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: 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
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Fourth edition. 8vo., xx, 580 pp.,engraved figures in text. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards. Blank upper corner of the title page lacking; occasional foxing, else very good. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, Gendre et Successeur de Bachelier, [1854]. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 296 pp., charts and tables. Original printed stiff wrappers. Chipping to edges of wrappers, pages and wear to spine; light scattered. A good copy, housed in a new clamshell box of linen with a paper spine label. Charles..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, [1858]. Second edition. 8vo., xx, 412 pp., 4 pp. prospectus at rear, charts and tables. Scattered foxing, else very good in contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper over boards. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working with Claude Bernard. After..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Fourth edition. 8vo., xx, 580 pp., engraved figures in text. The blank tip of the front fly leaf and half-title page are lacking, with scattered foxing. [bound with] Auxerre, P. C. COURS DESCRIPTIF DE PHOTOGRAPHIE PRATIQUE A l'USAGE DE TOUT LE MONDE. CONTENANT DE NOUVEAUX PROCÉDÉS. St..... More
NY: 1899. Berg, Charles I. Hand-pulled photogravure. Image size 5 5/8 x4 1/2 inches. Mounted on art paper which is 15 x 11 inches. Archivally matted. Fine. A richly-toned photogravure, Plate 17 from the portfolio, AMERICAN PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, SERIES ONE, which was published for "Camera Notes" by the Publication Committee..... More
Paris: A. Loiseau Fils, 1874. First edition. 8vo., iv, 39 pp., illustrations in text. Illustrated paper wrappers. Very light foxing with one small instance of marginalia in pencil; the front wrapper is detached, chipped and soiled, and the pamphlet has a soft vertical crease. Housed in a newly made clamshell..... More
NY: J. & J. Harper, 1827. First ed. 12mo., 264 pp., errata; old manuscript notes to serve as an index on the leaf following the text. Publisher's original tan paper over boards, with cloth spine and printed paper title label affixed to the spine. Engraved bookplate of the Boston Public..... More
Milano: Gruppo Editoriale Electa; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, 1982. Carroll, Lewis. First edition. Folio, [3] pp., 12 full-page loose b&w plates from photographs with, tissue guards. All contained in the publisher's four-point black card portfolio with printed label and white card..... More
NY: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 1870-1901. First edition. 8vos. Each monthly issue approximately 30 pp., illustrations in text, and photographic frontispiece with tissue guard starting in the 1880s. As follows: Vol. 1, No. 7, 1870, partially disbound with chipped wrappers, in cloth case; Vols. 2-3, 1871-1872, complete, bound..... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1844. First edition. 8vo., [4], errata, 127 pp., [1] folded plate, 4 pp. priced catalogue. Modern cloth over boards with gilt titled leather spine label. A contemporary related article was glued to the reverse of the title page, leaving a moderate stain on the title page as..... More
Bruxelles: Éstablissements Émile Bruylant, 1912. First edition. Small 4to., [iv], 506 pp., b&w illustrations and figures in text. The printed paper wrappers show dust soiling and moderate wear at the edges; one signature loose. A very good, unopened copy. The complete papers and documents presented at the Fifth International Congress..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars et au Bureau du Journal Les Mondes, 1869. Cros, Charles. First edition. 8vo., 12 pp., later tan boards with crimson morocco spine label, printed wrappers bound in. There are a few faint spots of foxing on the front wrapper. A fine copy. Charles Cros (1842 - 1888) and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1880. First edition. 12mo., 86 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers; paper label on spine. Private library ink stamp on the front wrapper and blank margin throughout. Occasional light foxing. Blindstamped on the half-title page, "Hommage." Instructions for the preparation of sensitized dry collodion plates (the tannin process); preparing printing..... More
Paris: Ch. Reinwald, [1878]. First edition. 8vo., 16 pp. Original printed wrappers, which shows light stains and 4 short clear tape mends to the rear wrapper and 1 to a few letters on the final text leaf. Light wear to the untrimmed lower blank edge. Charles Fabre (1851 - 1933)..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars & Fils, 1889 - 1906. First editions. Eight volumes, 8vo. Volume 1: 512 pp.; Volume 2: 400 pp.; Volume 3: 407 pp.; Volume 4: 413 pp., with a total of 724 engraved illustrations. Supplement A: 400 pp., 174 engraved illustrations; Supplement B: 424 pp., 221 engraved illustrations; Supplement..... More
Caen: Imprimerie de F. Le Blanc-Hardel, 1877. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Original printed wrappers, which are lightly chipped; small numbered label affixed to the blank upper margin on the front. There is a short closed tear that extends from the spine 1 inch into the blank margin of the..... More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1933. First edition. 8vo., xv, 388 pp., illustrated. Cloth. Very good. A manual for photomechanical processes, especially for the illustration of books. With chapters on color printing. More
[San Francisco]: Sun in Scorpio/ Flash Publications, 1993. Gatewood, Charles. First edition. 4to., 64 unnumbered pages, full-page b&w plates from photos. Fine, as new in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Limited to 2000 numbered copies, SIGNED. A compilation from Gatewood's various "bodies" of work: Sidetripping in New Orleans, pierced bodies, tattoos, and..... More
Paris: A. Guyot, 1834. Fifth edition. 8vo., 203 pp., 5 folding engraved plates. Contemporary binding of quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards; raised bands with gilt detail and titling on spine; all edges marbled. Slight wear to tips; pages toned with slight intermittent foxing, with a bit more pronounced..... More
Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, [1837]. Original handcolored lithograph 20 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches [52.07 x 37.18 cm], tissue quard attached and accompanied with the 2 pp. text. Lower left blank corner is creased with a short closed tear, not affecting the image. A near fine example. The lithographic print..... More
Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, [1836]. Original handcolored lithograph 20 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches [52.07 x 37.18 cm], tissue quard attached and accompanied with the 2 pp. text. Lower left blank corner is creased with a short closed tear, not affecting the image. A near fine example. The lithographic print..... More
Paris: Librairie Scientifique-Industrielle de L. Mathias (Augustin), 1847. 2 volumes. Thick 4tos., unpaged, illustrated. Half calf and cloth with gilt rules and title on spine, cloth slightly stained, spine and tips rubbed, scattered foxing, else very good. Contains early information regarding photography, lenses, panoramas, photoengraving, photolithography, sensitized papers, etc.... More