INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY
NY: The Scovill and Adams Company, 1895. First U.S. edition. 12mo., (viii), 95, [1], ii pp., adverts, illustrated. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Near fine. Roosens and Salu No. 5321. OCLC locates only seven copies. More
NY: The Scovill and Adams Company, 1895. First U.S. edition. 12mo., (viii), 95, [1], ii pp., adverts, illustrated. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Near fine. Roosens and Salu No. 5321. OCLC locates only seven copies. More
NY: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1883. Abney. First American edition. 8vo., vii, 192 pp., 36 pp. adverts, engraved illustrations. Printed stiff wrappers. The lightly chipped and stained wrappers have been expertly repaired and attached with a new printed paper spine. Small piece torn from the top corner of the first blank;..... More
London: Piper & Carter, 1874. First trade edition after a privately printed edition. 12mo., viii, errata slip, 168 pp., viii adverts, illustrations in text, adverts. Original printed wrappers lightly worn and soiled, hand lettered "ABNEY '74" on the blank spine. Very good. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a wide..... More
London: Piper & Carter, 1882. Fifth edition. 12mo., viii, errata slip, 314 pp., viii adverts, illustrations in text, adverts. Contemporary quarter leather and marbled paper over boards, scuffed and rubbed, rebacked with the original spine laid-down. A good copy. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a wide variety of negative..... More
Leipzig: Heinemann and Balestier, 1900. 12mo., 264 pp., with 27 tipped-in full page albumen photographs. Bound in decorated full vellum over beveled boards; all edges are stained red, with an attached red silk ribbon page marker. Previous owner's neat bookplate and Florence bookseller's sticker affixed to the front pastedown. A...... More
Edinburgh: Banks & Co., n.d. [ca. 1880]. Oblong 8vo., unpaged, illustrated title page, 15 engraved plates with blank paper guards. Gilt and blind-stamped cloth, a.e.g. a few dark splatter stains to cloth, dampstain on corner of the engraved itle page, else fine. A book of engravings by a firm established..... More
Edinburgh: Banks & Co., n.d. [ca. 1880]. Oblong 8vo., illustrated title page, plus 18 engraved plates with blank tissue guards, 8 pp., text. Decorated cloth. Dark stains to cloth; engraved plates are fine. A book of engravings by a firm established in 1826, from plates made by William Banks, founder..... More
Edinburgh: Banks & Co., n.d. [ca. 1880]. Oblong 8vo., unpaged, illustrated title page, 16 engraved plates. Gilt and blind-stamped cloth, a.e.g. Dark splatter stains to cloth, short tear to cloth at the rear joint, dampstain to blank corner of the leaves, not affecting the engravings. A good copy. A book..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. First edition. 4to., 256 pp., 47 color and 128 duotone plates, other illustrations in text. A fine, as new copy in the color illustrated dust jacket. More
London: John W. Parker, 1841. Fifth edition, greatly enlarged. Thick 8vo., xvi, 1470 pp., illustrated, four volumes in one with separate title pages for the four parts. Half calf and marbled boards, morocco label on spine within raised bands. Rubbed, stain on rear endpaper; rear inner hinge partially opened, else..... More
London: John Murray, 1821. Second edition. 3 volumes. 8vos., [vol. I] folding frontispiece engraving, xvi, 470 pp.,2 folding plates, text illustrations; [vol. II] vii, [1], 546 pp., text illustrations; [vol. III] viii, 349 pp., plus index. Publisher's original paper over boards, with printed title label on spine. Chipping and wear..... More
NY: G.K. Hall & Co., 1994. Annan, J. Craig. First ed. Small 4to., xx, 192 pp., illustrated. Cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Fine. J. Craig Annan (1864-1946), photographer and son of a photographer, played an important role in the fight for recognition of photography as an art in its own..... More
circa 1905. Original gelatin silver photograph, 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches, signed in black ink across the print surface, W.F. Cody "Buffalo Bill" Fine. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1884. First French edition. 12mo., 112 pp., illustrated, [24] adverts. Printed paper wrappers. Small stain on front wrapper tip; else very good and unopened. Publisher's catalogue of photographic books tipped-in at the rear. INSCRIBED on the front of the wrapper "Hommage de l'Auteur et de l'Editeur." A review..... More
(NY: Charles F. Heartman), 1922. Second edition. 8vo., 36 pp., Publisher's paper over boards with printed paper label affixed to the upper board; slight toning to the edges of the binding, else a near fine copy. Issued as Heartman's Historical Series Number 37, limited to 81 numbered copies and 5..... More
Manchester: Privately printed for The Manchester Reform Club by Charles W. Hobson, 1922. Coburn, Alvin Langdon. First edition. 8vo., 134 pp., 8 plates with tissue guards. Gilt-titled flexible leather binding. Rubbed along the edges, light foxing on the half-title page and the final rear blank. Very good. The articles are..... More
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1977. First edition. 4to., 246 pp., 301 color and b&w illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket that is lacking a samll chip on the front panel and has a tiny tear at the spine. Regarded as the best single volume historical survey. More
(Gettysburg: (William Culp Darrah - Times and News Pub. Co., 1964). First edition. 8vo., xii, 255 pp., illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. A very light bruise to the lower front board tip, else a near fine copy in gilt-titled blue cloth; issued without a dust jacket. SIGNED by the author. A pioneering..... More
[Cambridge, Massachusetts]: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 1973. First edition. Square 8vo., 36 leaves printed recto only. Stapled into printed wrappers. Wrappers show light soiling and toning; pencil notations in text and one leaf creased. Very good. The photographs in the show come from the Social Ethics Collection that..... More
[Los Angeles]: n.p., 1972. First edition. Oblong 8vo., [16] pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Stapled wrappers, which are moderately rubbed. Very good. Contains a 1 page note from Robert Heinecken, his M.A. instructor, an exhibitions/publications summary, and a chronology. More
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1976. Eggleston, William. First edition. Square 8vo., text and 47 color plates. Simulated leather illustrated with color photo-plate mounted on cover. There is faint foxing on the terminal leaf. Issued without a dust jacket. A near fine copy. Issued on the occasion of the exhibition..... More
New York: Viking Studio, 2002. First edition. 4to., ix, 133 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First U.S. edition. 8vo., frontis, 5 illustrations. Illustrated cloth. A near fine copy. Murder and spirit photography are central to this work of crime fiction by the brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Raffles series. More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1877. JACKSON. First edition. 8vo., (vi), 124 pp. Printed wrappers, which are stained, the front wrapper is chipped at the spine with the paper spine partially eroded. Light general wear. A good copy. "The following Descriptive Catalogue is intended to systematize the collection of Photographic..... More
San Diego: Museum of Photographic Arts, 1987. First edition. Oblong 4to., [6] pp. text, 12 pages of plates from b&w photographs. Light toning to the wrappers. Very good. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Photographic Arts, February 10 - April 5, 1987. The text is by Arthur..... More