Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1898. First edition. Small 8vo., viii, 139 pp. The printed paper wrappers are moderately age-toned, with a shallow crease at the lower tip and the publisher's price sticker affixed to the rear wrapper; else near fine and unopened. A complete guide to the equipment, sensitized materials..... More
Paris: Photographie de la Presse Artistique, [ca 1860]. 4to., lithographic title page and 25 of 26 [?] leaves of mounted albumen photographic portraits 9.5 x 6.5 cm, with lithographic borders and the names of the subjects printed below the images, a.e.g. All leaves are attached to linen tabs, as issued..... More
La Paz, Bolivia / Tegucigalpa, Honduras: CIMCA / COMUNICA, 1992. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 105 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and drawings. Color illustrated stiff wrappers. Lightly rubbed, near fine. The importance of photography, cinema and visual communication as aides in teaching. Text in Spanish. Limited to 3000 copies. WorldCat locates..... More
Melun: Imprimerie Administratice, 1893. Nouvelle edition. Small 4to., lxxxiv, 148 pp., frontispiece, illustrated and charts in text. [bound with] IDENTIFICATION ANTHROPOMÉTRIQUE. INSTRUCTIONS SIGNALÉTIQUES. ALBUM: PREMIÈRE PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AUX OBSERVATIONS ANTHROPOMÉTRIQUES. [and] DEUXIÈME PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AUX RENSEIGNEMENTS DESCRIPTIFS. [and] TROISIÈME PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AU RELEVÉ DES MARQUES PARTICULIÈRES. Melun..... More
NY: Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1988. First edition. Small 4to., 116 pp., illustrated with color and b&w plates from photographs and drawing. Fine in stiff card wrappers. Published as the catalogue for an exhibition of 72 works. More
Bern: Benteli Verlag und Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1979. First edition. 4to., 413 pp., illustrated with 917 b&w reproductions. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. A broad historical survey of the relationship between photography and painting; with artists' biographies. More
Bern: Benteli Verlag und Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1977. First edition. 4to., 413 pp., illustrated with 917 b&w reproductions. Cloth. A near fine copy. A broad historical survey of the relationship between photography and painting; with artists' biographies. More
Bern: Benteli Verlag, 1985. First edition. Thick 4to., 523 pp., profusely illustrated. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. Prepared for a major exhibition of self-portraiture in painting and photography. Text and captions in both French and German. More
Riverside, Calif. The Riverside Camera Museum and the "Camera Shop" 1970-1987. First editions. 4tos., various paginations, illustrated. 41 numbers in 39 issues as follows: No. 7-14, 16-17, 19, 21,-22, 24-32, 34, 37-48, 57, 67, 72/73, plus membership lists and other ephemera. A long but broken run. Began publication as a...... More
London: George Knight and Sons, 1850. Fourth edition. 16mo., 60 pp., illustrations in text, 4 pp. adverts. Original printed paper wrappers. The front wrapper bears the contemporary signature of the original owner and is moderately soiled, with wear and partial separation at the spine. The lower tips of several text..... More
NY: Arno Press, 1973. Facsimile of the 1853 first edition. 8vo., 104, 8, [4] pp. Silver cloth, titled and decorated with blue ink. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. Issued in the reprint series, The Literature of Photography, this is a most complete and early American manual on the daguerreoype..... More
Boston: The Blair Camera Co., 1889. 8vo., 44 pp., illustrations from engravings. Decorative stiff wrappers. Aside from the date in ink on the top margin of the front wrapper and a few dust smudges, a fine copy. Manufacturers of cameras, lenses, plate holders and related accessories for the professional photographer;..... More
[London]: Zelda Cheatle Press Ltd., [1991]. First edition. Oblong 4to., 94 unnumbered pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. John Blakemore, born 1936, is a noted British photographer whose work is closely tied to the landscape and botanicals. In these exquisitely printed images, which at..... More
Paris: Leiber; Leipzig: Jung-Treuttel; Madrid: C. Bailly-Baillère, 1864. First separate edition. 12mo., 35 pp., mounted photo plate frontispiece. Illustrated paper wrappers. Creased, occasional staining, else very good. Housed in a newly made morocco and cloth clamshell box. Blanquart-Evrard was a prolific inventor of photographic process and notable publisher of outstanding..... More
Lille: Imprimerie L. Danel, 1869. First edition. 4to., Original printed front wrapper, 2 blanks, half-title, title, 61 pp., 14 leaves of plates with tissue guards, rear printed wrapper. Newly bound in half navy morocco and marbled paper over boards, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands and gilt titling, rules..... More
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Paris - Lille: Didron; Chez L. Quarre, 1869 - 1870. First edition. 8vo., [ii], 561 pp. Contemporary quarter morocco gilt and cloth over boards, t.e.g., others untrimmed. The board tips are rubbed through and there is scattered foxing to the text. A near very good copy. LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, SES ORIGINES..... More
NY: Joseph H. Ladd, Publisher, [1867]. First edition. 8vo., xii, 167 pp., illustrations. Publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on the spine; spine head and tail frayed. Lacking the rear free endpaper, with pencil notes on the pastedowns. Occasional pencil underlining and soiling. A good copy. Roosens and Salu No. 10926..... More
Rochester: Visual Studies Workshop and Philadelphia: Philadelphia College of Art, 1976. Blondeau, Barbara. First edition. Oblong folio, 30 pp., 30 photo-plates. Spiral bound stiff wrappers with blind-embossed illustration on front. A few small soft creases to the wrappers; else a near fine copy. This catalog was published for the memorial..... More
Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1981. Blossfeldt, Karl. First edition. 4to., 67 pp., numerous text illustrations, plus 240 full-page b&w plates. Tiny bruise to the lower board tips. A near fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. Reproduces all of the photos from URFORMEN DER KUNST and WUNDERGARTEN DER NATUR; contains bibliography, list..... More
Bern: Benteli Verlag, (1979). Blumenfeld, Erwin. First edition. 4to., 139 pp., 100 b&w photos. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: Photographers Association of America, 1912. First edition. 16mo.,[ii], 42 pp., frontispiece with printed tissue guard, chapter heads and tails illustrated in vignette, initial caps illustrated. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. Prepared for the 32nd Annual Convention of the Photographers Association of America. The authors comprised the faculty of..... More
London: Ackermann & Co., (1839 - 1841). Bodmer, Karl. First state. Tableaux 31 from TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE YEARS 1834,1835, & 1836. ... Hand-colored aquatint, stipple and engraving,; sheet measures 16 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches, with the image measuring 11 15/16 x 17 5/16 inches. Date not..... More
Geneva: Éditions d'Art F. Boissonas, 1920. Boissonnas, Fred. First English language edition. Folio, iv, 5-133 pp., with 40 full-page photogravure plates with printed tissue guards, and numerous photogravures in text. Decorative borders and devices in color, printed on handmade paper. Printed wrappers, titled in gilt, with an orange inset medallion..... More
London: Marion and Co., 1895. First edition. 8vo., viii, 94 pp., illustrations, diagrams. Red cloth. One tip lightly bumped. A very good copy. Provides a historical view of the studio of the daguerreotype period, Monchhoven's first form of tunnel studio, Robinson's studio of the future, through various recommendations from other..... More
