Rare Photography Books

Check our collection of rare photography books for sale.  

Find long out-of-print and hard-to-find photobooks by internationally acclaimed artists such as Irving Penn, Bruce Davidson, Mimi Plumb and more.

Infra by Richard Mosse, A Period of Juvenile Prosperity by Mike Brodie and The Things That Animals Care About, And by John Gossage can be found among the titles in this collection. Choose from signed, special or deluxe editions.

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1343 products

LDN3: Archive of Modern Conflict
Rare
LDN3: Archive of Modern Conflict
(2014)

Antony Cairns

£200.00
Brian Griffin 1978
Rare Signed
Brian Griffin 1978
(1978)

Brian Griffin

£150.00
LBM Dispatch Complete Set
Rare Signed
LBM Dispatch Complete Set
(2012)

Alec Soth

£750.00
A square light blue/grey textured box cover with the embossed title 'THE BRITISH LANDSCAPE' centered on a dark background.
Rare Signed
The British Landscape - Special Limited Edition
(2006)

John Davies

£500.00
Scandalous
Rare Signed
Scandalous
(2016)

Daido Moriyama

£500.00
The box lid of cabbage white by Raymond Meeks with a silver gelatin print of a jumping in water person mounted with tape
Limited Edition Rare Signed
cabbage white
(2017)

Raymond Meeks

£800.00
A set of five prints arranged on a dark gray background, with the center print featuring the text 'Nobuyoshi ARAKI KaoRi BY 20X24 INSTANT FILM'.
Rare Signed
KaoRi by 20 x 24 Instant Film
(2012)

Nobuyoshi Araki

£2,000.00
The photobook cover of More by Juergen Teller and Stephanie Seymour with a photo of Stephanie Seymour in the sea
Rare
More
(2002)

Juergen Teller

£325.00
Reverence
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Reverence

Jeffrey Conley

£250.00
A hardcover book with a two-tone cover design, featuring a white top half and a dark charcoal gray wood-grain textured bottom half, shown against a dark gray background.
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Sugimoto
(1999)

Hiroshi Sugimoto

£275.00
The photobook lipcase of William Eggleston Paris in black slick material
Rare Signed
William Eggleston: Paris
(2009)

William Eggleston

£500.00
In Your Dreams
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In Your Dreams
(2000)

Terri Weifenbach

£140.00
Document Kouen (Document Park)
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Document Kouen (Document Park)
(1980)

Kohei Yoshiyuki

£325.00
The Martin Parr Coloring Book featuring a signed edition, with a cover illustration of a shark breathing water and a face inside its mouth. The title is written in gold foil lettering, and a 'Plus Bonus Parr Stickers!' label is visible in the top left corner.
Rare Signed
The Martin Parr Coloring Book!
(2017)

Martin Parr

£95.00
Shima Fudoki
Rare Signed
Shima Fudoki
(1978)

Kusukazu Uraguchi

£325.00
An art print or book cover featuring a collage of sepia-toned film strips on the left, a large blank off-white square on the right, and a black horizontal band with white Japanese text at the bottom.
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Kagero (Mayfly)
(1972)

Daido Moriyama

£1,400.00
A square book cover for Terry O'Neill's 'Rock 'N' Roll Album' featuring a black-and-white collage of vintage film stills arranged like Kodak film strips, with the album title in large white text on a black background in the lower right.
Rare Signed
Rock'n'Roll Album
(2014)

Terry O'Neill

£900.00
RAYGUN: The Bible of Music and Style
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RAYGUN: The Bible of Music and Style

Marvin Scott Jarrett

£160.00
A hardcover book titled 'PAUL CAPONIGRO MASTERWORKS FROM FORTY YEARS' with a dark cover and a central black-and-white photograph of a herd of horses.
Rare
Masterworks from Forty Years
(1993)

Paul Caponigro

£85.00
Sold Out
A book cover for 'Heinrich Riebeschl: Agrar-landschaften mit einem Text von Peter Sager' featuring a black and white photograph of a cart loaded with sacks on a dirt road, set against an off-white background.
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Agrarlandschaften
(1979)

Heinrich Riebesehl

£95.00
A square book titled 'GABRIELE BASILICO' and 'porti di mare' shown flat against a dark background. The cover features a black-and-white photograph of a canal or port lock with a ship in the distance, plus small text credits and the publisher mark 'Anki' near the bottom.
Rare
Porti di Mare
(1990)

Gabriele Basilico

£375.00
Laroye
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Laroye
(2002)

Mario Cravo Neto

£225.00
Damien Hirst art book featuring a medical laboratory scene with a periodic table overlay and the title 'Damienhirst' in orange text at the bottom.
Rare Signed
I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now
(1997)

Damien Hirst

£950.00
Berlin Nach 1945
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Berlin Nach 1945
(2005)

Michael Schmidt

£325.00
A square fabric-covered box with a textured taupe-brown linen-like surface and the name 'Cathy' printed in white script at the center.
Rare Signed
Cathy (Kate Bush)
(2014)

John Carder Bush

£375.00
The front cover of the 'Scrap Book' book by Henri Cartier-Bresson, published by Steidl. The cover is a textured black leather-like material with an embossed decorative border, featuring a central gold shield emblem with the title 'SCRAP BOOK' in black text.
Rare
Scrapbook
(2006)

Henri Cartier-Bresson

£95.00
Sold Out
The front cover of the book 'William Eggleston Democratic Camera: Photographs and Video, 1961-2008' by William Eggleston. The cover features a blue background with several vintage dolls, and the Cadillac logo is visible at the bottom.
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Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008
(2008)

William Eggleston

£95.00
A vintage Japanese shipping box in brown cardboard with a yellow label and red characters, placed next to a black book or booklet with white and Japanese text, on a dark blue-gray background.
Rare
A Fine Day(Hareta Hi)
(1975)

Kishin Shinoyama

£875.00
A square white book cover featuring a black handwritten text across the center, text states Guido Guidi Varianti
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Varianti
(1995)

Guido Guidi

£895.00
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Book cover of 'The Land in Between' by Ursula Schultz-Dornburg, featuring a minimalist black and white photograph of a small stone structure in a vast desert landscape.
Rare
The Land in Between
(2018)

Ursula Schulz-Dornburg

£175.00
The photobook cover of Andreas Gursky Fotografien in off white with a photo of a park scene with lots of people on bikes.
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Fotografien 1984 - 1993
(1994)

Andreas Gursky

£85.00
A square art book cover featuring a snowy mountain scene with skiers and a group of people standing near ski racks. The top left reads 'WALTER NIEDERMAYR' and the bottom reads 'LES TERRITOIRES DE L'INSTANT RISERVE DELL'ISTANTE'.
Rare
Les territoires de l'instant / Riserve dell'instante (Momentary Resorts)
(1999)

Walter Niedermayr

£150.00
Sold Out
Structure
Rare Signed
Structure
(2000)

Tillman Crane

£60.00
A Walk Along The Jordan
Rare Signed
A Walk Along The Jordan
(2009)

Tillman Crane

£70.00
Sold Out
Touchstones
Rare Signed
Touchstones
(2005)

Tillman Crane

£70.00
The photography book cover Wakaranai (I don't know) by Masafumi Sanai with a photo of a tailgate light with the words "MARK II' and text in japanese.
Rare
Wakaranai (I don't know)
(1998)

Masafumi Sanai

£225.00
A book cover titled 'TOKYO SUBURBIA' by Takashi Homma, featuring a photograph of a lush green suburban street scene with trees, shrubs, and a road under a blue sky.
Rare
Tokyo Suburbia
(1998)

Takashi Homma

£600.00
A hardcover art book titled 'Photographs 1955-2010 John Blakemore' featuring a black and white still life photograph of flowers and framed art on the cover, set against a light gray background.
Rare
Photographs 1955-2010
(2011)

John Blakemore

£225.00
Menu (Extra)
Rare
Menu (Extra)
(2012)

Daido Moriyama

£125.00
Sold Out
The Mexican Suitcase: The Rediscovered Spanish Civil War Negatives of Capa, Chim and Taro
Rare
The Mexican Suitcase: The Rediscovered Spanish Civil War Negatives of Capa, Chim and Taro
(2010)

Various Photographers

£175.00
1971/NY
Rare
1971/NY
(2002)

Daido Moriyama

£375.00
Images 1923 - 1974
Rare Signed
Images 1923 - 1974
(1974)

Ansel Adams

£275.00
Sold Out
A framed art publication featuring a black and white photographs of a bowling poster, set against a large off-white background with the word 'SHIT' handwritten in pencil on the left. The piece is enclosed in a light natural wood frame.
Rare Signed
HF (Hey Fuckface)
(2000)

John Gossage

£2,000.00
Sold Out
The photobook cover of 122 Colour Photographs (122 Farvefotografier) by Keld Helmer-Petersen in black, with most of the title presented also in black on a white stripe on the right except for the word "colour" which is in red.
Rare Signed
122 Colour Photographs (122 Farvefotografier)
(1948)

Keld Helmer-Petersen

£2,000.00
Jibun-Jya-Nai-Hito
Rare
Jibun-Jya-Nai-Hito
(1999)

Masafumi Sanai

£110.00
A white A8 paper newspaper publication cover centered on a dark gray surface, with a green and white 'A8' sign in the middle.
Rare
A8
(2005)

Martin Parr

£110.00
A flat lay photograph of a M shed magazine cover featuring Martin Parr's 'Bristol and West: photographs by Martin Parr' collection, with a vintage pink and cream bus, women in floral dresses, and white flowers.
Rare Signed
Bristol and West: Photographs by Martin Parr
(2011)

Martin Parr

£95.00
Nakasora: The reason for eternity Special Edition (AP)
Rare Signed
Nakasora: The reason for eternity Special Edition (AP)
(2012)

Miyanaga Aiko

£175.00
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