London: Marion & Co., 1900. Senior, Edgar. First edition. 8vo., vii, 341 pp., 81 pp. adverts, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth. Light wear to the binding. Very good. Divided into three sections: Section I, by Thomas Bolas. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HELIOCHROMY - GENERAL SURVEY OF PROCESSES - DIRECT HELIOCHROMES ON SILVER..... More
London: Henry Greenwood & Co., 1854-1987. First editions. 4 volumes are tall 8vos., all others are 4tos.; variable pagination's. 116 bound volumes and 14 volumes in approximately 730 issues in original illustrated wrappers. Various cloth bindings, with a few in quarter calf with marbled paper over boards, some volumes with..... More
Rochester, NY: Graphic Arts Research Center, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1979 - 1982. First editions. 4to., 8 pp. each, b&w illustrations from photographs. 16 issues as follows: Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1979 - Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1982. Recipients address label on black rear panel of several issues..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889. First ed. Small 8vo., x, 146 pp., illustrated. The printed paper wrappers are chipped at the corners and lacking much of the spine; very slight occasional foxing. A good copy. Phototype was a name formerly given the photolithographic process invented by Poitevin and to a...... More
NY: American Photography Two, 1986. First edition. 4to., (15) pp., plus 168 color and b&w photos, (6) pp. index. Fine, as new, in dust jcket. Includes photos by: Richard Avedon, George Hurrell, Les Krims, Mary Ellen Mark, Robert Mapplethorpe. More
Haarlem, The Netherlands: Volute, 1994. BOTMAN. First edition. 4to., unpaged, full-page b&w plates. Photo-illustrated paper over boards. Fine, as new. Housed in illustrated slipcase. SIGNED. A passionate and erotic sequence of remembrance, renewal and regeneration. The photographer's first book. Published in English, French and Dutch, each limited to 15 SIGNED..... More
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1972. First ed. 4to., (4) pp., 11 full-page b&w plates from photographs. Housed in a card portfolio with a printed flap that lists biographic and bibliographic references. Minor creases to the portfolio, else very good. Laid-in is the printed announcement for the exhibition. Published upon the occasion..... More
circa 1970. Original platinum photograph, 7 /1/16 x 4 5/8 inches on hand-made Whatman paper 10 x 8 inches. SIGNED by the photographer. Fine. "Edouard Boubat was a French Post-War photographer known for his poetic images of nature, animals, and portraits. Instead of espousing a political agenda, his photographs prioritized..... More
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Paris: Chez les Principaux Libraires, 1854. First separate edition (reprinted from Moniteur Universel December 11,12, and 31, 1853 and January 11,13 and 23, 1854. 8vo., 58 [1] pp. Several leaves show staining, largely concentrated at the foredge, with chipping to the foredge and rounding to the bottom tip; in one..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1865. 8vo., 74 pp., 4 lithographic plates. String-tied, issued without wrappers. Near fine. The author disputes the claim that several images were photographically created in the eighteenth-century. They were actually made with a camera obscura. It was the author's grandfather, Matthew Boulton, a collaborator with James..... More
NY: The Viking Press, 1983. Bourke-White, Margaret. First edition. 4to., 224 pp., sepia-toned and b&w photos. A near fine copy in the llustrated dust jacket that is moderately edgeworn. A well-illustrated biography of this renowned photojournalist. More
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1966. First U.S. edition. 4to., 367 pp., hundreds of illustrations. A very good copy in dust jacket that lacks several large pieces. 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 are wear..... More
NY: Pantheon, 1984. Brandt, Bill. First American ed. Small 4to., (104) pp., 96 b&w plates. A fine copy in dust jacket. More
London & NY: The Focal Press, 1948. Brandt, Bill. First edition. 4to., 89 pp., folding table and 59 b&w photos. Printed paper over boards, boards dusty with moderate wear at the spine ends and tips; light toning at the blank margins of the text, otherwise a good copy lacking the..... More
NY: Amphoto, 1961. Brandt, Bill. First American edition. 4to., 14 pp., 90 photo-plates printed in gravure. Patterned boards. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that has a 1/2 inch closed tear on top edge and a tiny tear at the bottom edge of the blank rear panel; very..... More
NY: The Viking Press, 1966. Brandt, Bill. First edition. 4to., 12 pp., plus 128 full-page b&w and color photos. Avery good copy in gitl-titled black cloth, with the photo-illustraterd dust jacket that has a few short closed tears, one small tear at the top of the spine was repaied with..... More
Paris: Editions Neuf (Robert Delpire), 1952. Brassai. First edition. 4to., 84 pp., b&w photos and drawings. Mounted portrait of the photographer on front cover. A fine and bright copy, issued without a printed dust jacket. Contains Henry Miller's "L'oeil de Paris" as well as Brassaï's "Souvenirs de Mon Enfance." The..... More
NY: Viking Press, 1982. Brassai. First edition. 4to., 224 pp., numerous b&w photos. Fine in cloth with the near fine illustrated dust jacket. Brassaï's memoir of over fifty years of friendship with twenty great artists and art dealers, including: Picasso, Miró, Matisse, Maillol, Giacometti, Dali, Léger, Le Corbusier, Bonnard, and..... More
Daytona Beach: Daytona Beach Community College, 1989. First edition. Oblong 4to., [37] pp., illustrated with 34 b&w plates after photographs. Photo-illustrated wrappers, which are slightly wrinkled on the front. Very good. SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. Documentary photographer, Eric Breitenbach has widely published his still photographs in..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2001. First edition. 8vo., xi, [378] pp.b&w and color plates in text. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. More
London: John Murray, 1834. Second edition. 16mo., viii, 351 pp., over 80 text illustrations. Printed cloth over boards. The binding has been expertly rebacked with the original printed spine laid-down, new endpapers were added. Very good. Written shortly before the introduction of photography, this book discusses vision, optics, optical illusions..... More
Paris: Librarie Encyclopédie de Roret, 1839. First French edition. 24 mo., 286 pp., 2 folding engraved plates, in seven panels each. Bound with 90 pp. catalogue for ENCYCLOPÉDIE DE RORET dated June 1857. Quarter-morocco with tips and marbled paper over boards; spine with raised bands, gilt title on spine. Moderate..... More
London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green and John Taylor, 1831. First edition. 12mo., [8 adverts], x, 383 pp.,with an engraved illustrated title page, 176 illustrations in text. Original cloth with chipped paper label on spine. Cloth slightly faded at edges, occasional light foxing, else very good. Part..... More