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
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
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, [ca. 1927]. Narrow 24mo., 54 pp., illustrated. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. A manual for using the Memo Camera, which uses a roll of motion picture film. The film could be printed by contact or enlargement, or the negative strips could be printed on positive..... 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
New York: Berlin Aniline Works, [ca. 1900]. 12mo., 88, pp., [viii] blanks. Illustrations from engravings. Stiff paper wrappers, stain on rear wrapper. Signatures loose and laid-in wrappers; else very good. Discusses and describes Agfa developers in substance and ready for use, intensifiers, reducers, isolar plates and flat films. Includes useful..... More
Berlin: I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Agfa, ca. 1950. 12mo., 80 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good. The process of development, composition of developers, making solutions, fine-grain development, development of photographic papers, causes of faulty results, etc. Text in English. More
[Berlin: Agfa [Actien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-fabrikation], ca. 1915. 12mo., 296 pp., illustrations from b&w photographs and drawings. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good. Complete instructions for the beginner, from choice of cameras through film developing, printing the picture and printing-out papers, exposures, dark room and its illumination, etc. Makes specific reference to..... More
1979 - 1980. Original silver gelatin photograph 9 11/16 x 9 9/16 in. [ 24.6 x 24.3cm.] printed on photographic paper, 11 x 14 in. Titled in pencil on the left side beneath the image, and SIGNED and dated 79 - 80 under the image on the right side. Unmounted..... More
1978. Original silver gelatin photograph, image size 14 x 14 1/2 in. [ 35.5 x 36.8 cm.] printed on photographic paper, 16 x 20 in. Titled in pencil on the left side beneath the image, and SIGNED and dated 78 under the image on the right side. Slight creases at..... More
1978. Original silver gelatin photograph, image size 14 x 14 1/2 in. [ 35.5 x 36.8 cm.] printed on photographic paper, 16 x 20 in. Titled in pencil on the left side beneath the image, and SIGNED and dated 79 under the image on the right side. Slight creases at..... More
1978. Original silver gelatin photograph, image size 9 9/16 x 9 5/8 in. [ 24.3 x 24.5 cm.] printed on photographic paper, 11 x 14 in. Titled in pencil on the left side beneath the image, and SIGNED and dated 78 under the image on the right side. Unmounted. Fine..... More
1978. Original silver gelatin photograph, image size 9 x 9 in. [ 22.8 x 22.8 cm.] printed on photographic paper, 11 x 14 in. Titled in pencil on the left side beneath the image, and SIGNED and dated 78 under the image on the right side. Unmounted. Fine. Mariella Agois..... More
Boston: NYGS, 1982. Alinder, Jim. First edition. 4to., xi, 111 pp., 55 b&w photos. Fine in dust jacket that has a small wrinkle at the top edge. Jim Alinder, born in California and raised in Minneapolis, lived for a decade in Nebraska before returning to California in 1977. He has..... More
NY: Artemis Project, 1984. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 108 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustratd stiff wrappers. The wrappers and foredge are lightly foxed,; else very good. More
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Light soiling to the wrappers, with scattered light foxing in the text. A very good copy. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul Delaroche and Camille Roqueplan. As Pierre-Lin Renié wrote, "Alophe epitomizes the mediocre painter..... More
[Rome: c1870]. Hand colored albumen photograph 21 3/4 in. x 16 in., trimmed flush and affixed to old board. The surface shows some reticulation; the blank reverse of the mount board is acid stained. A very good example. Gioacchino Altobelli (1814 - 1878) studied painting in Rome during the 1830s..... More
Boston: David R. Godine & Wahington, D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1978. Bravo, Manuel Alvarez. First edition. 4to., xxiii pp., plus 82 b&w photo-plates, xv-xlv pp. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. One of 1000 hardbound copies from a total edition of 3000 copies. Issued..... More
Paris: La Photogalerie, 1976. Bravo, Manuel Alvarez. First edition. 24mo., (5) pp., plus 17 full-page b&w photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. Includes a chronology and list of exhibitions. More
NY: M.C. Bentham, Publisher, [1891]. First edition. 4to., [50] pp., photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard, portraits from photographs, adverts. Blank membership application bound in after p. 20. Decorative stiff paper wrappers, which are toned along the edges with some chipping at the base of the spine. A good or better..... More
Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier Editora Ltda. 2004. First edition. 8vo., xv, 281, [2] adverts., illustrations from drawings and photographs in text. Illustrated stiff wrappers with printed inner flaps. Fine. "The dissertation is based on exploratory research, covering the period during which the photographic image starts to be incorporated by the..... More
Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1964. Muybridge, E. First edition. 4to., 192 pp., fully illustrated with b&w photos. Very good in a lightly worn illustrated dust jacket. An important history which includes biographies and examples of photographers who were active in the west but seldom mentioned in other texts, i.e.; Duhem..... More
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Contact, [ca 1947?]. Andriesse, Emmy. First edition. 4to., 100 full-page gravures. Cloth-backed paper over boards. A very good copy in publisher's gilt titled cloth-backed paper over boards. The photographically illustrated dust jacket is lacking a few small chips at the base and top of the spine and shows..... More