Kishin Shinoyama

First edition, first and only printing. Limited edition of 500 copies numbered and signed by Gossage (this being #222/500), with 17 black and white illustrations and an original front cover of sleek black linen binding featuring a laid down 8 ½ x 6 ¾" silver gelatin photograph printed by the author. Designed by Gabriele F. Gotz, Ulrich Gorlich and John Gossage. Text in English. Photographs made in Berlin between 1982-1986 by John Gossage. Introduction by Jane Livingston, and three legends based on the collection of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm...

?A guaranteed genuine half inch strand of John Lennon's hair Exceptional provenance - acquired from his barber Klaus Baruck in Berlin John Lennon (1940-1980) was a leading mem...

Published by Max Strom 1st edition 2015 Hardback English text In 1977, at the height of the disco craze, a club opened at 254 West 54th Street in New York City. Studio 54 was - and,...

Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator Buechner, Thomas S. Published by Abrams, NY, 1970. Hardcover. #F/58 of 1000. Signed by Buechner and Norman Rockwell on the limitation page. Publisher's full blue leather and marbled paper slipcase. Large oversized heavy book. Book is fine, slipcase shows some edge wear, a few dings, and a some tiny spots of loss to the paper, but is otherwise very good. Title: Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator Publisher: Abrams, NY Publication Date: 1970 Binding: Hardcover Condition: Very good Signed: Signed by Author Buechner and By Norman Rockwell. “AN ARTIST OF REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS… BELOVED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE”: SIGNED LIMITED NORMAN ROCKWELL: ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR, RICHLY ILLUSTRATED, ONE OF ONLY 100 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES BUECHNER, Thomas S. Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1970). Large thick folio, original full navy morocco, tan morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, original slipcase. Signed limited first edition, one of 1100 copies signed by both Rockwell and Buechner, with over 600 illustrations, including hundreds in color and many folding. "A lifelong chronicler of personalities and events, Rockwell… was an artist of remarkable accomplishments who possessed an extraordinary eye for detail and was beloved by the American people" (ANB). This comprehensive survey of his career not only showcases his celebrated Saturday Evening Post covers (it includes all 321 of them) but also explores other facets of his work, including advertising, book illustration, patriotic contributions to the United States' effort in World War II, and poignant and challenging portrayals of America's changing postwar society. Buechner, director of the Brooklyn Museum, was the first art who devoted serious attention to Rockwell's work. The hundreds of illustrations in this volume include over 80 color folio images, many of which are two-page or folding. As the signed limitation page explains, Rockwell supervised the pulling of 10 collotypes from his paintings, each in a limited edition of 110 copies, designated with letters A-J and each letter numbered 1-100. Ten Artist's Proofs of each collotype were designated AP-A through AP-J, numbered 1-10 for each, reserved for Rockwell. Rockwell signed...

Published by Weidenfield and Nicholson London 1st Edition 1983 Photographs and commentary by Snowdon (Antony Armstrong-Jones); introduction by John Mortimer. 34 colour photographs a...

Jeff Koons 2007 #199/1500 Hardcover in clamshell box 33 x 44 cm / 17 3/8 x 13 Inches 606 pages Published by Taschen Limited Collector’s Edition of 1,500 copies, numbered and signed by Jeff Koons In Excellent, Untouched Condition. This weighty tome, published by Taschen, is the definitive overview of Jeff Koons' work. The exhaustive monograph is one of the 1,600 limited edition, numbered copies, each book being signed by the artist. From kinky to kitsch to conceptual, Jeff Koons’s art is anything but conformist. Since he stirred up the art world establishment in the 1980s with his unapologetic basketball...

Author: Whitman, Walt. Title: Song of the Open Road. Publisher: NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1990. Signed Limited Edition. 1 vol., fo...

'Thornton's Temple of Flora' by dr. Robert John Thornton. With bibliographical notes by Handasyde Buchanan. London: Collins, 1951. Printed in the Nethe...

Northwest Passage, Limited 2 Volume Edition By Kenneth Roberts. Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., Garden City, N.Y., 1937. 1st Ed hardcov...

Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Avon: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Signed by Ray Bradbury and Joseph Mugnaini. Limited Edition #1,195/2,000. Quarto, original silk-screened...

A very nice "Surf Culture" first edition of the book "Surf" signed by author, surf industry pioneer and "Surfer Magazine" founder John Severson at the California Surf Museum in Huntington Beach, CA, circa 2014. The book is in great condition with vibrant colors and measures 9.75"W x 12.5"H; it includes the original dust jacket and signed "Cowabunga John Severson" in black marker on the inside title page A "must have" for any surf memorabilia collector! #3177 The book "Surf" came out in 2014 and was characterized by the New York Times as follows: "John Severson's Surf" is a book that presents the languid-meets-extreme-thrills lifestyle of surfing through paintings and vivid photography. Presented mainly through Mr. Severson's paintings and photography, the book serves a dual purpose as a celebration of a Zeilg-like life to envy and as an implicit slap across the cheek of those status-conscious, white-collar elements that are getting ever fresher in their advances upon the wave-riding lifestyle that he helped start back in the 1950's. (Jim Rutenberg The New York Times, Styles Section) #2492 About the artist: John Severson, well known as the creator of the internationally acclaimed SURFER Magazine, grew up surfing off the beaches of Southern California. He began his career as a painter, selling his first works while finishing his Master’s Degree at Long Beach State College. In the ’50s he became the first person to create a large body of art relating to the Hawaii-California surf culture. Since then he has provided a steady output of oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints. In 1958, John used his art, photography, and surfing passion to create a popular surf movie series. His films included SURF SAFARI, SURF FEVER, BIG WEDNESDAY, and PACIFIC VIBRATIONS. Severson's smash hits posters from the ’50s and ’60s, remain collector favorites. As a surfer, Severson was known for riding big waves, and for his innovative performance style in big surf. In 1961, he won the Peru International Surfing Championships and was a finalist in the U.S. and Hawaiian Championships. With the founding of SURFER, John’s art focused on the magazine and graphics. His painting “Surf Bebop” was selected as the outstanding cover painting of 1963 by Communication Arts. Surfer During the ’60s, he authored two surf books...

Aldrin, Buzz. Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Reno: Jack Bacon & Company, 2009. First Edition. Numbered 490 o...