Billy b original owner (3 resultados)

#337 of a limited edition of 500 copies (per rear colophon). Unpaged - 32 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 19.75cm. No dust jacket (as issued?). Gray cloth lightly soiled; small ding below center of front board's fore-edge; a few surface scuffs to front board's b/w pictorial paste-on (photo image of New York City's Verrazano Bridge). Total of 15 b/w plates with #3-#15 all on rectos; #1 being on front board and #2 as frontispiece. Title page inscription to Los Angeles and New York makeup artist Billy B (acquired from his Mississippi warehouse sale); boldly written signature is illegible but does not match a Seliger example found online. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.…

Issued as part of a first edition limited to 3000 copies (per rear colophon) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Unpaged - 128 pages (per OCLC). Hardcover: H 26.25cm x L 18.5cm. No slipcase nor dust jacket. Pictorial boards rubbed; strong scuff to front board's bottom fore-edge corner. Photographer's five-line black felt tip ink inscription "to | Billy B. | Come by for tea! | Rick Castro | 11/20/2009" on front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy. Business card for Hollywood, California "Antebellum" fetish art gallery laid-in at front endpapers. The book was acquired from a cleanout sale by Billy Brasfield (makeup artist Billy B) from his Aberdeen, Mississippi property in June 2022. {Photo-Shelf#1} ISBN 0967212944. …

White slipcase, H 27.25cm x L 19.75cm, strongly soiled and stained; right side panel's gilt lettering dulled/flaked. First edition, first printing (with latter indicated by publisher's descending number line upon rear copyright page) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Dark burgundy boards rubbed with some discolored specks; front board decorated with b/w portrait photo paste-on at center. One interior leaves creased at its bottom fore-edge corner. Photographer's six-line ink inscription "For Billy - | Thanks for your great | artistry. I appreciate all | your help. | All my best, | Greg Gorman [illegible]" pm half-title page; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. Slight musty odor to book from prolonged storage. The inscribee is renowned makeup artist Billy Brasfield (aka Billy B) and the book was acquired directly from his June 2022 hometown warehouse cleanout sale in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.5 pounds (2 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 1576870863.…