Photographs [SIGNED] by DAVIDSON, Bruce; GELDZAHLER, Henry (pref) - 1978

Atlanta, GA: Ridgewood Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Landscape 4to (25cm x 31.5cm). Dark grey linen boards, black lettered title to spine and upper board. ix, 326. Enclosed a copy of supplement in unopened sealed transparent envelope, with typed letter from Zufi dated November 2014, stating that the supplement contains all the new photos taken for the second edition. With a superb collection of photographs, showcasing items from the early Apple I in 1977 to the Lisa in 1983, through to more recent iDevices and Macbooks. A painstaking survey of Apple's progress, and labour of love by Zufi: "In 2009, I decided to embark on a personal mission to document and photograph every product Apple has made since 1976. In 2013, after collecting over 500 products and taking over 150,000 photos I self published 'ICONIC: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation' - a 340 page book that chronicles every major Apple product ever released." In the original box. The previous… Read More

London: Bantam Press Transworld Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good/very good. Lrge 8vo (24cm). Dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. xxxi, 1119. Signed by Lawson to title page. One of the longest serving Chancellors of the Exchequer (1983 to 1989) of the C20th and a key player in the Thatcherite revolution. With a stamp to flyleaf, 'Supplied by the Civil Service College.' In unclipped dust wrapper. Slight waviness to pages, finger soil to lower page tips, edgewear and minor edge creases to jacket. Still a sound, firm copy, binding tight. Signed copies are uncommon.

London, 1957. Near fine. Bromide print, portrait of author John Osborne (1929-1994), juxtaposed with the exterior of The Royal Court Theatre and signage for his play 'Look Back in Anger'. With Gerson's pencilled signature to lower right hand side of backing board, and the initials FBIPP (Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photographers). To rear, Gerson's stamp. No limitation mentioned. The backing measures 36x34.5cm and the visible image is 19.8x18.2cm. Taken by Gerson in 1957. The National Portrait Gallery owns a copy. Gerson made his reputation as a portrait photographer of literary figures, and his images count among some of the most compelling of the genre. Mounted on matte board with matte frame. The frame is not entirely attached to the backing.

Kyoto: Korinsha Press, 1998. First edition. Laminated Boards. Near Fine. 4to (29cm). Photographically illustrated paper on laminated thick boards. Full bleed colour photographic images on paper over thick laminated card pages. Unpaginated. Signed by Homma to inner rear pastedown in pen. With the accompanying 20p. loose leaf pamphlet leaflet in the fluorescent green enclosed with text in Japanese and English, including two essays, by architect Momoyo Kajima, 'Ways of Looking at the Suburban Landscape,' and 'In the very fact of an intensity without having "meaning"', by sociologist Shinji Miyadai. Images from the endless sprawl of Tokyo's suburbs, capturing well manicured lawns, bright pastel shades and dreamy blue skies. Only occasionally does the imagery veer off into less certain, bleaker shades. Parr & Badger, The Photobook, A History, Vol 2. A slight crease mark to spine, some light shelfwear to lower edges of boards, otherwise very sound. SCARCE as a signed copy.

Zurich: JRP | Ringier publications, 2008. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near fine/No dust jacket (as issued). Sm 4to (23.5cm). In the dark maroon cloth, black blocked titles to spine, cover. pp. 243. Photo shoots and images by Petronio, and Koller, fashion photographers and designers and co-founders of the the French biannual fashion and culture magazine Self Service. "This volume is an organic gathering, collected over the past 15 years, of the work of Ezra Petronio and Suzanne Koller, partners in the Paris branch of the international design firm, Work in Progress. It features Petronio and Koller's groundbreaking work on their international style magazine, Self-Service, as well as many additional projects with clients, artists and other creative minds." A scarce copy of a now hard to obtain text. Crammed with photos by and of Petronio and Koller shoots and product images. One or two very faint marks to boards, otherwise a tight, very well kept copy.

Atlanta, GA: Ridgewood Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Landscape 4to (25cm x 31.5cm). Dark grey linen boards, black lettered title to spine and upper board. ix, 326. Enclosed a copy of supplement in unopened sealed transparent envelope, with typed letter from Zufi dated November 2014, stating that the supplement contains all the new photos taken for the second edition. With a superb collection of photographs, showcasing items from the early Apple I in 1977 to the Lisa in 1983, through to more recent iDevices and Macbooks. A painstaking survey of Apple's progress, and labour of love by Zufi: "In 2009, I decided to embark on a personal mission to document and photograph every product Apple has made since 1976. In 2013, after collecting over 500 products and taking over 150,000 photos I self published 'ICONIC: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation' - a 340 page book that chronicles every major Apple product ever released." In the original box. The previous… Read More

London: Bantam Press Transworld Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good/very good. Lrge 8vo (24cm). Dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. xxxi, 1119. Signed by Lawson to title page. One of the longest serving Chancellors of the Exchequer (1983 to 1989) of the C20th and a key player in the Thatcherite revolution. With a stamp to flyleaf, 'Supplied by the Civil Service College.' In unclipped dust wrapper. Slight waviness to pages, finger soil to lower page tips, edgewear and minor edge creases to jacket. Still a sound, firm copy, binding tight. Signed copies are uncommon.

London, 1957. Near fine. Bromide print, portrait of author John Osborne (1929-1994), juxtaposed with the exterior of The Royal Court Theatre and signage for his play 'Look Back in Anger'. With Gerson's pencilled signature to lower right hand side of backing board, and the initials FBIPP (Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photographers). To rear, Gerson's stamp. No limitation mentioned. The backing measures 36x34.5cm and the visible image is 19.8x18.2cm. Taken by Gerson in 1957. The National Portrait Gallery owns a copy. Gerson made his reputation as a portrait photographer of literary figures, and his images count among some of the most compelling of the genre. Mounted on matte board with matte frame. The frame is not entirely attached to the backing.

Kyoto: Korinsha Press, 1998. First edition. Laminated Boards. Near Fine. 4to (29cm). Photographically illustrated paper on laminated thick boards. Full bleed colour photographic images on paper over thick laminated card pages. Unpaginated. Signed by Homma to inner rear pastedown in pen. With the accompanying 20p. loose leaf pamphlet leaflet in the fluorescent green enclosed with text in Japanese and English, including two essays, by architect Momoyo Kajima, 'Ways of Looking at the Suburban Landscape,' and 'In the very fact of an intensity without having "meaning"', by sociologist Shinji Miyadai. Images from the endless sprawl of Tokyo's suburbs, capturing well manicured lawns, bright pastel shades and dreamy blue skies. Only occasionally does the imagery veer off into less certain, bleaker shades. Parr & Badger, The Photobook, A History, Vol 2. A slight crease mark to spine, some light shelfwear to lower edges of boards, otherwise very sound. SCARCE as a signed copy.

Zurich: JRP | Ringier publications, 2008. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near fine/No dust jacket (as issued). Sm 4to (23.5cm). In the dark maroon cloth, black blocked titles to spine, cover. pp. 243. Photo shoots and images by Petronio, and Koller, fashion photographers and designers and co-founders of the the French biannual fashion and culture magazine Self Service. "This volume is an organic gathering, collected over the past 15 years, of the work of Ezra Petronio and Suzanne Koller, partners in the Paris branch of the international design firm, Work in Progress. It features Petronio and Koller's groundbreaking work on their international style magazine, Self-Service, as well as many additional projects with clients, artists and other creative minds." A scarce copy of a now hard to obtain text. Crammed with photos by and of Petronio and Koller shoots and product images. One or two very faint marks to boards, otherwise a tight, very well kept copy.