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View our selection of inscribed vintage photographs and rare photography books below. We carry a variety of interesting antique photographs (framed and matted), as well as seminal photo books from some of the world's most renowned photographers. Be sure to check back often for updates, as our catalog changes frequently.

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William Klein New York Signed First Edition

Klein, William

New York. Life is Good and Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels.

Milano : Feltrinelli Editore, 1956.

First edition of one of the most celebrated of the photographic books of the second half of the 20th century. Quarto, original cloth, original pamphlet bookmark. Signed “Happy New York William Klein.” The pamphlet bookmark is also signed by Klein, as well. An excellent example in the original dust jacket with a few small closedContinue reading "New York. Life is Good and Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels."

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-3724

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Mandela, Nelson] Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print.

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Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela during his treason trial in 1958. Signed by both Nelson Mandela on the image and the photographer, Jurgen Schadeberg (signed and stamped on the verso by Schadeberg and also signed on the front). The photograph measures 11 inches by 14 inches. Matted and framed.

$8,200.00

Item Number: RRB-4513

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Mandela, Nelson] Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print.

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Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela in his law office in 1952. Signed by both Nelson Mandela on the image and the photographer, Jurgen Schadeberg (signed and stamped on the verso by Schadeberg and also signed on the front). The photograph was taken at Chancellor House, which is where Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo openedContinue reading "Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print."

$8,200.00

Item Number: RRB-4512

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Penn, Irving

Still Life.

New York : Bullfinch Press, 2001.

First edition of this collection of photographs. Tall quarto, original beige cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Irving Penn on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-4324

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Mandela, Nelson] Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print.

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Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela, Dr. Moroka, and Yusuf Dadoo during the Defiance Campaign Trial of 1952. Signed by both Mandela on the image and the photographer, Jurgen Schadeberg (signed and stamped on the verso by Schadeberg and also signed on the front). Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.5 inches by 19Continue reading "Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-4054

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Albers, Josef. [Henri Cartier-Bresson]

Despite Straight Lines.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1961.

First edition of this work by the famed artist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Henri Cartier-Bresson, “For Henry Cartier-Bresson Josef Albers May 20, ‘68.” Cartier-Bresson was working for Magnum Photographers when he photographed Josef Albers at his home in Connecticut in May of 1968. An outstanding association copy, linking Albers,Continue reading "Despite Straight Lines."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-3783

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Hare, Chauncey

Interior America.

New York : Aperture, 1978.

First edition of this classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Lengthily inscribed by Chauncey Hare on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-3725

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Flower Is

Frank, Robert

Flower Is.

Tokyo : Yugensha, 1987.

Limited first edition, one of 500 unnumbered copies, with 81 finely screened full-page halftones. Folio, original gray cloth, cloth covered slipcase with halftone print affixed to the cover; original shipping box. In fine condition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Frank.

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-2705

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Lines of My Hands

Robert Frank

Lines of My Hands.

Tokyo : Yugensha, 1972.

Limited first edition of Frank’s memorable autobiography in photographs, one of only 500 examples. Folio, original black cloth, slipcase with mounted cover photograph, original shipping carton. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Frank. In fine condition, with the shipping carton in fine condition.

$11,000.00

Item Number: RRB-2706

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Weegee

Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.

New York : Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961.

First edition of the famed photographer’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Frances Colley Weegee.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-2292

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Owens, Bill

Suburbia.

San Francisco : Straight Arrow Books, 1973.

First Edition. Oblong quarto, original photographic stiff paper wrappers. Inscribed by the photographer, “For William Enjoy “William” Bill Owens 2008.” Laid into is a photograph signed by Bill Owens on the verso. In excellent condition with only light wear.

$1,000.00

Item Number: RRB-1910

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Burke, Bill

I Want To Take Picture.

Atlanta : Nexus Press, 1987.

First edition. Folio, original glossy illustrated boards. Limited to 1,000 copies. Signed by Bill Burke. In fine condition.

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-1684

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Starn, Doug and Mike

alleverythingthatisyou.

Aspen : Baldwin Gallery, 2006.

First edition. Limited Edition 1 of 1,000 copies, this being number 265. Quarto. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Original 8×8 print signed by both Starn brothers. Comes with the original envelope from the Starn brothers office.

$725.00

Item Number: RRB-1607

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Klich, Kent; Essay by Herta Muller

Children of Ceaucescu.

New York : Umbrage, 2001.

First edition of the photographer’s powerful collection of images taken after the reign of the Romanian dictator, Nicolae Ceaucescu. The aftermath is sobering, the pictures telling. Essay by Nobel Prize-winning author, Herta Muller. Signed and dated by the photographer, Kent Klich and also signed by Herta Muller. In fine condition, without a dust jacket asContinue reading "Children of Ceaucescu."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-1590

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Sternfeld, Joel

American Prospects.

Houston : Times Books, 1987.

First edition of Sternfeld’s acclaimed first photobook. Oblong quarto, original cloth, with 55 plates. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows a small closed tear. Signed by Joel Sternfeld on the title page.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-1440

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Samaras, Lucas

Samaras Album.

New York : The Whitney Museum of American Art and Pace Editions, 1971.

First edition of Samaras’ multimedia self-portrait, featuring a self-interview, autobiography, and hundreds of Polaroid images, both black-and-white and in color. Large quarto, original embossed pictorial cloth, mounted cover photograph. Association copy, inscribed by Lucas Samaras to Les Navarre on the title page. Navarre was the director of the Harry Abrams Art Gallery and a closeContinue reading "Samaras Album."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-1371

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Goldblatt, David; Courtney-Clarke, Margaret; Kench, John

Cape Dutch Homesteads.

Cape Town : Struik, 1981.

First edition. Original beige cloth. Signed by the photographer, David Goldblatt. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-1359

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Szarkowski, John

The Photographer’s Eye.

New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1966.

First edition. Square quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to Robert Lewis; former head of the Yale School of Drama, author, actor, and founder of the Actor’s Studio, “with warm good regards.” Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. The black jacket almost inevitably shows wear, this is a very nice exampleContinue reading "The Photographer’s Eye."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-1115

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Ruscha, Ed [Edward]

Every Building on the Sunset Strip.

Los Angeles : Edward Ruscha, 1966.

First edition, second issue of the artist’s classic work. Small octavo, original stiff self-wrappers, original slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by Ruscha to his aunt, “For Aunt Carol Ed Ruscha.” One continuous accordion-fold page composed of glued paper segments with black-and-white photographs of every building on the sunset strip. Near fine in a very good slipcase. AnContinue reading "Every Building on the Sunset Strip."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-1012

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Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela at Robben Island; signed by Mandela and photographer Jurgen Schadeberg

Mandela, Nelson; Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print.

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Silver Gelatin Print of Nelson Mandela’s 1994 return to Robben Island with Mandela looking through the bars in deep contemplation. Boldly signed by both Nelson Mandela and the photographer, Jurgen Schadeberg, who has signed on the bottom right panel and signed and stamped the verso. Schadeberg’s image was voted as one of the 50 mostContinue reading "Nelson Mandela Silver Gelatin Print."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-979

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Peress, Gilles; Michael Schulan; Susan Meiselas; Jeff Mermelstein

Here is New York.

New York : Scalo, 2002.

First edition of this work by the award-winning photographer. Thick oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, original slipcase. Inscribed by Gilless Peress. Illustrated with nearly 1000 full-color and black-and-white photographic plates with images by noted photographers such as Gilles Peress, Susan Meiselas and Jeff Mermelstein. Fine in a fine slipcase. Parr & Badger II, 232.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-972

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Richter, Gerhard

Atlas.

Munich : Verlag Fred Jahn, 1989.

Munich: Verlag Fred Jahn, 1989. First edition of one of the most revealing collections of the photographic work of Gerhard Richter. Folio, original cloth. Signed and dated in the year of publication on the half-title page, “Gerhard Richter 14.10.89.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-1000

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Peress, Gilles; Text by Eric Stover; Foreword by Richard Goldstone

The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar.

New York : Scalo, 1998.

First edition of this moving record of the atrocites that befell the Balkans in the 1990’s. Thick octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by all three contributors: photographer Gilles Peress; Eric Stover, who contributed the text and Justice Richard Goldstone, who contributed the foreword. In fine condition.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-973

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Peress, Gilles & Ghulam Husayn Saidi

Telex Persan.

Paris : Contrejour, 1984.

First French edition, published simultaneously with the American edition of the photojournalist’s first book. Folio, original stiff photographic wrappers, photographic endpapers. Inscribed by the photographer, Gilles Peress. In fine condition.

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-969

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