Boy with flying fish (1910) por Gloeden, Baron Wilhelm von. (1856–1931)

Altadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1990. Oversized Paperback. [54p] 9.75x13 inches, introduction, profusely illustrated monograph of von Gloeden's homoerotic photography, biography, bibliography, very good second edition paperback "limited" to 5000 copies in Frenchfold pictorial cream wraps with horizontal crinkling to the laminate. Limited to 5000 copies. Originally published in 1986 in hardcover. Uranian content.

New York: Camera/Graphic Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0918696038 . Creasing to the rear free endpapers. The dust jacket has a small stain to the rear cover, and darkening to the spine. Red cloth with lilac endpapers. Preface by Jean-Claude Lemagny. ; 105 pages .

NY: Camera/Graphic Press Ltd. Used - Very Good. 1977. 1st American ed. Hardcover. NY: Camera/Graphic Press Ltd., 1975. Sm 4to, 105 pp, VG in moderately worn & torn dj (page edges darkened). Illustrated in monochrome photographs of von Gloeden's studies of male nudes. Very Good. (Subject: Photography).

Camera/Classic Press, 1977. Hardcover. First American edition. Near Fine with a light bump to one tip and a touch of wear to the heel and crown in a Near Fine dust jacket with a hint of tanning to the top edge, now protected by a mylar cover. Maroon-cloth-bound hardcover with silver lettering to the spine in photographically illustrated dj. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, BOXED. 105 pages; 45 b&w photographic plates reproduced in color; 9.25 x 9.25 inches. Out of Print. A painter turned photographer, Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden specialized in lightly erotisized male nudes. His models were from the Mediterranean region and posed in classical compositions. The Italian fascists destroyed much of his work. First published in French in 1975.

New York: Camera/Graphic Press, Ltd., 1975. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Slight nick to the top of the spine of the jacket. Text and plates completely clean. Stated first American edition. Introduction by Jean-Claude Lemagny. Nearly 100 beautifully printed photographic plates of young boys and men, posed often with classical ruins near Taormina, Sicily, where von Gloeden lived during the late 19th century. The plates are printed not only in black & white, but also tan, beige, gray and mauve. 9" square, 105 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Camera/Graphic Press, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Small quarto. Fine in very slightly age-toned else fine dust jacket.

Fine, stapled wraps, unpaginated.

Pasadena, CA: Twelvetress Press, 1986. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetress Press, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 102 pages. Retrospective collection of male nudes. One of the best books on the art and achievement of Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden. Promotional/"Not For Sale" copy of the First Limited Edition of 5000 copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are several. The First Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Jack Woody: Oversize-volume format. Cloth boards with titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden. Essay by Roland Barthes. Printed on thick, uncoated Natural Vellum Starwhite Vicksburg Cover stock paper in Pasadena, California to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. In publisher's protective plastic… Ler mais

Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1975. Square 8vo, pp. 105. Original pale pink boards, lettered in red to front panel and spine. Photographic detail to front panel. Original bookseller's unprinted protective film wrapper (now split) and card slipcase. Corners very slightly bumped, but a near fine, well preserved copy in the original bookseller's slipcase with price label (160.00). Sepia photographs by Baron de Gloeden to rectos. First edition, trade issue. An edition of 40 numbered copies, with an original de Gloeden photograph laid in, was published simultaneously. Wilhelm von Gloeden [1856-1931] first arrived in Italy in 1877, looking to improve his health. By the end of his life he'd immeasurably improved Italy's tourism economy with his sumptuous landscape photographs of Naples -- and especially Taormina, where he made his home. He is now best known for his decorously erotic photographs of (mostly) male nudes in pseudo-Classical compositions. This collection of many of those photographs is… Ler mais