E-LIST 38 I am pleased to offer for sale this group of 74 entries which constitute the critical treatises, manuals and histories of the development of photography, from the first book that suggests the possibility, GIPHANTIA, a work of science fiction, 1761; the ground breaking processes of Daguerre and Talbot; the manuscript processing notes of Hugh Welch Diamond, one of the founding fathers of British photography; the advanced paper process of Le Gray; the advent of the motion picture in a large group of works by Marey and Muybridge; the first viable color processes of Ducos Du Hauron and Cros, with the first work to contain a color photograph from nature by Blanquart-Évrard; and the first work to document the advances of the photomechnical print, also by Blanquart-Évrard.  There is a complete set of the Société Française de Photographie's, CATALOGUE DE LA EXPOSITION ANNUELLE, 1857 - 1876.  These works are a small selection from my inventory of nearly 1000 technical manuals and treatises.  Please inquire for specific  titles. 

This sampling is but a fraction of my inventory; for a larger selection, please visit my website http://www.cahanbooks.com.  New additions are uploaded regularly.

E-LIST 36 I am pleased to offer for sale the third, and final part of a  multi-part series of catalogues from our extensive holdings of over 150 titles. This selection includes long or complete runs of: PENROSE'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL,  PERSPECTIVE, THE PHILADELPHIA PHOTOGRAPHER, THE PHOTO REPORTER, THE PHOTO-MINIATURE, PHOTOGRAMS OF THE YEAR, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC MOSAICS, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD, PHOTOGRAPHISCHE CORRESPONDENZ, PHOTOGRPHY WORKSHOP, QUIVER,  STEREO WORLD, TERRE D'IMAGES, THE THEATRE, TWICE A YEAR, U.S. CAMERA, UNTITLED, and many others.

This sampling is but a fraction of my inventory; for a larger selection, please visit my website http://www.cahanbooks.com.  New additions are uploaded regularly.

E-List 34 I am please to offer for sale the first of a multi-part series of catalogues from our extensive holdings of over 150 titles. This selection includes many long or complete runs of: THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, ANTHONY'S PHOTOGRAPHIC BULLETIN, APERTURE, THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, THE BRITISH JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ALMANAC, and BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE.  Also offered are runs from other significant periodicals including, not not limited to: CAMERA NOTES, CAMERA WORK, CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / THE ARCHIVE, CESKOSLOVENSKA FOTOGRAFIE, CONTACT SHEET, COMTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHER, and THE DAGUERREIAN JOURNAL:  DEVOTED TO THE DAGUERREIAN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS.  ALSO, EMBRACING THE SCIENCES, ARTS, AND LITERATURE.

This sampling is but a fraction of my inventory; for a larger selection, please visit my website http://www.cahanbooks.com.  New additions are uploaded regularly.