Laughlin Clarence John Williams Jonathan (25 results)

132 pages. Paperback: H 26.5cm x L 22.75cm. White paper covers rubbed with light soiling; slight scuffing at edges; original price sticker still affixed at rear cover's bottom right along plus lightly creased top fore-edge corner with some rear leaves affected likewise. Some foxing to text block edges with small stain near heel of fore-edge. Past owner's silver ink signature on front cover's blank verso; slight foxing to several initial and rear leaves but interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. Published as Aperture Volume 17, Numbers 3 & 4 and as a book for general distribution with the monograph being the accompanying catalogue for an exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 1973 to January 1974. Features: "A Statement by the Photographer: The Personal Eye" (pages 13-14), b/w photos, and captions (pages 116-128) by Clarence John Laughlin; "Introduction: The Shadow of His Equipage" (pages 5-12) by Jonathan Williams; quotations/excerpts primarily by Lafcadio Hearn but others by Henry James and Charles Baudelaire; Chronology (pages 129-130); Selected Bibliography (pages 130-131); Exhibitions (pages 131-132); and Prints in Collections (page 132). (Photo-Shelf#1} ISBN 0912334541. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

Softcover, 132 pages; very good condition; some light rubbing marks to white areas of cover; tiny tear to bottom of rear cover; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).

132 pages. Paperback: H 26.5cm x L 22.75cm. White paper covers rubbed with slight soiling; slight scuffing at edges; rear cover lightly creased at top fore-edge corner with original price sticker still affixed at bottom right. Foxing to text block's top edge and upper fore-edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy. Published as Aperture Volume 17, Numbers 3 & 4 and as a book for general distribution with the monograph being the accompanying catalogue for an exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 1973 to January 1974. Features: "A Statement by the Photographer: The Personal Eye" (pages 13-14), b/w photos, and captions (pages 116-128) by Clarence John Laughlin; "Introduction: The Shadow of His Equipage" (pages 5-12) by Jonathan Williams; quotations/excerpts primarily by Lafcadio Hearn but others by Henry James and Charles Baudelaire; Chronology (pages 129-130); Selected Bibliography (pages 130-131); Exhibitions (pages 131-132); and Prints in Collections (page 132). (Photo-Shelf#3} ISBN 0912334541. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 132 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 1973 to January 1974. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Profusely illustrated. *** Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985) was an American photographer known for his symbolist/surrealist images. He was from Louisiana and died in New Orleans, though he was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Paperback. First edition. Very Good paperback with a small dampstain to one corner of the last couple of page and a short gift inscription to the title page, otherwise, only light shelf wear. A nice copy. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs and captions by Clarence John Laughlin; introduction by Jonathan Williams; stories by Lafcadio Hearn. 136 pages; full-page b&w plates throughout plus text illustrations; 9 x 10.5 inches. Chronology. Bibliography. Exhibitions and collections lists. Published in conjunction with Aperture to accompany an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this is the Museum's paperback edition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).

Condition: Very good. - Small quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled with the extremities slightly darkened. 132 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good. Published as Aperture, Volume 17, Numbers 3 and 4, and as a book for general distribution, this monograph served as the catalog for a 1973-74 exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, trade paperback, some very light sunning and soiling to the cocers near the spine, otherwise a crisp VG+ copy.

Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). 132 pages. Hardcover: H 27.25cm x L 23.5cm. White dust jacket rubbed with slight toning; some bumping/curling at top edges; small chip at spine head with small surface nick below; short tear at front panel's top left; front flap is not price-clipped. Gray boards bumped at their top fore-edge corners; spine and front board retain bright silver stamped lettering. Text block's top edge foxed. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Laid-in at front endpapers is Laughlin article "Out of the Attic" by Robert Ward excised from an issue of "Camera." Published as Aperture Volume 17, Numbers 3 & 4 and as a book for general distribution with the monograph being the accompanying catalogue for a Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition held from November 1973 to January 1974. Features: "A Statement by the Photographer: The Personal Eye" (pages 13-14), b/w photos, and captions (pages 116-128) by Clarence John Laughlin; "Introduction: The Shadow of His Equipage" (pages 5-12) by Jonathan Williams; quotations/excerpts primarily by Lafcadio Hearn but others by Henry James and Charles Baudelaire; Chronology (pages 129-130); Selected Bibliography (pages 130-131); Exhibitions (pages 131-132); and Prints in Collections (page 132). (Photo-Shelf#2} ISBN 0912334533.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very good (covers soiled). First edition. A combined issue of Aperture: vol. 17, nos. 3 and 4. 136p, many large photos by Laughlin. Also photos in homage to him by Paul Strand, Doug Prince, Jonathan Green, and Anthony Barboza (one each). With stories by Lafcadio Hearn, captions by Laughlin. Photo is cropped on right. Issued as both a trade publication and the catalogue for the large Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition. Excellent introduction to Laughlin's haunting work, which he has divided into Still Lifes, Marine Forms, Tree Forms, Early Industrialism, Metal Magic, Glass Magic, Fantasy in Old New Orleans, Lost New Orleans, Satires, The Images of the Lost, Poems of the Inner World, The Louisiana Plantations, Color Experiments, Rock Forms, New Anatomies, Sculpture Seen Anew, The Magic of the Object, The Mystery of Space, American Victorian Architecture, and Fantasy in Europe; all with commentary or captions by Laughlin. Not all the categories are illustrated. Laughlin, Clarence John (illustrator). …

Hardcover with dustjacket, 106 pages; very good condition; light rubbing to dj; page edges yellowed; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Paperbound. Condition: Fine. First Printing. 136 pages. Introduction by Jonathan Williams. Stories by Lafcadio Hearn. Captions by Laughlin. Fine paperbound copy. Clarence John Laughlin (illustrator). Exhibition Cataloge.

26.6 x 23 cm. Black-and-white photographs. Original printed wrappers. This catalog, published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 1973 to January 1974, was a double-issue of Aperture (Vol. 17, nos. 3/4). Williams wrote the introduction, and stories were included by Hearn. Laughlin provided his own captions, which form an extensive document of his writings on his own photographs. Some light soiling to wrappers, modest age toning to pages, but generally clean and free of wear. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. Features text by Jonathan Williams along with a selection of images from Clarence John Laughlin, Frederick Sommer, and Wynn Bullock. Also includes a portfolio by Don Worth. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with a crease to the top right corner. Internally a clean copy.…

Very Good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff b&w pictorial wraps. A very nicely preserved copy of one of the most critical issues of the photography journal, showing only light shelf/handling wear. [40] pp., illus. w/ 2 b&w cover + 25 interior plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First edition. 4to (11"x9"). 132pp. Grey cloth-covered boards with silverstamped titles. Inscribed, "for Will-another form of greeting," dated Nov.1976 and signed by Laughlin to verso of ffep. B&W photos throughout. Very slight tone to interior. Photographic dj. covered in protective mylar: price-clipped, vertical crease to rear/inner panel.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Published upon the occasion of an exhibition from November 1973 through January 1974. Nicely INSCRIBED & dated in 1979 by Clarence John Laughlin on first blank. Would be fine in fine dust jacket, but for an exceedingly tiny worm-hole that runs through cloth and text. (132pp. ) (9 1/2"X 10 3/4") A notably uncommon signature. ; 9 1/2" X 10 3/4"; 132 pages 912334554.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1973. First Edition. Square quarto (28cm); 132pp. Publisher's photographic dust jacket with $12.50 price intact; boards bound in grey cloth with silver stamping to front panel and spine; photographic endsheets. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Dust jacket bumped and lightly toned. Torn at rear panel near spine head. Boards clean. Binding sound. Textblock a bit foxed; endsheets and interior pages clean. A Very Good or better copy of this monograph, which accompanied an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Signed, inscribed, and dated by the artists at first free endsheet verso. Inscription reads "For: Jeremy - with best wishes for many more satisfying birthdays!". Signed.…