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A great opportunity to acquire a signed copy of the long out-of-print photo book 'Zeit ohne Wörter' (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch #20) by the late writer Jürgen Becker, published in 2024!

As always, Café Lehmitz Photobooks from Cologne guarantees precise and reliable descriptions, 100%

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Signed by author - Photo book

Signed, Jürgen BECKER - Eine Zeit ohne Wörter - 1971

The Nagasaki branch of the Japan Realism Photography Group (founded in 1963, with photographer Shigeru Tamura as its first chairman) published a photo book titled ‘Testimony of Nagasaki.’

The Japan Realism Photography Group is an independent creative movement composed of

Nagasaki Branch of the Japan Realism Photography Group - The Testimony of Nagasaki 1970 - 1970

Izumo.
Shoji Ueda.
Mainichi Newspapers/1974/japanese/415×305mm.
A gorgeous collection of photographs introducing places associated with Izumo mythology, this book is composed of photographs taken by Shoji Ueda, a leading Japanese photographer of the 20th century and highly

History, Photography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Shoji Ueda - Izumo - 1974

The book collects William Eggleston's early black-and-white photographs from the late 1950s and 1960s, taken around suburban Memphis, before he pioneered color photography. 
The images feature everyday scenes like diners, supermarkets, and domestic interiors, developing the style

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Book

William Eggleston - Before Color - 2010-2012

RIMBAUD (Arthur)
Poems. A Season in Hell, preceded by New Poems. Illuminations followed by Various Poems.
Paris, Book Club, 1984-1986-1988.
3 volumes in-4 (31.3cm x 24.7cm) of 96-[4]pp.; 64-[5]pp. & 72-[4]pp. Printed in a run of 295 numbered copies, including 35 copies on

Illustrated - Quantity: 3 - Slipcase, Signed by illustrator - Book

Arthur RIMBAUD / Dominique SOSOLIČ - Poésies. Une saison en enfer. Illuminations [Un des 10 ex. du TIRAGE DE TÊTE sur Auvergne avec, pour - 1984-1988

Numbered copy of Dante's Divine Comedy illustrated by Salvador Dali (1904-1989), one of the major encounters between classical literature and surrealist art, accompanied by a rare seventh volume in a limited edition of 250 copies.

The set is presented in the form of six volumes

Literature, Illustrated, Art, Esotericism - Quantity: 7 - Slipcase - Book

Dante / Salvador Dalí - La Divine Comédie + rare 7e volume de souscription - 1963

The Bauhaus was one of the 20th century’s most influential cultural movements, yet at the same time it is regarded as the epitome of the Modernist design cliché: geometric, industrial, minimalistic. The publication »The Bauhaus #itsalldesign« disproves this cliché and takes a

Photography, Art, Architecture - Quantity: 1 - Book

Vitra Design Museum; Bundeskunsthalle - the bauhaus #allesist design - 2015

Leonardo Sciascia.
Spanish hours.
Photographs by Ferdinando Scianna.
In ten chapters, Leonardo Sciascia explores the Spanish world, expressing his fondness for Spanish history, literature, and culture. The writings are taken from newspaper articles that the Sicilian writer wrote

Leonardo Scianna / Ferdinando Scianna - Ore di Spagna - 2000

Rare issue No.22 of the Italian 'International Review of Black and White Photographs'.

Special issue focusing on the photographers represented by the famous Parisian Galerie / Agence VU.

Please sign by Michael Ackerman on the inside front cover.

One evening, while taking his

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Signed - Photo book

Signed; Michael Ackerman, Stanley Greene, Graciela Iturbide, Antoine d'Agata et. al. - Time Moving & Storage - Special VU' L'Agence - 2001

New edition, one of 550 numbered copies on vélin labeur, the only print run.
Publisher's binding in full cardboard binding based on the original model by Paul Bonet.
Very fine example.
20 x 14 cm

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Henry de Montherlant - Aux Fontaines du Désir [cartonnage Paul Bonet] - 1954

Bilingual edition: Spanish and French languages.
Emilio Ambasz. Architecture & Nature, Design & Artifice = Architecture & Nature, Design & Artifice.
Date: 2010.
Measurements: 32 x 23 cm.
520 pages.
Weight: 3,480 kilos.
Luxurious hardcover binding with a dust jacket with flaps.

Architecture - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Coffee table book

Terence Riley y otros - Emilio Ambasz. Arquitectura & Naturaleza, Design & Artificio = Architecture & Nature, Design & - 2010

Impressive complete 20-piece collection of works by top photographers from home and abroad. An asset for any collector or photography enthusiast.

Publisher: Amsterdam, De Volkskrant - Dutch edition 2011 - many photos in the original black-and-white version and some in color.


Photography - Quantity: 20 - Slipcase - Book

De Volkskrant - Grote Fotografen - 2011


IN LIMBO.
Florian Bachmeier.
Buchkunst Berlin.
Shortlisted for the First Photobook Award, Paris Photo - Aperture Foundation 2022.
Publication date : 2021/10/01.
Weight 955 g / Dimensions 21.5 x 28 cm / 180 pages.
Concept & design : Thomas Gust, Ana Druga.
ISBN 9783981980547.
For

War history - Quantity: 1 - Photo book

Florian Bachmeier - In Limbo Ukraine War - 2021

Highly sought after collector's copy of this very limited edition by Chronicle Books in San Francisco

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Photo book

Taishi Hirokawa - sonomama - 1988-1988

ED VAN DER ELSKEN; Love in Saint-Germain-des-Prés; 1st edition, 1st printing, Rowohlt Verlag, Hamburg, 1956.
The original dustjacket shows some wear along the edges (please see pictures). The book is in very good, nice, and clean condition.

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Book

Ed van der Elsken - Liebe in Saint-Germain-des-Prés - 1956

U N I Q U E  COLLECTOR'S ITEM.

ASSOCIATION COPY:
Long, very personal one-page dedication by famous Italian photographer Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000) in Italian to famous French photographer Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) plus Giacomelli's original signature plus Giacomelli's

Photography, Art - Quantity: 1 - Signed - Photo book

SIGNED; Mario Giacomelli, Enzo Carli - Giacomelli (UNIQUE ASSOCIATION COPY + DRAWING). La Forma Dentro. Fotografie 1952-1995 - 1995

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