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Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: White Boards With Blind Stamped Lettering On Spine And Front Cover. Tissue Guarded Lithograph At Front Book Is Near Fine, No Wear But Tiny Surface Chip At Bottom Of Spine Next To A 1/4" Closed Tear, And Thin Strip Of Browning To Op And Bottom Edges Of Front And Rear Panels.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Armitage, Merle. The Lithographs of Richard Day. E. Weyhe, New York, 1932.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: White blind stamped white paper boards, b&w photo portrait (by Edward Weston), plus 12 plates. Introduction by Carl Zigrosser. One of 500 copies of this book, frontis is an original signed lithograph. Artist frontispiece photo taken by Edward Weston. VG (from old store stock storage. boards are tanned and smudged/edgeworn; pages are bright & sharp & lightly handled; inner hinge and textblock is cracked.) Signed lithograph by Richard Day, Number 152/500 copies.
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Armitage, Merle. The Lithographs of Richard Day. E. Weyhe, New York, 1932.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: White blind stamped white paper boards, b&w photo portrait (by Edward Weston), plus 12 plates, black slipcase. Introduction by Carl Zigrosser. One of 500 copies of this book, frontis is an original signed lithograph. Artist frontispiece photo taken by Edward Weston. VG (from old store stock storage. boards may be tanned and smudged/edgeworn; books are bright & sharp & lightly handled, but may have instances of bumping, rubbing & tanning; slipcase may vary in condition)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 9 1/8 X 12 1/4 Inches. #108 of 500 copies featuring the hand-signed frontis illustration by Day. Photograph of Day by Edward Weston. All 12 full-page plates intact. Lacks slipcase. A hint of scuffing.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: White Boards With Blindstamped Lettering On Spine And Front Cover. Tissue Guarded Lithograph At Front, Signed By Day; Tissue Guarded Photographic Portrait By Weston. Inscribed By Armitage To His Friend And Illustrator Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano, About Whom He Wrote A Book In 1935, "My Second Book - For Napolitano Merle Armitage". Book Is Fine, No Wear Or Discoloration, In A Fine, Undamaged Plain Folded Tissue Dj (Albeit A Little Wrinkled), Within The Publisher's Black Slipcase, Somewhat Worn And Now Open At Both Ends (Missing Rear Panel).
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is no. 457. Quarto (32cm). Japan vellum boards with blind-stamped spine and cover titles; slipcase; ten pages of text, twelve lithographic plates with facing letterpress descriptions; includes an original pencil-signed lithographic frontispiece by Day and a gravure portrait of the artist by Edward Weston. Boards and endpapers slightly foxed; slipcase worn, with backstrip lacking; internally about fine, with all plates (including the signed lithograph) bright, clean, and unfaded. Finely-printed monograph on the California lithographer; a typically well-designed Merle Armitage production.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Armitage, Merle. The Lithographs of Richard Day. E. Weyhe, New York, 1932.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 500 copies bound in white boards, cover and spine stamped in blind. Edges are lightly rubbed. Original signed litho frontis by Day and portrait of him by Edward Weston with tissue guards. Foreward by Carl Zigrosser, and 12 lithographic reproduction plates.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$708.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12pp. Frontispiece plus 39 other full page images. Interesting art photography interest literature/reference. Limited edition - stated one of 550 copies (not numbered) signed by Weston. Externally the book is clean and bright - but does have some light soiling on white buckram strip on front and rear board. Internally the book is clean and bright - it does however have some light waterstaining issues to the very top and bottom gutter and top fore-edge of first few pages. The text/photographic plates are clean and despite the above issues it remains a good copy. It even retains the otiginal black slipcase (although in worn condition). It presents very nicely on the shelf. PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 20 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service
Seller: Parrott Books, Nr Faringdon, United Kingdom
Weston, Edward. The Art of Edward Weston, (signed). E. Weyhe, 1932, New York, 1932.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: pp. [14], 12, [un-numbered pages of 39 photos], [3]. Illustrated with photographs of Edward Weston. First Edition Limited to 550 copies, signed by Edward Weston, not numbered. Original binding with white spine (Edward Weston printed in gold, some minor abrasion to a few letters) and black boards. Binding has abrasions and light soiling with wear at corners and very slight fraying at top and bottom of spine. Hinges are solid. Interior, foxing at half title and page before rear free end paper. Pages are mostly very clean. Minor foxing at bottom of fore-edge. Book designed by Merle Armitage, printed by Lynton Kristler. Appreciation by Lincoln Steffens. Forward by Charles Sheeler. Literary contributions by Arthur Miller, Jean Charlot, Edward Weston, and Merle Armitage. One of the most important and influential photographic monographs. A scarce and highly desirable book.
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Armitage, Merle.. The Art of Edward Weston.. E.Weyhe, New York, 1932.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited Edition. #420/550 copies, Numbered and SIGNED by Weston on concluding Colophon. Includes a Foreword by Charles Sheeler. An Appreciation by Lincoln Steffens. "Prophecy" by Arthur Millier. "Estimate" by Jean Charlot. Statement by Edward Weston. And An Approach to the Photography of Edward Weston by Merle Armitage. 39 full page black and white photographic plates by Weston, in addition to the frontis plate portrait of the Edward by son Brett Weston. A Very Good or better copy, bound in white faux-vellum over shiny black paper covered beveled boards. With supplied custom black paper covered slipcase, to replace lost original. Spine panel is toned, with slight wear to spine-ends. Black boards are in excellent condition. Front black endpaper pastedown shows faint label residue. The copyright leaf shows strip label residue. The dedication leaf has an ex-libris label of Horacio Coppola, noted Argentine photographer [1906-2012]. First and last stock leaves show mild foxing. Unpaginated. (The image numbers on the versos facing images 18, 19 and 20 are reversed, but the sequence is perfect, and the captions match.) The plates are otherwise perfect, unworn and clean. This was Weston's first monograph, and in many ways remains the best. The combination of portraits, plant studies, close-up abstractions of common objects was revolutionary at the time. The book remains an iconic benchmark in the development of creative photography. Q09895
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Weston, Edward. EDWARD WESTON. E. Weyhe, New York, 1932.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 550 copies signed by Edward Weston. This was Edward Weston's first book, and is probably the first publication of a California photographer with a truly modern aesthetic. Includes a Foreword by Charles Sheeler, Appreciation by Lincoln Steffens, Prophecy by Arthur Millier, and Estimate by Jean Charlot, with A Statement by Edward Weston. Quarto: unpaginated, with 39 photographs by Edward Weston, as well as a frontispiece portrait of Edward Weston by Brett Weston. In the original one-quarter printed white paper over glossy black paper binding. Light foxing to the half-title and the final blank leaf, with some very mild toning along the spine. An especially nice example, housed in the publisher's slipcase. "In his daybook for October 24, 1932, Edward Weston (1886-1958) wrote that 'for these last three months I have 'lived' this book, literally.' His complete preoccupation was selecting 39 photographs from hundreds made in the 1920s and 30s, mostly with his 8 x 10-inch view camera. These images reflected his redefined aesthetic of photography. During this period Weston transformed himself into a 'realist', taking detailed, finely-focused photographs of shells, trees, vegetables, rocks, and many other objects, along with portraits. His work represented the beginning of photography's acceptance as a modern art. Merle Armitage, who designed this book and was a modern art devotee, wrote that Weston's first concern was with 'manifestations of basic form'" (Alan Jutzi, Zamorano Select 115).
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Major Work In American Photography,With Full-Size Reproductions Of Weston's Photographs Printed From Half-Tones Made By The Los Angeles Engraving Company Under The Supervision Of Charles Benson. One Of 550 Copies, This Being #455 Hand Signed By Edward Weston On The Colophon, And Additionally Inscribed On The Facing Page By Weston "To Giovanni -- Artist (Underlined) From Edward - 1934" And Additionally Inscribed From Armitage "This Signature Is Added By Merle Armitage". (Also Included Is The Will Kistler Printed " Receiving Record" For This Copy, #455, Dated Feb. 12, 1934; Napolitano Subsequently Took A Trip To Carmel To Visit Weston, Apparently Bringing This Book With Him For Signature.) Napolitano Illustrated Many Books For Armitage, And Illustrated Some Books With Weston; Weston Took The Portrait Photograph For Armitage's Book On Napolitano In 1935, And Also Brett Weston Was The Photographer For Some Of Napolitano's Wpa Murals. An Exceptional Example, Just A Trace Of Rubbing, No Tears Or Fraying, Very Slight Toning To Spine Without Browning, All Contents Fresh With No Foxing Or Toning. Still Preserved In The Original Black Slipcase, Which Is Worn At Edges.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4400.00 + shipping
Description: np, 40 b&w illustrations. Designed by Merle Armitage. With a biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Compiled in 1932 by the forward thinking Los Angeles-based graphic designer and publisher Merle Armitage, this exquisitely produced book was the very first monograph on the work of pioneering California photographer Edward Weston. It features thirty-nine images by Weston, a frontispiece portrait by his son Brett, and texts by the photographer, Armitage, Lincoln Steffens, Arthur Millier, Jean Charlot, and Charles Sheeler. A presentable example of this typically fragile oversized tome (cited on page 200 of "From Fair to Fine 3: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") limited to five hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (143/550) AND SIGNED "Edward Weston" in black ink on the rear colophon lacking the publisher's slipcase whose white cloth spine is soiled and stained, and black boards are worn and scraped along the extremities. The hinges are solid, the textblock is tight but soiled along the edges with the signatures slightly uneven with one another. The book bears the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To John and Clement / new friends for old. more would be less. / I don't know what all / this means. You guess / Edward Oct. 1936" in black ink on the page facing the colophon. Additionally, laid in is a BOLDLY INSCRIBED hand-written letter "John and Clem ---- / hope you took my dis - / appearance in good spirit - / I was not just sleepy, / but exhausted ------------ / See you soon I hope / yr ------ / Edward" from the photographer in pencil on a 8 ½ x 11" sheet of yellow paper that has been neatly folded in quarters and subsequently flattened.
Seller: Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.