San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Folio, 175 pp., b&w plates. Gilt-embossed cloth. A very good copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is lightly toned, has one small closed tear on the rear panel and is price-clipped. Biography of Adams, illustrated with his photographs. More
Millerton: Aperture, 1973. Weston, Edward. First edition. Oblong folio, 284 pp., hundreds of plates. A near fine copy in a dust jacket that has a few small tears and wear at the corners and lower edge. More
Carmel, Calif. Photography West Graphics, 1986. Weston, Brett. First edition. Folio, (144) pp., 100 full-page b&w photographs. Aside front a slight bump to the lower board tips only, a fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Promotional material laid in. Brett Weston, one of America's master photographers, selected one hundred images..... More
Boston: Bullfinch Press, 1996. Cartier-Bresson, Henri. First edition. Folio, 327 pp., 299 illustrations. Aside from a bump to the lower board tips, which does not affect the text block; a fine copy in dust jacket. Traces Cartier-Bresson's career from his early training as a painter and draftsman; includes a selection..... More
NY: Random House, 1967. First edition. 4to., b&w photographs and illustrated with pop-up: castle, stagecoach, accordion, airplane, Hunt's tomato paste can, and other surprises. (Balloon fused to opposite page as usual.) Printed silver foil stiff wrappers, which are slightly rubbed. A very good copy with slight creases; original price sticker..... More
New York: S.D. Humphrey, 1851. First editions. 8vo. continuously paginated vii, 384 pp. 12 issues, Vol. 2 No. 1, May 15, 1851 to Vol. II, No. 12, November 1, 1851. Original illustrated wrappers present on all but issue #10, with some mild chipping at the edges of a few issues..... More
NY: Joseph H. Ladd, 1869. Sixth ed. 8vo., xv, 518 (1) pp., adverts., illustrations in text. Newly bound in paper over boards with paper labels affixed to front and spine. Dampstaining throughout, several pages have large closed tears which have been repaired; previous owner's name and some childish scribbling on..... More
NY: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873. Eighth ed., enlarged, improved, and illustrated with numerous woodcuts. 8vo., xvi [1], 573 pp., (12) pp. index, adverts., with folding chart frontispiece, illustrations in text. Gilt and blind-decorated cloth. Spine repaired with original gilt-titled cloth laid-down. Edges rubbed, some staining to cloth, else..... More
NY: Joseph H. Ladd, 1864. First edition. 8vo., xviii-351, (1) pp., (25) pp. adverts (possibly lacking one leaf of adverts), with folding chart. The blind-decorated cloth is showing light wear at extremities. Old dampstain on the front and rear covers and the first 50 pages and last few leaves of..... More
[Paris]: Hachette & Cie. 1899. Kuhn. First edition. Folio, 50 pp., (1), plus seven hand-pulled photogravure plates with tissue guards. Text is further illustrated with over 40 additional photo-illustrations. Occasional foxing to the blank margins, not affecting the images. The illustrated wrappers are moderately soiled and rubbed. In all, this..... More
[Paris]: Hachette & Cie. 1899. First edition. Folio, 50 pp., [1], plus seven hand-pulled photogravure plates with tissue guards. The text is further illustrated with over 40 additional photo-illustrations. Occasional light foxing to the blank margins of the plates. Illustrated wrappers with photogravure vignettes on the front and rear wrappers..... More
Munich: Kurt Wolf, 1928. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. First edition. 4to., (1) p., 100 photographic plates. Blue cloth over flexible boards, title on the spine and decorated on the upper board in silver ink. Slight fading at the spine and edges. A near fine copy. One of the principal works illustrating the..... More
Paris: ARC 2, Musée d'art modernecde la ville de Paris, 1977. First edition. 4to., [35] pp., 16 b&w plates from photographs. Phot-illustrated stiff wrappers. Mild toning to the wrappers; very good. Catalogue for the exhibition held from 21 June to 20 September 1977. Texts and biographical references in French by..... More
c. 1890. Original photograph 9 1/8 x 5 9/16 inches mounted to heavy card stock 10 x 8 inches with title printed in silver on the front, and lengthy text on the reverse. Slight silvering and fading at the edges of the photograph. Very good. More
New York: Joseph H. Ladd, Publisher, 1865. First edition. Small 8vo., 97 pp., illustrated, [28] pp. adverts. Original printed paper wrappers; stained and chipped along the spine and tips of the last few leaves. Previous owner's ink signature on the blankopposite the title pager, faint staining. A good copy. John..... More
Paris: Librairie Scientifique, Industrielle et Agricole, [1876]. First edition. 8vo., 246 pp., approximately 100 pp. of publisher's adverts. Original printed wrappers, which are chipped on the spine, with a partial printed label of the distributor affixed on the upper cover and title page. Old dampstain on the majority of pages;..... More
Paris: Victor Masson / Langlois et Leclercq, 1853. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 12mo., xi, 486 pp., illustrations in text. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards; previous owner's neat ex-libris affixed to the front pastedown. Very good. Contains a lengthy (120 pp.) chapter on the discovery of the..... More
London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1823. Fourth edition. Thick 8vo., color lithographic frontispiece, vi, 646 pp., engraved illustrations throughout. New spine with original paper over boards. Rubbed edges, scattered foxing, otherwise very good. An outstanding review of the state of technology and science (including chemistry) just prior..... More
London: Wyman & Sons, 1888. First edition. 8vo., x, 278 pp., 32 adverts, engraved illustrations. Front and rear hinges cracked and slightly loose but holding; a good copy in the publisher's pebbled cloth. Roosens and Salu No. 6271. More
Halle a. Salle: Wilhelm Knapp, 1902. First ed. 8vo., [vi], 155 pp., 8 b&w photographic illustrations, figures in text. Plain cloth with marbled paper over boards, with handwritten paper spine label, original printed wrappers bound in. Previous owner's pencil underlining, marks and notations in the margins. A very good copy..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1878. First ed. 8vo., 84 pp., 1 illustration. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. Previous owner's inscription on endpaper in ink, scattered foxing, else very good. Housed in a newly made clamshell box of decorative paper and cloth with printed spine label. Covers collodion wet and dry plate photography..... More
Philadelphia: Max Levy, [ca. 1900]. 8vo., 15 pp., illustrated from b&w photos. Decorative stiff wrappers, string tied. Business label applied to cover. Light creasing. Very good. The Max Levy manufacturing company relocated in Philadelphia after industrial beginnings in Baltimore in 1872; they manufactured halftone screens and etching plates for the..... More
Nueva-York: Jorge Russell, 1862. First edition. 8vo., 138 pp.; 90 pp.; 47 pp.; 99 wood engravings in text, with a full-page chromolithographic plate with gilt titling (transfer from opposite leaf has darkened the plate). Printed wrappers with some wear to edges; conservation to spine. Wrappers are worn at the edges..... More
London: John Walker & Co., Ltd., [1895]. First edition. 4to., 7 loose plates laid-in a cloth-backed printed paper over boards portfolio. The paper gutter is lifting and curled in several places. The boards are unevenly faded and rubbed. The first plate is toned from contact with the printed paper board;..... More
Washington, D.C. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1976. Cameron, Joe. First ed. Square 8vo., unpaged, 15 full-page b&w photos, biographical notes, exhibition list and bibliography. Pictorial stiff wrappers, which are slightly soiled. The copy of photographer, Chris Enos, with her neat signature on ther blank margin of the title page..... More