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ANGLESEY LANDSCAPES - GLYN DAVIES
Written by Glyn Davies. Illustrated by Glyn Davies.
Stock no. 1831167
Published by Glyn Davies Photography. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Glyn Davies is a leading photo-artist in Wales. This is a collection of his favourite personal responses to the landscapes of Anglesey, those that have inspired him the most but also those that have been most admired and collected by customers. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. Text in English and Welsh. 119 pages. ISBN: 9780955700309. Boards a little scuffed and marked. Lengthy gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

SARAH MOON: NOW AND THEN
Written by Ingo Taubhorn; Brigitte Woischnik. Illustrated by Sarah Moon.
Stock no. 1831094
Published by Kehrer Heidelberg Berlin. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

A catalogue that accompanies the first retrospective of the artist's work in Hamburg, Germany. This catalogue acts as a valuable synopsis of Moon's oeuvre, with interviews and essays that enrich our understanding of each photographic image. Black cloth spine, uncovered boards, white and black titles. B/w and colour photographs. 157 pages. ISBN: 9783868286564. Cloth spine a slightly discoloured at edges. Light wear to board corners. Contents clean.

MOSTLY WOMEN: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S LIFE
Written by Michael Ward.
Stock no. 1831013
Published by Granta Books. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A remarkable anthology of the photographer's, Michael Ward's, work catching the various moods of Britain and its stars from the 1950s to the 1980s. It also tells of Ward's own strange story: of a boy born to theatrical and quite spectacularly careless parents who sent him to boarding school at the age of three; of his beautiful mother, who fell in love with him; of a failed career as an actor; of his working life on a great newspaper; and of his five marriages and the women in between. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 356 pages including index. ISBN: 9781862078499. SIGNED by Michael Ward to title page with gift inscription. Very minor mark to lower edge of text block. Else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS FROM THE AIR
Written by John Glover. Illustrated by Ian Hay.
Stock no. 1830838
Published by Myriad Books Limited. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Britain's railway system is captured in a series of spectacular images by leading aerial photographer Ian Hay. An incisive text by railway expert John Glover helps to explain the historic background to the photographs and provides technical insights into the way that the British railway system has developed since its origins in the early part of the 19th century. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 9781847463821. Rear board has some relatively minor surface paper marks which originate from the verso of the dustwrapper. Else, a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly creased to rear panel.

HUMPTY DUMPTY AND BELINDA
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hugh Gee; Sally Gee.
Stock no. 1330351
Published by Collins Colour Camera Books. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Created by Hugh Gee and Sally Gee. With 14 large plates in natural colour photography and 21 line drawings. Large format. Burgundy spine with pictorial boards. Boards are well edge worn, scuffed and scored. Foxing and some fingermarks to contents. Hint of colouring to three pages. Some margin tears. Some slight corner loss to one page.

WILD PRAIRIE: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S PERSONAL JOURNEY
Written by James R. Page.
Stock no. 1830181
Published by Greystone Books. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Matt boards, brown spine with cream title, cream boards. Stunning colour photography of wild landscapes in North America. vii and 135 pages. ISBN: 1553651219. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Horizontal edges of boards lightly faded. A few dints to boards (minor). Rear board lightly scuffed. Rear joint between rear free endpaper and last page is pulled at the top half but the binding is tight.

RUNNING THE NUMBERS AN AMERICAN SELF-PORTRAIT
Written by Chris Jordan; Chris Bruce; Lucy R. Lippard; Paul Hawken. Illustrated by Chris Jordan.
Stock no. 1329924
Published by Museum Of Art. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Astonishing photographs revealing the devastating consequences of our culture of consumption. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 110 pages. Colour photographs. ISBN: 9780975566251. SIGNED by Jordan to title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Original 'blurb' band to rear cover still present but a little browned witha small crease at one corner. Contents fine.

THE DUMPY POCKET BOOK FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
Written by Denys Davis.
Stock no. 1329791
Published by Sampson Low. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Blue boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. 188 pages. Some damp staining to covers. Pale page browning else contents clean. Damp stains to verso of dustwrapper, wrapper edges slightly rubbed.

EDWARD WESTON: A LEGACY
Written by Susan Danly; Jonathan Spaulding; Jessica Todd Smith; Jennifer A. Watts.
Stock no. 1829112
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Edward Weston was the first photographer ever to receive a Guggenheim fellowship. This book celebrates Huntington Library's extraordinary collection of five hundred Edward Weston photographs, all of them selected and printed for the institution by the artist in the 1940s. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name which ran from June 28-October 5, 2003. Edited and with an introduction by Jennifer A. Watts. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1858942063. Black endpapers have very light scuffing (very minor). Else a beautiful copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed, light fading to top edge of flaps.

SANCTUARY: THE TEMPLES OF ANGKOR
Written by Steve McCurry; John Guy.
Stock no. 1828354
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Steve McCurry has beautifully and evocatively photographed Temples of Angkor in Cambodia, among the world's most impressive monuments. A sublime portrait of the buildings, sculpture and people of Angkor. Introduction by John Guy. Oblong format. Black textured cloth boards, black title to spine, publisher to front. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0714841757. Board edges lightly knocked else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine (no title visible) and is slightly grubby.

THE LEICA WAY: THE LEICA PHOTOGRAPHER'S COMPANION
Written by Andrew Matheson.
Stock no. 1827999
Published by Focal Press. 2nd 1954. Almost very good condition.

2nd edition. Blue cloth boards, silver titles. B/w photos. Spine is faded and heavily foxed. Boards are scuffed and a little browned. Spine is cocked. Text block is grubby. Endpapers browned. First colour plate, 'Vison of a Reign' is almost detached. Hinges a little pulled but binding is tight. Contents are generally clean with a little minor foxing.

PHOTOGRAPHING COLOUR
Written by Walter Benser.
Stock no. 1827997
Published by Fountain Press. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book for the amateur photographer by a master of colour photography. Encouragement for those who, afraid of technical problems, have in the past hesitated to make their own colour photographs. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette to front. Colour photos & b/w text illustrations. Narrow band of fading to top & tail of spine. Boards a little dusty. Text block browned and a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with slight loss, a few closed tears repaired to verso with clear tape, and is scuffed.