Search Results: tokyo by klein william

New York: Aperture, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG, library label at base of mylar-protected DJ (no label on book itself) and small label on rear pastedown from Visual Studies Workshop (VSW)) A very clean copy. White illustrated case with black and red lettering, identical dust jacket. 190 [1] pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Profile of American-French abstract photographer William Klein (1928-present). Specializing in street and fashion photography, Klein is known for his unconventional style, having never received formal training in photography.

Aperture Monograph, 1981. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Jacket price-clipped, but not toned or faded, tiny chip to top spine of dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated in black & white with a selection of William Klein's photographs from his city books. Captions to plates. Bibliography. 13" high X 10" wide, 190 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Aperture, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. With a profile of Klein by John Hellpern. The first retrospective monograph on Klein, oddly a book that he personally detests. A good selection from Klein's body of work, including from his classic city books, A fine copy in a clean very near fine dust jacket with a crease to the front flap. A fresh copy of this nicely printed book.

Crown, 1964. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. Covers shelfworn. Dust jacket torn and creased along edges.Stamped from the James Alinder collection.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1964 Cloth. 4to. First edition. Very good +, in like dust jacket with a few very small closed tears and chips at extremities. Profusely illustrated with full page black & white photographs of Tokyo by Klein. Preface by Maurice Pinguet.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

New York: Delpire, 1964. 184pgs, black boards, no DJ as issued. Forecorners and spine ends show faint shelfwear. Thin scrape along lower back board about 4 inches in length. White and red lettering on the spine and front board. Black and white photographs throughout. Internally fine copy. One of William Klein's four city books which also included New York, Rome and Moscow. He is noted for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small Folio.

[Paris], Delpire éditeur, 1964. . First edition, French issue (there were also American, Italian, and Japanese issues, all were printed in Japan by Zokeisha; a German edition was issued the following year); folio (347 x 253 mm, 13¾ x 10 in ); black-and-white photographs printed in gravure, text by William Klein, minor toning to edges, print production holes to last leaf and rear endpapers; black endpapers, printed paper-covered boards, black, red, and grey, light shelfwear, rubbing to corners, an excellent copy; [16], 15-184pp. Tokyo is the fourth of Klein's four classic city books, following Life is Good & Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels (1956) and Rome (1959) and contemporaneous with Moscow (1964). Together, these four books arguably represent Klein's most significant contribution to the history of photography.In 1961, Klein visited Japan, where his first book, Life is Good & Good for You in New York (1956), had a profound influence on a young generation of Japanese… Read More

Paris, Delpire Éditeur, 1964, first edition. 184 pp., ca. 250 b/w photographic ills, many fullpage famous and magnificent photobook of street life in Tokyo; cermonies, casino's, sports, prostitutes; text in french; printed in Japan; Nikon photography; VG condition (minor scratches at top and bottom of spine)

E-356: Crown Publishers. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Crown Publishers, Inc, New York. 1964. 184 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Price-clipped DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Here is Tokyo. Not Tokyo for the tourist or Tokyo or travel posters, but everyday Tokyo in all its contradictions, discords, beauty, and appeal. "Like Hokusai, William Klein has created a Manga a sudden throng of images, faces, streets, crowds, and attitudes, intense and confused, where the past merges with the future in an uproar of appearances. All are instantaneously caught, still moving, alive, and gesturing"EB; 4to 11" - 13" tall;… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1964. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features a preface by Maurice Pinguet. One of the brilliant books in Klein's "city" series. A beautifully printed book in mostly full page gravure images taken throughout the title city. The photographs by Klein capture the energy and soul of Tokyo A clean near fine copy in black cloth boards with some very minor wear in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny edge tears and some minor wear to the base of the spine. A lovely copy.

New York : Crown Publishers, 1964., 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 9, [1], 15-184 pp. ; 32 cm. ; folio ; illustrated with 183 black and white photographs ; 28 cm. ; LCCN: 64-21769 ; OCLC: 1691744 ; LC: DS896.5; Dewey: 915.2135 ; black cloth with red and white lettering, in like-colored dustjacket ; edge wear to dustjacket ; slight edge wear to bottom of spine ; black ink mark-through of two lines on front ep ; This is one of the epoch-making photojournalistic photo-essays by photographer William Klein--who also photo-documented Moscow, New York and Rome as pa rt of this series--whose photos cut through the Japanese masks of tatame and hone to reveal the inner character of the Japanese people. ; A monumental photographic achievement that forever changed the approach to photojournalism ; text in English ; scarce ; VG/G .

New York: Crown Publishers, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Hardbound folio-size volume in dustwrapper. Preface by Maurice Pinguet. First edition of the third volume in Klein's "City" photobooks (Preceded by New York and Rome). 184 pp. Other than the brief preface the book is comprised entirely of large full-page black and white gravure photographs of striking images of daily life in Japan's largest city. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. As with many copies we have handled over the years, the dustwrapper suffers from edge-chips, paper loss and creasing. This copy is no exception. Still, a decent example. This copy also benefits from it being SIGNED by Klein on the title page and he has added some Japanese calligraphy adjacent to his signature. A very large and heavy volume. Additional shipping charges may apply.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1964. First edition of the fourth volume in Klein's acclaimed series of "city" books. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Preface by Maurice Pinguet. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.

Various Places, 1956-1964. First editions of each of the photographers famed city books. Tall quarto, 4 volumes. Each are signed by William Klein, with the caption booklet of New York signed as well. Very good to near fine books in original dust jackets showing some light rubbing and wear. A very sharp set of these volumes. William Klein’s magnum opus this greatest of 1950s photobooks by a native American was never published in the United States New York is a quintessential monument to the American cultural scene of the 1950s It is the upside to Robert Frank’s downside" as captured in The Americans (Parr & Badger, 235-6, 243).