Tad Wakamatsu. Ipy Girl Ipy.

Tad Wakamatsu. Ipy Girl Ipy.

Wakamatsu, Tad. Ipy Girl Ipy. Tokyo: Heibon-Sha, 1970. First Edition. 4to, 136pp. Photographic wraps with a little rubbing and scuffs to corners. With Obi, which is a little worn. More images available on request. VG+. Softcover.

Wakamatsu's masterpiece. Here, he travels through America with actress Haruko Wanibuchi shooting bikers, hippies, New York, a fishing village etc. Its quite an amazing book, certainly one of the best Japanese Photobooks. Amazing scenes and nudes, and a rather surreal documentation of America in 1970.

Nakamura. Ema Nude in Africa.

Nakamura, Masaya; Haskins, Sam (afterword).  Tokyo: Heibon Sha, 1971. First Edition. 4to, Unpaginated (ca 112pp). Printed french wraps as issued. Numerous Black & White plates. Text in Japanese. Corners and covers a little bumped. More images available on request. VG+. Softcover.

Rather decadent project from Nakamura with japanese supermodel Emma Sugimoto, shot as the title suggests, in Africa. Another Bertolotti favourite, with an afterword by Sam Haskins. Beatifully put together, and pretty epic. Recommended.

Terry Richardson. Feared by Men, Desired by Women.

London: Shine Gallery, 2000. First Edition. Small Folio, Unpaginated (48pp). Printed boards as issued. 40 colour plates. One of 800 copies. More images available on request. Near Fine. Hardcover.

Rather scarce and one of Richardson's better efforts. Comprises three sections of his personal/non-commercial work: Nudes, Beauty Queens and Nudists. Very nice.

Comme Des Garcons 1981-1986

CDG; Kawakubo, Rei. Tokyo: Chikuma Sobo, 1986. First Edition. Folio. 152pp. White boards in card slipcase. With Glassine wrap and Obi as issued. Slipcase a little sun faded, but in remarkably good condition, book perfect. More images available on request. Fine in VG+ dust-jacket. Hardcover.

THE great fashion book of the eighties. No fluff, just lots of full bleed photographs in black & white, duotone and colour. Some of the contributors include Stephen Meisel, Bruce Weber, Peter Lindbergh, Hans Feurer. Covers 1981-1985. Important and brilliant. Scarce in such good condition.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 1.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 1.

CDG; Kawakubo, Rei; Kertesz, Andre; Gray, Eileen; Lindbergh, Peter; Elgort, Arthur et al. Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 1. Tokyo: Comme Des Garcons, 1988. First Edition. Folio (40x30cm), Unpaginated. Screen printed wraps. In the original printed bag. Bag a little scuffed. Complete. More images available on request. Near Fine in VG+ dust-jacket. Softcover.

Amazing first issue of Six, the cult Comme publication that ran for eight issues and was privately distributed. Very beautiful, the highlight of this issue are: some great Lindbergh work as always, some eye-poppinly amazing stuff from Sachiko Kuru (very Melvin Sokolsky), Cocteau, Arthur Elgort, an interview with Yohji Yamamoto and of course the Eileen Gray profile and the beautiful work of Keretz. There are also some lovely and fun die-cuts throughout, a really great first issue. Impressive.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 2.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 2.

CDG; Kawakubo, Rei; Lindbergh, Peter, Gaultier, Jean Paul; Gilbert & George Et Al. Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 2. Tokyo: Comme Des Garcons, 1988. First Edition. Folio (40x30cm), Unpaginated. Printed wraps. In the original printed bag. Minor creases, bag a little scuffed. More images available on request. Near Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. Softcover.

Stellar issue of Six, the cult Comme publication that ran for eight issues and was privately distributed. Very beautiful, the highlight of this issue are: The Gaultier/Comme collaboration from 1982 onwards, John Malkovich in Homme+, Gilert & George collaboration, along with amazing Lindbergh work and brilliant documentary photography. Big, lavish, elegant and superb.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 3.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 3.

CDG; Kawakubo, Rei; Boucher, Pierre; Alaia, Azzedine; . Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 3. Tokyo: Comme Des Garcons, 1989. First Edition. Folio (40x30cm), Unpaginated. Screen printed wraps. In the original printed bag. Bag a little scuffed. Complete. More images available on request. Near Fine in VG+ dust-jacket. Softcover.

Very scarce. Amazing third issue of Six, the cult Comme publication that ran for eight issues and was privately distributed. Very beautiful, the highlight of this issue are: some great Lindbergh work as always, the really good Pierre Boucher collages, a brilliant texture/volume piece with contributions from Max Vadukul, Fischli and Weiss, Steiner, some of Lindbergh's best work ever (its all in pastel colours), cooking with Azzedine Alaia (super nice), and some killer Homme+.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 4.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 4.

CDG; Kawakubo, Rei; Frank, Robert; Elgort, Arthur; Koudelka; Josef; Leiter, Saul; Lindbergh, Peter et al. Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 4. Tokyo: Comme Des Garcons, 1989. First Edition. Folio (40x30cm), Unpaginated. Screen printed wraps. In the original printed bag. Bag a little scuffed. Complete. More images available on request. Near Fine in VG+ dust-jacket. Softcover.

Amazing fourth issue of Six, the cult Comme publication that ran for eight issues and was privately distributed. Very beautiful, the highlight of this issue are: some great Lindbergh work as always, Robert Frank from 1947-1981 (amazing), Elgort in Sicily (also amazing), the somewhat surreal and eerie Koudelka from '68-'84, pre-fashion Saul Leiter (brilliant), anf then some NY Comme work from '89 which is a nice touch. Oh- and Issey Miyake. Superb.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 6.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 6.

CDG; Kawakubo, Rei; Dijan Elizabeth; Dali, Salvadore; Lindbergh, Peter. Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 6. Tokyo: Comme Des Garcons, 1990. First Edition. Folio (40x30cm), Unpaginated. Printed wraps. In the original printed bag. Minor creases, bag a little scuffed. More images available on request. VG+ in VG+ dust-jacket. Softcover.

Stellar issue of Six, the cult Comme publication that ran for eight issues and was privately distributed. Featuring lots of lavish, oversize work from Niko Pirosmani, Brian Griffin, Salvadore Dali, Dino Buzzati, Peter Lindbergh, Brian Griffin, Kishin Shinoyama and John L.Murphy. Superb work by Lindbergh, including am amazing four page fold out panorama, amazing to see the work in such a large format. Possibly the largest format many of have these artists have been reproduced in aside from actual prints of their work. Quite astounding.

Fiorucci the Book / Eve Babitz

New York: Harlin Quist, 1980. First Edition. 4to, Unpaginated. Spiralbound. Mad fluro colour ilustrations and photographs. First and only edition. Notoriously fragile. A little rubbing to cover and edges, in a much better condition than usually seen. More images available on request. VG+. Softcover.
Mental book about the 'Daytime Studio 54'. Filled full of the famous Fiorucci graphics and anecdotes from its heyday. Popular with everybody from Warhol, Farah Fawcett, Marc Jacobs, Madonna, Lauren Bacall, Haring, Maripol, Jackie O, Gloria Vanderbilt, Calvin Klein etc. to the Paninaro kids in Milan. "A celebration of Fiorucci fashion and flash. More than a store, more than a line of clothes, Fiorucci is a whole point of view. Fiorucci invented junky chic and the whole world is buying it". A true pop phenomenon. Amazing.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 5.

Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 5.

CDG; Kawakubo, Rei; Lindbergh, Peter, Meisel, Steven; Cucchi, Enzo; Vautrin, Line et al. Comme Des Garcons: Six. Sixth Sense. Number 5. Tokyo: Comme Des Garcons, 1990. First Edition. Folio (40x30cm), Unpaginated. Printed wraps. Three large items In the original printed bag. Bag a little scuffed. Complete. More images available on request. Near Fine in VG+ dust-jacket. Softcover.

Very scarce. Stellar issue of Six, the cult Comme publication that ran for eight issues and was privately distributed. Very beautiful, the highlight of this issue are: some great Lindbergh and Steven Meisel work, the wonderful Enzo Cucci folio, and a huge and amazing Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Homme+ shoot with John Malkovich and lots of other hollywood people. Tip! 

Deborah Turbeville. Les amoureuses du temps passe.

Turbeville, Deborah. Les amoureuses du temps passe. Tokyo: Parco, 1985. First Edition. Small 4to. 96pp. Printed wraps with Obi in acetate dustwrap. Profusely illustrated in colour and duotone. Obi a little grubby, and the brittle acetate dw has a couple of chips. More images available on request. VG+ in VG dust-jacket. Softcover.

A great Turbeville work. Primarily in colour, with work mainly from the late seventies and early eighties. Includes lots of the famous Bath House stuff, work for Italian Vogue, Comme des Garcons, Jean Muir, Diana Vreeland, Mary Martz and some pretty scarce work done for the publishers Parco (which is amazing).

Deborah Turbeville. Wallflower.

London: Quartet, 1978. First Edition (UK). Large 4to. 90pp. Printed boards in photographic dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated in black & white and colour. Dustwrapper has a couple of closed tears to tail of spine and a bit of rubbing. Else very good. Un price-clipped. More images available on request. VG+ in Good dust-jacket. Hardcover.

Phenomenal project by Turbeville, much underrated. Grainy, eerie and atmospheric, she protrays in her own words "women.. ..A little out of balance with their surroundings, waiting anxiously for the right person to find them, and thinking that perhaps they are out of their time. They move forward clutching their past about them, as if the ground of the present may fall away".

Cynthia MacAdams. Emergence.

MacAdams, Cynthia. Emergence. New York: Chelsea House, 1977. First Edition. 4to, 120pp. Black boards in photographic dustwrap which is a little worn. Numerous Black & White plates. Gift inscription to titlepage. More images available on request. VG in VG dust-jacket. Hardcover.

Brilliant portrait of American women by Macadams including Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Margie Beals, Marisol Escobar, Laurel Wise, Michelle Phillips, Jane Fonda, Barbara Hammer and loads of other cool as hell cats. Brilliant.

Esaias Baitel. Zonen.

Baitel, Esaias. Zonen. Stockholm: Bokomotiv, 1982. First Edition. Oblong 4to, 144pp. Printed boards as issued. First and only edition. Numerous Black & White plates. Introduction and afterword in Swedish. Boards a little rubbed to edges. More images available on request. VG+. Hardcover.

Scarce. From Bokomotiv: "In the nineteen seventies, photographer Esaias Baitel lived in France, in the Parisian suburb of Aubervilliers, for five years, which, among other things, resulted in a book and an exhibition that has toured the world... ...The Zone describes a neighborhood where motor bikes, rock and roll, and swastikas go hand in hand. In order to get close to these "Rockers", Esaias had to tell them that he was a Swede of Walloon origin. To introduce himself as a Jew in this environment would not have been cool. The photos do not show lost or mislead youths, but take us very close to a integrated subculture, with entire families and small children. / There are a lot of films and documentaries about the problems that immigrants encounter in France. Here we get to see the pictures of the other side. Confrontations are not hard to imagine. Esaias Baitel's photos pointed towards the future. In the nineteen seventies, he documented something that later was to erupt throughout Europe: the different forms and shapes of neo nazism. The photos are accompanied by Esaias Baitel's texts, describing his experiences living among the Rockers." An important, intimate and chilling work.

Iva Vilander. La femme vue par un femme.

Vilander, Ica. LA FEMME vue par un femme. Paris: La Table Ronde, 1967. First Edition. Square 4to. (30x30cm) Unpaginated (120pp). Pink cloth with gilt in photographic dustwrapper. Numerous Colour and Black & White plates. Preface in French. Endpapers a little foxed. More images available on request. VG+ in VG+ dust-jacket. Hardcover.

Great first book from the underrated Vilander, who is more known for the superb 'Vive le Sex'. 1967 was something of a boom year for the genre of the nude photobook and Vilander's work stands out as one of the more original and better contributions to the genre. Elegant, fun, and very good. Like a fashion shoot with little (or no) clothes. Recommended

Bill Bernstein and Vita Miezitis. Night Dancin'

Bernstein, Bill; Miezitis; Vita. Night Dancin'. New York: Ballantine Books, 1980. First Edition. Small square 4to (21 x 21cm), 220pp. Stiff printed wraps as issued. Numerous Black & White plates. Text in English. Covers a little rubbed but surprisingly crisp and sharp. More images available on request. VG+. Softcover.

Absolutely killer book made by those who know (well sort of). Covers nearly all of the major spots that were open at the time i.e. Studio 54, Xenon, Paradise Garage, Crisco Disco, Le Clique, Leviticus, Mudd Club and loads of others you may or may not have heard of (the saint hadn't opened yet, don't think the danceteria had either and the loft was in a transition period). Superb texts which are pretty substantial and lots of amazing pictures by Bernstein, which you don't really see elsewhere. It really is a brilliant guide to what going out in NY would have been like at the time (unless you know someone who was knocking around). Pretty obsessed with the roller disco section at the moment.. Phew!

Bruce Weber / The Andy Book

Bruce Weber. The Andy Book.

Weber, Bruce; Minsker, Andy. The Andy Book. Tokyo: Doeisha, 1987. First Edition. 4to, Unpaginated. French fold wraps as issued. Numerous Black & White plates. Text in English, with Japanese translation booklet laid in. A beautiful copy with just the tiniest amount shelfwear to corners and edges. More images available on request. Near Fine. Softcover.

One of the great Weber books. His profile of smalltown hero and featherwight champion Andy Minsker (who also modelled for Calvin Klein and things) somehow sums up everything he does i.e. casual male glamour. The pictures and brilliant, and the book is an excellent complete work.

Versace: L'Abito per Pensare

Versace, Gianni; Weber, Bruce; Avedon, Richard; Newton, Helmut; Bourdin, Guy; Meisel, Steven et al. Gianni Versace : L'abito per pensare. Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1989. First Edition. Folio, 352pp. Printed Wraps. Text in Italian. Numerous Colour and Black & White plates. First and only edition. A little rubbing and creasing to covers and corners as shown. More images available on request. VG+. Softcover.

Very very superb and large book of Versace's work from 1977-1989. The late seventies work is really great, not yet signature Versace, and shot by Newton and Bourdin amongst others. Book shows an excellent development into what became the classic Versace style. Full of not only amazing editorials, but work in progress and runway shots, details, fabrics, moods etc. Also key is the 80's work by Avedon, and some great work by Gianpaolo Barbieri. A scarce, brilliant and complete survey of Versace's early work. Essential.

The World : 254 East 2nd Street N.Y.

Lupino, Stephan; Musto, Michael. The World : 254 East 2nd Street N.Y. Munich: Graphics Photos Art, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Unpaginated (120pp). Printed wraps as issued. Numerous Black and white and Colour images. Text in English. More images available on request. VG+. Softcover.

Much underrated photobook of 'The World'- A club that seemed to span the twilight years from the end of disco to the beginnings of house music. Run from a disused 1920's dancehall, and attracting a diverse clientele of Banjees, Voguing houses, straights, fags, the staff of the Tunnel, the Rock 'n' Roll Fag Bar crew, Larry Tee in a silk flared jumpsuit and a bunch of famous people (Keith Haring, Madonna, Brooke Shields, Prince, Stephen Sprouse etc.) So- the book- full of amazing images, few quotes at the front and back, and a killer colour section in the centre. Very atmospheric and cool as hell.

Ica Vilander. Vive Le Sex.

Vilander, Ica. Vive Le Sex. Gutersloh: Heinz Peter, 1970. First Edition. 4to. (30x30cm) Unpaginated (80pp). Black cloth in photographic dustwrapper. Numerous Colour and Black & White plates. A little shaken, but bright and complete. The notoriously scarce dustwrap is complete, a little rubbed with a couple of tape repairs to rear. More images available on request. VG+ in VG dust-jacket. Hardcover.

Superb photobook from the hippie-ish Vilander, who is notable for being one of the few women to shoot nudes. Very stylish and great fun. Mixes collage with photography, great cropping, props and styling. Cited in Bertolotti. One of the more interesting and elusive nude photobooks of the 60's/70's, and more about sex itself than male desire, if you see what I mean. Recommended.

La Maison Martin Margiela

Margiela, Martin; Duits, Thimo te (Ed.). La Maison Martin Margiela (9/4/1615). Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 1997. First Edition. 8vo. 154pp. White raw edged cloth as issued. Numerous Colour and Black & White images. Text in English. Fine condition with no marks or inscriptions. More images available on request. Fine. Hardcover.

A real treat here! The first book by Margiela, which accompanied the MMM show at Boijmans. Very much a conceptual project, with the team taking one piece from every collection since the beginning, reproducing it in white, cream and grey, and covering it with bacteria specially created for the show, which then grew, ate and changed the colours of the clothes during the duration of the exhibition. The book itself comprises 3 parts, firstly- archive photographs of the garments chosen, second- garment descriptions, diagrams, and the original press releases with space for notes, and the third part comprises the research into bacterias and micro organisms by collaborator Dr. van Egeraat, with numerous photographs and diagrams. Really brilliant.

Yohji Yamamoto. E-Z GO 1992.

Yamamoto, Yohji; Saville, Peter, Shultz, Nina; McLean, Bruce et al. E-Z GO 1992. Paris: Yohji Yamamoto, 1992. First Edition. Folio, 64pp. Printed wraps. Full colour images. More images available on request. Near Fine. Softcover.

Incredibly scarce. Yamamoto collaboration with Bruce McLean, Schultz and art directed by Peter Saville for Pentagram. CIted by Andrew Roth in 'Promo: Fashion Publications from the '80s and '90s' as the highlight of Yamamoto's printed output. Rather conceptual in scope- bridging the gap between artists' books and fashion publishing. Brilliant.