Leipzig: VEB Fotokinoverlag, 1966. Third printing. Thick 8vo., 703 pp., 313 plates. A fine copy in the color illustrated dust jacket that is worn at the edges. An exceptionally well researched history of the science and art of photography through 1925. 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
Halle a. S. Wilhelm Knapp, 1912. First edition. 8vo., 52 pp. Printed wrappers. Very good. Emil Mayer (1871 - 1938) born in Bohemia, earned his juris doctorate in Vienna. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was an active amateur photographer, and member of several Viennese photographic societies. His..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1896. Translated from the German ed. 8vo., viii, 142 pp., illustrated. Stamped "From the Cromer Collection." Edges of wrappers and leaves have small closed tears and chipping; a new paper spine has been applied; toned; else very good. A treatise for the amateur photographer on a...... More
Stuttgart: J. Engelhorns Nachf. [1931]. Salomon, Erich. First edition. Small 4to., 46 pp., and 112 b&w photos on 104 pp., with texts in German, English, French and Spanish. Plain card wrappers with the printed dust jacket affixed to the spine. The lower tip is bumped, there are small chips missing..... More
Eston, Pa., Printed and For Sale by Mack Printing Company, 1939. First American edition. 8vo., xiv, (2), 204 pp., portrait frontispiece, 40 portraits. Gilt-titled cloth with printed glassine dust jacket, which is edgeworn and chipped. There are a few small spots along the blank top edge. Fine. With publication notice..... More