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1974. Original gelatin silver photograph, 13 5/8 x 11 1/2 inches, tipped to a 16 x 20 inch board with window over-mat (both are archival rag boards) with mounting corners. The blank reverse of the photograph bears the photographer's stamp, copyright stamp, and is titled, dated and signed in ink..... More
Vintage gelatin silver photograph, 9 x 9 inches [22.7x 22.7 cm] on 11 x 14 inch [27.94 x 35.56 cm] double weight photographic paper. Titled, dated and signed by the photographer beneath the image. Fine. Anthony Barboza, born 1944 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, left for New York to study photography..... More
Vintage cyanotype photograph, circa 1890 - 1900, measuring 8 1/16 x 6 1/8 inches, mounted on light brown board 12 x 10 7/8 inches and stamped signed "Louis C. Tiffany" beneath the image at the lower right corner. Written in pencil on the mount is "24", and there is a...... More
Original gelatin silver photograph, 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches, dry-mounted to archival board, 13 x 15 inches, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the mount beneath the lower right corner. Fine. Doug Prince was born in Des Moines, Iowa, 1943. He earned both his BA and..... More
[Berkeley, California]: Vilem Kriz, 1977. Original gelatin silver photograph, 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches. Signed and dated "Kriz 77" by the photographer in ink on the photograph, with his stamp and copyright date on the blank reverse. Fine. Vilem Kriz (1921 - 1994) was born in Prague where he..... More
Philadelphia: Hess-Ives Corporation, December 1915 - June 27, 1917. This collection, once owned by George H. Holt, contains the following: HESS-IVES HICHROGRAPHY. 8vo., 12 pp., illustrations from b&w photographs. String-tied decorative stiff wrappers. Faint dampstain; owner's name on the front wrapper. A three page price list is laid-in with holograph..... More
Paris: Bauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., 40 pp., 23 figures in text from drawings and photographs. Printed wrappers. Lacking a small chip from the top of the spine and a few along the top edge of the front wrapper. Slight creasing at the lower tip. Very good and unopened. Marey..... More
Castle Films, [1960 - 1966]. Weegee. Complete edition. 8mm, 200 feet of b&w silent film. Housed in illustrated publisher's 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch box. The box shows modest wear. I have not viewed this film, however, it appears to be in fine condition. "Weegee's nontheatrical short Camera Magic..... More
[London: Royal Institution of Great Britain], 1890. First edition. 8vo., 11 pp. Stapled self-wrappers. Creased vertically; moderate foxing. Handwritten in ink at the top of the first page, "With the author's compliments." In this brief history of the discovery, the author examines the interpretation of the term "photography", which literally..... More
1920 - 1930. A collection of 20 individual stock certificates, with coupons attached, for various cinematic companies, which include: Compagine Universalle Cinématographique; Société Française d'Editions de Romans Historiques Filmés; Filmfabriek Hollandia te Haarlem; La Cinématographie Française; Société Continentale Photomaton; Compagnie Industrielle des Films; Société Française Cinéchromatique; Syndicat du Film; Société..... More
Paris: Gide et J. Baudry; Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1854 - 1859. First editions. 12 volumes. 8vos., approximately 7,000 pp., illustrations in text. Contemporary gilt titled quarter calf and marbled paper over boards. Light rubbing on the spine, the lower tips of vol. 1, and faint foxing on the fore edge..... More
Paris: Photo-Club de Paris, 1900. Demachy. Edition Deluxe. Folio, [vi], 96, [97-101] pp., 14 full-page plates on a heavy woven paper, of which 12 are b&w halftones and 2 are photogravures, each with printed tissue guards; 96 b&w halftone photographs in text with elaborate Art-Nouveau borders and unique page designs..... More
Paris: [Vol. 1-4] Bureau de la rédaction; [vol. 5-6] Amyot, 1862-1866. First editions. 6 volumes. 8vo., [Vol. 1] viii, 508 pp.; [Vol. 2] [iv], 488 pp.; [Vol. 3], [iv], 376 pp.; [Vol. 4] [iv], 390 pp.; [Vol. 5] [iv], 389 pp.; [Vol. 6] [iv], 411 pp.; hundreds of b&w wood..... More
Paris: Charles Mendel, [1893]. First edition. 8vo., [v], 168, [12] illustrated adverts, 8 leaves of plates. Publisher's printed wrappers, which are lightly soiled. Only a few spots of foxing. A very good copy. This manual offers procedures and formulas for all manners of industrial applications of the carbon process. Roosens..... More
Courbevoie (Près Paris): E. Lamy / Maurice Bry & Cie, Successeurs, [1903]. Revised fifth edition. 8vo., 312, [3] pp., figures in text. Contemporary pebbled cloth, titled in gilt on the spine. Near fine. E. Lamy was a manufacturer of photographic papers with a factory in Courbevoie on the Seine. He..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars et au Bureau du Journal Les Mondes, 1869. Cros, Charles. First edition. 8vo., 12 pp., Printed wrappers, which have one inch closed tear at the top and bottom along the fold. Housed in a blue card chemise and a matching slipcase with gilt titled morocco lable on the..... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, Opticien, [1840]. First edition. 16mo., 79 pp. Contemporary quarter morocco with raised bands and titled in gilt, with marbled paper over boards; silk ribbon marker. Scattered foxing. Although not called for, bound in is a fine albumen photographic portrait of the author, mounted on card stock; credited..... More
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1854. First edition. 8vo., [iv], 80 pp.; [ii], 112 pp.; [ii] 56 pp., 1 folding engraved plate. Publisher's original printed wrappers, bound in later half calf and marbled paper over boards titled in gilt on the spine, however, the date is stamped 1857 rather than the correct..... More
Paris: Marion et Ce. 1857. First edition. 8vo., 132 pp., 2 tipped in paper samples and 1 engraved plate; bound in at the end are the 10 folding plates from Monckhoven's 1859, RÉPERTOIRE GÉNÉRAL DE PHOTOGRAPHIE PRATIQUE ET THÉORIQUE..., which include a chromolithograph, a photolithograph, engraved plates showing optics, lenses..... More
Paris: Chez L' Auteur, 1876. First edition. 12mo., 179., pp. Contemporary quarter leather and marbled paper over boards. The joints and edges are scuffed and rubbed. Although not called for, this copy has a mounted carbon portrait of young girl, credited to A. Liébert, as the frontispiece. Very good. Alphonse..... More
Paris: Labé, 1859. First edition. Small 8vo., ix, 309 pp., illustrated with 39 engraved figures of which 2 are full-page plates, and one mounted carbon print. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards; the joints are rubbed with a short crack at the base of the front board, with..... More
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1859. First edition. 8vo., 191, [1] pp., diagrams and charts in text, 1 engraved plate. Later half morocco and marbled paper over boards. The title page and following leaf are heavily foxed, while the remainder of the text shows occasional light foxing. There are occasional pencil notations..... More
Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique Roret, 1851. First edition. 8vo., l, 199 pp. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper over boards, rubbed along the edges. The foxing on the title page diminishes to mild as the text progresses; the last 80 pages show a faint dampstain along the lower edge, which increases towards the..... More
Paris: J.J. Dubochet et Cie, 1844. First edition. 8vo., iv, 248 pp., illustrations in text. Recent binding of half morocco with marbled paper over boards, with five raised bands and titling in gilt on the spine. The title page and first few leaves show an early dampstain and foxing; the..... More
