Hardcover. Melbourne AUS, Macmillan Art Publishing, 1st, 2009, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Hardcover, 256 pages. This book, offering more than three hundred beautiful photographic studies, spans the years 1986-2006. Each image captures a special moment at a certain place in Australasia, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Each image is unique and can never be re-captured. Christine Wu Ramsay's excursion into photography began when she established Raya Gallery in Melbourne one of the first to exhibit the works of modern artists from the Asian region. With an eye for detail and atmosphere, she brings a unique sensibility to her captured moments, producing photographs that stir memories in anyone who has travelled the world.
Hardcover. Hildesheim GR, Edition Olms, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 325 pages. Illustrated in color and b&w. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap.
Hardcover. Paris, Editions Place de Victoires, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 599 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. This vivid photo-essay on the great adventure of discovery and exploration 1860-1930 is drawn from the collection of The Royal Geographical Society in London. It begins with Stanley and Livingstone in Africa and proceeds through Asia and Oceania, the Americas, and the Middle East. The work of twenty-three intrepid photographers are included.
Hardcover. New York , Viking Adult, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Remainder mark to bottom edge, light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Spain, La Fabrica, 1st, 2011, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 63 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Reveals the Mexican photographer`s extended explorations in (mostly) cities in the north of India--Varanasi, Delhi and Calcutta, as well as Bombay--over the past 13 years. Iturbide`s black-and-white images are strikingly at ease with their subject matter, able to locate arrangements of objects, architectural outline and urban signage without ever lapsing into visual tourism. Text in English and Spanish.
Hardcover. Spain, La Fabrica, 1st, 2011, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 63 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Reveals the Mexican photographer`s extended explorations in (mostly) cities in the north of India--Varanasi, Delhi and Calcutta, as well as Bombay--over the past 13 years. Iturbide`s black-and-white images are strikingly at ease with their subject matter, able to locate arrangements of objects, architectural outline and urban signage without ever lapsing into visual tourism. Text in English and Spanish.
Softcover. New York , Lustrum Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 58 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to wrappers with moderate foxing and creasing. Mark's first book.
Hardcover. London, Haus Publishing Limited, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Xavier Roy's breathtaking photographs of Egypt offer us a haunting vision of a country and its people.
Hardcover. Lannoo Publishers , 1st, 2010-06-16, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. 144 pages, color photography of the USSR. Text in Dutch and English.
Softcover. Rome, Libreria dello Stato, 1st, 1992-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 429 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Folio. Light edgewear and rubbing to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. US, Ullmann Publishing, 1st, 2010-01-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Over a foot square, color photographs. 320 pages. Photographer Stefan Schutz spent many months traveling through Africa in an all-terrain vehicle. During that time he passed through a variety of countries, landscapes, and seasons, diverting from the beaten track in his search for something different. He often found it in the everyday life of villages, which he experienced at close quarters among large communities of men, women, children, and animals. The result is a fascinating collection of [contemporary] images that depict people and landscapes in a different way from anything we have seen before.
Hardcover. New York, Overlook Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 528 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. The author of Arabian Sands and The Marsh Arabs and The Life of my Choice, he was a legend in his own lifetime but his character and motivations have remained an intriguing enigma. In this authorized biography--written with Thesiger's support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the rich Thesiger archive--Alexander Maitland investigates this fascinating figure's family influences, his wartime experiences, his philosophy as a hunter and conservationist, his writing and photography, his friendships with Arabs and Africans amongst whom he lived, and his now-acknowledged homosexuality.
