Kanagawa, Japan Super Labo 2011 1st Edition Hardcover New. No dust jacket as issued First edition, first printing. Two volumes. Ciel Tombé: Signed in black ink, dated "22 Feb. 2012" and inscribed "Tokyo" on the front free endpaper by Hatakeyama. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated paper-covered boards; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs, illustration and text (in French, English and Japanese) by Naoya Hatakeyama. 48 pp., with 30 four-color plates. 7 x 12-1/8 inches. The Astrologer: Hardcover. Photographically illustrated heavy boards; no dust jacket as issued. Text (in French, English and Japanese) by Sylvie Germain. 64 pp. 8-7/8 x 4-1/4 inches. New. In his book Lime Works, Hatakeyama wrote, "mines and cities are like the negative and positive of a single photograph." Ciel Tombé features Hatakeyama's haunting 2007 images of an underground quarry located 17 meters below the Bois de Vincennes, in Paris. Reminiscent of Nadar's 19th-century images of subterranean Paris, the "fallen sky" in these images refers to the collapsed ceilings of the quarry, visible as ruins beneath the forest above. Germain's book was written especially in response to Hatakeyama's images. From Naoya Hatakeyama: "Newton's apple stopped as it fell on the ground but this is not the end point of gravity. The earth's surface is merely a hand held out in the middle of a fall and gravity penetrates this, leading further down towards the center of the earth. It is said that in the ancient times, there ...

Kanagawa, Japan Super Labo 2011 1st Edition Boxed Set New. No dust jacket as issued First edition, first printing. Limited edition, boxed set of 200 copies, each with one of two original Type-C prints (image 3-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches, paper 6-3/4 x 11-5/8 inches), signed and dated on verso by Hatakeyama. The set includes the print and two books nested in a custom, photographically illustrated box with edition label and stamped number inside lid. Ciel Tombé: Hardcover. Fine gray cloth, with title stamped in blue on cover and spine, and stamped edition number on colophon page; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs, illustration and text (in French, English and Japanese) by Naoya Hatakeyama. 48 pp., with 30 four-color plates. 7 x 12-1/8 inches. The Astrologer: Hardcover. Photographically illustrated heavy boards; no dust jacket as issued. Text (in French, English and Japanese) by Sylvie Germain. 64 pp. 8-7/8 x 4-1/4 inches. Box dimensions are 7-1/2 x 12-5/8 inches. New (books, print and box in flawless, pristine condition). In his book Lime Works, Hatakeyama wrote, "mines and cities are like the negative and positive of a single photograph." Ciel Tombé features Hatakeyama's haunting 2007 images of an underground quarry located 17 meters below the Bois de Vincennes, in Paris. Reminiscent of Nadar's 19th-century images of subterranean Paris, the "fallen sky" in these images refers to the collapsed ceilings of the quarry, visible as ruins beneath the forest above. Germain's book was ...