Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Baltz, Lewis and Gus Blaisdell. Candlestick Point. Gallery Min/Aperture, Tokyo/New York, 1989.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Black and grey boards with black lettering; 108 unnumbered pages; chiefly illustrations (some color, some folded). Created on the occasion of an exhibition held at Gallery Min, Tokyo, May 13-July 2, 1989. Good (Ex-Library with sticker on lower spine and inside rear pastedown; boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/bumped; textblock edges are lightly scuffed/smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Lewis Baltz. Candlestick Point. Tokyo: Gallery Min [NY: Aperture], 1989.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated with photographs taken around the Candlestick Point area in San Francisco, California. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Gallery Min, Tokyo, May 13 to July 2, 1989. Oblong hardcover bound in black boards. 26.5 x 34.5 cm., [136] pages with eight gatefold plates, chiefly black-and-white duotone images, and 12 color plates. Housed in cardboard slipcase. Essay by Gus Blaisdell in English and Japanese.
Seller: Weather Rock Book Company, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Black faux leather-covered boards with matte gray tipped-in title plate on cover and printed in gray on spine, no dust jacket as issued; contained in a black cardboard slipcase with matte gray title plate on front and spine. Photographs by Lewis Baltz. Essay (in English and Japanese) by Gus Blaisdell. Designed by Hiroshi Osaka. Unpaginated (136 pp., including 8 two-page gatefolds), with 12 four-color and 72 duotone plates beautifully printed on heavy matte paper by Mitsumura Printing Company, Ltd., Japan. 10-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Lewis Baltz: Candlestick Point" at Gallery Min, Tokyo (May 12 -- July 2, 1989). Out of print. Scarce. Near Fine (minor shelf wear to boards, endemic to the title, else Fine) in Very Good slipcase (small bump to top; minor shelf wear and several handling indentations). A continuation of Baltz's "New Topographics" investigation of the industrial wasteland at San Francisco's Candlestick Point. In wide-angle and close-up views, Baltz lays bare what we'd rather not see, while at the same time luring the viewer with the perverse pleasures of his images, here echoed by the sensuous pleasure of the book itself.
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Lewis Baltz, Gus Blaisdell. Lewis Baltz: Candlestick Point. Gallery Min, Tokyo, 1989.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 108 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (some color, some folded). Publisher's binding sturdy, fresh, and attractive; contents as new. In a slipcase that shows virtually no wear. 1440 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Photography - Baltz, Lewis. Candlestick Point. Gallery Min, Tokyo and New York, 1989.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Early monograph by Baltz. No text. A fine hardbound copy in slipcase. Gorgeous condition. Signed by Author.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
BALTZ (Lewis).. Candlestick Point.. Tokyo, New York Gallery Min, Aperture 1989, 1989.
Price: US$198.43 + shipping
Description: gr. in-4 oblong, cartonnage de l'éditeur sous étui, 253 pp., nombreuses photographies en noir et en couleurs de Lewis Baltz. Edition originale et premier tirage. Textes anglais et japonais. Très bon état.
Seller: Librairie Vignes Online, Paris, France
Baltz, Lewis. Candlestick Point. Gallery Min, 1989.
Price: US$248.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Occasional marks to boards. Slight handling/shelfwear to slipcase.
Seller: Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Gallery Min in Tokyo. Essay by Gus Blaisdell in English and Japanese. A collection of color plates and duotone images. All images taken in and the Candlestick Point area in San Francisco, California. A clean near fine copy in a near fine cardboard slipcase with some very minor wear. No dust jacket as issued. A beautifully produced book.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Baltz, Lewis. Candlestick Point. Gallery Min / Distributed by Aperture, Tokyo / New York, 1989.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oblong black boards (26.5 x 34.5 cm.), with titles printed to inset on front panel. Housed in original cardboard slipcase, with title leaf. Contents: [136] pp. with 8 gatefold plates, featuring mostly black-and-white photography (12 in colour). Concludes with 2 pp. text from Gus Blaisdell (in English and Japanese translation). Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Gallery Min in Tokyo. Essay by Gus Blaisdell in English and Japanese. Illustrated with colour plates taken around the Candlestick Point area in San Francisco, California.
Seller: Rare Photo Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
BALTZ, Lewis. Candlestick Point. Gallery Min and Aperture, Tokyo and New York, 1989.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: 10 x 13 inches, oblong. Black-and-white and color images, some folding. Original black boards, printed paper label on front cover; original matching open-faced slipcase. First edition, signed "Cheers! Lewis Baltz" on the title-page. Published to coincide with the exhibition held 13 May to 2 July 1989. Text by Gus Blaisdell (in English and Japanese). Some light hazing to the boards, generally fine
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Baltz, Lewis. Candlestick Point May 13~july 2,1989. Gallery Min, New York And Tokyo, 1989.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black faux leather boards with tipped-in title plate on cover with printed gray title on spine. With black cardboard slipcase with matte gray title plate on front and spine. Book in very good condition with 1/4" white spot at base of spine. The matte black surface shows light fingerprints. Interior clean and tight. Signed by Baltz on first free endpaper. Slipcase fully intact but chipped along edges with light indentions and light pink smear on front. Unpaginated but has 136 pages with 8 gatefold photos; 72 duo-toned b&w and 12 color plates. Monograph issued in conjunction with Baltz' topographic documentation of the debris and construction on Candlestick Point, San Francisco, held at Gallery Min, Tokyo, May 13 - July 2, 1989. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 136 pp; Signed by Photographer
Seller: Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
Baltz, Lewis. Lewis Baltz: Candlestick Point, May 13-July 2, 1989. Gallery MIN, 1989.
Price: US$335.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A first edition of this photobook of Candlestick Point, in California, USA, on San Francisco Bay, by famous photographer and visual artist Lewis Baltz (1945-2014). The book comprises 84 black and white and colour photographic plates of a bleak public space near Candlestick Park. Made in Japan. In original slipcase, which has some wear and marks/dents to extremities. Original black boards have some light finger marks. Slight waving to pages. Minor foxing to endpapers, flyleaves, and very occasionally to margins. Otherwise contents in nice condition. Includes many folding plates. Comes in original cardboard slipcase. Text in English. Unpaginated. Due to size and weight of the item, extra shipping charges may be applied.
Seller: Kagerou Bunko (ABAJ, ILAB), Tokyo, Japan
Price: US$496.08 + shipping
Description: Published on the occasion of the exhibition ''Lewis Baltz: Candlestick Point'' at Gallery Min, Tokyo May 12 - July 2, 1989. Photographs by Lewis Baltz. Essay by Gus Blaisdell. Text in English and Japanese Rilegatura in simil-pelle nera con riquadro in cartoncino ocra sul piatto anteriore / Black faux leather boards with matt gray tipped-in title plate on front cover. No dust jacket as issued. 8vo (cm 26x36). pp. 136. . Molto buono (Very Good). . Prima edizione (First Edition). .
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Marini, ROMA, RM, Italy
Baltz, Lewis. Candlestick Point. Gallery Min/Aperture, Tokyo/New York [1989], 1989.
Price: US$508.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 10 1/4 x 13 inches, unnumbered pages, boards with cardboard slipcase, some wear to slipcase at edges, Afterword by Gus Blaisdell with text in English and Japanese. Book features both black and white and color work along with five folding multi-leaf panoramas. First Edition edition. Near fine.
Seller: Dawson's Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$544.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed in pencil on the first page by Baltz. Hardcover. Black faux leather-covered boards with matte gray tipped-in title plate on cover and printed in gray on spine, no dust jacket as issued; contained in a black cardboard slipcase with matte gray title plate on front and spine. Photographs by Lewis Baltz. Essay (in English and Japanese) by Gus Blaisdell. Designed by Hiroshi Osaka. Unpaginated (136 pp., including 8 two-page gatefolds), with 12 four-color and 72 duotone plates beautifully printed on heavy matte paper by Mitsumura Printing Company, Ltd., Japan. 10-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Lewis Baltz: Candlestick Point" at Gallery Min, Tokyo (May 12 -- July 2, 1989). Out of print. Scarce. Near Fine (bumps to the lower right corner of boards; crimping of page edges; minor shelf wear) in Near Fine slipcase (small bumps to top and bottom; minor shelf wear and 2 areas where surface of paper may have been removed by tape or stickers, revealing the matte black paper layer beneath). A continuation of Baltz's "New Topographics" investigation of the industrial wasteland at San Francisco's Candlestick Point. In wide-angle and close-up views, Baltz lays bare what we'd rather not see, while at the same time luring the viewer with the perverse pleasures of his images, here echoed by the sensuous pleasure of the book itself. Signed by Author.
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Baltz, Lewis. Candlestick Point. Gallery Min/Aperture, [Tokyo/New York, 1989.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: Oblong 4to, unpag.; boards. With text by Gus Blaisdell. Briefly inscribed and signed by Baltz on the dedication page. Lower corner slightly bumped; some smudges to boards, especially on rear panel, otherwise fine in the original cardboard slipcase with printed wraparound label.
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. Number 22 of only 45 copies. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Gallery Min in Tokyo. Essay by Gus Blaisdell in English and Japanese. A collection of color plates and duotone images. All images taken in and the Candlestick Point area in San Francisco, California. A near fine copy in a very near fine cardboard slipcase with some minor wear. No dust jacket as issued. Includes a tipped in page saying that this is part of a "collector's edition consists of forty-five signed and numbered copies from the artist's archives. Signed by Baltz.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$826.81 + shipping
Description: Published on the occasion of the exhibition ''Lewis Baltz: Candlestick Point'' at Gallery Min, Tokyo May 12 - July 2, 1989. Photographs by Lewis Baltz. Essay by Gus Blaisdell. Text in English and Japanese Rilegatura in simil-pelle nera con riquadro in cartoncino ocra sul piatto anteriore / Black faux leather boards with matt gray tipped-in title plate on front cover. No dust jacket as issued. 8vo (cm 26x36). pp. 136. Dedica e firma autografe dell'Autore datata 20/05/00 (Inscribed and signed by the Author to an Italian photographer, dated 20/05/00 ). Ottimo (Fine). . Prima edizione (First Edition). .
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Marini, ROMA, RM, Italy
Photography - Baltz, Lewis. Candlestick Point. Gallery Min, Tokyo and New York, 1989.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Early monograph by Baltz. No text. This copy INSCRIBED by Baltz. A near fine hardbound copy in slipcase which shows just a little wear. Signed by Author.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.