Maisel David and William Fox (5 results)

Oversize hardcover without dustjacket as issued, unpaginted; very good condition, except museum library stamp and sticker to inside front cover; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. Text by Maisel with an essay by William L. Fox and a poem by Mark Strand. A collection of 15 duotone images of aerial photographs of Los Angeles. A fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Maisel on the title page. Signed.

First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. One of only 5 copies. Text by Maisel with an essay by William L. Fox and a poem by Mark Strand. A collection of 15 duotone images of aerial photographs of Los Angeles. A fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued and in a fine clamshell box. Includes an orginal c-print of Oblivion 3(n), 2004. The book is signed by Maisel on the title page. The original photograph is in fine condition and is signed by Maisel on the verso. Uncommon. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Uber-scarce in the trade in this state (SIGNED) and condition (brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder). SIGNED by the author and artist David Maisel, and with essays by him and William L. Fox, Tyler Green, Katie Lee-Koven, and Geoff Manaugh. Bound handsomely in pictorial hardcover cloth. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated. Big, tall, square quarto format, measuring 11 1/2" per side. 145 images and 250 pp. From the publisher's blurb, "DAVID MAISEL's Proving Ground comprises aerial and on-site photographs made at Dugway Proving Ground, a vast military compound in Utah?s Great Salt Lake Desert. A primary mission of Dugway is to develop, test, and implement chemical and biological weaponry and defense programs. The Pentagon granted Maisel access to Dugway to photograph the terrain, testing facilities, and zones of toxic weapons deployment. Proving Ground is a critical response to the formal and political aspects of Dugway, in Maisel's words, a 'hidden, walled-off, and secret site that offers the opportunity to reflect on who and what we are collectively, as a society.'"Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Massively heavy, oversized volume bound in oversize quarto hardcover format, measuring 11 1/4" x 11 1/4". Essays by the photographer David Maisel, the author also of Library of Dust, and by Geoff Manaugh, William Fox, Tyler Green and Katie Lee-Koven. From the publisher's blurb on its web-site, "Aerial and on-site photographs made at a classified military site in the Great Salt Lake Desert by David Maisel, author of Black Maps. David Maisel's (born 1961) Proving Ground comprises aerial and on-site photographs made at Dugway Proving Ground, a classified military site covering nearly 800,000 acres in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert. DAVID MAISEL?s Proving Ground comprises aerial and on-site photographs made at Dugway Proving Ground, a vast military compound in Utah?s Great Salt Lake Desert. A primary mission of Dugway is to develop, test, and implement chemical and biological weaponry and defense programs. The Pentagon granted Maisel access to Dugway to photograph the terrain, testing facilities, and zones of toxic weapons deployment. Proving Ground is a critical response to the formal and political aspects of Dugway, in Maisel?s words, a ?hidden, walled-off, and secret site that offers the opportunity to reflect on who and what we are collectively, as a society.? A primary mission of Dugway is to develop, test and implement chemical and biological weaponry and defense programs. After more than a decade of inquiry, Maisel was granted access to this facility in order to photograph the terrain, the testing facilities and other aspects of the site. Maisel began by photographing at ground level, focusing on structures related to the testing of chemical warfare dispersal patterns. He then moved to an aerial perspective to create images that resemble large-scale minimalist drawings inscribed on the land. Maisel's work at Dugway also includes photographs of the newly minted WSLAT (Whole System Live Agent Test) facility, which is devoted to identification and neutralization of chemical and biological toxins that can be weaponized by terrorists or rogue nations. 245 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.