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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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 uneven fading. The front flyleaf is partially cracked and signed by a later owner; the text has an occasional spot of..... More
[Tempe]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1991. First edition. 8vo., [34] pp. Stiff wrappers. Fine. No. 29 of the History of Photography Monograph Series; limited to 300 copies. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First U.S. edition. 8vo., frontis, 5 illustrations. Illustrated cloth. A tiny crease at the lower front board tip, with a water stain on the spine and tiny one on the front board. A near fine copy. Murder and spirit photography are central to this work..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1877. JACKSON. First edition. 8vo., (vi), 124 pp. Printed wrappers, which are stained, the front wrapper is chipped at the spine with the paper spine partially eroded. Light general wear. A good copy. "The following Descriptive Catalogue is intended to systematize the collection of Photographic..... More
San Diego: Museum of Photographic Arts, 1987. First edition. Oblong 4to., [6] pp. text, 12 pages of plates from b&w photographs. Light toning to the wrappers. Very good. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Photographic Arts, February 10 - April 5, 1987. The text is by Arthur..... More
Tokyo: Pacific Press Service, 1991. Klein, William. Revised edition. Oblong 4to., (x), 50 pp., (24) pp., including 50 full-page color and b&w photographic plates and numerous smaller b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. This catalog was first published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of William Klein in..... More
Göteborg: Hasselblad Center, 1990. First edition. 8vo., [24] pp., B7w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Includes an introduction by Rune Hassner, in Swedish with the English translation printed on 3 pp. laid-in; with a statement by the photographer, and a brief bibliography also in English. More
Manchester, NH: The Currier Gallery of Art, 1983. First edition. 16mo., 32 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Illustrated wrappers which are slightly rubbed. Very good. Catalogue of the exhibition held April 10-June 5, 1983 at The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire; June 23 - September 11, 1983 at..... More
NY: Cowles, 1967. Rothstein, Arthur. First edition. 8vo., v, 203 pp., gravure printed plates from b&w photographs interspersed with text. A near fine copy, lacking the dust jacket. The photographs span Rothstein's career, from the WPA through his editorship at LOOK Magazine. More