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: 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: Mallet-Bachelier, [1858]. Second edition. 8vo., xx, 412 pp., charts and tables. A fine and bright copy in contemporary gilt titled and decorated quarter morroco and 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: Mallet-Bachelier, Gendre et Successeur de Bachelier, [1854]. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 296 pp., 16 pp. publisher's catalogue, charts and tables. Bound in quarter black morocco and marbled paper over boards. The spine is six compartments and titled in gilt. Original printed stiff wrappers are bound in. An occasional light..... 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
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1841. First edition. 8vo.,[3], 78, [2] pp. table and errata, one folded plate. [bound with] Chevalier, Charles. MÉLANGES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES. SUPPLÉMENT DES NOUVELLES INSTRUCTIONS SUR L'USAGE DU DAGUERRÉOTYPE. Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1844. First edition. 8vo., [4], 127 pp., lacking the folded plate. [bound with] Chevalier, Charles. NOUVEAUX RENSEIGNEMENS..... More
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1859. First edition. 8vo., 191, [1] pp., diagrams and charts in text, 1 engraved plate. Later quarter morocco and marbled boards. Occasional light foxing and faint dampstain, lightly rubbed at the tips, neat library stamp on the blank margin of several pages. Very good. A compendium of..... 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: Gauthier-Villars, 1880. First ed. 12mo., 86 pp. Newly bound in half morocco and marbled paper over boards, with gilt-titled morocco label on spine. Occasional foxing, else very good. Instructions for the preparation of sensitized dry collodion plates (the tannin process); preparing printing papers, and helpful hints offering shortcuts in..... 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
(San Francisco): Sun in Scorpio/ R. Mutt Press, 1992. Gatewood, Charles. First edition. 4to., 61, (2) pp., b&w photos. Fine in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Limited to 2000 numbered copies, SIGNED. Once again, Gatewood confounds with outsider images - men and women who tattoo and pierce all places and spaces of..... 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
London, Paris & New York: Offices of "The Studio" 1908. Brigman, Annie W. First edition. 4to., (viii), 10 pp., plus 18 color plates and 95 b&w photo-illustrations, most of which are tipped-in, many on heavy stock. Cloth with decorative paper title label mounted to front; upper edge of the front..... More
London, Paris and NY: Offices of 'The Studio', 1905. First edition. 4to., (59) pp. text, plus 110 photo-plates, printed in fine screen photogravure or halftone; approximately half of the plates are tipped in, several using multiple color mounts. Occasional light foxing on the blank margins of a few leaves; publisher's..... 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