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Toronto: Magitsh Editions, 1984. First edition. 4to., [47] pp., fully illustrated with b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Signed by the photographer on the title page. Fine. More
Toronto: Magitsh Editions, 1984. First edition. 4to., [47] pp., fully illustrated with b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Signed by the photographer on the title page. Fine. 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
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2001. First edition. Oblong 4to., 199 pp., fully illustrated. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, as new in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Text by John Szarkowski. More
Göteborg, Sveden: Victor Hasselblad Aktiebolag, 1980. First English language edition. 8vo., 28 pp., 13 plates from photographs, other illustrations in text. Stapled into photo-illustrated wrappers. Light wear. Very good. The contents are based upon Adams' five books in the Basic Photo Series. Text in English. 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, 1974. Adams, Ansel. First edition, first printing. Oblong folio, 127 pp. 117 photos. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's slipcase, which has chalk mark on the rear, and a single droplet stain on the front; otherwise, fine. Signed and..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. Adams, Ansel. First edition, first printing. Oblong folio, 127 pp. 117 photos. A fine, bright, as new copy in the illustrated dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's slipcase, which has a partial crack where the rear panel meets the spine; other, near fine. Signed..... 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
[San Francisco]: [M.H. de Young Memorial Museum], [1963]. Adams, Ansel. First edition. 4to., [16] pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight bump at the crown, faint foxing on the end papers; else, a good copy. Includes a chronology and selected bibliography. More
Lexington, KY: Lexington Camera Club and the Department of Art, University of Kentucky, 1956. Bullock, Wynn. First edition. 8vo., 37 pp., 34 plates from photographs, including portraits of the photographers. Pictorial wrappers. Light usage; very good. This exhibit of seventeen photographers included: Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhard, Reva Brooks, Wynn Bullock..... 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
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
NY: Scovill and Adams, 1892. Fourth edition. 8vo., 215 pp., illustrations in text, plate with tissue guard. Newly bound in paper over boards, with printed label on front. Slight foxing especially at edges, faint stains, a few tips creased; else very good. This manual leads the reader through darkroom procedures..... More
NY: Scovill and Adams, 1897. Sixth edition, eighth thousand. 8vo., 215 pp., illustrations in text. Publisher's decorative illustrated paper wrappers. Previous owner's neat stamp on the title page; a small sliver is lacking from the blank rear wrapper; else near fine. This manual leads the reader through darkroom procedures, printing..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Folio, 175 pp., b&w plates. Gilt-embossed cloth. A very good copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is lightly toned, has one small closed tear on the rear panel and is price-clipped. Biography of Adams, illustrated with his photographs. More
Andover, Massachusetts: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1973. First edition. Square 8vo., [20] pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Glossy printed wrappers, which are toned. Very good. The catalogue for the traveling exhibition: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, September 30-November 11, 1973, and Imageworks, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March..... More
Andover, Massachusetts: The Addison Gallery of American Art, 1982. First edition. Square 8vo., 27 pp., illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Stapled wrappers. Light wear and soiling to the wrappers. Very good. Catalogue for the exhibition held September 24 - November 28, 1982. Photographs and statements by: Jed Devine, Barnaby..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. Evans, Walker. First edition. 8vo., [2], xvi, 471 pp. and 31 full-page b&w plates from photographs. Publisher's black cloth, spine titled in silver, lightly rubbed at the spine ends; small neat bookseller's ticket on the rear free endpaper. The dust jacket has had minor restoration..... More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, [1936]. Revised to January 1, 1936. Small 8vo., [52] pp., illustrations from photographs. Stiff paper wrappers, which are rubbed; one 4 pp. signature is detached, small stain to the blank margin of a few leaves, ink additions and revisions to some prices. Very good. [with]..... More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, [1937]. Small 8vo., 32 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. Pencil and ink notations. Very good. Contents include chemistry for the photographer, components and action of developers, fixer, mixing; Agfa formulas - developers, fixers, reducers, intensifiers, toners; chemicals and prepared developers. More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, 1940. 8vos., 40 pp., illustrations from photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers, which are lightly rubbed. Very good. A priced and indexed catalogue of cameras, films, papers and chemicals. More
N.p. Agfa Ansco, 1942. First edition. 8vo., [14] pp., with 5 mounted original b&w and 1 color gelatin silver photographs, and includes a strip of an ozalid sound track. Cord-tied heavy blue paper wrappers embossed in blind and titled in gold ink. Housed in a paper envelope, which is titled..... More
N.p. Agfa Ansco, 1942. First edition. 8vo., [14] pp., with five mounted original b&w gelatin silver photographs and one 4 x 6 inch color transparency, and includes a strip of an ozalid sound track. Cord-tied heavy blue paper wrappers embossed in blind and titled in gold ink. Offsetting and staining..... More
Berlin: I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Agfa, 1938. Small 8vo., 101 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. The lower tip of the last 50 pages are creased. Stamped on the margin of the front wrapper and title page, "Return to Adv. Dept." Very good. Discusses various Agfa films, development and developers... More