[New York: The Harbor Press, 1936]. First edition. 12mo., 12 unnumbered pp. Printed in black type with illustrations in orange. Stitched wrappers. Slight dusting and wear. A very good copy. The colophon reads: Written by Charles M. Adams, designed by John S. Fass, set into types at the Harbor Press..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Fourth edition. 8vo., xx, 580 pp.,engraved figures in text. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards. Blank upper corner of the title page lacking; occasional foxing, else very good. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, Gendre et Successeur de Bachelier, [1854]. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 296 pp., charts and tables. Original printed stiff wrappers. Chipping to edges of wrappers and pages, with wear to spine; light scattered. A good copy, housed in a new clamshell box of linen with a paper spine label..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, [1858]. Second edition. 8vo., xx, 412 pp., 4 pp. prospectus at rear, charts and tables. Scattered foxing, else very good in contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper over boards. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working with Claude Bernard. After..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Fourth edition. 8vo., xx, 580 pp., engraved figures in text. The blank tip of the front fly leaf and half-title page are lacking, with scattered foxing. [bound with] Auxerre, P. C. COURS DESCRIPTIF DE PHOTOGRAPHIE PRATIQUE A l'USAGE DE TOUT LE MONDE. CONTENANT DE NOUVEAUX PROCÉDÉS. St..... More
NY: Published for "Camera Notes" by the Publication Committee of the Camera Club, New York, 1899. Berg, Charles I. Hand-pulled photogravure, 4 1/2 x 5 11/16 inches [11.43 x 14.45 cm] printed on copper plate paper and tipped to a colored stock, 14 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches [37.79 x...... More
New York: The Camera Club of New York, 1900. Berg, Charles I. Hand-pulled photogravure, 4 7/16 x 5 3/4 inches [11.27 x 14.61 cm]. Printed on copper plate paper, 10 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches [27.62 x 19.37 cm] with printed tissue guard. The image is bright and fine. The..... More
New York: Lyle Stuart / Loujon Press Award Book, 1965. First edition. Quarto. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Illustrations by Noel Rockmore. Four small spots of binder paste on the terminal blue flyleaf; other wise a fine, near new copy, but without the bellyband. One of 3100 copies printed in New Orleans..... More
New York: Lyle Stuart / Loujon Press Award Book, 1965. First edition. Quarto. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Illustrations by Noel Rockmore. Just the slightest touch of wear at a bottom corner; otherwise, a fine copy, lacking the bellyband. One of 3100 copies printed in New Orleans at the Loujon Press, signed..... More
Paris: A. Loiseau Fils, 1874. First edition. 8vo., iv, 39 pp., illustrations in text. Illustrated paper wrappers. Very light foxing with one small instance of marginalia in pencil; the front wrapper is detached, chipped and soiled, and the pamphlet has a soft vertical crease. Housed in a newly made clamshell..... More
Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1905. First edition thus. 8vo., map frontis, 156 pp. Publisher's gilt-titled and decorated cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Previous owner's bookplate is stained and has left a transfer on the opposite blank leaf. A very good, unopened copy. Limited to 267 numbered copies, this..... More
Milano: Gruppo Editoriale Electa; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, 1982. Carroll, Lewis. First edition. Folio, [3] pp., 12 full-page loose b&w plates from photographs with, tissue guards. All contained in the publisher's four-point black card portfolio with printed label and white card..... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1844. First edition. 8vo., [4], errata, 127 pp., [1] folded plate, 4 pp. priced catalogue. Modern cloth over boards with gilt titled leather spine label. A contemporary related article was glued to the reverse of the title page, leaving a moderate stain on the title page as..... More
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1859. First edition. 8vo., 191, [1] pp., diagrams and charts in text, 1 engraved plate. Later half morocco and marbled paper over boards. The title page and following leaf are heavily foxed, while the remainder of the text shows an occasional spot of light foxing. There are..... More
Bruxelles: Éstablissements Émile Bruylant, 1912. First edition. Small 4to., [iv], 506 pp., b&w illustrations and figures in text. The printed paper wrappers show dust soiling and moderate wear at the edges; one signature loose. A very good, unopened copy. The complete papers and documents presented at the Fifth International Congress..... More
Riverside, California: California Museum of Photography, University of California Riverside, 1983. First edition. Small 4to., 16 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers, with the printed outer wrapper, which served as the mail; this copy addressed to Roger Mertin. Fine. This issue is a lengthy interview with Linda Connor..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars et au Bureau du Journal Les Mondes, 1869. Cros, Charles. First edition. 8vo., 12 pp.,later tan boards with crimson morocco spine label, printed wrappers bound in. There are a few faint spots of foxing on the front wrapper. A fine copy. Charles Cros (1842 - 1888) and Louis..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1880. First edition. 12mo., 86 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers; paper label on spine. Private library ink stamp on the front wrapper and blank margin throughout. Occasional light foxing. Blindstamped on the half-title page, "Hommage." Instructions for the preparation of sensitized dry collodion plates (the tannin process); preparing printing..... More
Paris: Ch. Reinwald, [1878]. First edition. 8vo., 16 pp. Original printed wrappers, which shows light stains and 4 short clear tape mends to the rear wrapper and 1 to a few letters on the final text leaf. Light wear to the untrimmed lower blank edge. Charles Fabre (1851 - 1933)..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars & Fils, 1889 - 1906. First editions. Eight volumes, 8vo. Volume 1: 512 pp.; Volume 2: 400 pp.; Volume 3: 407 pp.; Volume 4: 413 pp., with a total of 724 engraved illustrations. Supplement A: 400 pp., 174 engraved illustrations; Supplement B: 424 pp., 221 engraved illustrations; Supplement..... More
Caen: Imprimerie de F. Le Blanc-Hardel, 1877. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Original printed wrappers, which are lightly chipped; small numbered label affixed to the blank upper margin on the front. There is a short closed tear that extends from the spine 1 inch into the blank margin of the..... More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1933. First edition. 8vo., xv, 388 pp., illustrated. Cloth. Very good. A manual for photomechanical processes, especially for the illustration of books. With chapters on color printing. More
[San Francisco]: Sun in Scorpio/ Flash Publications, 1993. Gatewood, Charles. First edition. 4to., 64 unnumbered pages, full-page b&w plates from photos. Fine, as new in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Limited to 2000 numbered copies, SIGNED. A compilation from Gatewood's various "bodies" of work: Sidetripping in New Orleans, pierced bodies, tattoos, and..... More
San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, [1890]. [Reprint of 1850, with additions]. 24mo. [5 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches], 139 pp., adverts affixed to pastedowns. Publisher's full pebbled cloth, titled in gilt on the upper board with the slightest of wear at the spine ends; a near fine copy. The..... More
NY: Aperture, 2000. First edition. Square 4to., unpaginated, chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. More