Unique album of 52 hand-colored 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch silver photographs, tipped to 26 album leaves, captioned in ink either on the image or mount. A few have tears at the corners, else very good. These hand-colored photographs, circa 1890, depict the striking landscapes of Whitaker"s Falls, Whetstone..... More
NY: Camera Workshop Publications, 1950 - 1953. First editions. 4tos, each issue 50 pp. Chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. 4 issues, the complete publication, as follows: Volume 1, No. 1-B, Summer 1950, through Volume 1, No. 4, Winter 1953. Soft creases to the wrappers of Issue No. 3, with minor..... More
Tokyo: Photographic Society of Japan, 1964 - 1972. First editions. 8vos., each 16 - 22 pp., b&w illustrations. Photo-illustrated stapled self-wrappers. 28 issues, as follows: No. 33 - No. 35; No. 38 - No. 47; No. 49 - No. 54; No. 56 - No. 58; No. 62; No. 63; No..... More
London: John William Parker, 1840 - 1841. First editions. 4tos., variable paginations, illustrated with numerous engravings. 2 volumes. These 2 bound volumes comprise Vols. XVI to XIX, No. 482 (January 4, 1840) through No. 608 (December 25, 1841) of this weekly periodical. There is some light transferring of ink from..... More
Rochester, NY: Technical Association for the Graphic Arts, 1949 - 1971. First editions. 8vos., variable paginations. 23 volumes. An unbroken run from Vol. 1, 1949 - Vol. 23. The first 16 volumes in the original wrappers, and 9 volumes bound in original publisher's cloth. With 2 index volumes and miscellaneous..... More
Paris: Éditions Michel Brient, 1964 - 1966. First editions. Folios and 8vos, varying paginations from approximately 140 pp. ( Issues 1 -6), 8 pp. to 12 pp. ( Issues 7 - 30) and 50 pp. (Issues 31 - 33), illustrated from b&w photographs. 32 issues as follows:Issue No. 1, Jan/Feb..... More
N.p. (France): ca.1890. A set of three jigsaw puzzles, each 11 3/16 x 14 12/16 inches. These wood puzzles have machine cut pieces. The puzzles' images are color half-tone reproductions from paintings. The sides of the puzzles are gold textured paper, and the reverse a plain blue paper. Each has..... More
Boston: A.F. Kern Company, Manufacturers, 1904. 4to., 128 pp., numerous illustrations. Color illustrated stiff wrappers, which are moderately soiled, chipped and worn; upper tip slightly bumped. Very good. A priced trade catalogue of picture and portrait frames, mat boards, pastel and watercolors, platinotype and carbon photographs, facsimiles of plain and..... More
NY: Horizon Press, 1970. Abbott, Berenice. First edition. 4to., 175 pp., 133 photos. A fine copy in the dust jacket that has a 1/8 inch tear at the base of the spine, otherwise it is a near fine example. Boldly SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. Abbott's career..... More
NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1982. Abbott, Berenice. First edition. Folio, 255 pp., over 250 photos. A fine, near new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. A major retrospective look at this American photographer whose career started as an assistant to Man Ray in Paris, was instrumental in documenting New York..... More
[NY]: An Artpress Book, 1982. Abbott, Berenice. Deluxe Limited edition. Folio, 255 pp., over 250 photos. Bound in a deep red raw silk with titling in silver on the upper cover and spine. The spine lettering is partially rubbed, otherwise a fine copy housed in a matching red silk slipcase..... More
Lorain, Ohio: The Abel Publishing Company, 1928. First editions. 8vos., variable paginations (32 - 60 pp.). Printed wrappers. Subtle lengthwise crease due to original mailing practice. Top corner of one wrapper lacking, else very good. 52 issues. A complete year of this weekly periodical. Begins with Volume 41, No. 1046..... 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: Puiper & 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
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1971. Abramson, Michael. First edition. 4to., 160 pp., over 50 b&w photos. Yellow cloth, titled in black, lightly soiled along the edges. The dust jacket is worn with several tears and chips; else very good. PALANTE (the Spanish equivalent of "Right On" or "Forward") is a book about..... More
Boston: NYGS, 1977. Adams, Ansel. Facsimile of 1930 edition. Folio, unpaged, 12 full-page duotone plates after photographs. Quarter tan leather and orange linen, title debossed in the leather on the front board Housed in the publisher's plain orange linen slipcase. A fine copy. Limited to 950 numbered copies, SIGNED by..... More
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1974. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Small 4to., 56 b&w plates. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A near fine copy. More
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1970. Adams, Ansel. First revised edition. 8vo., 304 pp., illustrated. Near fine in a slightly worn pictorial dust jacket. For those who still use film and the darkroom, an essential reference and manual. For those of the digital era, yes, even you can benifit from..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Oblong 4to., 128 pp., b&w photo-plates. A fine copy in the photo-illustraterd dust jacket. More
Lexington, KY: Lexington Camera Club and the Department of Art, University of Kentucky, 1956. Bullock, Wynn. First edition. 8vo., 37 pp., 34 photos (including portraits of the photographers). Pictorial wrappers. Near fine. This exhibit of seventeen photographers included: A. Adams, Bernhard, Bullock, Callahan, Meatyard, Sheeler, Siskind, B. Weston, E. Weston..... More
Paris: Christophe Daviet-Thery, 2001. Adams, Mac. First edition. A titled black folder, 10.5 x 11 inches, which is photo-illustrated on the inside panels, containing 9 loose b&w photographic plates of varying size, with concrete poetry in both French and English on the reverse, each separated with a blank paper guard..... More
Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1970. Adams, Robert. First edition. Small 4to., (26) pp., frontispiece photo plus 58 full-page b&w photos. A fine copy in a like dust jacket that has two short closed tears. The photographer's first book. More
Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1980. Adams, Robert. First edition. Oblong 4to., 63 pp., full-page b&w photos. Fine in illustrated dust jacket that has a single faint scuff on the front panel. Boldly SIGNED by the photographer on the front free endpaper. Adams records the intrusion of "the hand of man" upon..... More
NY / Philadelphia: Aperture, in association with The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Adams, Robert. First edition. 4to., 175 pp., illustrated with full-page b&w photos. A fine copy in the near fine photo-illustrated dust jacket. Published in conjunction with a major retrospective exhibition. More