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Photography - Klein, William. Tokyo (Signed). Crown Publishers, New York, 1964.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardbound folio-size volume in dustwrapper. Preface by Maurice Pinguet. First edition of the third volume in Klein's "City" photobooks (Preceded by New York and Rome). 184 pp. Other than the brief preface the book is comprised entirely of large full-page black and white gravure photographs of striking images of daily life in Japan's largest city. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. As with many copies we have handled over the years, the dustwrapper suffers from edge-chips, paper loss and creasing. This copy is no exception. Still, a decent example. This copy also benefits from it being SIGNED by Klein on the title page and he has added some Japanese calligraphy adjacent to his signature. A very large and heavy volume. Additional shipping charges may apply.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition (English), first printing. Signed in black marker on the half-title page by Klein. Hardcover. Fine white linen cloth, with debossed title stamped in red and black on spine, with red endpapers and photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs and notes on the plates by William Klein. Preface by Harrison E. Salisbury. 184 pp., with numerous black and white plates, beautifully printed in rich photogravure. 14 x 10-3/8 inches. [Cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Open Book. (Göteborg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center in association with Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, Germany, 2004).]. Good (boards slightly splayed, moderate soiling and scuffing to the edges, binding loose, dealer sticker on front free-endpaper, red chop-mark on half-title page, plates are clean), in Good dust jacket (top edge is worn and curled, 3/4-inch chips missing from crown and heel of spine, 1/2-inch chip missing from upper left rear corner, 5-inch closed tear extending down from the crown of the spine across the front of the jacket, three 2-inch closed tears along top edge, stray marks and abrasions). One of Klein's five 'city books,' which include: New York (1956); Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964); Moscow (1964) and Torino '90 (1990). Signed by Author.
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.