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: 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. 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

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

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: 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: 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

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

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

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

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., 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

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