HARDCOVER. Boston, Bulfinch, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 42 color, 67 black & white photos by Skrebneski. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Showcases Skrebneski's work over four decades (1949-1989). Fashion and art photography, celebrity portraits, surrealistic compositions, architectural studies. and sensual nudes. With Foreward by Frank Zachary.

Hardcover. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages, large format. B&w plates throughout. Dust jacket with minor edgewear. Introduction by Hubert de Givenchy. Skrebneski is celebrated as one of the world's finest fashion and portrait photographers. His diverse body of work has won him international accolades and, for more than half a century, he has photographed the world's most famous people, from Orson Welles, Truman Capote, and Audrey Hepburn to Andy Warhol, David Bowie, and Iman. In 1962, Skrebneski became the exclusive photographer for Estee Lauder, and over the years his flawless images of models such as Paulina Porizkova and Willow Bay made history. Five Beautiful Women is an elegant portfolio published to commemorate his twenty-five year collaboration with Estee Lauder. For the project, five distinctly beautiful models were chosen--Phyllis Connor, Karen Harris, Karen Graham, Shaun Casey, and Willow Bay--and, as Hubert de Givenchy notes, "[Skrebneski] succeeded in his very personal way to convey not only the external individuality of his subjects but, what in my opinion is most important, their inner beings."

Hardcover. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages, large format. B&w plates throughout. Introduction by Hubert de Givenchy. Skrebneski is celebrated as one of the world's finest fashion and portrait photographers. His diverse body of work has won him international accolades and, for more than half a century, he has photographed the world's most famous people, from Orson Welles, Truman Capote, and Audrey Hepburn to Andy Warhol, David Bowie, and Iman. In 1962, Skrebneski became the exclusive photographer for Estee Lauder, and over the years his flawless images of models such as Paulina Porizkova and Willow Bay made history. Five Beautiful Women is an elegant portfolio published to commemorate his twenty-five year collaboration with Estee Lauder. For the project, five distinctly beautiful models were chosen--Phyllis Connor, Karen Harris, Karen Graham, Shaun Casey, and Willow Bay--and, as Hubert de Givenchy notes, "[Skrebneski] succeeded in his very personal way to convey not only the external individuality of his subjects but, what in my opinion is most important, their inner beings."

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 240 pages. Aarons, erstwhile photographer to the rich and famous, has combed his archives to compile a collection of slick, upscale snapshots that vividly capture the lives of the "polo set." After the violence he witnessed as a combat photographer in WWII, Aarons decided that the only beaches he wanted to invade in the future were "decorated with beautiful girls tanning in a tranquil sun"-which are amply presented here. Aarons imparts a nearly tactile quality to these razor-sharp images, and every photograph, from the 1950s through the 1980s, is richly evocative of its era. One 1955 photo captures longtime fashion icon C.Z. Guest poolside in typically modest mid-century swimming attire with her son and dogs. A 1964 spread for Town & Country pictures the deeply tanned "young matrons of Palm Beach" in day-glow floral Lilly Pulitzer dresses. In a 1968 picture, fellow photographer Lord Lichfield is shown on the Italian Riviera wearing groovy yellow pants and flanked by Pucci-clad Italian princesses. Aaron's caption notes that "a photographer's life without a wife" seems to agree with the young cousin to Queen Elizabeth. While much of Aarons' work is focused on "horsey" types, he also turns his lens on creative folks. A dashing Gore Vidal is pictured at his Italian villa, the late Gianni Versace is shown at work in his home on Lake Como and Wanda Horowitz, daughter of Arturo Toscanini, is photographed at her father's podium at La Scala opera house in Milan. Aarons' gossipy captions, which accompany each photograph, help make this striking volume a voyeur's dream. 250 color photographs

Hardcover. NY, Abrams , 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large format, blue cloth with color paste-downs on covers. 430 pages. The ultimate and most comprehensive collection of Slim Aarons photography ever released, featuring more than 100 previously unpublished images. This deluxe edition provides a deep and comprehensive look at the groundbreaking career of Slim Aarons, spanning five decades. The book begins with Slim's field work as an Army photographer and continues through his fledgling days in Hollywood, opening the LIFE bureau in Rome, fashion and travel shoots for Holiday, and finally traveling the world for Harper's Bazaar. With a new and definitive biographical essay, spotlights on key moments in his career, and exclusive insight from former associates, Slim Aarons: The Essential Collection gives readers an unprecedented look into Slim's private world. Author Shawn Waldron's text digs into Slim's biography in unprecedented detail and reveals new information, while award-winning journalist, historian, and New York Times bestselling author Lesley Blume provides historical context to Slim's career. Additionally, Slim's former assistant and author Laura Hawk reveals the intricacies of her and Slim's friendship, and historian, author, and Vanity Fair contributing editor Nick Foulkes explores Slim's influence on our current cultural moment. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 160 pages, b&w plates. An accomplished photographer of the American scene presents a unique artistic record that captures a vanishing part of our country, the main streets, barber shops, schoolhouses, and inhabitants of our small towns. In his 19th book on the American scene, Plowden has focused on what epitomizes small towns-before this endangered species disappears altogether. The well-produced images, arranged roughly by topic (e.g., schools, theaters, churches, home interiors, restaurants, stores, and grain elevators) and representing towns in many states (including Iowa, Kansas, West Virginia, New York, Minnesota, and Idaho), speak eloquently of small-town life. Even more so, they speak of change; by the time Plowden photographed these towns, most had been cut off from their rural heritages. Nevertheless, the photographs convey order, calm, and congeniality; the best of them evoke the work of Walker Evans, who, like Plowden, left scenes unaltered when he photographed them. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 160 pages, b&w plates. An accomplished photographer of the American scene presents a unique artistic record that captures a vanishing part of our country, the main streets, barber shops, schoolhouses, and inhabitants of our small towns. In his 19th book on the American scene, Plowden has focused on what epitomizes small towns-before this endangered species disappears altogether. The well-produced images, arranged roughly by topic (e.g., schools, theaters, churches, home interiors, restaurants, stores, and grain elevators) and representing towns in many states (including Iowa, Kansas, West Virginia, New York, Minnesota, and Idaho), speak eloquently of small-town life. Even more so, they speak of change; by the time Plowden photographed these towns, most had been cut off from their rural heritages. Nevertheless, the photographs convey order, calm, and congeniality; the best of them evoke the work of Walker Evans, who, like Plowden, left scenes unaltered when he photographed them. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages, in a bright dust jacket. Fascinating collection of photographs in color and b&w by Lord Snowdon presenting a period of change in theatre - from 1954 to the present- in addition to the many changes Snowdon himself initiated in the style of photography.

Softcover. London, Chris Beetles Dist, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 84 pages, lavishly illustrated throughout with 70 portraits in b&w and color. Light shelf-wear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Includes images of Noel Coward, J.R.R.Tolkein, Dame Iris Murdoch, Peter Cook, The Goons, Franco Zeffirelli, Jack Nicholson, Leonard Bernstein, Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Arthur Miller, Tom Stoppard, Anthony Sher, Henry Moore, and many other famous faces either posing for a portrait, or caught in action.

Hardcover. Berlin GR, Weingarten, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 96 pages, b&w photos of Berlin street scenes from the 1920s and 30s. Text in English, German and French. Clean in a bright dust jacket.

Softcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages. Softcover. Black and white pictures of famous women. Nudity. Light edgewear to wrappers.

Softcover. NY, powerHouse Books, 2nd Ed., 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Before gentrification, New York City was a gritty and inspiring place. And in its midst was Arlene Gottfried, whose eye for the sublime caught it all. Sometimes Overwhelming, her second powerHouse Book, is a manic yet romantic ode to the people of New York City in the 1970s and 80s. From Coney Island to a Hasid at Riis Beach's nude bay to the disco nights of sexual abandon and the children in the original Village Halloween parade, Sometimes Overwhelming is a delightfully lighthearted look at the most outrageous people you might ever see.

Hardcover. San Rafael, CA, Insight Editions, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. 200 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Over 200 photographs throughout. This stunning visual biography offers a rare look at Marley's personal life in Jamaica, as well as the exodus from his home country that culminated in his tragic death in 1981. Though it focused on Marley, Burnett's work also canvassed a wide array of up-and-coming reggae talents, providing striking early looks at Peter Tosh, Lee Scratch Perry, Burning Spear, and Ras Michael. Compelling and incomparably candid, Soul Rebel is a remarkable testament to the legacy of a legend.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Between 1908 and 1917, the American photographer and sociologist Lewis Hine (1874-1940) took some of the most memorable pictures of child workers ever made. Traveling around the United States while working for the National Child Labor Committee, he photographed children in textile mills, coal mines, and factories from Vermont and Massachusetts to Georgia, Tennessee, and Missouri. Using his camera as a tool of social activism, Hine had a major influence on the development of documentary photography. But many of his pictures transcend their original purpose. Concentrating on these photographs, Alexander Nemerov reveals the special eeriness of Hine's beautiful and disturbing work as never before. Richly illustrated, the book also includes arresting contemporary photographs by Jason Francisco of the places Hine documented. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Sports Illustrated, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages. In its annual swimsuit issue 10 years ago, Sports Illustrated first presented photographs of gorgeous models in swimsuits that consisted of nothing more than paint artistically & painstakingly applied to their nude bodies. This book brings together a collection of astonishing painted-swimsuit photographs.

Hardcover. NY, Sports Illustrated, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. A panoramic compilation of outstanding sports photography features 150 classic images from the legendary photographer's more than four-decade career, with dramatic portraits of MIchael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Muhammad Ali and Joe Fraser, and other great sports figures, accompanied by behind-the-scenes anecdotes about each photograph and its subject.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st , 1999 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, A collection of color photos by Leifer who specialized in sports figures & action pictures. Super condition in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Softcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, paperback. Full color early 1980's photographs of Bruce Springsteen. Rubbing, edgewear, fading to wraps. Creases to dust jacket corner, foxing to copy edges. Unmarked. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 250 pages. One of Hollywood's legendary studio photographers on his long career shooting portraits of all the major Hollywood stars from the 20's to the 70's. 100s of b&w & color portraits. A nice collection. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Terra Uitgeverij, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 248 pages. In the 60s and 70s, Amsterdam was the epicentre of new cultural development and a magnet for national and international celebrities. Dutch photojournalists Hans Sabel and Henk Daniels were on site to capture all events and advancements. 30 years of photojournalism has resulted in an archive of around 150,000 negatives. In cooperation with the heirs of the archive a selection of images has been brought together in this book. It offers many previously unpublished images, from Jacques Brel, Martin Luther King, John Lennon, Charles Aznavour, Elizabeth Taylor and Dutch celebrities like Johan Cruyff, princess Beatrix and prince Bernhard to Willeke Alberti. Starring Amsterdam is a unique photographic document from Amsterdam at a time when the city is alive and buzzing like never before. With a foreword by James Worthy and text by Joost Bastmeijer. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. New York, Filipacchi Publishing, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 248 pages. Candid photographs of movie stars in between shots, relaxing on movie sets. Mostly black and white, some color. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. NY, Scalo, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white photographs of glamorous movie stars, 335 pages. Mostly shot in Monte Carlo. This is one of the most gorgeous collections of classic B&W Hollywood pictures published in a long time. Actually, "Hollywood" isn't exactly accurate, as the late Edward Quinn did most of his work in Europe; most of the photos were taken at Cannes (including, of course, the Cannes Film Festival) or on the Riviera in the 1950's and early 1960's. The book is a huge hardbound with most of the photos in full-page format, and the publishers cleverly printed the captions on a separate pullout (in multiple languages, withal!) so as not to take space away from the pictures.

Hardcover. London, Chris Boot, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. London, Chris Boot, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. London, Chris Boot, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 95 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Monograph of color portraits shot with a 5x4 camera at the Folsom Street Fair in SF and Easter weekend in Berlin, about 70 nude and semi-nude fetish gear photos of gay men, near fine limited first edition of 1200 copies.

Hardcover. New York, Sterling Innovation, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket sleeve present. Clean inside and out. In good shape. From the back cover: Achieving great artisitc succes and recognition, Edward Steichen brought enthusiasm, curiosity, and passion to the world of photography. This remarkable book offers a fresh take on Steichen by focusing exclusively on his color images from the collections of George Eastman House."

Hardcover. New York, Glitterati Incorporated, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hard cover, 128 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Relatively unknown peer of innovative photographers Slim Aarons and Richard Avedon, Ronny Jaques' photographs captured the fashion, travel, food and lifestyle scenes for magazines like Town & Country, Harper's Bazaar, and Gourmet, where he established himself as the first true innovator of food photography. His work is chronicled and explained for the first time in book form by fashion luminary and friend, Pamela Fiori, editor for the past fifteen years of Town & Country magazine.

Hardcover. Boston, Bulfinch Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Large oblong hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Features essays by Ian Frazier and Douglas R. Nickel. A powerful book of 60 color portraits from the photographer whose book "American Prospects" is widely considered a classic. Dust jacket with wear at corners, top and bottom of spine. Clean copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. London, Tate Publishing, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 224 pages. The street allows photographers to conceal cameras and catch subjects unaware, in informal settings. By contrast, the studio permits both photographers and subjects to present carefully composed images to the world through elaborate staging and technical tricks. In recent years, with celebrities posing in the street and the studio being used for more informal, intimate shots, both traditions have undergone a transformation. This stunning collection features many of the greatest street hotographers of all time--Atget, Brassai, Cartier-Bresson, Arbus, Frank, as well as studio-based artists such as Carlo Ponti, Edward Steichen, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, and Jurgen Teller.

Hardcover. San Francisco, MustSeeBooks, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages, b&w photographs by Fallon. Dramatic BxW portraits from around the world, with an ongoing dialogue between the photographer and the writer. The concept is to encourage the readers to use their cameras to really engage the people they come in contact with when they travel - the camera grants you access! You see an eclectic mix of people in rather unique environments - humanity staring back at you.

Hardcover. San Francisco, MustSeeBooks, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. A collection of Mr. Fallon's photographs with commentative captions by both Mr. Fallon and Barbara Deutsch.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli International, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, folio, 394 pages, 250 color and black and white Illustrations. Black cloth stamped in silver and gold gilt. There has never been--and will never be--another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. Now, in the first official book on the legendary club, co-owner Ian Schrager presents a spectacular volume brimming with star-studded photographs and personal stories from the greatest party of all time. From the moment it opened in 1977, Studio 54 celebrated spectacle and promised a never-ending parade of anything goes. Although it existed for only three years, it served as a catalyst that brought together some of the most famous and creative people in the world. It quickly became known for its celebrity guest list and uniquely chic clientele. From the cutting-edge lighting displays to its elaborate sets, it was the beginning of nightclub as performance art. Now, Studio 54 explores this cultural zeitgeist and gives us Schrager's personal firsthand account of what it was like to create and run the most famous nightclub of our age. With hundreds of photographs, many of which have never been seen before, of the celebrities and beautiful people and engaging stories and quotes from such cultural luminaries as Liza Minelli, David Geffen, Brooke Shields, Pat Cleveland, and Diane von Furstenberg, this exciting volume depicts the wild energy and glittering creativity of the era. One of the most important cultural landmarks of the twentieth century, Studio 54 continues to inspire with its legendary glamour. This exhilarating volume is a must-have for style and fashion aficionados today. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli International, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, folio, 394 pages, 250 color and black and white Illustrations. Black cloth stamped in silver and gold gilt. There has never been--and will never be--another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. Now, in the first official book on the legendary club, co-owner Ian Schrager presents a spectacular volume brimming with star-studded photographs and personal stories from the greatest party of all time. From the moment it opened in 1977, Studio 54 celebrated spectacle and promised a never-ending parade of anything goes. Although it existed for only three years, it served as a catalyst that brought together some of the most famous and creative people in the world. It quickly became known for its celebrity guest list and uniquely chic clientele. From the cutting-edge lighting displays to its elaborate sets, it was the beginning of nightclub as performance art. Now, Studio 54 explores this cultural zeitgeist and gives us Schrager's personal firsthand account of what it was like to create and run the most famous nightclub of our age. With hundreds of photographs, many of which have never been seen before, of the celebrities and beautiful people and engaging stories and quotes from such cultural luminaries as Liza Minnelli, David Geffen, Brooke Shields, Pat Cleveland, and Diane von Furstenberg, this exciting volume depicts the wild energy and glittering creativity of the era. One of the most important cultural landmarks of the twentieth century, Studio 54 continues to inspire with its legendary glamour. This exhilarating volume is a must-have for style and fashion aficionados today. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. New York, Abrams, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages. Photographs & text by James Balog. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs, taken in surreal and unnatural studio environments. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. US, Prestel, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Marking the centenary of William S. Burroughs's birth, this exciting book reproduces the celebrated writer's many rarely seen photographs. Renowned and highly regarded for his experiments with literature, painting, film, and music, William S. Burroughs was also a prolific photographer. However, his photographic work, consisting of several thousand images, has so far received little critical attention or sustained public exposure. This book reproduces many previously unseen photographs and offers fascinating insights into his photographic practices. It also provides convincing evidence that his photos should be considered a significant aspect of his entire body of work. It includes portraits and self-portraits, location shots from his travels in Europe, the Americas, and North Africa, images of construction and demolition sites, and his individual and collaborative experiments with photomontage, assemblage, and collage. Essays by internationally acclaimed scholars of photography and of Burroughs's work offer a variety of critical perspectives on his photographic oeuvre, examining its sources, methodologies, biographical contexts, influences, and purposes. Certain to appeal to his many devoted fans, this publication also coincides with a recent revival of critical and cultural interest in the 1960s art scene and the Beat Generation's writers and artists.

Hardcover. New York, Abrams, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 251 pages. Illustrated with 200 black & white photographs by Tazio Secchiaroli. Lots of Sophia Loren. Black remainder line on bottom edge at spine. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Damiani/OHWOW, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 228 pages. This volume compiles all of the photographs from Terry Richardson's wildly successful 2012 show Terrywood, held at the OHWOW gallery in Los Angeles. Terrywood is the photographer's vision of everything that Hollywood has meant and continues to mean in the public imagination: grand-scale glitz, big-budget glamour-and of course the awards ceremonies, in homage to which Richardson produced a series of ten award statuettes for the show, fashioned in his own bespectacled likeness. These works and all of the photographs included in the exhibition are reproduced here, alongside documentation of the year-long process of planning the exhibition, and coverage of the opening night, which was attended by celebrities such as Tom Ford, James Franco, Odd Future, Sasha Grey, Paris Hilton, Paz de la Huerta, Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan and Frank Ocean, and which has already become legendary as one of the glitziest opening nights in recent memory. Terrywood also includes texts by Jeffrey Deitch and Al Moran.

Hardcover. Zurich, Edition Stemmle, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color, black & white photos of his parents, all done in various off-beat styles.

Softcover. NY, Collier Books, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, large format. 175 pages, 82 b&w portraits of film directors including many who were just beginning their careers ie. Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg and Lucas along with some of the great directors in the history of American film including Cukor, Hitchcock, Wellman and many others. Includes filmographies and some commentaries. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Dark Horse Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 216 pages. For 15 years Preston has been photographing cartoonists in their natural habitats, the studios in which they work. Revealing the faces behind the familiar drawings, Preston aims his lenses at artists engaged in virtually every realm of cartooning, including superhero comics (Alex Ross, Todd McFarlane); newspaper strips (Cathy Guisewite, Berke Breathed); alternative and underground comics (R. Crumb, the Hernandez brothers); and animation (Chuck Jones, Joseph Barbera). The best portraits capture the spirit of the subjects' work. Mad mainstay Sergio Aragones is surrounded by toy figurines. Loopy caricaturist Arnold Roth's mug sports a wacky grin. Art Spiegelman, known for his formal mastery of the comics medium, looks dead serious. The studio of gritty urban realist Frank Miller looks out on a brick wall. Most welcome are valedictory portraits of titans in the comics field who have passed on since Preston photographed them, including Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, and Carl Barks. Fans of cartooning and of photographic portraiture should enjoy Preston's evocative images of these often-reclusive figures in their working sanctums.

Softcover. NY, Thunders Mouth Press, 1sts thus, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 156 pages in color and b&w. Helmut Newton's best photographic work from the 1960's to the 1990's traveled around Europe in a major retrospective in 1993. This 1996 first printing collection contains all the icons of Newton's special fields of interest including fashion, nudes, portraits as well as works for which he became world famous: the sensational fashion photos for the British magazine Vogue, Liz Taylor with a parrot in a swimming pool, Helmut Berger naked at his fireplace, Helmut Kohl with a German oak, Salvador Dali on an IV drip, the "Big Nudes" and some of his later macabre wax figures. Clean copy.

Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle, 1st, 1994, Softcover in a cardboard slipcase, 448 pages. The sensual curve of the shoulder, the disturbing line of a scar, the magnetic pull of a lashed eye -- since the birth of photography, images of the human body have attracted, disturbed, fascinated, and obsessed us. The body has been scrutinized by medical and anatomical photographers; it has been celebrated by photographers of sport and dance; it has inspired a long tradition of photographing the nude; and it has been depicted in phantasmagoric terms. In this rich, involving archive of over 360 duotone and color images culled from worldwide collections, renowned photo curator William A. Ewing has compiled the most comprehensive and arresting visual survey ever published of the human form. From nineteenth-century erotica to the politicized images of the 1990s, The Body offers an exciting, elegantly packaged, provocative record of the camera's infatuation with the human figure.

Hardcover. NP, Greybull Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 300 pages, 11 x 13". In celebration of Las Vegas's centennial, Greybull Press has put together the ultimate visual tribute to sin city. An exceptional collection of images of the city as seen through the eyes of many of the most important photographers, artists and filmmakers of the past 50 years, it also includes classic archival images that capture the true essence of what makes Vegas the high/low pleasure capital of the world: its entertainers and celebrities, its winners and losers, the dealers, divas, players and dreamers. The Book on Vegas features landmark images of the desert city's architecture, street life, weddings, casinos and surrounding landscape.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 240 pages. Here, brought together for the first time, are great self-portraits of the masters of photography from the 1850s to the present, including Andre Kertesz, Nadar, Cecil Beaton, Edward Weston, Irving Penn, Duane Michals, and Cindy Sherman. A probing essay by Robert A. Sobieszek illuminates each of the 149 images.

Hardcover. London, Carpet Bombing Culture, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards. 216 pages, b&w photos. A unique collection of portraits personally selected by one of the UKs foremost portrait photographers covering alternative London's unique counter-cultural history from Punks, New Romantics, Goths, Disco Queens, Soul Boys, Fetish Worshippers, Rockers, Cyberpunks, Ravers, Clubbers and Party Animals. Derek Ridgers has been a feature in the clubs and on the streets of the capital for over 50 years - indulging in his obsession for documenting the people dressed up for the glorious night.

Hardcover. Zurich, Scalo/DAP, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 267 pages. Liz Jobey's brief but illuminating introduction brings cohesion to thie fab book of photos of EMI pop and rock musicians of the late 1950's and the 1960's. It's EMI, and only EMI, but considering the artists who once signed with this British label, including the Beatles, Little Richard, David Bowie, Jeff Beck Group, Rod Stewart, Pretty Things, Pink Floyd, Steppenwolf, (Sir) Cliff Richards, Three Dog Night, Chubbie Checkers, Spencer Davis Group, the Yardbirds--EMI's talent pool was as rich as any label. The most only obvious omissions among the Brits (i.e., EMI never signed them) would probably be the Stones, the Who, and the Kinks. The photographs are enjoyable as kitsch, as a window into period fashion and sensibilities, and, occasionally, as great photography.

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Text by Robert Flynn Johnson; introduction by Alexander McCall Smith. 208 pages; over 220 duo-toned and color photos; 10 x 10 inches. A collection of interesting vernacular photography.

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. "The Guards, a body of some 5500 officers and men whose special task it is to protect the British sovereign are the oldest and perhaps the most unusual military institution in the West. They are not just gorgeously caparisoned performers marching up and down outside the royal palaces in London and Windsor...they are also a highly disciplined and versatile military formation, found wherever the British army is called upon to soldier, from the jungles of Central America to the mean streets of Belfast." Many color photographs.

Hardcover. Museums of San Francisco/ DelMonico Books, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. In 1974 the photojournalist and art photographer Steve Kahn began a series of provocative black-and-white Polaroids of porn-industry models posing in seedy Hollywood apartments. What began as an exploration of staged photography and portraiture evolved over the next three years into "The Hollywood Suites," a multi-faceted conceptual project in which Kahn turned his lens away from the models to deconstruct their seemingly mundane and monotonous surroundings. Endlessly fascinating, Kahn's series touches on myriad themes including bondage, containment, isolation, and the poetics of absence. This volume includes more than 100 works arranged in chronological groupings based on the original Polaroid film sessions and features essays that offer a scholarly assessment of a groundbreaking work. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Steve Kahn: The Hollywood Suites" at the de Young museum, San Francisco, from September 9, 2018 to March 31, 2019.

Hardcover. Museums of San Francisco/ DelMonico Books, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. In 1974 the photojournalist and art photographer Steve Kahn began a series of provocative black-and-white Polaroids of porn-industry models posing in seedy Hollywood apartments. What began as an exploration of staged photography and portraiture evolved over the next three years into "The Hollywood Suites," a multi-faceted conceptual project in which Kahn turned his lens away from the models to deconstruct their seemingly mundane and monotonous surroundings. Endlessly fascinating, Kahn's series touches on myriad themes including bondage, containment, isolation, and the poetics of absence. This volume includes more than 100 works arranged in chronological groupings based on the original Polaroid film sessions and features essays that offer a scholarly assessment of a groundbreaking work. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Steve Kahn: The Hollywood Suites" at the de Young museum, San Francisco, from September 9, 2018 to March 31, 2019.