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796. Minick, Roger and Dave Bohn. Delta West. The Land and the People of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. [12], 13-31, [1], [120], [5] pp. Illustrated with 63 unpaginated black and white plates from photographs by Roger Minick, one map of the delta region and several illustrations in the text from various sources. 12-1/4x10, tan linen with spine title printed in red, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. [Berkeley]: Scrimshaw Press, 1969. Fine condition. (80/120).
797. Miscellany. 1) Image of America. Early Photography, 1839-1900. [4], v-viii, 88 pp. Numerous illustrations from various sources. 10-1/4x7-3/4, pictorial wrappers with printed cover title. Washington: Library of Congress, 1957. 2) Forsee, Aylesa. Famous Photographers. [13], 14-223, [1] pp. Illustrated with twenty- nine black and white plates from photographs of five photographers. 9x6, cloth and decorated boards with gilt spine title, printed dust jacket. Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, [1968]. 3) Falk, Peter H. The Photographic Art Market. [4], v-viii, 117 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Mark Tansey. 9x9, brown wrappers with embossed cover title. New York: Falk-Leeds International, Inc., [1981]. The first item is the catalog for an exhibit of the same name at the Library of Congress in 1957. The photographers included in the second item are Edward Steichen, Ansel Adams, Cecil Beaton, Yousuf Karsh, and David Duncan. The third item graphically illustrates the increasing popularity of the market for photographs. All items in near-fine to fine condition. (60/90).
798. Misrach, Richard and Myriam Weisang Misrach. Bravo 20. The Bombing of the American West. [13], xiv-xv, [2], 2-133, [3] pp. Illustrated with thirty-four color plates from photographs by Richard Misrach and numerous black and white illustrations from drawings, photographs, maps and plans. 9x12, stiff pictorial wrappers with printed spine and cover titles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, [1990]. This book prepared in conjunction with an exhibit of Misrach's photographs at the University of Nevada and The Friends of Photography, Ansel Adams Center in San Francisco. The text is probably one of the most interesting socio-political documents of any of the photogaphic books in this catalogue. Fine condition. (70/100).
799. Misrach, Richard. Desert Cantos. Essay by Reyner Banham. [8], 106, [1] pp. Illustrated with fifty-five full-page color plates and twelve smaller color illustrations from photographs by Richard Misrach. 12x9, stiff pictorial wrappers with spine and cover titles printed in color. Third printing. Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, [1990]. Prepared in conjunction with an exhibit of Richard Misrach's desert photographs held at the Palm Springs Desert Museum, the Oakland Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Toledo Museum of Art, 1987-1989. Masterful photographs portraying the contemporary desert in a unique way - with hints of the styles of a broad variety of artists from Frederick Remington to Maynard Dixon and Salvador Dali. Fine condition. (50/80).
800. Misrach, Richard. Richard Misrach Photographs 1975-1987. Essay by Myriam Weisang. [88] pp. Illustrated with black and white portrait by Robert Mann and 39 full-page plates from 28 color photographs and 11 split-toned gelatin prints by Richard Misrach. 11x11, stiff pictorial wrappers with printed spine and cover titles. [Tokyo: Gallery Min, 1988]. A broad representation of the work of one of the emerging stars of photography. Starting his professional photography career as an idealist who failed to connect with the public when he used his camera purely as a tool of social commentary, he vowed to pursue his craft simply as art. It wasn't long, however, before he learned to combine the two in a visual statement that is both powerful and aesthetically unique. Fine condition. (50/80).
801.Morrison, Reg and Kevin Starr. Over California. [7], 8-256 pp. Profusely illustrated with color plates from aerial photographs by Australian photographer, Reg Morrison. 14x10, green paper- covered boards with gilt spine and cover titles, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. [San Francisco]: Collins Publishers, [1990]. Superb photographic scrutiny of California from the air by a foreign photographer showing California the way it really is - from the grandeur of its wilderness to the tawdriness of its inner cities and everything in between - accompanied by the equally superb commentary of Kevin Starr. Fine condition. (50/80).
802. Muench, David and Marc Muench. American Portfolios. [3], 4-168 pp. Profusely illustrated with color plates from photographs by David and Marc Muench. 12x11-3/4, black cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. San Francisco: Browntrout Publishers, Inc., [1994]. A brilliant showcase of the work of father and son photographers, David and Marc Muench. Fine condition. (50/80).
803. [Muench, David and Ray Atkeson] California. i-iv, [1], 2-186, [2] pp. Illustrated with 74 color plates from photographs by Ray Atkeson and 119 color plates from photographs by David Muench. 13-1/2x10, brown and orange paper-covered boards with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. Fourth printing. [Portland: Charles H. Belding, no date, c. 1972]. Fine condition. (50/80).
804. [Muybridge, Eadweard] Harris, David with Eric Sandweiss. Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco, 1850-1880. [8], 11-135, [2] pp. Numerous illustrations from various sources including a folded facsimile reproduction of an orignal Muybridge panorama of San Francisco in the rear of the book. 9-3/4x11-3/4, maroon linen with silver spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Montreal: Canadian Center for Architecture, [1993] . Book prepared for an exhibit held at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal, the Friends of Photography, Ansel Adams Center in San Francisco and the Musee Carnavalet in Paris in 1993. Fine condition. (60/90).
805. [Muybridge, Eadweard] McDonnell, Kevin. Eadweard Muybridge. The Man Who Invented the Moving Picture. [8], 9-158, [1] pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates from photographs by Muybridge and several illustrations from other sources. 10-1/2x9-1/4, white linen with spine titles printed in red and black, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1972]. One short tear of dust jacket - otherwise in fine condition. (70/100). First complete reprint of Animal Locomotion with original collotype of plate 471
806. [Muybridge, Eadweard] Muybridge's Complete Human and Animal Locomotion. Three volumes: [7], viii-xlii, [1] 2-629; [7] 632-1139; [5], 1142-1597 pp. Illustrated with all 781 black and white plates from Muybridge's original publication and additional illustrations from various sources. 12-1/4x9-1/4, gray linen with gilt spine title on blue panel, pictorial dust jacket. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. [1979]. Included with this is an original collotype of plate 471 of the original volume 6 [child crawling]. Both in fine condition. (250/400).
807. Muybridge, Eadweard and Mark Klett. One City/Two Visions. San Francisco Panorama, 1878 and 1990. [2], 3-11, [1] pp. Illustrated with two thirteen panel accordion-style panoramas of San Francisco mounted back to back. 12x9-1/2, pictorial boards with spine and cover titles in white. First printing. San Francisco: Bedford Arts, Publishers, [1990]. Photographer Mark Klett made his own 360 degree panorama of San Francisco in 1990. From historical information, he attempted to photograph the city from the same spot as Muybridge did in his 1878 large plate panorama [a year later than the first one which is offered for sale in the photograph section of this catalog - see item # 948]. The result is a stunning comparison of the San Francisco of the previous century with the city of today. Fine condition. (50/80).
808. Naef, Weston and James Wood. Era of Exploration. The Rise of Landscape Photography in the American West, 1860-1885. Essay by Therese Thau Heyman. [6], 7-260 pp. Illustrated with 126 plates from photographs by various photographers and 187 text illustrations from various sources. 8- 3/4x11-3/4, beige linen with gilt spine title and blind-stamped cover ornament, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. [Buffalo]: Albrecht-Knox Art Gallery, [1975]. Signed by Weston Naef on the title page. A scholarly dissertation on the role of the west in the development of photography and the role of photography in the development of the west with detailed descriptions of the work of five photographers: Carleton E. Watkins, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Edweard J. Muybridge, Andrew Joseph Russell and William Henry Jackson. Fine condition. (100/150).
809. Newhall, Beaumont. The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day. [6], 5-256 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs of various sources. 7-1/2x10, beige cloth with spine title printed in black, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, [1949]. A classic work on the history of photography published just 110 years after the first description. Included with this is a soft cover copy of the completely revised and enlarged edition published in 1982 by the Museum of Modern Art. Minor wear of dust jacket - otherwise both items in fine condition. (100/150).
810. Newhall, Beaumont. In Plain Sight. The Photographs of Beaumont Newhall. Foreword by Ansel Adams. [4], v-xiii, [3], 1-65, [1] pp. Illustrated with fifty-nine black and white plates from photographs by Beaumont Newhall and numerous figures in the text. 10-3/4x8-1/4, black cloth with silver spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith, Inc., 1983. Minor wear of dust jacket - otherwise in fine condition. (50/80).
811. Parker, Olivia. Weighing the Planets. Untitled 44. [56] pp. Illustrated with 36 black and whilte plates from photographs by Olivia Parker. 11-3/4x9, pictorial wrappers with printed spine and cover titles. Carmel: The Friends of Photography, [1987]. Fine condition. (50/80).
812. [O'Sullivan, Timothy] Horan, James D. Timothy O'Sullivan, America's Forgotten Photographer. The Life and Work of the Brilliant Photographer Whose Camera Recorded the American Scene from the Battlefields of the Civil War to the Frontiers of the West. [10], xi-xiv, [2], 334 pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates from photographs by Timothy Sullivan and other photographers. 11x8-1/4, black cloth with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. New York: Bonanza Books, no date c. 1967. Modest edge wear of dust jacket - otherwise in near-fine condition. (50/80).
813. Phillips, David R. and Robert A. Weinstein. The Taming of the West. A Photographic Perspective. [3], iv-viii, 232 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs of various sources. 13- 1/2x10-1/4, black linen with silver spine titles, pictorial dust jacket. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, [1974]. An interesting pictorial western history book with photographic illustrations by photographers known and unknown. Fine condition. (60/90).
814. Phillips, David R. and Robert A. Weinstein. The West: an American Experience. [2], ii-xiv, [1], 2-232 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs of eight western photographers. 13-1/2x10- 1/4, black cloth with silver spine title, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, [1973]. The author/editors present visual images of the history of the west in all its tawdry as well as heroic reality - a welcome antidote to the overly romanticized histories of the west. Fine condition. (60/90).
815. Porter, Eliot with Wallace Stegner and Page Stegner. American Places. [6], 7-224 pp. Illustrated with 89 color plates from photographs by Eliot Porter. 12x10-1/4, brown fabricoid-covered boards with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. New York: Greenwich House, [1983]. Eliot Porter was the first professional photographer working exclusively in color to have a one- man exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Fine condition. (80/120).
816. Porter, Eliot. The West. [5], 6-17, [114] pp. Illustrated with 87 full-page color plates from photographs by Eliot Porter. 11-1/2x10-3/4, orange linen with gilt spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, [1988] . A selection of some of the best of Eliot Porter's images of the West - most of which had not been published before. An exquisite display of landscape photography in color at its best. Fine condition. (80/120).
817. Rokeach, Barrie. Timescapes. California from the Air. Foreword by Alan Cranston. 128 pp. Profusely illustrated with color plates from the aerial photographs of Barrie Rokeach. 11x10, orange cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped cover title, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Englewood: Westcliffe Publishers, Inc., [1989]. Fine condition. (50/80).
818. Rowell, Galen. The Yosemite. The original John Muir text illustrated with photographs by Galen Rowell, each photograph accompanied by an excerpt from the works of John Muir and an annotation by Galen Rowell. Introduction by the photographer. [17], 18-218, [6] pp. Profusely illustrated with color plates from photographs by Galen Rowell. 12x10, black linen with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. First edition printed at the Yolla Bolly Press. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, [1989]. Fine condition. (70/100).
819. [San Francisco] Two volumes of photographic views of San Francisco: 1) Bertinetti, Marcello, Angela White Bertinetti and Valeria De Fabianis. San Francisco. [10], 11-126 pp. Illustrated with 127 color plates from photographs by the Bertinettis. 12-3/4x9-1/4, black paper-covered boards with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. New York: Gallery Books, [1984] 2) Sutherland, Neil. San Francisco from the Air. [4], 7-77, [1] pp. Profusely illustrated with color plates from photographs by Neil Sutherland. 10-1/2x9-1/4, paper-covered boards with gilt spine title, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. New York: Crescent Books, [1991]. The first provides a tourist's eye view of San Francisco - but that of a very sophisticated, photographically educated tourist eye - resulting in a number of unusual and elegant perspectives including a four-page fold-out frontispiece of the span of the Golden Gate Bridge with San Francisco in the background. The second provides a pilot's eye view of San Francisco with eloquent photographic studies of the vertical, horizontal and oblique patterns of San Francisco. Both in fine condition. (50/80).
820. [San Francisco] Portfolio San Francisco Views, 1850 - 1915. [4] pp. Illustrated with twenty-five plates from historic photographs - one of which is a four panel folded plate. 12-1/2x15-1/2" laid in cloth and simulated leather folder with printed cover label and ribbon ties. Limited edition. Sausalito: Windgate Press, [1993]. Superb reproductions of many significant photographs of San Francisco on individual stiff leaves that allow easy display without damage to the portfolio. Fine condition. (70/100).
821. [Savage, Charles] Richards, Bradley W. The Savage View. Charles Savage, Pioneer Mormon Photographer. [6], vii-viii, [2], 182 pp. Illustrated with forty-seven plates from photographs by Charles Savage and numerous other illustrations from various sources. 9-1/2x10, black linen with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. [Nevada City]: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1995. This is not just a picture book! It is a serious biography of this pioneer Mormon photographer with illustrations and representation of his work - complete with the requisite Mormon genealogy in an appendix. Fine condition. (80/120).
822. Sawyer, Mark. Early Days. Photographer George Alexander Grant and the Western National Parks. Foreword by Horace Albright. [6], vii-viii, 1-122, [1] pp. Illustrated with fifty black and white plates from photographs by George Alexander Grant. 11x8-1/2, pictorial wrappers with printed spine and cover titles. First edition. Flagstaff: Northland Press, [1986]. Fine condition. (80/120).
823.Steichen, Edward. The Family of Man. The Photographic Exhibition Created by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art. Prologue by Carl Sandberg. [8], 6-207 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of 503 photographs by 273 photographers representing 68 countries. 11x8-1/4, cloth and decorated boards with silver spine and cover titles, pictorial endpapers. First edition. New York: Museum of Modern Art, [1955]. This book was made for an elaborate and historic photographic exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955. Edward Steichen and an assistant spent three years sorting through one million photographs to create the exhibit and book. Although today cynics would be inclined to call the family of man a dysfunctional one, this exhibit was a brave attempt to show our commonality as well as our difference. Moderate fading of spine - otherwise in fine condition. (80/120).
824. Steichen, Edward. The Family of Man. The Greatest Photographic Exhibition of All Time... Created by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art. Prologue by Carl Sandberg. [8], 6-207 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of 503 photographs by 273 photographers representing 68 countries. 11x8-1/4, blue buckram with gilt spine and cover titles, pictorial endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. New York: Museum of Modern Art, [no date]. This appears to be a later printing but no date of publication is indicated. Fine condition. (50/80).
825. Stellmann, Louis J. The Vanished Ruin Era. San Francisco's Classic Artistry of Ruin Depicted in Picture and Song. [3], iii-viii, [1], 2-52, [1] pp. Illustrated with twenty-six plates from photographs by Louis Stellmann. 10-1/2x8, cloth-backed boards with gilt cover title and cover illustration. First edition. San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1910 . The subtitle for this could be "There is no wind so ill that it fails to bring some good." Minor wear to cover - otherwise in fine condition, (100/150).
826. Sternfeld, Joel. American Prospects. Photographs of Joel Sternfeld. Untitled 58. [126] pp. Illustrated with fifty-five full-page color plates from photographs by Joel Sternfeld. 10x12, pictorial wrappers with printed spine and cover titles. Laid in original mailing container. New edition. San Francisco: Friends of Photography, [1994]. One corner slightly bumped - otherwise in fine condition. (50/80).
827. [Stieglitz, Alfred] America and Alfred Stieglitz. A Collective Portrait. Edited by Waldo Frank, Lewis Mumford, Dorothy Norman, Paul Rosenfeld, & Harold Rugg. [6], vii-viii, [4], 3-339 pp. Thirty-two plates with 120 black and white illustrations from photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. 9x6, black cloth with spine title printed in black on silver panel, front edges untrimmed, pictorial dust jacket.New York: The Literary Guild, [1934]. Modest wear to dust jacket extremities - otherwise in fine condition. (70/100).
828. [Stieglitz, Alfred] Norman, Dorothy. Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer. [8], 9-253, [1] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Dorothy Norman, seventy-seven black and white plates from photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, and eighty-eight illustrations from various sources. 12x9, brown cloth with gilt spine title and facsimile cover signature, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: Random House, [1973] . Fine condition. (60/90).
829. [Stieglitz, Alfred] Naef, Weston. The Collection of Alfred Stieglitz. Fifty Pioneers of Modern Photography. [5], vi-xi, [4], 2-529, [1] pp. Illustrated with 102 black and white plates from photographs by various photographers, fifty-three figures and 580 mini-reproductions of photographs in the Stieglitz collection. 10x8-1/2, brown linen with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [1978]. Errata slip and letter from the Metropolitan Museum of Art laid in. One short marginal tear of one page expertly repaired - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
830. Taft, Robert. Photography and the American Scene: a Social History, 1839-1889. [6], vii-x, [4], 3-546 pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs by various photographers. 10x7, green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First printing. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1938. A scholarly and comprehensive coverage of the early history of photography in the United States. Although this work is entitled a social history, the author, a professor of chemistry at the University of Kansas, does not neglect the technical aspects of the history of photography. Minor wear of dust jacket, modest foxing - otherwise in near-fine condition. (100/150).
831. Truman, Stanley R. and T. H. Watkins. Gold Rush Country. [5], 5-96 pp. Illustrated with sixty-two full-page black and white plates from photographs by Stanley Truman and one map of the gold country. 12x9, cloth spine and decorated boards with gilt spine title, pictorial endpapers, matching cloth slipcase. Limited first edition of 950 copies.San Francisco: California Historical Society, [1981]. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Fine condition. (60/90)).
832. [Vroman, Adam Clark] Mahood, Ruth [Editor] Photographer of the Southwest Adam Clark Vroman, 1851-1916. Introduction by Beaumont Newhall. [8], 9-127 pp. Illustrated with ninety-two black and white plates [including frontispiece portrait] from photographs by Adam Clark Vroman and numerous text illustrations from various sources. 11-1/2x9, orange and white cloth with cover illustration and printed spine title, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. [Los Angeles]: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. Signed presentation inscriptions by Ward Ritchie, Ruth Mahood and Robert Weinstein to "the Hagers" and signed as well by Glen Dawson and William Webb. Laid in are the following items: 1) a poscard from Ruth Mahood to the Hagers, 2) a note from Ruth Mahood to the Hagers 3) a Christmas card of Ruth Mahood 4) announcement of a talk on Adam Clark Vroman to the Historical Society of Southern California by Ruth Mahood 5) publisher's announcement. Fine condition. (150/250).
833. [Watkins, Carleton E.] Alinder, James [Editor]. Carleton E. Watkins Photographs of the Columbia River and Oregon. Essays by David Featherstone and Russ Anderson. [1], 4-31, [105] pp. Illustrated with fifty-one full-page plates from the photographs of Carleton E. Watkins. 9x11-1/4, white linen with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Carmel: The Friends of Photography and the Weston Gallery, [1979]. Included with this are 1) a copy of Carleton E. Watkins. A Listing of Photographs in the Collection of the California State Library published by the California State Library Foundation. This catalog lists almost two thousand Carleton Watkins items in the state library including 208 mammoth prints and 1426 stereographs. It is illustrated with plates of twenty-two of the prints and stereographs, 2) The Early Pacific Coast Photographs of Carleton E. Watkins a 70 pp. publication of the Water Resources Center Archives of the University of California, Berkeley in 1960 and 3) the Fall, 1978 issue of California History devoted entirely to Carleton Watkins. All in fine condition. (100/150).
834. [Waugh, Ernest and Alan Nicholson]. Le Guin, Ursula. Way of the Water's Going. Images of the Northern California Coastal Range. [4], 1-139 pp. Illustrated with sixty-six black and white plates from photographs by Ernest Waugh and Alan Nicholson. 10x10, black linen with silver spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1989]. Photography of Northern California with an introduction by Ursula Le Guin and extracts from her book of fiction, Always Coming Home which inspired the photographers to produce this work. Fine condition. (60/90).
835. Wax, Marvin. Mystique of the Missions. Photographic Impressions by Marvin Wax. [6], 7-111, [1] pp. Illustrated with sixty-five color plates from photographs by Marvin Wax. 11x8-1/2, tan paper-covered boards with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket, First edition. Palo Alto: American West Publishing Company, [1974]. This is a book of photography - not a documentary on the missions. Each plate is accompanied by an appropriate quotation from Saunders and Chase's book entitled The California Padres and Their Missions. Fine condition. (50/80).
836. [Western Photography] Weber, Eva. Great Photographers of the American West. [5], 6-111, [1] pp. Illustrated with more than eighty plates from photographs by various photographers. 14- 1/4x10-1/4, paper-covered boards with spine title printed in red, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Greenwich: Brompton Books Corp. [1993]. Fine condition. (50/80).
837. [Western Photography] Yenne, Bill [Editor]. The Opening of the American West in Early Photographs and Prints. [3], 4-192 pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates from photographs by various photographers and from wood engravings by various artists. 9-1/2x11-1/2, black paper-covered boards with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. [Seacaucus]: Chartwell Books, Inc., [1993]. Fine condition. (50/80).
838. Weston, Brett. Voyage of the Eye. [5], 6-100, [3] pp. Afterword by Beaumont Newhall. Illustrated with seventy-two full page black and white plates from photographs by Brett Weston and several smaller images in the text. 11-1/2x9-1/2, black cloth with silver spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First printing. [Millerton]: Aperture, Inc., [1975]. Signed by Brett Weston on the front pastedown. Laid in are 1) a 1952 printed announcement of special edition Brett Weston 8x10 prints for $6.00 each with six 4-1/2x3-1/2" sample photographic prints enclosed 2) a circa 1991 announcement of the exclusive collector's edition of ten 20x24" prints for $80,000 - $120,000 per set. 3) an invitation to a reception and book signing for a new publication of Brett Weston and 4) The "Datebook" section of the San Francisco Chronicle for Dec. 17, 1991 with a news article about Brett Weston burning his negatives at the age of 80 to prevent anyone else from printing them after his death. Fine condition. (200/300).
839. Weston, Cole. Cole Weston. Eighteen Photographs. Foreword by Ben Maddow. Introduction by Charis Wilson. [6], 7-53, [2] pp. Illustrated with eighteen full-page color plates from photographs by Cole Weston. 12x11, flexible gray boards with printed spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, Inc. 1981. Signed by Cole Weston on the half-title page. Fine condition. (100/150).
840. Weston, Edward and Charis Weston. California and the West. [12], 13-127 pp. Illustrated with ninety-six unpaginated black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston. 11- 1/4x10-1/2, black cloth with silver spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1940]. Included is a corrected copy of the typescript for Lawrence Clark Powell's chapter on this book in his California Classics - signed and dated twice. Weston was the beneficiary of a Guggenheim fellowship that allowed him to travel the length and breadth of California in 1937 - 1939 to record his photographer's impressions of the landscape. Charis [Wilson] Weston accompanied him and wrote the text for this work which has become a "California classic". All in very fine condition. (200/300).
841. Weston, Edward and Charis Weston. The Cats of Wildcat Hill. [4], v, [1], 90 pp. Illustrated with eighteen paginated black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston. 8- 1/2x10-1/2, gray cloth with spine title printed in red. First printing. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, [1947]. Small broadside announcing this publication laid in. Lacking dust jacket - otherwise in fine condition. (200/300).
842. Weston, Edward. Correspondence. Two items: 1) A.L.S. [2] pp. 8-1/2x11, written in pencil on plain sheet of paper, undated. Laid in clear plastic protector. 2) A.PC.S. [1] p. 3-1/4x5-1/2, written in pencil on U. S. postal card and postmarked April 8, 1937. Laid in clear plastic protector. Postal card addressed to Eric & Jere Knight [Eric was an author best known for his book
Lassie Come Home]. Although the letter is in the form of a brief story without an addressee, it is evident from the content of the postcard and the A.L.S. that the letter was written to the same party as the postcard. The letter/story is titled "The Tragedy of E. K.'s Sitting - or the fumblings of a rotten photographer" at the top of the sheet. It then continues "First the light was not good, but we did fairly well despite - - And then I broke my thermometer. Decided I was smart enough to test with my hand. Developed another sitting first. Fine. Then Eric's - - - tragedy. Water too warm. Melted emulsion. Threw out over half of the total made. Who knows what big fish were lost. Of the remains, those indoors too hard boiled from hot developer. Can fix (reduce). But are any worthwhile? I'm too disgusted to judge - - Edward." The post card reads, "Dear Eric and Jere - Thanks for swell letter of felicitation & advice. It deserved a fitting answer. But we leave for Death Valley tomorrow [part of his travel in California on the Guggenheim fellowship], so you can imagine the rush. Too bad, but I destroyed all Eric's negatives. You didn't like and I didn't. So happy that the book went over - I prey [sic] for your success. Love from all of us - Edward." Both in fine condition. (400/600).
843. Weston, Edward. The Daybooks of Edward Weston. Volume I Mexico. Edited by Nancy Newhall. Foreword by Beaumont Newhall. [4], v-xviii, [4], 3-214 pp. Illustrated with thirty-two unpaginated black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston. 10x8-1/2, gray cloth with gilt spine title and facsimile cover signature, pictorial dust jacket. [New York]: Aperture, [1973]. Reprint of the original publication in 1961. This volume covers Weston's Mexico period from August 2, 1923 to November 9, 1926. Fine condition. (50/80).
844. Weston, Edward. The Daybooks of Edward Weston. Volume II. California. [4], v-xi, [3], 3-290 pp. Edited by Nancy Newhall. Illustrated with thirty-two inserted pages with forty black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston. 10x8-1/2, brown cloth with spine title and facsimile cover signature printed in black, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. [New York]: Horizon Press, [1966]. Signature of Cole Weston on the half-title. Covers January 24, 1927 to December 9, 1934 in California and ends with his story of meeting and falling in love with Charis Wilson. Few areas of discoloration of dust jacket - otherwise in fine condition. (80/120).
845. Weston, Edward and Merle Armitage, Donald Bear and Robinson Jeffers. Fifty Photographs. Illustrated with fifty black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston. 12x9-1/4, cloth-backed boards with silver spine title and cover title printed in gray, decorated endpapers. Limited edition of 1500 copies. New York: Duel Sloan & Pearce Publishers., [1947]. Initialed by Edward Weston on the limitation page. Slight edge wear - otherwise in fine condition. (500/800).
846. Weston, Edward. My Camera on Point Lobos. [72], 73-79, [3] pp. Illustrated with thirty black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston. 12x14-1/2, spiral-bound black boards with cover titles and ornaments printed in white, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. Inscribed and signed by Edward Weston on front blank flyleaf. Very fine condition. (400/700).
847. [Weston, Edward] Enyeart, James L. Edward Weston's California Landscapes. [6], 7- 143, [1] pp. Illustrated with 117 black and white plates from photographs of Edward Weston. 12- 1/2x13-1/4, gray and white cloth with silver spine title, matching cloth-covered slipcase with silver title and photographic illustration. First edition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1984. Photographs from which these plates were made were all from the Edward Weston Archive at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The quality of the plates measures up to the finest standards. Fine condition. (60/90).
848. [Weston, Edward] Maddow, Ben. Edward Weston: Fifty Years. The Definitive Volume of His Photographic Work. Illustrated Biography by Ben Maddow. [8], 7-285 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and 156 black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston and several smaller illustrations in the biographical text. 12x13, brown and beige cloth with gilt spine title and cover title printed in brown, matching brown cloth-covered slipcase. Limited edition of 100 copies. [New York]: Aperture, Inc., [1973]. Signed by Cole Weston and accompanied by original Edward Weston photograph printed by Cole Weston. Fine condition. (1500/2500).
849. [Weston, Edward] Newhall, Nancy [Editor] Edward Weston, Photographer. The Flame of Recognition. [6], 7-87, [1] pp. Illustrated with fifty-seven black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston. 9-1/4x8, brown cloth with spine and cover titles printed in black, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Rochester: Aperture, Inc., 1965. Laid in is a T.L.S. of Beaumont Newhall to Mrs. Anna Marie Hager, Librarian of Westways for the Automobile Club of Southern California. The letter on George Eastman House stationery answers Mrs. Hager's question regarding a published portrait of Weston by referring her to the portrait of Weston by Ansel Adams published in this book. She is told that a copy of the portrait could be obtained directly from Ansel Adams. He includes a torn-out copy of the plate. All enclosed in the original envelope. Fine condition. (100/150).
850. [Weston, Edward] Newhall, Nancy [Editor]. The Photographs of Edward Weston. [3], 4-36 pp. Illustrated with twenty-four black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston. 10x7- 1/2, orange cloth with cover title printed in black. First edition. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Fine condition. (100/150).
851. Weston, Edward. Seeing California with Edward Weston. [7], 8-49 pp. One hundred twenty-eight illustrations from Edward Weston photographs. 12-3/4x9-3/4, cloth-backed pictorial boards with printed cover title. First edition. [Los Angeles]: Automobile Club of Southern California, [1939]. This publication was an early spinoff of his Guggenheim fellowship, 1937-1939 [see
California and the West, item # 840]. Fine condition. (200/300).
852. Weston, Edward and Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. Introduction by Mark Van Doren. Two volumes: [6], ix-xxix, [3], 123, [1]; [5], 124-264, [10] pp. Illustrated with forty-eight unpaginated black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston. 12x9, decorated boards with gilt-titled leather spine labels, original plain dust jackets, original slipcase with printed paper spine label. Limited edition. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Signed by Edward Weston on the colophon page. Edward Weston toured the United States with his camera in 1941 and 1942 on commission by the Limited Editions Club to obtain the photographs for this edition of Walt Whitman's poetry. Fine condition. (800/1200).
853. [Weston, Edward] Conger, Amy. Edward Weston Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography. [6], vii-xvi, [542], [2], 1-94 pp. Illustrated with twelve plates from photographs by Edward Weston, numerous illustrations from other sources and a 540 page catalog with reduced images of 1826 Weston photographs. 11x8-1/2, red cloth with silver spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. [Tucson]: Center for Creative Photography, [1992] . Fine condition. (50/80).
854. [Weston, Edward] Four items relating to Edward Weston as follows: 1) EW 100: Centennial Essays in Honor of Edward Weston. Untitled 41. Edited by Peter C. Bunnell and David Featherstone. [10], 136, [6] pp. Illustrated with ten full-page black and white plates from photographs by Edward Weston and thirty-seven figures from photographs of Edward Weston and other photographers. 9-1/2x7-1/2, pictorial wrappers with printed spine title. First edition. Carmel: The Friends of Photography, [1986]. 2) The Monterey Photographic Tradition: The Weston Years. [2], 70 pp. Illustrated with 52 black and white plates from photographs by various photographers. 11x8-1/2, plain gray wrappers with cutout panel on front cover to display black and white illustration on the title page. Montere y: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, [1986]. 3) American Photographer. [2], 3-96 pp. Profusely illustrated. 10-3/4x8, pictorial wrappers. New York: American Photographer, Feb. 1980. 4) Catalog 1978, Weston Gallery Incorporated. [1], 2-80 pp. Illustrated with 165 black and white and color plates of photographs. 11x8-1/2, white wrappers with embossed cover title. Carmel: Weston Gallery, 1978. 5) Clipped news item from the Long Beach Press-Telegram about the death of Edward Weston in his studio at the age of 71. Article dated Jan. 2, 1958. Contributors to the first item include Robert Adams, Amy Conger, Andy Grundberg, Therese Thau Heyman, Estelle Jussim, Alan Trachtenberg, Paul Vanderbilt, Mike Weaver, and Charis Wilson. The second item was prepared for a traveling photographic exhibit organized by the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art. The third item contains a four page article on Weston's photography of the nude - featuring the dancer, Bertha Wardell. The fourth item is a catalog of 165 photographs by 42 photographers including twenty-nine by Edward Weston. All in fine condition. (80/120).
855. [Whitney Museum of American Art Collection] Doty, Robert [Editor]. Photography in America. Introduction by Minor White. [4], 5-255 pp. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates from photographs by various photographers. 9x12, blue linen with silver spine title and cover title stamped in black , pictorial dust jacket. New York: Random House, [1974]. Covers the spectrum of photography in the United States from documentary to art and from the early days of photography to the time of publication with emphasis on the art and the recent. Fine condition. (60/90).