Paris 1972, 17x25cm, en feuilles sous chemise et boîte. - Guy Authier, Paris 1972, 17x25cm, en feuilles sous chemise et boîte. - Originale, uno dei 70 esemplari numerati su Arches previste, il nostro recante il numero 1, l'unica grande edizione su carta. La nostra copia è piena di incisione originale di Georges Hugnet. Autograph firma dell'autore sulla giustificazione del sorteggio. Va notato che il nostro modello è quello di Guy Authier, l'editore di questo libro. Nizza copia. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale, un des 70 exemplaires numérotés sur vergé d'Arches, le nôtre portant le numéro 1, seuls grands papiers. Notre exemplaire est bien complet de l'eau-forte originale de Georges Hugnet. Signature autographe de l'auteur à la justification du tirage. Il est à noter que notre exemplaire est celui de Guy Authier, l'éditeur de cet ouvrage. Bel exemplaire.

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Furie, Sidney J. (director); Alan Trustman, David M. Wolf (screenwriters); Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton, Gwen Welles (starring)
        Hit! [Hit] (Original screenplay for the 1973 film)
      Los Angeles: Paramount, 1972. Draft script for the 1973 film. Nick (Williams) is a federal agent tracking down a heroin ring, with the help of a few recruits he's trained, seeking revenge for his deceased daughter. Prostitution, Vietnam War vets, and a Jewish ex-con make the nearly three-hour hit an explosive dose of action. Set in France, shot on location there and in Washington, Illinois and California. Stiff blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated May 20, 1972, with credits for screenwriter Trustman and property owners Furis and Trustman. 121 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 118. Photographically reproduced, with photocopied punch holes to a few pages. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with a silver prong binding. Parish and Hill 112.

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Sarah D'Alberti
        Momenti dell'esistenzialismo europeo Crisi dell'esistenza in Marcel, Sartre, Abbagnano e suoi riflessi nel marxismo
      S. F. Flaccovio Editore - Palermo, 1972. ITALIANO 0,54 Buono stato, sovraccoperta originale illustrata in carta patinata, segni di sfregamento, piccole abrasioni e graffi su recto, bordo, cima e piede poco consumati; coperta in cartoncino, minime tracce di fioritura su dorso e tagli, cerniera stretta, pagine ottimamente conservate. XXX volume della Collana di saggi e monografie - Nuova serie. USATO

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ARBUS Diane
        Diane Arbus
      1972. First Edition . ARBUS, Diane. Diane Arbus. Millerton, New York: Aperture, (1972). Tall quarto, original cream laminated photographic boards, original photographic dust jacket. $3800.First edition, scarce first printing of this highly influential photobook of Arbus work, with 80 finely screened black-and-white photogravure plates, images at once pitiless and engaged, tough and surprisingly tender with the power to provoke and disturb (Roth), in original dust jacket.A photograph, Diane Arbus once said, is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. In this fundamental collection of her work, published posthumously, Arbus offers a beautiful, sad, moving testament to the human condition (Parr & Badger I:258). Arbus unique way of not turning a blind eye satisfies something in us In her photographs the thrill of being left out contends with the dread (London Review of Books). Her pictures challenge the basic assumptions on which most so-called documentary photography has been assumed to rest Her real subject is no less than the unique interior lives of those she photographed (John Szarkowski). Includes iconic images such as Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, 1970 and Identical twins, Roselle, N.J. First edition, first printing, with Two Girls in Identical Raincoats, Central Park, N.Y.C, 1969, suppressed in subsequent printings. Roth, 214. Open Book, 284. Only tiny bit of faint dampstaining to dust jacket verso. A beautiful copy in fine condition.

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FRANK Robert
        Lines of My Hand
      1972. First Edition . FRANK, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. (Tokyo: Yugensha, 1972). Folio, original black cloth, original slipcase with mounted cover photograph, original shipping carton. $8200.Limited first edition of Franks memorable autobiography in photographs, preceding the Lustrum publication of the same title, one of 500 copies with the photograph Platte River, Tennessee mounted on the slipcase.Kerouac called his friend Robert Frank an artist who sucked a sad poem right out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world. One of the key figures in postwar American art-the Manet of the new photography, Frank was once asked to describe his response to The Lines of My Hand, his unorthodox autobiography. You look at the road youve been on, he said, and it comes back instantly (New York Times). This beautifully produced first edition includes a number of images from Franks best-known work, Les Americains, a collection of documentary photographs of American life in the 1950s, particularly among the Beats, along with photographs of Franks family and images made during his travels in Peru, Spain, England, France. Published in Japan prior to the Lustrum publication of the same title, Franks great confessional both sums up and marks the end not only of a photographic era, but a final coming to terms with the effects of WWII and the Bomb (Parr & Badger I:238). With 30-page caption booklet in Japanese, often missing, laid in. From a limited edition of 1000 unnumbered copies, this is one of 500 copies with the slipcase photograph of Platte River, Tennessee (remaining copies with slipcase photograph New York City, 1948). Open Book, 286-87. A fine copy in original publishers wrapping and shipping box.

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RICHARDS, Ceri.
        Journey Toward the North. Comprising: Journey Toward the North; From a Conversation between Hermes and Menipeus on a Field of Snow; Improvisation No 9, Upon the Dawn (Mahler's Hat); The Story Lost in the Snow; Elergy for Vernon Watkins; Information report XVI; Vaucluse.
      Milan: Cerastico Editore, 1972 - Crease to corner of one plate not affecting the image otherwise all in excellent condition. 7 lithographs in colours on Cerastico Editore watermarked heavy wove paper. Sheet sizes: 44.5 x 31.5 cm Each print unnumbered aside from the edition of 100. Printed at the Curwen Studio, London. This complete set of lithographs was created to accompany the text of Roberto Sanesi's book of poems "Journey Toward the North", they were drawn on plates brought by Stanley Jones to Richards home in Edith Grove, Chelsea, on the day before he died and was Richards' last work. Permission to print was given by the artist and each copy is signed in pencil lower right in the hand of Mrs. Frances Richards. Sanesi 32-38.

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Boltanski, Christian -
        L'Album photographique de Christian Boltanski 1948 - 1956. FINE COPY.
      Hamburg/Paris, Edition Hossmann/Sonnabend Press, 1972 - Hamburg/Paris, Edition Hossmann/Sonnabend Press, 1972. Metal box with handwritten title by C. Boltanski in black marker on the lid of the box, 22,5 x 16,5 x 5,2 cms., containing a book approximately in the size of the box consisting of a title page, 32 b/w original gelatin-silver-prints by Annette Messager mounted on 32 white cardboard plates, 1 colophon page, numbered '44' and signed in pencil by Boltanski. From the Special Edition: 60 copies (apart from 10 not-for-sale copies). [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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