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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Robert Frank: A Complete Collection of Books and Limited Editions [9 Volumes SIGNED (3 also INSCRIBED)] and a Sweeping Archive of Printed Ephemera from Seven Decades. The collection includes a complete set of 15 editions of The Americans from 1958 to 2008, as well as nine rare signed and/or inscribed titles. Institutions may request an illustrated catalogue of the collection, which also includes an extraordinary archive of printed ephemera, summarized below. Ephemera Archive: A sweeping archive of approximately 300 related books, periodicals, catalogues and films, and thousands of clippings, correspondence and other ephemera rounds out the book collection and demonstrates Frank's widespread impact on photography and visual culture over the past seven decades. Additionally, this archive supplies a comprehensive overview of Frank's palpable impact on some of the most significant aspects of Western postwar society and culture, from the Beats to the Civil Rights Movement; from the quintessential, gritty street photograph to the iconic rock and roll film. Arguably the most important and influential artist in the history of the medium, these materials make evident how Frank's intensely personal, but universal human perspective radically reshaped photographic vision. This group of materials essentially falls into four groups, as detailed below, including pictures of some of the highlights. [The total volume of archival materials is approximately 7.75 linear feet.] PROVENANCE: please inquire. BOOKS AND LIMITED EDITIONS: 1. FRANK, Robert, BOSQUET, Alain, CROVI, Raffaele. Les Américains [The Americans]: Photographies de Robert Frank (First Edition, Delpire, 1958) [SIGNED]. Paris: Delpire, 1958. First edition (French). Signed and dated 'June 1992' in black ink on the half-title page by Frank. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards (illustrated by Saul Steinberg), no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Robert Frank. Text (in French) by Alain Bosquet, Raffaele Crovi and numerous other contributors. Edited by Robert Delpire. 174 pp. with 83 black and white gravure plates. 7 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches. [SIGNATURE PROVENANCE: from the personal library of Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Professor of Classical Studies and the Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek, at Wesleyan University.] CONDITION: Near Fine (light toning at the spine and upper edge of rear board, 1-1/2-inch light surface scratch to the lamination on the top edge of the front cover, 1-inch bump to the front lower cover not affecting the text block, several other minor indentations at the extremities and spine, slight foxing to the upper text block; previous owner's name written in blue ink in middle of front paste-down endpaper; "Hacker Art Books 57 West 54th NYC" written in black ink at top verso rear free endpaper; a very rare Near Fine signed copy). (#112380). Price: $9,000.00 2. FRANK, Robert, KEROUAC, Jack. Robert Frank: The Americans (First American Edition, Grove Press, 1959) [SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY]. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959. First American edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed in black ink on the half-title page by Frank ("For Andrew / First visit to 7 Bleecker St. / June 5th 1992 / Robert Frank") [Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Professor of Classical Studies and the Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek, at Wesleyan University)]. Hardcover. Black cloth-covered boards with title stamped in gold on the spine; with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Robert Frank. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Unpaginated (180 pp.), with 83 black-and-white gravure plates. 7-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches. CONDITION: Fine in Very Good dust jacket (a complete dust jacket with several closed tears repaired by tape showing aging at the crown and heel of the spine, front lower right corner and rear bottom edge). (#112381). Price: $15,000.00 3. FRANK, Robert, BOSQUET, Alain, CROVI, Raffaele. Gli Americani [The Americans]: Fotografie di Robert Frank (First Italian Ed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second American edition, revised and enlarged. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Oblong octavo. A trifle rubbed, about fine copy in price-clipped near fine dust jacket with a small chip at the crown. The second printing, among other things, added film strip still images for the films that Frank had made since the initial publication of the first edition. This copy Inscribed by Frank on the second half-title, utilizing the printed title, to notable photographers: "For Danny Lyons[sic] and for Richard R. Sweeney without whom this book would still be without owner A triple hurrah for American know how A salute to the general population of Texas Fond memories of Chicken Shack & Sea Fare to the Sunsets over Diagnostics remember 4th of July in TOMPKINS SQUARE to all Wardens of all Penal Colonies let them out of the shitter for Billy G. McCune and all [The Americans] guilty & innocent. Your boss Robert between 8th Street & Huntsville 1969." A truly fascinating inscription. Lyon and Frank were close friends. When Lyon moved from Texas to New York City he was a guest in Frank's apartment for six months. In 1969 they bought an expensive motion picture camera together. On the day of the moon landing they were shooting a film in Tompkins Park where Lyon bought the stolen Mastercharge of Richard R. Sweeney from a street urchin for $2 (negotiated down from $5), using it to buy film for both of them. Sid Rapport, the man who reprinted this issue of *The Americans,* designed and printed stationary for Frank and Lyon's concern: "Sweeney Films: Robert Frank and Danny Lyon. If It Moves We Film It." Soon after, they traveled to Texas together, where Lyon used their jointly owned camera to film Texas prisons and prisoners. A superior association copy of a desirable title.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Robert Frank and inscribed to "MacDowell Aug .18.02 For Mr William Banks under trees in a wonderful country Robert Frank". William Banks was the longest standing board member of the MacDowell Colony, which is the oldest art colony in the United States. Bound in publisher's original black cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Near Fine with light fading to cloth at edges, cloth worn through in small patches at bottom corners and a tiny spot to the bottom textblock edge, pages lightly tanned and lightly bumped at the bottom corners. In a Very Good restored dust jacket with some mended tears and infill. An outsider's nuanced view of American society, as seen through the Swiss-born photographer's lens.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 2000-2017. Nazraeli Press One Picture Book Series 1 to 100 (Total of 115 Books, Complete with Five Boxed Sets of four books each), Limited Edition(s) (each title with Print(s)). All of the One Picture Books in this complete set are in the First Edition, first and only printing. Each title is a limited edition of 500 copies hand-numbered and signed by the artist, with one original print tipped in the front or final page (except for #5, which has two Type-C prints mounted recto/verso on a hinged board). All of the titles in the set share the following format: Hardcover. Paper-covered boards (color and printing vary), no dust jacket as issued. 16 pp., with four-color and/or duotone plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. The complete set of 100 titles of this critically acclaimed series is extremely scarce, as the majority of the tittles are out of print and many are very scarce. A complete set including the rare boxed sets is very rare, as few boxed sets were made near the beginning of the Series. New (all books). All books and tipped-in prints are in flawless condition. 1) Terri Weifenbach, Instruction Manual No. 1: 21. May 1995; 2) John Gossage, Four American Photographs (4-Volume Set); 3) Terri Weifenbach, Instruction Manual No. 2: 21. April 1996 ("Bee"); 4) Terri Weifenbach, Instruction Manual No. 3: 25. June 1996 ("Blue Sky"); 5) Chan Chao, Letter from P.L.F. (Burma); 6) Todd Hido, Taft Street (4-Volume Set); 7) Ron van Dongen, Rosa Ferreus; 8) Susan Hornbeak-Ortiz, True; 9) Bill Jay, Bill Brandt; 10) Julien Coulommier, Soleil Cou Coupe; 11) Yuki Onodera, How to Make a Pearl; 12) Robert Adams, Alders; 13) Risaku Suzuki, Fire: February 6; 14) Robert Heinecken, studiesnineteenseventy; 15) Don Kirby, You're not really initiated until your eyes are redder than your lips; 16) Masao Yamamoto, The Path of Green Leaves; 17) Martin Parr, 7 Communist Still Lifes; 18) Andreas Müller-Pohle, Yumiko; 19) Sara Gilbert, Cues; 20) Toshio Shibata, Type 55; 21) Michael Kenna, Boarding School; 22) Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gómez, Four Sections of Time (4-Volume Set); 23) Weng Fen, Sitting on the Wall & Bird's Eye View; 24) Judy Gelles, Beach Boxes (4-Volume Set); 25) Naoya Hatakeyama, River Series / Shadow; 26) Boomoon Kwon, On the Clouds; 27) Camille Solyagua, Twenty-One Red-Crowned Cranes and One Black Crow; 28) Martin Parr, 7 Colonial Still Lifes; 29) Jim Stone, Why My Photographs are Good; 30) Stu Levy, Cranial Czar, Eh?; 31) Ken Ohara, One; 32) Steve Pyke: Post Partum; 33) Steve Pyke: Post Mortem; 34) Joseph Mills, e mars, Lilly's Waist; 35) Yuichi Hibi, Robert Frank, A Weekend with Mr. Frank; 36) Twinkako Ishiwata-Pichler, Desperately Seeking Twinka; 37) Ron van Dongen, A. angustatum; 38) Junko Takahashi, The Receptionist; 39) Daido Moriyama, Kuchibiru; 40) Emi Anrakuji, e hagaki (4 Volumes Included with 4 Unique Prints); 41) Michael Kenna, Montecito Garden; 42) Tanya Marcuse, Fruitless; 43) Stephen Shore, Merced River; 44) Jesse Diamond, Drum Circle; 45) Nancy Honey, Poodle Parlour; 46) Lars Schwander, Manuel Álvarez Bravo: One Day in April 1999; 47) John Divola, Seven Dogs; 48) Masao Yamamoto, Fujisan; 49) David Maisel, Cascade Effect; 50) Rob McDonald, Birth Place; 51) Netta Madahar, Sustenance; 52) David Tseklenis, Julius Shulman Does His Own House; 53) Joe Deal, Indian Bingo; 54) Raymond Meeks, Doctrine of an Axe; 55) Mayumi Lake, Ex Post Facto; 56) Michael Kenna, Heiden Hotel; 57) Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gómez, En Vista; 58) Edward Bateman, Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny; 59) Todd Hido: Cracked Trees; 60) Todd Hido: Crooked Cracked Tree in Fog; 61) David H. Gibson: Water Cascade: A Sequence; 62) Eiji Ina: Wacht; 63) Alec Soth: One Mississippi; 64) Mark Steinmetz: Italia: Cronaca di un Amore; 65) Pine & Woods: For Constance; 66) Hiroshi Watanabe: Love Point; 67) Terri Weifenbach: Some Insects; 68) Sally Mann, Rob McDonald and Even Rogers: Cy's Rollei; 69) Corey Arnold: Fishing with My Dad 1978-1995; 70) Joni Harbeck & Neil Krug: Indian Girl; 71) Steve Fitch: Motel Signs; 72) Liz Steketee: Dystopia; 73) Stephen Shore: Pet Pictures; 74) Martin Parr: Seven Cups of Tea; 75) Stu Levy: Honk If You Love Stieglitz: Jerry Uelsmann, A Grid-Portrait; 76) Leon Borensztein: Portraits ii; 77) Carol E. Richards: Birds Have Wings; 78) Melanie Pullen: Juliette; 79) Martin Usborne: Fox About Town; 80) Risaku Suzuki: Snow Letter; 81) John Divola: Supermarket; 82) Richard Misrach: iPhone Studies: Reverse Scrubs; 83) Dan Solomon: Witness; 84) Jim Goldberg: Polaroids from Haiti; 85) Roger Ballen: The Audience; 86) Doug Rickard: All Eyes on Me; 87) Aaron Ruell: Ten Years Too Late; 88) Alec Soth: Bogotá Funsaver; 89) Steve Kahn: Corridors; 90) Daido Moriyama: Self; 91) Katy Grannan: Lion King; 92) Michael Kenna: Kussharo Lake Tree; 93) Todd Hido: Seasons Road; 94) Elaine Ling: Habitación Cubana; 95) Ed Templeton: Memories of the Salt.; 96) Ave Pildas: Bijou; 97) Javier Carrillo: Las Trocas Angelinas, con sus Mercancía; 98) Gregori Maiofis: Taste for Russian Ballet ; 99) Tomoko Sawada: Face; 100) Gloria Katz: Souvenirs. ISBN(s): 3923922949, 3923922930, 1590050045, 1590050053, 1590050169, 1590050177, 1590050142, 1590050096, 159005024X, 1590050037, 1590050274, 1590050320, 1590050525, 1590050312, 1590050479, 1590050487, 1590050517, 1590050576, 1590050835, 1590050754, 159005072X, 1590050770, 1590050991, 1590051025, 1590051076, 1590051084, 1590051181, 1590051335, 1590051297, 1590051289, 1590051467, 1590051491, 1590051505, 1590051580, 1590051637, 1590051750, 1590051610, 1590051831, 159005184X, 1590051793, 1590051947, 1590052020, 9781590052037, 9781590052044, 9781590052075, 9781590052211, 9781590052228, 9781590052235, 9781590052341, 9781590052303, 9781590052273, 9781590052334, 9781590052365, 9781590052525, 9781590052549, 9781590052556, 9781590052624, 9781590052655, 9781590052914, 9781590052921, 9781590052846, 9781590052853, 9781590052815, 9781590052860, 9781590053010, 9781590053027, 9781590053034, 9781590053041, 9781590053232, 978.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Price is net to all; promotional discounts do not apply. PRICING & AVAILABILITY: Please inquire for availability and current price. SHIPPING NOTE: due to size and weight, the amount added for shipping and insurance will be the actual cost for all orders (depending on shipping method requested and destination). 1972-2009. All first editions, first printings. As New in publisher's packaging. This complete set of Yugensha titles includes: 1) Robert Frank: The Americans, 81 Contact Sheets, Limited Edition (2009). Limited edition of 300 numbered copies (this being from the version of 220 copies enclosed in a paulownia wood box). 81 unbound four-color plates (size 20-1/4 x 16-5/8 inches) wrapped with a 3-1/8-inch gray paper obi/band and handmade Japanese paper, contained in a silver paper-covered trifold folio debossed with the artist's initials and title. The plates and folio enclosure are further contained in a padded, custom paulownia wood box with the artist's facsimile signature debossed on the lid. Box dimensions are 24-1/2 x 20-3/4 x 1-3/4 inches. Includes a 24-page laid-in pamphlet with notes on the photographs (in Japanese and English) by Robert Frank (interviewed by Shino Kuraishi). The paulownia wood box and pamphlet are housed in a sturdy black cardboard box with edition number label on edge. 2) Robert Frank: The Lines of My Hand, Limited Edition (cover plate version "New York City, 1948"), (1972). Limited edition of 1000 unnumbered copies. Hardcover. Fine black buckram covered boards with title stamped in white on front cover and spine, housed in a matching cloth slipcase with a black and white plate (7-1/4 x 11 inches) tipped in the front cover and title stamped in white on side (matching the book's spine), no dust jacket as issued. The cover plate photograph is "New York City, 1948" (500 copies were produced with this photograph on the slipcase, the other photograph used being "Platte River, Tennessee"). Photographs and text (in English) by Robert Frank. Drawing by June Leaf. Includes an editorial foreword, brief biography and letter to Robert Frank from Gotthard Schuh (reproduced from "Camera," August 1957). Includes the 32-page booklet (13-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches) laid in, with text translation (in Japanese) and illustrations of the book's plates. The booklet is printed with white text on matte black paper and staple-bound. Designed by Kohei Sugiura and Atsushi Co., Ltd. 124 pp., including two 2-page gatefolds (with Frank's contact sheets reproduced on the inside pages), with numerous black and white plates, beautifully printed on fine art paper by Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. 13-3/4 x 10-1/4 inches (slipcase is 14-1/8 x 10-1/2 inches). Out of print. Extremely scarce. [Cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century. (New York: PPP Editions in association with Roth Horowitz LLC, 2001), in Andrew Roth, ed., The Open Book. (Göteborg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center in association with Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, Germany, 2004), and in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume I. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2004).] 3) Robert Frank: Flower Is, Limited Edition. (Cover plate variant "Metro Stalingrade"), (1987). Limited edition of 500 unnumbered copies. Hardcover. Fine light gray silk cloth with title and graphic design of a flower stamped in dark gray on front cover and title stamped on spine, housed in a matching cloth slipcase with a black and white plate (5-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches, "Metro Stalingrade" variant, also reproduced in plate number 5 of the book) tipped in the front cover and title stamped in dark gray on side (matching the book's spine), no dust jacket as issued. Photographs and text (in English and Japanese) by Robert Frank. Includes a list of plates (in Japanese). Designed by Kohei Sugiura and Atsushi Co., Ltd. 112 pp. with 81 black and white plates, beautifully printed on fine art paper by Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. 13-3/4 x 10-1/8 inches (slipcase is 14-1/8 x 10-3/8 inches). Out of print. Extremely scarce. [Cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume I. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2004).] 4) Masao Mochizuki: Television 1975-1976, Limited Edition [SIGNED], (2001). Limited edition of 1800 copies. Signed by Mochizuki in silver ink verso the black front free endpaper, and in kanji in black ink on the colophon page. Hardcover. Fine black cloth-covered boards, with title blind-stamped on front cover and spine, no dust jacket as issued, and enclosed in a white cardboard slipcase with title printed in black on pasted-on beige label. Photographs and text (in English and Japanese) by Masao Mochizuki. Essay (in English and Japanese) by Eikoh Ikui. Includes list of plates. Designed by Daisuke Suzuki. Unpaginated (80 pp.), with 82 black and white plates, most full-bleed (and a thumbnail black and white illustration of Mochizuki's modified Mamiya Flex C-2 camera on the colophon page), printed with Hyecoo Highconc Black L ink on White A Post paper. 15-1/4 x 14-3/4 inches. 5) Jun Morinaga: Kawa, Ruiei (River, Its Shadow of Shadows), 1960-1963, (1978). Hardcover. Fine gray silk cloth-covered boards with white title stamped in English on cover, and in Japanese on spine, with a photographically illustrated paper-covered slipcase. Photographs and text (in Japanese and English) by Jun Morinaga. Essays (in Japanese and English) by W. Eugene Smith (for whom Morinaga worked as an assistant), Miyabi Ichikawa, Koichi Tanigawa, and Seigow Matsuoka. Includes a chronology (in Japanese and English). Designed by Kohei Sugiura and Hitoshi Suzuki. 166 pp. (including numerous gatefolds), with 89 black and white plates, printed by Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., Kyoto. 12-3/8 x 10-7/8 inches. [Cited in Ryuichi Kaneko and Ivan Vartanian, Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s. (New York: Aperture, 2009).]. Signed by Author.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing of Robert Frank's iconic photobook, preceding the American first edition published by Grove Press by nearly a year. Signed by Robert Frank on the title page. Text in French. Bound in publisher's original laminated boards with illustration by Saul Steinberg. Near Fine, with light wear and light soiling to binding, short superficial crack to top of front spine joint, several preliminary leaves lightly creased, hinge slightly exposed at half-title page and page block a little sunken. A lovely copy of Frank's iconic and influential work.

Oblong 4to, original cloth, dust jacket. A few pieces of non-staining tape inside the dust jacket, reinforcing a few tiny closed tears, otherwise a remarkably fine copy. A few pieces of non-staining tape inside the dust jacket, reinforcing a few tiny closed tears, otherwise a remarkably fine copy First American edition, preceded by the French edition, which did not include the Kerouac introduction or Frank's textual comments. "The Delpire first edition Les Américains (1958) is more like a sociological study, wherein Frank's photographs appear as illustrations of the probing texts printed on facing pages, gathered by Alain Bosquet from dozens of illustrious writers. . . . When Barney Rosset at Grove Press agreed to publish The Americans in the U.S., Frank pulled out all the text, leaving only blank pages with captions facing the images, mirroring the layout of Evans's American Photographs. . . . The French edition is sociology, the American edition is poetry." - David Levi Strauss, as quoted by Roth, The Book of 101 Books, p. 150.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A spectacular copy. Signed by Robert Frank in a very steady hand. True First edition of the photographer's masterpiece with 83 black-and-white full-page photogravures. First published on 15 May 1958 by Robert Delpire in Paris as part of its Encyclopédie Essentielle series. Writings by Simone de Beauvoir, Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, Henry Miller and John Steinbeck were included, that Delpire positioned opposite Frank's photographs.[Oblong 8vo, original laminated boards. Cover design by Saul Steinberg. Precedes the First American edition by Grove Press in 1959. A sharp copy with the slightest bit of rubbing. Signed by Author(s).

First US edition, first printing, entailing the first appearance of Jack Kerouac's poetic introduction constituting his own ode to America. Frank's Les Americains was originally published in France on 15 May 1958 by Robert Delpire as part of its Encyclopédie Essentielle series. In the French edition Frank's photographs were accompanied by text by authors such as Simone de Beauvoir, Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, Henry Miller and John Steinbeck. In this edition the photos are not accompanied by that text; Kerouac's controversial introduction instead was added which further cemented Frank's position as bête noire of US photography. Roth 101, p. 150; Parr & Badger I, p. 247. Oblong quarto. Original black cloth, lettering to spine in gilt. With the photographic dust jacket, collage on the back panel designed by Alfred Leslie. Presented in a champagne cloth clamshell box with black sides. 83 full page black and white photogravures by Frank throughout. Light wear to base of spine, unclipped dust jacket minimally rubbed with three small pieces of tape strengthening folds to verso, a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 2000-2017. Nazraeli Press One Picture Book Series 1 to 100, Limited Edition(s) (each title with Print(s)). All of the One Picture Books in this complete set are in the First Edition, first and only printing. Each title is a limited edition of 500 copies hand-numbered and signed by the artist, with one original print tipped in the front or final page (except for #5, which has two Type-C prints mounted recto/verso on a hinged board). All of the titles in the set share the following format: Hardcover. Paper-covered boards (color and printing vary), no dust jacket as issued. 16 pp., with four-color and/or duotone plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. The complete set of 100 titles of this critically acclaimed series is extremely scarce, as the majority of the tittles are out of print and many are very scarce. New (all books). All books and tipped-in prints are in flawless condition. 1) Terri Weifenbach, Instruction Manual No. 1: 21. May 1995; 2) John Gossage, Four American Photographs; 3) Terri Weifenbach, Instruction Manual No. 2: 21. April 1996 ("Bee"); 4) Terri Weifenbach, Instruction Manual No. 3: 25. June 1996 ("Blue Sky"); 5) Chan Chao, Letter from P.L.F. (Burma); 6) Todd Hido, Taft Street; 7) Ron van Dongen, Rosa Ferreus; 8) Susan Hornbeak-Ortiz, True; 9) Bill Jay, Bill Brandt; 10) Julien Coulommier, Soleil Cou Coupe; 11) Yuki Onodera, How to Make a Pearl; 12) Robert Adams, Alders; 13) Risaku Suzuki, Fire: February 6; 14) Robert Heinecken, studiesnineteenseventy; 15) Don Kirby, You're not really initiated until your eyes are redder than your lips; 16) Masao Yamamoto, The Path of Green Leaves; 17) Martin Parr, 7 Communist Still Lifes; 18) Andreas Müller-Pohle, Yumiko; 19) Sara Gilbert, Cues; 20) Toshio Shibata, Type 55; 21) Michael Kenna, Boarding School; 22) Eduardo del Valle, Mirta Gómez, Four Sections of Time; 23) Weng Fen, Sitting on the Wall & Bird's Eye View; 24) Judy Gelles, Beach Boxes; 25) Naoya Hatakeyama, River Series / Shadow; 26) Boomoon Kwon, On the Clouds; 27) Camille Solyagua, Twenty-One Red-Crowned Cranes and One Black Crow; 28) Martin Parr, 7 Colonial Still Lifes; 29) Jim Stone, Why My Photographs are Good; 30) Stu Levy, Cranial Czar, Eh?; 31) Ken Ohara, One; 32) Steve Pyke: Post Partum; 33) Steve Pyke: Post Mortem; 34) Joseph Mills, e mars, Lilly's Waist; 35) Yuichi Hibi, Robert Frank, A Weekend with Mr. Frank; 36) Twinkako Ishiwata-Pichler, Desperately Seeking Twinka; 37) Ron van Dongen, A. angustatum; 38) Junko Takahashi, The Receptionist; 39) Daido Moriyama, Kuchibiru; 40) Emi Anrakuji, e hagaki; 41) Michael Kenna, Montecito Garden; 42) Tanya Marcuse, Fruitless; 43) Stephen Shore, Merced River; 44) Jesse Diamond, Drum Circle; 45) Nancy Honey, Poodle Parlour; 46) Lars Schwander, Manuel Álvarez Bravo: One Day in April 1999; 47) John Divola, Seven Dogs; 48) Masao Yamamoto, Fujisan; 49) David Maisel, Cascade Effect; 50) Rob McDonald, Birth Place; 51) Netta Madahar, Sustenance; 52) David Tseklenis, Julius Shulman Does His Own House; 53) Joe Deal, Indian Bingo; 54) Raymond Meeks, Doctrine of an Axe; 55) Mayumi Lake, Ex Post Facto; 56) Michael Kenna, Heiden Hotel; 57) Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gómez, En Vista; 58) Edward Bateman, Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny; 59) Todd Hido: Cracked Trees; 60) Todd Hido: Crooked Cracked Tree in Fog; 61) David H. Gibson: Water Cascade: A Sequence; 62) Eiji Ina: Wacht; 63) Alec Soth: One Mississippi; 64) Mark Steinmetz: Italia: Cronaca di un Amore; 65) Pine & Woods: For Constance; 66) Hiroshi Watanabe: Love Point; 67) Terri Weifenbach: Some Insects; 68) Sally Mann, Rob McDonald and Even Rogers: Cy's Rollei; 69) Corey Arnold: Fishing with My Dad 1978-1995; 70) Joni Harbeck & Neil Krug: Indian Girl; 71) Steve Fitch: Motel Signs; 72) Liz Steketee: Dystopia; 73) Stephen Shore: Pet Pictures; 74) Martin Parr: Seven Cups of Tea; 75) Stu Levy: Honk If You Love Stieglitz: Jerry Uelsmann, A Grid-Portrait; 76) Leon Borensztein: Portraits ii; 77) Carol E. Richards: Birds Have Wings; 78) Melanie Pullen: Juliette; 79) Martin Usborne: Fox About Town; 80) Risaku Suzuki: Snow Letter; 81) John Divola: Supermarket; 82) Richard Misrach: iPhone Studies: Reverse Scrubs; 83) Dan Solomon: Witness; 84) Jim Goldberg: Polaroids from Haiti; 85) Roger Ballen: The Audience; 86) Doug Rickard: All Eyes on Me; 87) Aaron Ruell: Ten Years Too Late; 88) Alec Soth: Bogotá Funsaver; 89) Steve Kahn: Corridors; 90) Daido Moriyama: Self; 91) Katy Grannan: Lion King; 92) Michael Kenna: Kussharo Lake Tree; 93) Todd Hido: Seasons Road; 94) Elaine Ling: Habitación Cubana; 95) Ed Templeton: Memories of the Salt.; 96) Ave Pildas: Bijou; 97) Javier Carrillo: Las Trocas Angelinas, con sus Mercancía; 98) Gregori Maiofis: Taste for Russian Ballet ; 99) Tomoko Sawada: Face; 100) Gloria Katz: Souvenirs. ISBN(s): 3923922949, 3923922930, 1590050045, 1590050053, 1590050169, 1590050177, 1590050142, 1590050096, 159005024X, 1590050037, 1590050274, 1590050320, 1590050525, 1590050312, 1590050479, 1590050487, 1590050517, 1590050576, 1590050835, 1590050754, 159005072X, 1590050770, 1590050991, 1590051025, 1590051076, 1590051084, 1590051181, 1590051335, 1590051297, 1590051289, 1590051467, 1590051491, 1590051505, 1590051580, 1590051637, 1590051750, 1590051610, 1590051831, 159005184X, 1590051793, 1590051947, 1590052020, 9781590052037, 9781590052044, 9781590052075, 9781590052211, 9781590052228, 9781590052235, 9781590052341, 9781590052303, 9781590052273, 9781590052334, 9781590052365, 9781590052525, 9781590052549, 9781590052556, 9781590052624, 9781590052655, 9781590052914, 9781590052921, 9781590052846, 9781590052853, 9781590052815, 9781590052860, 9781590053010, 9781590053027, 9781590053034, 9781590053041, 9781590053232, 9781590053249, 9781590053256, 9781590053263, 9781590053560, 9781590053577, 9781590053584, 9781590053591, 9781590053775, 9781590053782, 9781590053799, 9781590053805, 9781590053911, 9781590053935, 9781590053942, 9781590053928, 9781590054147, 9781590054154, 9781590054161, 9781590054178, 9781590054253.

First edition of the photographer's masterpiece with 83 black-and-white full-page photogravures. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Jack Kerouac wrote in his preface of The Americans, "Robert Frank he sucked a sad poem out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message. You got eyes." Frank s Americans eventually achieved legendary status as "the most renowned photobook of all It struck a chord with a whole generation of American photographers Many memorable photobooks have been derived from this mass of material. None has been more memorable, more influential, nor more fully realized than Frank s masterpiece" (Parr & Badger I:247). "From the more than 20,000 images that resulted, Frank eventually chose 83 of them and arranged them into four chapters With these photographs, he later wrote, I have attempted to show a cross-section of the American population. My effort was to express it simply and without confusion. The view is personal Such a simple intention for a book that would so alter the course of modern photography" (Roth, 150).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st American edition. vi, 83 unnumbered black and white full-page photos with brief captions on otherwise blank facing pages. Original black cloth. Oblong (21 x 19 cm.). Some of the gilt is gone from lettering on the backstrip which is also a little faded at both ends. A few light marks on front and back cover. No jacket. INSCRIBED in black ink on front free endpaper by Frank ("To Ray of New Haven 1997 Nov 18. This is the PRESENT . gone Robert Frank"). Classic photographic work. Six page Introduction by Jack Kerouac.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photos by Robert Frank, oblong 8.5 x 7.5", black cloth, unpaginated, covers with a little shelf wear, old drip mark on foredge of textblock, former owner's bold ink inscription on front fly else a good copy in a rubbed, edge-worn/creased/torn, toned dustjacket with ink price below original price ($7.50) and some stray cello tape on flaps; makes you want to throttle the former owner. FIRST GROVE PRESS (AMERICAN) EDITION.

First edition of the photographer's masterpiece with 83 black-and-white full-page photogravures. Oblong quarto, original boards illustrated by Saul Steinberg. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. ack Kerouac wrote in his preface of The Americans, "Robert Frank he sucked a sad poem out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message. You got eyes." Frank s Américains eventually achieved legendary status as "the most renowned photobook of all It struck a chord with a whole generation of American photographers Many memorable photobooks have been derived from this mass of material. None has been more memorable, more influential, nor more fully realized than Frank s masterpiece" (Parr & Badger I:247). "From the more than 20,000 images that resulted, Frank eventually chose 83 of them and arranged them into four chapters With these photographs, he later wrote, I have attempted to show a cross-section of the American population. My effort was to express it simply and without confusion. The view is personal Such a simple intention for a book that would so alter the course of modern photography" (Roth, 150).

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. SHIPPING NOTE: due to size and weight, additional shipping fees apply (calculated at checkout). First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies (from the version of 220 copies enclosed in a paulownia wood box, this being #60), numbered in ink on the silver folio beneath the contact sheet reproductions. 81 unbound four-color plates (size 20-1/4 x 16-5/8 inches) wrapped with a 3-1/8-inch gray paper obi/band and handmade Japanese paper, contained in a silver paper-covered trifold folio debossed with the artist's initials and title. The plates and folio enclosure are further contained in a padded, custom paulownia wood box with the artist's facsimile signature debossed on the lid. Box dimensions are 24-1/2 x 20-3/4 x 1-3/4 inches. Includes a 24-page laid-in pamphlet with notes on the photographs (in Japanese and English) by Robert Frank (interviewed by Shino Kuraishi). The paulownia wood box and pamphlet are housed in a sturdy black cardboard box with edition number label on edge. New in publisher's packaging. A Mint set. Now from the prestigious Yugensha publishing house, the contact sheets for The Americans is available to collectors in a stunning display worthy of its subject's importance. In 81 large sheets (two images from the book appear on two of the sheets--thus 81 sheets rather than 83), this important meta-document makes visible Frank's picture-making process, as well as illuminating the crucial editing choices that made The Americans such a profoundly seminal book. From the National Gallery of Art, Washington: "First published in France in 1958, and in the United States in 1959, Robert Frank's book The Americans changed the course of 20th-century photography and helped the nation see itself more clearly. In 83 photographs, Frank looked beneath the surface of American life to reveal a people often plagued by racism, ill-served by their politicians, and rendered numb by a rapidly expanding consumer culture. Yet he also found new areas of beauty in overlooked corners of the country and in the process helped redefine the icons of America. In his photographs of diners, cars, and even the road itself, Frank pioneered a seemingly intuitive, immediate, off-kilter style that was as innovative as his subjects. Also groundbreaking was the way he tightly sequenced his photographs in The Americans, linking them thematically, conceptually, formally, and linguistically to present a haunting picture of mid-century America. More an ode or a poem than a literal document, The Americans is as powerful and provocative today as it was 50 years ago.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. Revised and Enlarged second edition. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Original black cloth, slight spine lean; rubbed along bottom edges. Dust jacket nice and bright. Inscribed and Signed by Robert Frank in 1983.

Condition: All elements fine. Deluxe Edition. Loose plates in portfolio and box. Number 34 of 300 numbered copies. Sumptuous publication by Kazuhiko Motomura, compiling 81 contact sheets Robert Frank used in production of The Americans. Plates measure 20 1/4 x 16- 5/8 inches and are wrapped in custom Japanese paper and laid into a silver folder with colophon information printed on the inside and Frank's name debossed on the outside. Housed in a special box made from Paulowina wood and enclosed in a black cardboard box with the edition label on the side. 24 page pamphlet laid in. Complete in publisher's original shipping carton. The last of three collaborations between Motomura and Frank.

Third edition. Oversize oblong format. Signed and inscriberd by the author / photographer Robert Frank to Harold Hayes, editor in chief of Esquire magazine from 1961 to 1973 having been handpicked by the magazineÕs founder, Arnold Gingrich, as his successor. Inscribed: ÒFor Harold and the New Life in California. Robert, July 23, 1984.Ó During HayesÕs editorship, the magazine kept pace with the tumultuous sixties with landmark articles, fiction, and essays by the likes of Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Gay Talese, Garry Wills, Michael Herr, William Burroughs, Jean Genet, Terry Southern, etc., and was a major influence on a generation of writers. In 1981, Hayes took over as editorial vice president of CBS magazines. He moved west in 1984 to become editor of California magazine, a position he held through 1987. Additionally, in 1984, Robert Frank was commissioned by Harold Hayes, editor of California magazine (a position he held through 1987) to photograph the Democratic National Convention held in San Francisco. Near fine copy with a hint of edge wear and very minor bumping to the corners in a near fine dust jacket with the barest indication of age. A collection of 83 black & white photographs of mostly rural America from the 1950Õs by renowned photographer Robert Frank. From the opening of the introduction by Jack Kerouac: ÒThat crazy feeling in America when the sun is hot on the streets and music comes out of the jukebox or from a nearby funeral, thatÕs what Robert Frank has captured in tremendous photographs taken as he traveled on the road around practically forty-eight states in an old used car (on Guggenheim Fellowship) and with the agility, mystery, genius, sadness and strange secrecy of a shadow photographed scenes that have never been seen before on film.Ó.

Hardcover. Condition: New. The Americains This 1993 edition from cornerhouse is a quality reprint of this iconic edition. Signed on the inside title page by Robert Frank, Books signed by Robert Frank are as rare as hens teeth, and seldom seen. With the aid of his major artistic influence, the photographer Walker Evans, Frank secured a grant from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1955 to travel across the United States and photograph its society at all strata. He took his family along with him for part of his series of road trips over the next two years, during which time he took 28,000 shots. Only 83 of those were finally selected by him for publication in The Americans. Frank's journey was not without incident. While driving through Arkansas, Frank was arbitrarily thrown in jail after being stopped by the police; elsewhere in the South, he was told by a sheriff that he had an hour to leave town. Shortly after returning to New York in 1957, Frank met Beat writer Jack Kerouac on the sidewalk outside a party and showed him the photographs from his travels. Kerouac immediately told Frank 'Sure I can write something about these pictures, and he contributed the introduction to the U.S. edition of The Americans. Frank also became lifelong friends with Allen Ginsberg, and was one of the main visual artists to document the Beat subculture, which felt an affinity with Frank's interest in documenting the tensions between the optimism of the 1950s and the realities of class and racial differences. The irony that Frank found in the gloss of American culture and wealth over this tension gave Frank's photographs a clear contrast to those of most contemporary American photojournalists, as did his use of unusual focus, low lighting and cropping that deviated from accepted photographic techniques. This divergence from contemporary photographic standards gave Frank difficulty at first in securing an American publisher. Les Americains was first published in 1958 by Robert Delpire in Paris, and finally in 1959 in the United States by Grove Press, where it initially received substantial criticism. Popular Photography, for one, derided his images as meaningless blur, grain, muddy exposures, drunken horizons and general sloppiness. Though sales were also poor at first, Kerouac's introduction helped it reach a larger audience because of the popularity of the Beat phenomenon. Over time and through its inspiration of later artists, The Americans became considered a seminal work in American photography and art history, and the work with which Frank is most clearly identified. In 1961, Frank received his first individual show, entitled Robert Frank: Photographer, at the Art Institute of Chicago. He also showed at MOMA in New York in 1962. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 83 black & white photos with brief captions on facing pages. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Some filmstrip images from some of his films were added at the end of this edition. Original oblong black cloth. dj. 19 cm. Jacket chipped and edge-worn along top of backstrip and rear panel. Some rubbing at ends of backstrip and along other extremities. SIGNED on front free endpaper by Frank ("Robert Frank. Nov. 19 - 97."). [Second American edition], Revised and enlarged under the supervision of Aperture, Inc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American Edition. unpaginated. 83 black and white photographs. Black Cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Toning to the pages, once corner bumped,.and a light dampstain on the bottom edge of a few of the first and last pages, not affecting the text or photos. and publisher's stamp (Grove Press Library) on the front and rear endpapers. Internally a clean, tight copy. The price-clipped pictorial jacket is significantly wrinkled on the covers and spine, with closed tears, and small chips on the front and rear extremities. in mylar sleeve In this volume of 83 deeply moving and unconventional photographs, "Robert Frank portrays the shops, funeral parlors, and Fourth of July jamborees, of picnics, newsstands, crap tables, cocktail parties, jam sessions, and the drive-in movies. Here is the face of America illuminated by an unusual talent" Size: Octavo.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing of Robert Frank's iconic photobook, preceding the American first edition published by Grove Press by nearly a year. Text in French. Bound in publisher's original laminated boards with illustration by Saul Steinberg. Near Fine, with slight lean to binding, light toning to spine with light wear at the spine ends and a small stain to the top edge of the page block. A very sharp and bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Presentation copy signed by Robert Frank on the half-title, inscribed to former owner "an old book on my 60th Birthday New York City Nov. 9 1984 good luck [signed] Robert Frank." 178, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in silver. Second Aperture edition. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with a little toning and rubbing, small scrape to front panel bottom corner, closed tear near head. A signed copy of the classic photography book.

American first edition (per publisher's requisite statement "First Grove Press Edition" upon copyright page). [4], i-vi, [2], [83 leaves of b/w plates], [1]. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 21.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed and soiled with some toning and foxing; front panel chipped at top right with unfortunate long jagged tear with associated creasing ascending from bottom right to center left; shallow chipping at spine ends with nicks and other much lesser tears at panel edges; front flap retains publisher's original printed price "$7.50" at top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Black cloth with vibrant gilt stamping to spine. Text block's top edge well foxed with much lighter presence to fore-edge. Some toning to endpapers; past owner's personal bookplate affixed to front pastedown; scattered spots of light soiling at margins of interior leaves. Slight sag to text block but binding is firm. A very good copy in only a good dust jacket. Aided by his mentor Walker Evans, Swiss-born American photographer Robert Frank secured a Guggenheim Fellowship for 1955and 1956 with the goal of documenting the dichotomies of American society. Travelling nationally, usually via long road trips sometimes with his family and sometimes without, Frank visited all regions and almost all states including Savannah, Miami Beach, St. Petersburg, New Orleans (a Crescent City streetcar being the locale of famous photo illustrating the dj's front panel), Houston, Los Angeles, Reno, Salt Lake City, Butte, Detroit, Chicago, etc. Initially unable to secure an American publisher, Frank convinced Paris publisher Robert Delpire to issue the book in 1958 under the title "Les Amà ricains." Grove Press quickly followed with this first American edition in 1959 and its success led to prominent solo exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1961 and at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1962. Regarded as one the most significant works in the history of photography, THE AMERICANS was republished in 1969 and 2008.

First edition of the photographer's masterpiece with 83 black-and-white full-page photogravures. Oblong quarto, original boards illustrated by Saul Steinberg. In near fine condition. Jack Kerouac wrote in his preface of The Americans, "Robert Frank, he sucked a sad poem out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message. You got eyes." Frank s Américains eventually achieved legendary status as "the most renowned photobook of all It struck a chord with a whole generation of American photographers. Many memorable photobooks have been derived from this mass of material. None has been more memorable, more influential, nor more fully realized than Frank s masterpiece" (Parr & Badger I:247). "From the more than 20,000 images that resulted, Frank eventually chose 83 of them and arranged them into four chapters With these photographs, he later wrote, I have attempted to show a cross-section of the American population. My effort was to express it simply and without confusion. The view is personal Such a simple intention for a book that would so alter the course of modern photography" (Roth, 150).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed, inscribed, and dated by Frank with original drawing. First edition. NF with slightly yellowed covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1958 Delpire first edition in glossy boards, no jacket. Backstrip tender with 1/2 inch missing at the head of the spine. Tight binding no marks. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959. First American edition, hardcover issue. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. It took Robert Frank two years to photograph the subjects in this book. Widely regarded as one of the most important photography books made, Frank's candid and often gritty images captured the complexities of American society in the 1950s, often offering a raw and unfiltered view of the country. His use of unconventional framing, focus, and composition helped redefine the medium of photography and influenced generations of photographers to come.

Condition: Wie neu. Scalo, Zurich. 2000. First english Scalo edition (was published simultanously in german language), first printing. Bodly signed by Robert Frank! Signatures by this artist are super scarce, especially for this title! New, mint, unread; only opened once for signature. For many experts the most important photobook ever published! Andrew Roth, Book of 101 Books, page 150/151. Martin Parr, The photobook, vol 1, page 247. Hasselblad Center, page 176/177. 802 books of the M.+M. Auer collection, page 375. Hardcover with photo-illustrated dustjacket. 246 x 220 mm. 181 pages. Black and white plates. Text in english. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy!***************Scalo, Zürich. 2000. Erste englische Scalo Ausgabe (erschienen parallel in deutscher Sprache). Wunderschön signiert von Robert Frank! Signaturen dieses Künstlers sind extrem selten, erst recht für diesen Titel! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur. Für viele Experten das wichtigste und einflussreichste Buch in der Geschichte der Fotografie! Andrew Roth, Book of 101 Books, Seite 150/151. Martin Parr, The photobook, vol 1, Seite 247. Hasselblad Center, Seite 176/177. 802 books of the M.+M. Auer collection, Seite 375. Hardcover in schwarzem Leinen mit foto-illustriertem Original-Schutzumschlag. 246 x 220 mm. 181 Seiten. Schwarz-weiss Fotos. Text in englischer Sprache. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Stück! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First American Edition. Black cloth cover with gilt spine; slight toning to endsheets; some of the blk of the phots rubbed; slight rubbing to the lettering on the spine ; DJ is no; in mylar sleeve; No marks or writing, clean; tight binding; Eighty three deeply moving and unconventional documentary photos of the 50's in NYC; First published in France in 1958 ; ; 0 pages Very Good- lettering on previous page clipped, minor edge wear tight binding;