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Out-of-print publication reconstructs the process of the creation of the book 'Love on the Left Bank' by Dutch photographer Ed van der ELSKEN on the basis of unpublished documents - contact prints, sketches, maps - as well as a text by Tamara Berghmans.

Volume #11 in the book series on legedary & rare photo volumes, 'Alexey BRODOVITCH. Ballet', reproduces each dynamic double-page spread from this rarely seen volume along with a contemporary essay by leading BRODOVITCH connoisseur Kerry William Purcell.

by Fred Ritchie and Carole Naggar (eds), HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 29 x 3 cm., 272 pp., 1,600 ills., text language: English

The volume 'Gedruckt und erblättert' deals about the photobook as a medium of aestethic articulation and contains recent contributions from art scholars on the subject, discussing the photobook as a cultural-historical, social as well as political medium.

With books by John HEARTFIELD, MUYBRIDGE and many more. HC with dust jacket, as issued, 23 x 32 x 3 cm., 464 pp., color ills., 2,7oo gr., text language: English

Actual print run, HC, 25 x 29 x 3,5 cm., 336 pp., text language: English

For his photobook compendium 'Canon. On African Photobooks', Johannes Wohnseifer selected titles from his private collection that focus on the African continent. These photobooks, published between 1948 and 2011, are presented here in chronological order.

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 160 pp., 120 duotone b/w ills., English

English ed., eight slipcased pbs. (no dust jackets, as issued), 19 x 26 x 3 cm., 112 pp., text language: English

HC with dust jacket, ca. 18 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 96 pp., (9,5 x 7 in.), 50 duotone b/w ills. text language: English

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 27 x 29 x 5 cm., 656 S., etwa 2.000 Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Photo volume 'Life is Good & Good for You in New York' by William KLEIN is regarded as one of the most influential books in the last half-century - here reproduced in its entirety as brilliantly photographed & designed opus as a complete photobook study.

'The Dutch Photobook' deals with the recent history of the Dutch photobook. Selected titles were placed in the context of developments in photography & society on the basis of the themes of landscape, youth, travel, urbanity, and the autonomous photobook.

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 176 pp., 120 duotone b/w ills., English

With books by Günther FÖRG and Ed RUSCHA

18x linen bound HC with dust jackets (mostly), each book: 18,5 x 24 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), with duotone b/w &/or color ills., text langiage: English

This part of the two-volume work, 'Autopsie. Volume 1', by photo book expert Manfred HEITING presents the German-language titles of the interwar period in all their variety. The focus lies on the German-speaking countries and the period from 1918 to 1945.

von Horacio Fernández, ed. With titles by ABBOTT, ARAKI, BEATON, BISCHOF, CARTIER-BRESSON, DAVIDSON, DEPARDON, EVANS, A.FISCHER, GILDEN, HAAS, HOFER, KERTÉSZ, KITAJIMA, W.KLEIN, LEVITT, LÖRINCZY, LYON, MORIYAMA, NAAR, PERESS, SCHLES, SISKIND, WEEGEE, a.o.

SC with dust jacket (a two-sided poster), 29 x 20 x 2,5 cm., 244 pp., highly illustrated, English, Ltd. to 600 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 28 cm., 300 pp., Color & b/w ills., text language: German - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Prestel, 2002.

by Hannah DARABI (ed.) Thread-sewn pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 33 cm., 540 pp., approx. 750 b/w & col. ills.,

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 108 pp., 65 duotone b/w ills., text language: English

Actual printrun, HC with dust jacket, 25 x 29 x 3,5 cm., 320 pp., richly color illustrated, text language: English

With photobooks by SANDER, RENGER-PATZSCH, TÜLLMANN, RIMKUS, FREED, HASHIGUCHI, REINARTZ, CHARGESHEIMER, McBRIDE, RIEBESEHL, BORCHERT, ARNOLD and many more

The compendium 'Photobook Belge' by Tamara Berghmans contains volumes of famous as well as less known photographers and many text contributions. It covers a period of more than 150 years with almost 250 photo books, all carefully described and illustrated

The unusual 'PBM_Catalog Box' contains leporellos, brochures and posters for the 33 exhibitions and projects shown during the PhotoBookMuseum pop-up in Cologne. The shape of the box alludes to the exhibitions shown in traditional shipping containers.

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 172 pp, 105 b/w duotone ills., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 26 x 28,5 x 5 cm., 516 pp., richly color illustrated, text language: English

'FOTO.BUCH.KUNST. Umbruch und Neuorientierung in der Buchgestaltung' (Upheaval and Reorientation in Book Design) presents examples of the interaction between books and photography that have since fallen somewhat into oblivion but are well worth looking at

Out-of-print catalog 'Soul and Soul by Kiyoshi Suzuki', coincided a retrospective exhibition. It brings together the two mediums in a worthy tribute to the artist that surveys both his approach to photography and the various book dummies that he designed.

HC with dust jacket, 25 x 29 x 3,5 cm., 320 pp., richly color illustrated, text language: English

1st print run. HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 160 pp., 120 duotone b/w ills., text language: English

This out-of-print catalog, 'Photobloc. Central Europe in Photobooks', contains interesting essays on various topics in the history of Central European photo books and - in addition to many photo book illustrations - an article on East German photography.

The comprehensive publication 'The How we See: Photobooks by Women' is an invaluable reference. Sien contains current and historical photo books by women photographers, a chronology and essays on the history and practice of photo books by women.

Actual print run. HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2 cm. (9.5 x 7 in.), 96 pp., 89 four-color ills., text language: English

Volume #14 of the 'Books on Books' book series about important photo volumes in the history presents the masterpeice '122 Colour Photographs' by Keld HELMER-PETERSEN as well as an essay by Danish art critic & historian Mette Sandbye entitled 'Color Cool'.

This volume, 'Josef Koudelka: The Making of Exiles', represents an exploration of the making and developement of that photographic journey in which he described the journeys and everyday lives of the peoples he encountered on his travels through Europe.

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 240 pp., 275 color & duotne b/w ills., text language: English

In the illustrated volume, 'Boris Mikhailov. Bücher / Books', the two artist books 'Krymskaya Fotomaniya' and 'Mountains' by the Ukrainian photo artist are presented in facsimile on 128 pages each, interrupted by an eighty-page illustrated text sequence.

Newspaper printed pb., 30 x 37 cm., 64 pp., highly illustrated, Ltd. to 1,000 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 30,5 x 5 cm., 418 pp., Color & b/w ills., text language: German - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Hirmer Verlag, 2011.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 28 x 29 x 6,5 cm., 636 pp., highly color & b/w illustrated, text language: English. Steidl, 2015.

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 196 pp., 120 color & Duotone b/w ills., text language: English

With photo books by Bernd and Hilla BECHER, Ad VAN DENDEREN, Paul GRAHAM, Michael SCHMIDT. Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 22 x 2 cm., 196 pp., text language: English. Art and Theory, 2013.

by Horacio Fer#andez (ed.), , HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 32 x 3 cm., 255 pp., richly illustrated, text language: English

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 21,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 136 pp., 85 color & duotone b/w ills., text language: English

The 'Protest Box' compiled by British photographer as well as photo book expert Martin Parr contains five facsimile editions of out-of-print photo volumes by Enrique BOSTELMANN, Paolo GASPARINI, Dirk ALVERMANN, Kauz KITAI and Paolo MATIOLI & Anna CANDIANI

The #16 of the 'Books on Books' series deals with undisputedly one of the most famous and best Danish photo book titles, 'Drum' by Krass CLEMENT. In addition to the original faithful reproduction of the whole volume, it is completed by a readable essay.

'Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha', brings together 91 projects and contains a selection of his books as well as an appendix in which all known honors are listed. A tribute to various artists and an extension of his legacy

The annotated, richly illustrated bibliography on the history of photo books in Sweden - from early examples with glued-in albumin prints to contemporary books, from traditional formats to going out design - has published very seriously and with expertise

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 112 pp., 71 duotone b/w ills., text language: English

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 64 pp., 30 duotone b/w ills., text language: English

Sewn Otabind (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 32 x 2 cm., 272 pp., b/w & color ills., bilingual texts: Dutch / English

The out-of-print photo book compendium 'Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s' by Kaneko & Vartanian presents relevant publications of that era. Some of the most influential works and forgotten gems are presented and placed in a sociological context.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 30 x 2 cm., 232 pp. (many fold outs), color & b/w ills., bilingual texts: German / English

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 13 x 21 cm., 124 pp., highly illustrated, text language: Spanish, Ltd. to 1,000 copies

by von McLaren, Stephen & Bryan Formhals (eds.) - HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 22 x 4 cm., 320 pp., more than 500 images, text language: English. Thames & Hudson, 2014.

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 21,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 136 pp., 85 color & duotne b/w ills., text language: English

'Swiss Photobooks from 1927 to the Present' is a fascinating coverage of 70 books mostly by Swiss born photographers that manages to present a clear overview of Swiss photography. A quite remarkable book revealing some wonderful titles to a wider audience