Well-priced. I have recently received the wonderful paperback edition of Friedlander (480pages) www.amazon.co.uk/Friedlander-Peter-Galassi/dp/0870703447/...
Ordered in Feb 2008, received Nov 2008, price £14.85

Taschen have some wonderful photobooks at remarkably good prices,
including the excellent Brassai
www.amazon.co.uk/Brassai-Taschen-Anniversary-Special-Edit...
£5.99 for beautifully produced hardback.

And the New Horizons series has a new book on Henri Cartier-Bresson offering a good all-round biographical / critical treatment and lots of images, context etc. Just £5.21. in slightly crowded but handy format. GREAT stocking-filler.
www.amazon.co.uk/Henri-Cartier-Bresson-Horizons-Clement-C...
.

yes, I also got the Friedlander book, paid less than £20 for it, a good deal, the book is HUGE! but it is out of stock now for this price.

please add links to books that are in stock

edit: also Tashen's books are usually cheap and they do not gain much value in time. on the other hand the Eggleston's Guide will be worth quite much when it is sold out, the same applies to most of books published by Steidl and other relatively small publishers

Two on my wish list :

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/3865218067

The hardcover has all the contact sheets of the photos in the Americans, the cheaper softcover doesn't.

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/386521858X

Paul Graham's Retrospective

Also just picked this up :

www.amazon.co.uk/Henri-Cartier-Bresson-Horizons-Clement-C...

sweet little book on Henri Cartier-Bresson. Lots to read, a couple of unpublished pics and a good round up on the Master. Bargain £5

Sorry Briggate.com, excuse my repeated info.

well thanks.
you've just set me back £30 :)

Tony Ray-Jones for a tenner is not bad. For some reason, I bought a copy, even though I already have one.

Paul, you'll sell it in a year or two for £100. I buy two copies of books sometimes as well :)

Maciej - you reckon? I hope so.

The only books I have that are worth anything at all are the little early Banksy books Cut it Out, etc. that are now out of print (I discovered Banksy, obviously).

buying books in UK is now a pure pleasure
pounds are now 1,07 to euro :-D
i usually buy at booksdepository because they do not charge me for shipping to europe

softcover Saul Leiter by Max Kozloff
, it's a bargain the original hardcover one "early color" goes for 49 euro at bookstores
www.amazon.de/Saul-Leiter-Photofile/dp/0500410976/ref=sr_...

yes, getting two Saul Leiter's books from Steidl is very wise now, they were very expensive just two months ago, after the first printing was sold out. I got them both:
www.steidlville.com/books/145-Early-Color-Second-printing... - £35 (-20%)
www.steidlville.com/books/675-Saul-Leiter-Second-printing... - £22.50 (-20%)

Steidl have a promotion now 20% off and free delivery

and the softcover is very cheap now: www.amazon.co.uk/Saul-Leiter-Photofile-Max-Kozloff/dp/050...

Guys, here is a free book for you ;-) by Jindrich Streit, great and not so famous czech photographer who documented communism-era life in his village (actually the village has about 8 buildings)
during 1980 he was inprisomed, more or less because of his photography , the download should last about 5 minutes, there is an introduction in Polish, Czech and English, enjoy
www.tamtamagency.com.pl/5klatek/002extra-5klatek.pdf

@bart: thanks for that. very nice photos.

Seriously great stuff from that Czech photographer. And i live with a Czech person so i get translation too =D

thanks a lot guys, I'm now placing an order :)

using www.addall.com
and
used.addall.com/

you can find some good deals on many books, photography included.

Cool, hadn't seen that one. Thanks Schveckle

jindrich streit. Really nice work.

EDIT.
Looked through the book for about the tenth time just now.
Every single picture works on its own on every level it should.
No words needed, each a full story in itself.
very good photography indeed.

Man , you should really see the place where large body of his lifetime work was made. It is really like 8 or 10 houses. A lot of photographers need to travel and change the environment to be inspired. For me he is an extreme version of Bruce Davidson who also worked mostly in his backyard.

there is a copy of Bystander for £30 on amazon.uk now, get it!

www.amazon.co.uk/Bystander-History-Photography-Colin-West...

Wait! I have heard rumors of a possible third edition.

don't wait! it is really hard to buy this book. get it now. and then get the third editon later as well.

It is the first edition, so maybe you are right Maciej.
I guess it depends on how much money and book space you have available.

Maciej, is full of festive good cheer for the rest of us.
Your round, Maciej.

Maciej, I think you can still buy photobroker.com and make a small business!

Btw, would a third edition of Bystander mean that it doesn't end with Winogrand?

The second edition doesn't finish with Winogrand so I suppose not?

OK, the one I had read finished with an interview to Meyerowitz about Winogrand, and then some more modern images that were not discussed much if I recall correctly.

Great thread, Maciej.

Make sure you sign up for Steidl's book club (no charge) because the 20% discount seems to be for book club members only. (Maciej, the prices you quoted for the Leiter books are pre-discount.)

No excuse not to buy this great book by Jeff Mermelstein

borders / Books etc. have 20% Art and Photography books at the moment...

I knew I should have not read this thread. I've just spent a little under 100£ in books at Amazon.

Thank you all for the tips.

If you get Border's spam, they have a 40% off one item coupon, which can make buying a big expensive book a lot easier.

, that is seriously a good deal for a hard bound.

i hear ya photogrin, i did the same...

i get that from time to time... but sometimes the used prices on amazon are cheaper even after the discount from borders... still a good thing to get though.

just received my copy of "Tony Ray Jones" from Amazon. what a deal!

@ Maciej. It's a nice book. I've been trying to work out the exact location in Bournemouth of the shot on p. 131. But then, I'm a bit sad.

paulrussellinfo.blogspot.com/2008/12/tony-ray-jones-and-w...

I'm supposed to get their spam.. but haven't seen that one

M2: Repetitions

This second issue of M features 17 works by Magnum photographers which explore the concept of repetition. published by Steidl

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/386521147X/ref=sr_1_olp...

for £3!

Findo - They just had a 40% off one book one in the past week, then this one is 40% of anything. Check your spam filter maybe? It's the Border's Rewards program.

is there a code you can pass on for the 40% off?

Maybe US only for the Borders thing...

I was hoping that Borders would send me a 50% off coupon like last December, but... nuffink.

This second issue of M features 17 works by Magnum photographers which explore the concept of repetition. published by Steidl

Yoink.

I got one of the 40% off borders earlier this year, but most are either 20% off or 5 pounds off an over 20 pound buy or similar. Still not bad though!

Yeah, I found it but US only at the moment....I did get £8 off sally manns 'deep south' though, plus free p&p, so not too bad a deal.

Really excellent service from Steidlville, the super good packaged book arrived today!

The codes are linked to your borders rewards account... so, not really anything to pass along, just wanted to give a heads up in case you regularly trash border's spam, like I do.

I did use this to get the Saudek book last year.

It appears that "Dog Days - Bogota" by Alex Soth is still available in the US from Steidl directly. It is going to be a very valuable book, I'd get two copies if they still have them.
I have it, but the dust jacket is worn out, it was supposed to be new when I bought it, shit

www.steidlville.com/books/546-Dog-Days-Bogot-.html

bummer it's not for the uk :(

Damn you Maciej. Another book ordered.

@Maciej, I have a signed first edition - Birthday present from my wife. It's a superb little book.

oh well, will tell you another secret..

get "Sleeping by the Mississippi" - Third Edition by Alec Soth, it is still available in the US. Check prices of the first and second edition...

www.steidlville.com/books/65-Sleeping-by-the-Mississippi-...

buying all his books seems like a very good investment. Get his Niagara too. I've got them all...

www.steidlville.com/books/374-Niagara.html

do ... not ... click .. buy ... do ... not ... click ...

Sleeping by the Mississipi is a magnificent book. I bought it at the gallery of the "Jeu de Paume" in Paris the day of the vernissage of Alec Soth's exhibition "The Space Between Us" (now shown at the Winterthur's Fotomuseum in Switzerland). I was lucky enough to have my copy signed by Soth himself.

Cristobal Hara - Imaginary Spaniard
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/3882439017/ref=sr_1_olp...
£3.24 + £2.75 shipping

Cristobal Hara - Autobiography
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/386521472X/ref=sr_1_olp...
£8.66 + £2.75 shipping

ok, just paid £6 for a new copy of Cristobal Hara - Imaginary Spaniard, cheap. remember that Joni showed me this book before...

also available from Steidl:
www.steidlville.com/books/48-An-Imaginary-Spaniard.html

Paul Graham - Shimmer of Possibility series in soft back £38

www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Graham-Shimmer-Possibility/dp/38652...

A bit of a saving on the hardbacks...

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/3865214835/ref=sr_1_olp...

ha, the original price for the hardback was £130... it was not a bad investment...

www.steidlville.com/books/600-a-shimmer-of-possibility.html

www.amazon.co.uk/Investing-in-photography-books-#1/lm/R2O...

www.amazon.co.uk/Investing-in-photography-books-#2/lm/R2I...

Investing in photobooks a reasonably good selection.

A Beautiful Catastrophe - Bruce Gilden

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1576872386/ref=dp_olp_n...

£11.90+£2.75 shipping

ah sh!t i missed this thread - just bought a couple last night & could easily have put more of these babies in the basket; despite the sh!t Australian Pesos currency rate.

£45 for Bruce Davidson's Subway.. from WH Smith on-line.

Doesn't sound cheap?
Same item on the Alibris (UK) site = £241.47 (used)
Amazon also has a couple of used copies £362.04 and £204.55.

Griff, but the book is not available. I have been hunting for it for years...

I think I have mentioned this before, but Koenig Books at 80 Charing Cross Road (London!) often has cheap photography books, as well as general art books.

I bought The Animals, Public Relations and Figments for about half the cover price over a period of about a year. They usually have something interesting so it's worth popping in...

i thought it might be too good to be true, i want that book sooo bad. :-((((

seems like Istanbul by Alex Webb is back!

www.amazon.co.uk/Istanbul-Hundred-Names-Orhan-Pamuk/dp/15...

it was sold out and prices were reaching £100. now available for just £24.74 + £2.75. I have got two copies already, so leaving you this one

Jacob Aue Sobol - I, Tokyo £15.96

Anders Petersen - French Kiss £13.43

Sally Mann - Immediate Family £15.40

Eugene Richards - Dorchester Days £21.60

Helen Levitt - Slide Show £20.29

(Free delivery on all the above)

in NYC, 10 USD books can be found at the (free entrance) Leica Gallery, such as Mermelstein's No title here, Evans' The hungry eye, and Erwitt's Handbook - mint condition.

www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jan/01/robert-frank-...

US

www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1597110507/ref=sr_1_olp_2...

UK

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1597110507/ref=sr_1_olp...

Tod Papageorge - American Sports $14.50 + shipping

@ Mort

Helen Levitt - Slide Show

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1576872521/ref=sr_1_olp...

Bruce Davidson's England / Scotland 1960 is a much much better book than I expected. It is a truly superb collection, immaculately printed at around £20 (with good used copies from £15).
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/3865211275/sr=8-1/qid=1231251...

Bruce Davidson inspired me more than any other living and active photographer when first got seriously into photography in the early 1980s. He still inspires.

The Photographers Gallery in London have loads of "The Animals" by Garry Winogrand in the Sale for £8.99.

@china plate: I think I saw one of the nearby photobook shops selling the animals and public relations for something like 6 quid, that's when I bought my copy of public relations... it was the one that had photobooks downstairs

Kroening Books. They could well still have some too. Worth a look.

Dr K

See my post above! Yes, it's

Koenig Books at 80 Charing Cross Road

me old china.

hah, yeah... they have less of a selection, but great deals

@China Plate, anyone else

What's the bookshop like at the new (London) Photographers Gallery site? More stock?

Less stock, not as good :-(
Huge shame.

@ Paul Russell99, pleased you got the rhyming slang ;-)

Thanks, just received the Tony Ray Jones book. The awesomeness.

budget £15

Mark Cohen - "Grim Street"

www.amazon.co.uk/Grim-Street-Mark-Cohen/dp/1576872300/ref...

last two copies for less than £20

www.photoeye.com/magazine/Bestof2008/index.cfm

Best Photobooks of 2008

Let the panic buying begin!

At less than $4 second hand this one has to be a bargain.

www.amazon.com/My-Fellow-Americans-Jeff-Jacobson/dp/08263...

@daversion $4 is deal of the century!
Jacobson's new book 'Melting Point' is definitely worth picking up too.

re Koenig Books, Charing Cross Road -- yes, they have a load of "Public Relations" for £7 downstairs at the moment. I didn't notice any "Animals".

I noticed Alec Soth included Masahisa Fukase's Solitude of Ravens in his PhotoEye list with the comment, "One of my favorite books of all time finally gets some good packaging."

I've been looking to get this book for a while. Do I have to worry about good vs. not good printings/editions? I'd be willing to sacrifice a little quality to avoid paying $200 but I don't want to get something and find out it's crappy.

Yeah, John, I was wondering about that one too.

There is a new edition of Solitude of Ravens which has recently been released by the Rat Hole Gallery in Japan.

www.ratholegallery.com/

They are in a limited edition of 1000.
It retails for £70 in England and I think around $200 in the US.

www.photoeye.com/bookstore/mShowDetailsbycatAmazon.cfm?Ca...

Well worth buying, beautifully printed with a slip case hence Alec's
"some good packaging" comment.

The Photographers Gallery in London have 5 or 6 of them left.
(Buying them here makes good economic sense as the American stores seem to be expensive in comparison)

China Plate, thanks for the info. Wonder why the price difference is so great?

John, I don't think the Photographers Gallery has hiked their price up yet. I recall seeing a $125 American price tag about a month ago but they have gone up recently.

Clare Richardson: Beyond the Forest and Adam Jeppesen: Wake

each at ca. £15. Available from bookdepository via amazon. On German amazon even cheaper.

At $20 (Amazon) Philadelphia photographer Zoe Strauss's book "America" is worth a look.

just a remainder for those who don't have it yet

Alex Webb - "Istanbul", for about £20, will not be cheaper

www.amazon.co.uk/Istanbul-Hundred-Names-Alex-Webb/dp/1597...

I just came back from Tate Modern:

"Cruel and Tender" £15

"How we are" £5

"The Americans" £20 (nice new edition).

They should have the same prices online: www.tate.org.uk/shop/

re Zoe Strauss's America

The whole book seems to be on Flickr, if you want a preview

www.flickr.com/photos/27822510@N00/sets/72157609064391539...

quite text led...

Alec Soth - Fashion Magazine - 200 pages of photography for £7. Paperback however.


oh, and a short note: i've ordered 4 books from amazon UK two weeks ago and they haven't shipped a single one yet, although these are "in stock".
assholes.

[soth's fashion magazine isn't very good]

Those Taschen 25th anniversary books are really cheap and good for stocking up on all your old masters.

I got the Atget one. 252 pages, large hardback with full page prints for only £5.99.
www.amazon.co.uk/Paris-Taschen-Anniversary-Andreas-Krase/...

Brassai, Paris. Same format, same price £5.99
www.amazon.co.uk/Brassai-Taschen-Anniversary-Special-Edit...

The Steiglitz one has a mega 552 pages for £5.99
www.amazon.co.uk/Stieglitz-Camera-Work-Anniversary-Specia...

Saw this today and really liked it...
Andrew Phelps, Higley.

www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Phelps-Higley-Tamarra-Kaida/dp/39...

Last time I was in Sandpiper Books in 34 Kensington Gardens, North Laines, Brighton UK- they had both Paul Reas ('I can help' and 'flogging a dead horse')books for bargain prices <£10.
tourism.brighton.co.uk/Shopping/bodypage.asp?subheading=B...
www.paulreas.co.uk/fl/index.htm