1853-1859. 8vos., variable paginations; 5 volumes bound in 3 as follows: Volumes 1 and 2 are in contemporary half calf and marbled paper over boards, titled in gilt on the spine; Volumes 3 and 4 are bound identically to prior; Volume 5 is later half morocco and marbled paper over..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1892. Second edition, revised. 8vo., xi, 104 pp., engraved frontis and [8] plates after photographs. Printed wrappers, lightly worn. Very good. Albert Londe, 1858-1917, was an influential French photographer and medical researcher. He was the director of photography at the Salpétrière Hospital in Paris and worked with Jean-Martin..... More
Paris: Roret, 1843. First edition. 16mo., 453 pp., 2 large folding engraved plates. Contemporary quarter calf with morocco label, titled with simple decorations in gilt. Joints slightly rubbed; the foredge of the first plate is a bit soiled, foxed and worn with no loss. Faint foxing on the title page..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879 [1892]. [Nouveau tirage]. 12mo., 139 pp., engravings in text and 2 of 5 photographic plates, adverts. Plain paper wrappers. Scattered light foxing. Very good and unopened. An excellent manual with outstanding illustrations of field cameras and processing arrangements. Trutat, 1840 - 1910, was the director of the..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1877. First edition. Small 8vo., vi, 191 pp. Printed paper wrappers, which are edge-chipped and repared with a new printed paper spine. Scattered foxing; otherwise very good and unopened. Housed in a cloth clamshell box with a facsimile label on front. An excellent resource for the discovery..... More
London: John Churchill & Sons, 1864. Seventh edition. 12mo., xvi, 594 pp., ii ads, figures in text. Original publisher's cloth which has been expertly rebacked in matching cloth, new endpapers added. A very good copy. Greatly expanded and revised from the first edition of 1855. This manual quickly became the..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1877. Third edition [First edition]. Small 8vo., viii, 132 pp., mounted photochrome frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 2 mounted photomechanical plates identified as photochromes; other illustrations in text. Quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt title label. Dampstain to the bottom of of the pages, primarilly to..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1893. First edition. Small 8vo., xviii, 419 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard as plate 1: photocollographic; plate 2: photozincograph with tissue guard; plate 3: contains three mounted paper specimens, lined, grained and smooth; illustrations in text. Half faux leather and cloth, titled in gilt on the..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1886. First edition. 12mo., 151 pp., engraved figures and charts. Full cloth with leather spine label in gilt. The cloth is damp-wrinkled and stained. The ink stsamp of a photographic society is on the front free flyleaf and one leaf of text. A good copy. This manual provides..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1885. First edition. 2 volumes 8vo., xvi, 348 pp., illustrations in text; x, 238 pp., text illustrations. Half morocco and paper over boards, raised bands on spine with gilt title and rules. The top and bottom of the spines are lightly rubbed; other edges are rubbed with..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. First edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 284 pp., frontispiece is a phototypie by Quinsac with partially detached tissue guard, plus a full-page phototypie plate by C. Relvas; other illustrations in text. Half calf and marbled boards, spine with gilt title and rules; scuffing primarilly at the top and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1881. First edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 246 pp., photoglyptie (Woodburytype) frontispiece with tissue guard by Liebert, plus another printed by Woodbury; illustrations in text. Half calf and marbled boards, spine with gilt title and rules; scuffing primarily at the top and bottom of the spine. Occasional scattered foxing..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1974. Lyons, Nathan. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 121 pp., 96 plates from b&w photographs. The upper tip of a few leaves have a small crease in the blank margin; still a very good copy in silver cloth. The dust jacket is lacking one tiny chip and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Fourth edition. 8vo., xx, 580 pp.,engraved figures in text. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards. Blank upper corner of the title page lacking; occasional foxing, else very good. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Capa, Robert. First edition. 4to., [viii], 242 pp., b&w photos. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983. Vishniac, Roman. First ed. Square 4to., [9], 180 pp., 180 b&w illustrations from photographs. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Photographs of the Jews of Eastern Europe, 1935-39. Many of the photos are reproduced here for the first time. More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press; New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wahington, D.C.: National Gallery of art; Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004. Fenton, Roger. First edition. Oblong 4to., xiv, 290 pp., 174 illustrations largely from photographs, including 89 full-page plates. Fine in a fine..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1975. First edition. Oblong 4to, 246, [3] pp., with 265 illustrations from paintings, sculptures and photographs; many are tipped-in color plates. A fine copy in a fine color printed dust jacket. More
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art; Zurich; New York: Scalo, 1994. First edition. 4to., 34 unnumbered pages of plates from b&w photographs. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. This is a facsimile of the original 1952 book produced by Robert Frank, in an edition of just three copies, one of which resides..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago, Renaissance Society, 1978. First edition. Square 8vo., [12] pp., illustrated with b&w plates from photographs. Stapled glossy red wrappers. Near fine. More
Paris: Administration (Imprimerie A. Lahure), 1883. First edition. Folio [18 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches] unpaged, profusely illustrated with b&w and color lithographs, including vignettes, full page, and some double page. Decorated cloth, printed in colors. A near fine and bright copy. PARIS ILLUSTRÉ, an elaborately illustrated periodical, commenced publication..... More
London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1986. Mapplethorpe, Robert. First edition. 4to., viii, plus 30 full-page b&w photos, 8 full-page drawings. Glossy photo-illustrated paper over boards; slight general rubbing; the rear upper tip has a tiny scrape. Very good. A "document" of a performance piece by Jan Fabre, with his drawings..... More
[Santa Fe]: Arena Editions / Distributed by D.A.P. Art Publishers, 1999. First edition. 4to., [200] pp., chiefly illustrated with full-page b&w plates from photographs. Fine, as new in the illustrated dust jacket. The postumous publication of the photographers explisit photographs of sexual encounters. Includes a brief text by ext by..... More
London/New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986. First edition. 4to., 180 pp, 118 b&w plates from photographs, several printed on gate-folded leaves. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the photographer. More
