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Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pictorial black glossy boards. Large quarto. 144pp. Illustrated. Text by Carole Naggar. Inscribed by Klein on the half-title page: "to . a catalogue, not made, luckily, in USA (see page 7). Bons baisers de Moscow, Brooklyn, Tokyo & ailleurs. Bill". A retrospective catalogue of the photographer's work, including the city books and other photographs. The inscription refers to a lawsuit for slander issued by Aperture against Klein in a New York court. A copy of this summons is shown on page 7 of the book. A good copy with some rubbing and edgewear to the covers. The rear cover has some damage in the upper corner affecting the top of the spine. The text is good with light wear. The upper edge of the textblock has some foxing, not affecting the pages themselves. Foreign postage extra on this heavy book.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. INSCRIBED by Klein to Ira Lowe on the half-title page: "to Ira, / a little catalog not made, heureusement in USA (see page 7) / All my best / Bill." Ira Lowe was a Washington, DC based lawyer who specialized in the arts and, over the course of a lengthy career, represented some of the most significant artists and writers of the twentieth century, famously (and successfully) arguing in front of the Supreme Court for the concept of "blockage discount" in valuing artists estates. The reference in the inscription is to a image of a summons in New York State Klein received after being sued for defamation of character by Aperture and a second publisher for a million dollars each after he publicly criticized one of their books. The case was still pending at the time the surrounding interview in this book took place. Near Fine without dust jacket as issued. Small bruise to the outer edge of the front board, light rubbing to the extremities. Text in French.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
KLEIN, William. William Klein, Photographe Etc.. Centre Georges Pompidou / Herscher, Paris, 1983.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Small folio. Glazed pictorial boards. Text in French. A trifle rubbed, just about fine. Issued without dustwrapper. Very warmly Inscribed by Klein in French "a Michele et a Jean."
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.