Twelvetrees press altadena ca (16 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Second Edition. Second edition, hardcover, has a tiny lean to the binding, light bowing to the covers, mild bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a touch of creasing to the upper corner of several pages, faint soiling to the head of the text block, and some brief sellers' marks to early pages with a few instance of use smudging throughout. Overall, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy in a like dust jacket, which has bumps with some creasing to the spine ends and corners, a short tear to the upper rear corner, mild edgewear, and faint sunning to the spine. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover that is lightly rubbed and has a previous seller's barcode sticker to the back.…

Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Etat : Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Lage format, 10" x 13". Black dust jacket has rub marks. The perverse, and morbid portrait photography of Witkin. Photographer actively seeks out his models of physical marvels and freaks of nature. Plates are printed in four colour, though subtley so, as most appear B&W. Essay by Gus Blaisdell. Unpaginated. …

Hardcover. Etat : Fine in near fine d.j. Etat de la jaquette : near fine. First edition. 1/5000. Folio. Unpaginated. Original black cloth with silver cross on cover, gilt lettering on cover and spine, in original illustrated dustjacket that reproduces the cloth binding. "The plates are printed four color," titled on the facing page.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a tiny lean to the binding, a hint of faint bowing to the covers, a light bump to lower cover corners with a hint of creasing to corner of text block, a sliver of faint sunning to head and tail cover edges, and a very small smudge to fore edge of text block, otherwise a solid, tight, VG+ copy in a like dust jacket, which has very slight bumps to spine ends and corners, and a hint of edgewear. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover that is lightly rubbed.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 2nd Edition. 2nd. Edition / Limited to four thousand copies 1990, purple cloth hardcover with silver letters, 132 page book.Illustrated with postmortem images take using Daguerreotype , Ambrotype , and paper prints from 1840 up to 1910 this was a very common practice when a loved one died, Images where send to family members that could not attend. Condition : Fine and DJ is Very Good with light edge rubs and a scratch in the dust jacket front. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Various Photographers (illustrateur). Book.…

Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine clothbound hardcover with crisp gilt title to front and spine in a Fine dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Witkin's second book. Photographs and afterword by Joel-Peter Witkin; texts by John Yau and Gus Blaisdell. SIGNED BY WITKIN with his typical flourish on the dedication page in purple marker; no inscription. From an edition limited to 5000 copies. 124 pages; 4 color and 44 duo-toned b&w plates + 4 b&w drawings; 10 x 13 inches. Bibliography, exhibitions lists. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. First printing of first editiong. One of 5,000 unnumbered casebound copies. Signed (without inscription) and dated 7/2/93, Santa Fe, by Ginsberg on the title page. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Gray cloth boards lightly nudged at bottom front corner and with a couple of dark spots on bottom edge. Unmarked but for author's signature. Jacket with modest edge-wear, no chips or tears. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. A chronological presentation of American postmortem photography from 1840 to 1930. Edited, with text by Stanley B. Burns. SIGNED BY BURNS on the title page; no inscription. From a first edition limited to 3000 copies. 140 pages; 76 color reproductions printed recto only, with caption opposite; 9 x 12.25 inches. Extended captions; chronology of death in America; photograph identification by era; bibliography. Condition: Fine clothbound hardcover with a slightly darkened area to the front board with a loss of gilt to the bottom of two letters in a Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear and a tiny tear at the spine. LAID-IN is a postcard advertising the publication of the second volume. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping may be more than quoted.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Folio. 11.25 x 14.25 in. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. Near fine in original gray cloth boards and near fine cloth slipcase, some minor sunning to spine and fore-edges of slipcase. From a signed, limited edition of 100 hand-numbered copies of which this is number 96, includes his customary circled AH. Signed.…

First edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Duotone photographic illustrations. Cloth in dustwrapper, edgewear lower panel, else very good copy. (85811).

hardcover. Etat : Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 4to, unpag., One of 5000 copies of the first edition. Profusely illustrated (illustrateur).

Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine. Stated First Edition. 124 pages with 52 duotone photographs. A small bump, lower right-hand corner. Stated First Edition. Essays by John Yau and Gus Blaisdell. Selected Biography and Bibliography. Book.

Softcover/Paperback. Etat : Fine. 2nd Edition. Introduction by Roland Barthes, translated by Angus Whyte; afterword by Jack Woody; 87 reproductions of 'the most 'classical' culture and the most obvious eroticism' Pictorial wrappers. Shadow on front panel where price sticker has been removed, else fine. book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. dj. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Text and notes at the rear of the volume include Death in America: A Chronology, an illuminating and sobering commentary on morbidity and mortality in the United States, including the colonial era. Burns is an ophthalmologist and is currently a Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He is the creator and founder of The Burns Archive, the world's largest private collection of early medical photography and historic photographs. Illustrated with postmortem images take using Daguerreotype and Ambrotype, etc. Light shelf/edgewear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue/black cloth boards with dj. 4to. 132pp. Illus. (color, b/w). Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket.…

dj. First edition of 5000 copies. Large hardcover in dust jacket with black paper advertising band. Signed by Ginsberg with large flower doodle on the title page and dated in 1994. Additionally signed by Ferlinghetti, Anne Waldman, Wavy Gravy, and Ken Kesey at their photos. Signing event flyers, etc. laid in at rear. Fine condition. Signed. …

Photographs, 14.25 x 11.25, cloth, 91 full page photos + Captions + Index of Characters + Biographies, very minor extremity wear and sunning, hinges loose else a nice, fresh copy in a lightly shelf worn dust jacket. FIRST ED (LIMITED TO 5000 cc), BOLDLY (TWO PAGES!) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ALLEN GINSBERG, WHO ADDS A DAISY "AH," A SUN "AH" AND A MOON & STAR. Inscription dated "SF . . . 8/29/91.".…