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
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PHOTOGRAPHY WITH EMULSIONS:; A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICAL WORKING OF GELATINE AND COLLODION EMULSION PROCESSES.
NY: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1883. Abney. First American edition. 8vo., vii, 192 pp., 36 pp. adverts, engraved illustrations. Printed stiff wrappers. The lightly chipped and stained wrappers have been expertly repaired and attached with a new printed paper spine. Small piece torn from the top corner of the first blank;..... More
INSTRUCTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY
London: Puiper & 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
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
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
J. CRAIG ANNAN: SELECTED TEXTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.
NY: G.K. Hall & Co., 1994. Annan, J. Craig. First ed. Small 4to., xx, 192 pp., illustrated. Cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Fine. J. Craig Annan (1864-1946), photographer and son of a photographer, played an important role in the fight for recognition of photography as an art in its own..... 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. Printed paper wrappers. Small stain on tip, else very good and unopened. Publisher's catalog 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 of the gelatin process..... More
NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF WILLIAM BIGGS AMONG THE KICKAPOO INDIANS IN ILLINOIS IN 1778.; Written By Himself.
(NY: 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 5..... More
THE WORLD OF STEREOGRAPHS.
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1977. First edition. 4to., 246 pp., 301 color and b&w illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket that is lacking a samll chip on the front panel and has a tiny tear at the spine. Regarded as the best single volume historical survey. 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
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 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
THE CAMERA FIEND.
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First U.S. edition. 8vo., frontis, 5 illustrations. Illustrated cloth. A near fine copy. Murder and spirit photography are central to this work of crime fiction by the brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Raffles series. More
WILLIAM KLEIN: PHOTOGRAPHS.
NY: Aperture, 1981. Klein, William. First edition. Folio, 191 pp., b&w photographs. A near fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket; there is a tiny dent at the hinge of the front cover and dust jacket and a 1/4 inch closed tear to the rear panel of the dust jacket..... More
THE PHOTO-SECESSION:; The Golden Age of Pictorial Photography in America.
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
A DICTIONARY OF THE ART OF PRINTING
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. First ed. Thick 8vo., viii, 815, [1] pp., illustrations, tables, forms. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, raised bands on spine with gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and edges. Slight crease to the blank margin of the first few leaves. Cracks to the hinges..... More
BUCKS COUNTY: PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY ARCHITECTURE.; Photographs by Aaron Siskind.
(Doylestown): Published for The Bucks County Historical Society by Horizon Press, 1974. Siskind, Aaron. First edition. 4to., 112 pp., 87 b&w photos. A fine copy in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Siskind began this study in 1935. SIGNED by the photographer on the front free endpaper. More
W. EUGENE SMITH: MASTER OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY.
Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1981. Smith, W. Eugene. First edition. 4to., 223 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photos (over 1,800 images). A fine copy in a near fine photo-illustrated dust jacket. Smith's work appeared in major magazines beginning in the 1930s. During his forty-five year career as a photojournalist, he documented..... More
PHOTOGRAPHY MADE EASY: A MANUAL FOR BEGINNERS.; CONTAINING FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR TAKING PORTRAITS AND VIEWS BY THE DRY PLATE PROCESS; WITH ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION OF THE APPARATUS, AND DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING THE VARIOUS SOLUTIONS USED
London: Gregory Printers, 1884. Eighth edition. Small 8vo., 48 pp., plus 40 pp. "Stanley's Photographic Catalogue," illustrations. The front cover of the illustrated paper wrappers has been mounted to new paper wrappers. Housed in a custom made cloth and decorative paper four point folder. Very good. A well illustrated manual..... More
HUELLAS DE LUZ: EL ARTE Y LOS EXPERIMENTOS DE WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT
Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia: Aldeasa, 2001. First edition. 4to., 381 pp, 250 b&w, and tinted plates from photographs. A fine copy in a lightly edge-rubbed photo-illustrated dust jacket. Published as the catalogue for an exhibition which was organized by the National Museum of Photography, Film &..... More
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THE PROCESS OF TALBOTYPE [FORMERLY CALLED CALOTYPE] PHOTOGENIC DRAWING, COMMUNICATED TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY, JUNE 10, 1841.
[London]: Printed by J. & H. Cox, Brothers, 74 & 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1841. First edition. 4to., 4 pp. Aside from a few faint pinpoint spots of foxing, this is a fine, as new copy. Housed in a custom made cloth chemise and slipcase, titled in gilt..... More
ENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES
London: John Murray, 1847. First edition. 8vo., vii, 492 pp., with 16 pp. of advertisements dated July, 1846. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind and titled in gilt on the spine. Tips slightly curled and rubbed; a clean tear at the rear joint and at the spine crown have been expertly..... More