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
NY: Macmillan, 1938. First edition. Small 4to., 546 pp., fully illustrated. Pastedowns show staining from the binder's glue are else very good in a worn dust jacket. An essential history of the first 50 years of American photography. No other title compares in scope. 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
Daytona Beach: Daytona Beach Community College, 1989. First edition. Oblong 4to., [37] pp., illustrated with 34 b&w plates after photographs. Photo-illustrated wrappers, which are slightly wrinkled on the front. Very good. SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. Documentary photographer, Eric Breitenbach has widely published his still photographs in..... 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
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New York: George Murphy, Inc., 1930. 8vo., 212 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers, which are slightly stained. Very good. Established in 1878, the George Murphy company was largely a distributor of photographic supplies and equipment for the amateur and professional photographer and cinematographer. They acted as the exclusive agents for..... More
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1912. 8vo., 63 pp., illustrated from b&w photograph and engravings. Decorative stiff wrappers, which are rubbed and lacking portions at the edges. Near very good. Provides an overview of lenses, a section on selecting a lens for different work, a detailed catalogue of lenses..... More
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1914. 8vo., 62, [1] pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and engravings. Printed stiff wrappers; slight bump at upper tip. Very good. Provides an overview of lenses, a section on selecting a lens for different work, a detailed catalogue of lenses and related supplies; prices..... More
![WHAT LENS SHALL I BUY?; [cover title]. Bausch, Lomb Optical Co](/pictures/thumb/53177.jpeg?v=1603820406)
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., [1920]]. 12mo., 34, [1] pp., [4] pp. supplement tipped-in, illustrated from b&w photographs. Decorative paper wrappers. Ink date on the front wrapper. Fine. The first section describes various lenses and their uses; the second section provides technical specifications for a variety of lens configurations..... More
Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1927. Narrow 12mo., 127, 16 pp., interspersed with blank leaves. Blind embossed cloth. Very good. A complete price list of Eastman products, including ciné cameras and accessories. The blank interspersed sheets and the appended telegraph codes suggest this was a sales representative's copy. More
[New York: Scovill Manufacturing Co.], 1889. 8vo., [2], 121 [2] pp., fully illustrated from engravings. Decorative paper wrappers. Lacking a portion of the spine, soft vertical crease, lacking a few chips to the front wrapper, corner creased on the rear. Very good. The first eight pages provide instructions for using..... More
Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1932. 8vo., 47, 11 pp., interleaved with 2 sheets of ruled paper. Lacking leaf 7 - 8. Gilt-titled cloth. Very good. A complete wholesale price list of Eastman products, including ciné cameras and accessories. The interleaved sheets indicate this would have been a sales representative's copy..... More
Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1931. 8vo., 48, 11 pp., each printed leaf is interleaved with 2 sheets of ruled paper. Gilt-titled cloth. Near fine. A complete wholesale price list of Eastman products, including ciné cameras and accessories. The interleaved sheets indicate this would have been a sales representative's copy. On..... More
![CATALOG AND WHOLESALE PRICE LIST.; Catalog No. 130. [cover title]. Burke, James Incorporated](/pictures/thumb/53169.jpeg?v=1603820526)
Chicago: Burke & James, ca. 1930. Small oblong 4to., 128 pp., illustrated from photographs. Decorative paper wrappers, which are detached, slightly chipped and worn. The text is printed on brittle paper and toned, with slight edgewear and loss of the upper corner of the penultimate leaf. Good. Rexo products as..... More
London: W. Wray, Optician, [ca. 1890]. Broadsheet, 11 3/8 x 8 15/16 inches [29 x 22.7 cm.] printed recto only. Decorative border. Folded with chipped edges and staining. Priced list for rapid rectilinear lenses for hand cameras in four focal lengths. More
![NO. D423 DEALERS CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS...; [cover title]. George Murphy, Eagle...](/pictures/thumb/53165.jpeg?v=1603820646)
New York: Eagle Photo Supply Company [Wholesale Division of George Murphy Inc.], 1942. 8vo., 116 pp., illustrated from photographs and engravings. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. Priced wholesale photographic supply catalogue, primarily accessories. More
New York: George Murphy, Inc., 1926. 8vo., 80 numbered pages, interleaved with blank leaves, illustrated from photographs and engravings. Plain black pebbled cloth binding with original wrappers bound in. Fine. A comprehensive photographic supply catalogue, with offerings from air brushes to washing tanks. More
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Boston/ New York/ Chicago: United Printing Machinery Company, [ca. 1910]. 16 mo., [4] pp. Small stain to lower tip. Very good. A priced listing for screens sized 3 14 x 4 1/4 inches to 31 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches, available in 6 varying degrees of fineness. More
Rochester: Folmer Graflex Corporation, [ca. 1930]. Small 8vo., 7 pp., illustrated with b&w photos. Illustrated paper covers, small crease to the lower spine. Very good. Graflex produced the Finger Print Camera from 1917 - 1929. Includes prices. More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, [1936]. Revised to January 1, 1936. Small 8vo., [52] pp., illustrations from photographs. Stiff paper wrappers, which are rubbed; one 4 pp. signature is detached, small stain to the blank margin of a few leaves, ink additions and revisions to some prices. Very good. [with]..... More
Rochester: Folmer & Schwing Deptartment, Eastman Kodak Company, [1918]. 16mo., 6 pp., illustrated. Creases to wrappers, date and notations in pencil, light wear; good. More
![INSTRUCTIONS FOR DEVELOPING FILM WITH THE KODAK FILM TANK.; [descriptive title]. Eastman Kodak...](/pictures/thumb/53158.jpeg?v=1603820713)
Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, August 1914. 16mo., 24 pp., illustrated. Printed wrappers, which are toned and smudged. Very good. Fully illustrated instructions for processing roll film used in the earliest Kodak camera. The price list included various tanks, outfits, chemicals and film clips. More