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Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1952
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Good. Not Paginated. 7 3/4 x 10. Red wraps. Damaged spot at head of spine. Worn at edges, esp at head of spine.
Published by Simon & Schuster 1952, 1952
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Unknown. Halsman, Philippe et al (illustrator). Quarto, softcover, a spoof on Durante being a candidate for president. Shown kissing a bull, smoking a peace pipe in full headdress etc. Mostly photos with some text. About 100 pp. Rare book. Book.
Published by Photography Workshop, NY, 1951
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First. First printing. 50 pps. in illustrated glossy wrappers. The first (and so far as we know) the only issue of this photography magazine dedicated to the artistic female nude, published by a Greenwich Village photography workshop. Collection of nudes and partial nudes by some of the noted photographers of the day including Philipe Halsman, Peter Basch, de Beausacq, Fonssagrives, Peter Martin and others. Fine.
Published by New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 98pp, printed wrappers. A landmark sixties issue of this important little magazine, includes the original appearance of Susan Sontag's essay "Against Interpretation" (Poague & Parsons B15). Also Burroughs's "Points of Distinction between Sedative and Consciousness-Expanding Drugs" (Schottlaender C75; Shoaf III-61) and writing by a range of greats and photographs by Cadoo and Halsman. Pen spiral and corner fold to cover (no other markings), a bit of overall wear and soil. Not Signed.
Published by Cowles Magazines, USA, 1960
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. Halsman, Philippe (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. 88 pages. Features: Cover photo of Hugh Downs and Jack Parr; Nice Jell-O ad inside front cover shows Chocolate Ribbon Parfait; Two-page Marlboro ad shows predecessor to the 'Marlboro Man', a young fellow in straw hat slouched on a chaize-lounge; Interesting Armstrong Tire ad shows fingers extending from tire to grip the road; One-page Coke ad shows ice fishing scene; Europe 1960 - Americans are swarming there - many photos of this travelogue; Charming Campbelle's Tomato soup shows twins eating; What I Think Jack Paar is Really Like; The Chase That Doomed Adolph Eichmann; Kraft ice cream toppings; Lovely photos of Paris fashions; Albert Lasker and his crusade against disease; Nice photos of Donna Reed and family in Kodak ad; Huge color photo of freckled red-headed boy eating massive slab of watermelon; Luis Aparicio of the Chicago White Sox - The Magic Glove - article with many photos; Nice Pepsi ad shows BBQ scene; Color-photo-illustrated article on the "House with a Hole in the Roof" - built by Eichler Homes, designed by Anshen & Allen, in Orange, California; Photo Quiz; Hogarth - a man's painter; Brigitte Bardot - problem child - photo-illustrated article of her and her family; 7up ad inside back cover shows lady painting on man's back; Groovy Winston cigarette color-photo ad on back cover features male and female disc jockeys; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.
Published by Crowell-Collier, USA, 1952
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Halsman, Philippe (cover); Ylla; Wolsky, Milton; Fawcett, Robert; Tepper, Saul; Reusswig, William; Shaw, W.David; Stapleton, Bill; Hess, Lowell (illustrator). First Edition. 70 pages. Features: Nice color-photo portrait of distinguished builder Mr. Henry Doelger in Lord Calvert ad inside front cover; Bell Telephone one-page ad features photo and write-up of Denis Hartnett who was "Mr. Telephone" to the people of Homer, NY; Color photos of a Lion Luncheon in Kenya; Nostalgic 1-page 2-color ad for USS (US Steel) shows where their products were used; Vintage Goodyear 1-page color photo ad promotes their new Lifeguard Safety Tubes; The Koje Snafu - major article with color photos explains how U.S. Brigadier General Francis Townsend Dodd was seized by his captives and another was lured into signing Red propaganda - the astonishing inside story from the Korean War; What You Don't Know About Your Eyes; Article on Salt - 14,000 uses and $0.02/pound; Gabbing with the Gabors - article with great bedroom photos of Zsa Zsa, Magda, Mama and Eva; The Windfall (fiction); Pigs Have Wings (fiction); Baseball's Biggest Bargain - article on the Brooklyn Dodgers with fantastic color photos of many team members including Jackie Robinson; Blood Money (fiction); Ninety Saddles for Kengtu (fiction); Brief article and two color photos of native artist Frank White Eagle; First or Nothing (fiction); History Hinges on These Two Rivers - excelllent color photos of US troops near the Yalu River and US naval vessels in the Rhine - with brief article; Ike is My Boy - West Point's salty Old Sarge, Sergeant Marty Maher, reveals Ike's sports loves - article with four photos of Ike; Inch and a Half to Go - humor about women and maps; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features opera star Patrice Munsel. Couple of chips from top of back cover. Average wear. Library stamp on front cover and back page. A worthy vintage copy.
Published by Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, 1939
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: g+ to vg. First edition. Folio (12 1/4 x 10"). [10]pp (Text), 90pp (Plates), [22]pp (Photos, text and advertisement). Original spiral bound decorative wrappers by Pierre Boucher. "Photographie" was an annual special issue of the magazine "Arts et Métiers Graphiques" entirely dedicated to modern photography, and which published the work of the leading photographers and photographic agencies of the period. This 1940 edition contains 90 striking photographs reproduced in heliogravure, and taken by the following photographers: Herbert List; Ilse Steinhoff; Marcel Gautherot; Denise Bellon; Erwin Blumenfeld; Louise Dahl-Wolfe; Bill Brandt; Brassai; Jan Lukas; Rolf Tietgens; Ylla; George Platt Lynes; Marcel Bovis; Ergy Landau; Heinrich Heidersberger; Willy Maywald; Philippe Pottier; Pierre Ichac; Philippe Halsman; Laure Albin-Guillot; Florence Henri, and many others. Includes a striking color photographic portrait of Colette in trichromy, by Gisèle Freund. Some darkening / offsetting along joints. Text and captions in French. Wrappers in overall good+, interior in very good condition.