INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY:
NY: The Scovill and Adams Company, 1895. First U.S. edition. 12mo., (viii), 95, [1], ii pp., adverts, illustrated. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Near fine. Roosens and Salu No. 5321. OCLC locates only seven copies. More
Results
PHOTOGRAPHY WITH EMULSIONS: A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICAL WORKING OF GELATINE AND COLLODION EMULSION PROCESSES.
NY: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1886. Abney. Second American edition. 8vo., vii, 192 pp., 36 pp. adverts, engraved illustrations. Printed stiff wrappers. The wrappers are lightly chipped, worn and stained; the first 75 pages have a small stain limited to the fore edge. Owner's ink stamp on the title page. A...... More
INSTRUCTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY:
London: Piper & Carter, 1874. First trade edition after a privately printed edition. 12mo., viii, errata slip, 168 pp., viii adverts, illustrations in text, adverts. Original printed wrappers lightly worn and soiled, hand lettered "ABNEY '74" on the blank spine. Very good. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a wide..... More
INSTRUCTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY:
London: Piper & Carter, 1882. Fifth edition. 12mo., viii, errata slip, 314 pp., viii adverts, illustrations in text, adverts. Contemporary quarter leather and marbled paper over boards, scuffed and rubbed, rebacked with the original spine laid-down. A good copy. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a wide variety of negative..... More
STIRLING, AND THE SCOTTISH LAKES:
Edinburgh: Banks & Co., n.d. [ca. 1880]. Oblong 8vo., unpaged, illustrated title page, 15 engraved plates with blank paper guards. Gilt and blind-stamped cloth, a.e.g. a few dark splatter stains to cloth, dampstain on corner of the engraved itle page, else fine. A book of engravings by a firm established..... More
VIEWS IN THE WEST HIGHLANDS:
Edinburgh: Banks & Co., n.d. [ca. 1880]. Oblong 8vo., illustrated title page, plus 18 engraved plates with blank tissue guards, 8 pp., text. Decorated cloth. Dark stains to cloth; engraved plates are fine. A book of engravings by a firm established in 1826, from plates made by William Banks, founder..... More
VIEWS OF GLASGOW, CLYDE AND VICINITY:
Edinburgh: Banks & Co., n.d. [ca. 1880]. Oblong 8vo., unpaged, illustrated title page, 16 engraved plates. Gilt and blind-stamped cloth, a.e.g. Dark splatter stains to cloth, short tear to cloth at the rear joint, dampstain to blank corner of the leaves, not affecting the engravings. A good copy. A book..... More
75: A Passion for Beauty.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. First edition. 4to., 256 pp., 47 color and 128 duotone plates, other illustrations in text. A fine, as new copy in the color illustrated dust jacket. More
A MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY:
London: John W. Parker, 1841. Fifth edition, greatly enlarged. Thick 8vo., xvi, 1470 pp., illustrated, four volumes in one with separate title pages for the four parts. Half calf and marbled boards, morocco label on spine within raised bands. Rubbed, stain on rear endpaper; rear inner hinge partially opened, else..... More
A MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY: CONTAINING THE PRINCIPAL FACTS OF THE SCIENCE, ARRANGED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE DISCUSSED AND ILLUSTRATED IN THE LECTURES AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN:
London: John Murray, 1821. Second edition. 3 volumes. 8vos., [vol. I] folding frontispiece engraving, xvi, 470 pp.,2 folding plates, text illustrations; [vol. II] vii, [1], 546 pp., text illustrations; [vol. III] viii, 349 pp., plus index. Publisher's original paper over boards, with printed title label on spine. Chipping and wear..... More
"BUFFALO BILL" SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH:
circa 1905. Original gelatin silver photograph, 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches, signed in black ink across the print surface, W.F. Cody "Buffalo Bill" Fine. More
A B C DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE MODERN, CONTENANT DES INSTRUCTIONS PRATIQUES SUR LE PROCÉDÉ SEC À LA GÉLATINE. Translated from the third English ed. by G. Huberson
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1884. First French edition. 12mo., 112 pp., illustrated, [24] adverts. Printed paper wrappers. Small stain on front wrapper tip; else very good and unopened. Publisher's catalogue of photographic books tipped-in at the rear. INSCRIBED on the front of the wrapper "Hommage de l'Auteur et de l'Editeur." A review..... More
NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF WILLIAM BIGGS AMONG THE KICKAPOO INDIANS IN ILLINOIS IN 1778. Written By Himself.
[New York: Charles F. Heartman], 1922. Second edition. 8vo., 36 pp., Publisher's paper over boards with printed paper label affixed to the upper board; slight toning to the edges of the binding, else a near fine copy. Issued as Heartman's Historical Series Number 37, limited to 81 numbered copies and..... More
EASTERN KENTUCKY PAPERS: The founding of Harman's Station, with an account of the Indian captivity of Mrs. Jennie Wiley and the exploration and settlement of the Big Sandy Valley in the Virginias and Kentucky.
New York: The Torch Press, 1910. First edition. 8vo., 175 pp., frontis and other b&w plates, and maps. The frontis and title page show light foxing, owner's bookplate is stained and left a faint transfer of the first flyleaf; publisher's red cloth, slight wear at the crown. A very good..... More
CARTES DE VISITE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY.
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1981. First edition. 4to., illustrated. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
THE MANCHESTER REFORM CLUB, 1871-1921: A SURVEY OF FIFTY YEARS' HISTORY.
Manchester: Privately printed for The Manchester Reform Club by Charles W. Hobson, 1922. Coburn, Alvin Langdon. First edition. 8vo., 134 pp., 8 plates with tissue guards. Gilt-titled flexible leather binding. Rubbed along the edges, light foxing on the half-title page and the final rear blank. Very good. The articles are..... More
CARTES DE VISITE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY.
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1981. First edition. 4to., illustrated. Fine in dust jacket. Still the best single volume on the history and practitioners. More
STEREO VIEWS: A HISTORY OF STEREOGRAPHS IN AMERICA AND THEIR COLLECTION.
Gettysburg: William Culp Darrah, 1964. First edition. 8vo., xii, 255 pp., illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. An essential history and reference. More
STEREO VIEWS: A HISTORY OF STEREOGRAPHS IN AMERICA AND THEIR COLLECTION.
Gettysburg: William Culp Darrah - Times and News Pub. Co., 1964). First edition. 8vo., xii, 255 pp., illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. A very light bruise to the lower front board tip, else a near fine copy in gilt-titled blue cloth; issued without a dust jacket. SIGNED by the author. A pioneering..... More
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED:
Gad's Hill Place, Hingham, Kent: 1868. Three pages on a bifolium 5 3/8 x 7 inches, the stationary imprinted "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" the home of Charles Dickens. Early folds. In fine condition. In this letter to Mr. [J. B.] Lippincott. dated November 18/68, George Child writes..... More
THE SOCIAL QUESTION: A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD 1895 - 1910. Exhibition researched and organized by Barbara Norfleet Cohn and William S. Johnson, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, September 28 - October 28, 1973.
[Cambridge, Massachusetts]: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 1973. First edition. Square 8vo., 36 leaves printed recto only. Stapled into printed wrappers. Wrappers show light soiling and toning; pencil notations in text and one leaf creased. Very good. The photographs in the show come from the Social Ethics Collection that..... More
WILLIAM DOHERTY: JUNE 19, 1940 - NOV. 11, 1972.
[Los Angeles]: n.p., 1972. First edition. Oblong 8vo., [16] pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Stapled wrappers, which are moderately rubbed. Very good. Contains a 1 page note from Robert Heinecken, his M.A. instructor, an exhibitions/publications summary, and a chronology. More
WILLIAM EGGLESTON'S GUIDE. Essay bu John Szarkowski.
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1976. Eggleston, William. First edition. Square 8vo., text and 47 color plates. Simulated leather illustrated with color photo-plate mounted on cover. There is faint foxing on the terminal leaf. Issued without a dust jacket. A near fine copy. Issued on the occasion of the exhibition..... More
A GRAMMAR AND GLOSSARY OF THE DORSET DIALECT WITH THE HISTORY, OUTSPREADING, AND BEARINGS OF SOUTH-WESTERN ENGLISH.
Berlin: A. Asher & Co., Published for the Philological Society, 1863. 8vo., 103 pp. Contemporary glazed linen with leather spine label, expertly rebacked. The glazing has largely lifted with eneven fading. The front flyleaf is partially cracked and signed by a later owner; the text has an occasional spot of..... More
STIEGLITZ AND THE PHOTO-SECESSION, 1902. Edited by Catherine Johnson.
New York: Viking Studio, 2002. First edition. 4to., ix, 133 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. More