Signed photobooks

Signed photobooks

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Signed photo books are highly desirable for the photo book library of collectors, e.g. because they

  1. the mass-produced object 'photo book' stand out from the crowd and are only
  2. are only available in limited numbers
  3. bring a personal touch to the collection.

In addition, the collector can show that he is up to date. Since photo books by still unknown photographers are often produced with caution only in small editions and the publisher/photographer wants to ensure a high distribution by the signature, these volumes often become later sought-after collector's items.

Recent examples of now sought-after photo volumes by formerly lesser known photographers

'The Rage of Devotion' by Liza AMBROSSIO - 'Altered Ocean' by Mandy BARKER - 'Oasis Hotel' by Nicolo DEGIORGIS - 'The Island of the Color Blind' by Sanne DE WILDE - 'Two Rivers' by Carolyn DRAKE - 'Reading Raymond Carver' & 'Real Life Dramas' by Mary FREY - 'A' and 'ZZYZY' by Gregory HALPERN - 'Standing by the Wall. Berlin 1990' by Josef Wolfgang MAYER - 'Cette Montagne. C'est moi' by Witho WORMS ... to name just a few titles ...

OKABE, Momo - Dildo - SIGNED COPY, #12/55!
OKABE, Momo - Dildo - SIGNED COPY, #12/55!
In her rare, out-of-print volume 'Dildo', published in a very limited edition of only 55 copies, Japanese photographer Momo OKABE accompanies her friends in their transformation from woman to man. She developed her intimate, artistic photographs by hand.
3.600,00 € * Weight 2 kg
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Paul GRAHAM PhotoBook Library
Paul GRAHAM PhotoBook Library
Cafe Lehmitz Photobook Libraries shall enable collectors as well as institutions to acquire out-of-print titles at a price that can be paid. This library, the Paul GRAHAM Photobook Library, contains currently 19 photo volumes - mainly signed copies.
1.980,00 € *
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TILLMANS, Wolfgang - Neue Welt Artist Edition
TILLMANS, Wolfgang - Neue Welt Artist Edition
For this artist edition of 'Neue Welt', Wolfgang TILLMANS has selected 72 images and re-contextualized them on large, 24 folded printed sheets. Each is a separate object with a front, center fold and back. And some new photos are not included in the book.
1.750,00 € *
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Dirk-ALVERMANN-Photobook-Libray
Dirk-ALVERMANN-Photobook-Libray
The 'Dirk-ALVERMANN-Photobook-Library' currently contains one copy each of nine publications, which are already out of print at their publishers. Some of the books are SIGNED, like 'Keine Experimente' (1961), 'Zwischen den Zeiten' (2006) & 'dacapo' (2008)
1.200,00 € * Weight 8 kg
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WOLF, Michael - Hong Kong Back Alleys - THE COMPLETE SET
WOLF, Michael - Hong Kong Back Alleys - THE COMPLETE SET
Cloth bound (no dust jackets, as issued)
1.198,00 € *
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SUDA, Issei - Early Works. 1970-1975
SUDA, Issei - Early Works. 1970-1975
The out-of-print volume 'Early Works' by Issei SUDA contains black-and-white photographs that were published in several magazines between 1970 and 1975, prior to the 'Fushikaden' series - this photo collection is like a prologue to his personal history.
998,00 € * Weight 1.1 kg
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WORMS, Witho - Cette Montagne. C'est moi
WORMS, Witho - Cette Montagne. C'est moi
'Cette Montagne. C'est moi' is a 'real Revier 'book about a coal mining area that stretches from France to Belgium and Germany to Poland. Dutch photographer Witho WORMS documented the heaps, photobook designer Hans GREMMEN congenially staged the pictures.
from 998,00 € Weight 0.8 kg
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SOTH, Alec - Niagara - AS SIGNED COLLECTOR'S EDITION WITH PRINT!
SOTH, Alec - Niagara - AS SIGNED COLLECTOR'S EDITION WITH PRINT!
The photo volume 'Niagara' by Alec SOTH is less about the natural wonder than the human desires associated with this place. They were taken with a large-format 8x10 camera over the course of two years on both the American and Canadian sides of the Falls.
948,00 € * Weight 1.2 kg
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'NZ Library #3'
'NZ Library #3'
with photo books by Mark STEINMETZ, Anthony HERNANDEZ, Bevan DAVIES, Katy GRANNAN, Sage SOHIER & John HUMBLE, Sage SOHIER, Mark STEINMETZ
900,00 € *
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'NZ Library #4'
'NZ Library #4'
This Nazraeli 'NZ Library Set #4' consists of six signed hardcover photo volumes by Steve BANKS / Katy GRANNAN / Abelardo MORELL / Catherine OPIE / Mark STEINMETZ / Jack TEEMER, collected in a slipcase. All texts are in English, limited to 350 copies!
900,00 € *
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'NZ Library #2'
'NZ Library #2'
The NZ-Library Set #2 consists of six signed hardcover photo volumes from Robbert FLICK / Kazuo KITAI / Philip MELNICK / John SCHOTT / Toshio SHIBATA / Mark STEINMETZ. In an extra made slipcase, richly illustrated, texts in English, Ltd. to 350 copies!
900,00 € *
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'NZ Library #1'
'NZ Library #1'
This is the beginning set of the Nazraeli 'NZ Library' series, collected in a slipcase. Included are six signed photo volumes by Bevan DAVIES / John DIVOLA / Steve KAHN / Idris KHAN / Daidō MORIYAMA / John SCHOTT. Texts in English, limited to 350 copies!
900,00 € *
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ANDERSON, Christopher - Approximate Joy
ANDERSON, Christopher - Approximate Joy
The photographic volume 'Approximate Joy' by Christopher ANDERSON offered here is from the 1st edition and is signed by the Magnum photographer. Collector's edition (1 of 30) with a signed C-print on metallic paper. Book with print and yellow slipcase.
850,00 € * Weight 1.1 kg
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ALVERMANN, Dirk - Keine Experimente
ALVERMANN, Dirk - Keine Experimente
SIGNED COPY. In his 2nd photo volume 'Keine Experimente', Dirk ALVERMANN takes a critical and mocking stance on the period of the economic miracle as well as the Nazi past. The b/w photographs were taken between 1956 and 1961 in Berlin and the Rhineland.
548,00 € * Weight 0.2 kg
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ZIELONY, Tobias - Behind the Block - AS SIGNED COPY!
ZIELONY, Tobias - Behind the Block - AS SIGNED COPY!
For his out-of-print book 'Behind the Block', Tobias ZIELONY visited the peripheries of modern cities such as Halle, Marseille & Bristol to explore the youth culture there in 'subcultural melting pots' and special zones of urban civilization at eye level.
498,00 € * Weight 0.5 kg
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SIMON, Taryn - An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar - SIGNED COPY (HATJE) IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP!
SIMON, Taryn - An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar - SIGNED COPY (HATJE) IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP!
'An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar' by Taryn SIMON provides amazing insights into remote corners of the USA. With her pictures, she opens up unknown, even uncanny territories of a society whose self-image is based on being open & transparent.
498,00 € * Weight 1.7 kg
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EL-TANTAWY, Laura - In the Shadow of the Pyramids - AS SIGNED COPY!
EL-TANTAWY, Laura - In the Shadow of the Pyramids - AS SIGNED COPY!
The out-of-print volume 'In the Shadow of the Pyramids' by Magnum photographer Laura EL-TANTAWY appears to be a general account of the hopes and setbacks associated with the Egyptian revolution.But through the texts it gains considerable personal depth.
448,00 € * Weight 1.2 kg
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WOLF, Michael - Hong Kong Flora
WOLF, Michael - Hong Kong Flora
In 'Hong Kong Flora', Michael WOLF turns his attention to plants and flowers in the urban jungle of the Asian metropolis. Each leaf, each branch, each flower a visible sign of the power of nature and people´s single-mindedness, to customize their habitat.
398,00 €
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WOLF, Michael - Hong Kong Trilogy
WOLF, Michael - Hong Kong Trilogy
Cloth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 15,5 x 21 x 2 cm., 152 pp., color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 500 copies
398,00 €
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SCHUTMAAT, Bryan - Grays the Mountain Sends - SIGNED 2ND PRINT RUN!
SCHUTMAAT, Bryan - Grays the Mountain Sends - SIGNED 2ND PRINT RUN!
In his after sought and long-out-of-print volume 'Grays the Mountain Sends'Bryan SCHUTMAAT combines portraits, landscapes, and still lifes to explore the lives of working people residing in small mountain towns and mining communities in the American West.
398,00 € * Weight 0.9 kg
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