London: The Autotype Company, [ca. 1925]. First edition. 12mo., 26 pp. Stiff wrappers, which are lightly soiled. Light foxing on first and last few leaves, else very good. A subtractive color process, which is similar to dye transfer; 3 color pigment sheets are used to transfer images from separation negatives..... More
London and West Ealing: The Autotype Company; New York: George Murphy, agents for the USA, [ca. 1930]. Second edition. 8vo., 35 pp., illustrated. Stiff wrappers with cloth spine; cracked at the gutter between p. 6 - 7, but firm. Very good. "The present illustrated edition ... has been entirely re-written..... More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Avedon, Richard. First edition. Folio, 151 pp., b&w plates. Printed glazed boards. A very good, bright copy, but for a few slight spots on the front board, a faint foxing on the front and rear endpapers. Housed in the publisher's slipcase that is moderately worn..... More
New York: Random House, 1993. AVEDON. First edition. Thick folio, 284 full-page b&w photos. Cloth, title with red and magenta lettering. Fine in printed acetate dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's white card portfolio, titled in red ink. Avedon's "self portrait" through his body of work spanning nearly 50 years..... More
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Avedon, Richard. First edition. 4to., text and 84 b&w plates, several of which are folding. A fine, bright, near new copy in dust jacket. More
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Avedon, Richard. First edition. 4to., text and 84 b&w plates, several of which are folding. One lower tip is slightly rubbed. A near fine and bright copy in a dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Bodly SIGNED by the photographer and dated, 1985... More
London, Ont. Canyon Production (Canada), The Awes Studio, 1977. Ross, Phillip. First edition. 4to., unnumbered leaves, color and b&w illustrations, largely from photographs, many printed using Xerography; several printed and/or illustrated items are laid in, including a large folded poster, an application for an American Express card stamped "Adz Magazine."..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Artspace, 1989. Babcock, Jo. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (12) pp., 10 b&w photos. Die-cut stiff wrappers. Very good. Jo Babcock transforms objects into pinhole cameras -- suitcases, paint cans, mailboxes, gallery spaces and even Volkswagen buses. Babcock received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco..... More
[Rochester]: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1977. First edition. Oblong 4to., [22] leaves of b&w photomontage images. Color printed stiff wrappers. Fine. A humorous look the photographer's family gatherings. OCLC locates eleven copies. More
Leipzig: Fotokinoverlag, 1965. Second printing. Thick 8vo., vii, 703 pp., 313 plates. Lower board tips lightly bumped and endpapers toned. A very good copy. An exceptionally well researched history of the science and art of photography through 1925. More
London: Baird & Tatlock, 1894. 8vo., 291 pp., over 1500 illustrations from engravings. Gilt-titled publisher's cloth; hinges show slight cracking, edges stained red. Paper repair to the front blank flyleaf. Owner's neat signature on the title page. Very good. A priced catalogue of chemicals and the various apparatus required by..... More
Chicago: 133 Line Press, 1979. Baker, Steven W. First edition. 4to., unpaged, b&w offset lithographic illustrations from photographs with selected pages hand-colored. Color illustrated stitched wrappers encapsulated in plastic covers. Fine. An artist's book. Printed using offset lithography and hand-colored, the photographer has taken various images and made associations between..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889. First ed. 8vo., vii, 132 pp. Rebound in new stiff paper wrappers with the original wrappers mounted to front and rear. Some creases, else very good. Volume one of two. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, Imprimeurs Libraires, Éditeurs de la Bibliothèque Photographique, 1889. First edition. 12mo., vi, 26 pp., (12) pp. publisher's catalog. Newly added facsimile wrappers. A fine copy. Sewn in at rear is the publisher's "Catalogue de Photographie." Roosens and Salu No. 3047. More
Paris: MM. Puech, [1884]. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Printed wrappers. Near fine. Eder discusses, in his chapter "Film Photography and the Rapid Growth of Amateur Photography," (HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY) the advantages of using light sensitive paper over glass plates and lists the various inventors who advanced the processes. He..... More
Praha: ASCO, 1993. First edition. 8vo., 451 pp., numerous b&w illustrations from photos. Near fine in a very good illustrated dust jacket. An essential reference for the study of Czech and Slovakian photographers; each photographer's entry includes a biography, chronology, exhibition list and bibliography. Also includes a detailed list and..... More
Akron Ohio: The Emily H. Davis Art Gallery of the University of Akron with the cooperation of the Sonnabend Gallery, New York and The Ohio State University, Columbus, (1976). Baldessari, John. First edition. 4 x 10 3/4 inches, (35) pp., photo-illustrated. Spiral bound printed wrappers. Fine. John Baldessari, born National..... More
Akron: The Emily H. Davis Art Gallery of the University of Akron with the cooperation of the Sonnabend Gallery, New York and The Ohio State University, Columbus, [1976]. Baldessari, John. First edition. 4 x 10 3/4 inches, (35) pp., photo-illustrated. Spiral bound printed wrappers. Fine, with just the slightest evidence..... More
NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, [1994]. Baldus, Edouard. First edition. Oblong 4to., 294 pp., 177 illustrations primarily from b&w photographs, maps. A fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Baldus (1813-1889), was an early French photographer renowned for his technical ability, his architectural views..... More
Tokyo: Gallery Min / NY: Aperture, 1989. Baltz, Lewis. First edition. Oblong 4to., 85 b&w and color photo plates (several folding), 4 pp. text in English and Japanese. Faux leather with paper label on front board. Subtle and faint scuffing to the faux leather, near fine in printed slipcase which..... More
NY: Castelli Graphics, 1978. Baltz, Lewis. First edition. Oblong small 4to., (2) pp., plus 15 full-page b&w photos. Title embossed on the stiff wrappers. Near fine. SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. Limited to 2000 copies. Served as a catalogue for an exhibition and for a portfolio of..... More
NY: Castelli Graphics, 1974. Baltz, Lewis. First ed. Oblong 4to., 51 b&w photographs. Aside from the neat signature of Alan Winer, photographer and former administrator of the Visual Studies Workshop atop the blank free endpaper, and slight toning along the upper portion of the dust jacket, a fine, near new..... More
Albuquerque: Art Space; NY: Castelli Graphics, 1980. Baltz, Lewis. First edition. Square 4to., 246 pp., 102 b&w photo-plates. Bound in cloth with photo-illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket shows a one inch scrape on the spine and light wear at the edges. A near fine copy in a very good..... More
Albuquerque: Art Space; NY: Castelli Graphics, 1980. Baltz, Lewis. First edition. Square 4to., 246 pp., 102 b&w photo-plates. Bound in cloth with photo-illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket shows a one inch scrape on the spine and light wear at the edges. A small price sticker has been removed from..... More
Albuquerque: Published by the University of New Mexico Press in association with the Des Moines Art Center, 1990. Baltz, Lewis. First edition. Folio, 154 pp., full-page b&w and color photographs. A fine copy in the color illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the photographer on the first white leaf..... More