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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.

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

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.

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

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 (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.

'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

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.

'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, 25 x 29 x 3,5 cm., 320 pp., richly color illustrated, text language: English

Actual print run, HC, 25 x 29 x 3,5 cm., 336 pp., 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

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

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

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

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.

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 #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.

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 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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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'.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

With books by Günther FÖRG and Ed RUSCHA

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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

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

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

'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

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.